patent-expiration

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1143 Atrium Medical Corporation v. C.R. Bard, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response Waived circuit-split contract-law judicial-interpretation patent-expiration patent-licensing royalty-agreement Whether the Ninth Circuit's approach fails to properly determine what royalties are 'for,' as Brulotte and Kimble require
23A883 Cellect, LLC v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2024-04-04 Presumed Complete federal-circuit obviousness-type-double-patenting patent-expiration patent-term-adjustment patent-term-extension patent-validity Whether Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) and Patent Term Extension (PTE) should be interpreted consistently when determining the expiration dates of commo…
22-5928 David L. Hildebrand v. Wilmar Corporation Tenth Circuit 2022-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP antitrust business-dealings contract-law contractual-law due-process patent-expiration patent-law royalties royalty-agreement settlement-intent standing Is it illegal to agree to continue to pay royalties or fees of any kind to an inventor following the expiration of his patent?