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As a litigation associate, Eddie Wang focuses his practice on complex commercial and intellectual property matters with an emphasis on patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. He has experience litigating a broad range of technologies including mobile applications, cellular technology, digital televisions, video codecs, and fuel cells. In addition to commercial litigation and intellectual property, Eddie also leverages his technical background in privacy and cybersecurity matters.

Before practicing law, Eddie worked as a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for nearly six years. While there, he examined patents related to memory for electrical computers and digital processing systems.

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The Federal Circuit’s recent decision last week in Inland Diamond Prods. Co. v. Cherry Optical Inc., offers an important reminder for patent litigators: a PTAB’s factual finding in an inter partes review (IPR) does not automatically bind a district court. The case underscores that issue preclusion has clear boundaries when different forums apply different standards of proof.

The Federal Circuit recently reversed a $4.7M verdict in a patent lawsuit involving two patents concerning next-generation sequencing methods—U.S. Patent Nos. 10,017,810 and 10,450,597. Both patents concern DNA preparation using different types of primers: “target-specific primers” that bind to regions of interest in the genome and other primers or adaptors…

In April, the Federal Circuit issued a significant patent law ruling involving artificial intelligence. In Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp, the Court addressed a core question facing many AI-driven businesses: When are solutions applying machine learning to real-world problems inventive and patentable? The Federal Circuit affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the underlying case at the pleading stage under § 101 and held that applying generic machine learning models to scheduling and programming tasks—without disclosing any technological advances to the underlying machine learning techniques—failed to meet the eligibility standards under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform industries, its impact on patent law is raising critical legal questions. From the recognition of AI as an inventor and potential infringement risks posed by the AI-generated outputs to the use of AI in patent validity challenges, the legal landscape is rapidly evolving. This article explores how generative AI is reshaping patent litigation, including the legal implications for inventorship, infringement and validity.

A recent precedential decision by the Federal Circuit in Apple Inc v. Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, decided on March 4, 2025, has affirmed the Patent And Trial Appeal Board’s inter partes review (IPR) mixed ruling on appeal. The IPR relates to U.S. Patent No. 7,933,431 titled “Camera Based Sensing in Handheld, Mobile, Gaming, or Other Devices,” issued to Gesture Technology Partners, LLC (“GTP”). The Board’s final written decision had found all claims unpatentable, except claims 11 and 13. Apple appealed as to claims 11 and 13 and GTP cross-appealed as to the remaining claims. This blog post gives an overview of the recent decision and provides some reminders and takeaways for litigation and IPR counsel-alike.