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CASE OF THE WEEK Gust, Inc. v. AlphaCap Ventures, LLC, Appeal No. 2017-2414 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 28, 2018) In an appeal from a district court decision awarding fees pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927, the Federal Circuit reversed. The decision makes it more…
CASE OF THE WEEK Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int’l, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2016-2691, 2017-1875 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 20, 2018) In a reissued, slightly altered version of a July 3, 2018 decision, the Court showed the continued…
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…
CASE OF THE WEEK Ericsson Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC , Appeal No. 2017-1521 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 27, 2018) In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Court reviewed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s authority to strike arguments improperly…
CASE OF THE WEEK In re Ron Maatita , Appeal No. 2017-2037 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 20, 2018) In an appeal from an examiner’s rejection, the Federal Circuit addressed a rare issue concerning the application of 35 U.S.C. § 112 to design patents . The…
CASE OF THE WEEK Click-to-Call Technologies, LP v. Ingenio, Inc. , Appeal No. 2015-1242 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2018)‎ In an appeal of an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit reviewed for the first time the merits of whether a petition was time barred…
CASE OF THE WEEK JTEKT Corporation v. GKN Automotive Ltd. , Appeal No. 2017-1828 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 3, 2018) The Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from an inter partes review , holding that, although JTEKT Corporation had the right to file an inter partes…
CASE OF THE WEEK Applications in Internet Time, LLC v. RPX Corp. , Appeal Nos. 2017-1698, et al. (Fed. Cir. July 9, 2018) (unsealed July 24, 2018) In a lengthy decision on an issue of first impression, the Federal Circuit addressed the standard for finding…
CASE OF THE WEEK St. Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. , Appeal No. 2018-1638, -1639, -1640, -1641, -1642, -1643 (Fed. Cir. July 20, 2018) In a groundbreaking decision issued on Friday, the Federal Circuit held that tribal sovereignty…
CASE OF THE WEEK Polara Engineering Inc. v. Campbell Company , Appeal Nos. 2017-1974, -2033 (Fed. Cir. July 10, 2018) In this wide-ranging opinion, the Court provided a rare and lengthy opinion on the public use bar under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and the…
CASE OF THE WEEK Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int’l, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2016-2691, 2017-1875 (Fed. Cir. July 3, 2018) The Court affirmed a jury verdict of patent infringement and vacated a $140 million damages award. At issue…
