TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON v. TCL CORPORATION -
Before NEWMAN, LOURIE, and CLEVENGER. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Publications shelved in publicly accessible libraries may be publicly...more
11/11/2019
/ Appeals ,
Declaration ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Printed Publications ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversible Error
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
INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC v. IANCU -
Before Wallach, Chen, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Summary: If a proper reply to a final Office Action is not...more
9/25/2019
/ Appeals ,
Chevron Deference ,
Judicial Review ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patents ,
Petitioner Reply Briefs ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Summary Judgment ,
USPTO
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 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, Dyk and Moore. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Summary: A party’s continued, but ultimately unsuccessful, pursuit of a claim...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Judges Reyna, Bryson, and Stoll. Appeals from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Non-prior art evidence may...more
10/17/2018
/ Appeals ,
Evidence ,
Multi-Party Litigation ,
Mylan Pharmaceuticals ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
POSITA ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Sandoz ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Moore and Reyna. Appeal from the District Court of Delaware.
Summary: A limitation in the specification should not be imported into a claim when there is no evidence that the...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary: In order to rely on the entire market value rule to calculate...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before PROST, Wallach, and Taranto. Appeal from the Southern District of Indiana.
Summary: In determining whether a party’s actions were “exceptional” under Octane Fitness, the District...more
6/14/2018
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Clear Error Standard ,
Dismissals ,
Exceptional Case ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Prevailing Party ,
Reaffirmation ,
Totality of Circumstances Test