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Federal Circuit Summary Before Prost, Dyk, and Moore . Appeal from District of Delaware. Summary : A district court’s construction of a claim term that is contrary to the plain language of the claims and usage of the term in the specification was…
On February 6, 2019, the Federal Circuit decided Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC , affirming a District Court for the District of Massachusetts decision that the claims at issue were patent ineligible for being directed to a…
CASE OF THE WEEK PersonalWeb Techs., LLC v. Apple, Inc. , Appeal No. 2018-1599 (Fed. Cir. March 8, 2019) In a second appeal in this inter partes review matter, the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s finding of invalidity, ending this five-year old…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Moore, Taranto, and Chen . Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : The mere fact that a certain thing may result from a given set of circumstances is not sufficient to demonstrate inherency. Instead, the…
CASE OF THE WEEK University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. v. General Electric Company , Appeal No. 2018-1284 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 26, 2019) The Court this week affirmed the Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of an infringement lawsuit, finding that the claims of…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Prost, Moore , and Wallach. Appeal from the Northern District of Florida. Summary : When a state entity sues for patent infringement, it waives sovereign immunity as to all defenses, including subject matter eligibility under…
CASE OF THE WEEK Coda Development S.R.O. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. , Appeal No. 2018-1028 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 22, 2019) In an appeal from a district court dismissal of a case seeking correction of inventorship , the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Prost , Wallach, and Hughes. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for N.D. Ohio. Summary : On a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, a district court cannot judicially notice facts that are subject to reasonable dispute. Also, when a…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Lourie, O’Malley , Reyna. Appeals from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, and United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Summary…
CASE OF THE WEEK CenTrak, Inc. v. Sonitor Technologies, Inc. , Appeal No. 2017-2510 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 14, 2019) In this appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded an order granting…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Reyna, Taranto, and Chen . Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary : Where the complexity and predictability of a claimed embodiment were disputed, summary judgment finding…
CASE OF THE WEEK Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC , Appeal No. 2017-2508 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 6, 2019) In an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the Federal Circuit affirmed…
