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Intellectual Property

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Apr 29 2026
Fed. Cir. 24-2097 Panel Decision

CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, LLC v. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC

The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment of noninfringement for three network security patents, rejecting Centripetal's arguments on claim construction and factual findings. The court held that Cisco's packet-filtering products failed to meet specific statutory limitations regarding two-stage filtering, but-for causation, and automated rule generation.

Civil Intellectual Property
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Apr 29 2026
Fed. Cir. 25-1044 Panel Decision

RFC LENDERS OF TEXAS, LLC v. SMART CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

The Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a patent infringement suit, holding that claims monitoring vehicle unauthorized usage are ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The court found the claims merely recite abstract ideas of detecting movement and identifying operators using conventional technology without adding an inventive concept.

Civil Intellectual Property
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Apr 29 2026
Fed. Cir. 24-1235 Panel Decision

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

The Federal Circuit reversed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's determination that a patent claim was obvious, holding that the Board impermissibly imported limitations from the specification into the claim construction. The court clarified that a 'programming change' requires an alteration in the function of a device, not merely a change in stored data.

Civil Intellectual Property
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Apr 29 2026
Fed. Cir. 24-1237 Panel Decision

Federal Express Corporation v. Qualcomm Incorporated

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision regarding claim twenty-six of a shipping sensor network patent but vacated and remanded the decision for claims nine and twenty-three through twenty-five due to the Board's failure to address a specific non-obviousness argument.

Civil Intellectual Property
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Apr 23 2026
Fed. Cir. 24-2216 Panel Decision

NANTWORKS, LLC v. NIANTIC, INC

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.

Civil Intellectual Property Summary Judgment
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Apr 23 2026
Fed. Cir. 24-1893 Panel Decision

TECHNOLOGIES, INC v. GOOGLE LLC

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.

Civil Intellectual Property Summary Judgment
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