The Federal Circuit recently held that a trial court is permitted to construe claims in deciding a Rule 12(b)(6) motion. In UTTO Inc. v. Metrotech Corp., Appeal No. 2023-1435 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 18, 2024), the Court rejected the plaintiff’s argument that claim...
PV Law congratulates Bradford Cangro and Jeremy Peterson for achieving multiple recognitions from Patexia Insights for their work at the PTAB and in Patent Litigation in 2024.
The principle that claims are not necessarily limited to an embodiment described in the specification is well established. That cannon is not immutable, and unrecited features have been found to nevertheless limit a claim when, for example, the specification...
Petitioners often seek to challenge claims applying the same claim scope under which the Patent Owner is prosecuting a parallel infringement action. However, two recent decisions from the PTAB highlight the risk that a Petitioner takes when it proffers—but fails to...
On May 8, 2024, Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (“Trina Solar”) and Trina Solar (U.S.), Inc. sued Runergy USA Inc. and Runergy Alabama Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Trina Solar Co., Ltd. v. Runergy USA Inc., Case No. 1:24-cv-00557-JCG,...
PV Law congratulates Bradford Cangro and Jacob Snodgrass for being named to Lawdragon’s list of 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2025.
A district court in Missouri is the latest U.S. court to reject a party’s effort to resist discovery on the basis that a foreign law allegedly prohibits the requested disclosure. In Nidec Motor Corp. v. Broad Ocean Motor, LLC, Case No. 4:13-cv-1895, 2024 WL 4332057...
On August 30, 2024, the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) issued a Notice of Final Initiation Determination, finding that defendants Voltage, LLC and Ningbo Voltage Smart Production Co. violated certain claims in U.S. Patent No. 11,689,153, assigned...
On September 24, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California threw out a trade secret suit brought by startup company Soelect Incorporated (“Soelect”) against Hyundai Motor Company (“Hyundai”). The court granted Hyundai’s motion to...