Last Month at the Federal Circuit
Last Month at the Federal Circuit
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Causal Nexus Required Between Accused Infringement and Alleged Harm to Warrant a Grant of Preliminary Injunction

[Appealed from N.D. Cal., Judge Koh]

Court Affirms Board’s Decision of Unpatentability Despite Previous Affirmance of Earlier Declaration of Validity by District Court

[Appealed from Board]

Divided Panel Affirms Finding of Motivation to Combine Implant
Cross-Linking Patents
No. 11-1239 (Fed. Cir. May 24, 2012)
[Appealed from Board]

Technology Is Not Necessarily Obvious Simply Because It Is Easily Understood

[Appealed from S.D. Cal., Judge Lorenz]

Nonparty Acting in Concert with Enjoined Party May Be Held in Contempt of Injunction
Nos. 11-1471, -1472 (Fed. Cir. May 31, 2012)
[Appealed from M.D. Ga., Judge Land]

*A summary of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. v. Sandoz, Inc. is not included in this edition of the newsletter.

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