Roku, Inc. v. Universal Electronics, Inc., Appeal No. 2022-1058 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 31, 2023)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB’s) final written...more
4/4/2023
/ Claim Construction ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Inventions ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents
Google LLC v. Hammond Development International, Inc., Appeal No. 2021-2218 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 8, 2022) -
In the only precedential patent decision this week, the Federal Circuit issued a decision concerning the effect of...more
American National Manufacturing Inc. v. Sleep Number Corporation, Appeal Nos. 2021-1321, -1323, -1379, -1382 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 14, 2022) -
In an appeal from inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal...more
Provisur Technologies, Inc. v. Weber, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-1942, -1975 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 27, 2022) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reviewed an IPR decision and addressed the Patent Trial and Appeal...more
10/4/2022
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Alice/Mayo ,
Appeals ,
Claim Limitations ,
Federal Rules of Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Exclude ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Vacated
Best Medical International, Inc. v. Elekta Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-2099, -2100 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 26, 2022) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed issues of jurisdiction where a challenged claim was...more
8/30/2022
/ Alice/Mayo ,
Appeals ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Jurisdiction ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101
This week, we provide extensive write-ups about two consequential decisions issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concerning two procedural issues under the America Invents Act (“AIA”), both...more
8/23/2022
/ America Invents Act ,
Appeals ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
Thryv Inc v Click-To-Call Technologies LP ,
United States v Arthrex Inc ,
USPTO
LG Electronics Inc. v. Immervision, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-2037, -2038 (Fed. Cir. 2022)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit considered how to treat a prior art reference in which the alleged teaching of...more
Atlanta Gas Light Company v. Bennett Regulator Guards Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-1759 (Fed. Cir. May 13, 2022) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit Court addressed the third appeal from an underlying inter...more
5/17/2022
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Dismissals ,
Functional Claim Language ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Vacated
In re: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and In re: Hyundai Motor America, Appeal Nos. 2022-108, -109 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 9, 2022) -
In the most recent of multiple mandamus rulings issued by the Federal Circuit in relation to...more
3/15/2022
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Dismissals ,
Improper Venue ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Vacated ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus ,
Written Descriptions
Adapt Pharma Operations Limited v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-2106 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 10, 2022) -
In our Case of the Week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in both the majority opinion and...more
2/15/2022
/ Appeals ,
En Banc Review ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Motion To Seal ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Third-Party ,
Vacated
The Federal Circuit issued numerous precedential opinions last week, two of which answered long simmering questions about inter partes reviews (IPRs). Below we discuss a case addressing whether admissions of prior art in the...more
2/8/2022
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Estoppel ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Settlement Agreements
Kannuu Pty Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Appeal No. 2021-1638 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 7, 2021) -
In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed whether a forum selection clause in an NDA may prohibit a party from...more
10/12/2021
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Design Patent ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
MLC Intellectual Property, LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-1413 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 26, 2021) -
For those interested in an important Section 112 written description case, we recommend reading the Juno...more
8/31/2021
/ Appeals ,
Apportionment ,
Damages ,
Discovery ,
Expert Testimony ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 101
Chemours Company FC, LLC v. Daikin Industries, Ltd., Appeal Nos. 2020-1289, -1290 (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reversed a PTAB decision in consolidated IPRs that two...more
Trimble Inc. v. PerDiemCo LLC, Appeal No. 2019-2164 (Fed. Cir. May 12, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit revisited its decision in Red Wing Shoe Co. v. Hockerson-Halberstadt, Inc., 148 F.3d 1355...more
5/18/2021
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Non-Practicing Entities ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Summary Judgment
Wi-LAN Inc. v. Sharp Electronics Corporation, Appeal Nos. 2020-1041, -1043 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 6, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed issues of claim construction and various issues...more
4/13/2021
/ Apple ,
Article III ,
Business Records Exception ,
Claim Construction ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Federal Rules of Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Manufacturers ,
Qualcomm ,
Settlement ,
Source Code ,
Standing ,
Third-Party
Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-1688, -1689 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 9, 2021) In this week’s Case of the Week, Uniloc appealed from two consolidated IPR decisions finding multiple claims unpatentable as obvious....more
3/17/2021
/ § 314(d) ,
§ 315(b) ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Facebook ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Mandamus Petitions ,
Non-Appealable Decisions ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Summary Judgment
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Appeal No. 2020-1074 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 11, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s JMOL ruling that asserted claims of two related pharmaceutical patents...more
2/17/2021
/ Appeals ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
JMOL ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Summary Judgment
ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC, Appeal No. 2019-2051 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 6, 2021)
For the second time in two weeks, our Case of the Week concerns issues relating to Article III justiciability of an appeal from an IPR...more
1/12/2021
/ Already LLC ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Mootness ,
Nike ,
Patent Infringement ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Summary Judgment