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
CloudofChange, LLC v. NCR Corp., Appeal No. 2023-1111 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 18, 2024)
In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed the question of divided infringement in the context of system claims. In its...more
12/24/2024
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Technology ,
Vacated
Crocs, Inc. v. Double Diamond Distribution, Ltd., Appeal No. 2022-2160 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 3, 2024)
In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit examined whether a district court erred in dismissing false advertising claims...more
10/8/2024
/ Damages ,
False Advertising ,
Lanham Act ,
Misrepresentation ,
Motion For New Trial ,
Patent Infringement ,
Proprietary Information ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
Willful Infringement
Parkervision, Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1755, 2024-2221 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 6, 2024)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit weighed in again on a 13-year-old patent dispute concerning Qualcomm’s...more
9/10/2024
/ Appeals ,
Daubert Standards ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Intrinsic Evidence ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Reversal
Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. Hikma Pharms. USA Inc., Appeal No. 2023-1169 (Fed. Cir. June 25, 2024)
In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion last week, the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of...more
Pfizer Inc. v. Sanofi Pasteur Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-1871, -1873, -1875, -1876, -2224 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 5, 2024)
This week’s Case of the Week mostly resolves an appeal filed five years ago, following decisions from the...more
3/12/2024
/ Alice/Mayo ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Reversal
VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation, Appeal No. 2022-1906 (Fed. Cir. December 4, 2023)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit vacated an approximately $2.2 billion damages award against appellant Intel...more
Sequoia Technology, LLC v. Dell, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-2263, -2264, -2265, -2266 (Fed. Cir. April 12, 2023)
In an appeal from a stipulated judgment of noninfringement and invalidity following an adverse claim construction...more
4/18/2023
/ Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Noninfringement ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Section 101
In re: Google LLC, Appeal No. 2023-101 (Fed. Cir. 2023) -
In the Federal Circuit’s only precedential patent opinion this week, the Court granted mandamus reversing yet another decision by Western District of Texas Judge...more
Mosaic Brands, Inc. v. Ridge Wallet LLC, Appeal Nos. 2022-1001, -1002 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 20, 2022) -
In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit discussed the corroboration requirement concerning the amount of evidence...more
12/28/2022
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reversal ,
Summary Judgment ,
Trade Dress
Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Motorola Mobility LLC, Appeal Nos 2021-1555, -1795 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 4, 2022) -
Our Case of the Week is ostensibly a case about whether a patent owner has standing to sue when that patent holder has...more
Weisner v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2021-2228 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 13, 2022) -
In its only precedential patent case this last week, the Federal Circuit again revisited the thresholds for disposing of cases under Section 101,...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
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
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
Static Media LLC v. Leader Accessories LLC, Appeal No. 2021-2303 (Fed. Cir. June 28, 2022) -
In last week’s only precedential opinion issued in a patent case, the Federal Circuit reversed contempt and sanctions orders...more
Mitek Systems, Inc. v. United Services Automobile Association, Appeal No. 2021-1989 (Fed. Cir. May 20, 2022) -
Our Case of the Week this week is a declaratory judgment action brought against USAA. In a 27-page opinion,...more
5/24/2022
/ Appeals ,
Article III ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
USPTO ,
Venue
Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.P. v. U.S. Venture, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1640, -1641 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 29, 2022) -
Our case of the week has a little bit for everyone, including lost profits, reasonable royalties,...more
5/3/2022
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Experimental Use Exception ,
Lost Profits ,
Motivation to Combine ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Public Use ,
Remand ,
Reversal
Apple Inc. v. Zipit Wireless, Inc., Appeal No. 2021-1760 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2022) -
In its only precedential patent case this week, the Federal Circuit addressed the extent to which a party exposes itself to personal...more
Littelfuse, Inc. v. Mersen USA EP Corp., Appeal No. 2021-2013 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 4, 2022) -
Our Case of the Week focuses on the issue of claim construction, and, more specifically, the doctrine of claim differentiation....more
Raytheon Techs. Corp. v. General Elec. Co., Appeal No. 2020-1755 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 16, 2021) -
In its only precedential patent decision this week, the Federal Circuit issued an important ruling about the issue of enablement...more
ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC, Appeal No. 2019-2051 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 6, 2021)
For the second time in two weeks, our Case of the Week concerns issues relating to Article III justiciability of an appeal from an IPR...more
1/12/2021
/ Already LLC ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Mootness ,
Nike ,
Patent Infringement ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Summary Judgment
GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1976, -2023 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 2, 2020) -
Our Case of the Week focuses on the question of induced infringement, and particularly induced infringement in...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
HZNP Medicines LLC v. Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-2149, et al. (Fed. Cir. Oct. 10, 2019) -
In a lengthy decision following a bench trial, the Court addressed a matter of...more
10/22/2019
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Nautilus Inc. v. Biosig Instruments ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
POSITA ,
Prevailing Party ,
Remand ,
Reversal
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1584 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 21, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed an inter partes review decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board,...more
8/27/2019
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Claim Construction ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventive Concept Test ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Celgene Corporation v. Laura A. Peter, Appeal Nos. 2018-1167, -1168, -1169, -1171 (Fed. Cir. July 30, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit held that the retroactive...more
8/6/2019
/ Dismissals ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Estoppel ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Inter Partes Reexamination ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Section 101 ,
USPTO
Coda Development S.R.O. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Appeal No. 2018-1028 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 22, 2019)
In an appeal from a district court dismissal of a case seeking correction of inventorship, the Federal Circuit reversed...more
2/26/2019
/ Amended Complaints ,
Appeals ,
Client Services ,
Dismissals ,
Disqualification ,
Engagement Letters ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Law Firm Associates ,
Motion for Leave ,
Motion To Strike ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Public Disclosure ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Trademark Litigation