APPLE INC. v. ZIPIT WIRELESS, INC. [OPINION]- PRECEDENTIAL -
Before Hughes, Mayer and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary: Notice letters and related...more
4/19/2022
/ Appeals ,
Apple ,
Burden of Proof ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Wireless Technology
INTEL CORPORATION v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED -
Before Prost, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Indefinite claims do not preclude patentability analysis at the PTAB....more
12/30/2021
/ Claim Construction ,
Intel ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Qualcomm
INTEL CORPORATION v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED -
Before Prost, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A “generic” motivation to combine that has broad appeal or applicability is not...more
12/30/2021
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Expert Testimony ,
Intel ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Qualcomm
In Re Personal Web Technologies LLC -
Before Wallach, Bryson, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary: The Kessler doctrine is not limited to cases...more
EAGLE PHARMACEUTICALS INC. V. SLAYBACK PHARMA LLC.
Before O’Malley, Reyna, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: The disclosure-dedication doctrine precludes...more
ILLUMINA, INC. v. ARIOSA DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
Before Lourie, Moore, and Reyna. Appeal from the Northern District of California.
Summary: Use of a natural phenomenon in a method of preparation claim found patent eligible...more
PHARMA TECH SOLUTIONS, INC. v. LIFESCAN, INC.
Before Moore, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Summary: Claims for infringement under the doctrine of equivalents...more
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT v. SIRIUS XM RADIO INC.
Before Dyk, Linn, and Taranto.
Appeal from the District of Delaware. Summary: Contract interpretation must be applied in determining whether a sublicense survives...more
10/18/2019
/ Ambiguous ,
Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Cease and Desist ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Dismissals ,
Extrinsic Evidence ,
IP License ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Sublicenses ,
Vacated
GUANGDONG ALISON HI-TECH CO. V. ITC -
Before Wallach, Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from United States International Trade Commission.
Summary: A term of degree is not indefinite so long as the written description provides...more
AVX CORPORATION V. PRESIDIO COMPONENTS, INC.
Before Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent and Trial Appeal Board.
Summary: Appellants from an IPR decision to the Federal Circuit must have concrete claims...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Dyk, and Moore. Appeal from District of Delaware.
Summary: A district court’s construction of a claim term that is contrary to the plain language of the claims and usage of the...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Judge Newman, Lourie and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Summary: Claims reciting only conventional steps to detect a natural...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before O’Malley, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary: Testing for the presence of a bacterium that causes tuberculosis and the...more
10/12/2018
/ Appeals ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Diagnostic Method ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Method Claims ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Product of Nature Doctrine ,
Reaffirmation ,
Section 101 ,
Summary Judgment
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Moore, and Reyna. Appeal from the District of Delaware.
Summary: Plain language claim construction will not be narrowed based on the prosecution history unless the patentee...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Reyna, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the Northern District of California.
Summary: Failure to use the word “means” creates a rebuttable presumption that the term is not a...more
6/7/2018
/ Appeals ,
Apple ,
Clear Error Standard ,
Indefiniteness ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Remand ,
Vacated
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Hughes, Reyna, Stoll. Appeal from the District of Minnesota.
Summary: Specific personal jurisdiction over a foreign corporation is proper when the foreign corporation allegedly...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Reyna, Linn, and Hughes. On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the Eastern District of Texas.
Summary: Under Federal Circuit law, the plaintiff bears the burden of showing that venue is...more
5/18/2018
/ Appeals ,
Arms Length Transactions ,
Burden of Proof ,
Call Centers ,
Mandamus Petitions ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Principal Place of Business ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Venue
The Patent Act provides that, in a case of infringement, courts “may increase the damages up to three times the amount found or assessed.” Previously, in order to recover enhanced damages under the Patent Act, a patent owner...more
(January 13, 2015) The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court’s finding that W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (“Gore”) willfully infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,436,135 (“the ’135 patent”) . ...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court’s denial of Antares Pharma, Inc.’s (“Antares”) motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin Medac Pharma, Inc. and Medac GMBH...more