In Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. ecobee Technologies ULC, the Federal Circuit handed Ollnova a string of doctrinal wins — three of its four patents cleared the patent eligibility hurdle under 35 U.S.C. § 101 — only to throw out the entire $11.5 million verdict over a single defect in the verdict form. This decision
On June 2, 2026, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in AGI SureTrack LLC v. Farmers Edge Inc. that delivered a split result — and a reminder that winning a patent case is not the same thing as collecting fees for it. The panel (Judge Haldane Robert Mayer, writing, joined by Chief Judge Kimberly
In mCom IP, LLC v. City National Bank of Florida, the Federal Circuit reversed an award of attorneys’ fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 against the patent owner and sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 against its counsel, holding that neither the patent owner’s decision to litigate patent claims surviving inter partes review (IPR)
Last week in Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., the Federal Circuit delivered generic drug maker Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. with a notable victory when it affirmed the district court’s judgment that it does not infringe Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.’s patents covering the active ingredient in the pulmonary arterial hypertension drug Veletri®. In
Earlier this week in Bissell, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, the Federal Circuit affirmed the ITC’s determination that Tineco’s original wet/dry surface cleaning devices infringed Bissell’s patents and were properly subject to a limited exclusion order. But Tineco managed to stay one step ahead of the ban by redesigning its products after the investigation
In a recent precedential decision from the Federal Circuit, the appellate court explained that words of approximation like “about” are not inherently definite or indefinite — but when a patentee fails to provide sufficient guidance as to the meaning of such terms, it can be fatal to the claims. More specifically, in Enviro Tech Chemical
In a significant decision for telecommunications patent law, a panel of the Federal Circuit issued a mixed ruling in Constellation Designs, LLC v. LG Electronics Inc, vacating a summary judgment of patent eligibility for certain claims while affirming eligibility for others, and affirming the jury’s findings of infringement and damages. The April 28, 2026
A pending Federal Circuit decision may force licensing counsel to rethink one of the most routine provisions in patent settlement agreements — the licensee’s denial of infringement.
Patent settlement agreements usually contain a denial of liability by the defendant/licensee, e.g., “[l]icensee denies any infringement of the asserted patents.” For decades, this language has largely been
The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Canatex Completion Solutions, Inc. v. Wellmatics, LLC is a good example of the courts’ ability to correct obvious errors in patent claims through claim construction. Indeed, the panel’s reversal of the lower court’s ruling demonstrates that judicial correction of evident errors in patent claims — even when the error
The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Apex Bank v. CC Serve Corp. serves as a pointed reminder to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) that it must maintain consistency across its DuPont factor analysis. While the appellate panel affirmed the TTAB’s finding that the parties’ services were highly similar, it vacated and remanded the