Summaries of
All Supreme Court and
Precedential Federal Circuit
Patent Cases Decided Since Jun. 1, 2016
May 17, 2017
Peter E. Heuser
Schwabe Williamson
& Wyatt
1211 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 1900
Portland, OR 97204
Telephone: 503.796.2424
Email: pheuser@schwabe.com
This paper is based on reports on precedential patent cases decided by the Federal
Circuit distributed by Peter Heuser on a weekly basis.
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Table of Contents
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Table of Cases Reported .............................................................................................................................. iii
Civil Procedure .............................................................................................................................................. 1
Arbitration Clauses ........................................................................................................................... 1
Default Judgment ............................................................................................................................. 1
Discovery ......................................................................................................................................... 1
Disqualification of Counsel ............................................................................................................... 2
JMOL Motions .................................................................................................................................. 2
Patent Infringement Complaint ........................................................................................................ 3
Personal Jurisdiction ........................................................................................................................ 4
Sanctions ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Standing ........................................................................................................................................... 6
Stay Pending PTO Proceedings ...................................................................................................... 7
Subject Matter Jurisdiction for Declaratory Judgments ................................................................... 8
Venue ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Defenses ..................................................................................................................................................... 10
Inventorship .................................................................................................................................... 10
Collateral Estoppel ......................................................................................................................... 10
Laches and Estoppel ...................................................................................................................... 11
Infringement ................................................................................................................................................ 12
Based on Actions Outside of the US .............................................................................................. 12
Claim Construction ......................................................................................................................... 13
Means-Plus-Function ..................................................................................................................... 24
Divided Infringement ...................................................................................................................... 25
Contributory and Induced Infringement .......................................................................................... 29
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Literal Infringement ........................................................................................................................ 33
Doctrine of Equivalents .................................................................................................................. 34
Prosecution History Estoppel ......................................................................................................... 35
Willful Infringement ......................................................................................................................... 36
Patent Office Matters .................................................................................................................................. 39
Continuation Applications .............................................................................................................. 40
Covered Business Method Review ................................................................................................ 40
Reexaminations ............................................................................................................................. 43
Inter Partes Review ........................................................................................................................ 44
Remedies .................................................................................................................................................... 58
Damages, Lost Profits, Prejudgment Interest ................................................................................ 58
Enhanced Damages ....................................................................................................................... 60
Attorney Fees ................................................................................................................................. 65
Injunctive Relief .............................................................................................................................. 67
Validity ....................................................................................................................................................... 74
Anticipation ..................................................................................................................................... 74
Experimental Use Exception to On-Sale Bar ................................................................................. 77
Indefiniteness and Section 112 ...................................................................................................... 79
Inequitable Conduct ....................................................................................................................... 82
Inventorship .................................................................................................................................... 83
Obviousness .................................................................................................................................. 84
“Printed Matter” Doctrine ................................................................................................................ 93
Patentable Subject Matter .............................................................................................................. 93
