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  • Drug-400 Amgen Wins in Kidney Drug Infringement Appeal

    January 10, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on January 7, 2020, vacated and remanded a lower court ruling which held that Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, an integrated specialty pharmaceutical company, didn’t infringe Amgen Inc.’s patent for the kidney disease drug Sensipar.
  • Prince_at_Coachella-400 Prince Estate Wins Copyright Dispute Over YouTube Concert Videos

    January 9, 2020

    The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on January 6, 2020, awarded a summary judgment victory to Prince’s estate on its claims that unauthorized concert recordings posted to YouTube infringed the late musician’s copyrights.
  • Keypad-400 Google Wins Keypad Patent Validity Appeal

    January 7, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on January 6, 2019, reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that held claims of a Koninklijke Philips NV keypad patent valid.
  • Bycicle-400 Fed. Cir. Remands Bicycle Chainring Patent Dispute

    January 3, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on December 18, 2019, vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision which invalidated SRAM’s improved bicycle chainring patent for obviousness.
  • Garage-400 Fed. Cir. Reverses ITC in Garage Door Opener Dispute

    December 27, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on December 12, 2019, held that a garage door opener patent didn’t cover openers without a motion detector in a wall unit because the detector’s placement in a wall unit constituted the patent’s invention.