PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. v. Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2018-1329, et al. (Fed. Cir. Nov. 13, 2019) -
This week’s Case of the Week strikes close to home,...more
11/19/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Design Patent ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101 ,
Venue
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1763 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 3, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit considered whether patent...more
10/8/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
America Invents Act ,
Certificate of Correction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Method Claims ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Section 101
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1584 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 21, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed an inter partes review decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board,...more
8/27/2019
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Claim Construction ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventive Concept Test ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Celgene Corporation v. Laura A. Peter, Appeal Nos. 2018-1167, -1168, -1169, -1171 (Fed. Cir. July 30, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit held that the retroactive...more
8/6/2019
/ Dismissals ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Estoppel ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Inter Partes Reexamination ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Section 101 ,
USPTO
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Elbit Systems Land and C4I Ltd. v. Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1910 (Fed. Cir. June 25, 2019) -
In this appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of...more
7/2/2019
/ Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Damages ,
Dismissals ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Exceptional Case ,
Expert Testimony ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Substantial Evidence ,
Vacated
Grunenthal GMBH v. Alkem Labs., Ltd., Appeal Nos. 2017-1153, -2048, -2049, -2050 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 28, 2019) -
This week the Federal Circuit issued a rare decision concerning the utility doctrine in patent law. In general,...more
4/2/2019
/ Computer-Related Inventions ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Section 102 ,
Section 103
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. v. General Electric Company, Appeal No. 2018-1284 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 26, 2019) -
The Court this week affirmed the Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of an infringement lawsuit, finding...more
3/6/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Dismissals ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, Appeal No. 2017-2508 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 6, 2019)
In an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of...more
2/12/2019
/ Appeals ,
Article III ,
Claim Construction ,
Google ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Mootness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Venue
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
ArcelorMittal Atlantique Et Lorraine v. AK Steel Corporation, Appeal No. 2017-1637 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 14, 2018) -
In an opinion originally filed as sealed on Nov. 5 and unsealed on Nov. 18, the Federal Circuit vacated and...more
11/20/2018
/ Appeals ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Cross-Appeals ,
Dismissals ,
FRCP 12(b)(3) ,
Improper Venue ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Summary Judgment ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Vacated ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
Acceleration Bay, LLC v. Activision Blizzard Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-2084, -2085, -2095, -2096, -2097, -2098, -2099, -2117, 2118 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 6, 2018)
In appeals of six inter partes review final decisions on three...more
11/13/2018
/ Appeals ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Cross-Appeals ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Data Engine Technologies, LLC v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2017-1135 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 9, 2018) -
In one of two Section 101 cases this week, the Federal Circuit affirmed-in-part, reversed-in-part, and...more
10/16/2018
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Section 101 ,
Summary Judgment
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1638, -1639, -1640, -1641, -1642, -1643 (Fed. Cir. July 20, 2018} -
In a groundbreaking decision issued on Friday, the Federal Circuit held that tribal...more
7/24/2018
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Generic Drugs ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Remand ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Tribal Governments ,
USPTO ,
Vacated
Praxair Distribution, Inc. v. Mallinckrodt Hospital Products IP Ltd., Appeal Nos. 2016-2616, -2656 (Fed. Cir. May 16, 2018) -
In an appeal from a inter partes review, the Federal Circuit reviewed a PTAB obviousness...more
5/22/2018
/ Burden of Proof ,
Claim Construction ,
Claim Limitations ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101 ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
In an ANDA applicant’s appeal from a bench trial judgment of validity and infringement, the Court affirmed the district court’s judgment on all counts. The case presented unusual procedural circumstances in a Hatch-Waxman...more
4/17/2018
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Induced Infringement ,
Off-Label Use ,
Orange Book ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prescription Drugs
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
The Circuit affirms the decision in Secured Mail v. Universal to dismiss an infringement case under Rule 12(b)(6), holding that all of the asserted claims of the seven patents are directed to patent-ineligible subject matter....more
10/17/2017
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Validity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Prior Art