This decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concerns an appeal between IGT and Zynga Inc. stemming from a patent dispute. The core of the conflict revolves around IGT's patent, "Secured Virtual Network in a Gaming Environment," which Zynga challenged for obviousness in an inter partes review (IPR). The court evaluates whether an earlier interference proceeding should have prevented Zynga's IPR challenge due to interference estoppel, ultimately affirming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) decision to allow the IPR and its finding that IGT's patent claims were unpatentable as obvious. The document also explains the technical aspects of the patent in question, particularly the "software authorization agent" for managing gaming software transfers, and assesses the PTAB's reasoning regarding prior art.

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This Federal Circuit opinion addresses an appeal regarding a patent infringement lawsuit between Colibri Heart Valve LLC and Medtronic CoreValve, LLC. The core of the dispute revolves around U.S. Patent No. 8,900,294, owned by Colibri, which describes a method for implanting artificial heart valves with a "do-over" or recapture mechanism. Colibri accused Medtronic of inducing infringement of this patent through the use of Medtronic's "Evolut" heart valve products. The court ultimately reversed a lower court's decision, ruling that prosecution history estoppel prevented Colibri from asserting infringement under the doctrine of equivalents due to the cancellation of a related claim during the patent's prosecution.

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This Federal Circuit opinion concerns an appeal of a patent and trademark infringement case between Top Brand LLC and Cozy Comfort Company LLC. Cozy Comfort had previously won a jury verdict claiming that Top Brand infringed on its design patent for an oversized hooded sweatshirt and its trademarks for "THE COMFY" wearable blankets. The appellate court reversed the lower court's decision, finding that Top Brand was not liable for design patent infringement because Cozy Comfort had surrendered certain design features during the patent application process, and these features were present in Top Brand's products. Additionally, the court concluded there was insufficient evidence to support trademark infringement, as the term "Comfy" was used descriptively by Top Brand and instances of actual consumer confusion were deemed minimal. As a result, the jury's awards for damages were overturned.

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This opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, dated July 14, 2025, concerns a patent dispute between Shockwave Medical, Inc. and Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. The case involves an inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent No. 8,956,371, which covers a shockwave balloon catheter system for treating atherosclerosis. The core issue revolves around the patentability of claims within Shockwave's patent, specifically whether certain claims were obvious based on prior art. The court ultimately affirms the Board's finding that most of Shockwave's claims were unpatentable, while reversing the Board's decision regarding claim 5, deeming it also unpatentable. The opinion also addresses CSI's standing to bring the cross-appeal and clarifies the permissible use of applicant-admitted prior art (AAPA) in IPR proceedings.

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This decision concerns an appeal by Egenera, Inc. against Cisco Systems, Inc. before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Egenera, the plaintiff-appellant, alleged that Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) infringed upon claims of its U.S. Patent No. 7,231,430. The appeal addresses the lower court's grant of summary judgment of non-infringement for claims 1 and 5, and its denial of Egenera's post-trial motions regarding claims 3 and 7 after a jury found no infringement. The court ultimately affirmed the district court's decisions, finding no errors in its handling of the claims or its procedural rulings.

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This episode concerns an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, focusing on a patent dispute between Eye Therapies, LLC, and Slayback Pharma, LLC. The core of the appeal revolves around the interpretation of a patent claim for a method of reducing eye redness using brimonidine, specifically the phrase "consisting essentially of." Eye Therapies challenged a prior decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board), which had deemed their patent unpatentable, arguing the Board misinterpreted this key phrase to allow for other active ingredients. The Federal Circuit reversed the Board's claim construction, ruling that the phrase, in this specific patent's context, excludes additional active ingredients, and remanded the case for further proceedings based on this revised interpretation.

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This opinion concerns an appeal in the case of Optis Cellular Technology, LLC v. Apple Inc., heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The core of the dispute involves Optis's claims that Apple infringed on five of its standard-essential patents (SEPs) related to LTE technology, used in iPhones, iPads, and Watches. The court vacated earlier judgments on infringement and damages, mandating a new trial due to a non-unanimous jury verdict on infringement and the improper inclusion of an Apple-Qualcomm settlement agreement as evidence for damages. Additionally, the court reversed previous rulings regarding the patent eligibility of certain claims and the interpretation of another claim, while affirming a different claim construction, ultimately remanding the case for further proceedings.

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This opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit details an appeal involving Ancora Technologies, Inc. against Roku, Inc., VIZIO, Inc., and Nintendo Co., Ltd. The core of the dispute revolves around the patentability of Ancora's U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941, which concerns software for restricting unauthorized use of licensed programs. Specifically, the court reviews the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision that claims of the patent were unpatentable due to obviousness, particularly focusing on the interpretation of the term "agent" within the patent's claims and the nexus analysis of objective evidence of nonobviousness, such as licensing agreements. The Court of Appeals ultimately vacated and remanded the Board's decision, finding errors in how the Board applied precedent regarding the nexus of license evidence to nonobviousness.

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This Federal Circuit opinion concerns an appeal from Agilent Technologies, Inc. against Synthego Corp., concerning the patentability of gene-editing technology related to CRISPR-Cas systems. Agilent appealed decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which found all claims of Agilent's U.S. Patent Nos. 10,337,001 and 10,900,034 unpatentable due to anticipation or obviousness based on prior art. The core of the dispute revolves around whether earlier works, particularly "Pioneer Hi-Bred," "Threlfall," and "Deleavey," expressly disclosed or enabled the chemically modified guide RNAs (gRNAs) and their functionality as claimed by Agilent. The court ultimately affirmed the Board's findings, concluding that substantial evidence supported the prior art's anticipatory disclosures and enablement, as well as the obviousness of certain claims.

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This is a Federal Circuit opinion regarding a patent dispute between United Services Automobile Association (USAA) and PNC Bank N.A., heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The core of the appeal concerns the patent eligibility of USAA's "Digital Camera Processing System" patent, specifically U.S. Patent No. 10,769,598, U.S. Patent No. 10,402,638, and U.S. Patent No. 9,224,136, under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The court applied the two-step Alice test to determine if the patent claims were directed to an abstract idea and, if so, whether they contained an inventive concept. Ultimately, the court reversed the district court's summary judgment in favor of USAA, concluding that the asserted claim from the ’638 patent was directed to an abstract idea without an inventive concept, thus deeming it unpatentable.

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