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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Sanctions “will likely result” if a party “incorporate[s] by reference arguments into one brief from...

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - PROMPTU SYSTEMS CORPORATION v. COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC [OPINION] (2022-1093, 2/16/2024) (Moore, Prost, and Taranto) - Per Curiam. The Court sua sponte issued...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Raising a new prior art reference in an IPR as a joined petitioner

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - CYWEE GROUP LTD. v. ZTE (USA) INC., LG ELECTRONICS INC. [OPINION] (2021-1855, 1/18/2023) (Prost, Hughes, and Stoll) - Prost, J. The Court affirmed the Patent Trial and...more

The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust & Life Sciences - January 2024

Illumina Agrees to Unwind Acquisition of Grail Following Fifth Circuit Decision.  On December 15, 2023, the Fifth Circuit vacated the FTC’s order that Illumina unwind its acquisition of Grail—a developer of a multi-cancer...more

Recent Decision Raises Patent Eligibility Concerns Regarding Certain Gene Therapy-Related Inventions

This past Friday, a federal district court held that the mere fact of combining certain natural products – such as isolated, naturally occurring AAV sequences and a heterologous non-AAV sequence – and putting them into a...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: A comparative statement in a patent specification can be “definitional” for purposes of claim...

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  PARKERVISION, INC. v. VIDAL [OPINION] (2022-1548, 12/15/2023) (Prost, Wallach, and Chen)* - Chen, J. The Court affirmed the PTAB’s determination that the patent...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Nearly $2.2 Billion Damages Award Vacated

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  VLSI TECHNOLOGY LLC, v. INTEL CORPORATION [OPINION] (2022-1906, 12/04/2023) (Lourie, Dyk, Taranto) - Taranto, J. The Court reversed the judgment of infringement on...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Avoid fighting with the courts and administrative agencies

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  PURDUE PHARMA LP v. COLLEGIUM PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1482, 11/21/2023) (Dyk, Hughes, and Stoll) - Dyk, J. The Court affirmed the Patent Trial and...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Federal Circuit rejects invitation to create a bright-line rule regarding whether numerical ranges...

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC. v. TA INSTRUMENTS-WATERS LLC [OPINION] (2022-1439, 11/1/2023) (Prost, Hughes, and Cunningham) - Prost, J. The Court vacated the district court’s...more

The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust & Life Sciences - November 2023

European Commission Orders Unprecedented Unwinding Of Illumina’s Acquisition of GRAIL. For the first time, the European Commission has ordered reversal of a consummated transaction, Illumina Inc.’s 2021 acquisition of GRAIL...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: The Board should not have to decode a petition

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - CYNTEC COMPANY, LTD. v. CHILISIN ELECTRONICS CORP., CHILISIN AMERICA LTD. [OPINION] (2022-1873, 10/16/23) (Moore, Stoll, Cunningham) - Stoll, J. The Court reversed the...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: “The” Computer Means the Same Computer

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1. FINJAN LLC V. SONICWALL, INC [OPINION] (22-1048, 10/13/2023) (Reyna, Bryson, and Cunningham) - Cunningham, J. The Court vacated the district court’s judgment of...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: PTAB may make implicit finding of reasonable expectation of success if arguments are intertwined...

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - BAXALTA INCOPORPORATED v. GENENTECH, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1461, 9/20/2023) (Moore, Clevenger, and Chen) - Moore, C.J. The Court affirmed a district court’s grant of...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: For design patent infringement analysis, comparison prior art must be tied to same article of...

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - NETFLIX, INC. v. DIVX, LLC [OPINION] (2022-1138, 9/11/2023) (Hughes, Stoll, and Stark) - Stoll, J. The Court vacated the Board’s finding that an asserted prior art...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Patent owner’s rights and arguments, like wakesurfing, must be fair and balanced

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - VOLVO PENTA v. BRUNSWICK CORP. [OPINION] (2022-1765, 8/24/2023) (Moore, Lourie, and Cunningham) - Moore, Chief J. The Court vacated and remanded the Patent Trial and...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: IPR petitioner must be given opportunity to respond to new claim construction arguments by patent...

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - AXONICS, INC. v. MEDTRONIC, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1532, 2022-1533, 8/7/2023) (Lourie, Dyk, and Taranto) - Dyk, J. The Court vacated and remanded IPR decisions by the PTAB...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Pending, non-final litigation or IPR decision does not negate intent to infringe that is otherwise...

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION v. LIQUIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [OPINION] (22-2217, 7/24/23) (Lourie, Dyk, and Stoll) - Lourie, J. The Court affirmed the district...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Stick to the original idea in reissues

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - IN RE: FLOAT'N'GRILL LLC [OPINION] (2022-1438, 7/12/2023) (Prost, Linn, and Cunningham) - Linn, J. The Court affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision “affirming the...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Federal Circuit Grants En Banc Review of Design Patent Obviousness

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - MEDYTOX, INC. v. GALDERMA S.A. [OPINION] (2022-1165, 6/27/2023) (Dyk, Reyna, and Stark) - Reyna, J. The Court affirmed a decision by the PTAB in a post-grant review denying an...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Patent owner assumes temporary burden of production when attempting to antedate prior art

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - BLUE GENTIAN, LLC v. TRISTAR PRODUCTS, INC. (21-2316, 6/9/23) (Prost, Chen, and Stark) - Prost, J. The Court affirmed the district court’s decision finding that a nonparty...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Not All Obviousness Arguments Are Obvious

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - MEDTRONIC, INC. v. TELEFLEX INNOVATIONS S.A.R.L. [OPINION] (21-2359, 21-2362, 21-2366, Moore, Lourie, and Dyk) - Moore, Chief J. The Court affirmed a PTAB decision (1) finding...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Federal Circuit rejects invitation to abandon abuse-of-discretion standard of review in attorneys’...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITED v. FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1099, 5/23/2023) (Moore, Clevenger, and Dyk) - Clevenger, J. The Court affirmed a district court decision...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: IPR petitioner not required to anticipate and raise analogous art arguments in petition

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - HIP, INC. v. HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION (2022-1696, 5/2/23) (Lourie, Clevenger, and Taranto) Lourie, J. The Court reversed the district court’s decision regarding joint...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Motivation to combine in IPRs, ambiguous non-infringement stipulations, and more

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  INTEL CORPORATION v. PACT XPP SCHWEIZ AG [OPINION]  (2022-1037, 3/13/23) (Newman, Prost, Hughes) - Prost, J. Reversed and remanded in favor of petitioner Intel because the...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Dietary supplement patent invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 because “the asserted claims do not have...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - SSI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. DONGGUAN ZHENGYANG ELECTRONIC MECHANICAL LTD. [OPINION] (2021-2345, 2022-1039, 2/13/2023) (Reyna, Bryson, and Cunningham) - Bryson, J. The Court...more

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Prosecution laches is an equitable and flexible doctrine that requires considering the totality of...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC v. APPLE INC. [OPINION]  (2021-2275, 1/20/23) (Reyna, Chen, and Stark) - Reyna, J. Affirming district court’s decision that asserted...more

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