The IP Law Blog

MAY 7, 2021

285, determining plaintiff’s litigation positions were not baseless even after a granting of summary judgment of noninfringement that “was not a close call.” . As way of background, in patent infringement cases, Courts are authorized to award “reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party” in “exceptional cases.”

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IP Intelligence

MARCH 7, 2022

vi] Estoppel may arise, for instance, from arguments and representations made to obtain allowance of a patent even without any claim amendments,[vii] and estoppel resulting from arguments and representations regarding one claim or application may limit the scope of related patents. application during litigation in the U.S.?

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LexBlog IP

JULY 28, 2023

In January 2011, SDCCU filed a trademark application for the tagline IT’S NOT BIG BANKING, IT’S BETTER and obtained a federal registration for the mark in April 2014. registration and purported common law rights to the standalone tagline NOT A BANK. .” NOT A BANK BETTER. ” Synchronoss Techs, Inc.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

208 (2014). These were clearly watershed cases that dramatically changed the landscape of patent law and patent litigation. Prometheus , 566 U.S. 66 (2012); Alice Corp. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S. Since 2012, almost 2,000 court decisions have referenced these cases along with 8,000+ PTAB decisions.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

AUGUST 22, 2022

Law school and year of graduation: Emory University School of Law, 2014. Cheng: Before joining Fish as a trademark and copyright associate, I was an associate at Kenyon & Kenyon in New York, where I worked on patent litigation for about a year and a half. PDF copy available. Vivian Cheng: 6.5 Cheng: 6 years.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The decision is significant as it is the first by the Fifth Circuit to address the licensing of standards-essential patents and the meaning of “fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory” (FRAND) licensing terms, adding to the growing body of jurisprudence already issued by the Third, Ninth and Federal Circuits in this area. 2014), Microsoft v.

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

An example of this is a 2014 initiative by Hasbro, Inc. , The post Capturing All the Dimensions: Intellectual Property Protection for 3-D Designs and 3-D Printing Methods appeared first on Patent Law Blog. the toy company that owns the My Little Pony intellectual property.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Moderna further alleges that in 2014, in response to the appearance of MERS, it focused on developing mRNA vaccines against infectious diseases. Pfizer and BioNTech have stated that they did not use Moderna’s patented inventions, and that they will fully defend the case.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 31, 2021

Ericsson and HTC had entered cross-license agreements in 2003, 2008 and 2014. Under the 2014 license agreement, HTC paid Ericsson a lump sum of $75 million regardless of HTC’s phone sales, which effectively was $2.50 In 2016, just before the 2014 license expired, HTC and Ericsson began negotiating renewal of the license. .”

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MARCH 30, 2021

Even if Tesla has no intention of developing the laser system to clean glass surfaces on a car or photovoltaic solar panels, obtaining patent protection will give Tesla the option to enforce the patent against potential competitors by engaging in patent litigation. Steps to Obtain a Patent. 3d 998, 1000 (2014).

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2023

While the AmeriKat is still recovering from 2020, her Belgian Katfriends sum-up what was 2022 in Belgian patent litigation 'Tis the season for a look at the cases that were in 2022 from around Europe and what they mean for the IP litigation themes in those jurisdictions now that the dust has settled in 2023.

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

The Patent Act includes a 6-year statute of limitations, but as written it only applies to cut-off recovery for patent infringement — and does not apply to lawsuits to correct inventorship. ”) Patent law does not have a specific statute of limitations associated with claims to correct inventorship.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Claim Preclusion (res judicata) prevents a party from re-litigating a claim once a court has issued a final judgment on that claim. Claim preclusion is powerful, in part, because it does not require the claim to be actually litigated (just be subject to the final judgment). Eldred , 206 U.S. 285 (1907). Eldred , 206 U.S. 285 (1907).

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

One can recognize the importance of God’s names spiritually, of course, as Dr. Tony Evans has in his 2014 book, The Power of God’s Names. ” Evans (2014) at 12. Should one be given a patent to re-create the previously created? registered trademarks: Elohim—4. ” Welsh (2015) at 134.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 14, 2021

NHK-Fintiv permits the PTAB to deny IPR institution in situations where a parallel district court litigation is already well under way. That 2014 Brain Life decision was followed by a further expansion of Kessler in Speedtrack (Fed. One aspect of the historic confusion stems from the Supreme Court’s 1907 decision of Kessler v.

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