Correspondent
White House correspondent, covers patent, trade and regulatory news
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a challenge to the denial of an immigration petition based on prior marriage fraud. The court held that the agency's determination that the petitioner's previous marriage was a sham was supported by substantial evidence and not arbitrary or capricious.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by Lisa Richardson Henderson. The court held that the relief sought was not available through this extraordinary remedy.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision finding specific patent claims unpatentable for obviousness. The court held that substantial evidence supported the Board's findings regarding prior art references and the motivation to combine them.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's obviousness rejections for most claims of a network-threat detection patent but reversed its finding for two specific claims. The court held that the Board failed to provide substantial evidence that a skilled artisan would have been motivated to combine prior art references to render claims 4 and 14 obvious.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the International Trade Commission's finding that no Section 337 violation occurred, upholding the termination of the investigation. The court held that substantial evidence supported the conclusion that Centripetal's products failed to meet the technical requirements of the asserted patent claims.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling that specific augmented reality patent claims are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as abstract ideas. The court held that the patents merely recite generic computer components performing conventional location-based filtering without an inventive concept.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the invalidity of two patents for indefiniteness but reversed summary judgment on infringement for a third patent due to disputed facts regarding Google's Content ID system. The case is remanded for trial on the infringement issue while the invalidity rulings for the other patents remain in effect.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an order dismissing an appeal in a patent dispute between Universal Electronics, Inc. and Roku, Inc. The dismissal was voluntary and based on a stipulation by both parties to withdraw the appeal.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the Tax Court's summary judgment upholding a frivolous filing penalty and a separate sanction against Ruben Varela. The court rejected Varela's arguments that income tax liability depends on receiving a governmental privilege and found no abuse of discretion in the sanctions imposed for pursuing meritless positions.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined it lacked jurisdiction over an appeal concerning the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The court ordered the transfer of the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
