Reasonably Continuous Diligence Is Not Negated If an Inventor Works On Improvements or Evaluates Alternatives to the Claimed Invention -
In ATI Technologies ULC v. IANCU, Appeal Nos. 2016-2222, -2406, -2608, the Federal...more
6/19/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Clinical Trials ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Eli Lilly ,
Graphical User Interface ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Nonobvious ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reasonably Continuous Exercise of Diligence Standard ,
Reversal ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Trading Platforms
Just Because Something May Result From a Prior Art Teaching Does Not Make it Inherent in that Teaching -
In Personal Web Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1599, the Federal Circuit clarified that the mere...more
5/10/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Apple ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Diagnostic Method ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Inherency ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Jury Trial ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Motion for JMOL ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Preamble ,
Prior Art ,
Product of Nature Doctrine ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Section 101 ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
Summary Judgment ,
Treatment Method Patents ,
Willful Infringement
PTAB May Invalidate Claims on Reconsideration Based on Grounds Raised in the Institution Decision that Were Not Originally Instituted -
In AC Technologies S.A., V. Amazon.Com, Inc., Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., Appeal No....more
3/14/2019
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Amazon ,
Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Due Process ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Generic Drugs ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Mylan Pharmaceuticals ,
Obviousness ,
Orange Book ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Right To Appeal ,
Section 103 ,
Standing
IPR Petitioner’s Initial Identification of the Real Parties in Interest Is to Be Accepted Unless and Until Disputed by a Patent Owner -
In Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-1481, -1546, -1583, the Federal...more
11/14/2018
/ § 315(b) ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Proof ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Dismissals ,
Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Lack of Authority ,
Method Claims ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Real Party in Interest ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Sanctions ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Vacated
The Board’s Final Written Decision Must Address All Grounds for Unpatentability Raised in a Petition for Inter Partes Review -
In Adidas AG v. Nike, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2018-1180, 2018-1181, the Federal Circuit held that...more
8/30/2018
/ Adidas ,
Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Claim Construction ,
Combined References ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Fair Market Value ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Genuine Issue of Material Fact ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Jury Trial ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Nike ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Public Use ,
Reaffirmation ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Remand ,
SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
Vacated ,
Willful Infringement
Determining Whether a Claim Element or Combination of Elements Would Have Been Well-Understood, Routine, and Conventional Is a Question of Fact -
In Aatrix Software, Inc. v. Green Shades Software, Inc., Appeal No....more
8/7/2018
/ 35 U.S.C. § 284 ,
Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Claim Amendments ,
Claim Construction ,
Claim Elements ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Combined References ,
Component Parts Doctrine ,
Exports ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Profits ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Lost Profits ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Printed Publications ,
Prior Art ,
Question of Fact ,
Remand ,
Section 101 ,
Vacated ,
WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Encompasses All Embodiments in the Absence of Support Specifically Excluding an Embodiment -
In Steuben Foods, Inc. v. Nestle USA, Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1290, the Federal Circuit...more
5/15/2018
/ Appeals ,
Apple ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Claim Terms ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Evidence ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Nestle ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Subsequent Litigation ,
Vacated
Distribution Agreements Can Constitute Offers for Sale Under Section 102(b) -
In The Medicines Company v. Hospira, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2014-1469, 2014-1504, the Federal Circuit held that a distribution agreement qualified as...more
4/11/2018
/ Amended Complaints ,
Appeals ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Direct Infringement ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Obviousness ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Pleading Standards ,
Prior Art ,
Question of Fact ,
Question of Law ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Section 101 ,
Standard of Review ,
Summary Judgment
Where Parties Raise an Actual Dispute Regarding Claim Scope, the Court Must Resolve It In Nobelbiz, Inc. v. Global Connect, L.L.C., Appeal Nos. 2016-1104, 2016-1105, the Federal Circuit held that where parties raise an actual...more
2/5/2018
/ Anticipation ,
Anticipatory Reference ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Claim Amendments ,
Combined References ,
Divided Infringement ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inherency ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Amend ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Scope of the Claim ,
Standard of Review ,
Substantial Evidence Standard
