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This is a list of notable patent law cases in the United States in chronological order. The cases have been decided notably by the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) or the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI). While the Federal Circuit (CAFC) sits below the Supreme Court ...
Common Law: Claim interpretation in patent, standard of review by the Federal Circuit. Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. 575 U.S. 632: 2015: 6-2 Defense to Indirect Infringement Standard of Induced Infringement A defendant's good-faith belief that a patent is invalid is not a defense to a claim of induced infringement. Case Law
The Howard T. Markey National Courts Building in Washington, D.C., in which the Federal Circuit is located. The Federal Circuit is unique among the courts of appeals in that its jurisdiction is based wholly upon subject matter, not geographic location. The Federal Circuit is an appellate court with jurisdiction generally given in 28 U.S.C. § 1295.
List of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office; List of decisions of the EPO Boards of Appeal relating to Article 52(2) and (3) EPC; List of UK judgments relating to excluded subject matter; List of United States patent law cases; List of trademark case law; List of copyright case law
Federal Circuit (and its predecessor courts) [ edit ] State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc. , 149 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 1998): An invention was eligible for patent protection if it involved some practical application and "produces a useful, concrete and tangible result".
According to the Federal Circuit's Bilski opinion, the "'useful, concrete and tangible result inquiry' is inadequate," and the portions of the State Street decision relying on this inquiry are no longer of any effect under US patent law. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Federal Circuit in Bilski v. Kappos. [2]
In Patent Docs, blogger Michael Borella comments on the Enfish case. [18] He emphasizes the Federal Circuit panel's statement that "describing the claims at such a high level of abstraction and untethered from the language of the claims all but ensures that the exceptions to § 101 swallow the rule." He also emphasizes the court's nod to "the ...
Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005), [1] was a case decided by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit en banc, that clarified the hierarchy of evidentiary sources usable for claim construction in patent law. [2]