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Delhi High Court Directs Maharaja to Pay a King’s Ransom in a Patent Infringement Suit  

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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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Patent Infringement Pleading Standards Remain Unsettled Five Years After the Abrogation of Form 18 – Part 2: Pleading Standards in Delaware

Intellectual Property Law Blog

December 1, 2020 marked the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s abrogation of Form 18—the model complaint that provided the minimum requirements for stating a claim of direct infringement. Following the abrogation of Form 18, patent infringement claims must satisfy the plausibility standard articulated in Bell Atlantic Corp.

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Forum Selection Clause Can Preclude PTO Validity Challenges

Intellectual Property Law Blog

An important takeaway from this case is that careful consideration should be given to the scope of any forum selection clauses regarding patent infringement or invalidity actions. 422, 430 (2007); AVX Corp. In Nippon Shinyaku v. The Federal Circuit disagreed. Int’l Shipping Corp., Presidio Components, Inc., 3d 1357, 1361 (Fed.

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Michigan City Resident Sues Numerous Retailers for Alleged Patent Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

D/580,633, D/581,136 , and D/341,471 (collectively, the “Patents in Suit”). Notably, it appears the ‘633 and ‘136 Patents are set to expire in November 2022, while the ‘471 Patent expired in November 2007 since the term for a design patent filed prior to May 13, 2015 is 14 years. Walmart Inc. Kohl’s Inc. ,

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Forum Selection Clause Can Preclude PTO Validity Challenges

Intellectual Property Law Blog

An important takeaway from this case is that careful consideration should be given to the scope of any forum selection clauses regarding patent infringement or invalidity actions. 422, 430 (2007); AVX Corp. In Nippon Shinyaku v. The Federal Circuit disagreed. Int’l Shipping Corp., Presidio Components, Inc., 3d 1357, 1361 (Fed.

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Most Cited Supreme Court Patent Cases Since 1952

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321 (1971) (antitrust – patent pools – waiver of defenses); MedImmune, Inc. 118 (2007) (licensee standing for declaratory judgment action); Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. 313 (1971) (non-mutual issue preclusion in patent cases); Zenith Radio Corp. 666 (1999) (sovereign immunity for patent infringement); KSR Intern.

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Roundup Ready 2 Patent Litigation

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Mo 2023) Bayer and its subsidiary Monsanto have filed a new set of patent infringement lawsuits against farmers who saved seeds and replanted them in violation of Monsanto Roundup Ready patents and license agreements. Monsanto’s original patents on genetically modified plants have all expired. Bayer CropScience v.