CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. v. UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING RESEARCH -
Before Newman, Lourie, and Schall. Appeal from Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Intrinsic evidence is sufficient support for claim construction in an...more
GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. [OPINION] – PRECEDENTIAL -
Before Prost, Newman, and Moore. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware -
Summary: Evidence of inducement for...more
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. v. 10X GENOMICS INC.
Before Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Where elements of preamble are limiting,...more
FASTSHIP, LLC v. US -
Before Dyk, Wallach, and Chen. Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Summary: A Court of Claims fee award under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a), turns on whether the government’s litigation...more
ILLUMINA, INC. v. ARIOSA DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
Before Lourie, Moore, and Reyna. Modified opinion following Ariosa rehearing petition.
Summary: The Federal Circuit modified its earlier decision and clarified the difference...more
UNILOC 2017 LLC, UNILOC USA, INC., UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A. v. APPLE, INC., ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION -
Before Prost, Mayer, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more
ODYSSEY LOGISTICS AND TECH. v. IANCU -
Before Lourie, Reyna and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Summary: PTO procedural actions are not appealable before the...more
GRIT ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC v. OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC -
Before Prost, Newman, Wallach. On appeal from The Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: IPR petitioner has standing to appeal an adverse Board decision even...more
UNILOC USA, INC. v. LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC.
Before Moore, Reyna, and Taranto. On appeal from the District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary: A claim is not abstract where it is directed to an...more
HITKANSUT LLC V. UNITED STATES -
Before Prost, Clevenger, and Moore. Appeal from the Court of Federal Claims.
Summary: Fee-shifting under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a), turns on whether “the position of the United States was...more
NEVRO CORPORATION v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION -
Before Moore, Taranto, and Chen. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary: Functional claim term directed at avoiding a side...more
NIKE, INC. v. ADIDAS AG -
Before Lourie, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Patent Trial and Appeal Board may sua sponte identify a patentability issue for a proposed...more
GS CLEANTECH CORP. v. ADKINS ENERGY LLC -
Before, Reyna, Wallach, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Summary: Withholding and obscuring evidence of a pre-critical date...more
A Delaware jury has awarded Wasica Finance over $31 million in patent damages against Schrader Int’l. In 2013, Wasica accused Schrader Int’l of infringing a patent entitled “Device for Monitoring and the Air-Pressure in...more
USAA filed multiple patent infringement lawsuits against Wells Fargo, alleging widespread infringement of USAA’s patented technologies on remote check deposits for mobile banking systems. Last November, a jury in a first case...more
GENENTECH, INC. v. HOSPIRA, INC.
Before Prost, Newman, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Prior art disclosing a temperature range that partially overlaps with the claimed temperature...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
PERSONAL AUDIO, LLC v. CBS CORPORATION -
Before Moore, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Summary: The Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction to hear...more
1/14/2020
/ Appeals ,
Concurrent Litigation ,
Conflicting Judgments ,
Exclusive Jurisdiction ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Non-Appealable Decisions ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Trial Court Orders
AMGEN INC. v. HOSPIRA, INC.
Before Moore, Bryson, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Biological engineering activity that would otherwise constitute patent...more
12/19/2019
/ Amgen ,
Appeals ,
Biologics ,
Damages ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hospira ,
Jury Trial ,
Method of Manufacture ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pre-approval ,
Reaffirmation ,
Safe Harbors ,
Substantial Evidence Standard
BLACKBIRD TECH LLC v. HEALTH IN MOTION LLC -
Before Wallach, Prost, and Hughes. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed a finding that a frivolous...more
12/18/2019
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
Covenant Not to Sue ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Extraordinary Circumstances Exception ,
Frivolous Lawsuits ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents
Western Plastics sued Dubose Strapping for infringing a patent covering a material for wrapping rolls of metal coil. Both parties compete in the metal industry and sell a similar wrap...more
AIRBUS S.A.S. v. FIREPASS CORPORATION
Before Lourie, Moore, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Whether an asserted prior art reference is reasonably pertinent to the particular problem...more
11/12/2019
/ Analogous Art ,
Appeals ,
Evidence ,
Inter Partes Reexamination ,
Inventions ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Reversible Error ,
Vacated
HZNP Medicines LLC, Horizon Pharma USA, Inc. v. Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc.
Before Prost, Newman, and Reyna. Appeal from the District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Summary: Claims using “consisting...more
10/16/2019
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Appeals ,
Cross-Appeals ,
Generic ,
Indefiniteness ,
Noninfringement ,
Nonobvious ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Product Labels ,
Treatment Method Patents
A New Jersey jury has awarded Eagle View Technology $125 million in patent damages. Eagle View originally sued its competitor Verisk and its subsidiary corporation Xactware, for infringing nine patents related to software for...more
CURVER LUXEMBOURG, SARL v. HOME EXPRESSIONS INC.
Before Chen, Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Summary: Claim language specifying the article of manufacture...more