Supreme Court Clarifies Lost Profit Remedy for Design Patent Infringement

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Apple, Inc. Abstract On December 6, 2016, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Apple Inc., unanimously reversing the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s decision which affirmed the award to Apple of $399 million in damages for Samsung’s design […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: Federal Circuit Reverses District Court On Patent Eligibility, Finds Computer-Implemented Patent Claims To Be Eligible Under Step One Of The Alice Test

In McRo, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America, the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s finding that the patents at issue were ineligible under Section 101.  In evaluating the claims, which are generally related to a method for automating animation of 3-D lip-synching, under the two-part Alice inquiry, the Court found that the claims were […]