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J.S. Held

Case Law Update: Timing of Technical Expert Analysis of Non-Infringing Alternatives in Smart Path Connections

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Recent case law may impact the timing of defendant technical expert analysis and opinion regarding non-infringing alternatives in patent infringement litigation. On March 13, 2024, Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne, in the United...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

District Court: Accused Infringer Bears the Burden of Timely Raising a Non-Infringing Alternatives Theory

In a patent infringement case, the district court granted plaintiff’s motion to strike portions of defendant’s technical expert’s rebuttal report on the basis that defendant failed to timely disclose non-infringing...more

McDermott Will & Emery

I Hear Ya: Claim Terms Not as Narrow as Features in Specification

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s final judgment of noninfringement, finding that the district court improperly narrowed the constructions of certain claim terms to particular features...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Government’s Royalty-Free Licensing Rights Affirmed Over USF Patent

On February 9, in University of South Florida Board of Trustees v. United States, the Federal Circuit upheld royalty-free license rights of the U.S. government over a University of South Florida (USF) patent directed to...more

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Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up: December 2023

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This post reviews developments from the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas in December 2023. ...more

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

Federal Circuit IP Appeals: Summaries of Key 2023 Decisions (8th Edition): In re: PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC, 85 F.4th 1148...

PersonalWeb—the third appeal from a multidistrict litigation involving alleged infringement of PersonalWeb’s patents—addressed two issues: (1) whether the district court abused its discretion in finding the case exceptional...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Espresso Yourself: When Prosecution History as a Whole Doesn’t Demonstrate Clear, Unmistakable Disclaimer

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a district court’s claim construction and related summary judgment rulings after determining that the district court erred in construing a claim term by...more

Haug Partners LLP

K-fee System GMBH v. Nespresso USA, Inc. – The Importance of Context in Claim Construction

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The Federal Circuit provided its latest guidance with respect to prosecution disclaimer in K-fee System GMBH v. Nespresso USA, Inc., 2023 WL 8882383, — F.4th — (Fed. Cir. Dec. 26, 2023).  K-fee involved patents covering...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - January 2024

K-Fee System GmbH v. Nespresso USA, Inc., Appeal No. 2022-2042 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 26, 2023) In an appeal from a district court judgment of noninfringement, the Federal Circuit reversed the underlying claim construction...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

“Comparison Prior Art” Must Be Tied to the Same Article of Manufacture as That Claimed

In Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. v. Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc. 2021-2299, 2021-2338 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 15, 2023), the Federal Circuit vacated a jury verdict of non-infringement in a design-patent infringement...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Circuit Vacates Invalidity Judgement Based on Collateral Estoppel from a Case Subsequently Vacated and Rebukes Plaintiff’s...

In Finjan LLC, FKA Finjan, Inc. v. SonicWall, Inc., No. 2022-1048 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 13, 2023), the Federal Circuit vacated a summary judgement of invalidity based on collateral estoppel, where the case that provided estoppel...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Federal Circuit rejects invitation to create a bright-line rule regarding whether numerical ranges...

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Cyntec Company, Ltd. v. Chilisin Electronics Corp., Chilisin America Ltd. Nos. 2022-1873, (Fed. Cir. October 16, 2023)

This case is primarily about the Daubert standard as applied to expert testimony on damages. The Federal Circuit reversed the Northern District of California’s admission of expert testimony on damages, which relied on...more

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Statements in Unrelated Application Don’t Narrow Claim Term

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a stipulated judgment of noninfringement in a patent infringement dispute after construing a disputed claim term, taking a more literal approach than the district court...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: “The” Computer Means the Same Computer

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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

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EDVA Judge Rules That Geolocation Patents Are Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101

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On September 18, in identical opinions issued in separate cases against Google and Apple, EDVA District Judge Michael Nachmanoff ruled that four patents directed toward geolocation of mobile devices claimed patent-ineligible...more

Goodwin

Update on mRNA Vaccine Patent Litigation

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​​​​​​​We previously reported on patent infringement litigations between Alnylam and Moderna. Below we provide updates on two proceedings involving the mRNA vaccine producer Moderna....more

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Acuitas Seeks Declaratory Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity Against Arbutus and Genevant in New Jersey Court Challenging...

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Last week, Canada-based Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc. (Acuitas) filed a complaint in the District of New Jersey for declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity against Arbutus Biopharma Corp. and Genevant Sciences...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - April 2023 #3

Sequoia Technology, LLC v. Dell, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-2263, -2264, -2265, -2266 (Fed. Cir. April 12, 2023) In an appeal from a stipulated judgment of noninfringement and invalidity following an adverse claim construction...more

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It’s All in the Grammar: “A” Still Means “One or More,” but Single Component Must Perform All Claimed Functions

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a jury’s noninfringement verdict, finding that the district court correctly interpreted the article “a” and antecedent “said” in the asserted claims to require that a...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Motivation to combine in IPRs, ambiguous non-infringement stipulations, and more

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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

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - March 2023 #2

Apple Inc. v. Vidal, Appeal No. 2022-1249 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 13, 2023) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit allowed Apple’s challenge to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB”) Fintiv rules to proceed, at least...more

BakerHostetler

Patent Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction: Are Patentees Communicating Too Much?

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Historically, patentees needed not worry too much about whether their mere pre-suit communications sent from afar into a jurisdiction created personal jurisdiction for a declaratory judgment action. See e.g., Silent Drive,...more

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

2022 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

Last year, in our inaugural issue of “The Year in Review,” we reported that since the landmark jury verdict in the IP litigation between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which awarded more than $1B to Apple for infringement of...more

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Minnesota Patent Litigation Wrap-Up - Q4 2022

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This post continues our summary of substantive orders in patent litigation in the District of Minnesota. This summary includes voluntary dismissal of claims, declaratory judgment jurisdiction, and claim construction....more

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