Posts Tagged: claim construction
In Win For Google, CAFC Holds Patentees May Not Bend Claim Terms to Fit Their Needs
On August 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, …
Federal Circuit: PTAB Failed to Provide Adequate Notice of Sua Sponte Claim Construction
In a precedential opinion authored by chief Judge Moore, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today vacated and remanded six Patent Trial and …
CAFC Affirms District Court Ruling for Amazon on Claim Construction
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s final …
CAFC Affirms PTAB Finding that Certain Uniloc Claims are Invalid, But Says Apple Failed to Prove Other Claims Unpatentable
On May 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB/ Board) in an …
CAFC Corrects District Court Claim Construction, Doctrine of Equivalents Analysis in Diaper Genie Infringement Case
On March 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) vacated and reversed the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California’…
CAFC Partially Vacates PTAB for Legal Error in ‘Reasonable Expectation of Success’ Analysis
On January 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed in-part and vacated in-part a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (…
PTAB Will Use Nautilus Approach to Indefiniteness for Post-Grant Proceedings
Last week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued binding indefiniteness guidance in a memorandum from Director Andrei Iancu that addresses confusion about which indefiniteness …
Federal Circuit Reverses Holding of Infringement Based on Faulty Claim Construction
On January 5, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of …
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 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 …
CAFC: Parties Joined in IPRs are Not Estopped from Raising New Invalidity Grounds in District Court
On September 24, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas’…
Acer v. Intellisoft Petition Rebukes CAFC for Disrespecting SCOTUS Precedent, Ignoring District Court
Greenberg Traurig and The Rader Group – which is headed by retired Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Randall Rader - …
Federal Circuit Vacates District Court Invalidity Judgment Based on Judicial Estoppel
On August 28, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts’ claim construction in …
Federal Circuit Affirms District Court Claim Construction in Foundation Pile Patent Infringement Dispute
The United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit recently upheld the Central District of California’s ruling of summary judgment that certain accused products of …
Federal Circuit Remands District Court Decision for Erroneous Claim Construction
On August 27, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed and remanded a decision of the U.S. District Court for the District …
