Petitioner Gilbert P. Hyatt applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) in 1995 to patent his invention of a “computerized display system for processing image information.” See Hyatt v. Kappos, 625 F.3d 1320, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2010...
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Stephen Kimble patented a Spider-Man toy that was set to expire in May 2010. Kimble v. Marvel Enters., 727 F.3d 856, 857-58 (9th Cir. 2013). Importantly, “[a] patent grants the patent holder the exclusive right to exclude others from making, using...
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Petitioner Mayo Collaborative Services (“Mayo”) is a for-profit medical laboratory operating within the Mayo Clinic, a charitable institution providing medical education, research, and clinical care. See Brief for Petitioner, Mayo Collaborative...
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MedImmune licensed a patent owned by Genentech called Cabilly I (United States Patent No. 4,816,567), which involved technology relating to the use of cell cultures to manufacture human antibodies. By the terms of that agreement, MedImmune also...
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Morton Mower (“Mower”) and Mieczyslaw Mirowski (“Mirowski") developed the first implantable cardioverter defibrillator (“ICD”) between 1969 and 1980. See Medtronic Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp., 695 F.3d 1266, 1269 (Fed. Cir. 2011). An ICD is...
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Oral argument: February 21, 2007
Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (July 13, 2005)
AT&T sued Microsoft over code in the Microsoft Windows operating...
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This case involves U.S. Patents Nos. 6,782,183 (“’183 patent”) and 9,095,348 (“’348 patent”). Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical at 1260. Both patents lay claim to various devices and procedures related to endometrial ablation treatment, which are used...
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Biosig Instruments, Inc. and Nautilus, Inc. have had an ongoing dispute since the late 1990s, when Nautilus’ predecessor, StairMaster Company, began selling exercise equipment that Biosig claims infringes its patented technology. See Biosig...
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This case began as a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Respondent Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. (“Icon”). See Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. v. Octane Fitness, LLC, No. 09-319, 2011 WL 2457914, at *1 (D. Minn. June 17, 2011). Icon claimed...
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On January 30, 2001, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued U.S. Patent No. 6,179,053 (the “’53 patent”) to a predecessor company of Oil States Energy Services, LLC (“Oil States”). Greene's Energy Grp., LLC, Petitioner, v. Oil...