Fractured Federal Circuit Holds Patent Owner Does Not Bear Burden of Persuasion in IPR Motions to Amend -
In Aqua Products, Inc. v. Matal, Appeal No. 2015-1177, the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, held that a patent...more
12/6/2017
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Production ,
Chevron Deference ,
Claim Amendments ,
Claim Construction ,
Commercial Success ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Intrinsic Test ,
Motion to Amend ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
USPTO ,
Vacated
District Court Abused Discretion in Ignoring Federal Circuit Mandate to Reconsider Attorneys’ Fees Under Octane Fitness -
In Adjustacam, LLC v. Newegg, Inc., Appeal No. 2016-1882, the Federal Circuit held that a district...more
9/15/2017
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Damages ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Document Productions ,
Exceptional Case ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Mandates ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Motion to Compel ,
Obviousness ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Sanctions ,
Standard of Review ,
Totality of Circumstances Test ,
USPTO ,
Willful Misconduct
District Court Abused Discretion in Not Finding Case Exceptional -
In Rothschild Connected Devices v. Guardian Protection Services, Appeal No. 2016-2521, the Federal Circuit held that a district court abused its discretion...more
8/18/2017
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
BPCIA ,
Commercial Marketing ,
Exceptional Case ,
FRCP 11 ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Motion for Sanctions ,
Notice Requirements ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sandoz v Amgen ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 101 ,
Section 102
Federal Circuit Affirms Different Invalidity Results at PTAB and District Court -
In Novartis AG v. Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-1678, 2016-1679, the Federal Circuit held that prior judicial opinions...more
6/8/2017
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
JMOL ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101
Federal Circuit Remands IPR Final Decision For Inadequate Obviousness Analysis, Sidesteps Issue of Proper Claim Construction Standard -
In Personal Web Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc., Appeal No. 2016-1174, the Federal...more
4/3/2017
/ 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(1) ,
Appeals ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Component Parts Doctrine ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Fairness Standard ,
Forum State ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Technologies Corp v Promega Corp ,
Minimum Contacts ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Reasonable Person Test ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review
“Common Sense” Alone Is Not a Sufficient Motivation to Combine References -
In In Re: Van Os, Appeal No. 2015-1975, the Federal Circuit held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s reliance on intuition or common sense...more
3/9/2017
/ Appeals ,
Burden of Production ,
Divided Infringement ,
Inducements ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Product Labels ,
Remand ,
Standard of Review ,
Standing ,
Vacated
PTAB’s Final Written Decision in IPR Must Explain Its Basis for a Motivation to Combine References -
In In Re: Nuvasive, Inc., Appeal No. 2015-1670, the Federal Circuit vacated the PTAB’s obviousness finding in an IPR,...more
2/18/2017
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Divided Infringement ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Evidence ,
Induced Infringement ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reversal
Fraud-Detection Patent Claimed Patent-Ineligible Subject Matter -
In FairWarning IP, LLC v. Iatric Systems, Inc., Appeal No. 2015-1985, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s holding that FairWarning’s patent...more
12/2/2016
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Apple v Samsung ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
En Banc Review ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
Vacated ,
Willful Infringement
Withdrawal of Claims During Prosecution Can Trigger Prosecution History Estoppel In UCB, Inc. v. Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd., Appeal No. 2015-1957, the Federal Circuit held that prosecution estoppel can apply even...more
11/2/2016
/ Animation ,
Appeals ,
Assignment of Inventions ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Estoppel ,
Exceptional Case ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventors ,
Method Claims ,
Non-Appealable Decisions ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Reviewability Determinations ,
Seagate ,
Section 101 ,
Software Patents ,
Totality of Circumstances Test ,
Willful Infringement
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
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
Under O2 Micro, a District Court Must Provide a Claim Construction if the Parties Dispute the Meaning of a Claim Term -
In Eon Corp. IP Holdings LLC v. Silver Springs Networks, Inc., Appeal No. 2015-1237, the Federal...more
3/26/2016
/ Actual or Constructive Knowledge ,
Apple v Samsung ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Due Process ,
Enhanced Damages ,
First Sale Doctrine ,
Foreign Sales ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
JMOL ,
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons ,
Lexmark ,
Lodestar Method ,
Obviousness ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Resales Agreements ,
Reversal ,
Treble Damages ,
Walker Process Claims
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
The Federal Circuit Will Review Appeals from Inter Partes Review Proceedings Under the “Substantial Evidence” Standard -
In Merck & Cie v. Gnosis S.p.A., Appeal No. 2014-1779, the Federal Circuit affirmed a PTAB IPR...more
2/1/2016
/ Apple ,
Article III ,
Burden of Proof ,
Cisco ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Merck ,
Motion to Amend ,
Myriad-Mayo ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Sequenom ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
USPTO