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Delaware Judge Seeks to Expose Patent-Litigation Funders

The IP Law Blog

Do defendants and the court have the right to ask who is funding a particular patent litigation? The party must identify the third-party funder and whether the third-party funder has the right to approve litigation or settlement decisions. The issue arose as a result of two standing orders issued by Judge Connolly.

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court February 2022

Patently-O

The Supreme Court has not yet granted writ of certiorari in any patent cases this term. And, absent an unusual shadow-docket patent case, it is now too late for any case to be granted and heard this term. Still, there are a number of important patent cases pending before the court. Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. , Patreon, Inc.,

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Court Denies Attempts to Compel Disclosure of Litigation Funding Documents

The IP Law Blog

Kewalramani), the Central District of California denied Defendant Netflix’s attempts to compel Plaintiff GoTV Streaming to provide documents and further information as to the source of the litigation funding that GoTV received in conjunction with the patent litigation.

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court October 2021

Patently-O

The Supreme Court has not granted a writ of certiorari in any patent cases this term, and has now denied certiorari in two dozen. The remaining four patent petitions are listed roughly in order of their likelihood of being granted certiorari (in my opinion). 21-406 (reverse payment patent settlement). Qualcomm Inc.,

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The Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of the HUMIRA Antitrust Litigation

LexBlog IP

The Seventh Circuit issued this week a long-awaited opinion in the HUMIRA antitrust litigation, UFCW Local 1500 Welfare Fund v. “The patent laws do not set a cap on the number of patents any one person can hold—in general, or pertaining to a single subject.” AbbVie Inc.

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Practicing Generic Pharmaceuticals at TEVA: Practicing Working as a Full-fledged Lawyer

IPilogue

In the patent law textbook, we learned about filing and expiry dates of patents in one chapter, and grounds for invalidity in another. This integration of patent law concepts also demonstrated the interplay between business and the law as the legal department’s vigilance on these matters was crucial to business success.

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[GuestPost] Opinion: Patent trolling threatens the market of taxi aggregators in Kazakhstan

The IPKat

Merpel does not like this form of taxi Friend of the Kat and Legal Head of Delivery for Gett in Moscow, Konstantin Voropaev has been following some developments out of Kazakhstan relating to an uptick in litigation in the taxi-app space. The patent is valid until 21 December 2023. So what is going on? Let’s start at the beginning.