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CASE OF THE WEEK Finjan LLC v. SonicWall, Inc. , Appeal No. 2022-1048 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 13, 2023) In the Federal Circuit’s only precedential opinion this week, a majority affirmed summary judgment of non-infringement on appellant Finjan’s malware…
CASE OF THE WEEK Sisvel International S.A. v. Sierra Wireless, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2022-1493, -1547 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 6, 2023) Our Case of the Week falls in a series of cases concerning patents that claim a means for performing a particular function using a…
CASE OF THE WEEK Baxalta Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. , Appeal No. 22-1461 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 20, 2023) Our Case of the Week focuses on the enablement requirement. It’s the first case to come before the Federal Circuit following the Supreme Court’s…
CASE OF THE WEEK Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. v. Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2021-2299, -2338 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 15, 2023) In a decade-old case that has raised a number of issues relating to design patents over two separate…
CASE OF THE WEEK In re Cellect, LLC , Appeal Nos. 2022-1293, -1294, -1295, -1296 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2023) In a significant appeal from ex parte reexamination proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the Federal Circuit addressed whether…
CASE OF THE WEEK ADASA Inc. v. Avery Dennison Corporation , Appeal No. 2022-1092 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 16, 2022) In the Federal Circuit’s only precedential opinion this week, the Court considered issues arising from infringement litigation concerning…
CASE OF THE WEEK Google LLC v. Hammond Development International, Inc. , Appeal No. 2021-2218 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 8, 2022) In the only precedential patent decision this week, the Federal Circuit issued a decision concerning the effect of collateral estoppel in…
CASE OF THE WEEK Treehouse Avatar LLC v. Valve Corp. , Appeal No. 2022-1171 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 30, 2022) In the only precedential patent opinion issued by the Federal Circuit this week, the Court affirmed a district court’s summary judgment ruling that…
CASE OF THE WEEK American National Manufacturing Inc. v. Sleep Number Corporation , Appeal Nos. 2021-1321, -1323, -1379, -1382 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 14, 2022) In an appeal from inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the…
CASE OF THE WEEK In re: Apple Inc. , Appeal No. 2022-162 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 8, 2022) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit granted Apple’s petition for mandamus, directing the District Court for the Western District of Texas to vacate a…
CASE OF THE WEEK Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Motorola Mobility LLC , Appeal Nos 2021-1555, -1795 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 4, 2022) Our Case of the Week is ostensibly a case about whether a patent owner has standing to sue when that patent holder has granted an exclusive…
CASES OF THE WEEK ABC Corp. v. Tomoloo Official , Appeal Nos. 2021-2277, -2355, -2150 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 28, 2022) ABC Corp. v. eBay, Inc. , Appeal No. 2022-1071 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 28, 2022) The following summary covers two decisions issued the same day, dealing…
