Tag Archives: Federal Circuit

Commil USA v. Cisco Systems – Induced Infringement In For Clarification

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Warren Woessner

Supreme Court granted cert. to resolve the question of whether or not a defendant’s belief that a patent is invalid is a defense against a charge of inducing infringement. The question appears to rest on Judge Newman’s characterization given in her … Continue reading →

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C.I.T. v. Hughes Comm. – Survival Guide for Software?

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Warren Woessner

On November 3, 2014, in Cal. Inst. Of Tech. v. Hughes Communications., 2014 U.S.. Dist. LEXIS 156763 (C.D. Cal. 2014), Judge Mariana Pfaelzer penned the most thorough defense of software claims attacked under s. 101 that I have seen since … Continue reading →

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Genetic Technologies v. Bristol Myers – 101 At Work

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Warren Woessner

In the recent memorandum opinion, the court invalidated claim 1 of U.S. Pat. No. 5,612,179, owned by Genetic Technologies, Ltd., as “impermissibly [claiming] a natural phenomenon.” (Genetic Technologies, Ltd. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, C.A. No. 12-394-LPS (D. Delaware, Oct. 30, … Continue reading →

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American Calcar v. Amer. Honda Motor Co. – Therasense Goes Out For a Test Drive

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Warren Woessner

On Friday, in American Calcar v. Amer. Honda Motor Co., App. No. 2013-1061 (Fed. Cir., September 26, 2014) a divided Fed. Cir. panel affirmed the district court’s ruling, following remand, that three patents on a multimedia system for vehicle information … Continue reading →

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