Haixia Lin on Patents

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: IPR petitioner must be given opportunity to respond to new claim construction arguments by patent...

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - AXONICS, INC. v. MEDTRONIC, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1532, 2022-1533, 8/7/2023) (Lourie, Dyk, and Taranto) - Dyk, J. The Court vacated and remanded IPR decisions by the PTAB...more

8/24/2023 / Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Medtronic , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Pharmaceutical Industry , Pharmaceutical Patents , Precedential Opinion , PTAB Precedential Opinion Panel (POP)

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Pending, non-final litigation or IPR decision does not negate intent to infringe that is otherwise...

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION v. LIQUIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [OPINION] (22-2217, 7/24/23) (Lourie, Dyk, and Stoll) - Lourie, J. The Court affirmed the district...more

8/9/2023 / Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Induced Infringement , Patent Infringement , Patent Invalidity , Patent Litigation , Patents , Precedential Opinion , PTAB Precedential Opinion Panel (POP)

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Stick to the original idea in reissues

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - IN RE: FLOAT'N'GRILL LLC [OPINION] (2022-1438, 7/12/2023) (Prost, Linn, and Cunningham) - Linn, J. The Court affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision “affirming the...more

7/26/2023 / Abstract Ideas , America Invents Act , Claim Construction , CLS Bank v Alice Corp , Indefiniteness , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Precedential Opinion , Reissue Patents , Section 101

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Federal Circuit Grants En Banc Review of Design Patent Obviousness

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - MEDYTOX, INC. v. GALDERMA S.A. [OPINION] (2022-1165, 6/27/2023) (Dyk, Reyna, and Stark) - Reyna, J. The Court affirmed a decision by the PTAB in a post-grant review denying an...more

7/12/2023 / Administrative Procedure Act , Claim Construction , Design Patent , Due Process , Induced Infringement , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Obviousness , Patent Infringement , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Precedential Opinion , Prior Art

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Patent owner assumes temporary burden of production when attempting to antedate prior art

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - BLUE GENTIAN, LLC v. TRISTAR PRODUCTS, INC. (21-2316, 6/9/23) (Prost, Chen, and Stark) - Prost, J. The Court affirmed the district court’s decision finding that a nonparty...more

6/28/2023 / Inventors , Patent Invalidity , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Precedential Opinion , Prior Art

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Not All Obviousness Arguments Are Obvious

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - MEDTRONIC, INC. v. TELEFLEX INNOVATIONS S.A.R.L. [OPINION] (21-2359, 21-2362, 21-2366, Moore, Lourie, and Dyk) - Moore, Chief J. The Court affirmed a PTAB decision (1) finding...more

6/14/2023 / Medtronic , Obviousness , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Precedential Opinion , PTAB Precedential Opinion Panel (POP)

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Federal Circuit rejects invitation to abandon abuse-of-discretion standard of review in attorneys’...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITED v. FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1099, 5/23/2023) (Moore, Clevenger, and Dyk) - Clevenger, J. The Court affirmed a district court decision...more

6/1/2023 / 35 U.S.C. § 285 , Attorney's Fees , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Standard of Review

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: IPR petitioner not required to anticipate and raise analogous art arguments in petition

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - HIP, INC. v. HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION (2022-1696, 5/2/23) (Lourie, Clevenger, and Taranto) Lourie, J. The Court reversed the district court’s decision regarding joint...more

5/17/2023 / Analogous Art , Claim Construction , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Inventors , Joint Inventors , Obviousness , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Precedential Opinion

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

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

3/22/2023 / Amazon , Apple , Intel , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Noninfringement , Patent Infringement , Patent Litigation , Patents , Popular , Precedential Opinion

AI Can Almost Generate Evidence Of Patent Obviousness

For a patent to be valid, the critical question often is whether its invention was obvious, namely whether the differences between the invention and what existed before, i.e., the prior art, would have been obvious to a...more

3/16/2023 / Artificial Intelligence , Obviousness , Patents , Prior Art

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Dietary supplement patent invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 because “the asserted claims do not have...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - SSI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. DONGGUAN ZHENGYANG ELECTRONIC MECHANICAL LTD. [OPINION] (2021-2345, 2022-1039, 2/13/2023) (Reyna, Bryson, and Cunningham) - Bryson, J. The Court...more

3/8/2023 / Patent Invalidity , Patent Litigation , Patents , Precedential Opinion , PTAB Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) , Section 101

