Quest Integrity USA, LLC v. Cokebusters USA Inc., No. 2017-2423 (May 21, 2019) (Precedential) (3-0); Patent No. 7,542,874 Key point(s): The on-sale bar applies even where it is the patentee’s…

E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. v. Unifrax I LLC, No. 2017-2575 (April 17, 2019) (precedential) (2-1); Patent No. 8,607,926 Key point(s): Claim construction of the term “100% by weight”…

ATI Technologies ULC v. Iancu, Nos. 2016-2222, 2016-2406, 2016-2608 (April 11, 2019) (precedential, 3-0); Patent Nos. 6,897,871; 7,327,369 and 7,742,053 Key point: Evidence showing diligence in reduction to practice need…

Sprint Communications Company, L.P. v. Time Warner Cable, Inc., No. 2017-2247 (March 18, 2019) (nonprecedential); U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,298,064, 6,343,084, 6,463,052, 6,473,429 and 6,633,561. Key point(s): A prior verdict can…

Arunachalam v. IBM, No. 2018-2015 (January 28, 2019) (non-precedential); Patent No. 7,340,506 Key point(s): A district court can dismiss a patent infringement case with prejudice when the patentee misses the…

University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. v. General Electric Company, No. 2018-1284 (February 26, 2019) (precedential, 3-0) Patent No. 7,062,251 Key point(s): Sovereign immunity is waived when an entity entitled…

CenTrak, Inc. v. Sonitor Technologies, Inc., No. 2017-2510 (2/14/2019) (precedential, 3-0) Patent No. 8,604,909 Key point: A final assembler can be held liable for making an infringing combination even if…

WesternGeco L.L.C. v. ION Geophysical Corp., No. 2013-1527, 2014-1121, 2014-1526, and 2014-1528 (1/11/2019) (precedential, 3-0) Patent No. 7,293,520 Key point: Aspects of a damages award may be final/unappealable even when…

In re Marco Guldenaar Holding B.V., No. 2017-2465, December 28, 2018 (precedential) (3-0); Application No. 13/078,196 Key point(s):  Rules for playing a dice game constitute patent-ineligible subject matter.

Google LLC v. Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L., No. 2017-2456, November 20, 2018 (non-precedential) Patent No. 7.072,667 Key point(s):  When the PTAB institutes an IPR based on prior art likely meeting…

FWP IP ApS v. Biogen MA, Inc., No. 2017-2109 (Oct. 24, 2018) (non-precedential); U.S. Patent No. 8,399,514 & U.S. Patent Application No. 11/576,871 Key point(s): Possession of the invention requires…

Hyatt, v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, No. 2017-1722 (September 24, 2018) (Precedential) (3-0) Key point(s): The PTO has authority to impose procedural conditions precedent before the PTAB begins…