Inter partes review, PGR and post-grant practice.
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CASE OF THE WEEK Mark A. Barry v. DePuy Synthes Companies , Appeal Nos. 2023-2226, -2234 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 20, 2026) In our Case of the Week, a divided Federal Circuit panel reviewed an E.D. Pa. court’s exclusion of two experts’ testimony on…
CASE OF THE WEEK Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC v. Ford Motor Company , Appeal Nos. 2024-1381, -1382, -1383 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 23, 2025) In its only precedential patent opinion last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed inter partes review decisions invalidating…
CASE OF THE WEEK Wonderland Switzerland AG v. Evenflo Company, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2023-2043, -2233, -2326 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 17, 2025) This week’s Case of the Week includes a potpourri of issues following a jury trial and issuance of a permanent…
CASE OF THE WEEK International Business Machines v. Zillow Group, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2024-1170, -1274 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 9, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reviewed cross-appeals from an inter partes review of IBM’s U.S. Patent No.…
CASE OF THE WEEK In Re: Gesture Technology Partners, LLC , Appeal No. 2025-1075 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 1, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to terminate ex parte reexamination proceedings on a patent that had been…
CASE OF THE WEEK EscapeX IP, LLC c. Google LLC , Appeal No. 2024-1201 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 25, 2025) Our Case of the Week concerns an attorney fee award in a lawsuit filed by non-practicing entity EscapeX against Google. Following various forms of exceptional…
CASE OF THE WEEK Duke University v. Sandoz Inc. , Appeal No. 2024-1078 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 18, 2025) This week, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of judgment as a matter of law for Sandoz Inc., finding that a claim of Duke University…
CASE OF THE WEEK Canatex Completion Solutions, Inc. , Appeal No. 2024-1466 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 12, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit revisited and clarified the “demanding standard for judicial correction via claim construction,”…
Written by :Jacob R. Rosenbaum and Sashank Krothapally In Re MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. Before Dyk, Linn , and Cunningham Summary : The PTO Director has unreviewable discretion to deny institution of IPR proceedings in view of parallel proceedings, even when…
Written by : Jacob R. Rosenbaum and Henry P. FitzGerald Centripetal Networks, LLC, v. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Before Moore, Hughes, and Cunningham . Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Despite affirming the denial of…
CASE OF THE WEEK In re Motorola Solutions, Inc. , Appeal No. 2025-134 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 6, 2025) Our case of the week is one of a series of cases challenging newly-enacted procedures by the Trump Administration that are having a significant effect on the…
CASE OF THE WEEK Merck Serono S.A. v. Hopewell Pharma Ventures, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2025-1210, -1211 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 30, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit upheld a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision invalidating claims on Merck’s…
