Before Lourie, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Claim limitations requiring communications to be “encrypted” or to deliver “program code” were not subject to the printed matter...more
INGURAN, LLC, DBA STGENETICS v. ABS GLOBAL, INC., GENUS PLC -
Before Lourie, Bryson, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Summary: Claim preclusion does not bar...more
UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION V. PURE HEMP COLLECTIVE INC.
Before Lourie, Cunningham, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed the...more
LINE-NETICS, LLC v. NU TSAI CAPITAL LLC -
Before Lourie, Taranto, and Stark. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Summary: Courts cannot enjoin speech by patentholders to third parties...more
HAWKS TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, LLC v. CASTLE RETAIL, LLC -
Before Reyna, Hughes, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Summary: A court’s failure to exclude...more
TREEHOUSE AVATAR LLC v. VALVE CORPORATION -
Before Lourie, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Summary: The district court did not abuse its discretion in...more
Summary: The USPTO policy of refusing to consider Requests for Director Rehearing of decisions denying institution of IPR and PGR does not violate the Appointments Clause of the Constitution....more
CAREDX, INC. V. NATERA, INC.
Before Lourie, Bryson, and Hughes -
Summary: Expert testimony that steps of challenged patent claims were unconventional failed to preclude summary judgment of ineligibility where...more
7/19/2022
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Alice/Mayo ,
Claim Construction ,
Evidence ,
Expert Testimony ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Summary Judgment
LITTELFUSE, INC. v. MERSEN USA EP CORP.
Before Prost, Bryson, and Stoll. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Summary: The Federal Circuit vacated a claim construction that violated...more
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS v. ACCORD HEALTHCARE INC.
Before Moore, Linn, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: A patent application that was silent about a...more
1/5/2022
/ Appeals ,
Generic Drugs ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Novartis ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Written Descriptions
INDIVIOR UK LIMITED v. DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES S.A.
Before Lourie, Linn, and Dyk. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Claims of a continuation application were anticipated because they were not...more
TRAXCELL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC V. NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS Before Prost, O’Malley, and Stoll.
Appeal from the Eastern District of Texas.
Summary: An applicant’s arguments distinguishing prior art during patent...more
Traxcell Techs., LLC v. Sprint Commn’s Co. et al Before Prost, O’Malley, and Stoll.
Appeal from the Eastern District of Texas.
Summary: A patentee’s extensive citations to evidence failed to avoid summary judgment of...more
10/14/2021
/ Claim Construction ,
Evidence ,
Indefiniteness ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Sprint ,
Summary Judgment ,
Telecommunications ,
Verizon
BELCHER PHARMACEUTICALS v. HOSPIRA, INC.
Before Reyna, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the District of Delaware.
Summary: A patentee committed inequitable conduct by advancing an argument during patent prosecution...more
9/2/2021
/ Failure To Disclose ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Hospira ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art
LUBBY HOLDINGS LLC v. CHUNG -
Before Dyk, Newman, and Wallach. Appeal from the Central District of California.
Summary: Specific charges of infringement by a specific accused product are required to provide actual...more
SEABED GEOSOLUTIONS (US) INC. v. MAGSEIS FF LLC.
Before Moore, Linn, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Where a claim term’s meaning is clear from the intrinsic evidence, no extrinsic evidence...more
NEW VISION GAMING & DEVELOPMENT, INC. V. SG GAMING, INC.
Before Newman, Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded two CBM decisions under...more
SYNQOR, INC. v. VICOR CORPORATION -
Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A finding during inter partes reexamination that two references would not be combined...more
SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC v. DROPBOX, INC.
Before Prost, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary: A claim construed to require hardware does not...more
C R BARD INC. v. ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
Before Reyna, Schall, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Claims that recited printed matter but arguably included an...more
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., v. SASSO -
Before Newman, Schall, and Wallach. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Summary: A federal court properly exercises its discretion to...more
BAXALTA INC. V. GENENTECH, INC.
Before Moore, Plager, and Wallach. Appeal from the District of Delaware
Summary: A district court erred by interpreting a specification’s description of an “antibody” as a definition,...more
NEVILLE v. FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTORS, INC.
Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed a construction of...more
EGENERA, INC. v. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
Before Prost, Stoll, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Summary: A patentee that successfully petitioned to correct a patent’s...more
9/2/2020
/ Claim Construction ,
Denial of Institution ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Estoppel ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand
UNILOC 2017 LLC v. HULU, LLC -
Before O’Malley, Wallach, and Taranto. O’Malley dissenting. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Board did not exceed its statutory authority in an inter partes...more