A Complaint Identifying Infringing Products and the Patents Allegedly Infringed, Accompanied by Statements that the Products Meet All Elements of at Least One Claim of the Asserted Patents, May be Sufficient to Meet the...more
7/12/2018
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Contract Termination ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Foreign Corporations ,
FRCP 12(b)(2) ,
FRCP 12(b)(3) ,
Improper Venue ,
International Litigation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Principal Place of Business ,
Specific Jurisdiction ,
Standing ,
Twombly/Iqbal Pleading Standard ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
Priority Claims Cannot Be Incorporated by Reference -
In Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. West-Ward Pharmaceuticals International Limited, Appeal Nos. 2016-2707 and 2016-2708, the Federal Circuit held that when a patent for a...more
6/25/2018
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Clear Error Standard ,
Consolidated Appeals ,
Diagnostic Method ,
Disclaimers ,
Discovery ,
Extrinsic Evidence ,
Generic Drugs ,
Incorporation by Reference ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Jurisdiction ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Terms ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Priority Patent Claims ,
Privity of Contract ,
Product of Nature Doctrine ,
Real Party in Interest ,
Scope of the Claim ,
Subsequent Litigation ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Treatment Method Patents
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
Distribution Agreements Can Constitute Offers for Sale Under Section 102(b) -
In The Medicines Company v. Hospira, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2014-1469, 2014-1504, the Federal Circuit held that a distribution agreement qualified as...more
4/11/2018
/ Amended Complaints ,
Appeals ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Direct Infringement ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Obviousness ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Pleading Standards ,
Prior Art ,
Question of Fact ,
Question of Law ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Section 101 ,
Standard of Review ,
Summary Judgment
Improperly Drafted Employment Agreement Leads to Dismissal of Patent Case Due to Lack of Standing -
In Advanced Video Technologies LLC v. HTC Corporation et al., Appeal Nos. 2016-2309, 2016-2310, 2016-2311, the Federal...more
3/14/2018
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Agency Deference ,
Appeals ,
Apportionment ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Concurrent Litigation ,
Dismissals ,
Employee Inventors ,
Employment Contract ,
Final Written Decisions ,
FRCP 19 ,
Inter Partes Reexamination ,
IP Assignment Agreements ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Joinder ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Jury Trial ,
Motion For New Trial ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Mutuality ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patent Validity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Standing ,
Vacated ,
Willful Infringement
Where Parties Raise an Actual Dispute Regarding Claim Scope, the Court Must Resolve It In Nobelbiz, Inc. v. Global Connect, L.L.C., Appeal Nos. 2016-1104, 2016-1105, the Federal Circuit held that where parties raise an actual...more
2/5/2018
/ Anticipation ,
Anticipatory Reference ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Claim Amendments ,
Combined References ,
Divided Infringement ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inherency ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Amend ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Scope of the Claim ,
Standard of Review ,
Substantial Evidence Standard
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
Fractured Federal Circuit Holds Patent Owner Does Not Bear Burden of Persuasion in IPR Motions to Amend -
In Aqua Products, Inc. v. Matal, Appeal No. 2015-1177, the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, held that a patent...more
12/6/2017
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Production ,
Chevron Deference ,
Claim Amendments ,
Claim Construction ,
Commercial Success ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Intrinsic Test ,
Motion to Amend ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
USPTO ,
Vacated
Federal Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in Mentor Graphics v. EVE-USA -
In Mentor Graphics Corp. v. Eve-USA, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2015-1470, 2015-1554, 2015-1556, the Federal Circuit denied Synopsys’ and EVE’s petition for...more
11/14/2017
/ Appeals ,
Apportionment ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Dismissals ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Employment Contract ,
En Banc Review ,
Ensnarement ,
Foreign Patent Applications ,
Foreign Persons ,
Former Employee ,
Intervenors ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Lost Profits ,
Mexico ,
Misappropriation ,
Motion to Compel ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Principal Place of Business ,
Standing ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
Trade Secrets ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
IPR Appellants Must Satisfy Article III Standing -
In Personal Audio, LLC v. Electronic Frontier Foundation, Appeal No. 2016-1123, the Federal Circuit held that standing for an appeal to a federal court is based on the...more
10/24/2017
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Lost Profits ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Standing ,
USPTO
District Court Abused Discretion in Ignoring Federal Circuit Mandate to Reconsider Attorneys’ Fees Under Octane Fitness -
In Adjustacam, LLC v. Newegg, Inc., Appeal No. 2016-1882, the Federal Circuit held that a district...more
9/15/2017
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Damages ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Document Productions ,
Exceptional Case ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Mandates ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Motion to Compel ,
Obviousness ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Sanctions ,
Standard of Review ,
Totality of Circumstances Test ,
USPTO ,
Willful Misconduct
