Fed Circuit Watch: Improved Smartphone Display Interface Found Patent-Eligible
On January 25, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled claims directed to improved display interface for cell phones was patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. ยง101 in Core Wireless...
Fed Circuit Watch: Improper Patent Assignment Dooms Standing to Sue for Infringement
On January 11, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on the Advanced Video Technology, LLC v. HTC Corp., case. This case is a unique one dealing with the logistics of a patent...
Fed Circuit Watch: Gaming of Patent System Cannot Save Patent from Invalidation on Double Patenting Grounds
On January 23, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down In re Janssen Biotech, Inc., which dealt with the specific issue of the double patenting safe harbor under...
Fed Circuit Watch: Helsinn Redux: En Banc Denied
On January 16, 2018, in a non-precedential per curiam order (the order was not published, but was made available from our colleagues at the Patently-O blog), the United States Court of Appeals for...
Fed Circuit Watch: Finjan Survives Alice Test for Subject Matter Eligibility
On January 10, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Systems, Inc. Finjan sued Blue Coat, a subsidiary of rival Symantec Corp., for patent...
Fed Circuit Watch: Time-Bar in IPR Institution Petition is Appealable
One January 8, 2018, the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit issued Wi-Fi One, LLC v. Broadcom Corp., in which the en banc panel held the PTAB decision to institute or not an inter partes review...
Fed Circuit Watch: Regeneron Denied Redemption in Misconduct Case
On December 26, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied a request for rehearing en banc for reconsideration made by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in a precedential decision....
Fed Circuit Watch: Lanham Act Section 2(a) Scandalousness Clause Deemed Unconstitutional
On December 15, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down its decision in In re Brunetti. In Brunetti, the Federal Circuit panel, consisting of Judges Moore,...
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