Collateral Estoppel Is Applicable in IPRs When the Question of Patentability Is the Same - In Google LLC v. Hammond Development International, Inc. Appeal No. 21-2218,.
The Federal Circuit recently addressed the issue of patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 once again in ADASA Inc. v. Avery Dennison Corp., No. 22-1092, 2022 U.S. App..
The Federal Circuit's chief judge on Thursday suggested that label and packaging solutions company Avery Dennison, which is defending against Adasa Inc.'s infringement claim over a patent covering RFID tags, would be wise to focus on whether the patent was obvious under prior art rather than claiming the patent offered nothing useful at all.