Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:
- an article discussing a request for rehearing of a Federal Circuit decision finding “that Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions can render patent claims invalid in later U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proceedings”; and
- an article reporting on the Federal Circuit’s opinion affirming “most aspects of an obviousness ruling issued by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that invalidated radio communications patent claims owned by Philips.”
Ryan Davis authored an article for Law360 discussing a request for rehearing in Softview LLC v. Apple Inc., which found “that Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions can render patent claims invalid in later U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proceedings.” As Davis explains, SoftView argues the ruling is “contrary to the patent laws and congressional intent” because it “wrongly allows claims that are otherwise patentable to be invalidated only because they are similar to claims found invalid in a separate” case decided by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Steve Brachmann filed an article with IPWatchdog reporting on the Federal Circuit’s opinion in Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Quectel Wireless Solutions Co. According to Brachmann, the Federal Circuit affirmed “most aspects of an obviousness ruling issued by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that invalidated radio communications patent claims owned by Philips.”