The Federal Circuit held that a contractual forum-selection clause requiring all patent disputes to be filed in district court — not the PTAB — barred Sarepta from filing IPR petitions, enforcing private agreements that waive the right to inter partes review.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s rejection of Quanergy’s inter partes review challenge to Velodyne’s foundational 3D LiDAR patent, upholding the patent’s validity as Velodyne survived an attempt to invalidate its core autonomous vehicle sensing technology.
The Federal Circuit affirmed infringement of Caltech’s Wi-Fi error-correction patents but vacated a $1.1 billion damages award against Broadcom and Apple, rejected a novel two-tier royalty model, and clarified that IPR estoppel bars defendants from raising invalidity grounds that reasonably could ha
The Federal Circuit vacated an $85 million jury verdict against Apple, holding that the damages expert failed to apportion the royalty base to account only for the patented features rather than the entire value of the accused LTE-enabled iPhones.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s rejection of Quanergy’s inter partes review challenge to Velodyne’s foundational 3D LiDAR patent, upholding the patent’s validity as Velodyne survived an attempt to invalidate its core autonomous vehicle sensing technology.
The Federal Circuit affirmed infringement of Caltech’s Wi-Fi error-correction patents but vacated a $1.1 billion damages award against Broadcom and Apple, rejected a novel two-tier royalty model, and clarified that IPR estoppel bars defendants from raising invalidity grounds that reasonably could ha
The Federal Circuit vacated an $85 million jury verdict against Apple, holding that the damages expert failed to apportion the royalty base to account only for the patented features rather than the entire value of the accused LTE-enabled iPhones.
The Federal Circuit held that statements in a patent’s own specification acknowledging known prior art — so-called applicant-admitted prior art (AAPA) — cannot serve as the “basis” for an inter partes review petition under § 311(b), which limits IPR to prior art consisting of patents and printed pub
The Federal Circuit held that statements in a patent’s own specification acknowledging known prior art — so-called applicant-admitted prior art (AAPA) — cannot serve as the “basis” for an inter partes review petition under § 311(b), which limits IPR to prior art consisting of patents and printed pub
The Federal Circuit reversed dismissal of Cooperative Entertainment’s patent on a peer-to-peer content delivery network architecture, holding that claims directed to a specific topology of network nodes for distributing large video files can be patent-eligible when the specific network arrange
The Federal Circuit reversed dismissal of Cooperative Entertainment’s patent on a peer-to-peer content delivery network architecture, holding that claims directed to a specific topology of network nodes for distributing large video files can be patent-eligible when the specific network arrange
The Federal Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction protecting Masimo’s pulse oximeter algorithm as a trade secret, holding that prior publication of equivalent mathematics in a statistics journal did not make the algorithm generally known to those who could obtain economic value from it in
The Federal Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction protecting Masimo’s pulse oximeter algorithm as a trade secret, holding that prior publication of equivalent mathematics in a statistics journal did not make the algorithm generally known to those who could obtain economic value from it in
The Federal Circuit vacated an ITC infringement determination because the patent owner’s expert lacked the specific experience required to qualify as a person of ordinary skill in the art — broad engineering expertise in related fields was not enough.
The Federal Circuit vacated an ITC infringement determination because the patent owner’s expert lacked the specific experience required to qualify as a person of ordinary skill in the art — broad engineering expertise in related fields was not enough.
The Federal Circuit vacated an infringement ruling against Mylan, holding that the patent’s prosecution history and written description limited the claimed PVP concentration in AstraZeneca’s asthma inhaler patent to a precise value rather than a range.
The Federal Circuit vacated an infringement ruling against Mylan, holding that the patent’s prosecution history and written description limited the claimed PVP concentration in AstraZeneca’s asthma inhaler patent to a precise value rather than a range.
The Federal Circuit affirmed PTAB’s refusal to invalidate Corcept’s mifepristone dosage patent, holding that an IPR petitioner must demonstrate a reasonable expectation of success for the specific dosage claimed — not merely for the drug combination generally.
The Federal Circuit affirmed PTAB’s refusal to invalidate Corcept’s mifepristone dosage patent, holding that an IPR petitioner must demonstrate a reasonable expectation of success for the specific dosage claimed — not merely for the drug combination generally.
In a divided decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed that Biogen’s multiple sclerosis drug patent lacked adequate written description because the specification’s single passing reference to a 480 mg/day dose of dimethyl fumarate did not demonstrate the inventors actually possessed that specific thera
In a divided decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed that Biogen’s multiple sclerosis drug patent lacked adequate written description because the specification’s single passing reference to a 480 mg/day dose of dimethyl fumarate did not demonstrate the inventors actually possessed that specific thera
The Federal Circuit granted mandamus to compel transfer from the Western District of Texas, holding that a district court’s faster time to trial cannot alone outweigh other venue factors that favor transfer.
The Federal Circuit granted mandamus to compel transfer from the Western District of Texas, holding that a district court’s faster time to trial cannot alone outweigh other venue factors that favor transfer.
The Federal Circuit affirmed dismissal of Celgene’s Hatch-Waxman patent suit for improper venue, holding that for ANDA litigation venue purposes, the act of infringement is the submission of the ANDA itself — not the receipt of a notice letter or the state where future generic sales are antici