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CASE OF THE WEEK Sound View Innovations, LLC v. Hulu, LLC , Appeal No. 2024-1092 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 29, 2026) This week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of noninfringement for appellee Hulu, finding that Hulu…
CASE OF THE WEEK Mark A. Barry v. DePuy Synthes Companies , Appeal Nos. 2023-2226, -2234 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 20, 2026) In our Case of the Week, a divided Federal Circuit panel reviewed an E.D. Pa. court’s exclusion of two experts’ testimony on…
CASE OF THE WEEK Wonderland Switzerland AG v. Evenflo Company, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2023-2043, -2233, -2326 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 17, 2025) This week’s Case of the Week includes a potpourri of issues following a jury trial and issuance of a permanent…
CASE OF THE WEEK International Business Machines v. Zillow Group, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2024-1170, -1274 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 9, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reviewed cross-appeals from an inter partes review of IBM’s U.S. Patent No.…
CASE OF THE WEEK In Re: Gesture Technology Partners, LLC , Appeal No. 2025-1075 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 1, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to terminate ex parte reexamination proceedings on a patent that had been…
CASE OF THE WEEK EscapeX IP, LLC c. Google LLC , Appeal No. 2024-1201 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 25, 2025) Our Case of the Week concerns an attorney fee award in a lawsuit filed by non-practicing entity EscapeX against Google. Following various forms of exceptional…
CASE OF THE WEEK Duke University v. Sandoz Inc. , Appeal No. 2024-1078 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 18, 2025) This week, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of judgment as a matter of law for Sandoz Inc., finding that a claim of Duke University…
CASE OF THE WEEK In re Motorola Solutions, Inc. , Appeal No. 2025-134 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 6, 2025) Our case of the week is one of a series of cases challenging newly-enacted procedures by the Trump Administration that are having a significant effect on the…
CASE OF THE WEEK Merck Serono S.A. v. Hopewell Pharma Ventures, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2025-1210, -1211 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 30, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit upheld a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision invalidating claims on Merck’s…
CASE OF THE WEEK Rex Medical, L.P. v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2024-1072, -1125 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 2, 2025) In this week’s Case of the Week, Rex Medical, L.P. (“Rex”) appeals from a decision out of the U.S. District Court for…
CASE OF THE WEEK Finesse Wireless LLC v. AT&T Mobility LLC , Appeal No. 2024-1039 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 24, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit struck down a $166.3 million damages award against AT&T and Nokia of America Corp., finding that the…
CASE OF THE WEEK Global Health Solutions LLC v. Selner , Appeal No. 2023-2009 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 26, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit conducted its first review of a derivation proceeding under the America Invents Act that was litigated…
