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Before you read this post, please read or re-read my post of March 9, 2020, that summarized the panel decision in some detail. The case involves the district court’s finding of inequitable conduct by both CleanTech and their attorneys via a bench…
Lanard Toys Limited v. Dolgencorp LLC, Ja-Ru, Inc., and Toys “R” US Before Lourie, Mayer, and Wallach. Appeal from the District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Summary: A useful article is not copyrightable if the asserted expression…
CASE OF THE WEEK Schwendimann v. Arkwright Advanced Coating, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2018-2416, et al. (Fed. Cir. May 5, 2020) (unsealed May 13, 2020) In this recently unsealed precedential opinion, the Federal Circuit addressed issues concerning standing to…
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. SHOPPERSCHOICE.COM, LLC Before Prost, Dyk, and Wallach. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Electronic Communication Technologies, LLC (“ECT”) sued…
SCHWENDIMANN V. ARKWRIGHT ADVANCED COATING, INC . Before Wallach, Reyna, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Summary: Exclusionary rights in a patent are a prerequisite to obtaining relief for…
EAGLE PHARMACEUTICALS INC. V. SLAYBACK PHARMA LLC. Before O’Malley, Reyna, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: The disclosure-dedication doctrine precludes infringement under doctrine of…
Written by : Brok S. Humbert & Adam Powell UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. X ONE, INC. Before Prost, Dyk, and Wallach. Appeal from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Because a mapping technique must be performed on…
UNILOC USA, INC. v. LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC. Before Moore, Reyna, and Taranto. On appeal from the District Court for the Northern District of California. Summary: A claim is not abstract where it is directed to an improved communication system that changes…
Written by : Andrew Morrell, Ph.D. & Mark Kachner HITKANSUT LLC V. UNITED STATES Before Prost, Clevenger, and Moore. Appeal from the Court of Federal Claims. Summary: Fee-shifting under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a), turns on whether “the position of the…
IN RE: CHRISTOPHER JOHN RUDY Before Prost, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The Patent and Trademark Office’s October 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance cannot be used to modify…
HOLOGIC, INC. v. MINERVA SURGICAL, INC. Before Wallach, Clevenger, and Stoll. Appeals from the United States District Court District of Delaware. Summary: The doctrine of assignor estoppel precludes an assignor from challenging the validity of a patent in…
In October 2019, professional photographer Michele Eve Sandberg filed a complaint against musical trio Jonas Brothers (both as an entity and as individuals) for unauthorized use of photos Sandberg snapped of the band during their “Happiness…
