CIENA CORPORATION v. OYSTER OPTICS, LLC -
Before Moore, O’Malley, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Affirmatively petitioning for IPR waives the petitioner’s Appointments Clause...more
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC v. TREND MICRO INCORPORATED -
Before Dyk, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the Delaware District Court
Summary: An exceptional case finding may be based on a single isolated act, but the court...more
COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR v. SEIRUS INNOVATIVE ACCESSORIES -
Before Lourie, Moore, and Stoll. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for Southern District of California.
Summary: An accused infringer’s use of ornamental logos...more
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. v. INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.
Before Newman, Schall, and O’Malley. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A reference must be publicly accessible, not actually accessed, before...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Newman, Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
Summary: Objective indicia of nonobviousness cannot be dismissed merely because all...more
9/14/2018
/ Actavis Inc. ,
Appeals ,
Generic Drugs ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Investigational New Drug Application (IND) ,
Nonobvious ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Remand ,
Reversal
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Summary: (1) The public use bar is not triggered by experimental use...more
7/13/2018
/ Appeals ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Experimental Use Exception ,
Jury Trial ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Public Use ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Willful Infringement
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Moore, Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.
Summary: A district court must articulate a reasonable basis for denying...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before O’Malley, Plager and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Judge William H. Alsup.
Summary: Historical findings of fact relevant to...more
3/30/2018
/ Appeals ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Damages ,
Fair Use ,
Google ,
JMOL ,
Jury Trial ,
Oracle ,
Oracle v Google ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Standard of Review ,
Transformative Use
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Moore, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Summary: Allegations in the complaint about how the claimed invention solved problems in...more
2/22/2018
/ Appeals ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Leave to Amend ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Section 101 ,
Triable Issue of Fact
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Moore, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: In a product-by-process claim, terms that can be equally understood as structural or process...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Moore, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Summary: (1) Terms of degree, including “minimal,” may render claims...more
2/14/2018
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Indefiniteness ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Question of Law ,
Remand ,
Section 101