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…
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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…
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…