UTTO Inc. v. Metrotech Corp., No. 2023-1435 (Fed. Cir. (N.D. Cal.) Oct. 18, 2024). Opinion by Taranto, joined by Prost and Hughes. UTTO owns a patent directed to detecting and identifying underground utility lines, which the...more
Assignor Estoppel Does Not Apply in the IPR Context - In Arista Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-1525, 2017-1577, the Federal Circuit held that the plain language of 35 U.S.C. ยง 311(a) unambiguously...more
Arbitration - Waymo v. Uber Technologies, 870 F.3d 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2017) - Waymo sued Uber and others for trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement. Uber contends that Waymo should be compelled to...more