Haynes Boone successfully represented Unified Patents in a significant patent appeal victory before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision invalidating the majority of challenged claims in a VideoLabs Collective patent.
In a Feb. 20 decision, the Federal Circuit upheld the PTAB’s ruling that claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,605,794 are unpatentable. The three-judge panel concluded that VideoLabs forfeited its primary-claim construction argument by raising it for the first time on appeal. The court also agreed that Unified was entitled to respond to new claim-construction arguments raised during the PTAB proceedings and found that the board’s anticipation determination was supported by substantial evidence.
Haynes Boone Partners Debbie McComas, Jonathan Bowser, David McCombs, Angela Oliver and Associate Laura Vu represented Unified Patents alongside Unified’s internal counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jessica Marks.
This decision adds to the firm’s record of successful Federal Circuit outcomes, including precedential victories and affirmances in inter partes review appeals.
Haynes Boone’s Federal Circuit Practice Group has handled more than 200 appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and is consistently ranked among the top-performing firms in patent appeals. The team includes former Federal Circuit law clerks and works closely with the firm’s Intellectual Property and Appellate Practices in matters arising from district courts, the International Trade Commission and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
