IP Law 360

MARCH 28, 2024

is accusing a former engineer of leaking sensitive information about its business practices, internal policies and products to employees at other technology companies as well as at least three journalists for national publications — including one saved in his phone as "Homeboy" — in a suit in California state court.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 8, 2023

International Trade Commission's holding that Apple Watch imports should be banned for infringing another company's patents risks turning the agency into a standard patent litigation forum, rather than one meant to rein in harmful trade practices, Apple Inc. has told the Federal Circuit.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Texas-based ImberaTek LLC is claiming Apple Inc. used its patented processes to create hardware widely used in the company's electronics, saying in a suit filed in Texas federal court on Monday that the tech giant recklessly disregarded the company's patent rights.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 12, 2024

by Dennis Crouch This article analyzes some of the latest developments in the ongoing legal battle between medical device company Masimo and tech giant Apple regarding Apple’s adjudged infringement of Masimo’s pulse oximetry patents in its Apple Watch. Customs around a modified design.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has agreed to review a pair of electrocardiogram technology patents owned by Apple Inc. that have been the subject of an infringement suit the tech giant filed against medical software company AliveCor Inc. in California federal court.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Earlier this year, AliveCor, Inc., a medical device and AI company producing electrocardiogram (ECG) hardware and software for consumer mobile devices, succeeded in convincing an International Trade Commission (ITC) judge that Apple Inc. infringed multiple, valid claims of three AliveCor patents on ECG technology.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In 2021, an organization of patent owners and various patent-holding companies sued the USPTO in the Eastern District of Texas. Such rulemaking would formalize the six-factor test for discretionary denials based on parallel district court litigation under Apple Inc. Fintiv, Inc., IPR2020-00019, Paper 11 (PTAB Mar.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 7, 2023

A Dallas-based intellectual property company filed suit in California federal court on Friday against Apple Inc., claiming the tech giant is infringing its patents that are essential to implementing the 5G standard and breaching an obligation to negotiate a fair licensing agreement.

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Patently-O

JUNE 9, 2023

Apple Inc. These discretionary denials are known as Fintiv guidelines based upon the precedential case of Apple Inc. Fintiv, Inc. A group of five large companies led by Apple then sued the USPTO in the N.D. Vidal (Supreme Court. IPR2020-00019 (P.T.A.B.

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Patently-O

MARCH 21, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In re Apple Inc. , 2024) Federal Circuit has denied Apple’s petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to transfer a patent infringement case from the Western District of Texas to the Northern District of California. 24-111 (Fed. The case, Carbyne Biometrics, LLC v. Patent Nos.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 22, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today denied VoIP-Pal.com, Inc.’s s petition for a writ of mandamus asking it to direct a California district court to vacate its decision in favor of Twitter, Inc.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 5, 2023

On April 24, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Epic Games, Inc. Apple, Inc., and affirmed the trial court’s ruling in Apple’s favor as to Epic’s Sherman Act claim for restraint of trade relating to Apple’s distribution of apps in its App Store. By: Weintraub Tobin

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

petitions for inter partes reviews of an Apple Inc. utility patent for a wearable electronic device including the Apple Watch and a design patent for a charger, both of which Apple has accused the medical device company of infringing in Delaware court. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has denied two Masimo Corp.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit against Apple over the AppleTV+ series Servant. The lawsuit was filed by Francesca Gregorini, who targeted Apple as well as others involved in the production of the series. million in damages.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Cybersecurity company VirnetX Inc. Supreme Court that the invalidation of network security patents Apple was ordered to pay $576.5 million for infringing cannot stand, because a decision letting Apple challenge the patents "gutted" the time limit on inter partes reviews. has told the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Monday said that Apple has standing to pursue its claim that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director’s instructions to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) regarding discretionary denial practice under Apple Inc. Fintiv, Inc.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 24, 2023

AliveCor Inc. has asked a California federal judge to stay Apple's infringement suit against the medical device company based on pending patent challenges, both of which are part of a larger dispute in which the future of Apple Watch imports is in limbo.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 4, 2023

On April 24, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Epic Games, Inc. Apple, Inc. , and affirmed the trial court’s ruling in Apple’s favor as to Epic’s Sherman Act claim for restraint of trade relating to Apple’s distribution of apps in its App Store. Apple rejected this attempt to modify the DPLA.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 22, 2023

