Summaries of All Supreme Court and Precedential Federal Circuit Patent Cases Decided Since Jun. 1, 2016 May 17, 2017 Peter E. Heuser Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt 1211 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 1900 Portland, OR 97204 Telephone: 503.796.2424 Email: [email protected] This paper is based on reports on precedential patent cases decided by the Federal Circuit distributed by Peter Heuser on a weekly basis. Table of Contents Page Table of Cases Reported .............................................................................................................................. iii Civil Procedure .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Arbitration Clauses ........................................................................................................................... 1 Default Judgment ............................................................................................................................. 1 Discovery ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Disqualification of Counsel ............................................................................................................... 2 JMOL Motions .................................................................................................................................. 2 Patent Infringement Complaint ........................................................................................................ 3 Personal Jurisdiction ........................................................................................................................ 4 Sanctions ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Standing ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Stay Pending PTO Proceedings ...................................................................................................... 7 Subject Matter Jurisdiction for Declaratory Judgments ................................................................... 8 Venue ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Defenses ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 Inventorship .................................................................................................................................... 10 Collateral Estoppel ......................................................................................................................... 10 Laches and Estoppel ...................................................................................................................... 11 Infringement ................................................................................................................................................ 12 Based on Actions Outside of the US .............................................................................................. 12 Claim Construction ......................................................................................................................... 13 Means-Plus-Function ..................................................................................................................... 24 Divided Infringement ...................................................................................................................... 25 Contributory and Induced Infringement .......................................................................................... 29 i Literal Infringement ........................................................................................................................ 33 Doctrine of Equivalents .................................................................................................................. 34 Prosecution History Estoppel ......................................................................................................... 35 Willful Infringement ......................................................................................................................... 36 Patent Office Matters .................................................................................................................................. 39 Continuation Applications .............................................................................................................. 40 Covered Business Method Review ................................................................................................ 40 Reexaminations ............................................................................................................................. 43 Inter Partes Review ........................................................................................................................ 44 Remedies .................................................................................................................................................... 58 Damages, Lost Profits, Prejudgment Interest ................................................................................ 58 Enhanced Damages ....................................................................................................................... 60 Attorney Fees ................................................................................................................................. 65 Injunctive Relief .............................................................................................................................. 67 Validity ....................................................................................................................................................... 74 Anticipation ..................................................................................................................................... 74 Experimental Use Exception to On-Sale Bar ................................................................................. 77 Indefiniteness and Section 112 ...................................................................................................... 79 Inequitable Conduct ....................................................................................................................... 82 Inventorship .................................................................................................................................... 83 Obviousness .................................................................................................................................. 84 “Printed Matter” Doctrine ................................................................................................................ 93 Patentable Subject Matter .............................................................................................................. 93 ii Table of Cases Reported Cases Advanced Ground Information Systems, Inc. v. Life360, 830 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2016) ................... 24, 81 Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Amazon.com Inc., 838 F.3d 1266 (Fed. Cir. 2016) ................................... 101 Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Directv, LLC, 838 F.3d 1253 (Fed. Cir. 2016) ........................................... 101 Akamai Techs., Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc., 797 F.3d 1020 (Fed. Cir. 2015) ...................................... 27 Allied Erecting & Dismantling Co. v. Genesis Attachments, LLC, 825 F.3d 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2016) ...... 55, 92 Amdocs (Israel) Limited v. Openet Telecom, Inc., 841 F.3d 1288 (Fed. Cir. 2016) ................................... 99 Amgen Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 827 F.3d 1052 (Fed. Cir. 2016) ....................................................................... 74 Andre Walker v. Health Int’l. Corp., 845 F.3d 1148 (Fed. Cir. 2017) ............................................................ 5 Apple Inc. v. Ameranth, Inc., 842 F.3d 1229 (Fed. Cir. 2016) .................................................................... 98 Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., 839 F.3d 1034 (Fed. Cir. 2016) ....................................................... 2, 20 Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Apple Inc., 832 F.3d 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2016) ................................................................... 91 Asetek Danmark A/S v. CMI USA Inc., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 5920 (April 3, 2017) ................................. 68 Asetek Danmark A/S v. CMI USA Inc., fka Cooler Master USA, Inc., Cooler Master Co., Ltd., 842 F.3d 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2016) .............................................................................................................................. 71 Asia Vital Components Co. v. Asetek Danmark A/S, 837 F.3d 1249 (Fed. Cir. 2016) ................................. 8 Aylus Networks, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., Fed. Cir. Case 2016-1599 (May 11, 2017) ......................................... 13 BASCOM Glob. Internet Servs. v. AT&T Mobility LLC, 827 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2016) .......................... 104 Bayer Cropscience v. Dow Agrosciences, 851 F.3d 1302 (Fed. Cir. 2017) ............................................... 66 Blue Calypso, LLC v. Groupon, Inc., 815 F.3d 1331 (Fed. Cir. 2016) .................................................. 42, 93 Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Cirrex