In Ams-Osram USA Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., Appeal No. 22-2185, the Federal Circuit held that under Texas law, a trade secret becomes publicly accessible on the earliest date it could be reverse engineered...more
Limits of Inherent Anticipation in Product-by-Process Claims - In Restem, LLC v. Jadi Cell, LLC, Appeal No. 23-2054, the Federal Circuit held that inherency in product-by-process claims requires the prior art to inevitably...more
In Cisco Systems, Inc. v. K.Mizra LLC, Appeal No. 22-2290, The Federal Circuit denied appellants’ unopposed motion to voluntarily dismiss their appeal where appellants filed the motion after the court’s opinion and days...more
In Natera, Inc v. Neogenomics Laboratories, Inc., Appeal No. 24-1324 the Federal Circuit held that preliminary injunction may be valid if a substantial question of invalidity was not raised, even if the asserted patent is...more
8/6/2024
/ Background Checks ,
Claim Construction ,
Estoppel ,
Ex Parte ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Public Disclosure ,
Public Interest ,
USPTO
Infringement Judgement is Only Final when there’s Nothing Left to Do but Execute - In Packet Intelligence LLC v. Netscout Systems, Inc., Appeal No. 22-2064, the Federal Circuit held that an infringement judgment is only...more
6/7/2024
/ Damages ,
Design Patent ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Licensing Rules ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patentability Search ,
Patents ,
Printed Matter Doctrine ,
Prior Art ,
Standing ,
Summary Judgment
Defining Indefiniteness: When Are Claim Limitations Contradictory?
In Maxell, Ltd., v. Amperex Technology Limited, Appeal No. 23-1194, the Federal Circuit held that two claim limitations are not contradictory if they...more
The Outcome of the PTAB’s Analysis May Determine Whether the PTAB Engaged in Claim Construction -
In Google LLC v. Ecofactor, Inc., Appeal No. 22-1750, the Federal Circuit held that the outcome of the PTAB’s analysis of...more
3/5/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Claim Construction ,
Google ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Philip Morris ,
Prior Art
Objective Evidence in Determining Obviousness -
In Medtronic, Inc. v. Teleflex Innovations, Appeal No. 21-2357, the Federal Circuit held that a close prima facie case of obviousness can be overcome by strong evidence of...more
7/20/2023
/ Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Medical Devices ,
Medtronic ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art
Ordered To Agree: Binding Settlement Agreement Provision Found Despite Absence of Singular, Executed Agreement -
In Plasmacam, Inc. v. Cncelectronics, LLC Appeal No. 21-1689, the Federal Circuit held that an agreement on...more
3/22/2022
/ Appeals ,
Binding Agreements ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Contract Terms ,
Estoppel ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Settlement Agreements
Ranges for Interdependent and Interactive Components Can Be Tricky to Derive -
In Modernatx, Inc. v. Arbutus Biopharma Corporation, Appeal No. 20-2329, the Federal Circuit held that a presumption of obviousness based on...more
1/11/2022
/ AstraZeneca ,
Generic Drugs ,
Instrinsic Evidence ,
Intel ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Moderna Inc. ,
Mylan Pharmaceuticals ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Prior Art ,
Qualcomm
Arguments to the Patent Office That Contradict Information Submitted to the FDA Support an Inference of Deceptive Intent
In Belcher Pharmaceuticals v. Hospira, Inc., Appeal No. 20-1799, the Federal Circuit held that a...more
10/6/2021
/ Deceptive Intent ,
Evidence ,
Failure To Disclose ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Hospira ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Prior Art ,
USPTO ,
Venue
District Court’s Pleading Standard Returns an Error Code in PS4 Battle -
In Bot M8 LLC v. Sony Corporation Of America, Appeal No. 20-2218, the Federal Circuit held that the district court’s view that infringement...more
8/18/2021
/ Amended Complaints ,
Claim Construction ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Gaming ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pleading Standards ,
Prior Art ,
Qualcomm ,
Sony ,
Sua Sponte
Bulk-Filed Patent Applications Claiming Distant Priority Trigger Prosecution Laches -
In Hyatt v. Hirshfeld, Appeal No. 18-2390, the Federal Circuit held that the PTO met its burden to prove prosecution laches for bulk-filed...more
7/28/2021
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Apple ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Claim Construction ,
Compensation ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Laches ,
NCAA ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Standalone Authority ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
USPTO ,
Venue
Copying From a Copyrighted Computer Program May Be Fair Use to the Extent Needed to Promote Adoption of the Use of Accrued Talents in Creating a New Software Platform -
In Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., Appeal No....more
5/28/2021
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Fair Use ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Oracle v Google ,
Patent Royalties ,
Prior Art ,
SCOTUS ,
Software Developers ,
Source Code ,
Transformative Use
