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
UNILOC 2017 LLC, UNILOC USA, INC., UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A. v. APPLE, INC., ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION -
Before Prost, Mayer, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more
AIRBUS S.A.S. v. FIREPASS CORPORATION
Before Lourie, Moore, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Whether an asserted prior art reference is reasonably pertinent to the particular problem...more
11/12/2019
/ Analogous Art ,
Appeals ,
Evidence ,
Inter Partes Reexamination ,
Inventions ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Reversible Error ,
Vacated
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 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 Reyna, Taranto, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Board must consider arguments in an IPR petitioner’s reply, where the arguments expressly follow...more
8/31/2018
/ Appeals ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Petitioner Reply Briefs ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Standard of Review ,
Vacated
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 the Supreme Court. Thomas delivered opinion, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan. Gorsuch dissenting, joined by Breyer.
Summary: Patentee may recover...more
6/25/2018
/ 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2) ,
35 U.S.C. § 284 ,
Appeals ,
Damages ,
Domestic Injury ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Profits ,
Foreign Sales ,
Lost Profits ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Summary: For divided infringement under § 271(a), an accused...more