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
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
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 -
On September 10, 2018, the Federal Circuit decided Regents of the University of California v. Broad Institute, Inc., affirming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)’s determination of no...more
9/17/2018
/ Appeals ,
CRISPR ,
Interference Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
University of California
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 Prost, Wallach, and Hughes. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: TTAB did not abuse its discretion by (1) refusing to consider factual assertions made in a brief,...more
8/30/2018
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Admissible Evidence ,
Appeals ,
Evidence Suppression ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Pleading Standards ,
Pleadings ,
Reaffirmation ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks
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 Lourie, O’Malley, and Wallach. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Summary: When a case is dismissed with prejudice for lack of standing,...more
4/23/2018
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
AT&T ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Fee-Shifting ,
IP Assignment Agreements ,
Microsoft ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Prevailing Party ,
Reaffirmation ,
Standing