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Federal Circuit Patent Opinions

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit hears appeals in patent cases from the district courts, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the International Trade Commission and the Court of Federal Claims. This page lists every patent opinion and order of the court we have summarized since this blog began, newest first: precedential opinions, which bind later panels and the tribunals below, nonprecedential opinions, and Rule 36 judgments that affirm without an opinion. Each post summarizes the decision and links to the court’s own copy.

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1. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 28, 2026Percept Technologies Inc. v. SquiresThe Federal Circuit granted the Director's motion to remand for the limited purpose of providing further explanation, over Percept's opposition. The Director expressed a substantial and legitimate concern that the Board's decision lacked…
2. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 28, 2026In re WenkmanThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's rejection of all pending claims of the '833 application as patent ineligible under § 101. Representative claim 1 is directed to the abstract idea of bartering, a fundamental economic practice, and…
3. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 26, 2026Gurvey v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Central District of California's dismissal of Ms. Gurvey's patent-related complaint. She never opposed the motions to dismiss despite an extension, so the arguments she raised on appeal were waived.
4. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 26, 2026You Map, Inc. v. Snap Inc.On the parties' agreement, the Federal Circuit dismissed You Map's appeal from the PTAB's decision in IPR2022-00568 under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b). Each side bears its own costs, and the order issued as the mandate.
5. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 26, 2026Moreno v. NizerThe Federal Circuit dismissed Moreno's appeal for lack of jurisdiction because a case asserting state claims, § 1983, Privacy Act, and False Claims Act claims falls outside its limited statutory review authority. It declined to transfer…
6. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 23, 2026In re CarterThe Federal Circuit denied Daitona Carter's mandamus petition because she did not show a clear and indisputable right to relief, including a stay of the PTAB proceedings, or that she lacked other adequate means to obtain relief. Her in…
7. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 23, 2026Wells v. U.S. Court of AppealsThe Federal Circuit dismissed Mr. Wells's appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The district court case does not appear to fall within the court's limited subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1295, and the court cannot review…
8. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 22, 2026Lashify, Inc. v. Qingdao Lashbeauty Cosmetic Co., Ltd.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal for failure to prosecute because the parties did not file the status reports required by the court's earlier orders within the time permitted. The order does not reach the merits.
9. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 22, 2026Shoals Technologies Group, LLC v. ITCThe Federal Circuit granted Shoals's motion to voluntarily withdraw its appeal from the ITC's Investigation No. 337-TA-1365 and dismissed the appeal, over the intervenors' opposition. Costs were awarded to the intervenors, Voltage.
10. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 22, 2026In Re Fleet Connect Solutions LLCThe Federal Circuit denied the mandamus petitions of Fleet Connect and OBD Sensor Solutions because they did not show a clear and indisputable right to relief. The district court did not clearly abuse its discretion in granting Rule 54(b)…
11. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 21, 2026Chowdhury v. Government of the Peoples Republic of BangladeshThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal for failure to prosecute, pursuant to its July 6, 2026 order, after no response was filed to its October 5, 2026 order. Any pending motion was denied as moot.
12. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 20, 2026JBS Hair Inc. v. ITCOn the parties' agreement, the Federal Circuit dismissed JBS Hair's appeal from ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-1457 under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), with each side bearing its own costs. The order decides no substantive issue.
13. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 19, 2026Google LLC v. Valtrus Innovations Ltd.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's finding that Bushee was not prior art under pre-AIA § 102(e) because Valtrus antedated it. Substantial evidence supported the Board's findings that Word-generated disclosure metadata independently…
14. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 16, 2026Linden v. ResMed, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal with prejudice, holding that representative claim 1 of the '150 patent is directed to the abstract idea of a remote version of an in-person doctor visit and lacks an inventive…
15. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 16, 2026Micron Technology, Inc. v. Netlist, Inc.On the parties' agreement, the Federal Circuit dismissed Netlist's appeal from the District of Idaho under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), with each side bearing its own costs. The order decides no substantive issue.
16. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 16, 2026Micron Technology, Inc. v. Netlist, Inc.On the parties' agreement, the Federal Circuit dismissed the consolidated appeals (Nos. 2024-2281 and 2024-2282) under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), with each side bearing its own costs. The order decides no substantive issue.
17. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 15, 2026Pictiva Displays International Ltd. v. Samsung Display Co., Ltd.On the parties' agreement, the Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal from the PTAB's decisions in IPR2024-01222 and IPR2024-01223 under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), with each side bearing its own costs. The order decides no…
18. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 15, 2026Alamar Biosciences, Inc. v. Olink Proteomics ABOn the parties' agreement, the Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal from the PTAB's decision in IPR2024-01353 under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b). Each side bears its own costs, and the order issued as the mandate.
19. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 15, 2026Pictiva Displays International Ltd. v. Samsung Display Co., Ltd.On the parties' agreement, the Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal from the PTAB's decision in IPR2024-01094 under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), with each side bearing its own costs. The order does not decide any merits issue.
20. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 14, 2026Piranha Media Distribution LLC v. Hulu, LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal, holding that representative claim 1 of the '403 patent is directed to the abstract idea of preventing skipping of advertisements by receiving, organizing, displaying, and…
21. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 14, 2026Syngenta Crop Protection AG v. UPL Ltd.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's PGR final written decision holding all challenged claims of UPL's '727 patent unpatentable as anticipated by Godoy and Tobler (claims 1, 3-10) and obvious over De Oliveira in view of Wiglesworth,…
22. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 14, 2026In re Speculative Product Design, LLCThe Federal Circuit granted Speculative Product Design's Rule 42(b) motion to voluntarily dismiss its mandamus petition, to the extent of dismissing the petition. The order does not address the merits of the petition.
23. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 14, 2026In re BurandtThe Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's decision in appeal from application No. 07/516,757 under Fed. Cir. R. 36, so the Board's decision stands. The judgment gives no reasoning.
24. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 13, 2026Noble Innovations NC LLC v. Colgate-Palmolive CompanyThe Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's decision in IPR2023-01254 under Fed. Cir. R. 36, so the Board's decision stands unchanged. The judgment gives no reasoning.
25. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 13, 2026Brightex Bio-Photonics, LLC v. L'Oreal USA, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Northern District of California's judgment under Fed. Cir. R. 36, so the district court's decision stands unchanged. The judgment gives no reasoning.
26. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 13, 2026Yieldmo, Inc. v. Teads, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York's judgment under Fed. Cir. R. 36, so the district court's decision stands unchanged. The judgment gives no reasoning.
27. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 8, 2026In re GonthierThe Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's decision in the appeal from application No. 16/108,860 under Fed. Cir. R. 36, so the Board's decision stands unchanged. The judgment gives no reasoning.
28. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 8, 2026Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. v. Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaOn the parties' agreement, the Federal Circuit dismissed Sarepta's appeal from the PTAB's IPR2024-00580 proceeding under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), with each side bearing its own costs. The order decides no merits issue.
29. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 7, 2026In re GambleThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's affirmance of the examiner's § 112(b) indefiniteness rejections of claims 1-8, 10, 13-15, and 18 of the '077 application, and the Board's denial of rehearing on newly rejected claims 9, 11, 12, 16,…
30. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 6, 2026Inari Agriculture, Inc. v. Corteva Agriscience LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal by agreement of the parties under Rule 42(b). Each side will bear its own costs.
31. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 6, 2026In re Google LLCThe Federal Circuit held that denial of transfer was a clear abuse of discretion because multiple convenience factors favored NDCA and no factor favored WDTX. The court faulted the district court's neutral treatment of sources of proof,…
32. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 5, 2026O'Reilly Winship LLC v. SnapRays LLCThe Federal Circuit held that the district court improperly narrowed the ordinary meaning of "joined" in claim 1 of the '324 patent and that the accused products met that limitation. The court otherwise affirmed summary judgment of…
33. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 5, 2026AlexSam, Inc. v. Simon Property Group, L.P.The Federal Circuit held that Simon’s motion, though styled under Rules 54(b) and 60(a), was properly construed as a Rule 60(b)(1) motion and that relief was available to correct the district court’s legal error. The court held the…
34. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 2, 2026Nomad Goods, Inc. v. Nomad Grill LLCThe Federal Circuit granted Nomad Goods’ motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeal. The court awarded costs to Nomad Grill and issued the mandate the same day.
35. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 2, 2026Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. v. Inari Agriculture, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's determination that the challenged claims were not enabled. The court held that the Board did not err in relying on post-priority experimental data submitted by Pioneer, where the tested variants…
36. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 1, 2026Truinject Corp. v. Galderma S.A.The Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that Truinject forfeited the appellate theories it relied on to challenge dismissal of tortious interference and summary judgment of no damages. With damages off the table, Truinject had no viable…
37. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 1, 2026In re Satius Holding, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal as moot because, in a companion appeal decided the same day, it concluded that claim 1 of the ’385 patent is invalid. The court did not reach the merits of the PTAB’s obviousness rejection.
38. Fed. Cir. · Oct. 1, 2026Satius Holding, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.The Federal Circuit held that the claims were not indefinite because their scope was reasonably certain even though they covered a scientifically impossible embodiment. The court nevertheless affirmed invalidity because the claims were…
39. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 30, 2026WSOU Investments LLC v. Salesforce, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Rule 42(b) by agreement of the parties. The order does not address any patent-law merits issue.
40. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 30, 2026TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL GMBH v. ELI LILLY AND COMPANYThe Federal Circuit denied both panel rehearing and rehearing en banc. Judge Dyk dissented, arguing the panel's enablement analysis for method claims conflicts with Amgen and permits overbroad functional claiming.
41. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 30, 2026AuthPoint LLC v. GL Communications Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) by agreement of the parties. Each side will bear its own costs.
42. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 30, 2026In re Medical Components, Inc.The Federal Circuit denied mandamus. MedComp did not show a clear and indisputable right to relief based on an alleged conflict between the Utah court's post-remand ruling and the mandate in a different AngioDynamics appeal.
43. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 30, 2026ParkerVision, Inc. v. Qualcomm IncorporatedThe Federal Circuit held that it lacked appellate jurisdiction because there was no final judgment: Rule 54(b) did not permit a partial final judgment resolving only some asserted claims of the same patent while other asserted claims of…
44. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 30, 2026EPIC TECH, LLC v. PEN-TECH ASSOCIATES, INC.The Federal Circuit vacated because the district court did not provide enough reasoning to permit meaningful review of its denial of sanctions and fees. The panel did not decide whether Epic Tech or its counsel violated Rule 11 or whether…
45. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 30, 2026Wang v. Viking Drill & Tool, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s finding that the earlier Wang ’808 application did not provide written-description support for the claimed “formed spirally” limitation, so Wang ’808 qualified as prior art. Because substantial…
46. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 30, 2026In re WSOU Investments LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's § 103 rejection, holding that the Board applied the same claim construction used in the earlier IPR and that substantial evidence supported the finding that Traversat suggested the disputed…
47. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 30, 2026WSOU Investments LLC v. Salesforce, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
48. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 25, 2026Receivership Estate of AudienceScience Inc. v. Google LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the asserted claims are directed to the abstract idea of targeting advertisements to internet users to maximize revenue generation and lack an inventive concept. The court also held that…
49. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 25, 2026Zentian Ltd. v. Apple Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s construction of “feature vector” to include codewords/vector-quantized representative feature vectors because claim 1 covers quantities “extracted and/or derived” from a digital audio stream.…
50. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 23, 2026LED Wafer Solutions LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) by agreement of the parties. Each side must bear its own costs.
51. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 22, 2026TRIPPY GOAT LLC v. 1661, INC.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties' agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
52. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 21, 2026BERKELEY*IEOR v. W.W. Grainger Inc.The Federal Circuit held that the asserted claims are patent ineligible because they are directed to the abstract idea of calculating profitability and do not recite an inventive concept. The alleged improvement—parallel processing inside…
53. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 21, 2026Heidary v. Amazon.com Inc.The Federal Circuit held that the notice of appeal was untimely because it was received more than 30 days after entry of the appealed order. Because the statutory appeal deadline is mandatory and jurisdictional, the court lacked…
54. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 21, 2026In re GomezThe Federal Circuit granted the joint motion to remand after the parties stated that the PTAB relied on a reference that was not prior art in rejecting certain application claims. The order did not address the merits beyond remanding for…
55. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 21, 2026BROWN v. ABNEYThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was filed nearly two years after the district court's May 2024 judgment. The court held that the deadline for appealing a district-court…
56. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 18, 2026SF Diamond Co., Ltd. v. ITCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side bears its own costs.
57. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 18, 2026RICHARDS v. KALLISHThe Federal Circuit dismissed the notice of appeal for failure to prosecute. The order is nonprecedential and does not address any patent-law merits issue.
58. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 17, 2026Carnegie Institution of Washington v. Fenix Diamonds LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the fee and expense award, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding the case exceptional based on objectively baseless infringement positions after claim construction and…
59. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 17, 2026Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Pfizer Inc.The errata makes wording corrections only: it deletes the word “all” on page 2 and changes “all claims” in footnote 1 to “the asserted claims (1, 2, 5, 7–10).” No merits holding or change in disposition is stated in the extracted errata.
60. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 17, 2026In re Incept LLCThe Federal Circuit held that the Board applied an unreasonably broad construction of “flow barrier” under the broadest-reasonable-interpretation standard. Because that erroneous construction drove the Board’s conclusion that the only…
61. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 15, 2026Harbor Island Dynamic LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties' agreement. Each side must bear its own costs.
62. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 15, 2026ABC IP LLC v. PEAK TACTICAL LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the District of Wyoming under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The court issued no written opinion, so the basis for affirmance is not stated.
63. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 15, 2026DODOTS Licensing Solutions LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.The Federal Circuit summarily affirmed the PTAB. The judgment provides no reasoning, so the specific patentability issues and grounds affirmed are not clear from the disposition.
64. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 14, 2026NCS Multistage Inc. v. TCO Group ASThe Federal Circuit affirmed the contributory-infringement judgment, holding that TCO forfeited its appellate challenges by not preserving them in post-trial briefing and could not relitigate a claim construction it had sought below. The…
65. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 14, 2026TexasLDPC Inc. v. Broadcom Inc.The Federal Circuit held that TexasLDPC's enforcement-only business activities did not terminate the license agreement, and that the agreement transferred all substantial rights in the asserted patents to TexasLDPC. The court also held…
66. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 14, 2026NCS Multistage Inc. v. Nine Energy Service, Inc.The Federal Circuit held that the district court misconstrued both “internal diameter” and “casing string,” and that TCO’s August 2012 sale of the TDP-PO tool to Apache and Apache’s use were prior art as a matter of law. The court vacated…
67. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 11, 2026Moskowitz Family LLC v. Globus Medical, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the preambles of the asserted '913 and '022 patent claims are limiting and that the district court correctly construed “universal.” It also held that substantial evidence supported the jury’s…
68. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 11, 2026Caddo Systems, Inc. v. JetBrains Americas, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the District of Delaware’s judgment under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The judgment provides no written rationale or identification of the specific patent-law issue decided.
69. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 11, 2026ALTERWAN, INC. v. AMAZON.COM, INC.The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's claim constructions, holding that "cooperating service provider" means a service provider that agrees to provide non-blocking bandwidth and that "non-blocking bandwidth" means bandwidth…
70. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 11, 2026WIPQTUS, INC. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB without opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The judgment provides no reasoning or issue-specific holding beyond affirmance.
71. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 10, 2026Versata Software, LLC v. Ford Motor CompanyThe Federal Circuit held that the district court legally erred by categorically limiting Versata to a licensing-history reasonable royalty and precluding unjust-enrichment damages for trade secret misappropriation under the DTSA and…
72. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 10, 2026In re TextNow Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties' agreement. Each side bears its own costs.
73. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 10, 2026Guymon v. SquiresThe Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the complaint was filed two days late because a pro se litigant's emailed complaint was not a permissible filing method under the Federal Rules and the district court's local procedures. The…
74. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 9, 2026LATTICE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. BH SECURITY LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side must bear its own costs.
75. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 8, 2026Asafi v. Western Digital Technologies, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal for failure to prosecute after the appellant did not timely file the required brief. The court did not reach any patent-law merits issue.
76. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 8, 2026VIAVI Solutions Inc. v. Platinum Optics Technology Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the § 285 fee award, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding the case exceptional based on Viavi's inadequate pre-suit investigation and its continued pursuit of claims after…
77. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 4, 2026WIRELESSWERX IP, LLC v. AUDI OF AMERICA, INC.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal by party agreement under Rule 42(b). Each side must bear its own costs.
78. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 4, 2026JETBLACK CYCLING PTY LTD. v. WAHOO FITNESS L.L.C.The Federal Circuit granted the appellant's unopposed motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeal. Each side must bear its own costs.
79. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 4, 2026INARI MEDICAL, INC. v. IMPERATIVE CARE, INC.The Federal Circuit dismissed the agreed appeals under Rule 42(b). Each side will bear its own costs.
80. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 3, 2026Biofer S.p.A. v. Vifor (International) AGThe Federal Circuit affirmed the construction requiring the pH to be maintained between 7.0 and 9.0 throughout the oxidation step, and therefore affirmed non-infringement based on Biofer’s concession under that construction. The court…
81. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 2, 2026Netlist, Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s obviousness determinations as to all challenged claims. The court held that the Board stayed within the petition’s asserted Harris-FBDIMM combination and that substantial evidence supported the…
82. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 2, 2026Vieth v. MOM Enterprises, LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's obviousness determination for claims directed to delivering vitamin D by applying one drop of a vitamin D/MCT composition to an object for sucking or licking. The court upheld the Board's…
83. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 2, 2026Netlist, Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s obviousness determinations for all challenged claims. Substantial evidence supported the Board’s motivation-to-combine and reasonable-expectation findings, and the Board adequately explained its…
84. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 2, 2026Netlist, Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that substantial evidence supported the Board's findings that Ellsberry taught enabling buffer data paths in accordance with a latency parameter and enabling data paths through the claimed buffer. The…
85. Fed. Cir. · Sept. 1, 2026Gurvey v. SquiresThe Federal Circuit dismissed the notice of appeal for failure to prosecute after the appellant did not timely file the required brief.
86. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 31, 2026Constellation Designs, LLC v. LG Electronics Inc.The Federal Circuit held that the asserted '761 and '700 patent optimization claims are patent-ineligible because they claim the result-oriented abstract idea of optimizing a constellation for parallel-decode capacity without reciting how…
87. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 31, 2026Evolved Wireless, LLC v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed across the board: substantial evidence supported the jury's noninfringement verdict under Evolved's standards-based LTE theory, the Qualcomm license survived termination and continued to bar claims against…
88. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 31, 2026Apple Inc. v. SpaceTime3D, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board across the board: claims 1-13 remained not proven unpatentable, and claims 14-18 remained unpatentable. The court upheld the Board's claim constructions, its refusal to consider Apple's reply-stage…
89. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 31, 2026SpaceTime3D, Inc. v. Apple Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s obviousness determinations. The court rejected SpaceTime3D’s claim-construction arguments for the disputed ordering and replacement limitations and held that substantial evidence supported the…
90. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 31, 2026Exelixis, Inc. v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd.The Federal Circuit affirmed the finding that the asserted claims of the '439, '440, and '015 patents had adequate written description under § 112(a). The court dismissed as moot MSN's appeal as to claim 3 of the '349 patent and vacated…
91. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 28, 2026ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, LLC v. DISH NETWORK L.L.C.The Federal Circuit lifted the stay imposed by its July 9, 2026 orders and granted DISH/DirecTV's unopposed motion to voluntarily dismiss Appeal Nos. 2026-1331 and 2026-1366. The court deconsolidated those appeals and Appeal No.…
92. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 28, 2026T-Mobile US, Inc. v. KAIFI LLCThe Federal Circuit held that it lacked appellate jurisdiction because the dispute turned on state-law contract interpretation and did not necessarily raise a substantial patent-law issue under Gunn. The court transferred the appeal to…
93. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 28, 2026AML IP, LLC v. Bath & Body Works Direct, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by deciding both improper venue and § 101 eligibility grounds in the same dismissal order. The court also declined to opine on the preclusive…
94. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 28, 2026T-Mobile US, Inc. v. KAIFI LLCThe Federal Circuit held that it lacked appellate jurisdiction because the dispute was a Texas contract-interpretation issue that did not necessarily raise a substantial patent-law question under Gunn. The court transferred the appeal to…
95. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 27, 2026Apple Inc. v. Smart Mobile Technologies LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's implicit construction of "multiplexed signals" and its finding that Apple failed to prove the challenged multiplexing claims unpatentable. The court vacated and remanded the Board's obviousness…
96. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 27, 2026Aerin Medical Inc. v. Neurent Medical Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeals under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) by party agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
97. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 27, 2026Astellas Pharma, Inc. v. Ascent Pharmaceuticals, Inc.The Federal Circuit granted the joint motion to remand in light of the settlement and the district court’s indicative ruling. The court took no position on whether vacatur is proper or necessary, leaving that question to the district…
98. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 27, 2026Apple Inc. v. Smart Mobile Technologies LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's construction of "multiplexing signals" as "combining multiple signal streams into one." Applying that construction, substantial evidence supported the Board's finding that Apple failed to prove the…
99. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 26, 2026Ascend Elements, Inc. v. Duesenfeld GmbHThe Federal Circuit deconsolidated the appeals and voluntarily dismissed Appeal No. 2026-1357 under Rule 42(b). The court did not reach any patent-law merits issue.
100. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 26, 2026Welytok v. Director of the USPTOThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal for failure to prosecute after the appellant did not file the required brief on time. The order does not address any patent-law merits issue.
101. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 26, 2026Zilkr Cloud Technologies, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.The Federal Circuit held that the Board erred by construing the “request to provision” and “activate” limitations broadly enough to cover management of existing services; read in light of the specification, the claim requires adding a new…
102. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 21, 2026US Inventor, Inc. v. SquiresThe Federal Circuit held that the organizational plaintiffs lacked standing because they did not plausibly allege an imminent future injury traceable to the PTO's patent-cover language. The court also held that amendment would be futile…
103. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 19, 202610x Genomics, Inc. v. Parse Biosciences, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s obviousness determinations. Substantial evidence supported the Board’s findings on motivation to combine, use of ligation as an obvious design choice for flexibility, and disclosure of the…
104. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 19, 2026VDPP, LLC v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed dismissal without leave to amend because VDPP’s proposed amended complaint was futile: it sought pre-suit damages but did not plausibly plead compliance with § 287 by VDPP’s licensees. The court also affirmed…
105. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 19, 2026In re Printify, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal pursuant to the parties’ Rule 42(b) stipulation. Each side must bear its own costs.
106. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 18, 2026Robert Bosch LLC v. Westport Fuel Systems Canada Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s finding that Bosch failed to prove Klügl disclosed the disputed limitation requiring the hydraulic fluid to act substantially as a solid with substantially constant thickness during activation.…
107. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 17, 2026JACKI EASLICK, LLC v. CJ EMERALDThe erratum corrects page 3, footnote 1 of the nonprecedential opinion by changing the word "permissible" to "impermissible." The extracted text does not provide the underlying merits holding.
108. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 17, 2026Netlist, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) by agreement of the parties. The court did not reach any merits issue.
109. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 14, 2026Jacki Easlick, LLC v. CJ EmeraldThe Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding no likelihood of success on design-patent infringement and no irreparable harm. It also affirmed denial of reconsideration because the…
110. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 14, 2026Nielsen Company (US), LLC v. TVision Insights, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's obviousness determination. Substantial evidence supported the Board's finding that Tian was reasonably pertinent analogous art and that the asserted combinations taught the challenged limitations…
111. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 12, 2026Canadian Solar, Inc. v. Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal as moot because Maxeon’s unilateral covenant not to sue eliminated the live controversy. Because mootness resulted from the unilateral action of the party that prevailed before the Board, the court…
112. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 11, 2026Range of Motion Products, LLC v. Armaid Company Inc.The Federal Circuit denied panel rehearing and rehearing en banc, leaving in place the panel affirmance of summary judgment of design-patent noninfringement. The concurrence emphasized that existing precedent permits courts to construe…
113. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 11, 2026Lenovo (United States) Inc. v. International Trade CommissionThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal by agreement of the parties under Rule 42(b). Each side will bear its own costs.
114. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 10, 2026POWER2B, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeals under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
115. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 10, 2026iCharts LLC v. Tableau Software, LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the representative claims were directed to the abstract idea of generating and sharing self-contained interactive charts on computers or across websites. The claims added no inventive concept…
116. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 10, 2026Dental Monitoring SAS v. Align Technology, Inc.The Federal Circuit held that AIA § 102(d)(2) requires substantive entitlement to priority, including § 112(a) written-description support, before a reference patent or published application can use an earlier provisional filing date as…
117. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 10, 2026VL Collective IP, LLC v. Netflix, Inc.The Federal Circuit held that the claim phrase “response to the content status” does not require the response to be triggered by the terminal’s sending of content-status information. Because VideoLabs’ challenge to the Huston obviousness…
118. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 7, 2026In re WAG Acquisition, LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s finding that Hill anticipated claims 1 and 4. Substantial evidence supported the Board’s findings on the claimed transmission requests, serial-number tracking in the player buffer, and receipt at a…
119. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 6, 2026Ravin Crossbows, LLC v. SquiresThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's construction of "mounted to" as "connected to, either directly or indirectly." Because Ravin did not separately challenge anticipation under that construction, the court affirmed the Board's § 102…
120. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 5, 2026Nike, Inc. v. lululemon athletica canada inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s final written decision that all challenged claims were unpatentable, including anticipation by Amano and obviousness over Amano combined with Gorman or Flach. The court rejected Nike’s…
121. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 4, 2026SCILEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC. v. AVEVA DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS, INC.The Federal Circuit affirmed the non-infringement judgment, holding that the claimed “dissolving agent” must both dissolve lidocaine and maintain it in a non-crystalline state in the finished patch. Under that construction, Aveva’s ANDA…
122. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 4, 2026Socket Solutions, LLC v. Import Global, LLCThe Federal Circuit held that the district court’s likelihood-of-success analysis rested on erroneous constructions of “backplate” and “pin.” It vacated the preliminary injunction and remanded, also noting that any presumption of…
123. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 3, 2026Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. v. Tecan Genomics, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
124. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 3, 2026MPH Technologies Oy v. Apple Inc.The Federal Circuit rejected the district court's construction limiting the '949 patent family's 'secure' terms to IPSec and 'unique identity' to IPSec-specific SPI values. It also reversed the indefiniteness ruling for the '581 patent…
125. Fed. Cir. · Aug. 3, 2026In re Amazon.com Services LLCThe Federal Circuit denied Amazon's mandamus petition seeking to compel the Eastern District of Texas to stay the Headwater infringement case under the customer-suit exception. Amazon did not show a clear and indisputable right to a stay,…
126. Fed. Cir. · July 31, 2026Pfizer Inc. v. Sanofi Vaccines US Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's denial of Pfizer's motion to amend because substantial evidence supported the Board's finding that proposed substitute claims 48 and 49 would have been obvious. The court held that the lack of…
127. Fed. Cir. · July 31, 2026Regents of the University of Michigan v. Leica Microsystems, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the claimed “said supercontinuum white light pulse” refers back to a “supercontinuum white light pulse comprising an entire spectrum of white light.” Because the accused products used discrete,…
128. Fed. Cir. · July 31, 2026RJ TECHNOLOGY LLC v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.The Federal Circuit granted the motion to the extent it dismissed the appeal. The court ordered each party to bear its own costs.
129. Fed. Cir. · July 31, 2026National Products, Inc. v. DoveyThe Federal Circuit granted the unopposed Rule 42(b) motion and dismissed the appeal. Each party will bear its own costs.
130. Fed. Cir. · July 31, 2026RJ Technology LLC v. Apple Inc.The Federal Circuit granted the motion to dismiss the appeal. Each party will bear its own costs.
131. Fed. Cir. · July 30, 2026ON24, Inc. v. Webinar.net, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment without a written opinion under Rule 36. The judgment does not identify the patent-law issues decided or the panel’s reasoning.
132. Fed. Cir. · July 30, 2026Taylor v. People of the Venue of the Foreign United StatesThe Federal Circuit held that the appeal did not fall within its limited district-court appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1295. It transferred the matter and all filings to the D.C. Circuit under 28 U.S.C. § 1631.
133. Fed. Cir. · July 30, 2026Schmeisser GmbH v. AC-Unity d.o.o.The Federal Circuit held that the district court erred by finding the distance-related claim terms indefinite; the terms were facially clear, supported by the specification and prosecution history, and measurable with conventional tools.…
134. Fed. Cir. · July 30, 2026G+ Communications, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.The Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the Board did not violate the APA by relying on Samsung’s oral-hearing statements because they elaborated on an issue already raised, not a new unpatentability theory. The court also held that…
135. Fed. Cir. · July 29, 2026Trove Brands, LLC v. CamelBak Products, LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) by agreement of the parties. Each side will bear its own costs.
136. Fed. Cir. · July 27, 2026Tesla, Inc. v. Autonomous Devices, LLCThe Federal Circuit granted the joint motion to dismiss the appeal. Each party will bear its own costs, and the order issued as the mandate.
137. Fed. Cir. · July 27, 2026KAMDEM-OUAFFO v. NATURASOURCE INTERNATIONAL, LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeals, holding that collateral challenges to the district court’s remand order were barred by 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d). The court also held that the remaining challenges were frivolous, including recusal…
138. Fed. Cir. · July 27, 2026Board of Regents of the University of Texas System v. Boston Scientific Corp.The Federal Circuit held that Boston Scientific was entitled to JMOL that asserted claims 1, 11, 17, and 26 were anticipated by the Song prior-art patent. The court also held that Boston Scientific was entitled to JMOL of noninfringement…
139. Fed. Cir. · July 24, 2026Amsted Rail Company, Inc. v. SquiresThe Federal Circuit held that the Board did not err in construing claim 1 to impose no required order between sensing/measuring accelerations and filtering them. Substantial evidence supported the Board's obviousness findings for both the…
140. Fed. Cir. · July 23, 2026CARTESSA AESTHETICS, LLC v. ITCThe Federal Circuit held that the appeals were moot because the asserted patent had expired and the ITC can provide only prospective relief. Potential indirect effects of the ITC determination in PTO proceedings did not preserve a live…
141. Fed. Cir. · July 23, 2026YONGQIANG v. FOX FACTORY, INC.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) by agreement of the parties. Each side must bear its own costs.
142. Fed. Cir. · July 23, 2026FRENCHPORTE IP LLC v. C.H.I. OVERHEAD DOORS, INC.The Federal Circuit affirmed the sanctions allocation, holding that the district court did not rely on an ex parte letter and did not abuse its discretion in splitting responsibility evenly between Moarbes and FrenchPorte. Moarbes had…
143. Fed. Cir. · July 23, 2026CEIVA OPCO, LLC v. AMAZON.COM, INC.The Federal Circuit held that claim 19 of the ’573 patent was not directed to an abstract idea because it claimed a specific technological improvement: a digital picture frame with a physically separable user interface enabling remote…
144. Fed. Cir. · July 22, 2026MIDAS GREEN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. GREEN REVOLUTION COOLING, INC.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties' agreement. The court ordered each side to bear its own costs.
145. Fed. Cir. · July 22, 2026Shenzhen Jisu Technology Co., Ltd. v. The Entities and Individuals Identified in Annex AThe Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that collateral estoppel did not bar the district court from revisiting its earlier non-final reasoning in the same ongoing case. The court also held that the district court did not abuse its…
146. Fed. Cir. · July 21, 2026Keysight Technologies, Inc. v. Centripetal Networks, LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the Board did not abuse its discretion in finding that Keysight's petition failed to present particularized obviousness arguments for claims 6, 14, 22, 30, and 33. A header and chart listing…
147. Fed. Cir. · July 21, 2026MAXEON SOLAR PTE. LTD. v. CANADIAN SOLAR, INC.The Federal Circuit granted Maxeon’s unopposed motion to the extent it deconsolidated the two appeals and dismissed Appeal No. 2026-1500, with each party bearing its own costs. The court left Appeal No. 2026-1525 pending and set the…
148. Fed. Cir. · July 21, 2026APPLE INC. v. ZENTIAN LTD.The Federal Circuit held that the Board legally erred by requiring the prior art to accommodate a large-vocabulary acoustic model when the claims required only an acoustic model and covered smaller abbreviated models. The Board also erred…
149. Fed. Cir. · July 21, 2026Slingshot Printing LLC v. Canon U.S.A., Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s obviousness determination. The Board did not need to construe “thick film layer,” Slingshot forfeited a separate teaching-away argument, and substantial evidence supported motivation to combine and…
150. Fed. Cir. · July 21, 2026Woodway USA, Inc. v. LifeCORE Fitness, Inc.The Federal Circuit held that the district court adopted an overly restrictive construction of "substantially prevent" by effectively requiring complete prevention of movement in the dispreferred direction. The prosecution history did not…
151. Fed. Cir. · July 21, 2026Dental Monitoring SAS v. Align Technology, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s obviousness determinations. Substantial evidence supported the Board’s findings on the combined prior-art teachings, no teaching away, public accessibility of the Maninis reference, and the…
152. Fed. Cir. · July 20, 2026Weatherford U.S., L.P. v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal by agreement of the parties under Rule 42(b). Each side bears its own costs.
