Litigation Update | February 2026

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Result-Oriented Claims and Section 101: Claiming the How

Daniel Kiang & Brandon Cormier

Result-oriented claims were found ineligible under 35 U.S.C ? 101 because the claims did not describe how the claimed results were achieved or how they embodied any specific technological improvement.

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Conceptual Similarity Does Not Go Arm in Arm With Substantial Similarity

Inzer C. Ni & Zachery Rufa

Functional aspects of a design must be separated out when analyzing whether an ordinary observer would find two designs similar, even if those functional aspects result in conceptual similarity.

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Wireless TV Is So Main“stream”

Brian C. Barnes & Bailey R. Arenberg

A winning claim construction isn’t always enough to overcome § 101.

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In Law360 Article, Jeremiah Helm and Sean Murray Explore Role of Expert Testimony in Patent Litigation

Jeremiah S. Helm, Ph.D. & Sean Murray

In the latest installment of their Law360 series on recent noteworthy Federal Circuit decisions, Knobbe Martens partners Jeremiah Helm and Sean Murray cover the court’s ruling in Barry v. DePuy Syntheses Cos.

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