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Microsoft Faces Patent Infringement Suit For Teams Videos

IP Law 360

A Virginia-based inventor filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. in Washington federal court Thursday, alleging that the tech giant unlawfully infringed his video conferencing patent.

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Other Barks and Bites for Friday, February 2: Centripetal Wins $151.5 in Patent Infringement Case; USPTO Report Finds Pro Bono Services Have Donated Nearly $40 Million to Inventors and Small Businesses; Walmart, Google, and Amazon Win at CAFC

IP Watchdog

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) report finds pro bono legal services have amounted to $39.3 million in free legal services for inventors and small businesses; Canada announces plans to retain more IP domestically, and the U.S. This week in Other Barks & Bites: a U.S.

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UK Inventor Loses 3D Scanner Patent Infringement Case Due to Repeated ‘Bad Faith’ Behavior

IP Watchdog

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled in a nonprecedential opinion that a Florida district court correctly dismissed a UK-based patent owner’s infringement case after he willfully disobeyed the court and disrupted the enforcement of a court order.

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SCOTUS to Consider Granting Centripetal’s Cert Petition in Patent Infringement Qua Judicial Recusal Case

IP Watchdog

What began as a patent infringement case has swerved into judicial ethics waters, due to the ruling of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

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Independent Inventor Seeks New Trial for LG’s Alleged Violations of Sotera Stipulation

IP Watchdog

On September 25, independent inventor Carolyn Hafeman filed a reply brief arguing that efforts by consumer tech giant LG Electronics to prejudice Hafeman’s legal claims in front of a Western Texas jury require the court to grant a new patent infringement trial in the case.

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Moderna sues Pfizer for mRNA Patent Infringement: when optics and profits reveal real issues in modern IP law usage

IPilogue

Moderna and Pfizer battle’s over the inventive process of their respective mRNA COVID-19 vaccines revisit the negative associations of profit, monopolies, and optics in patent litigation. Moderna claimed that they had registered foundational mRNA patents between 2010 and 2016. This exposes some concerns about our patent laws.

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SCOTUS to Consider Centripetal’s Cert Petition in Patent Infringement Qua Judicial Recusal Case

IP Watchdog

What began as a patent infringement case has swerved into judicial ethics waters, due to the ruling of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).