GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. [OPINION] – PRECEDENTIAL -
Before Prost, Newman, and Moore. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware -
Summary: Evidence of inducement for...more
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. v. 10X GENOMICS INC.
Before Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Where elements of preamble are limiting,...more
FASTSHIP, LLC v. US -
Before Dyk, Wallach, and Chen. Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Summary: A Court of Claims fee award under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a), turns on whether the government’s litigation...more
GRIT ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC v. OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC -
Before Prost, Newman, Wallach. On appeal from The Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: IPR petitioner has standing to appeal an adverse Board decision even...more
HITKANSUT LLC V. UNITED STATES -
Before Prost, Clevenger, and Moore. Appeal from the Court of Federal Claims.
Summary: Fee-shifting under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a), turns on whether “the position of the United States was...more
NEVRO CORPORATION v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION -
Before Moore, Taranto, and Chen. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary: Functional claim term directed at avoiding a side...more
GS CLEANTECH CORP. v. ADKINS ENERGY LLC -
Before, Reyna, Wallach, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Summary: Withholding and obscuring evidence of a pre-critical date...more
A Delaware jury has awarded Wasica Finance over $31 million in patent damages against Schrader Int’l. In 2013, Wasica accused Schrader Int’l of infringing a patent entitled “Device for Monitoring and the Air-Pressure in...more
USAA filed multiple patent infringement lawsuits against Wells Fargo, alleging widespread infringement of USAA’s patented technologies on remote check deposits for mobile banking systems. Last November, a jury in a first case...more
MOLON MOTOR AND COIL CORP. v. NIDEC MOTOR CORPORATION -
Before Lourie, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Summary: In interpreting an integration clause that...more
PERSONAL AUDIO, LLC v. CBS CORPORATION -
Before Moore, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Summary: The Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction to hear...more
1/14/2020
/ Appeals ,
Concurrent Litigation ,
Conflicting Judgments ,
Exclusive Jurisdiction ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Non-Appealable Decisions ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Trial Court Orders
AMGEN INC. v. HOSPIRA, INC.
Before Moore, Bryson, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Biological engineering activity that would otherwise constitute patent...more
12/19/2019
/ Amgen ,
Appeals ,
Biologics ,
Damages ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hospira ,
Jury Trial ,
Method of Manufacture ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pre-approval ,
Reaffirmation ,
Safe Harbors ,
Substantial Evidence Standard
BLACKBIRD TECH LLC v. HEALTH IN MOTION LLC -
Before Wallach, Prost, and Hughes. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed a finding that a frivolous...more
12/18/2019
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
Covenant Not to Sue ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Extraordinary Circumstances Exception ,
Frivolous Lawsuits ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents
Western Plastics sued Dubose Strapping for infringing a patent covering a material for wrapping rolls of metal coil. Both parties compete in the metal industry and sell a similar wrap...more
HZNP Medicines LLC, Horizon Pharma USA, Inc. v. Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc.
Before Prost, Newman, and Reyna. Appeal from the District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Summary: Claims using “consisting...more
10/16/2019
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Appeals ,
Cross-Appeals ,
Generic ,
Indefiniteness ,
Noninfringement ,
Nonobvious ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Product Labels ,
Treatment Method Patents
A New Jersey jury has awarded Eagle View Technology $125 million in patent damages. Eagle View originally sued its competitor Verisk and its subsidiary corporation Xactware, for infringing nine patents related to software for...more
Earlier this year, a federal jury in Delaware found that Westinghouse Air Brake d/b/a Wabtec infringed eight patents owned by Siemens Mobility, including finding willful infringement as to two of the patents. The asserted...more
A jury determined that Benton Energy Service Co. infringed a patent for improved drilling in offshore oil wells owned by Cajun Services Unlimited...more
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC v. SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS -
Before Prost, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: An IPR is time-barred under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) if, at the time of...more
A federal court in Wisconsin recently awarded Ultratec, Inc. and Captel, Inc. more than $5.4 million in damages, based on a patent infringement claim brought against Sorenson Communications and CaptionCalls...more
QUEST INTEGRITY USA, LLC v. COKEBUSTERS USA INC.
Before Dyk, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: An affidavit should not be dismissed as a sham where: (1) the...more
A New Jersey jury awarded Mondis $45 million in patent damages, based on LG’s sales of infringing televisions that support the “Plug & Play” standard. The “Plug & Play” standard was promulgated by the Video Electronics...more
A Florida judge recently entered a permanent injunction against a handful of Florida businesses and their owner, barring them from further infringing a patent covering biometric security for automobiles...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Dyk, and Wallach. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary: When the Federal Circuit holds that a combination of references...more
4/2/2019
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Combined References ,
Damages ,
Jury Trial ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Reversal
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Chief Judge Prost, Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Summary: An invention is not “ready for patenting” to trigger...more