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Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The Precedent: The Federal Circuit Remands and Reassigns District Court Patent Infringement Case to a New Judge

In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the decision in Trudell Medical International Inc. v. D R Burton Healthcare LLC. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed in part, reversed in part and...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Sidesteps Ruling on the Reverse Doctrine of Equivalents Theory in Steuben Foods Inc. v. Shibuya...

In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the decision in Steuben Foods Inc. v. Shibuya Hoppmann Corp. This case addresses whether the reverse doctrine of equivalents (RDOE) is a viable defense to patent infringement....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases: Steuben Foods, Inc. v. Shibuya Hoppman Corp.

Steuben Foods, Inc. v. Shibuya Hoppman Corp., Appeal No. 2023-1790 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 24, 2025) In its only precedential patent decision this week, the Federal Circuit addressed an “anachronistic exception, long mentioned but...more

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SCOTUS denies cert in skinny label appeal from the Federal Circuit

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On May 15, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States denied Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.’s (“Teva”) petition for certiorari in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, ending a nearly nine-year court...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Enablement Unchanged: Amgen v. Sanofi and the Future of Software Patents

In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) addressed the enablement requirement under Section 112 of the Patent Act, placing this into sharper focus with the Amgen v. Sanofi case. This landmark...more

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Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2023

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March's Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up covers decisions addressing post-verdict JMOL, the point at which cases become exceptional, and the standard for amending invalidity contentions, among other issues....more

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Expert Patent Damages Opinions Hit the Spotlight as Federal Circuit Scuttles Two Patent Infringement Verdicts Worth $1.2 Billion...

In two recent decisions, both issued on February 4, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “CAFC”) erased two huge patent damages awards because the underlying expert opinion on damages was...more

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Federal Circuit Overrules Shaw And Broadens IPR Estoppel In District Court Proceedings

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California Institute of Technology v. Broadcom Inc. and Apple Inc. Before Lourie, Linn, and Dyk (concurring/dissenting).  Appeal from the District Court for the Central District of California - Summary: IPR estoppel in...more

Proskauer - The Patent Playbook

Skinny Labels May Not Be Dead: Delaware District Court Distinguishes GSK, Dismisses Induced Infringement Claim

In one of the first district court opinions applying the Federal Circuit’s recent GSK decision on induced infringement in the context of label carve-outs, Judge Richard Andrews in the District of Delaware held that plaintiff...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Footnote Doesn’t Preserve Claim Construction Argument, but Patent Owner Must Observe “Nose of Wax” Principle

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected an insufficiently developed claim construction challenge and found noninfringement where the patentee argued that a key feature shared by the accused device and the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Skinny Label That Wasn’t—Federal Circuit Reinstates Induced Infringement Verdict

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s grant of judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) of non-infringement where substantial evidence supported the jury’s verdict of induced infringement by...more

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Latest Federal Court Cases - February 2021 #2

Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Appeal No. 2020-1074 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 11, 2021) - In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s JMOL ruling that asserted claims of two related pharmaceutical patents...more

Haug Partners LLP

Are Biopharma Genus Patent Claims Dead?

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A recent Supreme Court petition for certiorari alleges that genus claims are no longer viable under the Federal Circuit’s recent application of enablement and written description law.The petition has huge ramifications not...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Vectura Ltd. v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC (Fed. Cir. 2020)

Trial courts tend to get more than the benefit of the doubt when their decisions are viewed under the "abuse of discretion" standard, and juries similarly are affirmed unless there isn't substantial evidence supporting their...more

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Massachusetts Patent Litigation Wrap Up – August 2019

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This post is a part of a monthly series summarizing notable activity in patent litigation in the District of Massachusetts, including short summaries of substantive orders. Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Inc. v. Perrigo Co., No....more

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Broad Genus of HCV Compounds Wasn’t Enabled or Described

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In a case relating to compounds for the treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a district court’s grant of judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) for lack of enablement...more

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Federal Circuit Review - October 2019

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The PTAB Cannot Approve or Deny Certificates of Correction - In Honeywell International, Inc. v. Arkema Inc., Arkema France, Appeal Nos. 2018-1151, -1153, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) does not have the...more

Alston & Bird

Patent Case Summaries

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A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board....more

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No Second Chances for Promega Damages Claim

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On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court decision granting defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) that patent owner...more

Morgan Lewis

Federal Circuit OK's Use of Post-Priority-Date Evidence

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The ruling found that the use of such evidence was proper for written description and enablement....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Summaries of All Supreme Court and Precedential Federal Circuit Patent Cases Decided Since Jun. 1, 2016

This paper is based on reports on precedential patent cases decided by the Federal Circuit distributed by Peter Heuser on a weekly basis. ...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Decision To Grant Rehearing En Banc In Apple v. Samsung

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On October 7, 2016, the Federal Circuit issued another decision in the ongoing patent litigations between Apple and Samsung that began in the Northern District of California. The district court had found at summary judgment...more

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New Trial Is Granted With Respect To Anticipation

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Andrews, J. Defendant’s renewed JMOL and new trial motion is denied in part with respect to JMOL and granted in part and denied in part with respect to a new trial. Plaintiff’s motion for a permanent injunction is denied as...more

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Claim Construction Clarified, Not Changed, Post-Verdict

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Mformation Technologies v. Research In Motion - Addressing whether a district court’s post-verdict ruling on judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) constituted an improper change in claim construction, the U.S. Court of...more

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Opinion Underlying JMOL May Still Provide Basis for a New Trial, Even if JMOL Is Defective

Medisim Ltd. v. BestMed LLC - Addressing preservation of the right to submit post-trial motions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a lower court’s rulings on judgment as a matter of law (JMOL)...more

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