Arguments to the Patent Office That Contradict Information Submitted to the FDA Support an Inference of Deceptive Intent
In Belcher Pharmaceuticals v. Hospira, Inc., Appeal No. 20-1799, the Federal Circuit held that a...more
10/6/2021
/ Deceptive Intent ,
Evidence ,
Failure To Disclose ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Hospira ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Prior Art ,
USPTO ,
Venue
IPR Petitioner’s Initial Identification of the Real Parties in Interest Is to Be Accepted Unless and Until Disputed by a Patent Owner -
In Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-1481, -1546, -1583, the Federal...more
11/14/2018
/ § 315(b) ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Proof ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Dismissals ,
Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Lack of Authority ,
Method Claims ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Real Party in Interest ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Sanctions ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Vacated
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Encompasses All Embodiments in the Absence of Support Specifically Excluding an Embodiment -
In Steuben Foods, Inc. v. Nestle USA, Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1290, the Federal Circuit...more
5/15/2018
/ Appeals ,
Apple ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Claim Terms ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Evidence ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Nestle ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Subsequent Litigation ,
Vacated
Claims Directed to Methods for Streaming Audiovisual Data Held Unpatentable Under § 101 -
In Two-Way Media Ltd v. Comcast Cable Communications, Appeal Nos. 2016-2531, 2016-2532, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district...more
1/5/2018
/ Appeals ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Component Parts Doctrine ,
Damages ,
Evidence ,
Foreign Sales ,
JMOL ,
Life Technologies Corp v Promega Corp ,
Nonobvious ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 101 ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
Vacated ,
Venue ,
Waivers
Patentee’s Unnecessarily Broad Prosecution Disclaimer Affirmed by Federal Circuit -
In Technology Properties Limited LLC v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Appeal Nos. 2016-1306, -1307, -1309, -1310, -1311, the Federal...more
5/16/2017
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
AT&T ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Disclaimers ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Evidence ,
Laches ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v First Quality Baby Products ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 101 ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sprint ,
Statute of Limitations
PTAB’s Final Written Decision in IPR Must Explain Its Basis for a Motivation to Combine References -
In In Re: Nuvasive, Inc., Appeal No. 2015-1670, the Federal Circuit vacated the PTAB’s obviousness finding in an IPR,...more
2/18/2017
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Divided Infringement ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Evidence ,
Induced Infringement ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reversal
Claims Directed to Monitoring and Analyzing Data Held to Be Invalid under § 101 -
In Electric Power Group, LLC v. Alstom S.A., Appeal No. 2015-1778, the Federal Circuit upheld the district court’s grant of summary...more
10/6/2016
/ 35 U.S.C. § 284 ,
Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Evidence ,
FRCP 52(a)(2) ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motions to Stay Proceedings ,
Myriad-Mayo ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Section 101 ,
Summary Judgment ,
Willful Infringement
The pressures of global litigation have forced litigants to further consider how, when, and where they will obtain discovery. Under developing case law, litigants involved in related litigations in different venues should...more