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Merger of District Court Dismissals Torpedoes Appeal from PTAB Decision at Federal Circuit

The Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal of a final written decision in an IPR based on issue preclusion where a district court had dismissed a complaint finding the patent claims subject-matter ineligible. The patentee had...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - July 2024 #3

Backertop Licensing LLC v. Canary Connect, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2023-2367, -2368, 2024-1016, -1017 (Fed. Cir. July 16, 2024) Our case of the week focuses on the inherent power of the district courts to investigate fraud and...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

A Tale Of Two Rulings: This Week’s Conflicting Decisions On The Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, marks the effective date of the Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act (“PWFA”) Final Rule, which is now effective in 48 states. The path to implementing the PWFA has been fraught with lawsuits, culminating in...more

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Supreme Court Dismisses ADA Website Accessibility Class Action for Mootness, Vacates First Circuit Decision

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At the close of 2023, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of petitioner Acheson in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer as moot and vacated the underlying decision by the First Circuit that Laufer had constitutional standing to...more

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The Eleventh Circuit Revisits the Doctrine of Statutory Mootness in Bankruptcy Sales

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The finality of sales of assets in bankruptcy is an indispensable feature of U.S. bankruptcy law, designed to maximize the value of a bankruptcy estate as expeditiously as possible for the benefit of all stakeholders....more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights - January 2021: Patent Owner's District Court Disavowal Moots Petitioner's PTAB-Based CAFC Appeal...

In ABS Global, Inc. v Cytonome/ST, LLC, the Federal Circuit dismissed a Petitioner’s appeal from a U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) final written decision when it determined that a Patent Owner’s voluntary...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights - January 2021

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

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U.S. Supreme Court: Creditors May Immediately Appeal Denials of Automatic-Stay Relief

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The Situation. In Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether bankruptcy court orders conclusively denying relief from the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay are immediately appealable....more

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The U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Orders Granting or Denying Lift Stay Motions are Final

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The consequences of an order or judgement being final or interlocutory are enormous. An order from an interlocutory order requires leave since these orders are not appealable as of right. In addition, a failure to obtain...more

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No Judgment on Merits Necessary to Achieve Prevailing Party Status

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court finding that an accused infringer was the “prevailing party” entitled to fees under Rule 54(d)(1) when the patent owner’s claim was dismissed for...more

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Just Keep Driving: Minnesota Courts Continue to Block ADA Title III “Drive-By” Suits

In early 2018, Minnesota federal courts issued two decisions dismissing so-called “drive-by” disability access lawsuits under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). That trend has continued in 2019. In fact,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Domestic Industry May Include Old Investments with Sufficient Nexus to Continuing Expenditures

Addressing orders entered by the International Trade Commission (ITC) against imported ATMs, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that expenditures up to 10 years before the complaint may be used to establish...more

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Federal Circuit Dismisses Momenta’s Appeal of Adverse Final Written Decision in Abatacept IPR

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This morning, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion dismissing Momenta’s appeal from the PTAB’s final written decision upholding the patentability of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s abatacept patents against Momenta’s IPR...more

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The End of the Line: Federal Circuit Dismisses the Veterans Contracting Group SDVOSB Appeal as Moot

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On Nov. 20, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit seemingly ended the Veterans Contracting Group line of cases. As a refresher, in those cases, the contractor challenged the U.S. Small Business...more

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California Appeals Court Dismisses As Moot Litigant’s Challenge to Planned Development Approval

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CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development - In an unpublished opinion issued February 20, 2018, Advocates for Better Cmty. Dev. v. City of Palm Springs, Case No. E066193, the California Court...more

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Case Summary - PPG Industries, Inc. v. Valspar Sourcing, Inc.

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In a non-precedential decision, the Federal Circuit found that appellant PPG had Article III standing to file an appeal from two inter partes reexaminations. However, the Court found that appellee Valspar’s subsequent...more

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