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
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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
On April 25, 2016, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the judgment of invalidity on two patents in favor of Knobbe Martens client Toshiba Corporation...more
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
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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
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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 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
In the recent cases OCTANE FITNESS, LLC v. ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC. and HIGHMARK INC. v. ALLCARE HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INC., the U.S. Supreme Court empowered district court judges to award attorney fees to prevailing...more
6/13/2014
/ Akamai Technologies ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Exceptional Case ,
Fee-Shifting ,
Highmark v. Allcare ,
Induced Infringement ,
Limelight ,
Limelight Networks ,
Nautilus Inc. v. Biosig Instruments ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
USPTO