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Federal Circuit Vacates Summary Judgement: Limitations from Specifications Should Not Have Been Imported Into the Claims

The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s summary judgement of noninfringement, finding that the lower court had improperly construed the claim term “pull cord.” The district court had erroneously limited...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

“Not That Kind of Memory Storage – Judge Oetken Grants Samsung’s Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement”

On March 31, 2025, Judge Oetken granted summary judgment for Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and certain of its subsidiaries (“Samsung”) in an infringement suit brought against it by Dynamics Inc. (“Dynamics”). Dynamics Inc v....more

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Federal Circuit Affirms That Expert Testimony Must Be Based on Competent and Reliable Evidence

Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC (“Mirror Worlds”) sued Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”)—formerly Facebook, Inc.—in the Southern District of New York for patent infringement. The lawsuit involved three patents related to storing,...more

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The Perils of Procedural Misadventure and Unclear Claim Drafting in Patent Litigation

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On Friday, March 14, 2025, Delaware's own Judge Andrews provided important guidance on key patent issues, relevant to pharmaceutical and technology companies alike: (1) the decisive impact of local patent rules on summary...more

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Get a Grip: Not All Cords Have Handles

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s grant of summary judgment of noninfringement because the district court improperly narrowed a claim term during its construction. IQRIS Technologies...more

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Pulling the Cord on Unstated Claims Limitations

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IQRIS TECHNOLOGIES LLC v. POINT BLANK ENTERPRISES, INC. Before Lourie, Linn, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida - The district court erred in construing the term “pull...more

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DNA Genotek Inc. v. Spectrum Solutions LLC (Fed. Cir. 2025)

Sometimes important contributions to innovation can come from the mundane rather than the extraordinary. One (perhaps apocryphal) example comes from the story of the early development of television by Philo Farnsworth (the...more

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Texas Round-Up: February 2025

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This post summarizes some of the significant developments from the Texas District Courts for the month of February 2025....more

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Federal Circuit Denies Teva’s Request for En Banc Rehearing in Orange Book Patent Dispute

In our previous articles, we reported that the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision on December 20, 2024 ordering Teva Pharmaceuticals (“Teva”) to delist certain patents related to Teva’s ProAir® HFA...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases: Trudell Medical International Inc. v. D R Burton Healthcare, LLC

Trudell Medical International Inc. v. D R Burton Healthcare, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2023-1777, -1779 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 7, 2025) This week’s Case of the Week presents a cautionary tale for litigators to be sure they’ve timely...more

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Federal Circuit Addresses Two Key Requirements of On-Sale Bar of Pre-AIA Section 102(b)

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The Federal Circuit’s recent precedential decision in Crown Packaging Technology Inc. v. Belvac Production Machinery, Inc. is noteworthy because it discusses two key requirements of the on-sale bar prong of pre-AIA section...more

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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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No Co-Inventorship Absent Corroborated Conception

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In a patent case concerning cryptocurrency data mining, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment and its ruling that a state law conversion claim was preempted by...more

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District Court Holds That Any Failure to Mark During the Damages Period Bars All Pre-Notice Damages

The District of Arizona recently held that a plaintiff’s failure to mark patented products during the time period that marking was required barred it from recovering all pre-notice damages, including for a period of time when...more

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Key Federal Circuit Patent Rulings Impacting Your Business - Recent Rulings - January 2025

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Contour IP v. GoPro: Federal Circuit Offers Insight into Alice’s Step One Analysis. In Contour IP v. GoPro, the Federal Circuit reversed a summary judgment order invalidating two of Contour IP’s patents directed to...more

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Federal Circuit Review | December 2024

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Bound to Happen: Inherent Property Leaves No Question of Reasonable Expectation of Success - In Cytiva Bioprocess R&D Ab v. Jsr Corp., Appeal No. 23-2074, the Federal Circuit held that a claim limitation merely reciting an...more

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“Quotation” Letter Found to Constitute Offer Invalidating Patents

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CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY, INC. - Before Dyk, Hughes, and Cunningham.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Summary:  An offer for sale...more

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Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement At Summary Judgment On “Document Stream” Patents In Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC v....

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Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC ("Mirror Worlds") owns U.S. Patent Nos. 6,006,227; 7,865,538; and 8,255,439, which claim methods for storing, organizing, and presenting data in time-ordered streams on a computer system. In...more

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Latest Federal Court Cases - December 2024

Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC v. Meta Platforms, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1600, -1709 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 4, 2024) In this appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Federal...more

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Ventures in Venue: Selecting the Proper Patent Venue

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Amongst the many decisions an attorney makes throughout litigation, there is one choice that can shape the outcome of a case way before filing a motion, setting discovery and trial strategy, or even calling a witness: venue,...more

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Equivalence Requires Element-by-Element Proof With Linking Argument

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court determination that a patent owner had not provided the “particularized testimony and linking argument” required to demonstrate equivalence under the...more

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Federal Circuit Says No Timing Requirement To Qualify As A POSITA

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Last week, in Osseo Imaging, LLC v. Planmeca USA Inc., No. 2023-1627 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 4, 2024), the Federal Circuit held that “[a]n expert need not have acquired the skill level prior to the time of the invention to be able...more

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Tying Claimed Technological Advancements to Specific Technological Methods Is a Winning POV on Patent Eligibility

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Before Reyna, Prost, and Schall. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Summary: Claims are patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 where the written description discloses...more

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Combining Abstract Ideas Does Not Make Them Less Abstract

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Before Dyk, Reyna, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary: When assessing patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, combining two abstract ideas does not make...more

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Federal Circuit Clarifies Requisite Analysis for Unclean Hands, Inequitable Conduct, Summary Judgement Determinations of...

Luv N’ Care, Ltd. and Nouri E. Hakim v. Lindsey Laurain and Eazy-PZ, LLC, Nos. 2022-1905, 2022-1970 (Fed. Cir. April 12, 2024) addressed several issues, including: (1) what evidence of litigation misconduct may support a...more

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