Any court opinion that contains the words, "Crystalline 7-[2-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-2-hydroxyiminoacetamido]-3-vinyl-3-cephem.-4-carboxylic acid," doesn't exactly put us in our comfort zone. Yet, upon closer inspection, it appears that the Federal Circuit's en banc decision Monday in Lupin Ltd. v. Abbott Laboratories is an important and long-awaited clarification of patent law that deserves attention. After decades of debate within the IP bar and the Federal Circuit, a divided en banc panel on Monday established the standard for evaluating so-called patent-by-process claims.

In a rare setback in Chevron and Gibson Dunn's attempts to prove that a Ecuadorian judge's $18 billion judgment was tainted by fraud, a Third Circuit panel warned U.S. judges against "disregarding or disparaging" the decisions of foreign courts.

LG suffered another loss in its suit against Whirlpool for falsely advertising that its steam dryers produced steam. After a trial last year in which it won just one count under Illinois's Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act, a federal judge has thrown out that result, too.

The judge leapt at the opportunity to weigh in on Twombly pleading standards, taking less than four weeks to write an opinion that accepted an interlocutory appeal and--without merits briefing or oral argument--concluded the trial court could give a lot of leeway to plaintiffs alleging a price-fixing conspiracy.

A Second Circuit panel ruled 2-1 Monday that Aereo's convoluted strategy for streaming live television most likely passes copyright muster, handing a big setback to the networks and a huge win to Aereo's lawyers.