Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
1. BACKERTOP LICENSING LLC [OPINION] (23-2367, 23-2368, 24-1016, 24-1017 Prost, Hughes, and Stoll) -
Hughes, J. The Court affirmed the District Court’s orders (1)...more
7/30/2024
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America Invents Act ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Court Appearances ,
Estoppel ,
Fraud ,
Fraud on the Court ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP Assignment Agreements ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Rules of Professional Conduct ,
USPTO
Personalized medical intervention is in a transformative phase as artificial intelligence algorithms are increasingly deployed to tailor treatments for individual patients based on their unique characteristics.
Developers...more
Court Orders Delisting of Patents from Orange Book and Denies Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Counterclaims for Improper Orange Book Listings. On June 10, Judge Stanley Chesler of the District of New Jersey entered judgment on...more
7/3/2024
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America Invents Act ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Cartels ,
Comment Period ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicare ,
Monopolization ,
Orange Book ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Price-Fixing ,
Reverse Payments ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sherman Act ,
USPTO
The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (“USPTO”) Appeals Review Panel (“the Panel”) recently clarified that means-plus-function claims do not require that the specification disclose equivalents. See Ex parte...more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions IN RE: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. [OPINION] (2021-160, September 2, 2021) (Lourie, Bryson, and Taranto) -
Per curiam. Issuing writ of mandamus directing the United States District Court...more
10/8/2021
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Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Claim Construction ,
Design Patent ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Jurisdiction ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Section 101 ,
USPTO
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
*WilmerHale represented the Appellee.
COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC v. DALI WIRELESS INC. [OPINION] (2020-1817, 2020-1818, 08/24/2021) (REYNA, SCHALL, and STOLL) -
Stoll, J....more
9/10/2021
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Claim Construction ,
IP License ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Prior Art ,
Royalties ,
USPTO
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
We surveyed inter partes review proceedings instituted in the year following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2018 decision in SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu, and identified five takeaways regarding the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's...more
The Federal Circuit sitting en banc recently held in Tam that Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, which prohibits the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from registering trademarks that “may disparage” persons, institutions, or...more