Addressing a decision by the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) declining to find certain claims unpatentable because they contained means-plus-function elements without any corresponding...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a dismissal based on a license defense, explaining that it was improper to dismiss until the district court had interpreted the license agreement....more
12/3/2019
/ Appeals ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Contract Termination ,
Dismissals ,
IP License ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Sublicenses
Addressing a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision vacating an earlier partial institution of inter partes reviews (IPRs) in view of an intervening Supreme Court decision against such partial institutions, the US...more
10/9/2019
/ Appeals ,
Denial of Institution ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Partial Institution ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu ,
Vacated
Addressing the design patent battle between Apple and Samsung on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declined to apply the new standard or to order specific...more
3/1/2017
/ Apple v Samsung ,
Article of Manufacture ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Cell Phones ,
Component Parts Doctrine ,
Damages ,
Design Patent ,
Manufacturers ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Smartphones