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Federal Circuit Lifts § 101 Barrier on Smart Dumbbells
USA - August 25 2025 On August 11, 2025, the Federal Circuit reversed the District of Utah’s ruling that all but one of the claims in PowerBlock Holdings, Inc.’s U.S…
Federal Circuit Reverses $4.7M Verdict in Labcorp v. QIAGEN: Claim Scope and Doctrine of Equivalents in the Crosshairs
USA - August 20 2025 The Federal Circuit recently reversed a $4.7M verdict in a patent lawsuit involving two patents concerning next-generation sequencing methods—U.S…
PTO Defends its Recent Policy Changes Regarding Discretionary Denials
USA - July 24 2025 In the past few months, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Acting Director has made substantial changes to the process for, and factors…
PTO Creates New Expectations Regarding Discretionary Denials
USA - July 18 2025 On the heels of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Acting Director’s recent decision to deny institution of iRhythm Technologies’ inter partes…
Federal Circuit Vacates $300 Million Verdict Against Apple, Orders Third Trial in LTE Patent Dispute
USA - July 7 2025 In a pivotal ruling for patent damages and standard-essential patent (SEP) litigation, the Federal Circuit vacated a $300 million award against Apple…
AI, Algorithms and Abstract Ideas: Federal Circuit Reinforces Limits in Recentive v. Fox
USA - June 26 2025 In April, the Federal Circuit issued a significant patent law ruling involving artificial intelligence. In Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp, the…
Discretionary Denials in Action: iRhythm Technologies Inc. v. Welch Allyn Inc.
USA - June 17 2025 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Acting Director’s recent decision to deny institution of inter partes review (“IPR”) in iRhythm…
Impact of the Leadership in Critical Technologies Act on U.S. Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors and Quantum Computing
USA - June 3 2025 On the heels of the recent reintroduction of the PERA and PREVAIL Acts of 2025, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress has introduced the…
Interesting Recent § 101 Cases - Structural Components Are Not Enough
USA - May 28 2025 Judge Choe-Groves of the United States Court of International Trade granted Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and ruled Plaintiff’s asserted electronic…
EcoFactor v. Google: The Federal Circuit Clarifies Damages Expert Admissibility
USA - May 23 2025 Admissibility standards for patent damages experts has come under scrutiny. Previously, we highlighted the EcoFactor v. Google case regarding…
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