On Friday, June 21, 2024, the FDA updated its Patent Listing Dispute List to indicate that the ten pharmaceutical companies who had received warning letters from the FTC in April did not make changes to their patent listings...more
In Baxalta Incorporated v. Genentech, Inc., 2022-1461, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision granting Genentech’s motion for summary judgment that claims 1-4, 9, and 20 of U.S. Patent No. 7,033,590 (“the...more
BOT M8 LLC v. SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC -
Before Prost, Reyna, and Cunningham. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A party challenging the Board’s decision by alleging claim construction...more
In ChromaDex, Inc. v Elysium Health, Inc., Appeal No. 2022-1116, the Federal Circuit upheld the invalidity of a claim reciting a supplement comprising nicotinamide riboside (“NR”), a component found in cow’s milk, under 35...more
Summary: When a patent claim is subject to adverse determinations of patentability first before the PTO and again after appeal, the claim is not entitled to patent term adjustment for the period of the appeal even if the...more
SUNOCO PARTNERS MARKETING v. U.S. VENTURE, INC.
Before Prost, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Summary: References to testing in an offer for sale...more
TRAXCELL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC V. NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS Before Prost, O’Malley, and Stoll.
Appeal from the Eastern District of Texas.
Summary: An applicant’s arguments distinguishing prior art during patent...more
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC v. WILLOWOOD, LLC -
Before Reyna, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Summary: Infringement under § 271(g) does not require a...more
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S., LLC v. FRESENIUS KABI USA, LLC -
Before Lourie, Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Summary: District courts lack the authority to...more
8/20/2019
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Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Motion to Amend ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Remand ,
Standing ,
Vacated
Before Moore, Taranto, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The mere fact that a certain thing may result from a given set of circumstances is not sufficient to demonstrate inherency. Instead,...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Lourie, Clevenger, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: 35 U.S.C. § 315(b), which prohibits the Board from instituting an IPR based on a petition filed...more
10/1/2018
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Appeals ,
Dismissals ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Vacated
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Prost, Newman, Mayer, Lourie, Dyk, Moore, O’Malley, Reyna, Wallach, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, and Stoll. Petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc.
Summary: Judge Newman...more
6/18/2018
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Appeals ,
Denial of Rehearing ,
Dissenting Opinions ,
En Banc Review ,
Fraud ,
Jurisdiction ,
Monopolization ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Walker Process Claims
Patent Judgments & Awards -
In April 2018, a jury in the Eastern District of Texas awarded VirnetX Inc. (“VirnetX”) a total of more than $500,000,000 in its patent infringement suit against Apple Inc. (“Apple”). The four...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Wallach. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The PTAB’s finding that an element in a prior art reference is “similar to” a claim limitation,...more
On Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc. that an authorized sale of a patented product exhausts all of the patentee’s rights in the...more
6/1/2017
/ Exports ,
Foreign Sales ,
Imports ,
Impression Products v Lexmark International ,
IP License ,
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Resales Agreements ,
SCOTUS ,
Single-Use/No Resale Restriction ,
Stream of Commerce
In 1992, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that manufacturers of patented medical devices can use the patent laws to enforce single-use restrictions on medical devices. Mallinckrodt, Inc. v....more