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Cut! GoPro Can’t Keep Cameras Rolling After IPR Estoppel.

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

Federal Circuit Finds Against Generics Where Hatch-Waxman's Full Five-Year Extension Fixes Delay For Pharmaceutical FDA-Review  

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

Cognac Flexing Fame in Hip-hop

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

CAFC Lowers Bar for Antisuit Injunctions in SEP Cases 

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

Installation Payments Fly Under the On-Sale Bar Radar

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

Chevron is History and So Might Be Deference to the USPTO

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

Who Really Owns Your Patent?  You or Your Bank?

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

FTC’s Banning Noncompetes Means Considering Alternatives 

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

PTAB’s Written Description Ruling Goes Up in Smoke as Federal Circuit Clarifies Requirements for Claim Ranges 

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

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