The Federal Circuit on Thursday declined to grant VirnetX Inc.'s s request for panel rehearing in the company's legal fight against Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that have jeopardized a $576 million verdict it won against Apple.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Apple, Inc. Anyone that’s read Walter Isaacson’s book on Steve Jobs or otherwise followed the company knows that Steve Jobs was passionate, if not fanatical, about the quality and presentation of Apple products. By: Whitcomb Selinsky, PC

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Patently-O

AUGUST 29, 2021

Apple and Visa ( Fed. Universal Wilde, Inc., Solutran, Inc. Elavon, Inc., That code is then set the credit card company servers for authorization, including any restrictions on transactions with the merchant. The company then either approves or denies the transaction. Apple decisions. 3d 905 (Fed.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 5, 2024

Cybersecurity company VirnetX Inc. lost its bid Friday for the Federal Circuit to reconsider two of its decisions that backed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's findings that invalidated its network security patent claims covering a type of agile network protocol, which were challenged by Apple and Cisco.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 2, 2022

What is a company’s most valuable asset today? Consider the largest companies by market capitalization on the S&P 500: you will find Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc. Google), and Tesla Inc. The answer is quite arguably its intellectual property (“IP”). Microsoft Corp.,

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Patently-O

APRIL 21, 2022

The only IP centric case that has been granted certiorari is Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. I have divided the pending cases into three general categories: Patentability: Eligibility under Section 101 : American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Apple Inc., and Ameranth, Inc. Olo, Inc. ,

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Apple forced its employees to sign unlawful contracts in order to stifle competition and punish employees from leaving the company, startup Rivos Inc. told a California federal court, marking the latest chapter in the trade secrets fight between the two companies

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Texas-based technology company Haptic Inc. has sued Apple in Texas federal court accusing the tech giant of infringing Haptic's patented "tap gesture" technology to develop a feature allowing users to tap the back of their iPhones to perform specific actions.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Tuesday refused to let Irish patent licensing company Scramoge Technology Ltd. amend a wireless charging patent, finding that challenger Apple Inc. had shown that the proposed new claims are invalid as obvious.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 4, 2021

In re Apple , 21-147 (Fed. Even though Apple has a $1 billion Austin Texas Campus and 8,000+ employees within the district, the company argued that litigating a patent case within the district would be truly inconvenient. In re Apple Inc. , August 4, 2021); In re Google , 21-144 (Fed. Aug 4, 2021). 3d 1332 (Fed.

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IPilogue

MARCH 13, 2023

Known as paid-to-surf models, companies in this space require their users to install browser extensions to track their browsing. 20 a month for users of OzoneAI Inc. Apple, for example, introduced a new iOS in 2021, allowing its users to opt-out of having their activity tracked by advertiser s.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 13, 2023

The vice president of Apple's hardware technologies group took the stand Thursday in Masimo Corp. and Cercacor Laboratories Inc.'s

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 10, 2023

International Trade Commission judge on Tuesday found that the Apple Watch infringes a patent on technology for measuring oxygen in the blood owned by medical technology company Masimo Corp. although she cleared Apple Inc. of infringing four other Masimo patents.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 23, 2023

On March 13, 2023, in Apple, Inc., March 13, 2023), the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a decision from the Northern District of California dismissing a lawsuit filed by several large technology companies for lack of standing. Vidal, Case No. 2022-1249 (Fed.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 8, 2022

A wireless technology expert testifying for Apple Inc. told a California jury on Monday that the company's AirPods do not infringe Pinn Inc.'s s wireless earbud design patents for a number of reasons, including that Apple's so-called charging case does not technically charge the earbuds despite its "catchy name."

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IP Law 360

JUNE 12, 2023

Furniture company Herman Miller Inc. urged a Michigan federal judge to toss an intellectual property dispute with the family of George Nelson over the late designer's Bubble Lamp, arguing the family is trying to get a "second bite at the apple" after settling a different lawsuit related to its IP rights.

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IP Law 360

JULY 20, 2022

Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright on Wednesday prohibited Apple Inc. from seeking to transfer an Irish company's patent suit against it to California, ruling that the sanction is warranted because Apple canceled a key venue deposition just before discovery closed.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Two leading petitions before the court are: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Patreon, Inc. , Two petitions will be considered by the court in upcoming days: ENCO Systems, Inc. Ultratec, Inc. The Supreme Court has requested responsive briefing in three additional cases: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. Qualcomm Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2023

On April 24, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Epic Games, Inc. Apple, Inc. , and affirmed the trial court’s ruling in Apple’s favor as to Epic’s Sherman Act claim for restraint of trade relating to Apple’s distribution of apps in its App Store.

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