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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board decision finding challenged claims invalid based on a published patent application that, in an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding, was found to be prior art as of its filing date rather than its publication date. Lynk Labs, Inc. v.…

Hello again! Welcome back to Scaling Greatness, a newsletter from Integreon focusing on amplifying business excellence and innovation….By: Integreon

Bearbox LLC v. Lancium LLC, Appeal No. 2023-1922 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 2025) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s determination that appellants Bearbox and Austin Storms—Bearbox’s founder and sole employee—had not shown that Mr. Storms should be added as an inventor to Lancium’s U.S. Patent No. 10,608,433.…

Welcome to our sixth volume and first issue of 2025 of Decoded – our technology law insights e-newsletter. We have been publishing for six years and could not continue without our committed readers and your insights….By: Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

In Perkins v. United States, Plaintiff Tristan Perkins sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) for her mother Geraldine Perkins’ (“Decedent”) alleged wrongful death due to asbestos exposure. Alleging “take home” asbestos exposure, Plaintiff claimed Decedent was exposed to asbestos through being around her husband and performing his laundry. Mr. Perkins…

On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States in Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc., et al. v. Wullschleger et al., upheld the Eighth Circuit’s decision, holding that when a plaintiff amends their complaint and deletes the federal-law claims that give a federal court jurisdiction to hear the case, leaving only state-law claims behind,…

This summary of a recently filed complaint illustrates one of the worst-case scenarios an insured defendant can find itself in: getting slapped with a verdict in excess of your liability insurance limits.  Here, it was an $11 million verdict against an insured who had only a $1 million insurance policy……By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

The court granted the third-party defendant’s first motion to dismiss for lack of general jurisdiction but permitted the parties to conduct jurisdictional discovery. After the close of jurisdictional discovery, the third-party defendant renewed its motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction……By: White and Williams LLP