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Standing on Solid Ground: Constitutional Standing in Patent Disputes

Exclusive patent licenses can create a threshold litigation risk if they transfer substantial control without preserving a sufficient stake for the patent owner.  In a recent prece...

MARCH 2026 RETAIL PATENT LITIGATION REPORT

NPEs continued their aggressive filing pace in March 2026, with several familiar names making repeat appearances. Activemap LLC led the charge with a dozen retailer defendants in a...

Court Refuses Anti-SLAPP Dismissal of Chapter 93A Claim Tied to Patent Demand Letters

Patentee That Retains Exclusionary Rights has Constitutional Standing Notwithstanding Broad License Grant

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court decision dismissing a patent infringement suit for lack of constitutional standing, concluding that patent...

3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In July

A patent owner's effort to undo a Texas jury verdict clearing Samsung of infringing a wireless patent and an appeal of a ruling that Dartmouth College and a supplement maker owe $9...

APRIL 2026 RETAIL PATENT LITIGATION REPORT

April was an active month for patent filings against retailers and consumer-facing businesses. NPE activity remained brisk, with frequent filers Patent Armory and Rabicoff Law-affi...

Biggest Rulings For Patent Attys In 2026: A Midyear Report

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified the pleading standard for induced infringement of skinny labels, and the Federal Circuit opened the door to increased damages for patent owners. He...

Fed. Circ. Unsure Where State 'Bad Faith' Patent Cases Belong

At arguments Friday in a dispute between Micron Technology Inc. and Netlist Inc., a Federal Circuit panel appeared uncertain whether suits under state laws against "bad faith" pate...

Patent Infringement Lawsuit Alleges "Piracy" of AI-Driven Medical Technology

Once Dominated By Patent Claims, IP Suits Now More Diverse

Intellectual property litigation has become more spread out among patents, trademarks and copyrights over the years, as artificial intelligence and e-commerce systems have been dri...

10 US Patent Pressure Points For EU Life Sciences Cos.

U.S.-specific patent issues can be challenging for European life sciences companies because they require decisions at the intersection of legal, scientific, regulatory and commerci...

A Bitter pH-ill to Swallow: Federal Circuit Affirms Mylan’s Win Over Actelion’s Epoprostenol Drug Patents

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...

Patent Ruling Highlights Risks Of Late Inventorship Fixes

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Implicit v. Sonos demonstrates the risk of forfeiture with retroactive correction of inventorship in inter partes review proceedings, with...

3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In June

The Federal Circuit's argument calendar next month includes a dispute between Micron and Netlist over Idaho's law against "bad faith" patent suits, and appeals of multimillion-doll...

Coordinating Life Sciences IP Strategies In The US And EU

As postgrant practice for life sciences patents is restructured in the U.S. and European Union simultaneously, patent owners will need to implement transatlantic coordination that...

Wine Railway and the Patent Marking Statute: Is a Covenant Not to Sue a Patent License?

Supreme Court cert petition in Ortiz v. Vizio challenges Federal Circuit's expansion of patent marking requirements to non-practicing entities, conflicts with Wine Railway and Dunl...

Tips For Litigating Life Sciences Investigations At The ITC

The International Trade Commission may soon become a significant battleground for life sciences companies as global intellectual property and trade disputes continue, increasing th...

Fed. Circ. Affirms Sony's PTAB Win Over Digital Imaging IP

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board stayed in bounds when deciding to invalidate claims of an Intellectual Pixels Ltd. digital image generation patent on remand, the Federal Circuit...

Fed. Circ. Asks If Co. Argued Capability Equals Infringement

The Federal Circuit appeared to have doubts Friday morning about patent-licensing outfit PACT XPP Schweiz's position it had argued below that an Intel product could violate its pat...

Hikma Ruling Raises Patent Pleading Bar Beyond Drug Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision that shut down a patent suit against Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA over a drug using a so-called skinny label could also make it more challengi...

Feds, Unified Patents, AT&T Push Back On High Court Bids

The U.S. Supreme Court received objections to three patent petitions on Tuesday, with Unified Patents fighting Dolby's appeal of its own Patent Trial and Appeal Board win; AT&T...

Monolithic Wins Bid To Send Patent Case From WDTX To Calif.

A Texas federal magistrate judge has shipped a suit accusing Monolithic Power Systems of infringing a power conversion patent to California, finding that neither the power manageme...

USPTO Mulling Certain Patent Apps After 'Atypical' Case

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is asking why it should keep reviewing patent applications that would not end up giving their owners rights to assert against alleged infringer...

Teva Ruling Offers Patentees New Support For Genus Claims

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Teva v. Eli Lilly, finding that the Teva patents at issue are not invalid, offers an interesting counterexample against the recent trend of...