| 24-1143 |
Atrium Medical Corporation v. C.R. Bard, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split contract-law judicial-interpretation patent-expiration patent-licensing royalty-agreement |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's approach fails to properly determine what royalties are "for," as Brulotte and Kimble require. |
| 23A883 |
Cellect, LLC v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2024-04-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
federal-circuit obviousness-type-double-patenting patent-expiration patent-term-adjustment patent-term-extension patent-validity |
Question not identified. |
| 22-5928 |
David L. Hildebrand v. Wilmar Corporation |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
antitrust business-dealings contract-law contractual-law due-process patent-expiration patent-law royalties royalty-agreement settlement-intent standing |
1. Is it illegal to agree to continue to pay royalties or fees of any kind to an inventor following the expiration of his patent.
2. Should a court b… |