Tag: Section 102
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Board of Regents v. Boston Scientific: Federal Circuit Reverses Jury Verdict on Anticipation and the Meaning of “Fiber”
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Board of Regents of the University of Texas System v. Boston Scientific Corp., Case Nos. 2024-2062 and 2024-2063 (Fed. Cir. July 27, 2026), reverses a patent-infringement judgment involving drug-eluting coronary stents and illustrates how a jury verdict cannot survive when the asserted distinctions from the prior art are absent from…
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Definitive Holdings v. Powerteq: Federal Circuit Reinforces Broad Reach of the Pre-AIA On-Sale Bar
The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Definitive Holdings, LLC v. Powerteq LLC, Case No. 24-1761 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 14, 2026), provides another reminder that pre-AIA § 102(b) remains a powerful invalidity tool, particularly when older commercial products can be reconstructed through circumstantial evidence, archived software, and corporate testimony. The case arose from technology relating to…