Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Earlier this year, we reviewed the sharp increase in patent litigation in 2020 ( Patexia Insight 96 ). District Court patent cases rose 17 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 (excluding ANDA cases). This trend seems to continue in 2021 as filing activity in…
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…
A few weeks ago, we reported the IP activity in 2020 ( Patexia Insight 96 ). District Court, PTAB and ITC Section 337 litigation were all up significantly last year. As we are preparing our second annual ITC Intelligence Report , we are taking a closer…
2020 Pandemic brought so many changes to our life styles. Some speculate that the huge rise in patent litigation was due to COVID-19. While pandemic might have had indirect impacts, some entities and their management single-handedly contributed…
CASE OF THE WEEK SiOnyx LLC et al. v. Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. et al. , Appeal Nos. 2019-2359, -1217 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 7, 2020) In the only precedential patent opinion issued this week, the Federal Circuit determined multiple issues in cross-appeals from the…
CASE OF THE WEEK VidStream LLC v. Twitter, Inc. , Appeal No. 2019-1734, -1735 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 25, 2020) In the Federal Circuit’s only precedential case last week, the Court addressed the extent to which a book published before the priority date but…
CASE OF THE WEEK SIPCO, LLC v. Emerson Electric Co. , Appeal No. 2018-1635 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 17, 2020) Our Case of the Week is one of two cases we revisit following further precedential decisions issued by the Federal Circuit this week (see our write-up of…
CASE OF THE WEEK C.R. Bard Inc. v. AngioDynamics, Inc. , Appeal No. 2019-1756, -1934 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 10, 2020) Our Case of the Week is one of two cases decided this week in which the Federal Circuit finds that a district court jumped the gun on granting…
CASE OF THE WEEK Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. , Appeal No. 2019-2402 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 5, 2020) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed a lingering question about venue following the Supreme…
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 TecSec, Inc. v. Adobe, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2019-2192, -2258 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 23, 2020) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit issued a wide-ranging opinion following three previous appeals in the same case and a jury trial on remand.…
Update: Thanks to one of our readers who discovered an error in our ITC numbers for Q3. We have already updated the article with the correct data. The third quarter of 2020 is over and despite the pandemic, so far this year has been one of the more active…
