In Agilent Technologies, Inc. v. Synthego Corp., No. 2023-2186 (Fed. Cir. June 11, 2025), the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decisions that invalidated all claims of two CRISPR-related patents owned by Agilent Technologies, Inc....
Relink US LLC (“Relink”) sued Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”), alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,793,755 (“the ’755 patent”). On April 28, 2025, the case was transferred from the Western District of Texas to the Northern District of California. Relink US LLC v. Tesla,...
PV Law LLP named by Chambers and Partners USA as a top ranked PTAB firm in it’s inaugural PTAB ranking guide 2025. This is a tremendous accomplishment and recognizes the value and success PV Law continually brings to clients before the PTAB.
In an 8-2 en banc ruling, the Federal Circuit reversed the original panel’s ruling, holding that the district court abused its discretion in failing to exclude damages expert testimony and reversing the district court’s denial of a motion for new trial on damages. ...
On January 17, 2025, LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd. (“LONGi Green”) sued JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar”), Jinko Solar Co., Ltd., JinkoSolar (Vietnam) Industries Co. Ltd., and Jinko Solar Technology Sdn. Bhd. (collectively “Jinko”), alleging...
On April 1, 2025, Shenzhen Fbtech Electronics Ltd. petitioned for inter partes review of U.S. Patents 9,954,207 (“the ’207 patent”) and 9,412,994 (“the ’994 patent”). Shenzhen Fbtech Elecs Ltd. v. LithiumHub, LLC, IPR2025-00822, Paper 1 (PTAB April 1, 2025); Shenzhen...
In CQV Co. Ltd. v. Merck Patent GmbH, No. 23-1027 (Fed. Cir. March 10, 2025), the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decision that upheld the validity of Merck Patent GmbH’s patent in a post-grant review (PGR) proceedings....
The Federal Circuit recently held that the written description requirement extends to the limiting preamble of a Jepson claim. In In re Xencor, Inc., Appel No. 2024-1870 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 13, 2025), the court affirmed the PTO’s written description rejections of a claim...
Proving anticipation or obviousness often entails aligning disclosure in the prior art with the elements of the challenged claim. However, when the claim includes a negative limitation, the task may be more complicated. References often positively describe devices,...
On February 7, 2025, Shanghai Jinko Green Energy Enterprise Management Company, Limited and Zhejiang Jinko Solar Company (collectively “Jinko”) sued Waaree Solar Americas Incorporated and Waaree Energies Limited (collectively “Waaree”), alleging Waaree’s “solar...