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CASE OF THE WEEK Atlanta Gas Light Company v. Bennett Regulator Guards Inc., Appeal No. 2021-1759 (Fed. Cir. May 13, 2022) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit...
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The design patents are the second most common type of patent after the utility ones. By obtaining a design patent you will... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Alarm.com Inc. v. Hirshfeld, Appeal No. 2020-2102 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 24, 2022)
In an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern... Read More »
Updated: After a secondary review, the number of ITC cases in 2021 was updated to 71 from 73 (Feb 10, 2022)
As the Pandemic still... Read More »
On October 5, 2021, the U.S. Federal Circuit reversed a finding of invalidity by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for patent claims... Read More »
We have analyzed all the patent-related CAFC appeals, originating from the PTAB, ITC or district courts. The analysis covers a 5-year period, from January 1, 2016... Read More »
Last month we released our fifth annual IPR Intelligence Report. This popular IP report evaluates all stakeholders in Inter-Partes Review (IPR) proceedings each year. ... Read More »
Patents have been often considered as safeguards for your inventions, as long as they fall under the “patentable” category and meet the novelty... Read More »
Patent litigation remained strong in the second quarter of 2021. District court litigation, in particular, increased 11% in Q2 compared to Q1. Inter-Partes Review... Read More »
The first quarter of 2021 just ended but several recent trials in Waco, Texas including the famous VLSI Technology vs. Intel, which resulted in a $2.18B verdict... Read More »
UNILOC 2017 LLC v. FACEBOOK INC.
Before Lourie, Wallach, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) ... Read More »
Earlier this year, we reviewed the sharp increase in patent litigation in 2020 (Patexia Insight 96). District Court patent cases rose 17 percent in 2020 compared to... Read More »
Update: Thanks to one of our readers who discovered an error in our ITC numbers for Q3. We have already updated the article with the correct data.
The third... Read More »
NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY
Before Prost, Newman, and Bryson. Appeal from the United States... Read More »
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Earlier this month we released our 2020 IPR... Read More »
ALACRITECH, INC. V. INTEL CORP., CAVIUM, LLC, DELL, INC.
Before Stoll, Chen, and Moore. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The... Read More »
ESIP SERIES 2, LLC V. PUZHEN LIFE USA, LLC
Before Reyna, Lourie, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The PTAB’s... Read More »
Running a profitable patent prosecution practice has become more challenging in recent years. The recession triggered by the current pandemic is going to make this... Read More »
GOLDEN v. U.S.
Before O’Malley, Mayer, and Wallach. Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Summary: (1) Patent infringement claims ... Read More »
CAFC Decision Moots Some POP Consideration in Hunting Titan Dispute
Last November, the PTAB ordered Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) review of the final written... Read More »
Invalidity Counterclaims-In-Reply Will Not Trigger 35 U.S.C. § 315(a)
Congress created IPR to provide a “quick and cost effective alternative[ ] to... Read More »