153. Fed. Cir. · July 17, 2026Schindler v. SquiresThe Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment without opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The judgment provides no merits reasoning or identified patent-law issue.
154. Fed. Cir. · July 17, 2026Woodway USA, Inc. v. LifeCore Fitness, LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s obviousness determination. The court rejected Woodway’s effort to recast the Board’s prior-art fact findings as an implicit claim construction and found substantial evidence supporting the Board’s…
155. Fed. Cir. · July 16, 2026Slingshot Printing LLC v. Canon U.S.A., Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s construction of “physically separated proximal to the bondpad” as measured relative to the end of the trace, not the heater arrays. Substantial evidence supported the Board’s obviousness findings,…
156. Fed. Cir. · July 16, 2026Slingshot Printing LLC v. Canon U.S.A., Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's obviousness determinations. Substantial evidence supported the Board's findings on motivation to combine and the claimed centrally disposed temperature sensor, and Slingshot's teaching-away…
157. Fed. Cir. · July 15, 2026In re Zoho Corp. Pvt., Ltd.The Federal Circuit, applying Fifth Circuit law, held that denying transfer from EDTX to WDTX under § 1404(a) was not a clear abuse of discretion producing a patently erroneous result. The mandamus petition was denied.
158. Fed. Cir. · July 15, 2026ASSA ABLOY AB v. CPC Patent Technologies Pty Ltd.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's construction of "biometric signal" as "a physical or behavioral biometric attribute" and upheld the Board's finding that the asserted prior-art combination did not teach the enrollment-process…
159. Fed. Cir. · July 15, 2026AMARIN PHARMA, INC. v. HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS USA INC.The Federal Circuit recalled its prior mandate, reinstated the appeal, and vacated its June 25, 2024 opinion and judgment. It remanded to the District of Delaware for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court's decision.
160. Fed. Cir. · July 14, 2026ASCLETIS PHARMA INC. v. ITCThe Federal Circuit granted the Commission’s motion to dismiss Viking’s cross-appeal. The court deconsolidated and dismissed Appeal No. 2025-2162, taxed costs against Viking, and left Ascletis’s appeal, No. 2025-2164, to proceed.
161. Fed. Cir. · July 14, 2026Percept Technologies Inc. v. SquiresThe Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB without opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The judgment provides no reasoning and does not identify the underlying patentability issue or technology.
162. Fed. Cir. · July 14, 2026In re Gerald A. NiznickThe Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB without an opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The judgment provides no reasoning on the underlying patentability or procedural issues.
163. Fed. Cir. · July 13, 2026Tramec Sloan LLC v. SurtiThe Federal Circuit dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction because denial of a motion to dismiss or transfer is interlocutory and not a final decision. The court also found no § 1292(b) certification and no basis to treat the appeal…
164. Fed. Cir. · July 13, 2026Ecolink Intelligent Technology, Inc. v. Roku, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB without opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The judgment states no reasoning and identifies no separate patent-law holding.
165. Fed. Cir. · July 13, 2026Google LLC v. Parus Holdings, Inc.The Federal Circuit held that the Board erred by analyzing Burrows in isolation rather than the asserted obviousness combinations, adopted a construction of “unexpected response” without giving Google adequate APA notice and opportunity…
166. Fed. Cir. · July 13, 2026Ridge Corp. v. Kirk NationaLease Co.The Federal Circuit held that defendants raised substantial questions of noninfringement under three claim limitations and that plaintiffs had not shown likely irreparable harm. The district court therefore abused its discretion in…
167. Fed. Cir. · July 10, 2026Intellectual Pixels Limited v. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the Board did not violate the prior mandate by addressing the 'compressing' limitation on remand because that issue was not decided in the first Board judgment or the first appeal. The court also…
168. Fed. Cir. · July 10, 2026IQE PLC v. Newport Fab, LLCThe Federal Circuit vacated its prior opinion and dismissed the appeal under the parties' joint stipulation. All pending motions were denied as moot, and each party must bear its own fees and costs.
169. Fed. Cir. · July 9, 2026In re GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB. The Rule 36 judgment provides no reasoning or substantive discussion of the patentability issues.
170. Fed. Cir. · July 9, 2026In re Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed because substantial evidence supported the Board's finding that Brannon disclosed the disputed fluid-reservoir and bypass limitations. The claim did not require the reservoir limitation to be satisfied at the…
171. Fed. Cir. · July 9, 2026WYETH LLC v. ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LPThe Federal Circuit affirmed JMOL of invalidity for lack of enablement under § 112(a). The claims required daily administration of a therapeutically effective unit dosage to a patient, and the specifications did not teach how to determine…
172. Fed. Cir. · July 9, 2026In re Gerald A. NiznickThe Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB without opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The judgment provides no reasoning or issue-specific holding.
173. Fed. Cir. · July 8, 2026Swift Paws, Inc. v. Zhende TechThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Rule 42(b) by agreement of the parties and ordered each side to bear its own costs. The order contains no merits ruling on any patent issue.
174. Fed. Cir. · July 8, 2026AUTOSCRIBE CORP. v. M&A VENTURES, LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
175. Fed. Cir. · July 7, 2026HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION v. MAXEON SOLAR PTE. LTD.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
176. Fed. Cir. · July 7, 2026PICTIVA DISPLAYS INTERNATIONAL LTD. v. SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
177. Fed. Cir. · July 7, 2026Dental Monitoring SAS v. Align Technology, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment that the asserted claims are patent-ineligible under § 101. The claims were directed to abstract ideas of acquiring, analyzing, and reporting image information, and reciting a generic deep…
178. Fed. Cir. · July 7, 2026HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORP. v. MAXEON SOLAR PTE. LTD.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
179. Fed. Cir. · July 7, 2026In re Lambeth Magnetic Structures, LLCThe Federal Circuit denied Lambeth's mandamus petition, holding Lambeth did not show a clear and indisputable right to relief from the district court's order staying the remanded infringement case pending ex parte reexamination of the…
180. Fed. Cir. · July 6, 2026LINFO IP, LLC v. TRUSTPILOT, INC.The Federal Circuit held that the settlement and license ended the Article III controversy between Linfo and Trustpilot. Trustpilot’s reserved right to participate in the appeal did not preserve jurisdiction because Trustpilot no longer…
181. Fed. Cir. · July 2, 2026TrackTime, LLC v. Amazon.com Services LLCThe Federal Circuit vacated the indefiniteness ruling on the '978 patent because the district court did not adequately analyze, under intervening Dyfan precedent, whether the full “executable program code” limitations recited sufficient…
182. Fed. Cir. · July 2, 2026ETISON LLC v. HIGHLEVEL, INC.The Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that all asserted claims are invalid under § 101 because they add no inventive concept to the unchallenged abstract idea. The district court erred in treating one claim as representative of all claims…
183. Fed. Cir. · July 2, 2026Berall v. Teleflex Medical Inc.The Federal Circuit adopted the district court's construction of "mounted on" as "fastened to the exterior of" and affirmed summary judgment of no literal or doctrine-of-equivalents infringement. The court also affirmed the transfer…
184. Fed. Cir. · July 1, 2026In re Marini y Compañía, S.A.The Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that substantial evidence supported the Board’s finding that the MON AMI marks were similar to AMÌ under DuPont factor one. The court rejected challenges based on the accent mark in AMÌ and the…
185. Fed. Cir. · July 1, 2026BLUE AIR FSE LLC v. ITCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
186. Fed. Cir. · July 1, 2026RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. v. ITCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
187. Fed. Cir. · July 1, 2026Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. Hetero Labs LimitedThe Federal Circuit affirmed the preliminary injunction, holding that the claim terms “dextromethorphan” and “quinidine” in the asserted weight-to-weight ratio refer to the form administered, including salt forms, supporting Otsuka’s…
188. Fed. Cir. · June 30, 2026General Access Solutions, Ltd. v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal by agreement of the parties under Rule 42(b). Each side must bear its own costs.
