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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Federal Circuit Wades Into Article III Standing in Patent Cases Once Again

In the precedential decision of Intellectual Tech LLC v. Zebra Techs. Corp., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas that dismissed a...more

McDermott Will & Emery

2023 IP Outlook: The Latest in SEP Licensing

The uncertainty surrounding standard essential patent (SEP) licensing persisted in 2022 and shows little sign of clearing in 2023. SEPs must be licensed to technology implementers on fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

No Standing to Appeal IPR Decision on Claim Canceled in Reexamination

On August 26, in Best Medical International, Inc. v. Elekta Inc., the Federal Circuit held that a patent owner lacked standing to appeal an inter partes review (IPR) decision as to a claim the patent owner had previously...more

Troutman Pepper

Federal Circuit Review - Issue 278

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278-1. Federal Circuit Remands Patent Infringement Case to Answer Patent Ownership and License to Practice Questions - The Federal Circuit recently vacated a grant of summary judgment of non-infringement of a patent,...more

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

Federal Circuit Appeals From The PTAB: Summaries of Key 2019 Decisions: AVX Corp. v. Presidio Components, Inc., 923 F.3d 1357...

AVX Corporation, a company that manufactures and sells a variety of electronic components including capacitors, petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of Presidio Components, Inc.’s patent directed to single-layer ceramic...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Lack of Co-ownership for Terminally Disclaimed Patents May Doom a Lawsuit and Result in an Award of Attorneys’ Fees

Can lack of co-ownership for a terminally disclaimed patent render your otherwise well-founded infringement lawsuit baseless, requiring you to pay your adversary’s attorneys’ fees? At present, the answer may depend on the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

District Court Must Consider Joining Patent Owner Prior to Dismissal Where Licensee Lacks Substantial Rights to Bring Suit, but...

The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a decision by the District Court for the Northern District of California when it failed to consider joining the patent owner before dismissing a case in which the licensee possessed...more

Knobbe Martens

Rule 19 Joinder Provisions Are Not Optional

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LONE STAR SILICON INNOVATIONS v. NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION - Before O’Malley, Reyna, Chen. Appeal from the Northern District of California. Summary: When a patent assignee does not acquire all substantial rights in...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - June 2019

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Lone Star Silicon Innovations LLC v. Nanya Technology Corporation, Appeal No. 2018-1581, -1582 (Fed. Cir. May 30, 2019) - In the only precedential patent case this week, the Federal Circuit...more

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

2019 Report: Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB - Summaries of Key 2018 Decisions: Oil States Energy Servs., LLC v. Green’s...

In Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, the Supreme Court ruled that inter partes reviews (IPRs) do not improperly divest the courts of their judicial authority and do not violate the Seventh...more

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

2019 Report: Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB - Summaries of Key 2018 Decisions

In 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit docketed close to 600 appeals from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). That is the second highest number since starting to hear post-American Invents Act...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp., Appeal Nos. 2016-2099, -2100, -2101, -2332, -2333, -2334 (Fed. Cir. May 7, 2018) - In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Patent System after Oil States and SAS – What’s the future?

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On April 24th, the Supreme Court decided two important cases related to the United States Patent & Trademark Office’s inter partes review (IPR) proceedings for reconsidering the prior grant of a patent – Oil States Energy...more

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[Webinar] Supreme Court Issues Decisions in Oil States and SAS Cases: A Discussion of the Impact on Patent Law and Inter Partes...

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This timely and fast-moving webinar provides insight for business leaders and legal counsel on the recently issued Supreme Court decisions in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC and SAS Institute...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Stayin' alive: What’s next for IPRs after Oil States and SAS

On April 24, 2018, the US Supreme Court decided two important cases that directly impact inter partes reviews (IPRs) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and patent litigation as a whole. In Oil States Energy...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

International Trade Commission Clarifies the Intersection Between Litigation Funding Agreements and Standing

On April 18, 2018, the International Trade Commission (“Commission”) reversed an Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) finding that a litigation funding agreement destroyed standing for a complainant at the ITC. In Certain Audio...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SCOTUS Upholds IPRs as Constitutional, May Leave Opening for Challenges to Certain IPRs

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Is inter partes review of a patent grant compatible with Article III and the Seventh Amendment? That was the question presented in Oil States Energy Services v. Greene’s Energy Group, and the U.S. Supreme Court this week...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

How the U.S. Supreme Court Ruled on Inter Partes Review and What It Means for Future Patent Challenges

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday on two closely monitored cases impacting how patents could be challenged. In the more high-profile case, the court upheld the constitutionality of the inter partes review (IPR) process...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Supreme Court: Patent Office Retains IPR Authority, Loses Discretion to Streamline Proceedings

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Today (April 24, 2018), the U.S. Supreme Court released two important decisions regarding the authority of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) to conduct Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) proceedings. IPRs, an...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Patent Inter Partes Review

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On Tuesday, April 24, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two highly anticipated decisions that significantly impact inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The Supreme Court's...more

Knobbe Martens

Gregory C. James v. J2 Cloud Services

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Federal Circuit Summaries - Before Reyna, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Summary: An individual claiming sole inventorship of a patent has...more

Jones Day

Owning the Patent Isn’t Always Enough for Standing

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In a recent Initial Determination (“ID”), Administrative Law Judge Lord ruled that a patent owner did not have standing to sue without joining a third party to which certain rights had been transferred. Certain Audio...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

IP Newsflash - October 2015 #2

FEDERAL CIRCUIT CASES - Federal Circuit Reversed a District Court’s Grant of Summary Judgment for Lack of Standing in an Inventorship Dispute - On October 2, 2015, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s...more

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