Last week, in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC, the Federal Circuit issued its first en banc decision in a utility patent case in several years. The case involves the gatekeeping function of district courts vis-à-vis expert...more
5/28/2025
/ Appeals ,
Appellate Courts ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Damages ,
Daubert Standards ,
En Banc Review ,
Expert Testimony ,
Expert Witness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Rule of Evidence 702 ,
Utility Patents
The U.S. patent system has long struggled to strike a balance that both encourages patent rights and prevents patent abuse. Finding that balance requires giving patent owners the right amount of patent enforcement power,...more
9/30/2016
/ Abstract Ideas ,
America Invents Act ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Proof ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Enfish v Microsoft ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Innovation ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Marathon Oil ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Myriad ,
Non-Practicing Entities ,
Patent Holdup ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trolls ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Product of Nature Doctrine ,
Seagate ,
Software Patents ,
Standard of Review ,
Willful Infringement
On June 20, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v. Lee, No. 15-4461, an appeal of an institution and cancellation decision in the first-ever petition for inter partes review...more
6/22/2016
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
America Invents Act ,
Appeals ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Chevron Deference ,
Claim Construction ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Cuozzo Speed Technologies v Lee ,
Final Judgment ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Review ,
Non-Appealable Decisions ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Phillips Standard ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review ,
USPTO