Posts Tagged: vacate
Federal Circuit Says Erroneous Claim Construction Led PTAB to Uphold Claims as Valid
On Thursday, December 20th, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential decision in Vivint, Inc. v. Alarm.com, Inc. which affirmed aspects of …
Even If New Matter, Entire Application Relevant to Assessing Compliance with Written Description Requirement
Several weeks ago, in a non-precedential opinion, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in In re: David Tropp, which vacated and remanded …
CAFC Vacates PTAB Decision to Uphold Conversant Wireless Patent Challenged by Google, LG
On Tuesday, November 20th, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential decision in Google LLC v. Conversant Wireless Licensing, which vacated a decision …
Eleventh Circuit Finds No Valid Copyright in Official Code of Georgia Annotated
An analysis of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated led the appellate court to find that the annotations, while not having the force of law, are part …
Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB’s Decision to Uphold Enthone Patent
The Federal Circuit recently issued a nonprecedential decision in BASF Corporation v. Enthone, Inc. which vacated an earlier decision stemming from an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding …
Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB Decision for Failure to Consider Ericsson Reply Brief
In its decision, the Federal Circuit noted that the PTAB is entitled to strike arguments improperly raised in a reply brief under 37 CFR § 42.23(b). However, the appellate …
Rejection of proposal did not obviate requirement to disclose inventions to standard setting body
The Federal Circuit, however, found the district court’s enforceability finding to be unsupported by evidence. The rejection of Nokia’s proposal did not obviate Nokia’s …
Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB’s Determination of CBM Patent After Appeal by Apple and Google
On Wednesday, July 11th, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Apple v. ContentGuard Holdings vacating a decision by the Patent Trial …
Federal Circuit Finds TTAB Erred In Determining Genericnessof Coca-Cola’s ZERO Trademarks
On Wednesday, June 30th, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Royal Crown Company, Inc., et. al. v. The Coca-Cola Company which …
Federal Circuit Vacates, Remands After PTAB Fails to Consider Arguments in Reply Brief
On Friday, June 1st, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in In re: Durance striking down a decision by the Patent Trial …
CAFC says PTO Reexamination Should Not Preclude Validity Challenges at District Court
Along with the willfulness finding, the Federal Circuit also overturned findings of no invalidity on a patent that had already survived multiple reexaminations at the U.S. …
2nd Circuit upholds most of district court judgment in trademark case brought by Swiss army knife maker Victorinox
On Tuesday, September 19th, Victorinox AG, the manufacturer of the well-known Swiss army knife, saw a successful outcome of an appeal decided by the U.S. Court …
