Federal Circuit Affirms Examiner’s Obviousness Rejection of Ethicon’s Stent Patents
January 4, 2017 – The Federal Circuit affirmed a reexamination finding of obviousness of certain claims of Ethicon, Inc.’s patent,…
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Perfect Surgical Techniques Inc. v. Olympus America Inc. et al.
November 16, 2016 – The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a PTAB final written decision in favor of Petitioners Olympus…
CAFC Holds Patentee’s Rights Violated When Not Allowed to Respond to a Prior Art Argument
November 10, 2016 – The Federal Circuit found that the PTAB in an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding violated a…
CAFC Affirms that District Court Did Not Err in Including Limitations from Examples in Specification
October 27, 2016 – The Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s claim construction, which resulted in ProFoot, Inc. stipulating that…
M.I.T. vs. Shire Pharmaceuticals
On October 13, 2016, the Federal Circuit issued a decision affirming the District Court of Massachusetts’ final judgment in an…
Federal Circuit Overturns Finding of Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
July 21, 2016 – The Federal Circuit overturned a lower court decision that held Suunto did not infringe patents owned…
Warsaw Orthopedic Asks Federal Circuit to Revive Spinal Implant Patent
July 7, 2016 – Warsaw Orthopedic argued to a Federal Circuit panel to revive a patent cord implant patent that…
Federal Circuit Affirms NuVasive Surgical Patent
June 6, 2016 – On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit affirmed that Warsaw Orthopedic and Medtronic…
Federal Circuit Finds District Court Did Not Abuse Discretion in Stryker Appeal
May 13, 2016 – The Federal Circuit found that a district court did not abuse its discretion in applying New…
Federal Circuit Denies Howmedica Rehearing Request
April 28, 2016—The Federal Circuit has denied a request from Plaintiff Howmedica Osteonics Corp. for a rehearing of a February…