Medtronic, Inc. v. Mark A. Barry, Appeal Nos. 2017-1169, -1170 (Fed. Cir. June 11, 2018) -
The Court affirmed-in-part and vacated-in-part a PTAB decision finding that petitioner Medtronic, Inc. had failed to prove that...more
6/19/2018
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Vacated
D Three Enterprises, LLC v. SunModo Corporation, Appeal Nos. 2017-1909, -1910 (Fed. Cir. May 21, 2018) -
The Court affirmed a grant of summary judgment of invalidity in favor of patent infringement defendants, based on a...more
5/30/2018
/ Anticipation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Double Patent ,
Indefiniteness ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reissue Patents ,
Summary Judgment ,
Willful Infringement ,
Written Descriptions
Praxair Distribution, Inc. v. Mallinckrodt Hospital Products IP Ltd., Appeal Nos. 2016-2616, -2656 (Fed. Cir. May 16, 2018) -
In an appeal from a inter partes review, the Federal Circuit reviewed a PTAB obviousness...more
5/22/2018
/ Burden of Proof ,
Claim Construction ,
Claim Limitations ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101 ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
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
Berkheimer v. HP Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1437 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2018) -
In Berkheimer v. HP Inc., the Federal Circuit reviewed the District Court’s summary judgment finding that certain claims of a patent were invalid as...more
2/13/2018
/ AbbVie ,
Abstract Ideas ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Discovery Violations ,
Expert Testimony ,
Fraud ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Hospira ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Jurisdiction ,
License Agreements ,
Licensees ,
Merck ,
Misrepresentation ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Nonobvious ,
Obviousness ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Section 101 ,
Substantial Evidence ,
Summary Judgment ,
Walker Process Claims ,
Wrongful Termination