IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

District Court for the Western District of Texas to vacate its order denying transfer of patent infringement claims to the Northern District of California. The case actually had a “particularized connection with Northern California” given that the technology was invented there and Google’s patents were prosecuted from that forum.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Putting an end to a 24 year old patent infringement suit, the Delhi High Court has directed Maharaja Appliances Ltd. Background The dispute started off as a heated battle between the parties over the plaintiff’s ‘Liquid Heating Vessels’ patent, which the plaintiff claimed was used by the defendant in its electric kettles.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 29, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The new petition for certiorari filed by Liquidia raises some interesting questions about the ongoing race between inter partes review proceedings and district court litigation. Subsequently, however, the Federal Circuit held that Petitioner Liquidia Technologies, Inc. Liquidia Techs v. United Therapeutics Corp. ,

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This patent infringement case is potentially one of the largest of the year and is related to very important technology that miniaturized radio frequency (RF) transceivers, thus paving the way for the invention of the smartphone. Qualcomm in Federal Court in the Middle District of Florida and reviewed the court briefs.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2024

lost its patent infringement cases against Simon Property Group/Blackhawk Network and Cigna Corporation in two separate decisions issued by the U.S. AlexSam, Inc. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Monday, April 1. AlexSam owns U.S. 6,000,608, which discloses a “multifunction card system.”

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SpicyIP

JULY 25, 2023

Patent eligible subject matter refers to subject matter that is inherently suited for patent protection. Section 3 of the Patents Act, 1970 is the key section on “patent eligibility” and lists out what are not “inventions”. For mRNA, sections 3(c), 3(d), 3(i) and 3(j) are of relevance.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 10, 2023

Patent Nos. 9,364,435; 8,058,069; 8,492,359; 8,822,668; 9,006,417; 9,504,651; 9,518,272; 11,141,378; 11,298,320; and 11,318,098 relating to messenger RNA-delivery technology. and BioNTech SE alleging that COMIRNATY® and any COVID-19 mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccine products infringe five of the ten Arbutus patents listed above.

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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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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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The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Step 2: If the claims are directed to an abstract idea, then the court determines whether the claims include elements showing an inventive concept that transforms the idea into a patent-eligible invention. Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In the August 2021 edition of our monthly Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up, we cover a case concerning the doctrine of prosecution laches. Additionally, one of the documents uncovered in the litigation showed that PMC contemplated a strategy “to keep the PMMC [1] patents hidden while industry infringement is quietly monitored.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Like the dissenting judge on the panel, several of the opinions denying rehearing en banc faulted the panel majority for establishing a new “nothing more” test—if the claimed invention “clearly invokes a natural law, and nothing more, to accomplish a desired result”—for patent ineligibility. patent enforcement and litigation; c.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2022

A patent refers to an exclusive right granted by the patent authority of a nation to the inventor or applicant of a unique invention. Patent Rights exclude others in the industry or market from manufacturing, using, selling, distributing, or importing the patented product or process. 3) State-of-the-Art Search.

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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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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 9, 2021

In 2001, six years before the iPhone appeared, a futurist named Ray Kurzweil wrote that humankind would cram 20,000 years of technological progress into the century that had just begun.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

These rights safeguard intangible assets resulting from human creativity and innovation, allowing creators to have control and benefit from their inventions or creations. IPR primarily include patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and designs, each serving a specific purpose in protecting various forms of intellectual creations.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Vidal (No 23-135): This case challenges the “ Fintiv rule” that restricts the initiation of inter partes review in cases where parallel district court litigation is pending. Hamilton Technologies (No. The PTO is changing its approach, but Intel argues that the Agency isn’t going far enough. Fortinet (No. AT&T (No.

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Kashishipr

MAY 5, 2021

The term ‘Patent Troll’ originated in 1994 in an educational video by Paula Natasha Chavez called the ‘Patents Video.’ ’ A patent troll is a term used for describing a company that uses Patent Infringement claims to win arguments and court judgments for profit or to stifle competition.

