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Latest Federal Court Cases - September 2022

INVT SPE LLC v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, Appeal No. 2020-1903 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 31, 2022) - In its only precedential patent case last week, the Federal Circuit issued a lengthy opinion that revolved around claims that are drawn...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights Newsletter: May 2022

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

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The Standards of Proof of the “Original Scope” in the Prior-Use-Right Defense

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According to the relevant provisions of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China, if the same product has been manufactured, the same method has been used, or the necessary preparations have been made for...more

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Sounding Off: Prosecution Disclaimer Requires Unambiguous Intrinsic Evidence

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GENUINE ENABLING TECHNOLOGY LLC V. NINTENDO CO., LTD - Before Newman, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the Western District of Washington. Summary: A finding of prosecution disclaimer must be supported by an unambiguous...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

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FCA upholds reconsideration decision maintaining $100M+ award against Apotex for cefaclor patent infringement

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Update: On September 28, 2021, Apotex applied to the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal (Docket No. 39851).  On July 23, 2021, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed Apotex’s appeal of the Federal Court’s (FC)...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2020 Decisions

[co-author: Kathleen Wills] Last year, the global COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for American courts. By making several changes, however, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was able to...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Adidas AG v. Nike, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2020)

Although the Federal Circuit faced obviousness issues that were simple to resolve in Adidas AG v. Nike, Inc., it saw an opportunity to continue to clarify its jurisprudence regarding standing on appeal from an adverse final...more

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District Courts Find PTAB Statements Constitute Disclaimer

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In Linksmart Wireless Tech., LLC v. Caesars Entm’t Corp., Case No. 2:18-cv-00862-MMD-NJK (D. Nev. May 8, 2020) the Court addressed disputed claim terms in U.S. Reissued Patent No. RE46,459 (the “’459 Patent”), Linksmart had...more

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Intrinsic Evidence Establishing the Context of a Claim Term Can Limit Claim Scope

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MCRO, INC. v. BANDAI NAMCO GAMES AMERICA - Before Reyna, Mayer and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Summary: The scope of a claim term may be limited when...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Withholding of Evidence Related to Offer for Sale, Filing False Declaration and Coercion by Patentee Support Finding of...

The Federal Circuit upheld a district court’s finding of inequitable conduct on the basis that appellants and its lawyers intentionally withheld material information involving the on-sale bar from the United States Patent &...more

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Attorneys and Clients Behaving Badly – Deliberately Withheld Offer for Sale Is Inequitable Conduct

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GS CLEANTECH CORP. v. ADKINS ENERGY LLC - Before, Reyna, Wallach, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Summary: Withholding and obscuring evidence of a pre-critical date...more

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Non-Expert Testimony on Obviousness Is Inadmissible

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HVLPO2, LLC v. OXYGEN FROG, LLC - Before Newman, Moore, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Summary: It is an abuse of discretion to permit a witness to testify...more

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Drug Treatment May Be Obvious Even When FDA Is Unconvinced It Is Safe and Effective

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PERSION PHARMACEUTICALS LLC v. ALVOGEN MALTA OPERATIONS LTD. Before O’Malley, Reyna, and Chen.  Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary:  The FDA’s acceptance of safety data for a...more

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No Brainer: Summary Judgment Based on Non-Asserted Grounds Procedurally Improper

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s summary judgment grant of non-infringement because it was improperly granted on a ground that was not asserted by the accused infringer. NeuroGrafix...more

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Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB’s Admission of Late Evidence on Public Accessibility of Prior Art - Intellectual Property News

On Thursday of last week in Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. TCL Corporation, the Federal Circuit affirmed two Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decisions (IPR2015-01584 and IPR2015-01600) finding that a single claim in...more

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Satellite Science? No, Just a Damage Award Supported by Substantial Evidence

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendants’ motion for a new trial on damages, finding that the jury verdict on damages was based on...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Appellate Court Generates Patent Treatise in Car-Tracking Patent Case

Addressing the appeal of a judgment that four US patents were infringed and not invalid, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: • Found waiver regarding a claim construction issue • Found direct infringement...more

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E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company v. Unifrax I LLC

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Before: O'Malley, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: A parent patent specification of a continuation-in-part child patent constitutes intrinsic evidence...more

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Latest Federal Court Cases - April 2019 #2

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Omega Patents, LLC v. CalAmp Corp., Appeal No. 2018-1309 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 8, 2019)- In an appeal from a series of post-trial decisions, the Federal Circuit provided several important opinions. The...more

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Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases - November 2018 #4

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Enplas Display Device Corp. v. Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Appeal No. 2106-2599 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 19, 2018) In an appeal from a jury verdict and JMOLs in a patent infringement case, the...more

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Federal Circuit Review - October 2018

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IPR Petitioner’s Initial Identification of the Real Parties in Interest Is to Be Accepted Unless and Until Disputed by a Patent Owner - In Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-1481, -1546, -1583, the Federal...more

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Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v. Apple, Inc.

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Federal Circuit Summary - Before Prost, Bryson, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Summary: (1) To uphold a jury verdict of infringement, evidence must...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights - August 2018: Petitioners Must Have Premonition to Win

Measure twice cut once – the same can be said of the Petition in American Invents Act (“AIA”) proceedings. Time and again the Board and Federal Circuit[i] have used the Administrative Procedure Act[ii] (“APA”) – guaranteeing...more

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Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. v. ITC

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Federal Circuit Summary - Before Prost, Bryson, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”). Summary: Evidence intrinsic to a patent may be sufficient to overcome the presumption...more

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