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Patent Poetry: Federal Circuit Finds No Motive to Combine in Laser Projector Patent Case

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The Federal Circuit has reversed a finding by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that certain challenged claims of a patent for a method for aligning a laser projector with respect to a work surface are...more

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Federal Circuit Rules on when the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is Engaging in Erroneous Claim Construction

EcoFactor, Inc. is the holder of U.S. Patent No. 8,498,753, titled “System, Method and Apparatus for Just-In-Time Conditioning Using a Thermostat,” which focuses on optimizing climate control systems, particularly HVAC...more

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Seagen Requests Director Review of Unpatentability Decision in Adcetris® Patent PGR

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On February 14, 2024, Seagen requested director review of the PTAB’s January 16th Final Written Decision (“FWD”) in PGR2021-00030 finding antibody-drug conjugate claims in U.S. Patent No. 10,808,039 (the “’039 patent”)...more

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2023 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: 2023 PTAB Case Highlights

Precedential Decisions - Penumbra, Inc. v. RapidPulse, Inc., IPR2021-01466, Paper 34 (March 10, 2023) (designated: November 15, 2023) (regarding prior art status under AIA § 102) The Director designated as precedential...more

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2023 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: The Staying Power of Fintiv: The Effect of Parallel Litigation at the PTAB in 2023

In 2023, Fintiv—the precedential Order issued in 2020 that established a six-factor framework that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) applies when evaluating whether to exercise its discretion to institute an America...more

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2023 PTAB Year in Review: Editors’ Introduction

A review of 2023 reveals it was an active and impactful year in shaping the policy and practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In fact, all three...more

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2023 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: PTAB: Design Patents for GUI Interface Cancelled in AIA Proceedings

All three of the challenges that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted in 2022 resulted in a final written decision canceling the challenged patent. Two of the three final written decisions rendered in 2023 are...more

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Federal Circuit IP Appeals: Summaries of Key 2023 Decisions (8th Edition): A Trio of Claim Construction Cases

This year we are covering three claim construction cases from the Federal Circuit—one coming from the Board and the two from district court. Taken together, the cases are a good reminder of the high burden that a party must...more

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Identifying Protocols by Name May Disclose Sufficient Structure for Computer-Implemented Means-Plus-Function Limitations

In Sisvel International S.A. v. Sierra Wireless, Inc. et al., Nos. 22-1493, 22-1547 (Fed. Cir. 2023), Sierra Wireless challenged claims 1-10 of Sisvel’s U.S. Patent No. 6,529,561 (“the ’561 patent”) in an inter partes review....more

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Narrow Stipulation Results in Fintiv Denial

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On March 31, 2023, Zhuhai CosMX Battery Co., Ltd. (“Zhuhai”) filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) of claims of U.S. Patent No. 11,329,352 (“the ’352 Patent”), assigned to Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd....more

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USPTO Confirms Different Frameworks for Pre-AIA and Post-AIA Prior-Art Determinations

On November 15, 2023, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Kathi Vidal designated as precedential the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) final written decision in Penumbra, Inc. v. RapidPulse,...more

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Expectation of Success Analysis Need Not Be Separate

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In Elekta Limited v. Zap Surgical Systems, Inc., the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a PTAB decision finding certain claims of a patent owned by Elekta Limited (“Elekta”) to be unpatentable, even though the PTAB decision...more

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Arbutus Biopharma Corporation, FKA Protiva Biotherapeutics, Inc., v. Modernatx, Inc., FKA Moderna Therapeutics, Inc. No. 2020-1183...

This case addresses the legal standard for inherent anticipation. The ’127 patent is directed to an invention that provides stable nucleic acid-lipid particles (“SNALP”) that have non-lamellar structure and “comprise a...more

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Yita LLC v. MacNeil IP LLC 2022-1373, 2022-1374 (Fed. Cir. June 6, 2023)

This decision addresses the PTAB’s secondary considerations analysis in an IPR Final Written Decision. Background - Appellant Yita sought inter partes review of two patents sharing a specification, both of which are...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights Newsletter - May 2023: Case Highlights: PTAB Precedential and Informative Decisions, Director Review...

This recurring feature highlights any new PTAB precedential and/or informative decisions, any new substantive Director review decisions, and any new substantive decisions issued by the Precedential Opinion Panel (POP). The...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights Newsletter - May 2023

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

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2023 Federal Circuit Case Summaries

We are excited to share Sheppard Mullin’s inaugural quarterly report on key Federal Circuit decisions. The Spring 2023 Quarterly Report provides summaries of most key patent law-related decisions from January 1, 2023 to March...more

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Patent Poetry: Videogame Company Awarded $4.3 Million in Damages for “Cheats”

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Bungie, a video game company that created the “Halo” and “Destiny” game series, has been awarded $4.3 million in damages in an arbitration against a creator of cheat software....more

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2022 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends: PTAB: Odds of Escaping Challenges Remain Steady for Design Patents,...

In 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) did not issue any final written decisions involving design patents. However, it did issue three decisions granting review of challenged design patents and three decisions...more

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2022 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

Last year, in our inaugural issue of “The Year in Review,” we reported that since the landmark jury verdict in the IP litigation between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which awarded more than $1B to Apple for infringement of...more

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FWDs Issue in the Nick of Time to Suspend ITC Orders

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After finding that Apple infringed certain AliveCor patents related to wearable devices capable of monitoring a user’s cardiac activity, the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) entered a limited exclusion order and a cease...more

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[Webinar] 2022 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis and Trends - February 28th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Speakers will offer updates, case summaries, and analysis of the significant 2022 PTAB guidance, actions, and rulings. Topics include: the Director’s 2022 Fintiv guidance, PTAB discretionary denial, the use of applicant...more

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Haug Partners Successfully Challenges Cochlear Implant-Related Patent

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In inter partes review proceedings it brought for Austrian cochlear implant maker MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Ges.m.b.H., Haug Partners was successful in challenging all 24 claims of U.S. Patent 8,155,746, a cochlear...more

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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

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[Webinar] Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions - February 2nd, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

In conjunction with the release of the firm's year-in-review report, speakers will offer case summaries and analysis of the significant 2022 appellate rulings discussed in the report. Topics of the featured intellectual...more

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