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A new infertility technique, mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), has been used to create so called “three-parent” babies. MRT is used in cases when... Read More »
Patent Judgments & Awards
In April 2018, a jury in the Eastern District of Texas awarded VirnetX Inc. (“VirnetX”) a total of more than... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-2121, -2208, -2235 (Fed. Cir. 2018)
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CASE OF THE WEEK
Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Merck & Co., Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-2302, -2615 (Fed. Cir. 2018)
In an appeal from a bench trial finding patents ... Read More »
On April 25th, a Fed. Cir. panel of Judges Taranto, Clevenger and Chen affirmed the unenforceability of two Merck patents covering a drug presently marketed as... Read More »
On March 22, 2018, a Texas federal court awarded patent infringement damages totaling over $8 million and ongoing royalties in a case involving multiple patents... Read More »
LATEST FROM THE SUPREME COURT
We issue today’s special edition of Fresh from the Bench to summarize two important precedential decisions issued this morning ... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Droplets, Inc. v. E*TRADE Bank, Appeal No. 2016-2504 (Fed. Cir. 2018)
In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Vanda Pharm. Inc. v. West-Ward Pharm. Int’l Ltd. et al., Appeal Nos. 16-2707, 16-2708 (Fed. Cir. 2018)
In an ANDA... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Knowles Electronics LLC v. Iancu, Appeal No. 2016-1954 (Fed. Cir. 2018)
In an appeal from an inter partes reexamination, the Federal Circuit... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2017-1118, -1202 (Fed. Cir. 2018)
In an appeal from a jury trial, the Federal Circuit reversed ... Read More »
In re Power Integrations, Inc., Appeal No. 17-1304 (Fed. Cir. 2018)
In In re: Power Integrations, Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed the Patent Trial and... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
SimpleAir, Inc. v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2016-2738 (Fed. Cir. 2018)
In SimpleAir, Inc. v Google LLC, the Federal Circuit vacated a district... Read More »
In Core Wireless Licensin g S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that user interface claims are patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101... Read More »
On March 6, 2018 the USPTO announced that it has started a pilot program that makes it easy to report specimens that have been digitally created, altered or... Read More »
Continuation Applications & Terminal Disclaimers: Infectious Estoppel
Patent owner estoppel is codified by Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) regulation... Read More »
In two recent cases, the Federal Circuit addressed the role of factual questions in resolving patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The first case was... Read More »
Jasmin Larian, the owner of Cult Gaia, started selling the “Ark” bag in 2013. Since then the Ark bag has been seen on celebrities including Jessica... Read More »
Ottah v. Fiat Chrysler, Appeal No. 2017-1842 (March 7, 2018)
In Ottah v. Fiat Chrysler, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary... Read More »
Nalco Co. v. Chem-Mod, LLC, Appeal No. 17-1036 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 27, 2018)
In Nalco Company v. Chem-Mod, LLC, the Federal Circuit reviewed the district... Read More »