296-1. Federal Circuit Finds Pre-Invention Ideas Not Covered Under Employment IP Assignment Agreement -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a ruling by the United States...more
294-1. Federal Circuit Finds a 1987 NASA Article Describing “Futuristic” Technologies to Be a Non-Enabling Prior Art Reference
The Federal Circuit recently reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) decision,...more
293-1. Federal Circuit Upholds Finding that Unauthenticated Source Code Printout Is Inadmissible as Evidence of Infringement -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed two district...more
291-1. Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB’s Decision and Does Not Apply IPR Joinder Estoppel -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding...more
286-1. Federal Circuit Overturns PTAB’s Nonobviousness Ruling Finding the Subject Matter Claimed was Obvious in Light of the Combined Teachings of the Prior Art -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...more
286-1. Federal Circuit Upholds PTAB’s Printed Publication Prior Art Analysis but Vacates Claim Invalidation Based on Unasserted Anticipation Theory -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently...more
285-1. Federal Circuit Reverses District Court’s Construction of Preamble of Claim and Holds Non-Infringement by Hong Kong-based Mobile Technology Company The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently...more
284-1. The Federal Circuit Finds Standing for Appeal Based on Risk of Infringement; Vacates Board Determination that Raytheon Claims are Nonobvious -
The Federal Circuit recently vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and...more
282-1 Federal Circuit Opines on Printed Matter Doctrine and Reverses District Court Decision Holding Medical Device Patent Invalid and Noninfringed -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently...more
278-1. Federal Circuit Remands Patent Infringement Case to Answer Patent Ownership and License to Practice Questions -
The Federal Circuit recently vacated a grant of summary judgment of non-infringement of a patent,...more
10/20/2020
/ Article III ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Joinder ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
License Agreements ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Standing ,
State Law Claims ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Vacated
277-1 Federal Circuit Affirms District Court Claim Construction in Foundation Pile Patent Infringement Dispute -
The United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit recently upheld the Central District of...more
274-1 Federal Circuit Revisits American Axle & Manufacturing; Case Remanded to Determine if One of the “Hooke’s Law” Claims is Ineligible under Other Theories of Eligibility -
The Federal Circuit recently issued a modified...more
8/13/2020
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventive Concept Test ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Vacated
273-1 Federal Circuit Holds University of Texas is Immune from Involuntary Joiner, Holds Case against Potential Infringer may Proceed in School’s Absence -
The Federal Circuit recently affirmed-in-part, reversed-in-part,...more
8/4/2020
/ Bright-Line Rule ,
Eleventh Amendment ,
FRCP 19(a) ,
IP License ,
Joinder ,
License Agreements ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
State Universities ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
272-1 Federal Circuit Holds a New Invalidity Challenge at the ITC is not a Change in Condition that Enables the ITC to review the Validity of a Patent or Rescind an Exclusion Order -
The Federal Circuit (Court) recently...more
8/4/2020
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Affirmative Defenses ,
Article III ,
Claim Construction ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Method Claims ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pre-Suit Damages ,
Section 101 ,
Section 337 ,
Standing
270-1. Federal Circuit Affirms Two PTAB Decisions Finding Illuminated Shoe Patents Obvious -
The Federal Circuit recently affirmed two decisions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the...more
269-1. Federal Circuit Confirms Amazon’s Customers are Protected from Lawsuit via the Kessler Doctrine, Despite the Previous Case being Voluntarily Dismissed with Prejudice.
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7/2/2020
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Data Storage ,
Data Storage Providers ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Kessler Doctrine ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
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