IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

There are two distinct procedures available to parties for resolving patent infringement matters in China: an administrative procedure before the IP office and a civil procedure before the courts.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2023

government statement of interest filed in a patent infringement suit against Moderna, Inc.’s That statement argued that Moderna should be released from infringement liability under the terms of a government contract that “authorize[d] and consent[ed] to all use and manufacture” of any U.S. patented invention.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

recently filed a complaint in the Western District of Texas against NVIDIA Corporation (“NVIDIA”), Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) and RPX Corporation (“RPX”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for alleged patent infringement and violation of federal antitrust laws. Xockets, Inc.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 11, 2025

On March 3, 2025, the Supreme Court of Japan upheld the original judgment that found patent infringement in respect of the acts performed on a server located outside Japan, virtually affirming the extraterritorial application of the Japanese patent law in cases where it can be comprehensively considered that, substantially, a patent has been implemented (..)

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 16, 2024

271(e) to limit the number of patents a drug manufacturer can assert in a patent infringement lawsuit against biosimilars and generics companies. The APPA was first introduced to the House on January 30, 2023 by Representative John Cornyn (R-Tx), with the aim of reducing drug prices. By: MoFo Life Sciences

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2023

COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? The Battle Between Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Continues Last month, the patent battle between COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers continued with BioNTech/Pfizer filing a strong defense and counter-claim to Moderna’s allegations of patent infringement.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 1, 2024

On June 28, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice requesting public comments on the current state of the common law experimental use exception to patent infringement and whether Congress should consider codifying the experimental use exception through legislative action.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

for patent infringement in the Northern District of California, with Fenwick representing Meril in the district court case and the recent appellate victory. In 2019, Edwards Lifesciences Corporation sued Meril Life Sciences Pvt. By: Fenwick & West LLP

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 29, 2025

affirming the Northern District of Californias dismissal of patent infringement claims broadly seeking damages for the smartphone industrys use of semiconductor technologies. Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a per curiam ruling in Huang v. Amazon.com, Inc.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 14, 2025

In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the decision in Trudell Medical International Inc. D R Burton Healthcare LLC.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 12, 2024

accusing them of infringing on patents related to commercial lighting control technology. The patents in question, U.S. Patent Nos. Heartland, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Povolny Specialties, Inc., 9,788,391 B1 and 10,390,400 B1, were central to Heartland’s claims. By: Whitcomb Selinsky, PC

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

” Patent litigation is rarely speedy; quite expensive; and, many would argue, often unjust. by Dennis Crouch Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure sets out a bold goal for civil litigation: “ the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action.”

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 19, 2024

Harvard University has sued Samsung, alleging that the latter’s chip technology infringes two patents owned by the university. The case is President and Fellows of Harvard College v. Samsung Electronics Co, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, No. 2:24-cv-00636. By: AEON Law

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 9, 2023

He was talking to the potential jurors as voir dire was just about to begin. — Dennis = = = We are engaged or about to be engaged this morning in the selection of a jury in the civil case involving allegations of patent infringement.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Firstly , Vifor (International) Ltd (“plaintiffs”) denied the patent’s ‘product by process’ nature on grounds that only two types of patents are recognized under section 2(1)(j) of the Patents Act, 1970 , i.e., a “product” or a “process” patent to the exclusion of any third variety.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Courts have generally harmonized the Lanham Act with the Patent Act by requiring bad faith before claims about patent infringement can constitute false advertising. There was a partly successful appeal to the Federal Circuit, after which Zinus gave Cap Export a covenant not to sue.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 26, 2025

On March 21, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held in a precedential opinion that legal fees incurred by generic drug companies in defending against patent infringement suits brought under the Hatch-Waxman Act constitute ordinary and necessary business expenses that may be deducted in the year in which they are incurred, and do not need (..)

