Jury Trial, Obviousness, Remand

Astellas Pharma Inc. v. Zydus, Inc. II

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/4/2025

Nature of the Case and Issue(s) Presented: Astellas sued Lupin and Zydus based on the generics manufacturers’ ANDA filing and their efforts to make and sell generic mirabegron. In the leadup to the 2023 bench trial, the...more

Federal Circuit Review - April 2019

Knobbe Martens on 5/10/2019

Just Because Something May Result From a Prior Art Teaching Does Not Make it Inherent in that Teaching - In Personal Web Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1599, the Federal Circuit clarified that the mere...more

TEK Global, S.R.L. v. Sealant Systems International

Knobbe Martens on 4/2/2019

Federal Circuit Summary - Before Prost, Dyk, and Wallach. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Summary: When the Federal Circuit holds that a combination of references...more

Federal Circuit Review - August 2018

Knobbe Martens on 8/30/2018

The Board’s Final Written Decision Must Address All Grounds for Unpatentability Raised in a Petition for Inter Partes Review - In Adidas AG v. Nike, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2018-1180, 2018-1181, the Federal Circuit held that...more

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 4/3/2018

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

First Application of Supreme Court’s Halo Willfulness Framework

McDermott Will & Schulte on 8/29/2016

In its first post-Halo decision on willful infringement, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit unanimously affirmed the district court’s award of enhanced damages in WBIP LLC v. Kohler Co., Case Nos. 15-1038; -1044...more