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Intellectual property Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment

Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment

The Supreme Court held that an internet service provider is not contributorily liable for copyright infringement based on knowledge alone, absent inducement or a service tailored to infringement.

  • Contributory liability
  • Vicarious liability
  • Inducement
  • Dmca safe harbor
  • Aiding and abetting
  • Statutory damages
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Patent law Magema Technology LLC v. Phillips 66

Magema Technology LLC v. Phillips 66

The Federal Circuit reversed denial of a new trial after Phillips advanced an improper, prejudicial actual-testing theory at trial, but affirmed the patent claim construction.

  • Claim construction
  • Noninfringement defense
  • Discovery misuse
  • Harmless error doctrine
  • New trial motion
  • Iso standards compliance
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Intellectual property Taction Technology, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

Taction Technology, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

The Federal Circuit vacated summary judgment of noninfringement and remanded, holding the district court abused its discretion in striking expert opinions and erred in claim construction.

  • Claim construction
  • Prosecution disclaimer
  • Expert testimony exclusion
  • Local patent rules
  • Summary judgment
  • Q-factor/damping
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Intellectual property Mondis Technology Ltd. v. Lg Electronics Inc.

Mondis Technology Ltd. v. Lg Electronics Inc.

The Federal Circuit held claims 14 and 15 of the ’180 patent invalid for lack of written description, reversing the district court and entering judgment for LG.

  • Written description
  • Invalidity
  • Infringement
  • Judgment as a matter of law (jmol)
  • Presumption of validity
  • Prosecution history
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Antitrust 141 F.4th 1075

Costar Group, Inc. v. Commercial Real Estate Exchange, Inc.

The Ninth Circuit reversed dismissal of CREXi’s antitrust counterclaims, holding it plausibly alleged CoStar’s monopoly power, de facto exclusive dealing, and technological barriers.

  • Monopolization
  • Attempted monopolization
  • Exclusive dealing
  • De facto exclusivity
  • Technological barriers to entry
  • Rule of reason
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Patent law 130 F.4th 1344

Cqv Co., Ltd. v. Merck Patent Gmbh

The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a PTAB decision after finding the Board failed to adequately address record evidence on whether Sample C of Xirallic® was prior art.

  • Obviousness
  • Prior art availability
  • Standing
  • Substantial evidence review
  • Post-grant review
  • Remand for further proceedings
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Intellectual property 604 U.S. 321

Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc.

The Supreme Court held that Lanham Act disgorgement covers only the named defendant’s own profits, not profits of non-party affiliates absent veil piercing.

  • Trademark infringement
  • Disgorgement
  • Defendant's profits
  • Corporate separateness
  • Veil piercing
  • Just-sum provision
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Patent law 127 F.4th 919

Hd Silicon Solutions LLC v. Microchip Technology Inc.

The Federal Circuit held that the PTAB erred in construing “comprising tungsten” too broadly, but the error was harmless and the obviousness ruling was affirmed.

  • Obviousness
  • Claim construction
  • Inter partes review
  • Motivation to combine
  • Patent-law
  • Claim-construction
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Patent law 111 F.4th 1378

Platinum Optics Technology Inc. v. Viavi Solutions Inc.

The Federal Circuit dismissed PTOT’s appeal from an IPR decision, holding PTOT lacked Article III standing because its claimed future infringement injuries were too speculative.

  • Standing
  • Inter partes review
  • Obviousness
  • Patentability
  • Article iii jurisdiction
  • Article-iii-standing
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Constitutional law 602 U.S. 286

Vidal v. Elster

The Supreme Court held that the Lanham Act’s names clause, 15 U.S.C. §1052(c), does not violate the First Amendment when it bars registration of a mark using another living person’s name without consent.

  • First amendment
  • Trademark registration
  • Names clause (§1052(c))
  • Content-based regulation
  • Viewpoint discrimination
  • First-amendment
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