JD Supra Law

JULY 29, 2021

Chemours Company FC, LLC v. Daikin Industries, Ltd., Daikin America, Inc., 20-1289, -1290 (Fed. July 21, 2021) (Reyna, J.) (Dyk, concurring. By: McDermott Will & Emery

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 19, 2021

In Chemours Company FC, LLC v. Daikin Industries, Ltd. , 20-1289, -1290 (Fed. July 22, 2021) , a CAFC panel held that the PTAB (“Board”) erred by finding the very patent at issue in an IPR to be a “blocking patent” and that the proffered sales evidence of commercial success was therefore “weak.”

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 12, 2021

In Chemours Company FC, LLC v. Daikin Industries, Ltd. , 20-1289, -1290 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In Chemours Company FC, LLC v. Daikin Industries, Ltd. , Read more.

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IP Intelligence

AUGUST 6, 2021

Daikin [1] makes it easier to find that a reference teaches away from an invention, potentially increasing the difficulty of invalidating a patent claim for being obvious. 1] Chemours Company FC, LLC v. Daikin Industries, Ltd. , Teaching away is an important concept when considering the obviousness of a patent claim.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 6, 2021

Daikin [1] makes it easier to find that a reference teaches away from an invention, potentially increasing the difficulty of invalidating a patent claim for being obvious. 1] Chemours Company FC, LLC v. Daikin Industries, Ltd. , Teaching away is an important concept when considering the obviousness of a patent claim.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

” A somewhat similar pending petition is Daikin Industries v. Rather a jury trial, Daikin involved an IPR decision by the PTAB. Chemours Co. The question in the petition is whether the Federal Circuit is permitted to “reverse an administrative agency’s decision on a factual ground not addressed by the agency.”

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Patently-O

JULY 22, 2021

Chemours Company v. Daikin Industries ( Fed. Daikin petitioned for inter partes review, and the PTAB agreed that the claims were invalid as obvious based upon a single prior art reference, U.S. The majority sided with the patentee and reversed the IPR Board’s single-reference obviousness determination. Patent Nos.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Reynolds Vapor Company v. Daikin Industries, Ltd. , Citing Sotera in its analysis of Fintiv factor 4, the Board found that the stipulation “address[ed] any concerns about overlap between the issues presented in the two fora” and instituted IPR. Similarly, in R.J. Philip Morris Products S.A. Motivation and Objective Indicia.

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