Posts Tagged: CAFC
Federal Circuit Grants Apple Petition for Writ of Mandamus to Transfer Uniloc Suit
On November 9, the Federal Circuit granted Apple’s petition for a writ of mandamus directing the Western District of Texas to transfer Uniloc’s patent infringement suit …
Federal Circuit Weighs in on Proper Venue in Hatch-Waxman Cases Under TC Heartland
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressed a question of first impression regarding whether an act of patent infringement occurs in …
Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Interference Decision Based on Claim Construction; Newman Dissents
On November 4, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial …
Federal Circuit Denies Petition for Writ of Mandamus Over Unfavorable Jury Instructions
On November 3, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued an order in In re: Ivantis, Inc. denying a petition for a writ …
Federal Circuit Vacates District Court Decision to Retain Second Filed Case in Overlapping Cases
On October 28, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) granted a petition for a writ of mandamus directing the United States District Court …
Federal Circuit Affirms TTAB Holding Regarding Standing and Sanctions
On October 27, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial …
Latest Eligibility Decision from Federal Circuit Highlights Importance of Crafting a Background in Light of Alice
Thankfully, there has been a recent and noticeable drop in precedential abstract idea cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. But on …
Federal Circuit Denies AAM Request to Stay Mandate Pending Supreme Court Review
On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential order in American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings denying American …
The Price of Paice and Complexity: Rules, Standards and Facts for Post-Judgment Royalty Consideration
The Supreme Court and Federal Circuit permit prevailing patentees to obtain a higher royalty rate for an infringer’s post-judgment infringing sales. But whatever the reason, district …
Federal Circuit Rejects St. Jude’s Challenge to Validity of Snyders’ Heart Valve Patent
On October 15, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), in St. Jude Medical, LLC v. Snyders Heart Valve LLC, affirmed an inter partes …
CAFC Affirms District Court Dismissal of Declaratory Judgment Under Doctrine of ‘Abstention’
On October 14, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), in Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. v. Sasso, affirmed a decision of a district court dismissing …
Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Finding that Immunex Antibody Patent is Obvious
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday affirmed an invalidity decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent …
Patent Stakeholders Weigh in on High Court Decision to Hear Arthrex
The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in three cases involving Arthrex, Inc. focusing on the question of whether the administrative patent judges (APJs) of the …
Federal Circuit Vacates District Court’s Summary Judgment Ruling, Slamming ‘Misdirected Lawyering’
On October 7, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), in AntennaSys, Inc. v. AQYR Technologies, Inc., vacated and remanded a decision of the …
SCOTUS Denial of TCL v. Ericsson Petition Means Juries Decide Damages for SEP Infringement
On October 5, the United States Supreme Court denied TCL Communication’s petition for certiorari in TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. V. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. Of course, the …