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Supreme Court of China casted punitive damages upon post-settlement-agreement repeated patent infringement

The IPKat

In that regard, punitive damages for IPRs infringements have found their places in, but not limited to, China’s Civil Code (CCC), Copyright Law, Trade Mark Law and Patent Law (see former IPKat posts here and here ). In April 2021, Jin sued Baijia store for patent infringement. One month later, a settlement was reached.

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CAFC Says District Court Committed ‘Clear Error’ in Enforcing Disputed Settlement Agreement

IP Watchdog

On appeal, the CAFC held that CNC’s version of the agreement more accurately reflected the understanding between the two parties regarding a settlement over Plasmacam’s claim that CNC infringed U.S. 7,071,441 (‘441 patent), for which Plasmacam has an exclusive license.

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Appealing IPR Decisions – Art. III Standing in the Context of Litigation Settlements and Licenses

LexBlog IP

The Federal Circuit has provided additional guidance about an appellant’s standing to appeal IPR decisions after settling the related litigations and entering into patent license agreements. In response, Apple petitioned the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S.

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CAFC Distinguishes Forum Selection Clause Language from Precedential Cases in Win for Abbott

IP Watchdog

holding that the language of the governing contract's forum selection clause expressly allowed for the filing of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings in certain circumstances. entered into a settlement and license agreement in 2014, following years of patent litigation over their competing glucose monitoring system patents.

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The European Commission Proposes a New Regulation on Standard Essential Patents and FRAND Licensing

LexBlog IP

On 27 April 2023, the European Commission (the “ Commission ”) proposed a new regulation on the licensing of standard essential patents (the “ Proposal ”). [1] SEP holders seeking to license their SEPs for royalties and to enforce them in the EU would have to register the patents in a SEP register.

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Year in Review: Top Legal Developments of 2023

LexBlog IP

Samsung also filed IPR2023-01103 in June, challenging all claims of a patent assigned to Janssen that related to methods for treating ulcerative colitis with ustekinumab, the active ingredient in Janssen’s STELARA product. Biocon Biologics then filed its own IPR on the same patent in IPR2023-01444. That petition is pending.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently-O

Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S. It generally amounts to more than 50% of the total settlement recovery, acknowledging, at least by basic math, that they are the primary beneficiary of the litigation.).