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Litigation Patent Infringement Business Patent 71

IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

politicians warn of widespread copyright infringement on NFT marketplaces; Google announces it will assume legal responsibility to offer customers protection from copyright disputes caused by the tech firm’s generative AI; Caltech and Apple jointly file a request to dismiss the patent infringement lawsuit between the two.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 2, 2025

Nokia is suing Acer, Asus and Hisense for patent infringement in Europe, kicking off a fresh round of litigation over its video coding tech on the back of its license agreement with Amazon.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 16, 2024

The US Patent and Trademark Office is requesting public feedback on the current experimental use exception’s impact on technology sectors—and the public’s appetite for expanding the exception. By: Morgan Lewis

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IP Close Up

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Private property rights like patents that cover inventions promote a growing innovation economy and a flourishing society. Without them there would be idle curiosity, but Continue reading

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 3, 2025

Actavis Labs. United States, Case No. 23-1320 (Fed. 21, 2025) (Chen, Cunningham, Stark, JJ.). By: McDermott Will & Emery

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Litigation Patent Infringement Business Patent 68

JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The tests for willful and indirect (both inducement and contributory) patent infringement require a finding by the court that the alleged infringer had prior knowledge of infringement of the at-issue patent. By: BakerHostetler

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

An important takeaway from this case is that careful consideration should be given to the scope of any forum selection clauses regarding patent infringement or invalidity actions. In Nippon Shinyaku v. The Federal Circuit disagreed. Int’l Shipping Corp., 422, 430 (2007); AVX Corp. on the ground of forum non conveniens.”.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 18, 2025

Groupon may make defending patent infringement claims more challenging, time-consuming and expensive but it has also complicated similar patent infringement proceedings involving the same patents and their appeals, say attorneys at Norton Rose. The Federal Circuit's decision last month in Kroy IP Holdings v.

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Patent Infringement Patent IP 52

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 13, 2025

The threat of German patent litigation is rising.

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Litigation Patent Patent Infringement 71

JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Legal basis of the judgment - Article 11 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on Some Issues concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Disputes over Infringement of Patent Rights gives the basic principle that the determination of identical or similar designs should take into consideration the overall visual effect based on the (..)

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

s motion to dismiss for failing to plead “facts sufficient to establish infringement.”. On September 10, 2024, District Judge Paul G. Gardephe (S.D.N.Y.) granted in part Defendant Adobe, Inc.’s By: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

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Patent Infringement Patent 94

JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The key issue was whether a patent infringement action commenced in Alberta falls under the two-year limitation period in the provincial Limitations Act or the six-year period in the federal Patent Act. Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership (Decision).

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

affirming dismissal, by the District Court of Delaware, of patent infringement claims brought by Recentive Analytics, Inc. The case centered on four patents owned by RecentiveU.S. Recentive) against Fox Corp. and affiliates (collectively, "Fox").

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 29, 2025

What happens when the clock runs out on critical evidence in a high-stakes patent infringement case? Join me, Kelly Twigger, as we unravel the intricate layers of electronic discovery through the compelling Beacon Navigation v.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 20, 2025

The District of Delaware recently denied a motion to dismiss a patent infringement complaint involving gene editing technology that sought relief under the Safe Harbor Provision of the Hatch-Waxman Act.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The Court of Appeal (CoA) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) addressed a request for suspensive effect of an appeal and ruled that managing directors of an alleged patent-infringing company cannot be held liable as “intermediaries” under Article 63 of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA).

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In September of last year, and in light of a corresponding Japanese patent infringement suit, I published an article detailing how The Pokmon Company had filed two patent applications at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) after the release of Palworld.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 8, 2025

The Central District of California denied a defendants motion to dismiss or transfer plaintiffs first-filed declaratory judgement action based on defendants later-filed patent infringement suit in Wisconsin.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 10, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit lowered barriers that one must overcome to enforce patents at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2025

Nokia announced today that it has signed a deal with Amazon to end all patent litigation between the two companies, the terms of which are confidential.

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