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CASE OF THE WEEK Impax Laboratories Inc. v. Lannett Holdings Inc. , Appeal No. 2017-2020 (Fed. Cir. June 28, 2018) In an appeal taken from the Delaware district court, the Federal Circuit extended deference to the district court’s decision to uphold…
The Federal Circuit issued only one precedential patent decision last week. However, on Friday, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on extraterritorial damages in WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. , Appeal No. 16-1011 (June 22, 2018)…
LATEST FROM THE SUPREME COURT WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp ., Appeal No. 16-1011 (June 22, 2018) In its final patent decision of the October 2017 term, the Supreme Court today issued a decision concerning the scope of damages that are available…
CASE OF THE WEEK Medtronic, Inc. v. Mark A. Barry , Appeal Nos. 2017-1169, -1170 (Fed. Cir. June 11, 2018) The Court affirmed-in-part and vacated-in-part a PTAB decision finding that petitioner Medtronic, Inc. had failed to prove that challenged claims…
CASE OF THE WEEK PGS Geophysical AS, v. Andrei Iancu , Appeal Nos. 2016-2470, -2472, -2474 (Fed. Cir. June 7, 2018) In appeals from three inter partes review , the Federal Circuit addressed transition issues for cases currently on appeal that were…
CASE OF THE WEEK Aatrix Software, Inc. v. Green Shades Software, Inc. , Appeal No. 2017-1452 (Fed. Cir. May 31, 2018) and Berkheimer v. HP Inc. , Appeal No. 2017-1437 (Fed. Cir. May 31, 2018) In these two, published, precedential orders denying rehearing…
CASE OF THE WEEK D Three Enterprises, LLC v. SunModo Corporation, Appeal Nos. 2017-1909, -1910 (Fed. Cir. May 21, 2018) The Court affirmed a grant of summary judgment of invalidity in favor of patent infringement defendants, based on a lack of written…
CASE OF THE WEEK Praxair Distribution, Inc. v. Mallinckrodt Hospital Products IP Ltd. , Appeal Nos. 2016-2616, -2656 (Fed. Cir. May 16, 2018) In an appeal from a inter partes review, the Federal Circuit reviewed a PTAB obviousness decision. Importantly,…
C AS E OF THE WEEK WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp ., Appeal Nos. 2016-2099, -2100, -2101, -2332, -2333, -2334 (Fed. Cir. May 7, 2018) In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s unpatentability…
CASE OF THE WEEK Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2016-2121, -2208, -2235 (Fed. Cir. 2018)‎ In an appeal from a jury trial, the Federal Circuit addressed numerous issues relating to both…
CASE OF THE WEEK Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Merck & Co., Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2016-2302, -2615 (Fed. Cir. 2018) In an appeal from a bench trial finding patents unenforceable, the Federal Circuit issued a rare decision on the doctrine of unclean hands. The…
LATEST FROM THE SUPREME COURT We issue today’s special edition of Fresh from the Bench to summarize two important precedential decisions issued this morning by the Supreme Court. Both cases concern inter partes reviews, and both cases open the door…
