Federal Circuit Precedential

Category: 08 – August

  • PowerBlock Holdings, Inc. v. iFit, Inc.

    When determining whether a claim is directed to an abstract idea under step one of the Alice test, the entire claim must be considered.  Elements of the claim that are found in the prior art cannot be ignored.

  • Mondis Technology Ltd. v. LG Electronics Inc.

    Despite the presumption that a granted patent is valid, when a patent does not include sufficient explicit written description support, the patent owner may be required to provide evidence of validity.

  • FMC Corporation v. Sharda USA, LLC

    Meaningful alterations made to an issued patent compared to its provisional application may be used to inform claim construction regardless of whether the alteration narrows or broadens the claim.