Evidence Supports Prior Art’s Public Accessibility but Not the Board’s Adoption of an Unpresented Theory of Anticipation -
In M & K Holdings, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.,Ltd., Appeal No. 20-1160, the Federal Circuit...more
3/26/2021
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Anticipation ,
Article III ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Printed Publications ,
Prior Art ,
Section 102
No Shortcuts to the “Reasonable Pertinence” Analysis in the Analogous Art Inquiry -
In Donner Technology, LLC v. Pro Stage Gear, LLC, Appeal No. 20-1104, the Federal Circuit determination as to whether a reference is...more
12/23/2020
/ Analogous Art ,
Claim Construction ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
POSITA ,
Prior Art ,
Thryv Inc v Click-To-Call Technologies LP
Expiration of a Patent Does Not Always Trigger Application of Phillips Standard on IPR Appeal -
In Immunex Corporation v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, Appeal No. 19-1749, the Federal Circuit held that expiration of a patent...more
11/13/2020
/ Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
First-to-File ,
Induced Infringement ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Phillips Standard ,
Prior Art
Joining an IPR Triggers IPR Estoppel Only for Instituted Grounds -
In Network-1 Technologies, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company , Appeal No. 18-2338, the Federal Circuit held that a party...more
10/21/2020
/ 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) ,
Anticipation ,
Claim Limitations ,
Contributory Infringement ,
Estoppel ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Printed Publications ,
Prior Art
Non-Infringement Need Not Be “Actually Litigated” To Shield Accused Products From Infringement Liability In Subsequent Actions -
In In Re Personal Web Technologies LLC, Appeal No. 19-1918, the Federal Circuit ruled that the...more
8/4/2020
/ Appeals ,
Claim Limitations ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Kessler Doctrine ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Preamble ,
Prior Art
PTAB May Not Cancel Claims on the Grounds of Indefiniteness in an IPR Proceeding -
In Samsung Electronics America v. Prisua Engineering Corp., Appeal No. 19-1169, the Federal Circuit held that the Patent Trial and Appeal...more
3/9/2020
/ Claim Construction ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Principal Place of Business ,
Prior Art ,
Section 112 ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
Specification’s Narrow Description of the Invention Results in Disavowal of Claim Scope -
In Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. v. ITC., Appeal No. 18-2191, the consistent description in the specification of a particular...more
1/27/2020
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Exceptional Case ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
New Evidence ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art
The Appointments Clause: Ensuring That PTAB Decisions Are Subject to Constitutional Checks and Balances
In Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Appeal No. 18-2251, the Federal Circuit ruled that, under the then-existing...more
12/30/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Administrative Appeals ,
Administrative Patent Judges ,
Anticipatory Reference ,
Appeals ,
Appointments Clause ,
Claim Limitations ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Declaration ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Preamble ,
Presidential Appointments ,
Prior Art ,
Process Improvement ,
Publicly Accessible Data ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversal ,
Severability Doctrine ,
Supplemental Evidence ,
Written Notice
State Sovereignty Principles Do Not Allow a State to Bring a Patent Infringement Suit in an Improper Venue -
In Board of Regents v. Boston Scientific Corp., Appeal No. 2018-1700, the Federal Circuit ruled that the patent...more
10/30/2019
/ Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Claim Construction ,
Combined References ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Dismissals ,
Diversity Jurisdiction ,
Eleventh Amendment ,
Extrinsic Evidence ,
Federal Question Jurisdiction ,
Gunn Test ,
Jurisdiction ,
Nexus ,
Nonobvious ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Section 101 ,
Section 103 ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
State Law Claims ,
State Sovereignty ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Summary Judgment ,
Transfer of Venue ,
Universities ,
Vacated ,
Venue
One-year Clock for Filing IPR Petition Applies to Litigants and Parties that Become Privies of the Litigant Prior to Institution.
In Power Integrations, Inc v. Semiconductor Components, Appeal No. 2018-1607, the Federal...more
7/16/2019
/ § 315(b) ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
First Amendment ,
Iancu v. Brunetti ,
In Rem Jurisdiction ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Mergers ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Privity of Contract ,
Prosecution History Estoppel ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversal ,
Samsung ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
State Universities ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Tribal Governments ,
USPTO ,
Viewpoint Discrimination
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