Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases, including comments on recent remarks by former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall Rader and an article discussing the “[m]ost important patent cases of 2019 thus far.”
At IPWatchdog, Eileen McDermott commented on former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall Rader’s keynote address at IPWatchdog’s recent symposium, stating that Judge Rader “drove home a point made by multiple speakers during the event that the concept of ‘patent hold-up’—in which innovator companies use [standard essential patents] to hold up implementer companies from getting products to market via anti-competitive practices—is ‘one of the largest misnomers in our discipline.’”
Venable’s Christopher Loh posted on International Law Office a list and analysis of the “[m]ost important patent cases of 2019 thus far.” He highlighted the Supreme Court’s opinions in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Return Mail v U.S. Postal Service, and the Federal Circuit’s opinions in Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LSI Corp., AVX Corp. v Presidio Components Inc., and Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC.