Univ. of South Florida Bd. of Trustees v. United States, Appeal No. 2022-2248 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 9, 2024)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit examined the scope of a provision of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 (35...more
2/14/2024
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Bayh-Dole Act ,
Claim Construction ,
Federal Funding ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Prior Art
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Appeal No. 2020-1074 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 11, 2021) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s JMOL ruling that asserted claims of two related pharmaceutical patents...more
2/17/2021
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Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
JMOL ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Summary Judgment
C.R. Bard Inc. v. AngioDynamics, Inc., Appeal No. 2019-1756, -1934 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 10, 2020) -
Our Case of the Week is one of two cases decided this week in which the Federal Circuit finds that a district court jumped the...more
11/17/2020
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Appellate Courts ,
Claim Construction ,
Discovery ,
Dismissals ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Genuine Issue of Material Fact ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventors ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Summary Judgment
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc., Appeal No. 2019-2054, et al. (Fed. Cir. Apr. 22, 2020) -
This week’s Case of the Week features a new precedential decision dealing with the doctrine of...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Blackbird Tech LLC v. Health in Motion LLC, Appeal No. 2018-2393 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 16, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a fee award against prevailing...more
12/24/2019
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Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Frivolous Lawsuits ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Safe Harbors ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Inspired Development Grp, LLC v. Inspired Products Grp., LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1616 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 18, 2019) -
Our first patent case of the week is not, according to the Federal Circuit, a...more
9/24/2019
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Dismissals ,
Diversity Jurisdiction ,
Gunn v Minton ,
IP License ,
Notice of Allowance ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patents ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Summary Judgment ,
Unjust Enrichment ,
USPTO
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Actavis Laboratories, FL, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1221 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 15, 2019) -
This week’s Case of the Week focuses on issues relating to written...more
8/20/2019
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Claim Construction ,
Claim Limitations ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Motion to Amend ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Written Descriptions
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
General Electric Co. v. United Techs. Corp., Appeal No. 2017-2497 (Fed. Cir. July 10, 2019) -
The Case of the Week focuses on standing to bring an appeal of an adverse decision by the PTAB in...more
7/16/2019
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Appeals ,
Article III ,
Claim Construction ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Standing ,
Vacated
Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-2121, -2208, -2235 (Fed. Cir. 2018)?-
In an appeal from a jury trial, the Federal Circuit addressed numerous issues...more
5/8/2018
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Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Breach of Contract ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Disclosure ,
Disgorgement ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Experimental Use Exception ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Interference Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Misappropriation ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Public Use ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Right to a Jury ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Tortious Interference ,
Trade Secrets ,
Twombly/Iqbal Pleading Standard ,
USPTO ,
Vacated ,
Written Descriptions