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CASE OF THE WEEK Enviro Tech Chem. Servs., Inc. v. Safe Foods Corp. , Appeal No. 2024-2160 (Fed. Cir. May 4, 2026) In its only precedential patent opinion last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s determination that asserted claims…
ALMOST THIS WEEK Ascendis Pharma A/S v. BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. , Appeal No. 2026-1026 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 26, 2026) The Federal Circuit’s only precedential opinion last week was not quite a “patent case,” but instead concerned when a…
CASE OF THE WEEK Apple Inc. v. ITC , Appeal No. 2024-1285 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 19, 2026) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit upheld a major ruling from the International Trade Commission against Apple Inc. in its patent dispute with Masimo Corporation,…
CASE OF THE WEEK IQE, PLC v. Newport Fab, LLC , Appeal No. 2024-1124 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 15, 2025) Our Case of the Week this week is barely a patent case. It is largely a case involving alleged trade secrets misappropriation in the semiconductor manufacturing…
CASE OF THE WEEK Top Brand LLC v. Cozy Comfort Company LLC , Appeal No. 2024-2191 (Fed. Cir. July 17, 2025) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that prosecution history disclaimer applies to design…
CASE OF THE WEEK In re Forest , Appeal No. 2023-1178 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 3, 2025) In an appeal from a Patent Office decision denying a patent that would have been expired upon issuance, the Federal Circuit dismissed. Applicant Forest had filed a string of…
CASE OF THE WEEK In re: Riggs , Appeal No. 2022-1945 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 24, 2025) Our Case of the Week explores the power of an examiner to request a rehearing after the Board has entered a decision on an application. The case also relates to determining when…
CASE OF THE WEEK Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2024-1965, -1966, -2082, -2083 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 29, 2025) Our Case of the Week is a 31-page decision that touches on a variety of issues, including personal…
CASE OF THE WEEK Cisco Systems, Inc. et al. v. K.Mizra LLC , Appeal Nos. 2022-2290, 2023-1183 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 19, 2024) In the Federal Circuit’s only precedential action this week, a panel of the Court declined to dismiss an appeal after the parties…
CASE OF THE WEEK Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Ericsson AB, Ericsson, Inc. v. Lenovo (United States), Inc. et. al. , Appeal No. 2024-1515 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 24, 2024) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit clarified that, for an issue in a domestic…
CASE OF THE WEEK Parkervision, Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2022-1755, 2024-2221 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 6, 2024) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit weighed in again on a 13-year-old patent dispute concerning Qualcomm’s…
CASE OF THE WEEK Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v. Apple Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2022-1884, -1886 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2024) In its only precedential patent decision last week, the Federal Circuit brought to a close a long-running dispute between the…
