QUAKE v. LO -
Before Reyna, Chen, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”).
Summary: A claimed method must be expressly described as a whole in order to satisfy the written description...more
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. V. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Before Reyna, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent and Trial Appeal Board.
Summary: A petitioner who loses an IPR must proffer specific evidence of competitive...more
TQ Delta LLC v. Dish Network LLC -
Before: Newman, Linn, and Wallach. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The rights of parties in an IPR are not violated when the PTAB provides adequate notice of...more
GAME AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. v. ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC.
Before Prost, Lourie, and Wallach. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Summary: A single prior art reference can render a patent obvious if it...more
Before Moore, Wallach, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board -
Summary: Industry skepticism is a question of fact that weighs in favor of non-obviousness and can range on a scale, with the most weight...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Stoll. Appeal from District of Delaware.
Summary: Under step one of Alice, a claim is not directed to an abstract idea when it recites a specific technique to...more
3/26/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Software Developers ,
Software Patents ,
Willful Infringement
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Lourie, Linn, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Summary: Reading a process limitation into a product claim is improper where the...more
2/14/2019
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Indefiniteness ,
Intel ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Reversible Error ,
Scope of the Claim ,
Vacated ,
Written Descriptions
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Dyk, Schall, and Reyna. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Summary: The USPTO is only authorized to reduce Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) for applicant...more
1/25/2019
/ Appeals ,
Chevron Deference ,
Delays ,
European Patent Office ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Summary Judgment ,
USPTO
Patent Judgments & Awards -
On March 22, 2018, a Texas federal court awarded patent infringement damages totaling over $8 million and ongoing royalties in a case involving multiple patents related to voice over IP...more
Patent Judgments & Awards -
Univ. of Fla. Bd. of Trustees v. Hartmann’s Plant Co., No. 1:16-CV-00027-MW-GRJ (N.D. Fla.) -
The University of Florida obtained patents covering new varieties of blueberry plants that can be...more
8/14/2017
/ Contract Termination ,
Damages ,
IP License ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Plant Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
TRO ,
University of Florida ,
Willful Infringement