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

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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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. The Wright brothers did not build commercial aviation, and yet commercial aviation was born thanks to the Wright brothers’ invention.

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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

Open-source software development isn’t a new kid on the block, but its importance has skyrocketed with the emergence of game-changing technologies like blockchain and AI. Open Source Lawyers Are Critical To Your Open Source Success Very few lawyers understand software licensing , and even fewer open-source licensing.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 21, 2023

DSI) filed suit against Plaintiff, Perq Software, LLC for Patent Infringement. According to the Complaint, DSI’s software includes numerous technological improvements that were captured in a family of patent applications. In 2022 the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued Patent No.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

of Goshen, Indiana , alleging patent infringement related to their asphalt paving technologies covered by U.S. Patents Nos. These patents are associated with ArrMaz’s BondTekk® bonded-paving technology, adopted by multiple states and contractors for creating safer and more durable roads.

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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. Unfortunately, in Madey v.

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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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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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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Open-source software development isn’t a new kid on the block, but its importance has skyrocketed with the emergence of game-changing technologies like blockchain and AI. Open Source Lawyers Are Critical To Your Open Source Success Very few lawyers understand software licensing , and even fewer open-source licensing.

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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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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

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

JUNE 29, 2023

alleging that the defendants’ adeno-associated virus (“AAV”) technology gene therapy product has infringed or will infringe U.S. 11,680,274 (“the ‘274 Patent”). ” The Biologics License Application (BLA) for SRP-9001 was accepted for priority review by the FDA in November 2022.

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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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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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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. Without any doubt, stepping into patent litigation can be uncertain, full of risks, and expensive.

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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

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Would you believe the following scenario could happen under our patent system? Commanding 50% market share in unit sales of the patented product, the patent holder prevails in patent infringement suits obtaining court injunctions against all major rivals and maintaining a strict no-licensing policy.

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Intepat

MAY 18, 2023

INTRODUCTION Oftentimes, it is observed how intellectual property laws, specifically; patent laws are contradictory to competition and antitrust laws. An example of this is the concept of Standard Essential Patents (SEP), where the intersection of patent laws and competition laws occurs.

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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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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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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I recently wrote about the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Moderna against Pfizer/BioNTech over the COVID-19 vaccine. In its complaint filed in federal district court in Boston last August, Moderna alleged that Pfizer/BioNTech infringed three of Moderna’s patents in developing the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 12, 2022

While all three panelists agreed that the IP waiver discussion has become a distraction that will not solve the fundamental problems, Iancu and Kappos were especially passionate that the precedent set by the U.S. government’s decision to back the proposal could do very real harm, rather than good.

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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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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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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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The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Explain how the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence affects the conduct of business in your technology areas. Explain how the status of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States has affected any litigation for patent infringement in the United States in which you have been involved.

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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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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Senators indicated a particular interest in learning how the current jurisprudence has adversely impacted investment and innovation in critical technologies like quantum computing, artificial intelligence, [ 6 ] precision medicine, diagnostic methods, and pharmaceutical treatments. Patent prosecution strategy and portfolio management; b.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 1, 2022

To the extent the improvements incorporate, in whole, a patented claim held by a third party, a license may be required to commercialize the improvement. Companies usually perform freedom to operate searches before a “rollout” of a product with the potentially infringing technology.

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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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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The same includes understanding the scope of commercialization of the invention or innovation in question, identifying the key competitors in the domain, analyzing the emerging technologies in the industry, and spotting the gaps the invention could fill. Market research may also help down the road in preventing Patent Infringement actions.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A Kat trying to negotiate an early spring with Mother Nature Conferences and events EPO Tech Day 2022 - 16 February 2022 On 16 February 2022, from 1:00pm to 5:15pm (CET), the European Patent Office (EPO) will celebrate Tech Day 2022 with the online event "Technologies of Transformation: Patenting in an era of global challenges and opportunities".

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

Newly promoted principals for 2023 are: Ashley Bolt has experience handling complex patent and intellectual property litigation in U.S. Ashley litigates disputes across a wide range of technologies, including consumer electronics, software applications, semiconductors, and medical devices. District Court, before the U.S.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 3, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Moderna filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech in August 2022, alleging that the defendants COVID-19 vaccine infringes three patents related to Moderna’s mRNA vaccine technology. United States Patent Nos. 10,898,574, 10,702,600, and 10,933,127.

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