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Jury Instructions Must Describe All Relevant Objective Indicia of Non-obviousness

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INLINE PLASTICS CORP V. LACERTA GROUP, LLC - Before Taranto, Chen, and Hughes.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Faulty Jury Instruction Tampered With Tamper-Proof Trial

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded a district court decision after concluding that a jury instruction on the objective indicia of nonobviousness that failed to...more

Fish & Richardson

Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2023

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The Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up for October 2023 covers three decisions addressing the scope of the work-product and attorney-client privileges, limits on the use of a defendant’s use of its own patents during...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Failure to Raise Claim Construction Issue at Jury-Instruction Phase Constituted Forfeiture

On May 20, in Michael Philip Kaufman v. Microsoft Corporation, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion illustrating the importance of raising claim construction disputes at trial to avoid forfeiting arguments in post-verdict...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Except Where Futile, Litigant Must Preserve Issue at Jury Instruction Phase to Preserve Claim Construction Dispute

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the denial of a defendant’s post-judgment motion for a new trial based on a failure to preserve an O2 Micro challenge. The Court also reversed the denial of a...more

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Time Is of the Essence: Preserve Objections to the Jury Instructions

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HAFCO FOUNDRY AND MACHINE CO. v. GMS MINE REPAIR - Before Newman, Chen, and Stoll. Opinion filed per curiam. Appeal from the Southern District of West Virginia. Summary: Objections to jury instructions should be timely...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Circuit Upholds a Jury Instruction on Willfulness Despite Erroneous Portions That May Have Improperly Steered the Jury...

A recent decision from the Federal Circuit highlights the critical role that particular words can play in a jury instruction, as well as the extreme care that litigants should take in scrutinizing and objecting to a trial...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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Patent Claims Directed To Wireless Transmission of Content Are Abstract and Patent Ineligible

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THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, INC. v. TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - Summary: A system or method for...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit

In the sole precedential patent case decided this week, Flexuspine v. Globus, the Circuit affirms rulings of the district court relating to verdict forms where the verdict form included a “stop” instruction in the event the...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Halo Shines Bright in D. Mass.

A recent order from the District of Massachusetts sheds light on how the Supreme Court’s June 2016 decision in Halo Electronics v. Pulse Electronics is being interpreted by the district courts. The Memorandum and Order by...more

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Court Rules On Curative Jury Instruction Regarding Damages

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Transcenic, Inc. v. Google, Inc., C.A. No. 11-582-LPS, January 12, 2015. Stark, J. Court resolves dispute regarding curative jury instruction relating to damages....more

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Nexium District Court Takes Pioneering Approach to Preliminary Jury Charge

How does a court explain the complicated area of law at the intersection of patent settlements and antitrust law to a group of lay-jurors in the wake of Actavis? The district court’s approach to preliminary jury instructions...more

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