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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...
Patexia Insight 100: Patents Down in 2020 and the downtrend May Continue
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 percent in the...
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CANFIELD SCIENTIFIC, INC. v. MELANOSCAN, LLC
Before Newman, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The... Read More »
FANDUEL, INC. v. INTERACTIVE GAMES LLC
Before Dyk, Moore, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Board does not violate ... Read More »
FITBIT, INC. v. VALENCELL, INC.
Before Newman, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Notwithstanding its rejection of the... Read More »
B/E AEROSPACE, INC. v. C&D ZODIAC, INC.
Before Lourie, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Common sense ... Read More »
Written by: Brok S. Humbert & Adam Powell
UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. X ONE, INC.
Before Prost, Dyk, and Wallach. Appeal from the U.S. Patent and... Read More »
SPIGEN KOREA CO., LTD. v. ULTRAPROOF, INC.
Before Newman, Lourie, and Reyna. Appeal from the Central District of California.
Summary: Summary judgment... Read More »
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. v. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Before Lourie, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District... Read More »
HVLPO2, LLC v. OXYGEN FROG, LLC
Before Newman, Moore, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida... Read More »
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. v. GOOGLE LLC
Before Prost, Newman, and Moore. Appeal from Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Board can institute IPR... Read More »
FOX FACTORY, INC. v. SRAM, LLC
Before Prost, Wallach, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Summary: When a commercial ... Read More »
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON v. TCL CORPORATION
Before NEWMAN, LOURIE, and CLEVENGER. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary... Read More »
OSI PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC v. APOTEX INC
Before Stoll, Newman, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A pharmaceutical... Read More »
CELGENE CORPORATION v. PETER
Before Prost, Bryson, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Retroactive application of IPR... Read More »
GAME AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. v. ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC.
Before Prost, Lourie, and Wallach. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)... Read More »
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. v. ELM 3DS INNOVATIONS, LLC
Before Moore, Reyna, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: If the... Read More »
NOVARTIS PHAMACEUTICALS CORP V. WEST-WARD PHARMACEUTICALS
Before Stoll, Plager, and Clevenger. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District ... Read More »
Before Wallach, Clevenger, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Regulatory guidelines... Read More »
Before Judges Reyna, Taranto, and Chen. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Summary: There may be no reasonable expectation of... Read More »
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Lourie, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A generic pharmaceutical ... Read More »
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Dyk, Taranto, Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The PTAB is not required to make... Read More »
