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Patent Filings Roundup: Nokia Takes on Amazon, New Fintiv Denial, Semiconductor Settlement

IP Watchdog

There was a new discretionary denial, a bunch of litigation-provoked high-profile PTAB challenges, and some notable new litigations. It was another slow week for patent filings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and a typical week in district courts, with 52 district court complaints filed and 22 new PTAB petitions.

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Patent Experts Sound Off on New Bills to Fix Eligibility and the PTAB

IP Watchdog

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on “Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board [PTAB]” was Tuesday, June 20.

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Gilead and ViiV Healthcare Settle Global Patent Dispute for Over $1B USD

IPilogue

This article delves into the legal doctrines that support the parties’ claims and the overarching strategy to their settlement. The doctrine of equivalents prevents parties from circumventing literal infringement by making minor variations to a patented invention. In the end, settlement was in the best interests of both parties.

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Dismissal but no Vacatur: Federal Circuit Declines to Disturb PTAB’s Upholding of Dafni’s Hair Brush Patent

Patently-O

At the same time, the panel refused to vacate the PTAB decision upholding the ‘562 patent claims, holding that the case “became moot through actions that are closer to joint settlement than to unilateral action” by Dafni. However, “mootness by reason of settlement does not justify vacatur.” Arizona , 520 U.S. Bancorp Mortg.

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Petitioner Failed to Establish Standing in IPR Appeal

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Allgenesis also asserted settlement conversations as evidence of a likelihood of litigation for patent infringement when Allgenesis brings its product to market.

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Book Review: Intellectual Property as a Complex Adaptive System

The IPKat

While Conde Gallego argues in favour of “license to all”, the issue will have to be resolved by the CJEU, especially in light of the extensive SEP-related litigation in the automotive sector. Chapter 6, authored by Ryan Abbott, ponders whether current patentability criteria may fit AI-generated inventions.

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NPE Showcase – InvesTrex, LLC

LexBlog IP

That case changed the course of software patents dramatically and held that such patents would be invalid if their invention was directed to an abstract idea implemented on a general purpose computer. History repeats itself in NPE litigation. I have no personal knowledge of what InvesTrex would accept in a settlement.