In TransPerfect Global, Inc. v. Joseph Matal, the CAFC affirmed the Board’s PGR rejection of the claims of US6,857,022 as invalid for lack of written description support. The ‘022 patent discloses a method of obtaining a tra…
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In IPCom GMBG & Co. v. HTC Corp. (Fed Cir. 2017), the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a finding of obviousness in an Inter Partes Reexamination because the PTAB’s claim construction went beyond the broadest reasonable i…
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Reversing a decision from the Eastern District of Texas, the Federal Circuit held that AdjustaCam unreasonably litigated its Camera Clip patent (U.S. Pat. No. 5,855,343) and that its case was objectively baseless—holding the cas…
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The PTAB held that the claims in Ex parte Quimby, Appeal No. 2016-004681 (June 2, 2017) were directed toward unpatentable subject matter. Of particular interest given the claim language, the Appellant was unsuccessful with argum…
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Patent claims directed to an electronic inventory patent recited a covered business method, and moreover are patent-ineligible, said the PTAB in a Final Written Decision in a Covered Business Method (CBM) proceeding. Life Techno…
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In Natural Alternatives International, Inc. v. Allmax Nutrition, Inc., No. 16-cv-01764-H-AGS (S.D. Cal., June 26, 2017), the Southern District of California held that a clause barring a licensee from contesting the validity of a p…
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Patent claims directed to “a power headroom report” recited the “patent-ineligible concept of calculating and reporting the missing power of a network device,” according to the Eastern District of Texas’ Magistrate Judge…
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Based on a plain and ordinary meaning – and the patentee’s clear statement in distinguishing prior art during prosecution – the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding of invalidity of patent…
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For a plaintiff to state a cause of action for patent infringement, some courts hold that general allegations – without an infringement claim chart – suffice. Here are two examples of courts joining other courts at the oth…
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In a precedential and split decision, the Federal Circuit reversed the International Trade Commission and found patent claims reciting the term “virtually free from interference” not indefinite. One-E-Way, Inc., v. Internation…
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