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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...
Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases
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 Week this week focuses on ...
You Missed a Spot: The PTAB Should Consider All Presented Arguments and Evidence in Obviousness Determinations
CANFIELD SCIENTIFIC, INC. v. MELANOSCAN, LLC Before Newman, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The PTAB’s refusal to consider...
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John Bean Technologies Corporation v. Morris & Associates, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1090, -1148 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 19, 2021)
Our Case of the... Read More »
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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 »
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M & K Holdings, Inc. v. Samsung Elect. Co., Ltd., Appeal No. 2020-1160 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 1, 2021)
In only its third precedential patent... Read More »
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In re: Nitro Fluids L.L.C., Appeal No. 2020-142 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 28, 2020)
In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion this week... Read More »
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Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., Appeal No. 2019-1419 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 3, 2020)
Our Case of the Week this week is a rehash of a... Read More »
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Immunex Corp. v. Sandoz Inc., Appeal No. 2020-1037 (Fed. Cir. July 1, 2020)
In this Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act case, the... Read More »
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Munchkin, Inc. v. Luv N’ Care, Ltd., Appeal No. 2019-1454 (Fed. Cir. June 8, 2020)
In its only precedential patent opinion issued this... Read More »
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Eko Brands, LLC v. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enterprises, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2018-2215, et al. (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 2020)
In this appeal from the... Read More »
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Peter v. Nantkwest, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-801 (Sup. Ct. Dec. 11, 2019)
This week the Supreme Court answered a long-simmering question... Read More »
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Due to technical issues, this week’s report covers the past two weeks.
HZNP Medicines LLC v. Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc., Appeal Nos. ... Read More »
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In re: Global IP Holdings LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1426 (Fed. Cir. July 5, 2019)
The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a decision of the... Read More »
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Lone Star Silicon Innovations LLC v. Nanya Technology Corporation, Appeal No. 2018-1581, -1582 (Fed. Cir. May 30, 2019)
In the only... Read More »
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AVX Corporation v. Presidio Components, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1106 (Fed. Cir. May 13, 2019)
Following an inter partes review upholding the... Read More »
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E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Unifrax I LLC, Appeal No. 2017-2575 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 17, 2019)
Our featured case of the week revolved... Read More »
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Coda Development S.R.O. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Appeal No. 2018-1028 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 22, 2019)
In an appeal from a district court... Read More »
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CenTrak, Inc. v. Sonitor Technologies, Inc., Appeal No. 2017-2510 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 14, 2019)
In this appeal from the United States District... Read More »
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Natural Alternatives International, Inc. v. Iancu, Appeal No. 2017-1962 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 1, 2018)
In an appeal from an inter partes... Read More »
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In re Ron Maatita, Appeal No. 2017-2037 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 20, 2018)
In an appeal from an examiner’s rejection, the Federal Circuit... Read More »
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Click-to-Call Technologies, LP v. Ingenio, Inc., Appeal No. 2015-1242 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2018)
In an appeal of an inter partes review... Read More »
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JTEKT Corporation v. GKN Automotive Ltd., Appeal No. 2017-1828 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 3, 2018)
The Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from an inter ... Read More »
