Peter Heuser
Shareholder
Joined Patexia at Jan 28, 2017
Shareholder at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
Peter Heuser
Jan 30, 2018
Core Wireless v. LG affirms the denial of summary judgment as to unpatentable subject matter, ruling that the asserted claims are directed to an improved user interface for computing devices, not to the abstract idea of an index. In MaxLinear v. CF CRESPE, the panel vacates an IPR decision finding... Read More
Peter Heuser
Jan 19, 2018
In the sole precedential patent case decided this week, Flexuspine v. Globus, the Circuit affirms rulings of the district court relating to verdict forms where the verdict form included a “stop” instruction in the event the jury found there to be no infringement. Among other rulings, the panel found no... Read More
Peter Heuser
Jan 18, 2018
The Supreme Court is taking another patent case, granting certiorari in WesternGeco v. Ion. A divided panel of the Circuit had ruled that the plaintiff was not entitled to lost profits as a result of the sale of components of a patented invention from the U.S., knowing or intending that... Read More
Peter Heuser
Jan 10, 2018
The big news yesterday was the Circuit’s en banc decision in Wi-Fi One v. Broadcom in which a majority of the court holds that, given the strong presumption in favor of judicial review, the Circuit should hear appeals of the issue of whether an IPR request has been filed within... Read More
Peter Heuser
Dec 29, 2017
In both HTC v. Cellular and Microsoft v. Biscotti, the Circuit affirms rare IPR determinations that all of the claims of the patents at issue are not invalid. In Travel Sentry v. Tropp, the Circuit vacates summary judgment in favor of luggage manufacturers, after the district court had ruled that... Read More
Peter Heuser
Dec 9, 2017
Arctic Cat v. Bombardier deals with obviousness, patent marking, reasonable royalties, willfulness and enhanced damages. The panel affirms all of the district court’s rulings other than as to patent marking, which it remands for the district court to decide whether Arctic Cat met its burden of proving that it complied... Read More