Before Dyk, Reyna, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary: When assessing patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, combining two abstract ideas does not make...more
HEALTHIER CHOICES MANAGEMENT CORP. V. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.
Before Taranto, Stoll, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Summary: A plaintiff can...more
UCB, INC. v. ACTAVIS LABORATORIES UT, INC.
Before Moore, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: District court legally erred by applying incorrect anticipation...more
SANDERLING MANAGEMENT LTD. v. SNAP INC.
Before Chen, Cunningham, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Summary: The district court properly found that...more
ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION v. MODERNATX, INC.
Before Reyna, Schall, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Arbutus’ patent was anticipated by an earlier Arbutus patent that incorporated...more
SSI TECHS., LLC v. DONGGUAN ZHENGYANG ELECTRONIC MECHANICAL LTD.
Before Reyna, Bryson, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Summary: The district court...more
Earlier this year, AliveCor, Inc., a medical device and AI company producing electrocardiogram (ECG) hardware and software for consumer mobile devices, succeeded in convincing an International Trade Commission (ITC) judge...more
AliveCor, Inc., a company focused on cardiac data and remote medicine, successfully convinced an International Trade Commission (ITC) judge that Apple, Inc. infringed multiple AliveCor patents related to electrocardiogram...more
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. v. NEAPCO HOLDINGS LLC -
Before Dyk, Moore, Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Mechanical method claims involving tuning...more
Before Moore, Clevenger, and Wallach. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Claims directed to providing additional trading information on a prior art display, without more, are patent-ineligible under 35...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Dyk, Reyna, and Taranto, per curiam. Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Summary: In a case pending before TC Heartland was...more
11/16/2018
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Before PROST, Wallach, and Taranto. Appeal from the Southern District of Indiana.
Summary: In determining whether a party’s actions were “exceptional” under Octane Fitness, the District...more
6/14/2018
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3D printing specialist Materialise recently received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Mimics inPrint software. Mimics inPrint is said to use to create 3D anatomical models from medical image data and output those models to a 3D...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Newman, Bryson, and Moore. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Prosecution disclaimer occurred when an applicant explained why claims were amended and the Examiner...more
Luminar Media Group recently announced that, after completing development of a working prototype device, the Jenex Corporation has signed an agreement with the Techna Institute at the University Health Network to begin...more