United States: Panel Majority Rejects Consideration Of Patentability Under Section 101 As An Antecedent Question Before Considering Invalidity - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In MySpace, Inc. v. GraphOn Corp., No. 11-1149 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s SJ grant of invalidity of the patents-in-suit owned by GraphOn Corp. ("GraphOn").
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United States: Wheel Games Are Not Shown To Be An Economically Distinct Relevant Market - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In IGT v. Alliance Gaming Corp., No. 11-1166 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 17, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s entry of SJ denying antitrust counterclaims because the undisputed facts were insufficient to establish the existence of a relevant antitrust market in wheel games.
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United States: Under Illinois Law, Failure To Assert Patent-Based Defenses In Contract Cases May Have Preclusive Effect In Later Related Actions - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In Cummins, Inc. v. TAS Distributing Co., No. 10-1134 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 5, 2012), the Federal Circuit, applying Illinois law, held that res judicata bars invalidity and unenforceability defenses under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103 when those defenses could have been raised in prior litigation featuring the same parties, arising from the same group of operative facts, and resulting in a final resolution on the merits.
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United States: Jurisdiction For A DJ Patent Action Requires Sufficient Immediacy And Reality - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In Matthews International Corp. v. Biosafe Engineering, LLC, No. 12-1044 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 25, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s determination that the dispute lacked sufficient immediacy and reality to support the exercise of DJ jurisdiction.
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United States: DJ Plaintiff Licensee Bears Burden Of Proving Noninfringement Where DJ Defendant Licensor Cannot File DJ Counterclaim Under The License - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In Medtronic Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp., Nos. 11-1313, -1372 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 18, 2012), the Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s judgment of noninfringement and determination that Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC’s ("MFV") U.S. Reissue Patent Nos. RE38,119 ("the RE’119 patent") and RE39,897 ("the RE’897 patent") (collectively "the patents-in-suit") were valid because the district court relied on a legally incorrect allocation of the burden of proof in its findings and incorrectly cons
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United States: Grant Of SJ That Prior Art References Are Not "Analogous Art" Affirmed - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In K-TEC, Inc. v. Vita-Mix Corp., Nos. 11-1244, -1484, -1512 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 6, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s SJ determinations that Vita-Mix Corporation ("Vita-Mix") infringed the asserted patents, that two prior art references were not analogous art for purposes of obviousness, that substantial evidence supported the jury’s findings that the asserted claims were not invalid, that Vita-Mix’s infringement was willful, and that K-TEC, Inc. ("K-TEC") was entitled to dam
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