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 Prost, Wallach, and Hughes. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for N.D. Ohio.
Summary: On a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, a district court cannot judicially notice facts that are subject to...more
2/28/2019
/ Appeals ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Joint Inventors ,
Judicial Notice ,
Leave to Amend ,
Misappropriation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion To Strike ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Summary Judgment ,
Trade Secrets ,
Vacated
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Chen, Mayer, and Bryson. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Claims directed to the abstract idea of rules for playing a dice game are not transformed into patent...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Newman, Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary: Reasonable royalty patent damages cannot include a royalty for...more
11/21/2018
/ Appeals ,
Damages ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Induced Infringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Vacated
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Newman, Dyk, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Pharmaceutical patents were obvious where the claims covered species of a...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Taranto, Plager, and Chen. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Summary: A patent claim is directed to an abstract idea where it broadly recites a...more
7/26/2018
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Inventions ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Section 101 ,
Vacated
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Prost, Newman, Mayer, Lourie, Dyk, Moore, O’Malley, Reyna, Wallach, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, and Stoll. Petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc.
Summary: Judge Newman...more
6/18/2018
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Denial of Rehearing ,
Dissenting Opinions ,
En Banc Review ,
Fraud ,
Jurisdiction ,
Monopolization ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Walker Process Claims
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before NEWMAN, DYK, and STOLL. Appeal from the Northern District of California.
Summary: A consumer of a patented product has no standing under the Declaratory Judgment Act to challenge the...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Newman, Lourie, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Summary: Collateral estoppel does not apply to a prior decision of no...more