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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.
185 Decisions
Appeal
Campbell Soup Company v. Gamon Plus, Inc.
Moore, Kimberly A.; Prost, Sharon; Kara Stoll; Authored by Moore
August 19, 2021
Decision Type
Reversed
Originating Venue
Campbell Soup Company v. Gamon Plus, Inc.
PTAB-All IPR2017-00091
Grace Obermann; Bart Gerstenblith; Robert Kinder; Authored by Kinder
July 29, 2020
Decision Type
Decision on Remand,
FWD—not unpatentable
Appeal
Valve Corporation v. Ironburg Inventions Ltd.
Fed. Cir. 20-1315, 20-1316, ...
Pauline Newman; Alan Lourie; Timothy Dyk; Authored by Dyk
August 17, 2021
Decision Type
Reversed in Part,
Vacated in Part,
...
Originating Venue
Valve Corporation v. Ironburg Inventions Ltd.
PTAB-All IPR2017-00858
Phillip Kauffman; Meredith Petravick; Mitchell Weatherly; Authored by Weatherly
February 28, 2019
Decision Type
FWD—unpatentable/cancelled,
FWD—not unpatentable,
...
Appeal
Seabed Geosolutions (US) Inc. v. Magseis FF LLC
Fed. Cir. 20-1237
Moore, Kimberly A.; Richard Linn; Raymond Chen; Authored by Moore
August 11, 2021
Decision Type
Vacated,
Remanded
Originating Venue
Seabed Geosolutions (US), Inc. v. Magseis FF LLC
PTAB-All IPR2018-00960
Kristina Kalan; Kevin Cherry; Jon Jurgovan; Authored by Cherry
November 26, 2019
Decision Type
Not Unpatentable
Appeal
Qualcomm Incorporated v. Intel Corporation
Fed. Cir. 20-1589, 20-1590, ...
Moore, Kimberly A.; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Kara Stoll; Authored by Moore
July 27, 2021
Decision Type
Vacated,
Remanded
Originating Venue
Intel Corporation v. Qualcomm Incorporated
PTAB-All IPR2018-01326
Michelle Wormmeester; Amanda Wieker; Scott Howard; Authored by Wormmeester
January 15, 2019
Decision Type
Instituted
Appeal
Chemours Company FC, LLC v. Daikin Industries, Ltd.
Pauline Newman; Timothy Dyk; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Authored by Reyna; Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part authored by Dyk
July 22, 2021
Decision Type
Reversed
Originating Venue
Daikin Industries Ltd. v. The Chemours Company FC, LLC
PTAB-All IPR2018-00992
Jo-Anne Kokoski; Kristina Kalan; Sheldon McGee; Authored by Kalan
November 13, 2018
Decision Type
Instituted
Appeal
Becton, Dickinson and Company v. Baxter Corporation Englewood
Fed. Cir. 20-1937
Prost, Sharon; Raymond Clevenger; Timothy Dyk; Authored by Dyk
May 28, 2021
Decision Type
Reversed
Originating Venue
Becton, Dickinson and Company v. Baxter Corporation Englewood
PTAB-All IPR2019-00119
Barry Grossman; Robert Pollock; Paul Korniczky; Authored by Pollock
April 29, 2020
Decision Type
FWD—not unpatentable,
Motion to Exclude Dismissed,
...
Appeal
Prost, Sharon; William Bryson; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Authored by Bryson
May 12, 2021
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Apple Inc. v. Uniloc 2017 LLC
PTAB-All IPR2018-00884
Sally Medley; Karl Easthom; Sean O'Hanlon; Authored by O'Hanlon
October 2, 2018
Decision Type
Instituted
Appeal
Raytheon Technologies Corporation v. General Electric Company
Fed. Cir. 20-1755
Alan Lourie; Raymond Chen; Todd Hughes; Authored by Chen
April 16, 2021
Decision Type
Reversed
Originating Venue
General Electric Company v. United Technologies Corporation
PTAB-All IPR2018-01442
Hyun Jung; Scott Daniels; Terrence McMillin; Authored by Daniels
February 20, 2020
Decision Type
FWD—unpatentable/cancelled
Appeal
Apple Inc. v. Qualcomm Incorporated
Moore, Kimberly A.; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Todd Hughes; Authored by Moore
April 7, 2021
Decision Type
Dismissed
Originating Venue
Apple Inc. v. Qualcomm Incorporated
PTAB-All IPR2018-01279
Daniel Fishman; Michelle Wormmeester; Scott Howard; Authored by Howard
January 2, 2020
Decision Type
FWD—not unpatentable,
Motion to Amend Dismissed
Appeal
Mylan Laboratories Ltd. v. Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
Fed. Cir. 21-1071
Pauline Newman; Moore, Kimberly A.; Kara Stoll; Authored by Moore
March 12, 2021
Decision Type
Dismissed,
Mandamus Denied
Originating Venue
Mylan Laboratories Ltd. v. Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
PTAB-All IPR2020-00440
John New; Kristina Kalan; Robert Pollock; Authored by New
September 16, 2020
Decision Type
Institution Denied
Appeal
Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc.
