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CASE OF THE WEEK Omega Patents, LLC v. CalAmp Corp. , Appeal No. 2018-1309 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 8, 2019) In an appeal from a series of post-trial decisions, the Federal Circuit provided several important opinions. The Court addressed the effects of failing to…
CASE OF THE WEEK Grunenthal GMBH v. Alkem Labs., Ltd. , Appeal Nos. 2017-1153, -2048, -2049, -2050 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 28, 2019) This week the Federal Circuit issued a rare decision concerning the utility doctrine in patent law. In general, patents are issued…
CASE OF THE WEEK SRI Int’l, Inc. v. Cisco Sys., Inc. , Appeal No. 2017-2223 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 20, 2019) In a decision following trial, the Federal Circuit addressed the issue of the eligibility of patent claims directed to technology meant to improve…
CASE OF THE WEEK Natural Alternatives Int’l v. Creative Compounds, LLC , Appeal No. 2018-1295 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 15, 2019) In an appeal from a judgment on the pleadings, the Federal Circuit reversed, issuing an opinion that clarifies when a medical…
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…
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…
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…
CASE OF THE WEEK WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp. , Appeal Nos. 2013-1527, 2014-1121, -1526, -1528 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 11, 2019) In the continuing saga between WesternGeco and ION Geophysical, a Federal Circuit panel addressed lost profits on remand…
CASE OF THE WEEK Acceleration Bay, LLC v. Activision Blizzard Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2017-2084, -2085, -2095, -2096, -2097, -2098, -2099, -2117, 2118 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 6, 2018) In appeals of six inter partes review final decisions on three challenged patents,…
CASE OF THE WEEK Data Engine Technologies, LLC v. Google LLC , Appeal No. 2017-1135 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 9, 2018) In one of two Section 101 cases this week, the Federal Circuit affirmed-in-part, reversed-in-part, and remanded the district court’s judgment…
CASE OF THE WEEK Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. v. Roxane Laboratories, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2017-2078, -2134 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 10, 2018) The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling following a bench trial that asserted claims of four…
CASE OF THE WEEK Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2017-1481, -1546, -1583 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 7, 2018) In appeals from three inter partes reviews, the Federal Circuit vacated the PTAB’s decision invalidating three patents and remanded for…
