In re Forest, Appeal No. 2023-1178 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 3, 2025)
In an appeal from a Patent Office decision denying a patent that would have been expired upon issuance, the Federal Circuit dismissed. Applicant Forest had filed...more
In re: Riggs, Appeal No. 2022-1945 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 24, 2025)
Our Case of the Week explores the power of an examiner to request a rehearing after the Board has entered a decision on an application. The case also relates to...more
4/1/2025
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Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Judicial Authority ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
USPTO ,
Vacated
Apple Inc. v. Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2023-1475, -1533 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)
Our Case of the Week is a high-stakes appeal from an inter partes review concerning a patent titled “Camera Based...more
3/11/2025
/ Appeals ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Technology ,
USPTO ,
Vacated
Bearbox LLC v. Lancium LLC, Appeal No. 2023-1922 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s determination that appellants Bearbox and Austin Storms—Bearbox’s...more
1/23/2025
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Appellate Courts ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art
Honeywell International Inc. v. 3G Licensing, S.A., Appeal Nos. 2023-1354, -1384, -1407 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 2, 2025)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reversed an inter partes review finding of the Patent...more
Luv N’ Care, Ltd. v. Lindsey Laurain, Appeal Nos. 2022-1905, -1970 (Fed. Cir. Apr.12, 2024) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s bench trial decision that unclean hands...more
4/16/2024
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Attorney's Fees ,
Bench Trial ,
Design Patent ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Injunctions ,
Misleading Statements ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Prior Art ,
Trade Dress ,
USPTO ,
Willful Misconduct
Freshub, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1391, -1425 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 26, 2024)
In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion this week, the Court affirmed a jury finding that use of Amazon’s “Alexa” products...more
K-Fee System GmbH v. Nespresso USA, Inc., Appeal No. 2022-2042 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 26, 2023)
In an appeal from a district court judgment of noninfringement, the Federal Circuit reversed the underlying claim construction...more
Penumbra, Inc. v. Rapidpulse, Inc., IPR2021-01466, Paper 34 (P.T.A.B. March 10, 2023)
In a PTAB decision that was recently designated precedential, the Board made two important decisions concerning provisional patent...more
12/5/2023
/ America Invents Act ,
Claim Construction ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art
SNIPR Technologies Limited v. Rockefeller University, Appeal No. 2022-1260 (Fed. Cir. July 14, 2023)
Our case of the week addresses a wrinkle in the law concerning disputes between parties that filed patent applications...more
7/18/2023
/ America Invents Act ,
Appeals ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Nonobvious ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Vacated
Regents of the University of Minnesota v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., Appeal No. 21-2168 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 6, 2023)
The Federal Circuit’s only precedential patent opinion this week focuses on the written description requirement...more
3/14/2023
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
USPTO ,
Written Descriptions
Personalized Media Communications, LLC v. Apple, Inc., Appeal No. 2021-2275 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 20, 2023)
Our Case of the Week focuses on the doctrine of prosecution laches. Following a bench trial on the issue held shortly...more
Dionex Softron GmbH v. Agilent Techs., Inc., Appeal No. 21-2372 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 6, 2023) -
This week’s Case of the Week, the only precedential patent opinion issued by the Federal Circuit this week, focused primarily on...more
Provisur Technologies, Inc. v. Weber, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-1942, -1975 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 27, 2022) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reviewed an IPR decision and addressed the Patent Trial and Appeal...more
10/4/2022
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Alice/Mayo ,
Appeals ,
Claim Limitations ,
Federal Rules of Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Exclude ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
GS CleanTech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC, Appeal No. 2016-2231, 2017-1838, 2017-1832 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2020) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s...more
3/11/2020
/ Comcast ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Dish Network ,
Inventors ,
IP License ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Provisional Applications ,
Section 101 ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
USPTO
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. TCL Corporation, Appeal Nos. 2017-2381, -2385 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 7, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reviewed two inter partes...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-2140 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 31, 2019) -
In the most important case to affect America Invents Act review proceedings this year, the Federal Circuit...more
11/5/2019
/ Administrative Patent Judges ,
America Invents Act ,
Appointments Clause ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Judicial Appointments ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Principle Officers ,
Remand ,
Removal At-Will ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
General Electric Co. v. United Techs. Corp., Appeal No. 2017-2497 (Fed. Cir. July 10, 2019) -
The Case of the Week focuses on standing to bring an appeal of an adverse decision by the PTAB in...more
7/16/2019
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Claim Construction ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Standing ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Forum US, Inc. v. Flow Valve, LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1765 (Fed. Cir. June 17, 2019) -
Our case of the week features a rarely visited rule concerning reissue patents—the “original patent...more
6/25/2019
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Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Reissue Patents ,
Video Games ,
Written Descriptions
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Duncan Parking Techs., Inc. v. IPS Group, Inc. and IPS Group, Inc. v. Duncan Solutions, Inc. et al., Appeal Nos. 2018-1205, -1360 (Fed. Cir. January 31, 2019) -
The Court this week provided a...more
2/5/2019
/ Appeals ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventors ,
Joint Inventors ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Summary Judgment ,
USPTO ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. v. Roxane Laboratories, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-2078, -2134 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 10, 2018)
The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling following a bench trial,...more
9/18/2018
/ Bench Trial ,
De Novo Standard of Review ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Nonobvious ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Printed Publications ,
Prior Art
Medtronic, Inc. v. Mark A. Barry, Appeal Nos. 2017-1169, -1170 (Fed. Cir. June 11, 2018) -
The Court affirmed-in-part and vacated-in-part a PTAB decision finding that petitioner Medtronic, Inc. had failed to prove that...more
6/19/2018
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Vacated
Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-2121, -2208, -2235 (Fed. Cir. 2018)?-
In an appeal from a jury trial, the Federal Circuit addressed numerous issues...more
5/8/2018
/ Appeals ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Breach of Contract ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Disclosure ,
Disgorgement ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Experimental Use Exception ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Interference Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Misappropriation ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Public Use ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Right to a Jury ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Tortious Interference ,
Trade Secrets ,
Twombly/Iqbal Pleading Standard ,
USPTO ,
Vacated ,
Written Descriptions
Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2017-1118, -1202 (Fed. Cir. 2018) -
In an appeal from a jury trial, the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court’s decision denying Oracle’s motion for JMOL and remanded...more
4/3/2018
/ Android ,
Appeals ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Damages ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Java ,
JMOL ,
Jury Trial ,
Obviousness ,
Oracle v Google ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Standard of Review ,
Transformative Use
Berkheimer v. HP Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1437 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2018) -
In Berkheimer v. HP Inc., the Federal Circuit reviewed the District Court’s summary judgment finding that certain claims of a patent were invalid as...more
2/13/2018
/ AbbVie ,
Abstract Ideas ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Discovery Violations ,
Expert Testimony ,
Fraud ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Hospira ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Jurisdiction ,
License Agreements ,
Licensees ,
Merck ,
Misrepresentation ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Nonobvious ,
Obviousness ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Section 101 ,
Substantial Evidence ,
Summary Judgment ,
Walker Process Claims ,
Wrongful Termination