Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A Sheppard Mullin trial team led by partners Brad Graveline and Laura Burson obtained one of the largest patent infringement damages awards against the United States of America for client SecurityPoint Holdings, Inc (SecurityPoint). SecurityPoint brought its claim for patent infringement against the United States under 28 U.S.C.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2023

In late March, news broke that the European Commission was drafting sweeping regulations on the licensing of standard essential patents (SEPs). In its current form, the new regulatory framework would encourage increased transparency in SEP licensing through several new policies and procedures.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The complaint alleged that Scientific Games, through its acquired entity, SHFL Entertainment, brought patent infringement litigation in 2009 and 2012 based on fraudulently obtained patents for automatic card shufflers used in licensed casinos. The plaintiffs had sued Scientific Games Corp.

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Patently-O

JULY 21, 2022

Holt was part of forming two additional companies, BJM and Matrix and Symbiont licensed the technology (including the patent) to those companies. The agreement included a number of provisions — primarily a license with royalties for feed sold using the process.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

The interface of Intellectual Property (IP) incline with Amazon’s approach herein. In matters of trade, Trademark, copyright and Patent act as building blocks of protection measures while conferring exclusive right over goods/services for the holder. Patent infringement can occur in both of these roles.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 21, 2023

DSI) filed suit against Plaintiff, Perq Software, LLC for Patent Infringement. 284 , pre-judgment and post-judgment interest, attorney fees and a compulsory ongoing license fee. Patent infringement cases can be complex, and the outcome can have significant implications for both the patent owner and the accused party.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Patent licensing and technology transfer is a cornerstone of modern economies, where the efficiencies of collaboration and division of labor do not require firms to be vertically integrated. This short article focuses on how risk – in the economic and legal sense – changes over time, and what this implies for patent licensing dynamics.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I will summarize here two published views on existing solutions to this IP problem: in a May 2022 article in The Journal of World Intellectual Property, Muhammad Z. examined two existing ways to tackle the problem: compulsory licensing and voluntary licensing. Ballardini et al.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [1] reversed a lower court’s denial of Intel Corporation’s (“Intel’s”) motion for leave to amend its answer to assert a new license defense in a patent infringement suit brought by VLSI Technology LLC (“VLSI”). and Finjan Software, Inc.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In the fight against intellectual property rights (IPRs) infringements, China does not consider punitive damages as a taboo. During the validity period of the patent, one of the two defendants,** ‘Baijia store’, sold Jin’s patented products without permission. On the contrary: it has embraced them as a useful tool.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

A recent decision out of the Eastern District of Texas sheds further light on Judge Rodney Gilstrap’s interpretation of a patent owner’s commitment to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) pursuant to ETSI’s Intellectual Property Rights Information Statement and Licensing Declaration (“the ETSI Licensing Declaration”).

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

With respect to patents subject to a commitment to license on a Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) or Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (RAND) basis, 2023 saw many interesting developments.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Sockeye Licensing TX, LLC. NPEs are also known to limit their license when suing software companies.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 14, 2023

Batesville”), for patent infringement. Batesville is accused of patent infringement against Patent No.’s Richmond, Indiana –The Plaintiff, Vandor Group, Inc. Vandor”) doing business as Starmark Cremation Products , filed suit against Defendant, Batesville Casket Company, Inc.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced Friday it is extending the deadline on its Request for Comments on anticounterfeiting and antipiracy strategies by one month, to September 25, 2023; tobacco company Altria files a complaint against e-cigarette maker Juul alleging patent infringement of e-cigarette technology; a Trader Joe’s workers’ union (..)

