Apple Inc. v. Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2023-1475, -1533 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)
Our Case of the Week is a high-stakes appeal from an inter partes review concerning a patent titled “Camera Based...more
3/11/2025
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Technology ,
USPTO ,
Vacated
Roku, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, Appeal No. 2022-1386 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 19, 2024)
In an appeal from the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”), the Federal Circuit addressed a number of findings...more
In re Cellect, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2022-1293, -1294, -1295, -1296 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2023)
In a significant appeal from ex parte reexamination proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the Federal Circuit...more
9/6/2023
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Claim Construction ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Motion to Amend ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patent Term Extensions ,
Patent Terms ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
USPTO
Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-2054, -2081 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 11, 2022) -
Our Case of the Week follows the Hologic saga as it returns to the Federal Circuit on remand from the Supreme Court’s...more
8/16/2022
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Assignor Estoppel ,
Claim Construction ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inventors ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
USPTO
Mitek Systems, Inc. v. United Services Automobile Association, Appeal No. 2021-1989 (Fed. Cir. May 20, 2022) -
Our Case of the Week this week is a declaratory judgment action brought against USAA. In a 27-page opinion,...more
5/24/2022
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Article III ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
USPTO ,
Venue
Hunting Titan, Inc. v. DynaEnergetics Europe GMBH, Appeal Nos. 2020-2163, -2191 (Fed. Cir. March 24, 2022) -
In a notable review of the USPTO’s new Precedential Opinions Panel, the Federal Circuit discussed the...more
3/29/2022
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Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Motion to Amend ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Remand ,
USPTO
Alarm.com Inc. v. Hirshfeld, Appeal No. 2020-2102 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 24, 2022)-
In an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Federal Circuit addressed whether the ex parte reexamination...more
3/1/2022
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Estoppel ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Review ,
Oral Argument ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Sanctions ,
USPTO
In re: Vivint, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-1992 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 29, 2021) -
In an appeal from the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the Federal Circuit addressed whether a party may challenge the validity of an...more
Belcher Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Hospira, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-1799 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 1, 2021) -
In an appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district...more
9/8/2021
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Failure To Disclose ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Inventions ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Notice ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Remand ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
Teva Pharms. Int’l GmbH v. Eli Lilly and Co., Appeal Nos. 2020-1747, -1748, -1750 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2021) -
Eli Lilly and Co. v. Teva Pharms. Int’l GmbH, Appeal Nos. 2020-1876, -1877, -1878 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2021)...more