News & Analysis as of

Patent Litigation Preliminary Injunctions

Womble Bond Dickinson

Controversy over “Composition”: Federal Circuit Highlights Drafting Discrepancy

Womble Bond Dickinson on

In a precedential ruling that underscores the importance of consistency in claim drafting, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a claim construction based on an improper interpretation of the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Revival of the Non-Practicing Entity Preliminary Injunction?

Womble Bond Dickinson on

A recent filing by the U.S. government in a pending Eastern District of Texas litigation signals a renewed interest by the current administration in potentially reviving the ability for non-practicing entities (“NPE”) to...more

Lathrop GPM

Federal Circuit Decision Highlights the Risks of Inconsistency from Provisional to Patent

Lathrop GPM on

In an August 1, 2025, precedential ruling (FMC Corporation v. Sharda USA, LLC, No. 24-2335 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 1, 2025)), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a temporary restraining order granted by the U.S....more

Knobbe Martens

Deleted Specification Portions Undermine Claim Construction

Knobbe Martens on

FMC Corp. v. Sharda USA, LLC - Before Moore, Chen, and Barnett. Appeal from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The district court erred by construing a claim term based on disclosures made in a provisional application and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Claim construction misstep undoes injunction

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a preliminary injunction (PI), finding that the district court improperly construed a claim term based on references cited in a provisional application but...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

You Don’t Get a Second Bite at the Apple: Judge Liman Denies Motion for Modification of a Preliminary Injunction

On August 8, 2025, District Judge Lewis J. Liman (S.D.N.Y.) denied Defendants Qingdao Network Technology Co., Ltd., d/b/a UCoolMe and Vivicute Limited’s (together “Qingdao”) motion to modify a preliminary injunction holding...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Federal Circuit: Claim Construction Missteps Can Be Fatal for Preliminary Injunctions

In a decision that should make every patent litigator pause before filing for preliminary relief, the Federal Circuit has vacated a preliminary injunction in FMC Corp. v. Sharda USA, LLC, No. 2024-2335 after finding that the...more

Alston & Bird

Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending August 1, 2025

Alston & Bird on

Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance, Co., Ltd., et al. v. CH Lighting Technology Co., Ltd., et al., No. 2023-1715 (Fed. Cir. (W.D. Tex.) July 28, 2025). Opinion by Dyk, joined by Chen and Hughes....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

United Therapeutics Corp. v. Liquidia Techs., Inc.

Robins Kaplan LLP on

Nature of the Case and Issue(s) Presented: UTC’s ’782 patent claims a method for treating pulmonary hypertension (“PH”). PH manifests in different varieties, including pulmonary arterial hypertension (“PAH”) and pulmonary...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

The UPC – Two Years On

The Unified Patent Court – a one-stop-shop for European patent litigation – is now two years old. As it enters its third year of operation, we look at the approach that is becoming established in the new system, drawing out...more

Jenner & Block

A Secured Reversal of Preliminary Injunction in High-Stakes Pharmaceutical Battle

Jenner & Block on

In a significant victory for pharmaceutical competition and access to generic drugs, Jenner & Block secured a key litigation win on behalf of client MSN Pharmaceuticals. A federal judge denied a pharmaceutical company’s...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Design Patent Obviousness: One Year Later

Womble Bond Dickinson on

One year has passed since the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit made its landmark decision in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Tech. Operations LLC, which overruled the longstanding Rosen-Durling test for determining design...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Judge Furman Denies TRO in Photo Booth Patent Case Where Plaintiff Delayed and Failed to “Focus” on Irreparable Harm and...

Judge Jesse M. Furman (S.D.N.Y.) recently denied Plaintiff Chengdu Tops Technology Co., Ltd.’s (“Chengdu”) motion seeking a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) against “a slew of merchant Defendants” to enjoin “the...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Three Point Shot - June 2025

Proskauer Rose LLP on

Hubble-Bubble in the Chewing Gum Industry: Big League Chew and Licensee Stretch Arguments in Ongoing Trade Dress Suit - The business relationship between Big League Chew Properties LLC (“Big League Chew”), the owner of...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The DOJ and PTO’s trial balloon on patent injunctions

Almost two decades ago the Supreme Court handed down what has turned out to be one of its most significant patent decisions of this century: eBay v. MercExchange. The eBay case has had the effect of precluding prevailing...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Government Signals Potential Shift Toward Preliminary Injunctions in Patent Infringement Cases

Ballard Spahr LLP on

In a recent patent case, the U.S. government urged a Texas federal court to give greater weight to the difficulty of calculating damages as a basis for finding irreparable harm. If embraced by courts, the move could give...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Government Files Statement in Support of Preliminary Injunction Motion in Radian Memory Systems v. Samsung Electronics

Almost two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down what has turned out to be one of its most significant patent decisions of this century:  eBay v. MercExchange.  The eBay case has had the effect of precluding prevailing...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Legal Lens on the UPC | Q2 2025

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is revolutionizing the way patents are enforced in Europe, and McDermott’s intellectual property (IP) team is here to help you navigate this dynamic landscape. Our Legal Lens on the Unified...more

Knobbe Martens

A Patent Does Not Guarantee the Patent Owner Will Be First to Market

Knobbe Martens on

INCYTE CORPORATION V. SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. - Before Moore, Prost and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. A district court erred in issuing a preliminary...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Reassessing Irreparable Harm: Are Injunctions Making a Comeback?

Fenwick & West LLP on

In an unusual move, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office submitted a “Statement of Interest” this week in a pending patent case in the Eastern District of Texas—sharing “views” on whether...more

BakerHostetler

Irreparable Harm Reimagined: The Government’s Patent Intervention in East Texas

BakerHostetler on

In a bold and unusual move, the DOJ’s Antitrust Division and the USPTO have jointly filed a Statement of Interest in a patent case – not before the Supreme Court or Federal Circuit, but in a district court in East Texas. The...more

Goodwin

Recent PTAB Developments for Regeneron’s Aflibercept Formulation Patent

Goodwin on

Earlier this month, a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) panel denied institution of two petitions that were filed separately by Samsung Bioepis (IPR2025-00176) and Formycon (IPR2025-00233) for inter partes review (“IPR”)...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Treprostinil Saga Continues

United Therapeutics Corp. (UTC) and Liquidia Technologies Inc. have been battling for close to a decade over their respective inhaled formulations of treprostinil (UTC's Tyvaso®, Liquidia's Yutrepia™) for treatment of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Biopharmaceutical Patent Litigation: Regeneron’s Defense Against Biosimilar Launches

This case involves an appeal from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s (Regeneron) efforts to prevent defendants from marketing biosimilar versions of EYLEA®, a drug used to treat eye diseases, by asserting patent infringement....more

Alston & Bird

Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending May 9, 2025

Alston & Bird on

Ingenico Inc., et al. v. IOENGINE, LLC, No. 2023-1367 (Fed. Cir. (D. Del.) May 7, 2025). Opinion by Hughes, joined by Dyk and Prost. Ingenico filed a declaratory judgment action against IOENGINE relating to two patents owned...more

194 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 8

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide