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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: An Expert Need Not Have Acquired the Requisite Skill Level Prior to the Time of the Invention

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION v. APPLE INC. [OPINION] (2022-1884, 8/28/2024) (Prost, Taranto, and Chen) - Prost, J. The Court affirmed two final judgments of the...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: District Court’s “Seemingly Siloed and Inflexible Approach” to Obviousness “Ran Afoul” of KSR

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1258, 2022-1307, 4/1/2024) (Dyk, Prost, and Hughes) - Prost, J. The Court affirmed...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Stick to the original idea in reissues

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - IN RE: FLOAT'N'GRILL LLC [OPINION] (2022-1438, 7/12/2023) (Prost, Linn, and Cunningham) - Linn, J. The Court affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision “affirming the...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Dietary supplement patent invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 because “the asserted claims do not have...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - SSI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. DONGGUAN ZHENGYANG ELECTRONIC MECHANICAL LTD. [OPINION] (2021-2345, 2022-1039, 2/13/2023) (Reyna, Bryson, and Cunningham) - Bryson, J. The Court...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Patent claims found to lack patentable subject matter because they used “functional language, at a...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - NATURE SIMULATION SYSTEMS INC. v. AUTODESK, INC. [OPINION] (2020-2257, 10/17/2022) (Newman, Lourie, and Dyk) - Newman, J. The Court reversed a district court judgment that the...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: PTAB erred in not directly or implicitly addressing contested arguments in petition

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. WEBER, INC. [OPINION]  (2021-1942, 2021-1975, 9/27/2022) (Prost, Reyna, and Stark) - Prost, J. Affirming in part and vacating in part decision of...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Assignor estoppel applies to claims that are not "materially broader" than the originally assigned...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - In Re MCDONALD [OPINION] (2021-1697, 8/10/2022) (Newman, Stoll, and Cunningham) - Cunningham, J. The Court affirmed a PTAB decision rejecting reissue claims under 35 U.S.C. §...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Speculative harm did not warrant a preliminary injunction

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - LG ELECTRONICS INC. v. IMMERVISION, INC. [OPINION]  (2021-2037, 2021-2038, 7/11/2022) (Newman, Stoll, Cunningham) - Stoll, J. Affirming Board decision in IPR finding that...more

CAFC Patent Cases - September 2021 #3

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions IN RE: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. [OPINION]  (2021-160, September 2, 2021) (Lourie, Bryson, and Taranto) - Per curiam. Issuing writ of mandamus directing the United States District Court...more

CAFC Patent Cases - July 2021

IN RE: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., LG ELECTRONICS INC., LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC. [OPINION] (2021-139, 2021-140, 6/30/2021) (Lourie, Dyk, Reyna) - Dyk, J. Granting the writs of...more

CAFC Patent Cases - January 2021

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - SIMIO, LLC v. FLEXSIM SOFTWARE PRODUCTS [OPINION] (2020-1171, 12/29/20) (Prost, Clevenger, Stoll) - Prost, J. Affirming dismissal because claims were ineligible under § 101....more

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