Lawsuits
The cases shaping patent law, in plain English.
Boston Scientific Sues Atraverse on a Continuation Patent 22 Days After It Issued
An October 7 complaint in the District of Delaware asserts at least claims 1 and 22 of U.S. Patent No. 12,733,955 against Atraverse's HOTWIRE guidewire. The application behind it was filed in October 2025, two months after Boston Scientific first sued Atraverse on an earlier patent in the same family.
Federal Circuit Orders USC's Patent Suit Against Google Moved to Northern California
In a nonprecedential October 6 order, the Federal Circuit granted Google's petition for a writ of mandamus, vacated the Western District of Texas order denying transfer, and directed the district court to grant Google's motion to the extent that the case is transferred to the Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. 1404(a).
Federal Circuit Gives "Joined" Its Ordinary, Broad Meaning in a Lighted Cover Plate Appeal
In a nonprecedential October 5 decision, the court reversed summary judgment of non-infringement on six claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,871,324 and directed partial summary judgment of infringement on claims 1, 2, and 8. It affirmed non-infringement on 17 other claims across both patents.
Wearne Digital Sues Pfizer in New York Over Its Cold Chain Distribution
A complaint file-stamped October 2 in the Southern District of New York pleads direct infringement of at least claim 9 of U.S. Patent No. 11,456,067 and asks for an injunction or an ongoing royalty, adding that any requested injunction should be tailored to proven infringement and account for continuity of access to vaccines and other therapeutics.
Federal Circuit Affirms That Herbicide-Degrading Enzyme Claims Were Not Enabled
A nonprecedential opinion of October 2, 2026, affirms that claims 1 through 33 of U.S. Patent No. 11,371,055 are unpatentable for lack of enablement.
Incuvate Asserts Five Related Aspiration-Monitoring Patents Against Penumbra
The August 19 complaint in the Northern District of California accuses Penumbra's THUNDERBOLT platform and related components. The five asserted patents trace to a 2014 provisional application. Full analysis at Patent Litigator.
BoomCloud 360, Apple, and Two Different Patent Trios
Apple filed first, in the Southern District of California, on one trio of BoomCloud 360 patents. BoomCloud then sued Apple and Google in Midland, Texas, on a different trio, and the ITC instituted Inv. No. 337-TA-1521 on that Midland set. Google, Samsung, and Motorola have filed their own declaratory-judgment actions on Apple's trio. Full analysis at Patent Litigator.