FACEBOOK, INC., V. WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS LLC Before Prost, Plager, and O’Malley. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The Federal Circuit has jurisdiction to review challenges to the Board's joinder...more
Before the Supreme Court of the United States. On Writ of Certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Summary: A term styled "generic.com" is not necessarily generic and can be eligible for...more
7/6/2020
/ Acquired Distinctiveness ,
Appeals ,
Booking.com ,
Certiorari ,
Descriptive Trademarks ,
Domain Name Registration ,
Domain Names ,
Generic Marks ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
ERICSSON INC. v. TCL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY -
Before Prost, Newman, and Chen. Appeal from the Eastern District of Texas.
Summary: The issue of patent eligibility under § 101 may be preserved for appeal even if not...more
MOLON MOTOR AND COIL CORP. v. NIDEC MOTOR CORPORATION -
Before Lourie, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Summary: In interpreting an integration clause that...more
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC v. CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP.
Before Prost, Bryson, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Summary: The Federal Circuit applied collateral...more
9/13/2019
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Capital One ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Counterclaims ,
IP License ,
Monopolization ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Serial Lawsuit Filers ,
Summary Judgment
TQ Delta LLC v. Dish Network LLC -
Before: Newman, Linn, and Wallach. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The rights of parties in an IPR are not violated when the PTAB provides adequate notice of...more
Before: O'Malley, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: A parent patent specification of a continuation-in-part child patent constitutes intrinsic evidence...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Newman, Wallach, and Stoll. Appeal from the District Court of the Northern District of Texas.
Summary: There is no generalized rule that sending letters alleging patent infringement...more
12/17/2018
/ Appeals ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Due Process ,
Forum State ,
Long Arm Statute ,
Minimum Contacts ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Reversal ,
Venue
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced approval for Bose to market their Bose Hearing Aid. According to the press release, the Bose Hearing Aid, which was approved through the FDA’s De Novo premarket review...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Summary: Where remand of post-reexamination claims that issued during the...more
8/9/2018
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Appeals ,
Claim Amendments ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
Determination on Remand ,
Inter Partes Reexamination ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Section 101
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Prost, Reyna, and Wallach. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Summary: Pre-reexamination conduct cannot be a basis for equitable...more
According to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration press release, Viz. AI Contact application was granted De Novo premarket review to Viz.AI’s LVO Stroke Platform. According to PR Newswire, Viz.AI’s LVO Stroke Platform is the...more
Virtual reality is not just a growing trend in the entertainment industry, but is now reaching the healthcare field. As the technology improves and develops, the uses of virtual reality expand for doctors, students, and...more