District Court Abused Discretion in Not Finding Case Exceptional -
In Rothschild Connected Devices v. Guardian Protection Services, Appeal No. 2016-2521, the Federal Circuit held that a district court abused its discretion...more
8/18/2017
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
BPCIA ,
Commercial Marketing ,
Exceptional Case ,
FRCP 11 ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Motion for Sanctions ,
Notice Requirements ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sandoz v Amgen ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 101 ,
Section 102
Inter Partes Reexamination Estoppel Attaches On Claim-by-Claim Basis for New Requests and Pending Proceedings -
In In re Affinity Labs Of Texas, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2016-1092, 2016-1172, the Federal Circuit held that the...more
7/12/2017
/ Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Claim Construction ,
Doctrine of Prosecution Disclaimer ,
Estoppel ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
First Sale Doctrine ,
Forum Shopping ,
Impression Products v Lexmark International ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Sales ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Owner Preliminary Response ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Principal Place of Business ,
SCOTUS ,
State of Incorporation ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
Venue
Federal Circuit Affirms Different Invalidity Results at PTAB and District Court -
In Novartis AG v. Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-1678, 2016-1679, the Federal Circuit held that prior judicial opinions...more
6/8/2017
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
JMOL ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101
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
Federal Circuit Remands IPR Final Decision For Inadequate Obviousness Analysis, Sidesteps Issue of Proper Claim Construction Standard -
In Personal Web Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc., Appeal No. 2016-1174, the Federal...more
4/3/2017
/ 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(1) ,
Appeals ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Component Parts Doctrine ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Fairness Standard ,
Forum State ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Technologies Corp v Promega Corp ,
Minimum Contacts ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Reasonable Person Test ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review
“Common Sense” Alone Is Not a Sufficient Motivation to Combine References -
In In Re: Van Os, Appeal No. 2015-1975, the Federal Circuit held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s reliance on intuition or common sense...more
3/9/2017
/ Appeals ,
Burden of Production ,
Divided Infringement ,
Inducements ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Product Labels ,
Remand ,
Standard of Review ,
Standing ,
Vacated
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
Fraud-Detection Patent Claimed Patent-Ineligible Subject Matter -
In FairWarning IP, LLC v. Iatric Systems, Inc., Appeal No. 2015-1985, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s holding that FairWarning’s patent...more
12/2/2016
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Apple v Samsung ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
En Banc Review ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
Vacated ,
Willful Infringement
Withdrawal of Claims During Prosecution Can Trigger Prosecution History Estoppel In UCB, Inc. v. Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd., Appeal No. 2015-1957, the Federal Circuit held that prosecution estoppel can apply even...more
11/2/2016
/ Animation ,
Appeals ,
Assignment of Inventions ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Estoppel ,
Exceptional Case ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventors ,
Method Claims ,
Non-Appealable Decisions ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Reviewability Determinations ,
Seagate ,
Section 101 ,
Software Patents ,
Totality of Circumstances Test ,
Willful Infringement
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
Federal Circuit Holds That Using A Contract Manufacturer Does Not Trigger An On-Sale Bar -
In The Medicines Co. v. Hospira, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2014-1469, -1504, the Federal Circuit, en banc, held that the patentee’s deal...more
9/6/2016
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Indefiniteness ,
Long Arm Statute ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Minimum Contacts ,
Noninfringement ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Reversal ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Summary Judgment
Obvious Combinations Do Not Need to Be Physically Combinable -
In Allied Erecting and Dismantling Co., Inc. v. Genesis Attachments, LLC, Appeal No. 2015-1533, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s invalidity finding...more
7/28/2016
/ 35 U.S.C. § 284 ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Cuozzo Speed Technologies v Lee ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Fee-Shifting ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons ,
Objective Unreasonableness Standard ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review ,
Willful Infringement
Federal Circuit Construes Claim Term in a Manner that Rendered Claim Language Superfluous -
In SimpleAir, Inc. v. Sony Ericsson Mobile Commc’ns AB, Appeal No. 2015-1251, the Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s...more
5/31/2016
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Google ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Judicial Review ,
Motion to Vacate ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Res Judicata ,
Sprint ,
Summary Judgment ,
Transfer of Venue ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
Federal Circuit Upholds Broad Scope of CBM Review and Explains that an Internet Reference Must be Indexed by a Search Engine to Qualify as a Prior Art Publication -
In Blue Calypso, LLC v. Groupon, Inc., Appeal Nos....more
5/2/2016
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Estoppel ,
Forum Non Conveniens ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Agent Privilege ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
USPTO