Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Qiagen Sciences, LLC, Appeal No. 2023-2350 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 13, 2025) -
In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reversed a jury finding of infringement from the District...more
8/19/2025
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CAFC ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Jury Trial ,
Motion for JMOL ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Reversal
Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance, Co. Ltd. v. CH Lighting Technology Co., Ltd., Appeal No. 2023-1715 (Fed. Cir. July 28, 2025)
In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed three issues arising from a...more
8/5/2025
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CAFC ,
Damages ,
Daubert Standards ,
Expert Testimony ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Royalties
Top Brand LLC v. Cozy Comfort Company LLC, Appeal No. 2024-2191 (Fed. Cir. July 17, 2025)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that prosecution history disclaimer applies to...more
7/22/2025
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Damages ,
Design Patent ,
JMOL ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Prosecution History Estoppel ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
USPTO
Optis Cellular Technology, LLC v. Apple Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1904, -1925 (Fed. Cir. June 16, 2025)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a jury decision awarding...more
EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2023-1101 (Fed. Cir. May 21, 2025)
In its first en banc decision of the year, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s admission of expert testimony concerning damages,...more
5/28/2025
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Daubert Standards ,
Expert Testimony ,
Motion for JMOL ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Rule of Evidence 702
In re: Riggs, Appeal No. 2022-1945 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 24, 2025)
Our Case of the Week explores the power of an examiner to request a rehearing after the Board has entered a decision on an application. The case also relates to...more
4/1/2025
/ America Invents Act ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Judicial Authority ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
USPTO ,
Vacated
Steuben Foods, Inc. v. Shibuya Hoppman Corp., Appeal No. 2023-1790 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 24, 2025)
In its only precedential patent decision this week, the Federal Circuit addressed an “anachronistic exception, long mentioned but...more
1/29/2025
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
JMOL ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Summary Judgment
Crocs, Inc. v. Double Diamond Distribution, Ltd., Appeal No. 2022-2160 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 3, 2024)
In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit examined whether a district court erred in dismissing false advertising claims...more
10/8/2024
/ Damages ,
False Advertising ,
Lanham Act ,
Misrepresentation ,
Motion For New Trial ,
Patent Infringement ,
Proprietary Information ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
Willful Infringement
EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2023-1101 (Fed. Cir. June 3, 2024)
In the Federal Circuit’s only precedential patent opinion this week, the court addressed issues of infringement and admissibility that arose...more
SnapRays v. Lighting Defense Group, Appeal No. 2023-1184 (Fed. Cir. May 2, 2024)
Our Case of the Week deals with an issue the Court has not addressed recently: the question of declaratory judgment jurisdiction....more
5/7/2024
/ Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Mootness ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Printed Matter Doctrine ,
Remand ,
Vacated
Harris Brumfield v. IBG LLC, Appeal No. 2022-1630 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 27, 2024)
In our case of the week, the Federal Circuit addressed three issues in a dispute that dates back to 2010, and has been to the Court on three...more
4/2/2024
/ Appeals ,
Damages ,
Deficiency Judgments ,
Discovery ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Summary Judgment ,
Vacated
VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation, Appeal No. 2022-1906 (Fed. Cir. December 4, 2023)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit vacated an approximately $2.2 billion damages award against appellant Intel...more
Cyntec Company, Ltd. v. Chilisin Electronics Corp., Appeal No. 2022-1873 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 16, 2023)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a California district court’s judgment as a...more
10/24/2023
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Daubert Standards ,
Expert Testimony ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Vacated
The Federal Circuit issued numerous precedential opinions last week, two of which answered long simmering questions about inter partes reviews (IPRs). Below we discuss a case addressing whether admissions of prior art in the...more
2/8/2022
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Estoppel ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Settlement Agreements
Rain Computing, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1646, -1656 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2021) -
Our Case of the Week focuses on the issue of indefiniteness, and particularly, terms that are construed as...more
3/9/2021
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Indefiniteness ,
Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Pro Se Litigants ,
Section 112 ,
Sua Sponte ,
Willful Infringement
TecSec, Inc. v. Adobe, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-2192, -2258 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 23, 2020) -
In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit issued a wide-ranging opinion following three previous appeals in the same case and a jury...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Elbit Systems Land and C4I Ltd. v. Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1910 (Fed. Cir. June 25, 2019) -
In this appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of...more
7/2/2019
/ Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Damages ,
Dismissals ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Exceptional Case ,
Expert Testimony ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Substantial Evidence ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int’l, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-2691, 2017-1875 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 20, 2018)
In a reissued, slightly altered version of a July 3, 2018 decision,...more
9/25/2018
/ Appeals ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Damages ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Nonobvious ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Prior Art ,
Purchasers ,
Reversal ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int’l, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-2691, 2017-1875 (Fed. Cir. July 3, 2018) -
The Court affirmed a jury verdict of patent infringement and vacated a...more
7/10/2018
/ Appeals ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Expert Testimony ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion For New Trial ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Vacated
Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2017-1118, -1202 (Fed. Cir. 2018) -
In an appeal from a jury trial, the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court’s decision denying Oracle’s motion for JMOL and remanded...more
4/3/2018
/ Android ,
Appeals ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Damages ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Java ,
JMOL ,
Jury Trial ,
Obviousness ,
Oracle v Google ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Standard of Review ,
Transformative Use