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Platinum Optics Tech. Inc. v. Viavi Sols. Inc.

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In Platinum Optics Tech. Inc. v. Viavi Sols. Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision on the requirements for standing to appeal from an inter partes review (IPR) final...more

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Standing & Product Development: Platinum Optics Tech. Inc. v. Viavi Sols. Inc.

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In Platinum Optics Tech. Inc. v. Viavi Sols. Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision on the requirements for standing to appeal from an inter partes review (IPR) final...more

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Platinum Cannot Stand on Speculation

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Before Moore. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Standing based on potential infringement liability requires concrete plans for future activity which will create a substantial risk of future infringement...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Understanding Constitutional Standing: A Review of a Recent Federal Circuit Decision

In Intellectual Tech v. Zebra Technologies 2022-2207 (Fed. Cir. May 1, 2024), the Federal Circuit addressed a district court’s determination that the patent owner plaintiff lacked constitutional standing because it was...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Constitutional Standing Not Required for 337 Investigations

While a complainant does not need to have constitutional standing to bring a complaint in the International Trade Commission (ITC), at least one complainant must be the owner or exclusive licensee of the underlying asserted...more

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Federal Circuit Review | May 2024

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Infringement Judgement is Only Final when there’s Nothing Left to Do but Execute - In Packet Intelligence LLC v. Netscout Systems, Inc., Appeal No. 22-2064, the Federal Circuit held that an infringement judgment is only...more

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Who Really Owns Your Patent?  You or Your Bank?

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Intell. Tech LLC v. Zebra Techs. Corp., No. 2022-2207 (Fed. Cir. May 1, 2024) On May 1, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of Intellectual Tech’s (“IT’s”) patent infringement claims against Zebra...more

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Federal Circuit Overrules Rosen-Durling Test for Design Patent Obviousness as “Improperly Rigid”

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - LKQ CORPORATION v. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC [OPINION] (2021-2348, 5/21/24) Moore, Lourie, Dyk, Prost, Reyna, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, Stoll, and Stark - Stoll,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Getting to the Core of It: Assignment Clause Is Ambiguous

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a district court’s grant of summary judgment, finding that the language used in an invention assignment clause was subject to more than one reasonable...more

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Federal Circuit Reversal in Assignment Clause Case Highlights Importance of Contract Language in Intellectual Property Ownership

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In a split opinion issued Tuesday, and based on language in an assignment clause of a contract, the Federal Circuit overturned a district court's summary judgment that Core Optical lacked standing to sue Nokia, Cisco, and...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Printed Matter Doctrine Applies to Communicative Content, Not All Communications

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  IOENGINE, LLC V. VIDAL (21-1227 Lourie, Chen, Stoll) - Chen, J.  The Court reversed in part and affirmed in part the Final Written Decisions of the Patent Trial and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Standing Ovation…Denied!

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s decision in a patent dispute for a lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the plaintiff lacked constitutional and statutory standing....more

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R&D Expenditures Need Only Relate to Subset of Domestic Industry Product

Addressing a decision by the US International Trade Commission finding a violation of Section 337 based on importation of certain TV products, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed that the patent holder had...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Petitioner Failed to Establish Standing in IPR Appeal

Allgenesis Biotherapeutics Inc. v. Cloudbreak Therapeutics, LLC addresses whether an IPR petitioner can assert Article III standing on appeal based on potential infringement liability and potential preclusive effects on its...more

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Federal Circuit Review - November 2023

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Federal Circuit Orders District Court to Consider Extrinsic Evidence in Claim Construction - In Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Appeal No. 22-1889, the Federal Circuit held that where a...more

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See Here: No Standing Based on Vague Future Plans or Adverse Priority Findings

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from a final written decision in an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding, finding that the petitioner lacked standing because it suffered no injury in fact....more

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Speculative Injury from Rulemaking Petition Denial Doesn’t Confer Standing

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The US District Court for the District of Columbia affirmed the dismissal of a case alleging that the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by denying the plaintiffs’ rulemaking...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Guest Post -- Congressional Authority, Agency Discretion, and Legislative Rulemaking

More than a decade ago Congress considered, and rejected, any standing requirements for post-grant proceedings. Congress could hardly have been more explicit. The provisions were debated over a decade. In 2008, statutory...more

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Show Your Work: PTO Director’s Procedure for Issuing Instructions Is Reviewable

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s finding under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) that the substance of the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) Director’s instructions is...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions: Intel Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc., 21 F.4th 801 (Fed....

Intel filed three IPR petitions against Qualcomm’s ’949 patent, which is directed to “boot code” in a multi-processor system. Apple, who was not a party to any of the IPRs, uses Intel’s baseband processors in certain iPhone...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions: Best Medical Int’l, Inc. v. Elekta Inc., 46 F.4th...

Varian filed two petitions for IPR of BMI’s ’096 patent, which the Board instituted. Elekta filed copycat petitions and successfully joined Varian’s two instituted IPRs. A previously filed, parallel ex parte reexamination on...more

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Novartis Pharms Corp. v. Crystal Pharm. (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

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Case Name: Novartis Pharms Corp. v. Crystal Pharm. (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., No. 20-md-2930-RGA, 2022 WL 16921985 (D. Del. Nov. 14, 2022) (Andrews, J.)  Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Entresto® (sacubitril/valsartan); U.S....more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

[Webinar] Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions - February 2nd, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

In conjunction with the release of the firm's year-in-review report, speakers will offer case summaries and analysis of the significant 2022 appellate rulings discussed in the report. Topics of the featured intellectual...more

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Failure to Vacate Adverse Standing Decision Upon Settlement Stops Subsequent Suits

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UNILOC USA, INC. v. MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC - Before Lourie, Dyk, and Hughes.  Appeal from U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: Failure to vacate an adverse ruling regarding a lack of standing when...more

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