Claims Directed to Monitoring and Analyzing Data Held to Be Invalid under § 101 -
In Electric Power Group, LLC v. Alstom S.A., Appeal No. 2015-1778, the Federal Circuit upheld the district court’s grant of summary...more
10/6/2016
/ 35 U.S.C. § 284 ,
Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Evidence ,
FRCP 52(a)(2) ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motions to Stay Proceedings ,
Myriad-Mayo ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Section 101 ,
Summary Judgment ,
Willful Infringement
Federal Circuit Holds That Using A Contract Manufacturer Does Not Trigger An On-Sale Bar -
In The Medicines Co. v. Hospira, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2014-1469, -1504, the Federal Circuit, en banc, held that the patentee’s deal...more
9/6/2016
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Indefiniteness ,
Long Arm Statute ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Minimum Contacts ,
Noninfringement ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Reversal ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Summary Judgment
Obvious Combinations Do Not Need to Be Physically Combinable -
In Allied Erecting and Dismantling Co., Inc. v. Genesis Attachments, LLC, Appeal No. 2015-1533, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s invalidity finding...more
7/28/2016
/ 35 U.S.C. § 284 ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Cuozzo Speed Technologies v Lee ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Fee-Shifting ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons ,
Objective Unreasonableness Standard ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review ,
Willful Infringement
The PTAB Does Not Have to Consider New Arguments Raised in IPR Reply Briefs -
In Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc. v. Illumina Cambridge Ltd., Appeal No. 2015-1693, the Federal Circuit upheld a PTAB decision finding of...more
6/27/2016
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Dismissals ,
Enfish v Microsoft ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Amend ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Assignment and Transfer Agreement (PATA) ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101 ,
Software Patents ,
Standing
Federal Circuit Construes Claim Term in a Manner that Rendered Claim Language Superfluous -
In SimpleAir, Inc. v. Sony Ericsson Mobile Commc’ns AB, Appeal No. 2015-1251, the Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s...more
5/31/2016
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Google ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Judicial Review ,
Motion to Vacate ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Res Judicata ,
Sprint ,
Summary Judgment ,
Transfer of Venue ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
Federal Circuit Upholds Broad Scope of CBM Review and Explains that an Internet Reference Must be Indexed by a Search Engine to Qualify as a Prior Art Publication -
In Blue Calypso, LLC v. Groupon, Inc., Appeal Nos....more
5/2/2016
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Estoppel ,
Forum Non Conveniens ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Agent Privilege ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
USPTO
Federal Circuit Dismisses an Appeal of an Inter Partes Reexamination for Lack of Standing Where the Appellant Failed to Establish that it was the Successor-in-Interest to the Original Petitioner -
In Agilent...more
3/1/2016
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101 ,
Standing ,
Successor Interests ,
Summary Judgment ,
USPTO
Expert Testimony Not Always Necessary to Establish Prima Facie Obviousness Case in Inter Partes Review -
In Belden Inc. v. Berk-Tek LLC, Appeal Nos. 2014-1575, 2014-1576, on appeal from an IPR, the Federal Circuit...more
12/28/2015
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Expert Testimony ,
Incorporated by Reference ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Litigation ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art
Federal Circuit Declines to Reverse Invalidity, Noninfringement Holdings -
In Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Appeal No. 2014-1407, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary...more
Federal Circuit Revives Possibility of Permanent Injunction in Apple-Samsung Patent Dispute -
In Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Appeal No. 2014-1802, the Federal Circuit reversed for abuse of discretion the...more
10/30/2015
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Apple v Samsung ,
En Banc Review ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Equitable Relief ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
iPhone ,
Laches ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Petrella v. MGM ,
Pre-Suit Damages ,
Qualcomm ,
Reversal ,
Scope of the Claim ,
The Copyright Act ,
USPTO