189. Fed. Cir. · June 29, 2026Mejia v. YoungThe Federal Circuit held that it lacked appellate jurisdiction because the case did not arise under the patent laws, did not involve district-court review of a PTO matter, and did not fit the limited Tucker Act category within its…
190. Fed. Cir. · June 29, 2026In Re Core Scientific, Inc.The Federal Circuit denied Core Scientific's mandamus petition seeking transfer from E.D. Tex. to W.D. Tex. under § 1404(a). Core's right to relief was not clear and indisputable because its petition ignored the amended and third-party…
191. Fed. Cir. · June 29, 2026Belden Canada ULC v. CommScope, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) by agreement of the parties. The court did not reach any merits issue.
192. Fed. Cir. · June 29, 2026FULKERSON v. NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEThe Federal Circuit held that Fulkerson failed to show the appeal fell within the court’s limited district-court appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1295. Rather than dismiss, the court transferred the appeal and all filings to the…
193. Fed. Cir. · June 26, 2026POWER2B, INC. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
194. Fed. Cir. · June 26, 2026CommScope Technologies LLC v. Belden Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal based on the parties’ joint voluntary dismissal. The court denied any pending motions as moot and ordered each side to bear its own costs.
195. Fed. Cir. · June 25, 2026GOTV Streaming, LLC v. Netflix, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeals by agreement of the parties under Rule 42(b). Each side must bear its own costs.
196. Fed. Cir. · June 25, 2026In re Eagle View Technologies, Inc.The Federal Circuit granted the USPTO's motion to remand. It denied the motion for leave to appear as moot.
197. Fed. Cir. · June 24, 2026Sansone v. United States Patent and Trademark OfficeThe Federal Circuit affirmed dismissal because the USPTO’s motion to dismiss was timely and the complaints failed to state a plausible claim under either the district court’s construction or the applicant’s asserted ultra vires theory.…
198. Fed. Cir. · June 23, 2026MAXEON SOLAR PTE. LTD. v. HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORP.The Federal Circuit dismissed the proceeding by agreement of the parties under Rule 42(b). Each side must bear its own costs.
199. Fed. Cir. · June 23, 2026PACT XPP Schweiz AG v. Intel CorporationThe Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment of noninfringement. For the '301 patent, PACT forfeited its capability-based infringement theory; for the '593 patent, the district court correctly construed "physically dedicated connection"…
200. Fed. Cir. · June 23, 2026Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Pfizer Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the provisional application's disclosure of a —NHC(O)—C2-C12-alkyl substituent did not provide written description support for the later-claimed —NHC(O)—C1-alkyl subject matter. Because the…
201. Fed. Cir. · June 22, 2026POM GROUP INC. v. SCHEDULE A DEFENDANTSThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties' agreement. Each side will bear its own costs, and the order issued as the mandate.
202. Fed. Cir. · June 22, 2026CLEAR IMAGING RESEARCH LLC v. GOOGLE LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) by agreement of the parties. Each side will bear its own costs.
203. Fed. Cir. · June 22, 2026VIA Transportation, Inc. v. RideCo Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal by agreement under Rule 42(b). Each side must bear its own costs.
204. Fed. Cir. · June 18, 2026IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD. v. VALVE CORPORATIONThe Federal Circuit held that the district court lacked sufficient evidence to estop Valve from asserting the Kotkin ground because a classification search returning an unreviewably large number of references did not establish reasonable…
205. Fed. Cir. · June 17, 2026Boston Scientific Corp. v. Stryker CorporationThe Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that Stryker raised substantial questions of noninfringement and that Boston Scientific therefore failed to show a likelihood of success on the merits. The district court did not abuse its discretion…
206. Fed. Cir. · June 15, 2026Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, Ltd. v. Micron Technology, Inc.The Federal Circuit deconsolidated the appeals and dismissed Appeal No. 2026-1110 by stipulation, with each side bearing its own costs. The court also granted the realignment motion in Appeal No. 2026-1596 to the extent reflected in the…
207. Fed. Cir. · June 15, 2026Medmix Switzerland AG v. SquiresThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's construction of “at least two ramps” as not requiring an inclined-plane shape. Substantial evidence supported the Board's motivation-to-combine findings, including its finding that…
208. Fed. Cir. · June 15, 20263S Americas Inc. v. Cooper New Energy Co. Ltd.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Rule 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
209. Fed. Cir. · June 12, 2026FORAS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. v. BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
210. Fed. Cir. · June 11, 2026James v. United StatesThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the district-court cases did not arise under the patent laws, involve PTO review, or fit the court’s limited Tucker Act appellate jurisdiction. The court also…
211. Fed. Cir. · June 11, 2026Dynapass IP Holdings LLC v. Bank of America CorporationThe Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's construction of "receiving the password" to exclude separately receiving the passcode and token components. Under the claim language and written description, the claimed "password" is…
212. Fed. Cir. · June 11, 2026In re Ecto World LLCThe Federal Circuit denied mandamus because Ecto World did not show a clear and indisputable right to an order directing the ITC to terminate or stay its ongoing Section 337 investigation. Ecto World did not show that a jurisdictional…
213. Fed. Cir. · June 10, 2026INNEOS LLC v. OPTICIS CO., LTD.The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB without opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The judgment does not identify the patentability grounds, claim issues, or reasoning.
214. Fed. Cir. · June 9, 2026In re Zhengxu HeThe Federal Circuit held that substantial evidence supported the Board's finding of a motivation to combine Buehler with He '660. The court also rejected the applicant's APA challenge because the Board addressed the substance of his…
215. Fed. Cir. · June 9, 2026Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc.The Federal Circuit held that substantial evidence did not support the Board's finding that Rosenberger disclosed exchanging coordination messages while a device remained in a low-power mode. The court reversed and remanded, declining to…
216. Fed. Cir. · June 9, 2026Centripetal Networks, LLC v. Keysight Technologies, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB. The Rule 36 judgment provides no reasoning or issue-specific holdings.
217. Fed. Cir. · June 9, 2026Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd. v. Zhuhai CosMX Battery Co., Ltd.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b). Each side will bear its own costs.
218. Fed. Cir. · June 9, 2026ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC v. LIANZHOU TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court without opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The judgment provides no reasoning or issue-specific holding.
219. Fed. Cir. · June 8, 2026Zentian Ltd. v. Apple Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB without opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The judgment provides no substantive reasoning or issue-specific holding.
220. Fed. Cir. · June 8, 2026KNOA PHARMA LLC v. ACCORD HEALTHCARE, INC.The Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the district court did not clearly err in finding motivation to use a coating pan and a reasonable expectation of success in modifying the Bartholomäus prior art. The court also rejected…
221. Fed. Cir. · June 5, 2026Melinta Therapeutics, LLC v. Nexus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the judgment as to the '802 patent, upholding the district court's constructions of "composition" and "administering" and rejecting Nexus's written-description challenge. Because the '802 and '105 patents…
222. Fed. Cir. · June 5, 2026Hafeman v. Google LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the patent owner's Sotera-stipulation challenge as barred by 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) because it sought termination for reasons tied to institution. The court otherwise affirmed the Board's obviousness…
223. Fed. Cir. · June 4, 2026Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Oath Holdings Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the asserted claims of all four patents, including the '843 patent on an alternative ground, are patent-ineligible under § 101. The claims were directed to the abstract idea of identifying…
224. Fed. Cir. · June 4, 2026Life Spine, Inc. v. Globus Medical, Inc.The Federal Circuit held that the claim term "complementary with one another" is broad enough to cover ramped portions with mirrored angles and is not limited to ramped portions that complete one another. Because Globus did not dispute…
225. Fed. Cir. · June 4, 2026Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. ecobee Technologies ULCThe Federal Circuit vacated the infringement and damages judgments because the verdict form used a single infringement question for all asserted patents, creating an impermissible risk of a non-unanimous verdict. It also vacated and…
226. Fed. Cir. · June 3, 2026Amsted Rail Company, Inc. v. SquiresThe Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB decisions in IPR2023-00538 and IPR2023-00539 under Fed. Cir. R. 36, so the Board's rulings in both inter partes reviews stand. The judgment gives no reasoning and does not identify the issues.
227. Fed. Cir. · June 2, 2026AGI SureTrack LLC v. Farmers Edge Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed that the asserted claims are patent ineligible because they are directed to collecting, interpreting, and transmitting farming-operation data using generic computer components, with no inventive concept. The…
228. Fed. Cir. · June 2, 2026MIMEDX GROUP, INC. v. SURGENEX, LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side must bear its own costs.
