Federal Circuit Denies Patent of Bone Implant Invention
August 28, 2017 – On August 25, 2017, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s determination that…
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Federal Circuit Affirms ITC Infringement Finding On Dental Patents
July 20, 2017-The Federal Circuit affirmed an ITC ruling that a dental supply company and its U.S. subsidiary imported dental…
Federal Circuit Affirms ITC’s Limited Exclusion of Instradent’s Dental Implants
July 19, 2017 — On July 19, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the…
Federal Circuit Affirms Mirowski’s Obligation to Pay Medtronic’s Attorneys’ Fees
April 5, 2017 – The Federal Circuit found a Delaware district court did not err in requiring Plaintiff Mirowski Family…
Federal Circuit Affirms Invalidity of Greatbatch Ltd. Patent
Feb. 10, 2017 – In a per curiam order, the Federal Circuit affirmed a ruling from the Patent Trial and…
Federal Circuit Reverses PTAB Concerning Scalpel Claim
January 10, 2017 – The Federal Circuit reversed a PTAB decision that rejected a claim covering a scalpel used in…
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,…
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…