( July 31, 2026, 10:04 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — After the expiration of the relevant patent, a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel vacated a final determination from the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that an appellant company violated an import trade law by importing a device that infringed a skin treatment company’s patent, rejecting the patent owner’s citation of potential collateral effects on a parallel inter partes review (IPR) proceeding....