by David Maiorana | May 6, 2022 | Federal Circuit Appeal
By David Linden and Dave Maiorana – Willis Electric Co., Ltd. (“Willis Electric”) owns U.S. Patent No. 10,222,037 (the “’037 Patent”), titled “Decorative lighting with reinforced wiring.” The ’037 Patent claims a decorative lighting design involving a strand of...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 22, 2022 | Estoppel, Federal Circuit Appeal
By Ana Teixeira and Matt Johnson – The patent fight between Caltech and Broadcom/Apple made waves this month when the Federal Circuit vacated the $1.1 billion infringement award that Caltech had won in district court. To PTAB practitioners, however, the sea...
by Emily Tait | Feb 3, 2022 | Federal Circuit Appeal
By Emily Tait – The Federal Circuit recently issued another decision in a longstanding dispute between Willis Electric Co. and Polygroup Ltd. involving two patents owned by Willis (U.S. Patent Nos. 8,454,186 and 8,454,187) directed to lighted artificial...
by Carl Kukkonen | Nov 1, 2021 | Federal Circuit Appeal, Trial Institution
By Carl Kukkonen – The Federal Circuit in AMC Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. Fall Line Patents (Fed. Circ. September 30, 2021, op. 21-1051) held that the PTAB partially abused its discretion when upholding one claim of U.S. Patent No. 9,454,748 for which the patent owner...
by Jennifer Chheda, Ph.D. | Oct 26, 2021 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By: Jennifer J. Chheda – In Mobility Workx, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC, the Federal Circuit in a split decision concluded that Mobility Workx, LLC’s constitutional challenges to structure and funding of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) are without...
by Jennifer Chheda, Ph.D. | Oct 15, 2021 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By Jennifer Chheda – On September 29, 2021, the Federal Circuit in In re: Vivint, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2021) held that 35 U.S.C. § 325(d) applies to both inter partes review (IPR) petitions and requests for ex parte reexamination. Accordingly, the Federal Circuit...
