January 2011
Case Transferred from the Eastern District of Texas to the Northern District of California
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[Appealed from E.D. Tex., Magistrate Judge Everingham]
Federal Circuit Invalidates as Obvious Patent That Updates a Prior Art System with Modern Electronic Devices
[Appealed from W.D. Tex., Judge Sparks]
Inventions with Specific Improvements to Existing Technologies Are Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
[Appealed from D. Ariz., Judge Jones]
Prosecution History Estoppel from Distinguishing Argument Overcomes Claim Differentiation Based on Facially Narrower Dependent Claim
[Appealed from W.D. Pa., Chief Judge Ambrose]
Entry of Stipulated Final Judgment Does Not Waive Right to Appeal
[Appealed from E.D. Tenn., Magistrate Judge Inman]
Transfer out of Eastern District of Texas Denied as Trial Courts Receive Considerable Discretion in Venue Determinations
[Appealed from E.D. Tex., Judge Davis]
Eligibility of Claims Previously Held Valid Under Machine-or-Transformation Test Reaffirmed
[On remand from S. Ct.]
Agency Relationship or Contractual Obligation to Perform Steps Required for a Finding of Joint Infringement
[Appealed from D. Mass., Judge Zobel]
ITC Not Required to Apply Four-Factor Test for Injunctive Relief
[Appealed from ITC]
Reasonable Mistakes and Poor Judgment During Prosecution Do Not Amount to Inequitable Conduct
[Appealed from S.D.N.Y., Senior Judge Griesa]
District Court’s Grant of Postverdict JMOL Affirmed Where Plaintiff Failed to Present Sufficient Evidence for His State Law and Inventorship Claims
[Appealed from N.D. Cal., Senior Judge Jensen]
Plaintiff Who Won Inventorship Claims but Lost State Law Claims Is Not the Prevailing Party and Must Pay Defendants’ Costs
[Appealed from N.D. Cal., Senior Judge Jensen]
A Party Holding One or More of the Exclusionary Rights Created by the Patent Act Has Standing to Sue When an Unauthorized Party Encroaches upon Those Rights
[Appealed from E.D. Va., Senior Judge Payne]
| Abbreviations | |
| ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
| ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application |
| APA | Administrative Procedures Act |
| APJ | Administrative Patent Judge |
| Board | Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences |
| Commissioner | Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks |
| CIP | Continuation-in-Part |
| DJ | Declaratory Judgment |
| DOE | Doctrine of Equivalents |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| IDS | Information Disclosure Statement |
| ITC | International Trade Commission |
| JMOL | Judgment as a Matter of Law |
| MPEP | Manual of Patent Examining Procedure |
| NDA | New Drug Application |
| PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| PTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| SJ | Summary Judgment |
| TTAB | Trademark Trial and Appeal Board |
