IN RE: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., LG ELECTRONICS INC., LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC. [OPINION] (2021-139, 2021-140, 6/30/2021) (Lourie, Dyk, Reyna) -
Dyk, J. Granting the writs of...more
7/19/2021
/ IP Assignment Agreements ,
IP License ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Samsung ,
Section 101 ,
Sony ,
Summary Judgment ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
Supreme Court Opinions -
United States v. Arthrex, Inc. (No. 19-1434, 6/21/21) -
Vacating Federal Circuit decision regarding IPRs and remanding. In split decisions, majorities of the Court (1) held that administrative...more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. v. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [OPINION] (2020-1475, 2020-1605, May 28, 2021) (Newman, Lourie, Dyk) Lourie, J.
Affirming the decision of the...more
6/3/2021
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Imports ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
International Trade Disputes ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmacies ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Prescription Drugs
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
CAP EXPORT, LLC v. ZINUS, INC. [OPINION] (2020-2087, 5/5/21) (Dyk, Bryson, Hughes) -
Dyk, J. Affirming decision to set aside judgment and injunction pursuant to Federal Rule of...more
5/18/2021
/ Appeals ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Misrepresentation ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Prior Art
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
MOJAVE DESERT HOLDINGS, LLC v. CROCS, INC. [ORDER] (2020-1167, 4/21/2021) (Newman, Dyk, O'Malley)* -
Dyk, J. The Court granted a motion by U.S.A. Dawgs, Inc. and Mojave Desert...more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
..WI-LAN INC. v. SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION [OPINION] (2020-1041, April 6, 2021) (DYK, TARANTO, and STOLL) -
Dyk, J. Affirming related district court judgments holding...more
4/20/2021
/ Admissible Evidence ,
CAFC ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
IN RE: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES [OPINION] (2020-1288, 3/25/2021) (Prost, Lourie, Reyna) -
Reyna, J. Affirming rejection of claims related to genetic analysis because they were...more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
CHUDIK v. HIRSHFELD [OPINION] (2020-1833, 2/8/2021) (Taranto, Bryson, Hughes) -
Taranto, J. Affirming PTO decision regarding length of patent term adjustment. The statutory...more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
M & K HOLDINGS, INC. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. [OPINION] (2020-1160, 2/1/2021) (Moore, Bryson, Chen) Bryson, J. Affirming PTAB decision that references qualified as prior...more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
SIMIO, LLC v. FLEXSIM SOFTWARE PRODUCTS [OPINION] (2020-1171, 12/29/20) (Prost, Clevenger, Stoll) -
Prost, J. Affirming dismissal because claims were ineligible under § 101....more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
VIDSTREAM LLC v. TWITTER, INC. [OPINION] (2019-1734, 2019-1735, 11/25/2020) (Newman, O'Malley, Taranto) -
Newman, J. Affirming the decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board...more
12/16/2020
/ Appeals ,
Exceptional Case ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Motion to Compel ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Twitter ,
Willful Infringement
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions:
In Re NITRO FLUIDS L.L.C. [ORDER] (2020-0142, 10/28/28) (REYNA, WALLACH, and CHEN) -
Reyna, J. The Court considered a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking transfer from the...more
11/11/2020
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Abuse of Discretion ,
Analogous Art ,
Apple ,
Chevron ,
Claim Construction ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
First-to-File ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Mandamus Petitions ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Transfer of Venue ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
ANTENNASYS, INC. v. AQYR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [OPINION] (O’Malley, Bryson, Reyna) -
O’Malley, J. Remanding to district court to address threshold issues of whether case should be...more
Six years after the America Invents Act created inter partes review proceedings, patent disputes increasingly involve parallel litigation, with at least one inter partes review proceeding in tandem with district court...more
In Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court held that clear error review applies to factual determinations underlying district court claim constructions. There has been much discussion about the...more
7/13/2016
/ Claim Construction ,
Clear Error Standard ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Final Judgment ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Markman Hearing ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Settlement ,
Summary Judgment ,
Teva v Sandoz