Acumed LLC v. Stryker Corp.
In Acumed LLC v. Stryker Corp , the Federal Circuit dishes up a tasty decision on claim preclusion that certainly shouldn't ruin a patent holder's appetite for further litigation. Acumed makes clear that a patent holder's claims against an infringer for multiple versions of a product do not need to be brought in a single serving unless the allegedly infringing devices are "essentially...
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LiteCubes, LLC v. Northern Light Products, Inc.
We'll give it to you neat. LiteCubes, LLC v. Northern Light Products, Inc . holds that section 271 of the patent statute does not contain that requirement for the federal courts' subject matter jurisdiction. Rather, section 271 states a necessary element of a claim for patent infringement. According to the Federal Circuit's top shelf opinion, a complaint which sufficiently pleads a cause...
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