Summary: Two wallet makers accused each other of patent infringement and Plaintiff Mosaic also claimed trade dress infringement. The Federal Circuit upheld the District of Utah’s claim construction and affirmed the dismissal of Mosaic’s infringement claim. The court found genuine disputes of material fact as to whether Mosaic’s SMCII product is prior art to Ridge’s patent […]
American National Manufacturing Inc., v. Sleep Number Corporation CAFC Opinion No. 2021-1321, Decided November 14, 2022 (Stoll, Schall, Cunningham) (Precedential) Overview: A patent owner may amend a claim to both overcome an instituted ground and correct other perceived issues in a claim. Facts/Procedural Posture: Sleep Number sues American National for infringing two patents, and American National […]
Google LLC v. Hammond Development International, Inc. CAFC Opinion No. 21-2218, Decided December 8, 2022 (Moore, Chen, Stoll) (Precedential) Overview: Collateral estoppel may apply if the claims “use slightly different language to describe substantially the same invention.” Facts/Procedural Posture: Hammond sued Google for infringing patents ’816 and ’483. In the ’483 patent, claim 18 required certain […]
Cupp Computing AS v. Trend Micro Inc. CAFC Opinion No. 20-2262, Decided November 16, 2022 (Dyk, Taranto, Stark)(Precedential) Overview: The Board is not required to accept a patent owner’s arguments during IPR as disclaimer, but those arguments will be binding in later proceedings. Facts/Procedural Posture: CUPP sued Trend Micro for infringing patents directed toward addressing the […]
In Re Planned Parenthood Federation of America 5th Cir. Case No. 22-11009, Decided October 31, 2022 (Elrod, Graves, Ho) Overview: The Fifth Circuit made some statements about its venue law that contradict the Federal Circuit’s recent interpretation of Fifth Circuit venue case law. Thus, transferring a case out of the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas […]