IN RE: STINGRAY IP SOLUTIONS, LLC -
Before Lourie, Taranto, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Summary: A defendant’s post-suit, unilateral consent to suit in...more
In Re Google LLC -
Before: Moore, Lourie, and Prost. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The PTO’s arguments on appeal did not reflect the record below....more
ABC CORPORATION I V. THE PARTNERSHIP AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS -
Before Dyk, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. -
Summary: Time’s up! The...more
ABC CORPORATION I v. PARTNERSHIP AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS -
Before Dyk, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Summary: Failure to provide...more
POLARIS INNOVATIONS LIMITED v. BRENT -
Before Prost, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board -
Summary: Affirming the Board’s decision not to terminate case remanded under Arthrex I and upholding...more
Summary: Section 101 jurisprudence is still sound post-Dobbs. ...more
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORP. V. HEC PHARM CO., LTD.
Before Moore, Hughes, and Linn (dissenting). Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Silence regarding the presence or...more
GOOGLE LLC v. IPA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Before Dyk, Schall, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: For purposes of determining whether a reference was prior art, the Board has an obligation...more
GENUINE ENABLING TECHNOLOGY LLC V. NINTENDO CO., LTD -
Before Newman, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the Western District of
Washington.
Summary: A finding of prosecution disclaimer must be supported by an unambiguous...more
In Re VOX POPULI REGISTRY LTD.
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Stoll, Circuit Judges. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Stylizing an otherwise generic character mark using ubiquitous lettering does...more
BROOKLYN BREWERY CORPORATION V. BROOKLYN BREW SHOP, LLC -
Before Judges Dyk, O’Malley, and Hughes. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A challenger must demonstrate an injury in fact to have...more
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HYATT v. HIRSHFELD -
Before Moore, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia....more
BOT M8 LLC v. SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA -
Before Dyk, Linn, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California -
Summary: The district court’s conclusion that...more
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES V GENERAL ELECTRIC -
Before Lourie, Chen, and Hughes.
Summary: Unrebutted evidence of non-enablement is sufficient to overcome an invalidity challenge based on a standalone §103 reference....more
UNILOC 2017 LLC v. FACEBOOK INC.
Before Lourie, Wallach, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) does not preclude Federal Circuit review of the Patent Trial and Appeal...more
EDGEWELL PERS. CARE BRANDS, LLC v. MUNCHKIN, INC.
Before Newman, Moore, and Hughes. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Summary: Apparatus claims’ non-functional terms should be...more
ABS GLOBAL, INC. V. CYTONOME/ST, LLC -
Before Prost, Moore, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A patent owner may moot a petitioner’s appeal of an IPR final written decision of no...more
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING v. NEAPCO HOLDINGS LLC -
Before Dyk, Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM) sued Neapco...more
AUSTRALIAN THERAPEUTIC v. NAKED TM, LLC -
Before O’Malley, Reyna, and Wallach. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board -
Summary: Standing to Challenge A Registered Mark at the TTAB Does Not Depend on the...more
GRIT ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC v. OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC -
Before Prost, Newman, Wallach. On appeal from The Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: IPR petitioner has standing to appeal an adverse Board decision even...more
Time-bar Challenges to IPR under Section 315(b) Can Be Waived -
ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY INC. v. ITRON NETWORKED SOLUTIONS INC (NOS. 2019-1059 & 2019-1060) -
ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY INC. v. ITRON NETWORKED SOLUTIONS INC (NO....more
KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V. v. GEMALTO M2M GMBH -
Before Dyk, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the District of Delaware.
Summary: Claims directed to improving the functionality of one tool that is part of a system do not...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
In Medicines Co. v. Hospira, Inc., 2014-1469; 2014-1504 (Dyk, Wallach, Hughes), the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s finding of non-infringement but reversed the district court’s...more