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RAYTHEON COMPANY v. INDIGO SYSTEMS CORPORATION, FLIR SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
Federal Circuit Summary Before Chen, Newman and Dyk. Appeal from the Eastern District of Texas. Summary: The Texas Theft Liability Act (TTLA), which awards attorney’s fees to...
The FDA Approves Active Ingredient Derived from Marijuana to Treat Epilepsy
On June 25th, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug, Epidiolex, for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare forms of epilepsy, Dravet syndrome, ...
POLARA ENGINEERING INC v. CAMPBELL COMPANY
Federal Circuit Summary Before Lourie, Dyk, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Summary: (1) The public use bar is...
Senseonics Gets Green Light from FDA on Implantable Glucose Monitoring System
Senseonics recently received Premarket Approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Eversense® Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System. According to Senseonics...
Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases
CASE OF THE WEEK Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int’l, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-2691, 2017-1875 (Fed. Cir. July 3, 2018) The Court affirmed a jury verdict of ...
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Chen, Newman and Dyk. Appeal from the Eastern District of Texas.
Summary: The Texas Theft Liability Act (TTLA), which awards... Read More »
On June 25th, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug, Epidiolex, for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare forms of... Read More »
A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled invalid patents owned by Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC covering its narcolepsy drug Xyrem, giving Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc a boost in ... Read More »
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Summary: (1) ... Read More »
Telecommunications company BT has accused cybersecurity software developer Fortinet of infringing five patents relating to network security... Read More »
A reset is underway in the patent-antitrust debate.
This debate had devolved to an unproductive state. On one side, patent owners whose “hold-up,” or... Read More »
Senseonics recently received Premarket Approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Eversense® Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System... Read More »
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has stepped up to represent a small, independent online language teacher who has been threatened with a lawsuit by a British... Read More »
In Impax Laboratories Inc. v. Lannett Holdings Inc., the Federal Circuit upheld the district court decision finding that defendants had failed to establish obviousness ... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int’l, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-2691, 2017-1875 (Fed. Cir. July 3, 2018)
The Court... Read More »
Anyone who has led a technology company or been in the startup scene will tell you that most startups share a number of challenges. Key among them is the need to prove ... Read More »
In another sign that corporate America has had enough of patent trolls, this week monster retailers Macy's and OfficeMax accused SpeedTrack in court of creating a... Read More »
Two semiconductor companies embroiled in a patent dispute in both China and the US have responded to a preliminary injunction, issued earlier this week, which... Read More »
Last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued its 10 millionth patent. But are all of these patents helping society? The American patent system was designed... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Impax Laboratories Inc. v. Lannett Holdings Inc., Appeal No. 2017-2020 (Fed. Cir. June 28, 2018)
In an appeal taken from the Delaware... Read More »
A jury in Texarkana last week awarded $43.3 million in damages following a two-week trial in federal court concerning patents for smartphone and tablet technology... Read More »
Political Theater & Patent Reform
The Stronger Patent Act has failed to gain traction for several years now. The Bill is deemed to one-sided, proposing... Read More »
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary... Read More »
Written by: Brandon G. Smith and Nicole R. Townes
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Moore, Wallach, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal... Read More »
For the sixth consecutive year, the University of California was awarded more U.S. utility patents than any other university in the world, according to the 2017... Read More »
