Before Lourie, Hughes, and Stark. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Summary: An infringement judgment is only sufficiently “final” to be immune from a later finding of unpatentability if...more
PARUS HOLDINGS, INC. V. GOOGLE LLC -
Before Lourie, Bryson, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: PTAB did not err in declining to consider...more
LG ELECTRONICS INC. v. IMMERVISION INC.
Before Stoll, Cunningham, and Newman, Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Where a reference contains an “obvious”...more
7/13/2022
/ Appeals ,
Clerical Errors ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
LG Electronics ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
POSITA
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION v. MESO SCALE DIAGNOSTICS, LLC -
Before Newman, Prost, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: A finding of inducing infringement requires...more
4/12/2022
/ Appeals ,
Damages ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Direct Infringement ,
Induced Infringement ,
License Agreements ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Vacated
ASTRAZENECA AB v. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Before: Taranto, Hughes, and Stoll -
Summary: For purposes of claim construction, intrinsic evidence can trump the plain and ordinary meaning of scientific conventions such...more
APPLE, INC. v. QUALCOMM, INC.
Before Newman, Prost, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Apple lacked standing to appeal an IPR decision upholding patents that Apple licenses from...more
11/15/2021
/ Appeals ,
Apple ,
Article III ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
License Agreements ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Qualcomm ,
Standing
COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC v. DALI WIRELESS INC.
Before Stoll, Reyna, and Schall. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Summary: When a party distinguishes technology in the prior art to...more
FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP. v. ALPHONSO INC.
Before Judges Dyk, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California -
Summary: Patent claims were directed to an abstract...more
PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA v. OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES -
Before Lourie, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Enablement is required for...more
RAIN COMPUTING, INC. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Moore. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Summary: The structure for performing a function of...more
IN RE: NITRO FLUIDS -
Before Reyna, Wallach, and Chen. Petition for writ of mandamus to Western District of Texas.
Summary: The balance of transfer factors must favor keeping a case in a second-filed court in order to...more
BIOGEN MA INC. v. EMD SERONO, INC.
Before Newman, Linn, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court of the District of New Jersey.
Summary: A known method of administering a known product made by a new process is not...more
XY, LLC v. TRANS OVA GENETICS, LC -
Before Wallach, Plager, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Summary: Claims directed to improving a method of operating an apparatus...more
8/11/2020
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Inventive Concept Test ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Method Claims ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Section 101 ,
Vacated
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC. V. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Before Prost, Newman, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware -
Summary: The scope of a contract term may...more
8/7/2020
/ Appeals ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Generic Drugs ,
IP License ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions
MCRO, INC. v. BANDAI NAMCO GAMES AMERICA -
Before Reyna, Mayer and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Summary: The scope of a claim term may be limited when...more
Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier Recreational Prods. Inc.
Before Lourie, Moore, and Stoll. Appeal from the Southern District of Florida.
Summary: To recover pre-complaint damages for infringement after sales of unmarked...more
HOSPIRA, INC. V. FRESENIUS KABI USA, LLC -
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Moore. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Summary: Evidence of the properties of claimed embodiments may be...more
1/13/2020
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Appeals ,
Extrinsic Evidence ,
Hospira ,
Inherency ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation
TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD. v. ITC -
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Wallach. Appeal from the U.S. International Trade Commission.
Summary: Consistent description in the specification of a particular embodiment as the...more
12/13/2019
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Imports ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Scope of the Claim ,
Summary Judgment ,
Vacated ,
Written Descriptions
B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C. v. FACEBOOK, INC.
Before Lourie, Plager, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Summary: A decision on the merits is not a prerequisite...more
10/15/2019
/ Appeals ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Facebook ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Mootness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Prevailing Party ,
Reaffirmation
INSPIRED DEVELOPMENT GROUP v. INSPIRED PRODUCTS GROUP, LLC -
Before Prost, Newman, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Summary: Alleging that a contract issue...more
9/26/2019
/ Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Dismissals ,
Diversity Jurisdiction ,
Federal Question Jurisdiction ,
Gunn Test ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
State Law Claims
NALPROPION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. ACTAVIS LABORATORIES FL, INC.
Before Prost, Lourie and Wallach. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: A “substantially equivalent” disclosure may...more
UCB, INC. v. WATSON LABORATORIES INC.
Before Taranto, Schall, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Application of the doctrine of equivalents may not be barred...more
Before Judges Reyna, Taranto, and Chen. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Summary: There may be no reasonable expectation of success in producing a specific polymorph of a compound when...more
Before Wallach, Clevenger, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Claims directed to a specific method of treatment for specific patients using a specific compound...more
4/3/2019
/ Appeals ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Product of Nature Doctrine ,
Reversal ,
Section 101 ,
Treatment Method Patents
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Summary: An abstract idea cannot be used to supply an inventive concept that renders a claim...more