The Technology & Information Law Blog
Analysis by Charles Gideon Korrell
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The Federal Circuit’s precedential decision in Satius Holding, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., No. 2025-1446 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 1, 2026), illustrates a counterintuitive principle of patent law: the clarity of a patent claim can establish precisely why it is invalid. The court held that a claim expressly covering a scientifically impossible method of transmitting…
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The Federal Circuit’s precedential decision in ParkerVision, Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc., Case Nos. 2026-1033, 2026-1035 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 30, 2026), clarifies an important limit on Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b) in patent litigation. Individual patent claims may define distinct property boundaries, but they do not ordinarily become separate civil-procedure claims for relief. Because transmitter…
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The Federal Circuit’s decision in Epic Tech, LLC v. Pen-Tech Associates, Inc., Case No. 2025-1624 (Fed. Cir. September 30, 2026), examines the relationship between the statutory presumption of patent validity and Rule 11’s requirement that litigants have a reasonable basis for asserting their claims. The court did not impose a general obligation to conduct a…
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The Federal Circuit’s precedential decision in NCS Multistage Inc. v. Nine Energy Service, Inc., Case No. 2025-1000 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 14, 2026), vacated an infringement and no-invalidity judgment after identifying two claim-construction errors and rejecting the patent owner’s attempt to use an earlier private sale as a defensive “public disclosure” under the America Invents Act.…
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JPMorgan Chase Bank’s trade-secret case against Argus Information & Advisory Services has now produced two merits opinions that expose an important divide between federal and state trade-secret protection for data moving through regulatory and commercial channels. In February 2025, the District of Delaware held that JPMorgan plausibly stated a claim under the federal Defend Trade…
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The Eleventh Circuit’s published decision in Deltona Transformer Corp. v. The NOCO Co., No. 24-13590 (11th Cir. Aug. 4, 2026), does more than add another appellate case on competitive keyword advertising. It separates several questions that Internet trademark cases often collapse: whether buying a rival’s mark as an advertising trigger is actionable trademark use, whether…
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The Federal Circuit’s precedential decision in TexasLDPC Inc. v. Broadcom Inc.v, Case No. 2025-1074 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 14, 2026), is most significant for clarifying which retained patent rights matter when an exclusive license separates record ownership from commercial and enforcement control. The court held that TexasLDPC could sue Broadcom, LSI, and Avago without joining Texas…
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The Federal Circuit’s precedential decision in Moskowitz Family LLC v. Globus Medical, Inc., Case No. 24-1696 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 11, 2026), illustrates two different ways claim scope can become fixed before appeal. For U.S. Patent Nos. 8,353,913 and 9,889,022, the intrinsic record made the preamble term “universal” part of the claimed invention. For U.S. Patent…
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The Federal Circuit has modified its precedential opinion in Versata Software, LLC v. Ford Motor Co., Case Nos. 2024-1140, 2024-1206, and 2024-1234, without changing the judgment. The September 10, 2026 modification leaves intact the court’s trade-secret holdings, its order for a new trial on trade-secret damages, and its reinstatement of an $82.26 million breach-of-contract verdict.…
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Manufacturers of software-enabled equipment often make substantial revenue after the initial sale through maintenance, diagnostics, and repair. Technological access controls can help preserve that business by limiting who can reach the software embedded in the product. In Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance v. Library of Congress, No. 25-5328 (D.C. Cir. Sept. 1, 2026), the D.C.…