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Federal Circuit IP Decisions
From 2001 through September 2021, Finnegan tracked intellectual property cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The cases are listed below with links to the court decision as well as a Finnegan summary and podcast of selected opinions that involve key developments or evolving trends.
34 Decisions
Appeal
Synqor, Inc. v. Vicor Corporation
Fed. Cir. 19-1704
Timothy Dyk; Raymond Clevenger; Todd Hughes; Authored by Hughes; Dissenting opinion authored by Dyk
February 22, 2021
Decision Type
Vacated,
Remanded
Originating Venue
Vicor Corporation v. Synqor, Inc.
PTAB-All 2014-001733
James Moore; Stephen Siu; Denise Pothier; Authored by Moore
May 2, 2016
Decision Type
Decision on Remand,
Affirmed in Part,
...
Appeal
Mojave Desert Holdings, LLC v. Crocs, Inc.
Fed. Cir. 20-1167, 20-1167 (Modified April 21, 2021)
Pauline Newman; Timothy Dyk; Authored by Dyk; Dissenting opinion authored by O'Malley
February 11, 2021
Decision Type
Motion to Substitute Granted
Decision Type
Memorandum Opinion,
Request to Change Real Party in Interest Denied
Appeal
Fed. Cir. 19-2349, 19-2351, ...
Alan Lourie; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Timothy Dyk; Authored by Dyk
July 7, 2020
Decision Type
Vacated,
Remanded
Originating Venue
Ex parte Karim Anwar Rammal
PTAB-All 2017-003513
Murriel Crawford; Bruce Wieder; Matthew Meyers; Authored by Crawford; Dissenting opinion authored by Wieder
April 1, 2019
Decision Type
Affirmed,
Rejected,
...
Appeal
Airbus S.A.S. v. Firepass Corporation
Fed. Cir. 19-1803
Alan Lourie; Moore, Kimberly A.; Kara Stoll; Authored by Stoll
November 8, 2019
Decision Type
Vacated,
Remanded
Originating Venue
Airbus S.A.S. v. Firepass Corporation
PTAB-All 2018-004837
John Kerins; Jeffrey Robertson; Daniel Song; Authored by Song
September 4, 2018
Decision Type
Reversed,
Not Rejected
Appeal
Fed. Cir. 17-1591, 17-1592, ...
Prost, Sharon; Moore, Kimberly A.; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Authored by Prost, Opinion concurring in part, dissenting in part authored by Reyna
August 1, 2019
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part,
Vacated in Part,
...
Originating Venue
Apple Inc. v. VirnetX Inc.
PTAB-All 2016-004435
Stephen Siu; Denise Pothier; Jeremy Curcuri; Authored by Siu
September 12, 2016
Decision Type
Memorandum Opinion,
Affirmed,
...
Appeal
Natural Alternatives International, Inc. v. Andrei Iancu
Fed. Cir. 17-1962
Prost, Sharon; Moore, Kimberly A.; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Authored by Prost
October 1, 2018
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Woodbolt Distribution, LLC v. Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
PTAB-All 2015-000225
Richard Lebovitz; Jeffrey Robertson; Rae Guest; Authored by Lebovitz
July 17, 2015
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
Knowles Electronics LLC v. Andrei Iancu
Fed. Cir. 16-1954
Pauline Newman; Raymond Clevenger; Evan Wallach; Authored by Wallach
April 6, 2018
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Analog Devices, Inc. v. Knowles Electronics LLC
PTAB-All 2015-004989
John Jeffery; Marc Hoff; Eric Chen; Authored by Chen
August 31, 2015
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
Fed. Cir. 16-2601
Alan Lourie; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Richard Taranto; Authored by Reyna
March 27, 2018
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Ex parte Gregory A. Brandt
PTAB-All 2014-002723
Bruce Wieder; Patrick Scanlon; Michelle Osinski; Authored by Wieder
July 1, 2016
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
In re Power Integrations, Inc.
Fed. Cir. 17-1304
Moore, Kimberly A.; Haldane Mayer; Kara Stoll; Authored by Mayer
March 19, 2018
Decision Type
Reversed
Originating Venue
Ex parte Power Integrations, Inc.
PTAB-All 2010-011021
Stephen Siu; Kevin Turner; Karl Easthom; Authored by Siu
October 4, 2016
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
Hologic, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Fed. Cir. 17-1389
Kara Stoll; Pauline Newman; Evan Wallach; Authored by Stoll
March 14, 2018
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Hologic, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
PTAB-All 2016-006894
Daniel Song; Michael Hoelter; Brett Martin; Authored by Song
October 21, 2016
Decision Type
Reversed
Appeal
Smith & Nephew, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.
Fed. Cir. 17-1008
Todd Hughes; Pauline Newman; Kara Stoll; Authored by Hughes
January 30, 2018
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part,
Reversed in Part,
...
Originating Venue
Hologic, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
PTAB-All 2015-007845
Steven McCarthy; Jeffrey Robertson; Daniel Song
January 20, 2016
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
Fed. Cir. 17-1257
Prost, Sharon; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Evan Wallach; Authored by Prost
January 23, 2018
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Ex parte Janssen Biotech, Inc.
