Before Lourie, Hughes, and Stark. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Summary: An infringement judgment is only sufficiently “final” to be immune from a later finding of unpatentability if...more
PARUS HOLDINGS, INC. V. GOOGLE LLC -
Before Lourie, Bryson, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: PTAB did not err in declining to consider...more
LG ELECTRONICS INC. v. IMMERVISION INC.
Before Stoll, Cunningham, and Newman, Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Where a reference contains an “obvious”...more
7/13/2022
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Clerical Errors ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
LG Electronics ,
Obviousness ,
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Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
POSITA
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION v. MESO SCALE DIAGNOSTICS, LLC -
Before Newman, Prost, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: A finding of inducing infringement requires...more
4/12/2022
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Damages ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Direct Infringement ,
Induced Infringement ,
License Agreements ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Vacated
ASTRAZENECA AB v. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Before: Taranto, Hughes, and Stoll -
Summary: For purposes of claim construction, intrinsic evidence can trump the plain and ordinary meaning of scientific conventions such...more
APPLE, INC. v. QUALCOMM, INC.
Before Newman, Prost, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Apple lacked standing to appeal an IPR decision upholding patents that Apple licenses from...more
11/15/2021
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Apple ,
Article III ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
License Agreements ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Qualcomm ,
Standing
COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC v. DALI WIRELESS INC.
Before Stoll, Reyna, and Schall. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Summary: When a party distinguishes technology in the prior art to...more
FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP. v. ALPHONSO INC.
Before Judges Dyk, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California -
Summary: Patent claims were directed to an abstract...more
PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA v. OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES -
Before Lourie, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Enablement is required for...more
RAIN COMPUTING, INC. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Moore. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Summary: The structure for performing a function of...more
CXLOYALTY, INC. v. MARITZ HOLDINGS INC.
Before Prost, Lourie, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A claim implementing an abstract idea using conventional techniques is patent...more
CHUDIK V. HIRSHFELD -
Before Taranto, Bryson, and Hughes. Appeal from the United State District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia -
Summary: An examiner’s self-reversal may not qualify as “reversing an...more
VIDSTREAM LLC V. TWITTER, INC.
Before Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Evidence of a prior art reference’s publication date submitted after an IPR petition may be...more
IN RE: NITRO FLUIDS -
Before Reyna, Wallach, and Chen. Petition for writ of mandamus to Western District of Texas.
Summary: The balance of transfer factors must favor keeping a case in a second-filed court in order to...more
BIOGEN MA INC. v. EMD SERONO, INC.
Before Newman, Linn, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court of the District of New Jersey.
Summary: A known method of administering a known product made by a new process is not...more
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING v. NEAPCO HOLDINGS LLC -
Before Dyk, Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Claims directed to a law of nature, without more, may not be...more
8/14/2020
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CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Product of Nature Doctrine ,
Remand ,
Section 101 ,
Vacated
ALACRITECH, INC. V. INTEL CORP., CAVIUM, LLC, DELL, INC.
Before Stoll, Chen, and Moore. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The PTAB’s obviousness determination must meet the Administrative Procedure...more
XY, LLC v. TRANS OVA GENETICS, LC -
Before Wallach, Plager, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Summary: Claims directed to improving a method of operating an apparatus...more
8/11/2020
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Inventive Concept Test ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Method Claims ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Section 101 ,
Vacated
IBSA INSTITUT BIOCHIMIQUE, S.A. V. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Before Prost, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court of Delaware -
Summary: A term may be indefinite when the proposed construction is not...more
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC. V. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Before Prost, Newman, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware -
Summary: The scope of a contract term may...more
8/7/2020
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Contract Interpretation ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Generic Drugs ,
IP License ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions
FITBIT, INC. v. VALENCELL, INC.
Before Newman, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Notwithstanding its rejection of the Petitioner’s proposed claim construction, the PTAB may not end an...more
MCRO, INC. v. BANDAI NAMCO GAMES AMERICA -
Before Reyna, Mayer and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Summary: The scope of a claim term may be limited when...more
IN RE: CHRISTOPHER JOHN RUDY -
Before Prost, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Patent and Trademark Office’s October 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility...more
Technical Consumer Prods., Inc. v. Lighting Science Grp Corp.
Before Dyk, Chen, and Stoll; Appeal from the P.T.A.B.
Summary: A term with a narrow antecedent basis in an open ended claim may allow a wider range of prior...more
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. v. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Before Lourie, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Summary: Prior art ranges for solutions of...more