The Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB and held that Qualcomm’s 5G carrier aggregation patent was unpatentable as obvious, rejecting the Board’s motivation-to-combine analysis and addressing Intel’s standing as an Apple component supplier.
The Federal Circuit held that generic software terms like “code” and “application” can connote sufficient structure to avoid means-plus-function claiming under § 112 ¶ 6, reversing the district court’s construction.
The Federal Circuit held that in rare circumstances the Patent Trial and Appeal Board may raise grounds of unpatentability sua sponte against proposed substitute claims in a motion to amend IPR proceeding, even when a petitioner has not raised those grounds.
The Federal Circuit granted mandamus and transferred patent suits against Volkswagen and Hyundai out of the Western District of Texas, holding that independently-owned dealerships do not constitute the manufacturers’ regular and established places of business for patent venue purposes absent d
The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s finding of obviousness for Janssen’s patents on monthly injectable paliperidone palmitate (Invega Sustenna) for treating schizophrenia — holding that a skilled formulator would have been motivated to combine known long-acting injectable a
The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s award of CRISPR gene-editing patent rights to the Broad Institute over UC Berkeley, holding that UC’s earlier reduction to practice in prokaryotic cells did not establish a continuous conception and reduction to practice in eukaryotic cells — the m
The Federal Circuit held that a USPTO Director decision vacating an ex parte reexamination on IPR estoppel grounds is subject to judicial review under the APA, reversing the district court’s dismissal.
The Federal Circuit held that IPR estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(1) applies to invalidity grounds a petitioner could have raised in an earlier-decided IPR, even if that IPR and the later-challenged IPR were filed on the same day — closing the simultaneous-petition loophole.
A divided Federal Circuit affirmed that the patents covering Narcan nasal spray’s naloxone formulation were obvious, finding ample motivation to combine prior art formulations despite secondary considerations including FDA need and commercial success.
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.