Contour IP Holdings, LLC, v. GoPro, Inc., Case No. 17-cv-04738-WHO (N.D. Cal. March 24, 2025) -
The estoppel provision of the American Invents Act (AIA) (35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2)) prevents a petitioner in an inter parties...more
Merck Sharp & Dohm B.V. v. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. et al (Fed. Cir. March 13, 2025) -
The Hatch-Waxman Act seeks to strike a balance in the pharmaceutical industry by incentivizing drugs makers to develop innovative...more
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Bureau Nat'l Interprofessionnel du Cognac v. Cologne & Cognac Ent., 110 F.4th 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2024) -
In trademark disputes, the likelihood of confusion analysis—guided by the DuPont factors—is a balancing test with the...more
Ericsson v. Lenovo, Inc., 2024 WL 4558664 (Fed. Cir. 2024) -
On October 24, 2024, the Federal Circuit in Ericsson v. Lenovo vacated a district court’s denial of Lenovo’s request for an antisuit injunction in a case...more
Aviation Clean Air, LLC v. Ionic Air Care, Inc., No. 3:21-cv-219-TCB (N.D. Ga. Sept. 16, 2024) -
On September 16, 2024, a special master for the Northern District of Georgia issued a report and recommendation to deny Ionic...more
United Therapeutics Corp. v. Liquida Techs., Inc., No. 2023-1805 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 20, 2023), petition for cert. filed, (U.S. June 10, 2024) (No. 23-1298) -
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark...more
Intell. Tech LLC v. Zebra Techs. Corp., No. 2022-2207 (Fed. Cir. May 1, 2024)
On May 1, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of Intellectual Tech’s (“IT’s”) patent infringement claims against Zebra...more
KPM Analytics N. Am. Corp. v. Blue Sun Sci., LLC, No. CV 21-10572-MRG, 2024 WL 1558167 (D. Mass. Apr. 10, 2024) -
For employers, safeguarding trade secrets and requiring that employees sign non-disclosure agreements are...more
Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc. v. Philip Morris Products S.A. (Feb. 9, 2024) -
On February 9, 2024, in Rai Strategy Holdings Inc. v. Philip Morris Products S.A., the Federal Circuit vacated the Patent Trial and Appeal...more