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Federal Circuit Patent Updates - June 2018

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Impax Laboratories Inc. v. Lannett Holdings Inc. (No. 2017-2020, 6/28/18) (Lourie, Dyk, Taranto) - Lourie, J. Affirming judgment of no invalidity for claims related to nasal spray for treatment of migraine....more

McDermott Will & Emery

No En Banc Review of Panel Decision Vacating a Civil Contempt Remedye - Plus, Inc. v. Lawson Software, Inc.

Addressing the issue of contempt for violation of a non-final injunction, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declined to rehear en banc a panel decision that vacated a civil contempt holding for violation...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Williamson Decision Will Encourage Patent Defendants to Challenge Software Claims

In Williamson v. Citrix Online, announced on June 16, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in a partially en banc opinion that claims expressed in terms of functionality can be subject to statutory requirements...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Federal Circuit Decreases Strength of Presumption Against Treatment of Patent Claims as Means-Plus-Function

Accused infringers challenging patent claims now have a new arrow in their quiver as a result of yesterday's holding in Williamson v. Citrix Online, et al. In an en banc decision, the Federal Circuit replaced an earlier...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

En Banc Federal Circuit Broadens What Constitutes A Means-Plus-Function Limitation (Williamson V. Citrix)

Yesterday, the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Williamson v. Citrix that includes an en banc portion that broadens the circumstances in which claim limitations may be deemed means-plus-function limitations. This appears...more

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