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  • T-Mobile US v. KAIFI: Patent Settlement Dispute Falls Outside Federal Circuit Jurisdiction

    T-Mobile US v. KAIFI: Patent Settlement Dispute Falls Outside Federal Circuit Jurisdiction

    The Federal Circuit’s precedential decision in T-Mobile US, Inc. v. KAIFI LLC, Case No. 2025-1006 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2026), draws an important boundary between patent litigation and commercial disputes involving patents. A state-law contract claim does not fall within the Federal Circuit’s exclusive appellate jurisdiction merely because one party’s preferred interpretation would require deciding questions of prosecution…