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On February 25, 2026, a panel of the Seventh Circuit held oral argument in the case of Kangol LLC v. Hangzhou Chuanyue Silk Import & Export Co., Ltd., No. 25-2205. The appeal arises out of an unsuccessful attempt to void a default judgment against a Chinese entity...
On March 6, 2026, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in the case of Exafer Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation (No. 24-2296) reversing a district court’s exclusion of the patent owner’s damages expert’s opinion. A patent owner who successfully obtains a...
Case Overview On February 13, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its precedential decision in Apple Inc. v. Squires, Case No. 2024-1864 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 13, 2026), affirming the Northern District of California’s rejection of an...
On February 25, 2026, a panel of the Seventh Circuit held oral argument in the case of Kangol LLC v. Hangzhou Chuanyue Silk Import & Export Co., Ltd., No. 25-2205. The appeal arises out of an unsuccessful attempt to void a default judgment against a Chinese entity...
Case Overview On January 22, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Rule 12 dismissal of a patent infringement action brought by US Patent No. 7,679,637 LLC against Google LLC, holding that the asserted claims were directed to...
Let’s begin with the bottom line: “In sum, we conclude that email service on the Chinese defendants is prohibited by the Hague Service Convention, and thus improper under Rule 4(f)(3).” Smart Study Co., LTD. v. Acuteye-US, No. 24-313, slip op. at 19 (2nd Cir. December...
Case Summary On July 18, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a $106 million jury verdict in Colibri Heart Valve LLC v. Medtronic CoreValve, LLC, No. 2023-2153, finding that Colibri’s infringement claim under the doctrine of equivalents was...
On May 21, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, reversed a $20 million damages award against Google LLC in a patent infringement dispute with EcoFactor, Inc. EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC, No. 2023-1101 (Fed. Cir. May 21,...
On April 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a patent infringement suit brought by Recentive Analytics, Inc. against Fox Corporation. See Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., No. 23-2437 (Fed. Cir. Apr....
In less than a month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has dramatically reformed its policies and procedures for exercising its discretion to deny institution of AIA post-grant proceedings. Rescission of June 2022 Memorandum on Interim Procedure...