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MEENAXI ENTERPRISE, INC. v. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY Before Dyk, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: To maintain a statutory cause of action under the Lanham Act for activities solely conducted outside the United…
STATIC MEDIA LLC v. LEADER ACCESSORIES LLC Before Dyk, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the Western District of Wisconsin. Summary: It was an abuse of discretion to hold a party in contempt for an alleged protective order violation resulting from a third…
CASE OF THE WEEK Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc. , Appeal No. 2021-1070 (Fed. Cir. June 21, 2022)‎ In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit granted panel rehearing of and vacated its prior decision in Novartis…
CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC. v. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Before Dyk , Taranto, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Summary: Placing stock in a blind trust does not divest a judge of that stock for…
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORP. V. HEC PHARM CO., LTD. Before Moore, Hughes, and Linn (dissenting). Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: Silence regarding the presence or absence of a limitation in a patent…
CASE OF THE WEEK University of Massachusetts v. L’Oréal S.A. , Appeal No. 2021-1969 (Fed. Cir. June 13, 2022) In an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, the Federal Circuit addressed (1) whether the district court…
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS v. L’ORÉAL S.A. Before Prost, Mayer, and Taranto . Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: In claims of two patents regarding skin enhancement, the recited concentration…
TIGER LILY VENTURES LTD. v. BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. Before Lourie , Bryson, and Prost. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : A trademark associated with a bankrupt company was not abandoned…
PAVO SOLUTIONS LLC v. KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, INC. Before: Lourie, Prost , and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Summary : A court can correct obvious minor typographical or clerical errors in…
CASE OF THE WEEK Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. , Appeal No. 2018-2140 (Fed. Cir. May 27, 2022) In a return to the Federal Circuit, this case again sets precedent concerning Patent Office Director review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)…
ARTHREX, INC. v. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. Before Moore , Reyna, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : During vacancies of Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Commissioner of Patents may…
CASE OF THE WEEK Mitek Systems, Inc. v. United Services Automobile Association , Appeal No. 2021-1989 (Fed. Cir. May ‎‎20, 2022)‎‎ Our Case of the Week this week is a declaratory judgment action brought against USAA. In a 27-page…