229. Fed. Cir. · June 1, 2026ZHANG v. PARTIES IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE AThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) by agreement of the parties. Each side will bear its own costs.
230. Fed. Cir. · May 29, 2026Future Link Systems, LLC v. Realtek Semiconductor CorporationThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) based on the parties’ agreement. Each side will bear its own costs.
231. Fed. Cir. · May 28, 2026PANTECH CORPORATION v. ONEPLUS TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeals by agreement of the parties under Rule 42(b). Each side will bear its own costs.
232. Fed. Cir. · May 28, 2026Insulet Corp. v. EOFlow, Co. Ltd.The Federal Circuit held that it had appellate jurisdiction because the nominally without-prejudice dismissal of Insulet's patent claims functioned at least in part as a dismissal with prejudice once limitations had run on alleged 2018…
233. Fed. Cir. · May 28, 2026GO1 PTY, LTD. v. OPENSESAME, INC.The Federal Circuit held that substantial evidence did not support the Board's finding that Go1's expert testimony on motivation to modify was conclusory. The court vacated and remanded for the Board to reconsider obviousness consistent…
234. Fed. Cir. · May 26, 2026ClearPlay, Inc. v. DISH Network L.L.C.The Federal Circuit affirmed JMOL of noninfringement on all asserted claims, holding that no reasonable jury could find that DISH's AutoHop feature directly disabled individual navigation objects as required by the '970 Patent, or that…
235. Fed. Cir. · May 22, 2026Arsenis v. United States TrusteeThe Federal Circuit lacks jurisdiction over appeals originating from bankruptcy court decisions and transferred the case to the Third Circuit under 28 U.S.C. § 1631. Arsenis failed to demonstrate any basis for Federal Circuit jurisdiction.
236. Fed. Cir. · May 22, 2026Pictometry International Corporation v. Roofr Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's finding that all claims of the '538 patent are unpatentable for obviousness, holding that substantial evidence supported the Board's conclusion that Bailey's 'predominant slope' discloses the…
237. Fed. Cir. · May 22, 2026Versata Software, LLC v. Ford Motor CompanyThe Federal Circuit held that the district court legally erred by categorically precluding Versata from seeking unjust enrichment damages under the DTSA and MUTSA, which expressly authorize such recovery, and vacated the trade secret…
238. Fed. Cir. · May 22, 2026Pictometry International Corporation v. Roofr Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's finding that all claims of the '800 patent are unpatentable for obviousness, holding that substantial evidence supported the Board's determination that a skilled artisan would have known to…
239. Fed. Cir. · May 21, 2026Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Lupin Ltd.The Federal Circuit affirmed non-infringement of both patents because Otsuka failed to prove by a preponderance that Lupin's DMF process reaches practical completion of the reduction reaction before more than one molar equivalent of…
240. Fed. Cir. · May 21, 2026SameSurf, Inc. v. Intuit Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's construction of 'web browsing interaction data' as 'data related to web browsing interactions'—broad enough to encompass partially filled webpages—and therefore affirmed the Board's finding that…
241. Fed. Cir. · May 20, 2026Wilco Marsh Buggies and Draglines, Inc. v. Weeks Marine, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal pursuant to the parties' joint stipulation under FRAP 42(b), with each party bearing its own costs. The court declined to characterize the dismissal as with or without prejudice, consistent with…
242. Fed. Cir. · May 19, 2026Recor Medical, Inc. v. Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Co.A patent owner that retains a secondary right to sue, royalty interests, and veto authority over sublicenses under an exclusive license agreement retains a non-illusory exclusionary right sufficient to satisfy the Article III…
243. Fed. Cir. · May 19, 2026A.L.M. Holding Company v. Zydex Industries Private Ltd.A patent owner that retains a right to sue, a sublicensing veto (with pass-through royalties), and royalty interests retains a non-illusory exclusionary right sufficient for Article III constitutional standing, even after granting an…
244. Fed. Cir. · May 18, 2026Vidstream LLC v. Twitter, Inc.On the parties' agreement, the court dismissed cross-appeal No. 2026-1287 under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), with each side bearing its own costs for that appeal. It also revised the official caption for the remaining appeal, No. 2026-1271. No…
245. Fed. Cir. · May 15, 2026PerDiemCo LLC v. NexTraq LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed, under Fed. Cir. R. 36, the Northern District of Georgia's decision on appeal by PerDiemCo against NexTraq, so PerDiemCo lost the appeal. The judgment gives no opinion, so the grounds and the subject of the…
246. Fed. Cir. · May 15, 2026PerdiemCo LLC v. NexTraq LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Northern District of Georgia's judgment in favor of NexTraq LLC against PerdiemCo LLC, summarily under Fed. Cir. R. 36 and without opinion. The judgment does not state the issues or reasoning.
247. Fed. Cir. · May 15, 2026mCom IP, LLC v. City National Bank of FloridaThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal with prejudice because mCom showed no error in the district court's obviousness-based invalidity ruling on claim 17. It reversed the § 285 fee award and the § 1927 sanction against…
248. Fed. Cir. · May 15, 2026mCom IP, LLC v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.The Federal Circuit affirmed dismissal with prejudice of mCom's infringement complaint on claim 17 of the '508 patent. Issue preclusion from the court's same-day affirmance of claim 17's invalidity in the companion Florida appeal bars the…
249. Fed. Cir. · May 15, 2026Meta Platforms, Inc. v. Eight KHz, LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal from the PTAB's decision in IPR2023-01003 on the parties' joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b). Each side bears its own costs,…
250. Fed. Cir. · May 14, 2026Spero v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed, under Fed. Cir. R. 36, the PTAB decisions in two consolidated inter partes reviews (IPR2023-01026 and IPR2023-01027), so the Board's rulings stand and appellant Spero obtained no relief. The judgment gives no…
251. Fed. Cir. · May 14, 2026Spero v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLCThe Federal Circuit summarily affirmed, under Fed. Cir. R. 36, the PTAB decisions in three consolidated inter partes reviews (IPR2023-01034, -01039, -01040), leaving the Board's outcomes undisturbed. The judgment gives no reasoning and…
252. Fed. Cir. · May 14, 2026Spero v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed Spero's appeals from six IPR final written decisions as moot. It had affirmed the Board's unpatentability determinations for the appealed claims of the '503 patent in a companion appeal, Spero v.…
253. Fed. Cir. · May 14, 2026Spero v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed Spero's appeal from the Board's final written decision holding claims 1–8, 10–19, 21–30, and 32–33 of the '029 patent unpatentable as moot. It did so because it affirmed the Board's unpatentability…
254. Fed. Cir. · May 13, 2026Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.The Federal Circuit held that "a pH of 13 or higher" in the epoprostenol bulk-solution claims means a pH measured at standard temperature (25±2°C), so Mylan's ANDA product does not literally infringe. It also held the doctrine of…
255. Fed. Cir. · May 13, 2026Flypsi, Inc. v. Google LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed, under Federal Circuit Rule 36, the PTAB decisions in five consolidated inter partes reviews (IPR2023-00357 through -00361), so the Board's decisions stand. The judgment gives no reasoning.
256. Fed. Cir. · May 13, 2026Universal Electronics, Inc. v. Roku, Inc.The Federal Circuit agreed with the Board's construction of "the provisioned codeset record comprising protocol and formatting information." The construction does not require all protocol and formatting information to be stored in the…
257. Fed. Cir. · May 13, 2026Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. v. Finelite, Inc.Applying California law de novo, the Federal Circuit held that the parties' 2012 Agreement unambiguously incorporates the entire Contract of Sale, including its jurisdiction-limited indemnification clause, rather than only the…
258. Fed. Cir. · May 13, 2026Nike, Inc. v. Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's decision in IPR2023-00180 under Fed. Cir. R. 36, so the Board's decision on appeal by Nike stands. The judgment gives no opinion and does not describe the Board's ruling or the grounds for affirmance.
259. Fed. Cir. · May 12, 2026VideoLabs, Inc. v. Netflix, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's decision in IPR2023-00628 under Fed. Cir. R. 36, so the Board's decision stands unchanged. The judgment gives no reasoning.
