Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Appeal No. 2023-1186 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 24, 2023)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a permanent injunction requiring appellant Jazz...more
Lite-Netics, LLC v. Nu Tsai Capital LLC, Appeal No. 2023-1146 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 17, 2023)
In an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, the Federal Circuit addressed whether the district court...more
2/21/2023
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Dismissals ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Intrinsic Evidence ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Remand ,
Section 101 ,
Summary Judgment
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
ADASA Inc. v. Avery Dennison Corporation, Appeal No. 2022-1092 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 16, 2022) -
In the Federal Circuit’s only precedential opinion this week, the Court considered issues arising from infringement litigation...more
12/22/2022
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Discovery ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ,
Remand ,
Remedies ,
Sanctions ,
Section 101 ,
Vacated
Treehouse Avatar LLC v. Valve Corp., Appeal No. 2022-1171 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 30, 2022) -
In the only precedential patent opinion issued by the Federal Circuit this week, the Court affirmed a district court’s summary judgment...more
Static Media LLC v. Leader Accessories LLC, Appeal No. 2021-2303 (Fed. Cir. June 28, 2022) -
In last week’s only precedential opinion issued in a patent case, the Federal Circuit reversed contempt and sanctions orders...more
Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc., Appeal No. 2021-1070 (Fed. Cir. June 21, 2022) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit granted panel rehearing of and vacated its prior decision in Novartis...more
Pavo Solutions LLC v. Kingston Technology Company, Inc., Appeal No. 2021-1834 (Fed. Cir. June 3, 2022) -
In our Case of the Week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a $7M compensatory damages award and,...more
Mitek Systems, Inc. v. United Services Automobile Association, Appeal No. 2021-1989 (Fed. Cir. May 20, 2022) -
Our Case of the Week this week is a declaratory judgment action brought against USAA. In a 27-page opinion,...more
5/24/2022
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Article III ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
USPTO ,
Venue
In re: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and In re: Hyundai Motor America, Appeal Nos. 2022-108, -109 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 9, 2022) -
In the most recent of multiple mandamus rulings issued by the Federal Circuit in relation to...more
3/15/2022
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Claim Construction ,
Dismissals ,
Improper Venue ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Vacated ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus ,
Written Descriptions
Adapt Pharma Operations Limited v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-2106 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 10, 2022) -
In our Case of the Week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in both the majority opinion and...more
2/15/2022
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En Banc Review ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Motion To Seal ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Third-Party ,
Vacated
The Federal Circuit issued numerous precedential opinions last week, two of which answered long simmering questions about inter partes reviews (IPRs). Below we discuss a case addressing whether admissions of prior art in the...more
2/8/2022
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Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Estoppel ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Settlement Agreements
University of Strathclyde v. Clear-Vu Lighting LLC, Appeal No. 2021-2243 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 4, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reversed an inter partes review decision finding claims directed to...more
11/9/2021
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Appeals ,
Dismissals ,
Improper Venue ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art
In re: Juniper Networks, Inc., Appeal No. 2021-160 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 24, 2021)-
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit issued its fifth writ of mandamus this year ordering transfer of a patent case out of the...more
Rain Computing, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1646, -1656 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2021) -
Our Case of the Week focuses on the issue of indefiniteness, and particularly, terms that are construed as...more
3/9/2021
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Claim Construction ,
Damages ,
Indefiniteness ,
Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Pro Se Litigants ,
Section 112 ,
Sua Sponte ,
Willful Infringement
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Appeal No. 2020-1074 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 11, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s JMOL ruling that asserted claims of two related pharmaceutical patents...more
2/17/2021
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Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
JMOL ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Summary Judgment
In the only precedential patent opinion issued this week, the Federal Circuit determined multiple issues in cross-appeals from the district court’s disposition of post-trial motions following a jury trial. The dispute...more
C.R. Bard Inc. v. AngioDynamics, Inc., Appeal No. 2019-1756, -1934 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 10, 2020) -
Our Case of the Week is one of two cases decided this week in which the Federal Circuit finds that a district court jumped the...more
11/17/2020
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Appellate Courts ,
Claim Construction ,
Discovery ,
Dismissals ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Genuine Issue of Material Fact ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventors ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Summary Judgment
In re: Nitro Fluids L.L.C., Appeal No. 2020-142 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 28, 2020) -
In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion this week, the Federal Circuit granted a mandamus petition vacating the district court’s denial of...more
TecSec, Inc. v. Adobe, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-2192, -2258 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 23, 2020) -
In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit issued a wide-ranging opinion following three previous appeals in the same case and a jury...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Apple Inc. v. Voip-Pal.com, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1456, -1457 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 25, 2020) -
In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed two novel issues following inter partes review...more
9/29/2020
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Appeals ,
Apple ,
Estoppel ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Noninfringement ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Summary Judgment ,
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PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Security People, Inc. v. Iancu, Appeal No. 2019-2118 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 20, 2020) -
This week’s Case of the Week deals with whether a party can challenge the outcome of an inter partes review...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., Appeal No. 2019-1419 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 3, 2020) -
Our Case of the Week this week is a rehash of a case we discussed several months ago. But it is the...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Hulu, LLC, Appeal No. 2019-1686 (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2020) -
In this appeal, the Federal Circuit held for the first time that in inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings, when...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. v. Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Appeal No. 2019-2050 (Fed. Cir. July 14, 2020) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed inventorship...more