Jurisdiction over Foreign Patents Requires – 1367(c) Analysis The question before the Federal Circuit in Jan K. Voda, M.D. v. Cordis Corporation was whether where an accused infringer is shown to have moved its infringing activities offshore to Germany, the U.K. and elsewhere, does supplemental jurisdiction of the court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ? 1367, permit an infringement determination under the parallel foreign […] Continue Reading →
Federal Circuit Places Members of the Bar on Notice It’s not over until it’s over. In International Electronic Technology Corp. v. Hughes Aircraft Company, DirecTV, Inc. and Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., the Federal Circuit dismissed International Electronic’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction. In its ruling, the Federal Circuit stated: “The court takes umbrage at parties who have not carefully screened their cases to ascertain […] Continue Reading →
University Can’t Have Its Cake and Eat It Too – Immunity Negated The University of Missouri’s waived its constitutional immunity under the Eleventh Amendment when it fully participated in an interference action against Vas-Cath, Inc. A Vas-Cath patent had issued while the University’s application, although filed before the Vas-Cath application, was still pending. The University invoked the procedures to institute an interference between the University’s pending application […] Continue Reading →
Federal Circuit proposes revised circuit rules The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has proposed changes to its Circuit Rules. The revised rules would require parties, in addition to filing paper copies of briefs and appendices, to also file the briefs and appendices in electronic form unless counsel certifies that filing an electronic copy would not be practical or constitute hardship. The […] Continue Reading →
Appeals Court holds Transclean Corporation to its stated position The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided in Transclean v. Jiffy Lube that Transclean should be bound by its repeated statements proffered during the course of litigation and not be allowed to take a contrary position during a second phase of litigation. Transclean is the sole licensee of U.S. Patent No. […] Continue Reading →
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace – Failure to Raise Verdict Inconsistency Defeats Appeal In L&W, Inc. v. Shertech, Inc. and Steven W. Sheridan (“Shertech”), the Court affirmed in part the decision of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan holding claim 7 valid and claim 10 invalid of Shertech’s ‘264 patent, and affirming the portion of the judgment holding that the ‘264 patent was not […] Continue Reading →
02 Micro takes strike three 02 Micro International Limited and 02 Micro, Inc. (collectively “02 Micro”) recently appealed a Northern District of California district court’s grant of summary judgment of non-infringement in favor of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (“MPS”) to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 02 Micro contended that the district court errored in denying […] Continue Reading →