by John Evans, Ph.D. | Oct 15, 2026 | Design Patents, District Court, Federal Circuit
By Adam Cook and John Evans – “We have messed up design patent infringement.” So declared Chief Judge Moore in a heated dissent from the Federal Circuit’s denial of en banc review in Range of Motion v. Armaid—one of the most closely watched design patent cases in...
by Charles Kim | Aug 27, 2026 | Federal Circuit, Prior Art Issues
By Charles Kim and Anuja Mehta – The Federal Circuit recently issued a precedential decision in Dental Monitoring SAS v. Align Technology, Inc., vacating and remanding a PTAB final written decision that held Dental Monitoring’s claims unpatentable as obvious....
by John Evans, Ph.D. | Mar 12, 2026 | Design Patents, Federal Circuit
By Adam Cook and John Evans – On February 2, 2026, a split Federal Circuit panel affirmed summary judgment of no design-patent infringement issued by a Maine federal court. Range of Motion Prods., LLC v. Armaid Co. Inc., No. 2023-2427, 2026 WL 261890 (Fed. Cir....
by Tom Ritchie | Jun 25, 2025 | Federal Circuit, PTAB News, Real Party in Interest
By Em Towers and Tom Ritchie – Apple Inc., et. al v. Gesture Technology Partners, LLC (March 4, 2025) (Moore (Chief Judge), Prost and Stoll) (on appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board) [WAIVER; OBVIOUSNESS] The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s Final...
by Matthew Johnson | Apr 11, 2025 | Estoppel, Federal Circuit
By Zac Hardy and Matt Johnson – Kroy IP Holdings, LLC sued Groupon, Inc., alleging infringement of 13 claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,061,660 (“’660 patent’), which relates to incentive programs over computer networks. Those claims were invalidated via successful...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 11, 2025 | Federal Circuit, PTAB News
By Parth Matalia and Matt Johnson – Palo Alto Networks (PAN) filed a petition for inter partes review of Centripetal Networks’ patent—U.S. Patent No. 10,530,903—which is directed to a computing system for correlating packets in communication networks with a...
