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CASE OF THE WEEK IGT v. Zynga Inc. , Appeal No. 2023-2262 (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2025) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit examined the reviewability and merits of the Patent Trial Appeal Board’s decision to institute inter partes…
CASE OF THE WEEK Top Brand LLC v. Cozy Comfort Company LLC , Appeal No. 2024-2191 (Fed. Cir. July 17, 2025) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that prosecution history disclaimer applies to design…
CASE OF THE WEEK Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2025-1228, -1252 (Fed. Cir. July 8, 2025) Our Case of the Week focuses on obviousness. More particularly, the decision included a lengthy discussion on a…
CASE OF THE WEEK Eye Therapies, LLC v. Slayback Pharma, LLC , Appeal No. 2023-2173 (Fed. Cir. June 30, 2025) In its only precedential patent opinion last week, the Federal Circuit reviewed construction of the transitional claim phrase “consisting…
CASE OF THE WEEK Eye Therapies, LLC v. Slayback Pharma, LLC , Appeal No. 2023-2173 (Fed. Cir. June 30, 2025) In its only precedential patent opinion last week, the Federal Circuit reviewed construction of the transitional claim phrase “consisting…
CASE OF THE WEEK Optis Cellular Technology, LLC v. Apple Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2022-1904, -1925 (Fed. Cir. June 16, 2025) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a jury decision awarding $300,000,000 in…
CASE OF THE WEEK Mitek Systems Inc. v. United Services Automobile Association , Appeal No. 2023-1687 (Fed. Cir. June 12, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit examined the limits of declaratory judgment jurisdiction for a software supplier…
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Moderna, Inc ., Appeal No. 2023-2357 (Fed. Cir. June 4, 2025)‎ In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a final judgment that Moderna’s mRNA-‎based COVID-19 vaccine did not infringe…
EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC , Appeal No. 2023-1101 (Fed. Cir. May 21, 2025)‎ In its first en banc decision of the year, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s admission of expert ‎testimony concerning damages, holding it did not…
CASE OF THE WEEK The Regents of the University of California v. The Broad Institute, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2022-1594, -1653 (Fed. Cir. May 12, 2025) Must an inventor know their invention will work to demonstrate that they “conceived” of it? In…
CASES OF THE WEEK This week, we take a closer look at two precedential cases concerning pharmaceutical patent protections as applied to drugs in development. In Incyte Corp. v. Sun Pharm. , Judge Hughes entered a dissent pushing back on the Court’s…
CASE OF THE WEEK Fintiv, Inc. v. Paypal Holdings, Inc. , Appeal No. 2023-2312 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 30, 2025) In its only precedential patent opinion last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s determination that the terms “payment…
