JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Idaho AG Lawrence Wasden has filed motions to intervene [Law360 paywall] in two related patent lawsuits.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2022

Some things, referred to as patent-ineligible subject matter, are not patentable: laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. In 2014, the Supreme Court established a two-part test to determine whether an invention is patent-eligible. 208, 216, 219 (2014). Alice Corp. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 12, 2022

Tropp, who owns two patents relating to luggage lock technology that enables airport screening of luggage while still allowing the bags to remain locked, is asking the Court to answer the question: “Whether the claims at issue in Tropp’s patents reciting physical rather than computer-processing steps are patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. §

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

On February 4, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded a patent infringement decision of the U.S. Wi-LAN is the owner of two patents related to allocating bandwidth in a wireless communication system, U.S. Patent Nos.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2024

entered into a settlement and license agreement in 2014, following years of patent litigation over their competing glucose monitoring system patents. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential ruling that affirmed a district court’s denial of preliminary injunction to DexCom, Inc.,

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IP Watchdog

JULY 5, 2023

since 2014. 8,206,987, owned by Inguran, LLC and directed to “a method for sorting bull sperm cells according to a specific DNA characteristic in order to preselect the gender of a domestic animal’s offspring,” according to the opinion. Inguran does business as STGenetics (ST).

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

Infringement related to patents are usually seen in the pharmaceutical industry, as most of the inventions takes place in that sector. There is a law in India, which protects patent infringement that is Patent Act, 1970. This is one of the famous case laws on patent infringement. 24863/2014. [3]

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

Newly promoted principals for 2022 are: Michael Ballanco focuses his practice on all aspects of patent infringement matters at the trial and appellate level. magna cum laude , from George Mason University School of Law in 2014 and his B.S., with honors from Emory University School of Law in 2014 and her B.S.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 8, 2022

A patent that protects technology which is essential to implementing a standard is known as a standard essential patent (SEP). doubled on average every five years between the early 1990s to 2014 [see here page 61, figure 10.1]. As of 2020, around 95,000 patents have been declared essential for the 5G standard.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 25, 2023

July 27, 2023) In a recent tax appeal, the Third Circuit court of appeals afformed that legal expenses incurred by generic drug makers to defend against patent infringement suits brought under the Hatch-Waxman Act are deductible as ordinary and necessary business expenses.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Following a nine-day trial, an eight-member jury found claims from three of the four asserted patents infringed. The Judge in the case is Stephen Bough, a 2014 Obama appointee. In cases like these, Judge Bough generally seats a six-member jury with two alternates.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 31, 2021

per 4G device to license its standard essential patents for mobile devices. per device for the patents under a 2014 licensing agreement, in 2016 the company independently assessed the value of Ericsson’s patents and ultimately proposed a rate of $0.10 Although HTC had previously paid Ericsson about $2.50

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 21, 2022

Some things, referred to as patent-ineligible subject matter, are not patentable: laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. In 2014, the Supreme Court established a two-part test to determine whether an invention is patent-eligible. 208, 216, 219 (2014). Alice Corp. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

Winston Strawn Plagiarism Complaint Winston Strawn Plagiarism Attachments I recall being asked to draft my first patent infringement complaint back in early 2003 – a few months after graduating from law school. 2014), a district court judge addressed the issue of copyright infringement in the context of legal briefs.

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Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation Blog

JULY 3, 2021

Stark, who served the District of Delaware well as Chief Judge since 2014. Connolly became Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Chief Judge Connolly assumed the role from the Honorable Leonard P.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 26, 2022

At this point, Gamevice hired a new law firm that proceeded to litigate the same three patents that Gamevice had already lost on at the ITC, raising the question of whether this is zealous advocacy or frivolous litigation. C-13-159 CW, 2014 WL 4616847 (N.D. 15, 2014), in which another N.D. Nintendo moved for Rule 11 sanctions.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2022

In April 2014 Foro contacted Vita through the generic contact form on Vita’s website to discuss building a deployment wheel for Foro’s laser, which it marketed as a multiconductor cutting tool. On July 29, 2014, the Parties executed a mutual Nondisclosure and Restricted Use Agreement (the “NDA”). Foro Energy, Inc. Code §§ 134A.001

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 19, 2022

In April 2014 Foro contacted Vita through the generic contact form on Vita’s website to discuss building a deployment wheel for Foro’s laser, which it marketed as a multiconductor cutting tool. On July 29, 2014, the Parties executed a mutual Nondisclosure and Restricted Use Agreement (the “NDA”). Foro Energy, Inc. Code §§ 134A.001

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This case addresses whether patents relating to methods and systems for connecting users based on their answers to polling questions claim patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § Background Trinity sued Covalent for patent infringement of U.S. Patent 9,087,321 (“the ’321 patent”) and U.S. Alice Corp.