260. Fed. Cir. · May 12, 2026Nesarikar v. PTOThe Federal Circuit held that the pro se inventors failed to adequately allege Article III injury because their own filings said they were obligated to assign the '288 application, and their conclusory assertions of current ownership were…
261. Fed. Cir. · May 11, 2026Metrom Rail, LLC v. Siemens Mobility, Inc.The court affirmed the Board's obviousness determinations for all claims of the '227 patent and claims 1–16 of the '131 patent. On the cross-appeal, it reversed the Board's finding that claims 17–20 of the '131 patent were not…
262. Fed. Cir. · May 11, 2026Extremity Medical, LLC v. Nextremity Solutions, Inc.Under Dragon, § 285 does not allow recovery of attorney fees and costs incurred in a voluntarily undertaken parallel IPR, so the district court correctly denied Nextremity's $343,660.86 IPR fee request. The court also held that the…
263. Fed. Cir. · May 11, 2026Bissell, Inc. v. ITCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the ITC's final determination in full. Substantial evidence supported the findings of no literal or equivalents infringement by Tineco's redesigned products, the findings that Bissell's domestic industry…
264. Fed. Cir. · May 7, 2026Slingshot Printing LLC v. Canon U.S.A., Inc.The Federal Circuit summarily affirmed the PTAB's final written decision in IPR2022-01416 without opinion. No legal reasoning was provided.
265. Fed. Cir. · May 6, 2026Nike, Inc. v. Lululemon USA Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal by stipulation of the parties under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), with each side bearing its own costs.
266. Fed. Cir. · May 6, 2026Lu v. Hyper Bicycles, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's § 285 exceptional-case finding and attorney fee award, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion where the record showed plaintiff failed to conduct any meaningful…
267. Fed. Cir. · May 6, 2026DK Crown Holdings Inc. v. AG 18, LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed, holding that the Board did not abuse its discretion in refusing to consider DK's reply-footnote request to apply Ground 3 (Bryson + Schlottmann) against claim 18 when the petition never asserted Schlottmann…
268. Fed. Cir. · May 6, 2026Starlight Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. v. Central District of CaliforniaThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and untimeliness, and issued an order to show cause why sanctions—including an anti-filing injunction—should not be imposed, given Calderon Lopez's repeated…
269. Fed. Cir. · May 5, 2026Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Tolmar, Inc.The Federal Circuit granted the joint motion to remand so the district court can act on its indicative ruling, but expressly took no position on whether vacatur of the final judgment is appropriate under Bancorp. Each side bears its own…
270. Fed. Cir. · May 5, 2026TJTM Technologies, LLC v. Google LLCRepresentative claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 8,958,853 is directed to the abstract idea of 'screening notifications' and recites only generic, well-known components arranged in a conventional manner, failing both steps of the Alice…
271. Fed. Cir. · May 5, 2026Nike, Inc. v. Lululemon USA Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal by stipulation of the parties under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b). Each side bears its own costs.
272. Fed. Cir. · May 4, 2026Calderon Lopez v. State of CaliforniaThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal as clearly untimely and frivolous, noting it is identical to a prior appeal the court already dismissed as untimely. Each party bears its own costs.
273. Fed. Cir. · May 4, 2026In re BadgeCert, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal by stipulation of the parties under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), with each side bearing its own costs. The mandate issued simultaneously.
274. Fed. Cir. · May 4, 2026Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc. v. Safe Foods Corp.The term 'about' as used in the pH range limitation ('about 7.6 to about 10') of the '321 patent is indefinite under § 112(b) because the claims, specification, and prosecution history collectively fail to inform a skilled artisan of the…
275. Fed. Cir. · May 1, 2026Meta Platforms, Inc. v. Eight KHz, LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed both the appeal and cross-appeal by stipulation of the parties under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), with each side bearing its own costs.
276. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 30, 2026Kamdem-Ouaffo v. Baker Botts, LLPThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal as clearly frivolous without resolving whether jurisdiction lay in the Federal Circuit or the Second Circuit, because appellant failed to make any cogent, non-frivolous argument for relief under…
277. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 30, 2026Kamdem-Ouaffo v. LeblonThe Federal Circuit lacks jurisdiction because the appeal does not arise under the patent laws or any other basis conferring Federal Circuit jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1295. The matter is transferred to the Third Circuit pursuant to…
278. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 30, 2026Wildseed Mobile, LLC v. Google LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's construction of 'taken … from a message' to include information generated or derived from message text—not merely verbatim extraction—and affirmed the Board's finding that all challenged claims are…
279. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 29, 2026Federal Express Corporation v. Qualcomm IncorporatedThe court affirmed the Board's constructions of "short range communication path" (any path shorter than the claimed "longer range" path, including WLAN) and "unable to" (not limited to permanent physical incapacity), and so affirmed the…
280. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 29, 2026VB Assets, LLC v. Amazon.com Services LLCThe Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b) on the parties' agreement, with each side bearing its own costs. The order does not address the merits.
281. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 29, 2026RFC Lenders of Texas, LLC v. Smart Chemical Solutions, LLCThe Federal Circuit held that the claims of the '471 patent, represented by claim 1, are directed to the abstract idea of detecting, transmitting, and processing data to monitor vehicles and lack an inventive concept, so they are…
282. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 29, 2026Centripetal Networks, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's noninfringement judgment on all three patents. The '193 claims require two-stage filtering, with source/destination filtering only at stage one; "responsive to" in the '806 claims requires…
283. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 29, 2026Federal Express Corporation v. Qualcomm IncorporatedThe Federal Circuit held that "programming change" in claim 7 of the '033 patent requires a change in function, so the Board's broader construction was wrong. Because substantial evidence did not support the Board's alternative finding…
284. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 29, 2026Federal Express Corporation v. Qualcomm IncorporatedThe court held that FedEx's challenges based on 35 U.S.C. § 312(a)(2) (real-party-in-interest), including the Board's refusal to decide the issue and its denial of the motion to terminate, are unreviewable under § 314(d). It vacated the…
285. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 28, 2026Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal following the parties' joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b), with each side bearing its own costs. The order does not reach the…
286. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 28, 2026Constellation Designs, LLC v. LG Electronics Inc.The Federal Circuit held the "optimization" claims (claims 17, 21, 24, 28 of the '761 patent and claim 5 of the '700 patent) ineligible under § 101 as result-oriented claims directed to the abstract idea of optimizing a constellation for…
287. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 27, 2026SITNET LLC v. Meta Platforms, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal from the PTAB's decision in IPR2024-00530 under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b) on the parties' agreement. Each side bears its own costs, and the order issued as the mandate. The court decided no merits…
288. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 24, 2026TQ Delta, LLC v. CommScope Holding Company, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Eastern District of Texas on all three issues. Substantial evidence supported the jury's finding that claim 14 of the '008 patent was not infringed, the "flag signal" construction for the '835 patent was…
289. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 23, 2026Centripetal Networks, LLC v. Keysight Technologies, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's obviousness findings as to claims 1–3, 5–13, and 15–20, holding that substantial evidence supported the Board's claim construction of 'packet flow entry' and its finding that Sourcefire (alone or…
290. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 23, 2026Slingshot Printing LLC v. Canon U.S.A., Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's finding that claims 1–5 and 8 of the '341 patent are unpatentable as obvious over Torgerson and Bruce, holding that the Board's findings on the polysilicon conductor limitation, motivation to…
291. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 23, 2026NantWorks, LLC v. Niantic, Inc.The Federal Circuit affirmed that asserted claims of both the '518 patent (directed to mapping and rendering AR objects based on device location using tessellated tile maps) and the '051 patent (directed to selecting and altering AR…
292. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 23, 2026Centripetal Networks, LLC v. ITCThe Federal Circuit affirmed the ITC's finding of no Section 337 violation as to the '370 Patent, holding that substantial evidence supported the Commission's determination that Centripetal's domestic industry product failed to satisfy…
293. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 23, 2026Universal Electronics, Inc. v. Roku, Inc.The Federal Circuit dismissed Appeal No. 24-1916 (Roku's cross-appeal) pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 42(b) based on the parties' stipulation, with each side bearing its own costs. Appeal No. 24-1856 (Universal Electronics' appeal) is…
294. Fed. Cir. · Apr. 23, 2026Network-1 Technologies, Inc. v. Google LLCThe Federal Circuit affirmed indefiniteness of the '988 and '464 patent claims on the term 'non-exhaustive search' and affirmed summary judgment of noninfringement of the '237 patent as to the LSH version of Content ID, but reversed…