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Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases
CASE OF THE WEEK SynQor, Inc. v. Vicor Corp., Appeal No. 2019-1704 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 22, 2021) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit held that common law...
Promises Made, Promises Not Kept: Even an Implied License Requires Compliance With Its Terms
BITMANAGEMENT SOFTWARE GMBH v. UNITED STATES Before NEWMAN, DYK, and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges. Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims. Summary: The U.S...
Collateral Estoppel in AIA Trial Proceedings
Inconsistency Across Related Cases is Precluded When challenging related patents at the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB), it is not uncommon to present similar grounds of...
The $2.2B makes this the 2nd biggest patent award. Intel Corporation lost the patent trial to VLSI Technology LLC. The battle was between Morgan Chu of Irell &... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
SynQor, Inc. v. Vicor Corp., Appeal No. 2019-1704 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 22, 2021)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit held... Read More »
BITMANAGEMENT SOFTWARE GMBH v. UNITED STATES
Before NEWMAN, DYK, and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges. Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims.
... Read More »
It’s generally recognized that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can apply to entities outside the European Union. However, scant court rulings... Read More »
Inconsistency Across Related Cases is Precluded
When challenging related patents at the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB), it is not uncommon to present... Read More »
Last year we wrote about the impact of the pandemic on the US patent activity and the patent prosecution practice (Patexia Insight 79). We estimated a drop of 2 to 4... Read More »
SYNQOR, INC. v. VICOR CORPORATION
Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A finding during inter... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
John Bean Technologies Corporation v. Morris & Associates, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1090, -1148 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 19, 2021)
Our Case of the... Read More »
JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. v. MORRIS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Before, Lourie, Reyna, and Wallach. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of... Read More »
CANFIELD SCIENTIFIC, INC. v. MELANOSCAN, LLC
Before Newman, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The... Read More »
Featured Project Development: State of the Art Novel InFlow Tech: ·1-Gearturbine Reaction Turbine Rotary Turbo, ·2-Imploturbocompressor Impulse Turbine 1 ... Read More »
A recent legal decision held that privacy guarantees in the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) do not prevent discovery in civil litigation. In... Read More »
On January 13, 2021, the FTC announced that fertility app developer Flo Health, Inc. (“Flo”) agreed to a settlement over allegations that the company... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Appeal No. 2020-1074 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 11, 2021)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a... Read More »
Last week we published the list of top patent litigators of 2021 (Patexia Insight 98). This week we are going to identify the most active companies in district court... Read More »
SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES, INC v. DROPBOX, INC.
Before Prost, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of... Read More »
While this recent Fed. Cir. decision – Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Appeal No. 2020-1074 (Fed. Cir., Feb. 11, 2021) seems predictable, given the fate of antibody... Read More »
MOJAVE DESERT HOLDINGS, LLC v. CROCS, INC.
Before Newman, Dyk, and O’Malley. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The purchaser ... Read More »
Infinity Computer Products v. Oki Data Americas, Inc.
Before Prost, Clevenger, and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of... Read More »
CHUDIK V. HIRSHFELD
Before Taranto, Bryson, and Hughes. Appeal from the United State District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Summary: An... Read More »
