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An AI-generated, human-curated podcast for brief discussions of US court decisions on Intellectual Property topics.
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This episode concerns an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which details a patent dispute where Range of Motion Products accused Armaid Company of infringing on its design patent for a body massaging device. The court ultimately affirmed a summary judgment of non-infringement, concluding that the accused "Armaid2" was plainly dissimilar to the patented design once functional elements were filtered out. A central theme of the ruling is the claim constructi...
In this episode, the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Hulu, ruling it did not infringe Sound View’s streaming patent. Although the court rejected a narrow "specialized buffer" definition, it held Claim 16 requires a specific order of operations: receiving a request before allocation. This podcast is for entertainment purposes only and does not create an attorney-client relationship. The AI-generated hosts are not attorneys and are not providing legal advice. The choice of a lawye...
This episode concerns a judicial opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirming a lower court's decision to dismiss a patent infringement lawsuit brought against Google. The dispute centers on U.S. Patent No. 7,679,637, which describes a web conferencing system that allows users to review recorded segments of a presentation while it is still occurring. The court concluded that the patent is legally invalid because it focuses on the abstract idea of asynchron...
This episode concerns an opinion in Barry v. DePuy Synthes Companies by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reviewing a district court's decision to exclude critical expert testimony and granting judgment as a matter of law in favor of the defendant. The dispute centers on patent infringement allegations regarding surgical tools and techniques used to correct spinal deformities through a method known as "en bloc derotation." While the lower court dismissed the testimony...
This episode concerns an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit resolving a dispute between Crocs, Inc. and the International Trade Commission regarding trademark infringement of the "Classic Clog" design. The court dismissed the portion of the appeal concerning active competitors because Crocs failed to file its challenge within the required 60-day window following the initial no-violation finding. Although Crocs argued that the timeline should be paused duri...
This episode concerns an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirming a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to invalidate several patents owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and licensed to Ethanol Boosting Systems (EBS). The legal dispute with Ford Motor Company centered on fuel management systems designed to reduce "engine knock" by using both direct and port fuel injection. The court rejected EBS’s procedural challenge regarding...
In this episode, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal involving Micron Technology and patent licensing firms Longhorn IP and Katana Silicon Technologies. The dispute stems from a lower court's decision to apply the Idaho Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement Act, which required the licensing firms to post an $8 million bond after they were accused of "patent trolling." The appellate court determined it lacked jurisdiction because the order was n...
This episode is about an Opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding a patent infringement case between Wonderland Switzerland AG and Evenflo Company, Inc. The central conflict involves Evenflo appealing a district court's judgment that its convertible car seats infringed upon two of Wonderland's patents, the '043 and '951 patents, which cover car seat technology. The Court of Appeals affirmed-in-part, reversed-in-part, vacated-in-part, and remanded the c...
This episode concerns a United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit opinion, dated December 10, 2025, concerning a trademark dispute between Game Plan, Inc., the appellant, and Uninterrupted IP, LLC (UNIP), the appellee. The core issue is an appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) decision that canceled Game Plan's registration for its stylized mark, which includes the phrase "I AM MORE THAN AN ATHLETE." The Federal Circuit considered two main arguments from Game Pl...
This episode presents an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding an appeal filed by Bayou Grande Coffee Roasting Co. concerning the registration of the trademark KAHWA. The court reviewed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's decision, which had affirmed the examiner's refusal to register KAHWA for use in cafés and coffee shops. The initial refusals were based on arguments that KAHWA was generic or merely descriptive because it meant "coffee" in Arab...
This episode covers an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding a patent dispute between International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), the appellant, and Zillow Group, Inc., and Zillow, Inc. (Zillow), the cross-appellants. The appeal and cross-appeal stem from a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) concerning the patentability of claims in IBM’s ’346 patent, which relates to single sign-on (SSO) operations. The court ultimately af...
This episode is about an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding the appeal in the case of Coda Development S.R.O. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, which revolves around claims of trade secret misappropriation and a denial for the correction of inventorship for a Goodyear patent related to self-inflating tire (SIT) technology. The plaintiffs, collectively referred to as "Coda," were appealing a district court's decision that granted Goodyear jud...
This episode is about an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding the case of Adnexus Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc., which concerns a patent infringement lawsuit. Adnexus, the plaintiff-appellant, appealed the dismissal of its lawsuit against Meta for failure to state a claim, specifically focusing on whether Meta’s "Lead Ads" product infringed on a patent for an online advertising system. The core of the dispute revolves around the interpretation of th...
This episode presents an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, resolving a patent dispute between Seagen Inc. and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. concerning an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) cancer treatment. Seagen had previously secured a jury verdict in the Eastern District of Texas finding that Daiichi's drug, Enhertu®, willfully infringed the ’039 patent and awarded Seagen over $41 million in damages. However, the Federal Circuit reversed the district court...
This episode is about an Opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in 2025, addressing an appeal by Gesture Technology Partners, LLC concerning the unpatentability of its ’431 patent. The case centered on an ex parte reexamination that proceeded despite the existence of two related inter partes reviews (IPRs) that had already found most claims invalid. Gesture challenged the Patent Office’s denial of its petition to terminate the review, arguing that IPR e...
This episode concerns an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressing the appeal filed by EscapeX IP, LLC against a series of sanction rulings granted in favor of Google LLC. The court affirmed the district court’s determination that the patent infringement case against Google was "exceptional" under 35 U.S.C. § 285, largely because EscapeX failed to conduct an adequate pre-suit investigation and proceeded with frivolous claims even after being repeatedly...
This episode presents an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a patent dispute involving Akamai Technologies, Inc. and MediaPointe, Inc. The appeal centered on patents describing an "intelligent distribution network" for streaming media, with the appellate court affirming the lower court’s final judgment on all contested issues. The court upheld the invalidity of multiple claims containing terms like "optimal" or "best" because the specification lacked th...
This episode regards an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the case of Duke University v. Sandoz Inc., decided on November 18, 2025. The core issue is an appeal from Sandoz regarding a lower court's judgment that upheld the validity of claim 30 of U.S Patent No. 9,579,270, which relates to using specific prostaglandin F analogs for treating hair loss. Duke University and Allergan Sales, LLC, the owners of the patent, had previously won a jury trial find...
This episode covers an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding a patent infringement case between Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc., and Opti-Luxx Inc. This judicial decision addresses two separate patents related to illuminated school bus signs, a design patent (D930) and a utility patent (’491). For the D930 patent, the appellate court vacates the infringement judgment and orders a new trial because the lower court incorrectly construed the ...
This episode is about an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the case of Canatex Completion Solutions, Inc. v. Wellmatics, LLC, decided on November 12, 2025. The core issue of the appeal is whether the U.S. Patent No. 10,794,122, owned by Canatex, is invalid for indefiniteness due to an alleged clerical error in the claims. Specifically, the patent uses the phrase “the connection profile of the second part,” which Canatex argued should be corrected to “f...
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