In re Forest, Appeal No. 2023-1178 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 3, 2025)
In an appeal from a Patent Office decision denying a patent that would have been expired upon issuance, the Federal Circuit dismissed. Applicant Forest had filed...more
Apple Inc. v. Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2023-1475, -1533 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)
Our Case of the Week is a high-stakes appeal from an inter partes review concerning a patent titled “Camera Based...more
3/11/2025
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
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Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Technology ,
USPTO ,
Vacated
Bearbox LLC v. Lancium LLC, Appeal No. 2023-1922 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s determination that appellants Bearbox and Austin Storms—Bearbox’s...more
1/23/2025
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Appellate Courts ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art
Honeywell International Inc. v. 3G Licensing, S.A., Appeal Nos. 2023-1354, -1384, -1407 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 2, 2025)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reversed an inter partes review finding of the Patent...more
Luv N’ Care, Ltd. v. Lindsey Laurain, Appeal Nos. 2022-1905, -1970 (Fed. Cir. Apr.12, 2024) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s bench trial decision that unclean hands...more
4/16/2024
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Attorney's Fees ,
Bench Trial ,
Design Patent ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Injunctions ,
Misleading Statements ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Prior Art ,
Trade Dress ,
USPTO ,
Willful Misconduct
Freshub, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1391, -1425 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 26, 2024)
In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion this week, the Court affirmed a jury finding that use of Amazon’s “Alexa” products...more
K-Fee System GmbH v. Nespresso USA, Inc., Appeal No. 2022-2042 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 26, 2023)
In an appeal from a district court judgment of noninfringement, the Federal Circuit reversed the underlying claim construction...more
Penumbra, Inc. v. Rapidpulse, Inc., IPR2021-01466, Paper 34 (P.T.A.B. March 10, 2023)
In a PTAB decision that was recently designated precedential, the Board made two important decisions concerning provisional patent...more
12/5/2023
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Claim Construction ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art
SNIPR Technologies Limited v. Rockefeller University, Appeal No. 2022-1260 (Fed. Cir. July 14, 2023)
Our case of the week addresses a wrinkle in the law concerning disputes between parties that filed patent applications...more
7/18/2023
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Appeals ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Nonobvious ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Vacated
Regents of the University of Minnesota v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., Appeal No. 21-2168 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 6, 2023)
The Federal Circuit’s only precedential patent opinion this week focuses on the written description requirement...more
3/14/2023
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Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
USPTO ,
Written Descriptions
Personalized Media Communications, LLC v. Apple, Inc., Appeal No. 2021-2275 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 20, 2023)
Our Case of the Week focuses on the doctrine of prosecution laches. Following a bench trial on the issue held shortly...more
Dionex Softron GmbH v. Agilent Techs., Inc., Appeal No. 21-2372 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 6, 2023) -
This week’s Case of the Week, the only precedential patent opinion issued by the Federal Circuit this week, focused primarily on...more
Provisur Technologies, Inc. v. Weber, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-1942, -1975 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 27, 2022) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reviewed an IPR decision and addressed the Patent Trial and Appeal...more
10/4/2022
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Alice/Mayo ,
Appeals ,
Claim Limitations ,
Federal Rules of Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Exclude ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Vacated
Arendi S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics Inc., Appeal No. 2021-1967 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 7, 2022) -
In our Case of the Week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the District of Delaware’s application of the...more
Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-2054, -2081 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 11, 2022) -
Our Case of the Week follows the Hologic saga as it returns to the Federal Circuit on remand from the Supreme Court’s...more
8/16/2022
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Assignor Estoppel ,
Claim Construction ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inventors ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
USPTO
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Thaler v. Vidal, Appeal No. 2021-2347 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 5, 2022) -
In its only precedential patent decision this week, the Federal Circuit answered a question that had long occupied the musings...more
8/9/2022
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Appeals ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Dismissals ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Judicial Review ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Summary Judgment
Indivior UK Ltd. v. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories S.A., Appeal Nos. 2020-2073, -2142 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 24, 2021) -
Our Case of the Week this week focuses on the written description requirement when the patent claims a range. The...more
Belcher Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Hospira, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-1799 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 1, 2021) -
In an appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district...more
9/8/2021
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Failure To Disclose ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Inventions ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Notice ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Remand ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
Gilbert P. Hyatt v. Andrew Hirshfeld, Appeal Nos. 2018-2390, -2391, -2392, 2019-1038, -1039, -1049, -1070 (Fed. Cir. June 1, 2021) -
This week’s Case of the Week explores a long-running dispute between controversial...more
6/8/2021
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Claim Construction ,
Laches ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patents ,
Prejudice ,
Summary Judgment ,
USPTO
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
GS CleanTech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC, Appeal No. 2016-2231, 2017-1838, 2017-1832 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2020) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s...more
3/11/2020
/ Comcast ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Dish Network ,
Inventors ,
IP License ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Provisional Applications ,
Section 101 ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
USPTO
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. TCL Corporation, Appeal Nos. 2017-2381, -2385 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 7, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reviewed two inter partes...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-2140 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 31, 2019) -
In the most important case to affect America Invents Act review proceedings this year, the Federal Circuit...more
11/5/2019
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America Invents Act ,
Appointments Clause ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Judicial Appointments ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Principle Officers ,
Remand ,
Removal At-Will ,
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 -
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
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Forum US, Inc. v. Flow Valve, LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1765 (Fed. Cir. June 17, 2019) -
Our case of the week features a rarely visited rule concerning reissue patents—the “original patent...more
6/25/2019
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Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Reissue Patents ,
Video Games ,
Written Descriptions