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CASE OF THE WEEK Knowles Electronics LLC v. Iancu , Appeal No. 2016-1954 (Fed. Cir. 2018) In an appeal from an inter partes reexamination , the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the PTAB invalidating a patent concerning microphones. The case was…
CASE OF THE WEEK Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC , Appeal No. 2017-1118, -1202 (Fed. Cir. 2018) In an appeal from a jury trial, the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court’s decision denying Oracle’s motion for JMOL and remanded for a…
In re Power Integrations, Inc. , Appeal No. 17-1304 (Fed. Cir. 2018) In In re: Power Integrations, Inc. , the Federal Circuit reversed the Patent Trial and ‎Appeal Board’s (PTAB) rejection of a patent as anticipated . Fairchild Semiconductor…
CASE OF THE WEEK SimpleAir, Inc. v. Google LLC , Appeal No. 2016-2738 (Fed. Cir. 2018) In SimpleAir, Inc. v Google LLC , the Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6). The District Court had held that…
Ottah v. Fiat Chrysler , Appeal No. 2017-1842 (March 7, 2018) In Ottah v. Fiat Chrysler , the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of non-infringement as to certain defendants, and affirmed its Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal…
Nalco Co. v. Chem-Mod, LLC , Appeal No. 17-1036 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 27, 2018) In Nalco Company v. Chem-Mod, LLC , the Federal Circuit reviewed the district court’s decision to dismiss Nalco Company’s complaint for failure to state a claim upon…
CASE OF THE WEEK Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2016-1249 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 20, 2018) In Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Google LLC, the Federal Circuit upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) obviousness determination following inter partes…
CASE OF THE WEEK Berkheimer v. HP Inc. , Appeal No. 2017-1437 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2018) In Berkheimer v. HP Inc. , the Federal Circuit reviewed the District Court’s summary judgment finding that certain claims of a patent were invalid as ineligible…
Welcome to the new look of Fresh from the Bench, Schwabe’s weekly roundup of precedential intellectual property decisions from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. We are pleased to take over the editor responsibilities from Pete Heuser, who…
Core Wireless v. LG affirms the denial of summary judgment as to unpatentable subject matter, ruling that the asserted claims are directed to an improved user interface for computing devices, not to the abstract idea of an index. In MaxLinear v. CF CRESPE…
In the sole precedential patent case decided this week, Flexuspine v. Globus , the Circuit affirms rulings of the district court relating to verdict forms where the verdict form included a “stop” instruction in the event the jury found there to…