PTAB-All 2016-006590
Richard Lebovitz; Romulo Delmendo; Jeffrey Robertson; Authored by Lebovitz
November 14, 2016
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
Monsanto Technology LLC v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company
Fed. Cir. 17-1032
Evan Wallach; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Timothy Dyk; Authored by Wallach
January 5, 2018
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company v. Monsanto Techonlogy LLC
PTAB-All 2015-007692
Guest (author), Nagumo, Lebovitz
August 10, 2016
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part
Appeal
In re Smith International, Inc.
Fed. Cir. 16-2303
Alan Lourie; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Todd Hughes; Authored by Lourie
September 26, 2017
Decision Type
Reversed
Originating Venue
Ex Parte Smith International, Inc.
PTAB-All 2015-008323
Brett Martin; Daniel Song; Michael Hoelter; Authored by Martin
April 29, 2016
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
Southwire Co. v. Cerro Wire LLC
Fed. Cir. 16-2287
Alan Lourie; Moore, Kimberly A.; Todd Hughes; Authored by Lourie
September 8, 2017
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Cerro Wire, Inc. v. Southwire Co.
PTAB-All 2015-004351
Eric Chen; Richard Lebovitz; Marc Hoff; Authored by Chen
September 29, 2015
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
Vicor Corporation v. SynQor, Inc.
Raymond Chen; Alan Lourie; Richard Taranto; Authored by Chen
August 30, 2017
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part,
Vacated in Part,
...
Originating Venue
Vicor Corp. v. Synqor, Inc.
PTAB-All 2014-007587
James Moore; Stephen Siu; Denise Pothier; Authored by Moore
May 2, 2016
Decision Type
Granted in Part
Appeal
Soft Gel Technologies, Inc. v. Jarrow Formulas, Inc.
Fed. Cir. 16-1814, 16-1815, ...
William Bryson; Prost, Sharon; Todd Hughes; Authored by Bryson
July 26, 2017
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Jarrow Formulas, Inc. v. Soft Gel Technologies, Inc.
PTAB-All 2015-004072
Richard Lebovitz; Chung Pak; Jeffrey Robertson; Authored by Lebovitz
August 31, 2015
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
Fed. Cir. 16-1474
Raymond Chen; Prost, Sharon; Raymond Clevenger; Authored by Chen
July 7, 2017
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part,
Vacated in Part,
...
Originating Venue
HTC Corp. v. IPCom GmbH
PTAB-All 2015-007683
Stephen Siu; Michael Zecher; Thomas Giannetti; Authored by Siu
October 5, 2015
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
In re AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
Fed. Cir. 16-1830
Reyna, Jimmie V.; Timothy Dyk; Haldane Mayer; Authored by Reyna
May 10, 2017
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
LG Electronics, Inc. v. AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
PTAB-All 2015-007847
Andrew Dillon; Richard Lebovitz; James Robertson; Authored by Dillon
December 31, 2015
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
In re Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC
Fed. Cir. 16-1173
Richard Taranto; Raymond Chen; Kara Stoll
May 5, 2017
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Apple Inc. v. Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC
PTAB-All 2014-003542
Irvin Branch; Stephen Siu; Jeremy Curcuri; Authored by Branch
November 9, 2015
Decision Type
Appeal
Icon Health and Fitness, Inc. v. Strava, Inc.
Fed. Cir. 16-1475
Reyna, Jimmie V.; Evan Wallach
February 27, 2017
Decision Type
Vacated in Part,
Affirmed in Part,
...
Originating Venue
Strava, Inc. v. Icon Health & Fitness
PTAB-All 2015-004767
Brett Martin; Steven McCarthy; Daniel Song; Authored by Martin
January 12, 2016
Decision Type
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Boston Scientific Scimed v. Cordis Corp.
PTAB-All 2014-008135
Romulo Delmendo; Richard Lebovitz; Jeffrey Robertson; Authored by Lebovitz
June 3, 2015
Decision Type
Decision Type
Vacated,
Remanded
Originating Venue
Ex Parte Marcel Van Os
PTAB-All 2013-004862
Jean Homere; Daniel Fishman; Beth Shaw; Authored by Shaw
September 3, 2015
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part,
Reversed in Part,
...
Appeal
Fed. Cir. 15-1853
Kara Stoll; Richard Taranto; William Bryson; Authored by Stoll
September 22, 2016
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Apple Inc. v. Classco Inc.
PTAB-All 2015-000186
Stephen Siu; David Kohut; Eric Chen; Authored by Siu
April 21, 2015
Decision Type
Affirmed
Appeal
In re CSB-System International, Inc.
Fed. Cir. 15-1832
Pauline Newman; Moore, Kimberly A.; Kara Stoll
August 9, 2016
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Ex parte CSB-System International, Inc.
PTAB-All 2014-003666
Robert Weinschenk; Michael Strauss; Saadat, Mahshid D.; Authored by Weinschenk
July 16, 2015
Decision Type
Affirmed