Webinar: Dodging Denial: Winning Strategies for PTAB Petitions Post-Fintiv
Knobbe Martens partners Christy Lea and Ted Cannon hosted a webinar on strategies for petitioners in the evolving PTAB landscape. Christy and Ted discussed how the USPTO’s March 2024 guidance...
The Consequences of Converting Voluntary Dismissals
FUTURE LINK SYSTEMS, LLC v. REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION Before Reyna, Bryson, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary: The district court’s...
FAA Launches Pilot Program to Accelerate Electric Air Taxis
On September 12, 2025, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced a new pilot program within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to speed up the rollout of advanced air mobility...
Bait, Switch, and Retrial: Federal Circuit Rebukes Trial Arguments That Reneged on Prior Representations
MAGĒMĀ TECHNOLOGY LLC v. PHILLIPS 66 Before Moore, Stoll, and Bumb. Appeal from the District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Summary: A district court abused its discretion by...
Words Matter: “Identical” Does Not Mean “Identical to a Portion Of”
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS v. QIAGEN SCIENCES LLC Before Lourie, Dyk, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: The Federal Circuit reversed...
Keeping up With AI: FDA Issues Guidance on Predetermined Change Control Plans (PCCPs) for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enabled Devices
On August 18, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance (Marketing Submission Recommendations for a Predetermined Change Control Plan for Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions) to provide recommendations...
Protecting Inventions for In-Space Manufacturing – How the Space Act and Patent Claim Strategy Can Help
As the larger aerospace industry continues to grow, space technology companies are pursuing innovations for in-space manufacturing. This technology includes producing and/or assembling structures or other items in orbit, or...
Jeremiah Helm and Sean Murray Discuss Evolving IPR Requirements in Latest Law360 Column
In their monthly Law360 column on recent noteworthy Federal Circuit rulings, partners Jeremiah Helm and Sean Murray explore the Federal Circuit’s decision in Shockwave Medical v. Cardiovascular Systems. The Federal...
Federal Circuit Review | August 2025
August Federal Circuit Newsletter (Japanese) August Federal Circuit Newsletter (Chinese) Deleted Specification Portions Undermine Claim Construction In FMC Corp. v. Sharda USA, LLC, Appeal No. 24-2335, the Federal Circuit...
