CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION v. ITC - Before Reyna, Mayer, and Cunningham. Appeal from the International Trade Commission. Summary: Process patent claims are invalid under the on-sale bar (35 U.S.C. § 102(a)(1)) when...more
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Comparing pre-Section 135 bar date claims to amended post-bar date claims in an interference proceeding requires comparing...more
PFIZER INC. v. SANOFI PASTEUR INC. -
Before Lourie, Bryson, and Stark. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board....more
4/10/2024
/ Appeals ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Merck ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prior Art ,
Sanofi
ROKU, INC. v. UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. -
Before Newman, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: When an appeal from the PTAB addresses only a factual issue, the substantial...more
ABS GLOBAL, INC. V. CYTONOME/ST, LLC -
Before Prost, Moore, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A patent owner may moot a petitioner’s appeal of an IPR final written decision of no...more
BAXALTA INC. V. GENENTECH, INC.
Before Moore, Plager, and Wallach. Appeal from the District of Delaware
Summary: A district court erred by interpreting a specification’s description of an “antibody” as a definition,...more
Amgen, Inc. v. Amneal Pharmas. LLC et al -
Before Newman, Lourie, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: An examiner amendment may give rise to prosecution history...more
1/10/2020
/ Appeals ,
Bench Trial ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Markush Grouping ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patents ,
Prosecution History Estoppel ,
Reversal
ARTHREX, INC. V. SMITH & NEPHEW ET AL.
Before Dyk, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office -
Summary: The Board’s invalidity decision does not need to track the exact wording in the IPR...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Moore, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Summary: Removing the priority claim of one application in a chain can affect the ability of pending and...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Moore, Wallach, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Supreme Court’s decision in SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu requires the Board in an instituted...more
7/3/2018
/ Adidas ,
Appeals ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Nike ,
Obviousness ,
Partial Institution ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Moor, Mayer, and Stoll. Appeal from the patent Trial and Appeal Board
Summary: The broadest reasonable interpretation of a claim term cannot be so broad that it is inconsistent with...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before PROST, WALLACH, and TARANTO. Appeal from the District of Delaware Summary: (1) A party may not avoid inducement based on “substantial non-infringing uses,” and (2) prosecution history...more
11/22/2017
/ Appeals ,
Estoppel ,
Inducement ,
Parent Patents ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Product Labels ,
Prosecution History Estoppel ,
Sandoz ,
Sanofi ,
Sanofi-Aventis