Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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23-3449
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CPC Patent Technologies PTY Ltd. v. Apple
District court's order permitting discovery for use in a foreign proceeding was not final and could not be appealed because the order's scope remained undetermined. |
Civil Procedure, Patent Law |
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D. Bress | Oct. 25, 2024 |
23-16020
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C.R. Bard, Inc. v. Atrium Medical Corp.
A minimum royalty provision applicable to two patents was still enforceable following the expiration of one of the patents. |
Patent Law, Contracts |
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P. Curiam (9th Cir.) | Aug. 26, 2024 |
21-757
|
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi
Drug company's antibody cholesterol treatment patent did not meet Patent Act's enablement requirement because its claims would potentially include millions of undiscovered antibodies. |
Patent Law |
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N. Gorsuch | May 19, 2023 |
21-15420
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U.S. ex rel Silbersher v. Allergan
An ex parte patent prosecution qualifies as a Federal hearing under the public disclosure bar to the False Claims Act. |
Patent Law |
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R. Gould | Aug. 26, 2022 |
20-440
|
Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.
Assignor estoppel only applies when assignor's claim of invalidity controverts representations assignor made in assigning patent. |
Patent Law |
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E. Kagan | Jun. 30, 2021 |
19-1434
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U.S. v. Arthrex, Inc.
Unreviewable authority wielded by Administrative Patent Judges during inter partes review is incompatible with their appointment by Secretary of Commerce to inferior office. |
Patent Law |
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J. Roberts | Jun. 22, 2021 |
18-801
|
Peter v. NantKwest, Inc.
Patent Act Section 145 specifies that expenses of proceedings shall be paid by applicant; but such expenses do not include salaries of attorney and paralegal employees of Patent and Trademark Office. |
Patent Law |
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S. Sotomayor | Dec. 12, 2019 |
17-1594
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Return Mail, Inc. v. Postal Service
A federal agency is not a 'person' who may petition for post-issuance patent review under the America Invents Act; thus, judgment was reversed. |
Patent Law |
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S. Sotomayor | Jun. 11, 2019 |
16-1011
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WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.
Patent holder's damages award for lost foreign profits was a permissible domestic application of Section 284, not an extraterritorial one. |
Patent Law |
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C. Thomas | Jun. 25, 2018 |
16-712
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Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC
Inter partes review does not violate Article III or the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution. |
Patent Law |
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C. Thomas | Apr. 25, 2018 |
16-969
|
SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu
In its final written decision addressing the patentability of claims challenged in a petition for inter partes review, Patent Trial and Appeal Board must address every challenged claim. |
Patent Law |
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N. Gorsuch | Apr. 25, 2018 |
15-35524
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Eat Right Foods v. Whole Foods
Where trial court resolves disputed point in favor of summary judgment moving party asserting defense of laches, judgment vacated. |
Patent Law |
|
R. Tallman | Jan. 30, 2018 |
15-927
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SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products LLC
Laches cannot preclude claim for damages brought within 6-year period set forth in Patent Act. |
Patent Law |
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Mar. 22, 2017 | |
14-1538
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Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp.
Single component produced in U.S. for product assembled abroad not 'substantial portion' of product under test creating liability for patent infringement. |
Patent Law |
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Feb. 23, 2017 | |
15-446
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Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee
Patent Office inter partes review nonappealable due to clear language of 35 U.S.C. §314(d). |
Patent Law |
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Jun. 20, 2016 | |
14-1513
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Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc.
'Seagate' patent infringement test 'unduly rigid' because it requires threshold showing of objective recklessness, even where defendant acted with clear intent to violate patent law. |
Patent Law |
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Jun. 13, 2016 | |
13-56119
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Magnetar Techs. v. Intamin
Reasonable attorney could have believed that 'on-sale bar' did not apply in patent infringement action; renders dismissal of malicious prosecution claim appropriate. |
Patent Law |
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Sep. 15, 2015 |