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CASE OF THE WEEK Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi , Appeal No. 2020-1074 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 11, 2021) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s JMOL ruling that asserted claims of two related pharmaceutical patents were…
CASE OF THE WEEK M & K Holdings, Inc. v. Samsung Elect. Co., Ltd. , Appeal No. 2020-1160 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 1, 2021) In only its third precedential patent case of 2021, the Federal Circuit addressed two discrete issues. It established further precedent…
CASE OF THE WEEK In re: Nitro Fluids L.L.C. , Appeal No. 2020-142 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 28, 2020) In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion this week, the Federal Circuit granted a mandamus petition vacating the district court’s denial of a…
CASE OF THE WEEK Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. , Appeal No. 2019-1419 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 3, 2020) Our Case of the Week this week is a rehash of a case we discussed several months ago. But it is the second time in only a few days that a panel of…
CASE OF THE WEEK Immunex Corp. v. Sandoz Inc. , Appeal No. 2020-1037 (Fed. Cir. July 1, 2020) In this Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act case, the Federal Circuit affirmed the bench trial ruling of the district court that the claims of two…
CASE OF THE WEEK Munchkin, Inc. v. Luv N’ Care, Ltd. , Appeal No. 2019-1454 (Fed. Cir. June 8, 2020) In its only precedential patent opinion issued this week, the Federal Circuit reversed an award of attorneys’ fees for patent, trademark, and…
CASE OF THE WEEK Eko Brands, LLC v. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enterprises, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2018-2215, et al. (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 2020) In this appeal from the Western District of Washington, the Federal Circuit addresses issues relating to claim…
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…
CASE OF THE WEEK Due to technical issues, this week’s report covers the past two weeks. HZNP Medicines LLC v. Actavis Laboratories UT , Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-2149, et al. (Fed. Cir. Oct. 10, 2019) In a lengthy decision following a bench trial, the…
CASE OF THE WEEK In re: Global IP Holdings LLC , Appeal No. 2018-1426 (Fed. Cir. July 5, 2019) The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) upholding an examiner’s rejection of reissue…
CASE OF THE WEEK Lone Star Silicon Innovations LLC v. Nanya Technology Corporation , Appeal No. 2018-1581, -1582 (Fed. Cir. May 30, 2019) In the only precedential patent case this week, the Federal Circuit addressed whether a party who is not a patentee or…
CASE OF THE WEEK AVX Corporation v. Presidio Components, Inc ., Appeal No. 2018-1106 (Fed. Cir. May 13, 2019) Following an inter partes review upholding the patentability of certain challenged claims, the Court dismissed Petitioner AVX Corporation’s…
