Appeals, precedential opinions and what they change downstream.
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Written by : Jeremiah S. Helm, PhD. and Matthew J. Petersen FMC Corp. v. Sharda USA, LLC Before Moore, Chen , and Barnett. Appeal from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Summary : The district court erred by construing a claim term based on disclosures…
Written by: Justin J. Gillett and Arash Pia ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC. V. ALKERMES PLC Before Taranto , Hughes, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Summary : The Federal Circuit held that it lacked…
Written by : Justin J. Gillett and Bryant Chen JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE, CO. v. CH LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Before Dyk , Chen, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. S ummary : The…
Written by : Douglas B. Wentzel and Julia N. Hanson SUNKIST GROWERS, INC. v. INTRASTATE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. Before Prost , Taranto, and Stark. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : The TTAB incorrectly found that similar trademarks…
Written by : Daniel Kiang and Daniel M. Mittelstein MONDIS TECHNOLOGY LTD., HITACHI MAXELL, LTD., NKA MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD., MAXELL, LTD. v. LG ELECTRONICS INC., LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC. Before Taranto, Clevenger, and Hughes . Appeal from the United States…
CASE OF THE WEEK Mondis Tech. Ltd. v. LG Electronics Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2023-2117, -2116 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 8, 2025) Our Case of the Week focuses on the written description requirement, and, in particular, how that requirement is considered following a jury…
Written by : Nathan D. Reeves and Cesar A. Estrada TOP BRAND LLC v. COZY COMFORT CO. LLC Before Dyk , Reyna, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Summary : Arguments presented during prosecution of a…
Written by : Daniel Kiang and Nefi R. Oliva COLIBRI HEART VALVE LLC v. MEDTRONIC COREVALVE, LLC Before Taranto , Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Summary: The Federal Circuit reversed a…
Written by : Justin J. Gillett and Alex Martin del Campo JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. Before Prost, Reyna, and Taranto . Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Summary : The Federal…
Written by : Jacob R. Rosenbaum and Matthew Friedrichs EYE THERAPIES, LLC v. SLAYBACK PHARMA LLC Before Taranto, Stoll and Scarsi (sitting by designation) Summary: The patent’s prosecution history required a restrictive interpretation of the term…
CASE OF THE WEEK Eye Therapies, LLC v. Slayback Pharma, LLC , Appeal No. 2023-2173 (Fed. Cir. June 30, 2025) In its only precedential patent opinion last week, the Federal Circuit reviewed construction of the transitional claim phrase “consisting…
Written by : Jane Dai, Ph.D . and Geetha Durairaj, Ph.D. On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) revived the Regents of the University of California's (Regents) challenge to the Broad Institute's CRISPR-Cas9…
