STC.UNM v. Intel Corporation

13-1241

September 18, 2014
Fed. Circ.'s Latest Patent-Specific Rule May Rile Justices

A split Federal Circuit decision that patent co-owners cannot be forced to join an infringement suit may be ripe for U.S. Supreme Court review, attorneys say, since it appears to set a rule that applies only in patent law, a practice by the appeals court that the justices have repeatedly criticized.
September 17, 2014
Fed. Circ. Says Suits Doomed When Patent Co-Owner Opts Out

In a sharply split decision Wednesday, the full Federal Circuit declined to review a ruling in a semiconductor patent dispute that found infringement suits must be thrown out when the co-owner of a patent decides not to participate, with the judges at odds over whether unwilling co-owners can be forced to join a case.
June 06, 2014
Fed. Circ. Tosses University's Patent Suit Against Intel

A divided Federal Circuit on Friday affirmed a district court's dismissal of a suit brought by the University of New Mexico's patent arm alleging Intel Corp. infringed a patent for lithographic methods used in semiconductor manufacturing, ruling that the plaintiff lacks standing because the patent's co-owner elected to not join the suit.

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