HOSPIRA, INC. V. FRESENIUS KABI USA, LLC -
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Moore. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Summary: Evidence of the properties of claimed embodiments may be...more
1/13/2020
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Appeals ,
Extrinsic Evidence ,
Hospira ,
Inherency ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON v. TCL CORPORATION -
Before NEWMAN, LOURIE, and CLEVENGER. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Publications shelved in publicly accessible libraries may be publicly...more
11/11/2019
/ Appeals ,
Declaration ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Printed Publications ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversible Error
B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C. v. FACEBOOK, INC.
Before Lourie, Plager, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Summary: A decision on the merits is not a prerequisite...more
10/15/2019
/ Appeals ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Facebook ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Mootness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Prevailing Party ,
Reaffirmation
Before Judges Reyna, Taranto, and Chen. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Summary: There may be no reasonable expectation of success in producing a specific polymorph of a compound when...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Summary: An abstract idea cannot be used to supply an inventive concept that renders a claim...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Lourie, Dyk and Taranto. Consolidated Appeals from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Southern District of California.
Summary: A person is a joint inventor of the anticipating...more
2/4/2019
/ Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Joint Inventors ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversal ,
Section 102 ,
Summary Judgment
On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision that, even where the details of the invention are kept confidential, a commercial sale may place the invention “on sale” under the Leahy-Smith...more
1/24/2019
/ America Invents Act ,
Appeals ,
Assignment of Inventions ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Helsinn Healthcare SA v Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc ,
Inventions ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Public Use ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 102 ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals ,
Third-Party Relationships
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Dyk and Moore. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Summary: A party’s continued, but ultimately unsuccessful, pursuit of a claim...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Reyna, Wallach, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A party must file a cross-appeal when their argument requires modification of a decision. Under the...more
11/26/2018
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Cross-Appeals ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Standing ,
Time-Barred Claims
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Judges Reyna, Bryson, and Stoll. Appeals from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Non-prior art evidence may...more
10/17/2018
/ Appeals ,
Evidence ,
Multi-Party Litigation ,
Mylan Pharmaceuticals ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
POSITA ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Sandoz ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before PROST, Wallach, and Taranto. Appeal from the Southern District of Indiana.
Summary: In determining whether a party’s actions were “exceptional” under Octane Fitness, the District...more
6/14/2018
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Clear Error Standard ,
Dismissals ,
Exceptional Case ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Prevailing Party ,
Reaffirmation ,
Totality of Circumstances Test
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Newman, Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Summary: General disclosures in the specification and statements that describe the...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Evaluation of “teaching away” requires consideration of whether a reference “criticize[s],...more
2/12/2018
/ Appeals ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversal