The Federal Circuit issued only one precedential patent decision last week. However, on Friday, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on extraterritorial damages in WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.,...more
6/26/2018
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Damages ,
Domestic Injury ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Sales ,
Lost Profits ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
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WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., Appeal No. 16-1011 (June 22, 2018) -
In its final patent decision of the October 2017 term, the Supreme Court today issued a decision concerning the scope of damages that are...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
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp., Appeal Nos. 2016-2099, -2100, -2101, -2332, -2333, -2334 (Fed. Cir. May 7, 2018) -
In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit...more
5/15/2018
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Admissible Evidence ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Damages ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Dismissals ,
Estoppel ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Foreign Defendants ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Jurisdiction ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Privity of Contract ,
Real Party in Interest ,
Standing ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
USPTO ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2017-1118, -1202 (Fed. Cir. 2018) -
In an appeal from a jury trial, the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court’s decision denying Oracle’s motion for JMOL and remanded...more
4/3/2018
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Damages ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Java ,
JMOL ,
Jury Trial ,
Obviousness ,
Oracle v Google ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Standard of Review ,
Transformative Use