Omni MedSci, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

  1. November 18, 2021

    Fed. Circ. Tosses Apple's Bid To Kill Professor's IP Rights Suit

    Apple Inc. can't escape a patent infringement case brought by a University of Michigan engineering professor, the Federal Circuit said, upholding a split panel's decision based on the suit's arguments of who owns the rights to a patent filed when the professor was on unpaid leave. 

  2. October 18, 2021

    Full Fed. Circ. Told To Nix Apple's Bid To Get IP Suit Tossed

    Omni MedSci Inc. urged the full Federal Circuit on Monday to deny Apple's petition for review of a panel decision that it must face a lawsuit from a University of Michigan professor who said he rightfully assigned the patents to Omni while on unpaid leave from the university.

  3. September 16, 2021

    Apple Wants Fed. Circ. To Rethink Refusal To Toss Patent Suit

    Apple is asking the Federal Circuit to rethink a decision that the tech giant must face a patent lawsuit over its Apple Watch brought by a University of Michigan engineering professor, saying that the ruling retroactively puts the ownership rights of "countless" patents in jeopardy.

  4. August 02, 2021

    Split Fed. Circ. Keeps Patent Case Against Apple Alive

    Apple must face a lawsuit over its Apple Watch brought by a University of Michigan engineering professor who claims that he had the right to assign the patents to his company while on unpaid leave from the university, a split Federal Circuit ruled in a precedential opinion Monday.