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Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - May 2024 #4

LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Appeal No. 2021-2348 (Fed. Cir. May 21, 2024) - In a rare en banc opinion, the Federal Circuit overruled decades of prior precedent concerning the standard to...more

King & Spalding

The U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Cases Regarding Whether and When Non-U.S. Plaintiffs May Use RICO to Enforce Foreign...

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On January 13, 2023, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear two related cases in which it will decide for the first time whether and in what circumstances a foreign (non-U.S.) plaintiff may bring a civil action under...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

A Divided Eleventh Circuit Holds that Incentive Awards are Prohibited

In a decision that may have far-reaching consequences, a divided panel of the Eleventh Circuit ruled that incentive awards to named plaintiffs—which are routine in TCPA and other class action settlements—are improper. See...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

11th Circuit Forbids Incentive Payments

You need to read Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC. This recent decision from the 11th Circuit fundamentally changes the rules of obtaining approval for class action settlements. Johnson’s introduction emphasizes that the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

En Banc Federal Circuit: § 145 Appellants Do Not Have to Pay (Attorneys’ Fees) to Play

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The en banc US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a dissatisfied patent applicant that chooses to appeal from a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board rejecting claims of a patent application can appeal...more

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En Banc Federal Circuit | § 145 Appellants Generally Not Liable for PTO Attorneys' Fees

The en banc US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a panel decision and held that 35 USC § 145 does not require applicants appealing to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to pay the...more

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Nantkwest v. Iancu

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Federal Circuit Summary - En Banc (excl. Chen), Opinion for the court filed by Stoll, joined by Newman, Lourie, Moore, O’Malley, Wallach, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - July 2018 #5

Applications in Internet Time, LLC v. RPX Corp., Appeal Nos. 2017-1698, et al. (Fed. Cir. July 9, 2018) (unsealed July 24, 2018) In a lengthy decision on an issue of first impression, the Federal Circuit addressed the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Federal Circuit Denies PTO Attorneys’ Fees

On July 27, 2018, the Federal Circuit ruled that a patent applicant’s obligation to pay the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (PTO) “expenses” for district court proceedings to review patent application rejections does not...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Droplets, Inc. v. E*TRADE Bank., Appeal No. 2016-2504 (Fed. Cir. 2018)?- In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the PTAB invalidating a patent...more

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