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Patently-O

JULY 8, 2022

David Tropp sued Travel Sentry for patent infringement back in 2006. That was the same year that I first taught a patent law class. Back then, eligibility was almost an unknown concept in patent litigation. 208 (2014). The rule of thumb was “anything under the sun, made by man,” and I mean ANYTHING.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 7, 2021

As way of background, in patent infringement cases, Courts are authorized to award “reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party” in “exceptional cases.” Under the Federal Circuit’s holding in Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. , ” .

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2021

Are research tools protected from patent infringement under the Hatch-Waxman safe harbor, section 271(e)(1)? [1] This, in effect, not only extended the patent’s term but also delayed introduction of competing products. [6]. 3:11-CV-2214-GPC-KSC, 2014 WL 2212114 (S.D. 3:11-CV-2214-GPC-KSC, 2014 WL 2212144 (S.D.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

License is an affirmative defense to patent infringement and so the defendant typically has the burden of presenting and proving the elements. 117 (2014). In defending its actions, Siemens argued that the Microsoft.NET license provided a complete shield. Bauman , 571 U.S. and did not directly facilitate U.S.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Ericsson and HTC entered into three such licensing agreements in 2003, 2008 and 2014. Under the 2014 agreement, HTC paid Ericsson a lump sum of $75 million for a 2-year license to use Ericsson’s 2/3/4G SEPs. However, this case did not sound in patent infringement, but in breach of contract. 2014), Microsoft v.

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Patently-O

MAY 1, 2024

May 1, 2024) offers some interesting insight into leveraged patent transactions, and the effect of a lender’s ability to license or assign a patent on the patent owner’s standing to sue for infringement, especially after default. 118 (2014), that § 281 is not a jurisdictional requirement.”

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IP Intelligence

MARCH 28, 2023

CLS Bank Int’l decision in 2014, patent eligibility under Section 101 of the Patent Act has been increasingly invoked in early motion practice. however, the Federal Circuit made a ruling that should give parties pause before moving, particularly in cases where the operative pleading only contains a subset of patent claims.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Principal Adam Shartzer and Associate Josh Carrigan authored Expert Analysis for Law360 examining a fee-shifting statute for patent cases that allows prevailing parties to recover their reasonable attorney fees in exceptional patent infringement cases. Supreme Court’s 2014 Octane Fitness LLC v. Since the U.S.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 26, 2022

This argument fails for two reasons: first, Mobile Equity would not have needed to specifically list the ’989 Application, or the ’236 Patent which had issued by November 2014, by name because Afana had already assigned his entire interest in the ’989 Application. For example, applying Florida law, the court in Taylor v. 3d 916 (M.D.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 31, 2023

XY (discussed in detail here ) concerned assertions of patent infringement and patent invalidity in federal court. During the pendency of that litigation, the Board had canceled the patent claims in a final written decision in an inter partes review. 1115 (2014). Baxter International, Inc. , 3d 1330 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

§ 285, a prevailing party in a patent infringement dispute may be awarded reasonable attorney fees in “exceptional cases.” CAFC Says “No”…Ninth Circuit Says “Yes” Under 35 U.S.C. §

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

Recently, in its fourth decision in a patent infringement dispute between DeLorme and BriarTek IP, the U.S. In May 2013, BriarTek filed an enforcement complaint against DeLorme at the ITC, in which it alleged that DeLorme had continued to import infringing products in violation of the Consent Order. The Recent Decision.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

With all these various fast food restaurants entering the fray, why did Chick-fil-A or other early players in the chicken sandwich game not block these upstarts with copyright or patent infringement injunctions? In 2014 , Lorenzana filed a complaint in an attempt to regain the earnings for his creation.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 24, 2022

Recently, in its fourth decision in a patent infringement dispute between DeLorme and BriarTek IP, the U.S. In May 2013, BriarTek filed an enforcement complaint against DeLorme at the ITC, in which it alleged that DeLorme had continued to import infringing products in violation of the Consent Order. ” The Recent Decision.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

The LOT Network is a well-known, nonprofit organization that was formed to protect companies from patent assertion entities. LOT’s membership has grown exponentially since its inception in 2014 and now includes thousands of members that range from startups to global giants.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This case addresses whether patents relating to methods and systems for connecting users based on their answers to polling questions claim patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § Background Trinity sued Covalent for patent infringement of U.S. Patent 9,087,321 (“the ’321 patent”) and U.S.

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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. Although patent infringement is a question of fact that goes to the jury, in many cases the courts effectively decide the infringement questions as part of the claim construction.

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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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