Extrinsic Evidence May Be Used to Interpret an Anticipating Reference In Monsanto Technology LLC v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours, Appeal No. 2017-1032, the Federal Circuit held that extrinsic evidence can... read more →
Redundant Ground in an IPR Was Not Outside the Instituted Grounds In CRFD Research, Inc. v. Matal, Appeal No. 2016-2198, the Federal Circuit held that the Board erred in performing... read more →
Fractured Federal Circuit Holds Patent Owner Does Not Bear Burden of Persuasion in IPR Motions to Amend In Aqua Products, Inc. v. Matal, Appeal No. 2015-1177, the Federal Circuit, sitting... read more →
Federal Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in Mentor Graphics v. EVE-USA In Mentor Graphics Corp. v. Eve-USA, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2015-1470, 2015-1554, 2015-1556, the Federal Circuit denied Synopsys’ and EVE’s... read more →
Federal Circuit Reverses PTAB for Relying on Inherency, Rather Than Expectancy in Finding Claims Obvious In Honeywell Int’l Inc. v. Mexichem Amanco Holding S.A. DE C.V., Appeal No. 2016-1996, the... read more →
Summaries of recent reported decisions of the Federal Circuit prepared by Irfan Lateef. District Court Abused Discretion in Ignoring Federal Circuit Mandate to Reconsider Attorneys’ Fees Under Octane Fitness... read more →
Summaries of recent reported decisions of the Federal Circuit prepared by Irfan Lateef. District Court’s Remand to State Court Was Unreviewable In Preston v. Nagel, Appeal No. 2016-1524, the... read more →
Summaries of recent reported decisions of the Federal Circuit prepared by Irfan Lateef. Federal Circuit Reverses Finding of Infringement Where Patentee Fails to Overcome Strong Presumption That Markush Groups Are... read more →
In Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. [En Banc Opinion], Appeal Nos. 2015-1171, 2015-1195, 2015-1994, the Federal Circuit vacated the panel decision, reinstated Apple’s $120 million jury verdict, and... read more →
In Synopsis, Inc. v. Mentor Graphics Corp., Appeal No. 2015-1599, the claims reciting a method related to circuit design were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The asserted method claims... read more →