SpicyIP

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Putting an end to a 24 year old patent infringement suit, the Delhi High Court has directed Maharaja Appliances Ltd. A legal notice had been issued to the defendant on September 27, 2007 and this was subsequently followed by an interim injunction on September 10, 2009. [ This post has been co-authored with Swaraj Paul Barooah ].

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Qualcomm had previously sued Apple for patent infringement, and Apple responded with a set of inter partes review petitions. The petition asks the following question: Whether a licensee has Article III standing to challenge the validity of a patent covered by a license agreement that covers multiple patents.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 27, 2024

Introduction The main emphasis of the case pertains to accusations of patent infringement made by the defendant, as well as the subsequent pursuit of damages. In year 2007 the plaintiffs (Bajaj Auto Ltd.) of violating their patents related to the development of “enhanced internal combustion engine technology”.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Utility patents protect four categories of functional inventions: machines, articles of manufacture, compositions of matter, and processes (methods). To be patentable, however, both designs and functional inventions must satisfy two requirements. The patent covered a design for a vehicle front fender. Telflex, Inc.,

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Patents set themselves apart from other IP rights as inventions are often composed of multiple physical components or steps in a method, which does not necessarily have to exist or be performed at the same time and place. 437 (2007) where the Court refused to extend the U.S. Laitram Corp , 406 U.S. AT&T Corp , 550 U.S.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 11, 2022

Teleflex (2007). The Supreme Court explained that a collection of known elements cannot be patented unless “the whole in some way exceeds the sum of its parts” — something that is usually not the case in mechanics. The defendant had been telling people that plaintiff was an infringer; plaintiff sued for defamation.

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

The district court agreed, finding their contributions were significant to the conception of the claimed invention. Under § 256, correcting inventorship requires comparing the alleged co-inventor’s contributions against the invention as claimed. Here, the acts associated with co-inventorship occurred back in 2007.

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