Spotlight On Upcoming Oral Arguments – October 2021

The following telephone arguments will be available to the public live. Access information will be available by 9 AM ET each day of argument at: http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/public-access-arguments.

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Qualcomm Incorporated v. Intel Corporation, No. 20-1587

After Qualcomm Incorporated asserted its U.S. Patent No. 8,698,558 ("the '558 patent") against Intel Corporation in the Southern District of California, Intel petitioned for inter partes  review of several claims ("the challenged claims") of the '558 patent. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a Final Written Decision finding the challenged claims invalid as obvious over the Choi 2010 reference and two other references. The Board rejected Qualcomm's argument that Choi 2010 teaches away from the claimed invention and the combination of Choi 2010 with the other references rested on impermissible hindsight. Qualcomm appeals.