REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA V. GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: For drug patents, adequate written description of a broad genus...more
3/7/2023
/ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Gilead Sciences ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prescription Drugs
WEISNER v. GOOGLE LLC -
Before Stoll, Reyna, and Hughes, Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Summary: The specific implementation of an abstract idea, such as improving...more
Before Stoll, Schall, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas....more
PAVO SOLUTIONS LLC v. KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, INC.
Before: Lourie, Prost, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Summary: A court can correct obvious minor...more
HOYT AUGUSTUS FLEMING V. CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION -
Before Lourie, Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A claim is obvious where “the proposed combination of [the...more
EVOLUSION CONCEPTS, INC. v. HOC EVENTS, INC.
Before Prost, Taranto, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Summary: Claim that requires the removal of a...more
MODERNATX, INC. v. ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION -
Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Sublicensee’s theory of royalty-based injury was too speculative to...more
12/2/2021
/ Appeals ,
Article III ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Jurisdiction ,
Life Sciences ,
Moderna Inc. ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Royalties ,
Standing
MODERNATX, INC. v. ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION -
Before Lourie, O’Malley and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A presumption of obviousness based on overlapping ranges requires showing...more
12/2/2021
/ Biotechnology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Moderna Inc. ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art
In Re: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Before Lourie, Bryson, and Taranto. Per Curiam. On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Summary: A party’s relatively...more
9/27/2021
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Evidence ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Principal Place of Business ,
Transfer of Venue ,
Venue ,
Witnesses ,
Writ of Mandamus
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS -
Before Lourie, Bryson and O’Malley. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: In claims for methods of using apparatuses or compositions, statements of...more
8/17/2021
/ Eli Lilly ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals
TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS v. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY -
Before LOURIE, BRYSON, and O’MALLEY. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The presumption of nexus analysis requires the fact finder to consider the...more
8/17/2021
/ Eli Lilly ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals
MINERVA SURGICAL, INC. v. HOLOGIC, INC., et al. -
Supreme Court of the United States. Opinion of the Court written by Justice Kagan. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion. Justice Barrett filed a dissenting opinion,...more
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. v. ITC -
Before Newman, Lourie, and Dyk. Appeal from the ITC.
Summary: Patentees cannot escape the bounds of their claims by promoting oversimplified characterizations of those claims....more
WI-LAN INC. v. SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION -
Before Dyk, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Source code evidence found to be inadmissible hearsay...more
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC V. SHOPPERSCHOICE.COM, LLC -
Before PROST, DYK, and WALLACH. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Summary: The grant or denial of...more
MYCO INDUSTRIES, INC. v. BLEPHEX, LLC -
Before Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan -
Summary: Enjoining a patentee from making statements about...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Dyk, Wallach, and Hughes. On remand from the Supreme Court.
Summary: Even though the issue of the jury’s award of lost profits was still pending, a party could not reopen the issue of...more
1/15/2019
/ Appeals ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Jury Trial ,
Lost Profits ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The section 315(b) time-bar for IPRs applies even when the underlying complaint alleging infringement...more
8/29/2018
/ § 315(b) ,
Appeals ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Vacated ,
Voluntary Dismissals
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Reyna, Wallach, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Summary: A complaint that attaches the asserted patents, specifically...more