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LexBlog IP

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

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential decision finding that two IBM patents directed to technology that allows users to select and view results on a map were directed to ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § The opinion was authored by Judge Hughes.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Wednesday issued a precedential opinion clarifying the requirements for the disclosure of technology that is ready for patenting at a public event to qualify as being “in public use” for purposes of the pre-America Invents Act (AIA) public use bar under 35 USC 102(b).

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Likewise, in both cases Judge Stoll concluded that the patentees had alleged plausible and specific facts showing that the claims embodied inventive concepts. Federal litigation begins with a plaintiff filing a complaint. In patent litigation, this is typically the patentee suing a defendant for patent infringement.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Ikorongo Texas LLC holds exclusive rights to a set of patents, but only with respect to use of the inventions in counties within the Western District of Texas. Ikorongo Tech LLC holds the remaining interest in the patents. Ikorongo Texas then sued several companies, including Samsung & LG for patent infringement in WDTX.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 15, 2021

Step 2: If the claims are directed to an abstract idea, then the court determines whether the claims include elements showing an inventive concept that transforms the idea into a patent-eligible invention. Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible.

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Kollective Technology ) that reversed a lower court dismissal of a patent infringement case on Section 101 eligibility grounds under the Supreme Court’s 2014 Alice Corp. Zillow ruled on another appeal from a dismissal on eligibility grounds in a case also involving IT patents. CLS Bank test. Zillow Ruling.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

District Court for the Northern District of California, the Court upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) practice of denying patent reviews due to looming trials in district court. Under the America Invents Act (AIA), 35 U.S.C. § An IPR functions similar to a civil litigation once instituted. 100 et seq. ,

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IP Tech Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

A number of district courts, as well as the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, have weighed in on whether and to what extent a patent challenger in an inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board may be estopped from making prior art based challenges in a district court litigation.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Kollective Technology ) that reversed a lower court dismissal of a patent infringement case on Section 101 eligibility grounds under the Supreme Court’s 2014 Alice Corp. In a recent post , I discussed a September Federal Circuit decision ( Cooperative Entertainment v. CLS Bank test. Zillow Ruling. LG Electronics, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 1, 2022

Companies usually perform freedom to operate searches before a “rollout” of a product with the potentially infringing technology. According to some theories, agile startups who can quickly re-design/pivot their tech upon patent infringement notice don’t necessarily need to spend too much time or money on FTOs.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

20-891 (CVSG requested May 3, 2021); Res Judicata and the Patent-Specific Kessler Doctrine : PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC v. Qualcomm had previously sued Apple for patent infringement, and Apple responded with a set of inter partes review petitions. The settlement also included a license to thousands of Qualcomm patents.

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Intepat

MAY 18, 2023

An example of this is the concept of Standard Essential Patents (SEP), where the intersection of patent laws and competition laws occurs. RATIONALE BEHIND SEPs A patent that protects a technology that is an essential element of an industry and becomes part of a standard for that industry is a standard essential patent.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Unlike trademarks, where quick raids against counterfeiters can be launched within hours from the filing of an administrative complaint, design protection previously relied on more formal, lengthy and expensive administrative or civil litigation. Other cities and provinces started similar provisions in the summer of 2021.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 18, 2022

District Court for the District of Delaware, which had granted judgment of non-infringement for Ford Motor Company on three patents owned by Ethanol Boosting Systems, LLC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (EBS).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Michael Amon has devoted his career to helping clients resolve their highest-stakes patent infringement disputes. His clients include the world’s leading technology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies, including many based in San Diego. He also serves on the board of directors of the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Here, the members can benefit from shared patent rights that allow them to focus more of their resources on developing their businesses and less on patent transactional and litigation expenses. The LOT Network is a well-known, nonprofit organization that was formed to protect companies from patent assertion entities.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Figure out the benefit of a utility patent application to be drafted by a particular patent attorney before asking about price. Unlike design patents, a great deal of writing and strategy is involved in preparing a solid utility patent application. How do you choose between patent attorneys? How do you choose?

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The IPKat

APRIL 5, 2023

There were 17 Patents Court judgments in 2022, eight of which were written by Meade J. Moreover, of the 18 patents litigated only six were held to be valid. Appealing patents also remains a tough game with only one successful appeal in 2022. Over to Sam : "Ahead of the starters, some statistics appetisers were served.

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