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CASE OF THE WEEK Mobile Acuity Ltd. v. Blippar Ltd. , Appeal No. 2022-2216 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 6, 2024) In its only precedential patent opinion last week, the Federal Circuit confirmed the invalidity of all claims of two asserted patents as abstract under…
CASE OF THE WEEK Zyxel Comms. Corp. v. UNM Rainforest Innovations , Appeal Nos. 2022-2220, -2250 (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2024) Our Case of the Week provided new guidance on amendment proceedings under the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s 2019 Motion to…
CASE OF THE WEEK Backertop Licensing LLC v. Canary Connect, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2023-2367, -2368, 2024-1016, -1017 (Fed. Cir. July 16, 2024) Our case of the week focuses on the inherent power of the district courts to investigate fraud and misconduct. The…
CASE OF THE WEEK Beteiro, LLC v. Draftkings Inc ., Appeal Nos. 2022-2275, -2277, -2278, -2279, -2281, 2283 (Fed. Cir. June 21, 2024) In its only precedential patent opinion this week, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of multiple…
CASE OF THE WEEK EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC , Appeal No. 2023-1101 (Fed. Cir. June 3, 2024) In the Federal Circuit’s only precedential patent opinion this week, the court addressed issues of infringement and admissibility that arose after a jury…
CASE OF THE WEEK SnapRays v. Lighting Defense Group , Appeal No. 2023-1184 (Fed. Cir. May 2, 2024) Our Case of the Week deals with an issue the Court has not addressed recently: the question of declaratory judgment jurisdiction. Specifically, the Court…
CASE OF THE WEEK Luv N’ Care, Ltd. v. Lindsey Laurain , Appeal Nos. 2022-1905, -1970 (Fed. Cir. Apr.12, 2024) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s bench trial decision that unclean hands…
CASE OF THE WEEK Pfizer Inc. v. Sanofi Pasteur Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2019-1871, -1873, -1875, -1876, -2224 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 5, 2024) This week’s Case of the Week mostly resolves an appeal filed five years ago, following decisions from the PTAB in IPRs…
CASE OF THE WEEK Freshub, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2022-1391, -1425 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 26, 2024) In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion this week, the Court affirmed a jury finding that use of Amazon’s “Alexa”…
CASE OF THE WEEK Promptu Systems Corporation v. Comcast Corporation , Appeal No. 2022-1939 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 16, 2024) Our Case of the Week focuses on a district court’s claim construction rulings in a patent case brought against Comcast concerning…
CASE OF THE WEEK Univ. of South Florida Bd. of Trustees v. United States , Appeal No. 2022-2248 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 9, 2024) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit examined the scope of a provision of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 (35 U.S.C.…
CASE OF THE WEEK Roku, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, Appeal No. 2022-1386 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 19, 2024) In an appeal from the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”), the Federal Circuit addressed a number of findings underlying…
