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In Ericsson Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC, No. 2017-1521 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 27, 2018), Ericsson appealed a PTAB

The PTO recently announced a change in practice that may significantly reduce the number of registrations inadvertently cancelled for failure to file the required declaration of use/renewal documents.

Join a discussion on recent developments in patent law, particularly the non-obviousness of chemical and pharmaceutical patents.

In John Bean Tech. Corp. v. Morris & Associates, Inc., Nos. 2020-1090, 2020-1148 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 19, 2021), the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's

The Federal Circuit reviewed an ITC determination involving Bissell's patent infringement claims against Tineco's surface cleaning devices, where the Commission found the original products infringed but redesigned versions did not. Both parties appealed different aspects of the ruling, challenging claim construction interpretations, the application of infringement tests, and the evidentiary basis for the Commission's findings.

The debate over whether computer-implemented inventions should be patent eligible has raged on for many decades. The U.S. Supreme Court first opened the door to patent protection for computer-implemented....

In Power Integrations, Inc. v. Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, No. 2018-1607 (Fed. Cir. June 13, 2019), the Federal Circuit found an inter partes review (IPR) petition time-barred under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b).

In Sanofi v. Watson, No. 2016-2722, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's decision, upholding induced infringement and validity of Sanofi's patents covering compositions of, uses for...

In Arunachalam v. International Business Machines Corp., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's order imposing sanctions against plaintiff and patent owner, Dr. Arunachalam.

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court held that the USPTO Director has the discretion to review decisions rendered by PTAB judges. United States v. Arthrex, 141 S. Ct. 1970 (2021).

In Thales Visionix Inc. v. United States, No. 15-5150, the Federal Circuit reversed a decision of the Court of Federal Claims that found claims drawn to an inertial tracking system patent-ineligible...

In Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., the Supreme Court rejected the Federal Circuit's "insolubly ambiguous" phraseology for evaluating indefiniteness and announced a new standard.

Welcome to the Last Month at the Federal Circuit – a look at recent Federal Circuit decisions impacting the intellectual property community.

In Omni MedSci, Inc., v. Apple Inc., Nos. 2020-1715, -1716 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 2, 2021), a divided Federal Circuit panel affirmed the district court's denial of Apple's motion to dismiss.

In Voice Tech Corp. v. Unified Patents, LLC, No. 22-2163 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 1, 2024), the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision that all challenged claims of Voice Tech's patent were unpatentable.

In Milwaukee Electronic Tool Corporation v. Klein Tools, Inc., PGR2025-00048, IPR2025-00724, -00892, Paper 14 (P.T.A.B. Sept. 12, 2025), Acting Director Coke Morgan...

On October 26, 2018, the Library of Congress adopted exemptions to the prohibitions in 17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1)(A), which prohibits circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works.

In Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LSI Corp., Nos. 18-1559 et al. (Fed. Cir. June 14, 2019), the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB's decision