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Federal Circuit Confirms Microsoft Word Metadata Can Independently Corroborate Inventor Testimony Of Conception
11/03/2026
On October 19, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s final written decision in Google LLC v. Valtrus Innovations Ltd., No. 2024-1945 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 19, 2026), which found that the petitioner failed to establish that claims 1–23 of U.S. Patent No. 6,728,704 were unpatentable.
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Federal Circuit Holds Prior-Art Reference Need Not Address Patentee’s Specific Stated Problem To Qualify As Analogous Art
09/01/2026
On August 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s final written decision in The Nielsen Company (US), LLC v. TVision Insights, Inc., No. 2025-1371 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 14, 2026), finding claims of U.S. Patent No. 11,470,243 unpatentable as obvious.
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Federal Circuit Reverses PTAB’s Obviousness Determination, Highlights The “Law/Fact Lever” In Motivation-to-Combine Analysis
04/23/2026
On March 3, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential opinion in Medivis, Inc. v. Novarad Corp., No. 2024-1794, affirming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“Board”) finding of no anticipation but reversing and remanding on the issue of obviousness.
