Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
ECOFACTOR, INC. v. GOOGLE LLC [OPINION] (2023-1101, 5/21/2025) (Lourie, Dyk, Prost, Reyna, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, Stoll, Stark) -
Moore, C.J. The en banc Court reversed...more
Stark, J. Sage Products, LLC (“Sage”) challenged a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) decision finding two of Sage’s patents unpatentable. After the original appellee, Becton, Dickinson and Co., withdrew, the Director of...more
5/14/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Alice/Mayo ,
Appeals ,
Director of the USPTO ,
Machine Learning ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101 ,
USPTO
On April 18, 2025, the Federal Circuit published an opinion in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. holding that patents claiming the application of existing machine learning models “to new data environments, without...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
HD SILICON SOLUTIONS LLC v. MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC. [OPINION] (2023-1397, 2/6/2025) (Lourie, Stoll, Cunningham) -
Lourie, J. The Board affirmed the Final Written...more
2/21/2025
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Precedential Opinion
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
TEVA BRANDED PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS R&D, INC. v. AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS OF NEW YORK, LLC [OPINION] (2024-1936, 12/20/2024) (Prost, Taranto, Hughes) -
Prost, J. The...more
1/27/2025
/ Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Novartis ,
Orange Book ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Samsung ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
1. CYTIVA BIOPROCESS R&D AB v. JSR CORP. [OPINION] (2023-2074, 12/4/2024) (Prost, Taranto, Hughes) -
Prost, J. The Court affirmed the PTAB’s IPR determination that...more
12/23/2024
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Noninfringement ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Sanctions
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. WEBER, INC. [OPINION] (23-1438, 10/2/24) (Moore, Taranto, Cecchi) -
Moore, J. The Court reversed the denial of judgment as a matter of law...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
1. ASTELLAS PHARMA v. SANDOZ INC. [OPINION] (2023-2032, 2023-2063, 2023-2089, 9/18/24) (Lourie, Prost, Reyna) -
Lourie, J. The Court vacated and remanded the district...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION v. APPLE INC. [OPINION] (2022-1884, 8/28/2024) (Prost, Taranto, and Chen) -
Prost, J. The Court affirmed two final judgments of the...more
9/12/2024
/ Amazon ,
Apple ,
Burden of Proof ,
Claim Construction ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Daubert Standards ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Expert Testimony ,
Expert Witness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Nonobvious ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Qualcomm ,
Section 101
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
SANHO CORP. v. KAIJET TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, INC. [OPINION] (2023-1336, 7/31/24) (Dyk, Clevenger, Stoll) -
Dyk, J. The Court affirmed the Board’s decision...more
8/29/2024
/ Exceptional Case ,
First-to-File ,
Office Actions ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Prior Art
On August 12, 2024, the Federal Circuit published its decision in Celanese International Corp. et al. v. International Trade Commission. The Federal Circuit concluded that, under the America Invents Act (AIA), patent claims...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
1. BACKERTOP LICENSING LLC [OPINION] (23-2367, 23-2368, 24-1016, 24-1017 Prost, Hughes, and Stoll) -
Hughes, J. The Court affirmed the District Court’s orders (1)...more
7/30/2024
/ Alice/Mayo ,
America Invents Act ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Court Appearances ,
Estoppel ,
Fraud ,
Fraud on the Court ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP Assignment Agreements ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Rules of Professional Conduct ,
USPTO
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
1. NATERA, INC. v. NEOGENOMICS LABORATORIES, INC. [OPINION] (2024-1324, 2024-1409, 7/12/2024) -
Moore, Taranto, and Chen Moore, C.J. The Court affirmed the district...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
BETEIRO, LLC v. DRAFTKINGS INC. [OPINION] (2022-2275, 06/21/2024) (Dyk, Prost, Stark) -
Stark, J. The Court affirmed the district court’s dismissal of multiple, related...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (“USPTO”) Appeals Review Panel (“the Panel”) recently clarified that means-plus-function claims do not require that the specification disclose equivalents. See Ex parte...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
LKQ CORPORATION v. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC [OPINION] (2021-2348, 5/21/24) Moore, Lourie, Dyk, Prost, Reyna, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, Stoll, and Stark -
Stoll,...more
6/5/2024
/ Assignments ,
Design Patent ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Interference Claims ,
Inventors ,
IP Assignment Agreements ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Standing
Second Circuit Affirms “Pay for Delay” Dismissal: On May 13, 2024, the Second Circuit affirmed dismissal of antitrust claims brought by wholesalers, retailers, and employee benefit funds that alleged they overpaid for the...more
5/31/2024
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Dismissals ,
Fair Value Standard ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Investment Funds ,
Life Sciences ,
Monopolization ,
Orange Book ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Retailers ,
Settlement ,
Wholesale
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
1. ZIRCON CORP. v. ITC (2022-1649, 05/08/2024) (Lourie, Bryson, and Stark) -
Bryson, J. The Court affirmed the Commission’s determination regarding the domestic...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
1. IOENGINE, LLC V. VIDAL (21-1227 Lourie, Chen, Stoll) -
Chen, J. The Court reversed in part and affirmed in part the Final Written Decisions of the Patent Trial and...more
5/14/2024
/ Amazon ,
Dismissals ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Jurisdiction ,
Mootness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Printed Matter Doctrine ,
Remand ,
Standing
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
1. JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1258, 2022-1307, 4/1/2024) (Dyk, Prost, and Hughes) -
Prost, J. The Court affirmed...more
This past Thursday, the Board of Appeals of the European Patent Office released the minutes of oral proceedings in which the Board rendered a decision in closely watched appeals relating to Broad patents directed to...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
1. FRESHUB, INC. v. AMAZON.COM, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1391, 2/26/2024) (Reyna, Taranto, and Chen) -
Taranto, J. The Court affirmed the District Court’s decision 1)...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
PROMPTU SYSTEMS CORPORATION v. COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC [OPINION] (2022-1093, 2/16/2024) (Moore, Prost, and Taranto) -
Per Curiam. The Court sua sponte issued...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
CYWEE GROUP LTD. v. ZTE (USA) INC., LG ELECTRONICS INC. [OPINION] (2021-1855, 1/18/2023) (Prost, Hughes, and Stoll) -
Prost, J. The Court affirmed the Patent Trial and...more
This past Friday, a federal district court held that the mere fact of combining certain natural products – such as isolated, naturally occurring AAV sequences and a heterologous non-AAV sequence – and putting them into a...more