Federal Circuit Affirms Invalidation of Pioneer's Herbicide Enzyme Patent, Citing Patentee's Own Data
The court held that Pioneer's post-priority experiments showing only 2 of 8 tested enzymes worked properly supported a finding of non-enablement.
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Federal Circuit Affirms Truinject Loss to Galderma, Citing Forfeited Damages Theory
The appeals court held that Truinject failed to preserve its damages arguments below, ending an eight-year trade-secret and contract dispute.
Federal Circuit Holds Impossible Patent Claims Can Be Definite, But Still Fail Enablement
The appeals court reversed an indefiniteness ruling, clarifying that scientific impossibility goes to enablement, not claim scope.
Federal Circuit Revives Part Of Contractor's IRS Refund Suit
The Federal Circuit let Dougherty Electric pursue one tax refund theory over IRS fraud penalties and interest, while rejecting a separate supervisor-approval theory as untimely.