Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Dyk, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Summary: In the context of a suit for a declaration of non-infringement and...more
12/4/2018
/ Appeals ,
China ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Dismissals ,
Foreign Defendants ,
Forum State ,
International Litigation ,
Minimum Contacts ,
Nonobvious ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Reaffirmation ,
Specific Jurisdiction ,
State Law Claims ,
Tortious Interference
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Schall, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The plain language of 35 U.S.C. § 311(a) unambiguously leaves no room for assignor estoppel to apply in...more
11/13/2018
/ 35 U.S.C. § 311(a) ,
Appeals ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Claim Construction ,
Cross-Appeals ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Reversal
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Bryson, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Summary: (1) To uphold a jury verdict of infringement, evidence must...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Lourie, Clevenger, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: 35 U.S.C. § 315(b), which prohibits the Board from instituting an IPR based on a petition filed...more
10/1/2018
/ § 315(b) ,
Appeals ,
Dismissals ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Vacated
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before O’Malley, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: While obviousness of apparatus claims “capable of” a particular function may be shown by...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The section 315(b) time-bar for IPRs applies even when the underlying complaint alleging infringement...more
8/29/2018
/ § 315(b) ,
Appeals ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Vacated ,
Voluntary Dismissals
Federal Circut Summary -
Before O’Malley, Taranto, and Stark; Partial En Banc Decision before Prost, Newman, Lourie, Dyk, Moore, O’Malley, Reyna, Wallach, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before O’Malley, Bryson, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A writ of mandamus cannot be used as an alternative means of obtaining appellate review of...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Reyna, Bryson, and Hughes. Appeal from the Northern District of California.
Summary: Breach of a duty of disclosure to a standards-setting organization may constitute implied waiver,...more
8/23/2018
/ Appeals ,
Apple ,
Breach of Duty ,
Duty to Disclose ,
ETSI ,
Finland ,
Implied Waivers ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Standard Setting Organizations ,
Technology ,
Vacated ,
Waivers ,
Willful Misconduct
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Newman, Lourie, and Reyna. Appeals from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A party did not waive SAS-based relief in an IPR appeal when it requested remand for consideration of...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Prost, Moore, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: An IPR petitioner bears the burden of persuasion concerning the patentability of proposed substitute...more
6/21/2018
/ Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Amend ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Substitute Claims ,
Vacated
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Prost, Newman, and Wallach. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: An unsupported expert opinion does not constitute substantial evidence to contradict a prior art...more
6/1/2018
/ Anticipatory Reference ,
Appeals ,
Expert Testimony ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
Vacated
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Wallach, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Summary: Reexaminations of patents confirming validity are not dispositive of...more
1/16/2018
/ Appeals ,
Apportionment ,
Damages ,
Expert Testimony ,
Inter Partes Reexamination ,
Jury Trial ,
Motion For New Trial ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Summary Judgment ,
Vacated ,
Willful Infringement
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Dyk, Reyna, and Wallach. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Extrinsic evidence can be used to find that an allegedly anticipating reference necessarily includes...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Moore, Plager, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Summary: In challenging compliance with the marking requirement of §...more
12/20/2017
/ § 287 ,
Appeals ,
Burden-Shifting ,
IP License ,
License Agreements ,
Motion for JMOL ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Marking ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Vacated
The Federal Circuit upheld an IPR final written decision by the PTAB holding that MindGeek’s claims were unpatentable in Skky, Inc. v. MindGeek, S.A.R.L., No. 2016-2018 (Fed. Cir. June 7, 2017). ...more
The Federal Circuit affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part the PTAB’s final written decisions on Wasica’s tire pressure monitoring patents in Wasica Finance GmbH v. Continental Automotive Sys., Inc., No. 2015-2078 (Fed. Cir....more
The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s final written decisions holding that claims directed to Novartis’s dementia drug compositions containing Exelon were obvious in Novartis AG v. Noven Pharm. Inc., No. 2016-1679 (Fed....more
4/19/2017
/ Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Clear and Convincing Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Novartis ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation
The Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s final written decision holding that claims from Nidec Motor Corp.’s patent were anticipated in Nidec Motor Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co. Ltd., Case No. 2016-1900 (Fed. Cir....more