Alan Lourie; Evan Wallach; Raymond Chen; Authored by Chen
March 9, 2021
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Facebook, Inc. v. Uniloc USA, Inc.
PTAB-All IPR2017-01427
Miriam Quinn; Kerry Begley; Charles Boudreau; Authored by Quinn
December 4, 2017
Decision Type
Instituted
Appeal
Canfield Scientific, Inc. v. Melanoscan, LLC
Fed. Cir. 19-1927
Pauline Newman; Timothy Dyk; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Authored by Newman
February 18, 2021
Decision Type
Reversed in Part,
Vacated in Part,
...
Originating Venue
Canfield Scientific, Inc. v. Melanoscan, LLC
PTAB-All IPR2017-02125
John Kerins; Michael Kim; Scott Moore; Authored by Moore
March 26, 2019
Decision Type
FWD—not unpatentable,
Motion to Exclude Denied in Part,
...
Appeal
M&K Holdings, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Fed. Cir. 20-1160
Moore, Kimberly A.; William Bryson; Raymond Chen; Authored by Bryson
February 1, 2021
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part,
Vacated in Part,
...
Originating Venue
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. M&K Holdings Inc.
PTAB-All IPR2018-00696
Karl Easthom; Melissa Haapala; Sharon Fenick; Authored by Easthom
September 4, 2019
Decision Type
FWD—unpatentable/cancelled,
Motion to Exclude Denied
Appeal
ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC
Fed. Cir. 19-2051
Prost, Sharon; Moore, Kimberly A.; Kara Stoll; Authored by Stoll; Opinion dissenting in part authored by Prost
January 6, 2021
Decision Type
Dismissed
Originating Venue
ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC
PTAB-All IPR2017-02097
Scott Daniels; Beverly Bunting; Timothy Goodson; Authored by Daniels
April 16, 2019
Decision Type
FWD—unpatentable/cancelled,
FWD—not unpatentable,
...
Appeal
General Electric Company v. Raytheon Technologies Corporation
Fed. Cir. 19-1319
Alan Lourie; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Todd Hughes; Authored by Hughes
December 23, 2020
Decision Type
Vacated,
Remanded
Originating Venue
General Electric Company v. United Technologies Corporation
PTAB-All IPR2017-00428
Hyun Jung; Mitchell Weatherly; George Hoskins; Authored by Hoskins
June 22, 2018
Decision Type
FWD—not unpatentable
Appeal
VidStream LLC v. Twitter, Inc.
Pauline Newman; Richard Taranto; Authored by Newman
November 25, 2020
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Twitter, Inc. v. VidStream, LLC
PTAB-All IPR2017-00829
Sally Medley; Charles Boudreau; Kaiser, Jessica C.; Authored by Kaiser
January 28, 2019
Decision Type
FWD—unpatentable/cancelled,
Motion to Exclude Denied in Part,
...
Appeal
Donner Technology, LLC v. Pro Stage Gear, LLC
Fed. Cir. 20-1104
Prost, Sharon; Timothy Dyk; Todd Hughes; Authored by Prost
November 9, 2020
Decision Type
Vacated,
Remanded
Originating Venue
Donner Technology, LLC v. Pro Stage Gear, LLC
PTAB-All IPR2018-00708
Kevin Trock; John Hudalla; Stacy Margolies; Authored by Hudalla
August 26, 2019
Decision Type
FWD—not unpatentable,
Motion to Exclude Dismissed
Appeal
St. Jude Medical, LLC v. Snyders Heart Valve LLC
Fed. Cir. 19-2108, 19-2109, ...
