PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Slayback Pharma LLC, Appeal No. 2019-1924 (Fed. Cir. May 8, 2020) -
This week’s Case of the Week features an appeal from the United States District Court for the...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Grit Energy Solutions, LLC v. Oren Techs., LLC, Appeal No. 2019-1063 (Fed. Cir. April 30, 2020) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded an inter partes...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc., Appeal No. 2019-2054, et al. (Fed. Cir. Apr. 22, 2020) -
This week’s Case of the Week features a new precedential decision dealing with the doctrine of...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Ericsson Inc. v. TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited, Appeal No. 2018-2003 (Fed. Cir. April 14, 2020) -
This week’s case of the week deals with issues relating to patent eligibility...more
Today, the Supreme Court held that a Patent Trial and Appeal Board determination of whether an inter partes review petition is timely filed under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) is not judicially reviewable, pursuant to § 314(d). In so...more
4/22/2020
/ § 314(d) ,
§ 315(b) ,
§314(a) ,
§314(b) ,
America Invents Act ,
Appeals ,
Dissenting Opinions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Review ,
Non-Appealable Decisions ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
Thryv Inc v Click-To-Call Technologies LP ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
BASF Corporation v. SNF Holding Company, Appeal No. 2019-1243 (Fed. Cir. April 8, 2020) -
This week’s case of the week concerns issues relating to the “known or used by others in this country,”...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2018-1400, et al. (Fed. Cir. Mar. 18, 2020) -
This week’s Case of the Week deals with issues relating to joinder of parties and issues to...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Communication Test Design, Inc. v. Contec, LLC, Appeal No. 2019-1672 (Fed. Cir. March 13, 2020) -
This week’s Case of the Week explores two important procedural issues: a court’s discretion to...more
3/17/2020
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Dismissals ,
First-to-File ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Discretion ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
In re: Google LLC, Appeal No. 2019-126 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 13, 2020) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit granted mandamus to dismiss or transfer a patent infringement suit for...more
2/18/2020
/ Appeals ,
Google ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Mergers ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Venue
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. v. Prisua Engineering Corp., Appeal No. 2019-1169, -1260 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 4, 2020) -
Our case of the week concerns issues particular to inter partes review...more
2/11/2020
/ America Invents Act ,
Appeals ,
Apple ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Internet Streaming ,
IP License ,
License Agreements ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Samsung ,
Settlement ,
Summary Judgment ,
Testimony
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Google LLC, et al., Appeal No. 2019-1177 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 30, 2020) -
In the Federal Circuit’s only precedential decision this week, the Court affirmed a PTAB finding...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Amgen Inc. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, et al., Appeal Nos. 2018-2414, et al. (Fed. Cir. Jan. 7, 2020) -
In this appeal from Markman and summary judgment opinions by the district court in a...more
1/14/2020
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
America Invents Act ,
Amgen ,
Claim Construction ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
POSITA ,
Prior Art
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. TCL Corporation, Appeal Nos. 2017-2381, -2385 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 7, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reviewed two inter partes...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
HZNP Medicines LLC v. Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-2149, et al. (Fed. Cir. Oct. 10, 2019) -
In a lengthy decision following a bench trial, the Court addressed a matter of...more
10/22/2019
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Nautilus Inc. v. Biosig Instruments ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
POSITA ,
Prevailing Party ,
Remand ,
Reversal
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
HZNP Medicines LLC v. Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-2149, et al. (Fed. Cir. Oct. 10, 2019) -
In a lengthy decision following a bench trial, the Court addressed a matter of...more
10/15/2019
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Facebook ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Indefiniteness ,
Induced Infringement ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Mootness ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Nonobvious ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
POSITA ,
Prevailing Party ,
Reaffirmation
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1763 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 3, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit considered whether patent...more
10/8/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
America Invents Act ,
Certificate of Correction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Method Claims ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Section 101
Curver Luxembourg, SARL v. Home Expressions Inc., Appeal No. 2018-2214 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 12, 2019)
In a significant case in the field of design patents, the Federal Circuit clarified the scope of design patent infringement...more
9/17/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Counterclaims ,
Design Patent ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Monopolization ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Sherman Act ,
Summary Judgment ,
The Clayton Act
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
BioDelivery Sciences Int’l, Inc. v. Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-1643, -1644, -1645 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 29, 2019) -
Our case of the week this week focuses on Section 314(d)—the...more
9/4/2019
/ America Invents Act ,
Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Indefiniteness ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Investigational New Drug Application (IND) ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Remand ,
Vacated
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1584 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 21, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed an inter partes review decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board,...more
8/27/2019
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Claim Construction ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventive Concept Test ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Vacated
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Celgene Corporation v. Laura A. Peter, Appeal Nos. 2018-1167, -1168, -1169, -1171 (Fed. Cir. July 30, 2019) -
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit held that the retroactive...more
8/6/2019
/ Dismissals ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Estoppel ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Inter Partes Reexamination ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Section 101 ,
USPTO
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
General Electric Co. v. United Techs. Corp., Appeal No. 2017-2497 (Fed. Cir. July 10, 2019) -
The Case of the Week focuses on standing to bring an appeal of an adverse decision by the PTAB in...more
7/16/2019
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Article III ,
Claim Construction ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Standing ,
Vacated
The Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit issued three precedential opinions this week concerning matters of first impression involving inter partes reviews, two of which concern the status of government actors in the...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Papst Licensing GMBH & Co. KG v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1777 (Fed. Cir. May 23, 2019) -
In a sternly-worded decision this week, the Federal Circuit held claims to...more
5/29/2019
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Claim Limitations ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Obviousness ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Testimony
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
AVX Corporation v. Presidio Components, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1106 (Fed. Cir. May 13, 2019) -
Following an inter partes review upholding the patentability of certain challenged claims, the...more
5/22/2019
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Article III ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Standing ,
USPTO
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK -
Neptune Generics, LLC v. Eli Lilly & Co., Appeal Nos. 2018-1257, et al. (Fed. Cir. Apr. 26, 2019) -
The Federal Circuit issued only one precedential patent decision this week. The short,...more