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The Federal Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision that patent claims to mobile wallet payment systems owned by Fintiv were invalid as indefinite under 35 U.S.C. 112(6). The case is Fintiv, Inc. v. PayPal Holdings, Inc. Fintiv sued PayPal… Read More

The Federal Circuit has affirmed decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) invalidating all challenged claims of two patents for a sterilized chlorhexidine product in an applicator package for disinfecting skin. The Federal Circu… Read More

The Federal Circuit has affirmed a district court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) following a civil action by ImmunoGen seeking to obtain a patent after an unsuccessful ex parte appeal of a patent ap… Read More

The Federal Circuit has overturned a decision by the International Trade Commission (ITC or Commission) on a polycrystalline diamond compound owned by US Synthetic. The case is US Synthetic Corp. v. International Trade Commission. US Synthetic Corp.… Read More

The Federal Circuit has found that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) construed patent claims erroneously but that the error was harmless. HD Silicon Solutions LLC (“HDSS”) appealed from a decision of the PTAB holding claims 1–7… Read More

Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) have reintroduced the Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive (RESTORE) Patent Rights Act. The Act, first introduced in July of 2024, would restore the rebu… Read More

In a non-precedential decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that certain claims of Qualcomm’s U.S. Patent No. 8,838,949 (titled “Direct Scatter Loading of Executable Software Im… Read More

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in general, and generative AI (GAI) – such as ChatGPT- in particular, continue to be very much in the news. As Reuters reported, on January 21, President Donald Trump announced “a private sector investment of up to $5… Read More