Pauline Newman; Richard Taranto; Authored by Taranto
October 15, 2020
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part,
Reversed in Part
Originating Venue
St. Jude Medical, LLC v. Snyders Heart Valve LLC
PTAB-All IPR2018-00105
Patrick Scanlon; Mitchell Weatherly; James Worth; Authored by Scanlon
May 2, 2019
Decision Type
FWD—not unpatentable,
Motion to Exclude Dismissed,
...
Appeal
Immunex Corporation v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC
Prost, Sharon; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Richard Taranto; Authored by Prost
October 13, 2020
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part,
Dismissed in Part
Originating Venue
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC v. Immunex Corporation
PTAB-All IPR2017-01879
James Moore; Grace Obermann; Tina Hulse; Authored by Hulse
February 14, 2019
Decision Type
FWD—not unpatentable,
Motion to Exclude Dismissed
Appeal
Apple Inc. v. VoIP-Pal.com, Inc.
Prost, Sharon; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Todd Hughes; Authored by Reyna
September 25, 2020
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part,
Vacated in Part,
...
Originating Venue
Apple Inc. v. VoIP-Pal.com, Inc.
PTAB-All IPR2016-01198
Josiah Cocks; Jennifer Chagnon; John Hudalla; Authored by Cocks
November 20, 2017
Decision Type
FWD—not unpatentable,
Motion to Exclude Dismissed
Appeal
Alacritech, Inc. v. Intel Corporation
Moore, Kimberly A.; Raymond Chen; Kara Stoll; Authored by Stoll
July 31, 2020
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part,
Vacated in Part,
...
Originating Venue
Intel Corporation v. Alacritech, Inc.
PTAB-All IPR2017-01409
Stephen Siu; Daniel Fishman; Charles Boudreau; Authored by Siu
November 14, 2018
Decision Type
FWD—unpatentable/cancelled,
Motion to Amend Denied,
...
Appeal
FanDuel, Inc. v. Interactive Games LLC
Fed. Cir. 19-1393
Timothy Dyk; Moore, Kimberly A.; Todd Hughes; Authored by Hughes; Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part authored by Dyk
July 29, 2020
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
FanDuel, Inc. v. Interactive Games LLC
PTAB-All IPR2017-01491
Ken Barrett; Patrick Scanlon; George Hoskins; Authored by Hoskins
November 20, 2018
Decision Type
FWD—unpatentable/cancelled,
FWD—not unpatentable,
...
Appeal
Fed. Cir. 19-1686
Evan Wallach; Richard Taranto; Authored by Wallach; Dissenting opinion authored by O'Malley
July 22, 2020
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
Amazon.com, Inc. v. Uniloc Luxembourg S.A.
PTAB-All IPR2017-00948
David McKone; Barbara Parvis; Michelle Wormmeester; Authored by McKone
August 14, 2017
Decision Type
Instituted
Appeal
Fitbit, Inc. v. Valencell, Inc.
Fed. Cir. 19-1048
Pauline Newman; Timothy Dyk; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Authored by Newman
July 8, 2020
Decision Type
Affirmed in Part,
Vacated in Part,
...
Originating Venue
Apple Inc. v. Valencell, Inc.
PTAB-All IPR2017-00319
Brian McNamara; James Arpin; Sheila McShane; Authored by Arpin
August 6, 2017
Decision Type
FWD—unpatentable/cancelled,
FWD—not unpatentable
Appeal
B/E Aerospace, Inc. v. C&D Zodiac, Inc
Alan Lourie; Reyna, Jimmie V.; Todd Hughes; Authored by Reyna
June 26, 2020
Decision Type
Affirmed
Originating Venue
C&D Zodiac, Inc. v. B/E Aerospace, Inc.
PTAB-All IPR2017-01276
Jennifer Bisk; Scott Daniels; Richard Marschall; Authored by Marschall
September 28, 2018
Decision Type
FWD—unpatentable/cancelled,
Motion to Exclude Denied,
...