FedCircuitBlog

• Two of Nike’s Flyknit Patents Prevail – Adidas was unable to prove two of Nike’s Flyknit technology patents were unpatentable as obvious.
• Parts of Shoe Illumination Patent Invalidated – In Shoes by Firebug LLC v. Stride Rite Children’s Grp., LLC, the court affirmed the PTAB’s decision finding the claims obvious.
• Federal Circuit Issues Modifications to Building Access Order – Limited building access now allowed on a case-by-case basis.

Here’s the latest.

On Friday, the Federal Circuit and Court of Federal Claims entered a joint order modifying their prior order of March 16, which limited access to the National Courts Building complex. The Federal Circuit also issued an announcement with additional information related to the order. Here are the details.

This morning the Federal Circuit did not issue any opinions or orders.

Only one case being argued next week at the Federal Circuit attracted an amicus brief, Amgen Inc. v. Watson Laboratories, Inc. In this case, Amgen, a patent owner, asks the Federal Circuit to force a district court to vacate its judgment of non-infringement in favor of a consent judgment of infringement. This is our argument preview.

This morning the Federal Circuit issued one precedential opinion in a Merit Systems Protection Board case, one precedential opinion in a patent case, and one nonprecedential opinion in a vaccine case. Here are the introductions to the opinions.

• Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Steel Tariffs – The Supreme Court cemented the Trump administration’s victory over steel and aluminum importers by denying cert for American Institute for International Steel, Inc. v. United States.
• Cert Denied in Rovi-Comcast ITC Dispute – The Supreme Court also upheld the International Trade Commission’s ruling against Comcast by denying Comcast Corp. v. International Trade Commission.
• Federal Circuit Backs Ford’s Design Patent Win – Ford wins big in automotive patent infringement case upholding the lower court’s decision in Ford Global Technologies, LLC v. New World International, Inc.

Here’s the latest.

This morning the Federal Circuit issued two precedential opinions in patent cases. Here are the introductions to the opinions.

This month we highlight one paper exploring research related to the Federal Circuit—Regulating Intermediate Technologies by Professor Rachel Sachs.

This post summarizes recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit.

• After receiving three petitions last week, the Supreme Court received yet another petition from Lakshmi Arunachalam in Lakshmi Arunachalam, Petitioner v. SAP America, Inc.
• In Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., the petitioner submitted its reply to the Court, denouncing the claims made by the respondent and further advocating for their writ to be granted.
• Finally, the Supreme Court denied a total of eight different petitions this week, among that group of denied petitions are cases like Collabo Innovations, Inc. v. Sony Corp. and Comcast Corp. v. International Trade Commission. For the full list of denied petitions, see the list below.

Here are the details.

This morning the Federal Circuit issued one precedential opinion in a trade case. Here is the introduction to the opinion.