In Re: Christopher John Rudy (Fed. Cir. Apr. 24, 2020)
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the 35 U.S.C. § 101 rejection of Mr. Rudy's claims relating to a method of fishing...
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Nike, Inc. v. Adidas AG (Fed. Cir. Apr. 9, 2020)
The Federal Circuit vacated the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision regarding claim 49 and remanded to reconsider the patentability...
Thryv, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies (S. Ct. Apr. 20, 2020)
The Supreme Court of the United States held that the application of 35 U.S.C. §315(b)'s one-year time bar by the Patent Trial and Appeal...
Myco Industries, Inc. v. BlephEx. LLC (Fed. Cir. April 3, 2020)
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the district court's preliminary injunction and stated that the court abused its...
Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew (Fed. Cir. Mar. 23, 2020)
The Federal Circuit has denied requests for en banc hearing in Arthrex v Smith and Nephew, which found the appointment of administrative...
Oticon Medical AB v. Cochlear Limited (P.T.A.B. Oct. 16, 2019)
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board designated this decision to institute an inter partes review as precedential. In this case, the Board...
Advanced Bionics, LLC v. Med-El Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH (P.T.A.B. Feb. 13, 2020)
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on March 24, 2020 designated as precedential this decision denying institution of the inter partes...
Genentech Inc. v. Iancu (Fed. Cir. Mar. 26, 2020)
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's obviousness determination based on its...
Customedia Techs., LLC v. Dish Network Corp. (Fed. Cir. Mar. 6, 2020)
The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's determination that claims directed to data management and processing...
Hafco Foundry and Machine Co. v. GMS Mine Repair and Maint. (Fed. Cir. Mar. 16, 2020)
The Federal Circuit held that GMS failed to timely preserve and thus waived its objections to the jury instructions, and that the jury...
Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. (Fed. Cir. Mar. 17, 2020)
The Federal Circuit held that the claimed invention in this case was not directed to a patent-ineligible concept because it is a method...
GS CleanTech Corp. v. Big River Resources Galva, LLC (Fed Cir. Mar. 2, 2020)
The Federal Circuit affirmed that district court's ruling that the patents are unenforceable due to inequitable conduct arising from...
Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Iancu (Fed. Cir. Mar. 13, 2020)
The Federal Circuit vacated the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's obviousness determination based on an erroneous construction of the...
Communications Test Design, Inc. v. Contec, LLC (Fed. Cir. Mar. 13, 2020)
The Federal Circuit held that district courts may refuse to hear a declaratory judgment action filed while licensing negotiations are...
Facebook Inc. v. Windy City Innovations LLC (Fed. Cir. Mar 18, 2020)
The Federal Circuit held that 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) does not authorize petitioners to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to join...
Emerson Electric v. SIPCO (P.T.A.B. Jan. 24, 2020)
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that a certificate of correction could not be applied retroactively. The patentee petitioned to...
Acoustic Technology, Inc. v. Itron Networked Solutions, Inc. (Fed. Cir. Feb. 13, 2020)
The Federal Circuit held that the patent owner had waived the argument that an inter partes review is time-barred under 35 U.S.C. 315(b)...
HVLPO2, LLC v. Oxygen Frog, LLC (Fed. Cir. Feb. 5, 2020)
The Federal Circuit held that it was error to permit the jury to hear the lay witness's testimony as evidence of obviousness. "Not only...
In re: Google LLC (Fed. Cir. Feb. 13, 2020)
The Federal Circuit elaborated on the three requirements of In re Cray, Inc. needed to establish that a defendant has a regular and...
Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (Fed. Cir. Feb. 19, 2020)
Cessation of the sale of products that are patented but unmarked by the licensee (Honda) does excuse the patentee (Artic Cat) from the...