Appeals, precedential opinions and what they change downstream.
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Written by : Ashley C. Morales & Hans L. Mayer BOT M8 LLC v. SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC Before Prost , Reyna, and Cunningham. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : A party challenging the Board’s decision by alleging claim…
CASE OF THE WEEK HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corp. , Appeal No. 2022-1696 (Fed. Cir. May 2, 2023) In its only precedential patent opinion this week, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court determination that David Howard should be added as a joint…
Written by : Jeremy Anapol UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION V. PURE HEMP COLLECTIVE INC. Before Lourie, Cunningham, and Stark . Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Summary : The Federal Circuit affirmed the district…
Written by : Kemarie Jorgensen & Karen Cassidy Selvaggio HIP, INC v. HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION Before Lourie , Clevenger, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: To prove a claim of joint…
Written by : Matthew S. Whitehead & Douglas B. Wentzel UCB, INC. v. ACTAVIS LABORATORIES UT, INC. Before Moore, Chen, and Stoll . Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary : District court legally erred by applying incorrect…
Written by : Douglas B. Wentzel SANDERLING MANAGEMENT LTD. v. SNAP INC. Before Chen, Cunningham, and Stark . Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Summary : The district court properly found that digital…
Written by : Morgan Robertson & Douglas B. Wentzel HEALTHIER CHOICES MANAGEMENT CORP. V. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. Before Taranto, Stoll , and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Summary : A…
CASE OF THE WEEK FS.com Inc. v. Intern. Trade Comm. , Appeal No. 2022-1228 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 20, 2023) Our case of the week focuses on patent enablement. In particular, the Federal Circuit considered the enablement requirement in the context of…
CASE OF THE WEEK Sequoia Technology, LLC v. Dell, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2021-2263, -2264, -2265, -2266 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 12, 2023) In an appeal from a stipulated judgment of noninfringement and invalidity following an adverse claim construction ruling from the…
Written by : Ashley C. Morales & Michael L. Fuller In ChromaDex, Inc. v Elysium Health, Inc., Appeal No. 2022-1116, the Federal Circuit upheld the invalidity of a claim reciting a supplement comprising nicotinamide riboside (“NR”), a component…
Written by : Jack Hendershott & Jacob R. Rosenbaum SALAZAR V. AT&T MOBILITY LLC Before Stoll , Schall, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Summary : While the indefinite article “a” means…
Written by : Zachary B. Messick & Douglas B. Wentzel ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION v. MODERNATX, INC. Before Reyna , Schall, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : Arbutus’ patent was anticipated by an earlier Arbutus…
