Browse Federal Circuit's 2025 caseload. 24 opinions with AI-powered summaries, key holdings, and legal analysis.
Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement of Ethanol Sensor Patent
Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC v. Ford Motor Company, decided by Federal Circuit on December 23, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on whether Ford Motor Company infri...
Method of treatment patent rejected for claiming natural phenomenon
Ablan v. United States, decided by Federal Circuit on December 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the patentability of a "method for treating a disease by administering a...
Good Faith Exception Applies to Stale Warrant Information
White v. Hhs, decided by Federal Circuit on December 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the interpretation of the "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule in the c...
CAFC: Patent infringement suit not barred by prior IPR filings
Micron Technology Inc. v. Longhorn Ip LLC, decided by Federal Circuit on December 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on whether Micron Technology Inc. (Micron) co...
Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB's Patent Invalidation for Abstract Idea
Mutakaber v. Secretary of State, decided by Federal Circuit on December 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the validity of a patent for a "method and apparatus for detect...
Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Navy Bid Protest
Brimer v. Navy, decided by Federal Circuit on December 17, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Federal Circuit affirmed the Court of Federal Claims' dismissal of a bid protest, holding that...
Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement of Infant Car Seat Patent
Wonderland Switzerland Ag v. Evenflo Company, Inc., decided by Federal Circuit on December 17, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on whether Evenflo's "Prodigy" infan...
Work for Hire Doctrine: US Not Copyright Owner of Lesko's Work
Lesko v. United States, decided by Federal Circuit on December 12, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The case concerns the interpretation of the "control" prong of the "work for hire" doctrin...
Federal Circuit Affirms Patent Ineligibility of Genetic Diagnostic Method
Golden v. Collins, decided by Federal Circuit on December 12, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the patentability of a diagnostic method for identifying a specific genetic m...
Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement of NIL Rights Management Patent
Game Plan, Inc. v. Uninterrupted Ip, LLC, decided by Federal Circuit on December 10, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on whether Game Plan, Inc. (Game Plan) infring...
CAFC Affirms Zillow's Non-Infringement of IBM Patent
IBM v. Zillow Group, Inc., decided by Federal Circuit on December 9, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Zillow, h...
Debtor's right to future payments is not an executory contract
In Re BAYOU GRANDE COFFEE ROASTING CO., decided by Federal Circuit on December 9, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether a debtor's contractual right to receive future pa...
Federal Circuit Affirms No Patent Infringement by Goodyear
Coda Development S.R.O. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, decided by Federal Circuit on December 8, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's grant ...
CAFC Upholds Commerce Decision: Phosphate Fertilizers Not Subject to AD/CVD Orders
Mosaic Company v. United States, decided by Federal Circuit on December 5, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the U.S. government can collect antidumping and counterv...
CAFC Affirms Termination for Convenience, Denies Lost Profits
Secretary of Defense v. Pratt & Whitney, decided by Federal Circuit on December 5, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the interpretation of a "termination for convenience" cl...
CAFC Affirms PTAB's Non-Obviousness Finding for Adnexus Patent
Adnexus Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc., decided by Federal Circuit on December 5, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) decis...
CAFC Affirms Patent Ineligibility for Abstract Virtual Image Generation
Blue Sky the Color of Imagination, LLC v. United States, decided by Federal Circuit on December 4, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the patentability of "virtual" or "abstr...
Settlement Agreement Unenforceable Due to Lack of Mutual Assent
Colage v. Collins, decided by Federal Circuit on December 3, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns the enforceability of a settlement agreement in a patent infringement dispute....
CAFC Affirms PTAB Decision, Upholding Seagen's Cancer Drug Patent
Seagen Inc. v. Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd., decided by Federal Circuit on December 2, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on whether Daiichi Sankyo's patent for a can...
Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement of Gesture Interface Patent
In Re GESTURE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, LLC, decided by Federal Circuit on December 1, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether a patent for a gesture-based user interface was i...
Federal Circuit Invalidates Patent for Lack of Machine Specificity
Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Mediapointe, Inc., decided by Federal Circuit on November 25, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on whether Mediapointe's patent for a me...
CAFC Affirms Non-Infringement of Patent for Removable Memory Card
Escapex Ip, LLC v. Google LLC, decided by Federal Circuit on November 25, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on whether Google's Pixel phones infringed upon Escapex's...
CAFC Affirms MSPB Decision Upholding Federal Employee Removal
Reyes v. MSPB, decided by Federal Circuit on November 21, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Reyes, challenged the Merit Systems Protection Board's (MSPB) decision upholding his...
CAFC: "Best Efforts" Requires More Than Reasonableness in Patent Licensing
Duke University v. Sandoz Inc., decided by Federal Circuit on November 18, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The core dispute involved the interpretation of a "best efforts" clause in a paten...
CaseLawBrief tracks 24 opinions from Federal Circuit in 2025. This includes published and unpublished decisions.
The most common legal topics were: Patent Infringement Analysis (8 cases), Doctrine Of Equivalents (4 cases), Claim Construction In Patent Law (3 cases), Federal Circuit Patent Law Jurisdiction (3 cases), Abstract Idea Exception To Patentability (3 cases).
Outcomes: Defendant Win: 22, Plaintiff Win: 2.