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HOSPIRA, INC. V. FRESENIUS KABI USA, LLC Before Lourie, Dyk, and Moore. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Summary: Evidence of the properties of claimed embodiments may be proper evidence of inherency, even when the…
Amgen, Inc. v. Amneal Pharmas. LLC et al Before Newman, Lourie, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: An examiner amendment may give rise to prosecution history estoppel, even when the examiner suggests the…
CASE OF THE WEEK Persion Pharms. LLC v. Alvogen Malta Operations Ltd. , Appeal No. 2018-2361 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 27, 2019) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court judgment finding asserted claims of related…
CASE OF THE WEEK Blackbird Tech LLC v. Health in Motion LLC , Appeal No. 2018-2393 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 16, 2019) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a fee award against prevailing defendants, enumerating multiple supporting…
FOX FACTORY, INC. v. SRAM, LLC Before Prost, Wallach, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Summary: When a commercial product contains unclaimed features, a presumption of nexus between the claims and secondary consideration…
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC v. WILLOWOOD, LLC Before Reyna, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Summary : Infringement under § 271(g) does not require a single entity to perform, direct,…
AMGEN INC. v. HOSPIRA, INC. Before Moore, Bryson, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: Biological engineering activity that would otherwise constitute patent infringement is protected under a safe…
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 patent case was exceptional and an award…
CASE OF THE WEEK Peter v. Nantkwest, Inc. , Appeal No. 2018-801 (Sup. Ct. Dec. 11, 2019) This week the Supreme Court answered a long-simmering question concerning the extent to which a person who brings a civil litigation pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 145…
PETER V. NANTKWEST, INC. Before Sotomayor, Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh. Appeal from the Federal Circuit on rehearing en banc. Summary: A patent applicant appealing an adverse decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board…
Johnstech International sued JF Microtechnology for infringing its patent related to semiconductor contactors for testing integrated circuits. Both companies compete for sales of semiconductor test contactors. A California jury found that JF…
Western Plastics sued Dubose Strapping for infringing a patent covering a material for wrapping rolls of metal coil. Both parties compete in the metal industry and sell a similar wrap. A North Carolina jury found Dubose willfully infringed Western…
