Federal Circuit IP
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 […]
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Federal Circuit IP
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 […]
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Federal Circuit IP
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 […]
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Federal Circuit IP
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 […]
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