A district court judge denied a plaintiff’s motion to preliminarily enjoin a defendant from selling saliva collection kits for DNA testing....more
A judge in the Northern District of California has enjoined a group of defendants from selling a laboratory DNA sequencing machine. The plaintiff first asserted the patent against one defendant in litigation in the District...more
DISTRICT COURT CASES -
Patent Directed to Online Auction Held Invalid Under § 101 -
A district court recently granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, holding that a patent directed to an...more
DISTRICT COURT CASES -
Judge in the Northern District of California Excludes Damages Expert Opinion that Used the Entire Handset as the Royalty Base -
Judge Grewal of the Northern District of California granted...more
Supplemental Information Containing Petitioner’s Statements Allowed in IPR -
A PTAB panel has granted a patent owner’s (owner) motion to submit supplemental information in an inter partes review (IPR). A motion to...more
Improper Submission of New Evidence Undermines Patent Challenge -
In its final written decision, a PTAB panel granted a patent owner’s (owner) motion to exclude evidence submitted by a petitioner in support of its...more
District Court Cases -
Statistics on Inter Partes Review Proceedings Found Persuasive by Court in Granting Stay -
A district court in California has granted a defendant’s motion to stay a patent infringement...more
Federal Circuit Cases -
Denial of Petition for Inter Partes Review Is Not Appealable -
A Federal Circuit panel has granted a motion to dismiss an appeal from a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) order denying...more
For the First Time, PTAB Rules for Patent Owner After Inter Partes Review Trial Instituted -
A PTAB panel has held, for the first time, that all challenged claims of a patent are valid following completion of an inter...more
A PTAB panel has rejected a patent owner’s evidence of objective indicia of non-obviousness because it lacked the proper nexus with the claimed subject matter. In its brief, the patent owner had argued that praise by others,...more
DISTRICT COURT CASES -
In the Eastern District of Texas the Trend of Successful Motions to Dismiss Willful Infringement Allegations Continues, While Similar Attacks on Direct Infringement Allegations Still Face Tough...more
Instead of issuing a final written order regarding patentability, a PTAB panel has terminated an inter partes review proceeding because it was unable to determine the scope of the claims at issue...more