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McDermott Will & Emery

Don’t Mess With Anna: Texas Town Schools Patent Owner on § 101

On cross-appeals from a granted Fed. R. of Civ. Pro. 12(c) motion on subject matter eligibility, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that a patent directed to a method for “assist[ing] an investigator in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Federal Circuit Interprets the Application of 35 USC § 285 and Attorney’s Fees

In Dragon Intellectual Property LLC v. Dish Network L.L.C. No. 22-1621 (Fed. Cir. May 20, 2024), the Federal Circuit clarifies the standard for “exceptional” cases under 35 U.S.C. § 285. The case concerns attorneys’ fees and...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Section 285 Does Not Extend to Recovery of IPR Fees

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  ZIRCON CORP. v. ITC (2022-1649, 05/08/2024) (Lourie, Bryson, and Stark) - Bryson, J. The Court affirmed the Commission’s determination regarding the domestic...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Judge Rakoff Orders Lab-Made Diamond Maker to Pay Fees for Manufacturing Fake Claims

On February 21, 2024, Judge Rakoff (S.D.N.Y) granted a defendant’s motion for attorney’s fees and costs in Carnegie Institute of Technology v. Fenix Diamonds. The Carnegie Institution for Science and its patent licensee, the...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Federal Circuit rejects invitation to create a bright-line rule regarding whether numerical ranges...

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC. v. TA INSTRUMENTS-WATERS LLC [OPINION] (2022-1439, 11/1/2023) (Prost, Hughes, and Cunningham) - Prost, J. The Court vacated the district court’s...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - November 2023

In re PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, Appeals Nos. 2021-1858, -1859, -1860 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 3, 2023) In this appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the question before the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OneSubsea IP UK Ltd. v. FMC Tech., Inc., No. 22-1099 (Fed. Cir. May 23, 2023)

This case addresses the proper standard for an appeal of a discretionary decision by a successor judge as well as requests for attorneys’ fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and certain circumstances that do not make a case...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - April 2023 #3

Sequoia Technology, LLC v. Dell, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-2263, -2264, -2265, -2266 (Fed. Cir. April 12, 2023) In an appeal from a stipulated judgment of noninfringement and invalidity following an adverse claim construction...more

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

2021 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Love it or hate it, ignore the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at your peril. The introduction of the PTAB as part of the America Invents Act over ten years ago has forever changed...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - October 2021 #3

Mobility Workx, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC, Appeal No. 2020-1441 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 13, 2021) - In this week’s Case of the Week, a panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit considered, and rejected, new...more

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CAFC Patent Cases - October 2021

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Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions KANNUU PTY LTD. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. [OPINION] (2021-1638, 10/7/21) (Newman, Prost, Chen) - Chen, J. Denying motion for preliminary injunction. Patentee sought to compel...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - March 2021 #2

Rain Computing, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1646, -1656 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2021) - Our Case of the Week focuses on the issue of indefiniteness, and particularly, terms that are construed as...more

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Issue 32: PTAB Trial Tracker

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APPLICATION OF NHK/FINTIV ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO EVOLVE - The Board’s application of its precedential NHK and Fintiv decisions to deny petitions based on parallel litigation continues to develop. The Board recently...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

No Argument, No Opinion—a Quick Look at Unargued Rule 36 Decisions During the Pandemic

Last week, Seth Lloyd and I noticed that there had been two more Rule 36s in appeals without oral argument from the Federal Circuit’s November sitting.  And then yesterday, Bloomberg’s Perry Cooper tweeted that two more...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

District Court Awards Post-Markman Attorneys’ Fees After Plaintiff Continued to Litigate Claims That Became Baseless in Light of...

A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia granted defendant Amazon.com, Inc.’s motion for attorneys’ fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285, ordering plaintiff Innovation Sciences, LLC to pay over $700,000 in fees that accrued...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - January 2020 #2

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Eko Brands, LLC v. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enterprises, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2018-2215, et al. (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 2020) - In this appeal from the Western District of Washington, the Federal Circuit...more

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Defendant Awarded Attorney Fees After NPE Dismissed Frivolous Case with Prejudice

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BLACKBIRD TECH LLC v. HEALTH IN MOTION LLC - Before Wallach, Prost, and Hughes. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed a finding that a frivolous...more

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EDTX & NDTX Monthly Wrap-Up – September 2019

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This post summarizes some of the significant developments in the Eastern District of Texas and the Northern District of Texas for the month of September 2019....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Appellate Court Generates Patent Treatise in Car-Tracking Patent Case

Addressing the appeal of a judgment that four US patents were infringed and not invalid, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: • Found waiver regarding a claim construction issue • Found direct infringement...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Where Both Parties Behave Badly in Litigation, Attorneys’ Fees Are Unlikely to Be Awarded

On April 25, 2019, in Int’l Designs Corp., LLC, et. al. v. Hair Art Int’l, Inc., Judge George H. Wu in the Central District of California denied Hair Art’s motion for attorneys’ fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285. Judge Wu concluded...more

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Thinking of Asking for Fee Award? Tread Carefully

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a denial of attorneys’ fees under 35 USC § 285 and cautioned future litigants to “tread carefully” in criticizing district courts. Spineology, Inc. v. Wright Medical...more

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Spineology, Inc., v. Wright Medical Technology Inc.

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Federal Circuit Summary - Before Prost, Dyk and Moore. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Summary: A party’s continued, but ultimately unsuccessful, pursuit of a claim...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - December 2018 #3

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - VirnetX Inc. v. Apple, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-2490, -2494 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 10, 2018) The Federal Circuit affirmed two final written decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”), which...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - October 2018

Gust, Inc. v. AlphaCap Ventures, LLC, Appeal No. 2017-2414 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 28, 2018) In an appeal from a district court decision awarding fees pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927, the Federal Circuit reversed. The decision makes...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

“Blatant and Unapologetic” Judge Shopping Warrants “Exceptional Case” Determination

In a dramatic conclusion to the nearly seven year old patent litigation between Datatern and Microstrategy (including a number of Microstrategy’s customers), Judge Saylor in the District of Massachusetts recently awarded...more

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