Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1584 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 21, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed an inter partes review decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board,...more
8/27/2019
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Claim Construction ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventive Concept Test ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Actavis Laboratories, FL, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1221 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 15, 2019) -
This week’s Case of the Week focuses on issues relating to written...more
8/20/2019
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Claim Construction ,
Claim Limitations ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Motion to Amend ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Written Descriptions
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Genetic Veterinary Sciences, Inc. v. LABOKLIN GMBH & Co. KG, Appeal No. 2018-2056 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 9, 2019) -
Our case of the week features a foreign University sued for declaratory judgment...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Celgene Corporation v. Laura A. Peter, Appeal Nos. 2018-1167, -1168, -1169, -1171 (Fed. Cir. July 30, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit held that the retroactive...more
8/6/2019
/ Dismissals ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Estoppel ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Inter Partes Reexamination ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Section 101 ,
USPTO
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Automotive Body Parts Ass’n. v. Ford Global Techs., LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1613 (Fed. Cir. July 23, 2019) -
Our case of the week is a design patent case. It concerns two primary issues—what...more
7/30/2019
/ Auto Parts ,
Automotive Industry ,
Design Patent ,
Ford Motor ,
Functionality ,
Ornamental Design ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Prosecution History Estoppel ,
Trademarks
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
General Electric Co. v. United Techs. Corp., Appeal No. 2017-2497 (Fed. Cir. July 10, 2019) -
The Case of the Week focuses on standing to bring an appeal of an adverse decision by the PTAB in...more
7/16/2019
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Claim Construction ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Standing ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
In re: Global IP Holdings LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1426 (Fed. Cir. July 5, 2019) -
The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) upholding an...more
7/9/2019
/ Improper Venue ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventors ,
Life Sciences ,
Metadata ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Principal Place of Business ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Section 101 ,
Section 112 ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Elbit Systems Land and C4I Ltd. v. Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1910 (Fed. Cir. June 25, 2019) -
In this appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of...more
7/2/2019
/ Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Damages ,
Dismissals ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Exceptional Case ,
Expert Testimony ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Substantial Evidence ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Forum US, Inc. v. Flow Valve, LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1765 (Fed. Cir. June 17, 2019) -
Our case of the week features a rarely visited rule concerning reissue patents—the “original patent...more
6/25/2019
/ § 315(b) ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Reissue Patents ,
Video Games ,
Written Descriptions
The Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit issued three precedential opinions this week concerning matters of first impression involving inter partes reviews, two of which concern the status of government actors in the...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Lone Star Silicon Innovations LLC v. Nanya Technology Corporation, Appeal No. 2018-1581, -1582 (Fed. Cir. May 30, 2019) -
In the only precedential patent case this week, the Federal Circuit...more
6/4/2019
/ Article III ,
Dismissals ,
Exclusive Licenses ,
FRCP 19 ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Remand ,
Standing ,
Transfer of Rights ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Papst Licensing GMBH & Co. KG v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1777 (Fed. Cir. May 23, 2019) -
In a sternly-worded decision this week, the Federal Circuit held claims to...more
5/29/2019
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Claim Limitations ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Obviousness ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Testimony
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
AVX Corporation v. Presidio Components, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1106 (Fed. Cir. May 13, 2019) -
Following an inter partes review upholding the patentability of certain challenged claims, the...more
5/22/2019
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Article III ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Standing ,
USPTO
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1551 (Fed. Cir. May 8, 2019) -
In an appeal from a district court’s summary judgment of non-infringement, the Federal Circuit affirmed claim...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
ThermoLife Int’l LLC v. GNC Corp., Appeal Nos. 2018-1657, 2018-1666 (Fed. Cir. May 1, 2019) -
In an appeal from a district court decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s...more
5/7/2019
/ Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Section 285
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Neptune Generics, LLC v. Eli Lilly & Co., Appeal Nos. 2018-1257, et al. (Fed. Cir. Apr. 26, 2019) -
The Federal Circuit issued only one precedential patent decision this week. The short,...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Unifrax I LLC, Appeal No. 2017-2575 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 17, 2019) -
Our featured case of the week revolved primarily on the construction of a single claim term in...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Omega Patents, LLC v. CalAmp Corp., Appeal No. 2018-1309 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 8, 2019)-
In an appeal from a series of post-trial decisions, the Federal Circuit provided several important opinions.
The...more
Grunenthal GMBH v. Alkem Labs., Ltd., Appeal Nos. 2017-1153, -2048, -2049, -2050 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 28, 2019) -
This week the Federal Circuit issued a rare decision concerning the utility doctrine in patent law. In general,...more
4/2/2019
/ Computer-Related Inventions ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Section 102 ,
Section 103
SRI Int’l, Inc. v. Cisco Sys., Inc., Appeal No. 2017-2223 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 20, 2019) -
In a decision following trial, the Federal Circuit addressed the issue of the eligibility of patent claims directed to technology meant...more
3/26/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Exceptional Case ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Software Developers ,
Software Patents ,
Summary Judgment ,
Willful Infringement
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Natural Alternatives Int’l v. Creative Compounds, LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1295 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 15, 2019)
In an appeal from a judgment on the pleadings, the Federal Circuit reversed, issuing an...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
PersonalWeb Techs., LLC v. Apple, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1599 (Fed. Cir. March 8, 2019 -
In a second appeal in this inter partes review matter, the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s finding of...more
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. v. General Electric Company, Appeal No. 2018-1284 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 26, 2019) -
The Court this week affirmed the Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of an infringement lawsuit, finding...more
3/6/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Dismissals ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Coda Development S.R.O. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Appeal No. 2018-1028 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 22, 2019)
In an appeal from a district court dismissal of a case seeking correction of inventorship, the Federal Circuit reversed...more
2/26/2019
/ Amended Complaints ,
Appeals ,
Client Services ,
Dismissals ,
Disqualification ,
Engagement Letters ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Law Firm Associates ,
Motion for Leave ,
Motion To Strike ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Public Disclosure ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Trademark Litigation
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
CenTrak, Inc. v. Sonitor Technologies, Inc., Appeal No. 2017-2510 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 14, 2019) -
In this appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, the Federal...more