Pitt’s Late Invite Crashes Infringment Party With Varian

2008-1441/1454 Univ. of Pittsburgh v. Varian Medical WD/PA 07-CV-491Judge Arthur J. Schwab There are standing issues and then there are standing issues.  Both parties have appealed from Judge Arthur J. Schwab’s final order dismissing University of Pittsburgh’s infringement case against Varian Medical Systems–with prejudice–for lack of standing.  Still basking in the glory of its stunning [...]

Oral Argument: Novo Nordisk v. Sanofi-Aventis

2008-1225 Novo Nordisk v. Sanofi-AventisD/NJ 07-CV-3206Judge Mary L. Cooper Judges Lourie, Bryson, Prost heard oral argument on Thursday in this case: a link to the audio from the Federal Circuit is here, and our post on the briefs is here. I listened to the audio and made a few very rough notes on the argument.  [...]

Oral Argument: Broadcom v. Qualcomm

2008-1199, 2008-1271, 2008-1272 Broadcom v. Qualcomm CD/CA 05-CV-467 Judge James V. Selna Oral argument was held yesterday before Judges Linn, Friedman and Prost.  A link to the Federal Circuit’s audio file is here, and our earlier post on the briefs is here. This is the first oral argument that PATracer has covered and, while we [...]

In Brief: Euclid Chemical v. Vector Corrosion

2008-1170 Euclid Chemical v. Vector CorrosionND/OH 05-cv-080Judge Christopher Boyko Disputed is the ownership of 6,217,742.  Euclid was found not to infringe that patent (a finding that was not appealed by Vector), but the court ruled on summary judgment that Vector was assigned the patent despite Euclid’s claim (and a subsequent, competing assignment) to the contrary. [...]

DJ Doesn’t Stick Without Patentee Threats

2008-1444 PanaVise v. National ProductsCD/CA 8-cv-1300Judge Audrey Collins DJ plaintiff PanaVise Products appeals from the order of Judge Audrey Collins granting National’s 12(b)(1) motion for lack of an actual case or controversy.  The case involves National’s 6,666,420 patent and the parties’ products: competing suction cup mounting systems such as those used in automobiles for mobile [...]

Updated In Brief: Qualcomm v. Broadcom

2007-1545, 2008-1162 Qualcomm v. BroadcomSD/CA 05-CV-1958Judge Rudi Brewster This is the appeal from case relating to the H.264 video compression standard resulting from the Joint Video Team, aka the case in which Qualcomm and its counsel were sanctioned.  We previously posted the Summary of the Arguments here, but now can provide copies of Qualcomm’s opening [...]

Fitness Quest Works Out Of Infringement And Contract Claims

2008-1433 Fitness Quest v. MontiND/OH 06-CV-2691Judge Sara Lioi Defendant Jonathan Monti has appealed Judge Sara Lioi’s opinion and order granting Fitness Quest’s motion for summary judgment of noninfringement.  Fitness Quest sells a host of home exercise products, including the Ab Lounge line of abdominal machines that it introduced in 2003.  A year earlier, Monti approached [...]