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Prosecution laches is an equitable and flexible doctrine that requires considering the totality of...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - 1. PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC v. APPLE INC. [OPINION] (2021-2275, 1/20/23) (Reyna, Chen, and Stark) - Reyna, J. Affirming district court’s decision that asserted...more

2/14/2023 / Apple , Google , Patent Litigation , Patents , Precedential Opinion

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Federal Circuit Affirms Decision to Impose Discovery Sanctions Against Defendant for Late Disclosure...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - 1. ADASA INC. v. AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION [OPINION] (2022-1092, 12/16/2022) (Moore, Hughes, and Stark) - Moore, C.J. The Court affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded...more

1/4/2023 / Appeals , Cross-Appeals , Discovery , Joinder , Patent Infringement , Patent Invalidity , Patent Litigation , Patents , Precedential Opinion , Sanctions

Collateral estoppel in IPR proceedings requires that the issues of patentability be identical, not that the patent claims need to...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - 1. GOOGLE LLC v. HAMMOND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC. [OPINION] (21-2218, 12/8/2022) (Moore, Chen, and Stoll) - Moore, Chief J. Reversing in part and affirming in part...more

12/16/2022 / Collateral Estoppel , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Mandamus Petitions , Patent Infringement , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Precedential Opinion

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: IPR disclaimers are binding in later proceedings but not in the proceeding in which it is made

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - 1. VLSI TECHNOLOGY LLC v. INTEL CORPORATION [OPINION] (2021-1826, 11/15/22) (Chen, Bryson, Hughes) - Bryson, J. Affirming in part, reversing in part, and remanding...more

12/12/2022 / Disclaimers , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Patent Litigation , Patents , Precedential Opinion

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: How can an irrevocable license be revoked?

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - UNILOC 2017 LLC v. GOOGLE LLC [OPINION] (2021-1498, 2021-1500, 2021-1501, 2021-1502, 2021-1503, 2021-1504, 2021-1505, 2021-1506, 2021-1507, 2021-1508, 2021-1509, 11/4/2022) (Lourie,...more

11/15/2022 / Apple , Google , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , IP License , Motorola , Patents , Precedential Opinion , Revocation , Standing

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Patent claims found to lack patentable subject matter because they used “functional language, at a...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - NATURE SIMULATION SYSTEMS INC. v. AUTODESK, INC. [OPINION] (2020-2257, 10/17/2022) (Newman, Lourie, and Dyk) - Newman, J. The Court reversed a district court judgment that the...more

11/3/2022 / Abstract Ideas , IBM , Indefiniteness , Patent Invalidity , Patent Litigation , Patent-Eligible Subject Matter , Patents , Precedential Opinion , Section 101 , Zillow

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: PTAB erred in not directly or implicitly addressing contested arguments in petition

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. WEBER, INC. [OPINION] (2021-1942, 2021-1975, 9/27/2022) (Prost, Reyna, and Stark) - Prost, J. Affirming in part and vacating in part decision of...more

10/18/2022 / Nonobvious , Obviousness , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Section 101

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Duplicative-litigation doctrine precludes patentee from pursuing products in a second case

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - ARENDI S.A.R.L. v. LG ELECTRONICS INC. [OPINION] (2021-1967, 9/7/2022) (Prost, Chen, and Stoll) - Prost, J. Affirming grant of motion to dismiss under the...more

9/20/2022 / Claim Construction , Patent Infringement , Patent Litigation , Patent-Eligible Subject Matter , Patents

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Cancellation of claim in reexamination eliminates patent owner standing in appeal from IPR; Accused...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - BEST MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. ELEKTA INC. [OPINION] (2021-2099, 2021-2100, 8/29/22) (Hughes, Linn, and Stoll) - Stoll, J. Dismissing-in-part the appeal from Best Medical...more

9/9/2022 / Computer-Related Inventions , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Jurisdiction , Noninfringement , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Precedential Opinion

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Assignor estoppel applies to claims that are not "materially broader" than the originally assigned...

Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - In Re MCDONALD [OPINION] (2021-1697, 8/10/2022) (Newman, Stoll, and Cunningham) - Cunningham, J. The Court affirmed a PTAB decision rejecting reissue claims under 35 U.S.C. §...more

8/26/2022 / Estoppel , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Noninfringement , Obviousness , Patent Invalidity , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patent-Eligible Subject Matter , Patents , Precedential Opinion , Prior Art , Section 101

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