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On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) vacated a $300 million damages award because the district court used a flawed verdict form, which included only a single, blanket question as to...more
Apple has escaped a $300 million patent infringement verdict after a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated both the infringement and damages judgment because of faulty jury...more
On Monday, the Supreme Court denied TCL Communication’s certiorari petition, without comment, appealing the Federal Circuit’s ruling that the essentiality of a patent claim is a question for the jury rather than judges to...more
BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC v. BAXALTA INC. Before Newman, Linn, and Stoll. Appeal from the District of Delaware. Summary: In upholding a $173 million dollar award, the Federal Circuit permitted a damages expert to present a...more
Recent appellate decisions coming out of the United States and the United Kingdom relating to global FRAND terms for standard essential patents will likely increase the possibility of forum shopping by patent owners and...more
In a precedential decision last week, the Federal Circuit held that CBS will not have to pay a $1.3 million infringement award because a podcasting patent was invalidated in an inter partes review (IPR) at the Patent Trial...more
In Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions v. Renesas Electronics America, the Federal Circuit held that there is no right to a jury for determining disgorgement of profits for trade secret misappropriation under Texas common...more
Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-2121, -2208, -2235 (Fed. Cir. 2018)?- In an appeal from a jury trial, the Federal Circuit addressed numerous issues...more
Federal Circuit Summaries - Before Dyk, Bryson, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Summary: A plaintiff has no 7th Amendment right to a jury trial for a claim...more
This week the Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”), in a 7-2 decision, held that inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings conducted by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) do not violate Article III or...more
On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC rejecting a Constitutional challenge to the inter partes review (IPR) procedure for challenging an issued...more
The U.S. Supreme Court today issued dual decisions with substantial impact on the future of Inter Partes Review (IPR) and related proceedings for challenging the validity of patent claims before the PTAB (Patent Trial and...more
The Court recently heard arguments in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC on whether inter partes review—an adversarial process used by the US Patent and Trademark Office to determine the...more
This was a busy week for precedential cases at the Circuit. In AIA v. Avid, the Circuit rules that there is no right to a jury trial as to requests for attorney fees under § 285. In Romag v. Fossil, a majority rules that the...more
“In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved…” unless the controversy involves the validity of a patent as determined by the Patent and...more
In a decision that likely came as no surprise to anyone, the Federal Circuit upheld the constitutionality of IPR proceedings as provided for by the America Invents Act. With an analysis of two pre-1900 Supreme Court cases...more