US PATENTS several medical organisations, researchers, genetics counsellors and patients.
• Reversed in part and affi rmed in part a Florida district court’s decision in Creative Compounds v Starmark Laboratories.
• Reversed a Delaware district court’s patent claim construction in Inventio AG v T yssenkrupp Elevator Americas et al.
• Remanded to a Minnesota district court its damages and attorney fees determination, and affi rmed a Spectralytics infringement judgment against Cordis.
• Reversed a Missouri district court’s non-infringement fi nding in Advanced Soft ware Design’s patent suit against Fiserv.
• Reversed a California district court’s inequitable conduct/patent unenforceability decisions, greatly limiting this defence, in T erasense v Becton, Dickinson et al.
• Reversed a Georgia district court’s dismissal of Arris Group’s declaratory judgment suit against British Telecommunications, based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
• Reversed a Delaware district court’s fi nding that Allergan Inc’s patents were infringed by Apotex and Exela Pharmsci.
• Reversed a Delaware district court’s sanction dismissing Rambus’ defence in its suit against Micron Technology, but affi rmed the court’s fi nding that Rambus spoliated documents.
• Reversed a Delaware district court’s invalidation of Wellman’s patents in its suit against Eastman Chemical.
• Reversed an Ohio invalidation of Crown Packaging Technology’s patents in its suit against Ball Metal Beverage Container.
• Granted a petition for a writ of mandamus to Verizon Business Network Services and affi liates, requiring a Texas district court to permit the transfer of the case to a more convenient forum.
• Vacated a Louisiana district court’s summary judgment of non- obviousness in Innovation Toys v MGA Entertainment.
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• Reversed an Ohio district court’s award for attorney fees aft er a fi nding of wilful patent infringement in Old Reliable Wholesale v Cornell Corp.
• Granted a petition for a writ of mandamus, ordering an Illinois district court to dismiss the complaint with leave to amend, in In Re BP Lubricants USA.
• Reversed a California district court’s summary judgment of invalidity of Hologic’s patent, which was asserted against Senorx.
• Reversed a Texas district court’s award to Centocor Ortho Biotech and NYU for $1.67 billion in damages against Abbott Laboratories and affi liates, and invalidated the patent in suit.
• Reversed a Texas district’s court’s dismissal of ABB’s declaratory judgment complaint against Cooper Industries.
• Reversed an Indiana district court’s summary judgment of non- infringement in Centillian Data Systems v Qwest Communications.
• Vacated a Pennsylvania district’s court’s summary judgment of non- infringement in Arlington Industries v Bridgeport Fittings.
• Vacated a Michigan district court’s dismissal of a legal malpractice complaint in patent dispute Warrior Sports v Dickinson Wright.
• Reversed a Kentucky district court’s award for attorney fees aft er a non- infringement fi nding in Ilor v Google.
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• Affi rmed a Florida district court’s fi nding of wilful infringement and enhanced damages award, favouring Michael S Powell against Th e Home Depot USA.
• Affi rmed a Nebraska district court’s decision to award priority of invention in favour of Streck as a senior party in US Patent and Trademark Offi ce interference proceedings against Research & Diagnostic Systems.
• Affi rmed a New York district court’s victory for Sanofi -Aventis, holding Apotex jointly and severally liable for damages in a dispute concerning the Hatch-Waxman Act (the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984).
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