On April 25, 2016, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the judgment of invalidity on two patents in favor of Knobbe Martens client Toshiba Corporation...more
Under O2 Micro, a District Court Must Provide a Claim Construction if the Parties Dispute the Meaning of a Claim Term -
In Eon Corp. IP Holdings LLC v. Silver Springs Networks, Inc., Appeal No. 2015-1237, the Federal...more
3/26/2016
/ Actual or Constructive Knowledge ,
Apple v Samsung ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Due Process ,
Enhanced Damages ,
First Sale Doctrine ,
Foreign Sales ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
JMOL ,
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons ,
Lexmark ,
Lodestar Method ,
Obviousness ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Resales Agreements ,
Reversal ,
Treble Damages ,
Walker Process Claims
Federal Circuit Dismisses an Appeal of an Inter Partes Reexamination for Lack of Standing Where the Appellant Failed to Establish that it was the Successor-in-Interest to the Original Petitioner -
In Agilent...more
3/1/2016
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101 ,
Standing ,
Successor Interests ,
Summary Judgment ,
USPTO
Expert Testimony Not Always Necessary to Establish Prima Facie Obviousness Case in Inter Partes Review -
In Belden Inc. v. Berk-Tek LLC, Appeal Nos. 2014-1575, 2014-1576, on appeal from an IPR, the Federal Circuit...more
12/28/2015
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Expert Testimony ,
Incorporated by Reference ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Litigation ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art
Federal Circuit Revives Possibility of Permanent Injunction in Apple-Samsung Patent Dispute -
In Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Appeal No. 2014-1802, the Federal Circuit reversed for abuse of discretion the...more
10/30/2015
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Apple v Samsung ,
En Banc Review ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Equitable Relief ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
iPhone ,
Laches ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Petrella v. MGM ,
Pre-Suit Damages ,
Qualcomm ,
Reversal ,
Scope of the Claim ,
The Copyright Act ,
USPTO
In the recent cases OCTANE FITNESS, LLC v. ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC. and HIGHMARK INC. v. ALLCARE HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INC., the U.S. Supreme Court empowered district court judges to award attorney fees to prevailing...more
6/13/2014
/ Akamai Technologies ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Exceptional Case ,
Fee-Shifting ,
Highmark v. Allcare ,
Induced Infringement ,
Limelight ,
Limelight Networks ,
Nautilus Inc. v. Biosig Instruments ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
USPTO