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
IN RE: IPR LICENSING, INC., -
Before O’Malley, Newman, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Establishing a motivation to combine two references for an obviousness determination in an IPR...more
11/27/2019
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Appeals ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inadmissible Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Obviousness ,
Partial Reversal ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand
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
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 Summary -
Before Prost, O’Malley, and Stoll. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Advertising costs and sales figures are relevant in determining whether a trademark is famous and,...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Judges Reyna, Bryson, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: A claim that recites a specific method for navigating through...more
10/11/2018
/ 3D-Automation ,
Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Google ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Section 101
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 Lourie, Reyna, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”).
Summary: Nothing in § 41.41(b)(2) bars a reply brief from addressing new arguments raised in the...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