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 29, 2023

REGENXBIO has exclusive license rights to vectors invented at [the] University [of Pennsylvania], known as NAV® Vectors, composed of ‘capsid proteins’ that package the transgene used to treat genetic defects or supply therapeutic factors such as antibodies to treat other serious conditions.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

This article originally appeared in The Intellectual Property Strategist. Companies have historically turned to patent pools as vehicles for achieving shared objectives. A patent pool can be formed when a group of patent holders agree to pool their patents for some purpose. License on Transfer (LOT) Network.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

holding that, in a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that expressly excludes a license grant, a FSC does not prohibit a patent infringement defendant from filing inter partes review (IPR) petitions. Six years later, Kannuu sued Samsung in the Southern District of New York, alleging patent infringement and breach of the NDA.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

holding that, in a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that expressly excludes a license grant, a FSC does not prohibit a patent infringement defendant from filing inter partes review (IPR) petitions. Six years later, Kannuu sued Samsung in the Southern District of New York, alleging patent infringement and breach of the NDA.

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Patently-O

JUNE 20, 2023

The ITC’s power extends in to several areas, but primarily by enforcing the laws of (1) intellectual property rights; (2) anti-dumping; and (3) countervailing duties. Intellectual Property Rights : Section 337 investigations constitute a significant portion of ITC’s enforcement activities.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A group of 25 experts in intellectual property law sent a letter to Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Jonathan Kanter today in support of a business review letter that the group said, “represented a legally sound and evidence-based approach in applying antitrust law to innovative commercial institutions.”

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

While 2022 was somewhat less eventful than 2021 in terms of significant developments in fair/reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND/RAND) licensing occurring in the United States, the past year still did not disappoint and underscores the continued and growing interest from government in the standards related patents space.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A Sheppard Mullin trial team led by partners Brad Graveline and Laura Burson obtained one of the largest patent infringement damages awards against the United States of America for client SecurityPoint Holdings, Inc (SecurityPoint). SecurityPoint brought its claim for patent infringement against the United States under 28 U.S.C. §

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The appellate court for a second time ordered the district court “to make particularized determinations as to whether the third-party licensing information sought to be sealed should be made public.”.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Zolgensma and the Inadequacies of the Compulsory Licensing Regime. Akhil discusses the compulsory licensing provisions in the TRIPS Agreement, as well as the objectives and principles relating to safeguarding public interest in Articles 7 and 8 and how they find reflection in India’s Patent Act. Poster for Zolgensma.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The Supreme Court of Canada recently clarified the role of non-infringing options as well as springboard profits when calculating profits in patent infringement cases. The majority of the court also confirmed that the calculation properly included profits gained after the patent expired, known as springboard profits.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Three pharmaceutical companies, including Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Micromet AG, and Cambridge Antibody Technology (now acquired by AstraZeneca), in September 2003 announced signing a non-exclusive cross-license agreement. In the latter case, no license or permission of any sort is required from the patent owner for commercializing the product.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2022

District Court for the district of Delaware in a patent infringement suit brought by Meso Scale Diagnostics (Meso) against Roche Diagnostic Corporation and BioVeris Corporation (collectively Roche). Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed, reversed, vacated, and remanded a decision by the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Despite these differences, we noted that these two concepts have often been treated interchangeably by courts, often leading to confusing results. Pursuant to appeal of that decision, however, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has now addressed the photonegative question in HTC Corp.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

While the result is reasonable, the explanations provided by the court raise several questions.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 24, 2022

The first kind, academic institutions, acquire patents to protect the research work of their faculty and researchers while licensing others to use the results of the research produced without commodifying the patent. They do not practice, develop, manufacture, or otherwise commercialize the patent.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

and Uniloc 2017 all lacked standing to sue Motorola and Blackboard for patent infringement because it was collaterally estopped by a previous decision in its case with Apple. Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a district court decision that Uniloc USA, Inc., Uniloc Luxembourg, S.A.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 7, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: China unveils its goals for improving IP rights during the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan, even as the country’s copyright administration announces a ban on most exclusive music licensing deals; the Federal Circuit affirms the validity of Novartis patent claims over Chief Judge Moore’s dissent over the majority’s (..)

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

An inventor of a fundamental technology receives a patent less than three months after filing; despite the public disclosure of the patent, industry contemporaries fail to appreciate the invention’s significance for nearly two years; once appreciated, widespread adoption and infringement of the patent ensues.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

By: Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints AbbVie Inc. Alvotech hf.,

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