ARE Patent Law Alert: Federal Circuit Upholds Decision Blocking Claims Against Amazon’s Customers In A Follow On Lawsuit Based on Claim Preclusion and Kessler Doctrine

In a precedential decision on June 17, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that software developer PersonalWeb could not assert patent infringement claims against Amazon customers that use the Amazon S3 cloud storage system after its similar infringement claims against Amazon were dismissed in a prior lawsuit. In re PersonalWeb […]

Charles R. Macedo and Devin Garrity Co-Author Bloomberg Law Article on Limits on Appeals From the PTAB Following the Supreme Court’s Decision in Thryv

In this Bloomberg Law article, partner Charley Macedo and law clerk Devin Garrity examine how the Supreme Court’s Thryv decision, which held that time-bar determinations by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) are not reviewable by appellate courts, is being applied by the Federal Circuit and what issues have been left open. Read the […]