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LG ELECTRONICS INC. v. IMMERVISION INC. Before Stoll , Cunningham, and Newman, Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : Where a reference contains an “obvious” error in a disclosure,…
Since she took office on April 13th, USPTO’s director, Kathi Vidal, has made several public appearances, expressing her remarks on the patent system and describing her vision on the current issues. Her nomination by President Joe Biden received…
GOOGLE LLC v. IPA TECHNOLOGIES INC. Before Dyk, Schall, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: For purposes of determining whether a reference was prior art, the Board has an obligation to resolve fundamental testimonial…
ATLANTA GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. BENNETT REGULATOR GUARDS, INC. Before Newman, Lourie, and Stoll Summary: Termination decision made by the Board in part based on the time-bar was “intimately related” to the institution decision, and therefore not…
The design patents are the second most common type of patent after the utility ones. By obtaining a design patent you will legally protect the unique visual features and qualities of an item manufactured by you. Obviously the classical patent requirements…
CASE OF THE WEEK Alarm.com Inc. v. Hirshfeld , Appeal No. 2020-2102 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 24, 2022) In an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Federal Circuit addressed whether the ex parte reexamination statutory scheme…
QUANERGY SYSTEMS, INC. v. VELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC. Before Newman, Lourie, and O’Malley . Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Despite applying the standard of broadest reasonable construction, a claim term’s narrowed…
INTEL CORPORATION v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED Before Prost, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Indefinite claims do not preclude patentability analysis at the PTAB. Intel Corp. (“Intel”) requested an inter…
MODERNATX, INC. v. ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Sublicensee’s theory of royalty-based injury was too speculative to support standing on appeal. Later…
In early September we released our IPR Intelligence Report 2021, the fifth in an annual series where we covered all stakeholders in IPR proceedings during the last five years. We provided high-level statistics related to all parties involved, cases,…
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE v. CLEAR-VU LIGHTING LLC Before Reyna, Clevenger, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s obviousness decision because the inventors succeeded where the…
On October 5, 2021, the U.S. Federal Circuit reversed a finding of invalidity by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for patent claims related to an “artificial valve for repairing a damaged heart valve.” St. Jude Medical LLC (“St.…
