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
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
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
1/18/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Appeals ,
Class Action ,
Competition ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Insurance ,
Life Sciences ,
Orange Book ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reimbursements ,
Sherman Act ,
United Healthcare Insurance Co.
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
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
1/10/2024
/ Breach of Contract ,
Claim Construction ,
European Patent Office ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Precedential Opinion
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
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
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
11/15/2023
/ Administrative Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
Dismissals ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Stipulated Judgment
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
11/10/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
EU ,
EU Merger Directive ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Life Sciences ,
Member State ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reversal
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
11/3/2023
/ Claim Construction ,
Daubert Hearing ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Nonobvious ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Vacated
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7/26/2023
/ Abstract Ideas ,
America Invents Act ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Indefiniteness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Reissue Patents ,
Section 101
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
7/12/2023
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Claim Construction ,
Design Patent ,
Due Process ,
Induced Infringement ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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