Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A Sheppard Mullin trial team led by partners Brad Graveline and Laura Burson obtained one of the largest patent infringement damages awards against the United States of America for client SecurityPoint Holdings, Inc (SecurityPoint). SecurityPoint brought its claim for patent infringement against the United States under 28 U.S.C.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

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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JD Supra Law

MARCH 4, 2024

This Patent Law case involves a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Fa-Hsing Lu against Hyper Bicycles, Inc. regarding two design patents Lu holds for the ornamental design of a bicycle. In a prior ruling, the court interpreted the patents and provided a summary judgment in favor of Hyper, dismissing Lu's claims.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 2, 2024

2023 FC 1111) regarding the Plaintiffs’ entitlement to certain remedies for patent infringement. On August 17, 2023, the Federal Court issued its decision in Angelcare Canada Inc. v Munchkin Inc. This decision follows a judgment issued on April 20, 2022, as amended on June 24, 2022, which found that the Defendants Munchkin, Inc.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 9, 2022

Most companies are aware of the potential patent infringement liability for sales made in the United States but may not know that liability for infringing a U.S. patent can also extend to the processes used to make their product—even when manufacturing is done entirely outside the United States by a contract manufacturer.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Wildseed Mobile LLC vs. Google LLC: A Legal Battle Over Patent Infringement - In the ever-evolving world of technology and innovation, the protection of intellectual property rights is of utmost importance. By: Whitcomb Selinsky, PC

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals recently narrowed the scope of “comparison prior art” that may be used in a design patent infringement analysis. Comparison prior art” includes references used to help highlight distinctions between a plaintiff’s claimed design and a defendant’s design that is accused of infringing.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

OCTOBER 2, 2023

million jury verdict that had previously been awarded to Teva in a patent infringement suit regarding the two companies’ development of drugs with antibodies capable of treating headache disorders associated with calcitonin gene-related peptide (“CGRP”).

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Sonos claims that Google’s infringement of over 100 of Sonos’ patents is deliberate and a business model. Efficient infringement refers to Google’s bet that the cost of contesting and paying off patent infringement lawsuits will be significantly less than the profits earned from sale of the technology.

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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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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 23, 2022

If patent holders want to exclude others from using their invention, then they need to keep an eye on the marketplace to spot infringers. Because the metaverse opens up a new, virtual and potentially endless space where infringement can occur, "virtual patent infringement" may be the next domain for enforcement.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This post will focus on another key issue from the case – the relevance of logos in design patent infringement analysis. 2013) (“[The accused infringer] has in fact scrupulously avoided such confusion by choosing a starkly different logo that it prominently displays on its [products] and on all its sales and marketing literature.”).

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

involves an allegation of patent infringement over United States Patent No. Court documents state the patent at issue is for a “Vessel Rinsing Apparatus,” that was issued on August 15, 2023. 11,725,369.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The complaint alleged that Scientific Games, through its acquired entity, SHFL Entertainment, brought patent infringement litigation in 2009 and 2012 based on fraudulently obtained patents for automatic card shufflers used in licensed casinos. The plaintiffs had sued Scientific Games Corp.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 30, 2023

is pursuing design patent infringement claims for one of its many fixtures. The Wisconsin-based company says an importer is profiting from Kohler’s designs and has filed a patent infringement lawsuit to stop Sweethome from selling certain faucets. Sweethome d/b/a Sweethome247.com, com, Case No. 2:23-cv-06889 (C.D.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 8, 2023

They are alleging patent infringement concerning U.S. The complaint states that the Plaintiff (OP) has designed and patented an innovative orthopedic plate system explicitly made for pediatric patients. 8,777,998 , titled “Pediatric Long Bone Support or Fixation Plate.”

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Is patent enforcement possible for small companies? Whatever people may have heard about patent enforcement, one thing is clear. Almost everyone knows that patent infringement lawsuits are expensive. If patent infringement litigation is so costly, what options are available to startups and small businesses?

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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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Last September, an Austin, Texas jury awarded Voxer, a communication technology company, nearly $175 million in damages in its patent infringement case against Meta, the parent company of social media giant Facebook. By: Calloquy, PBC

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2022

In the first major patent infringement lawsuit in the mRNA space, on February 28, 2022, Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (“Arbutus”) and Genevant Sciences GmbH (“Genevant”) sued Moderna, Inc. The plaintiffs have alleged that Moderna infringed U.S. and ModernaTX, Inc.

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Larson & Larson

DECEMBER 7, 2022

As a business owner, it’s important to be aware of the potential for patent infringement. A patent is a legal document that grants the holder the exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention for a certain period of time. When it comes to patent infringement, there are a few key things to keep in mind.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2023

government’s recent statement of interest filed in a patent infringement suit against Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. 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.

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Intellectual Property Brief

APRIL 16, 2021

On August 20, 2020, the Federal Circuit held that patent owner Walter A. for patent infringement because Tormasi was barred from conducting business due to his status as a New Jersey inmate. Apparently, inmates do not have the right to sue to enforce their valuable patent rights.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

What began as a patent infringement case has swerved into judicial ethics waters, due to the ruling of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Federal Circuit has ruled that “comparison prior art” used in infringement analysis in a design patent infringement must be applied to the same “article of manufacture” that is identified in the claim of the design patent. By: AEON Law

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

In matters of trade, Trademark, copyright and Patent act as building blocks of protection measures while conferring exclusive right over goods/services for the holder. Amazon often face patent violations with its increasing customer base and involvement of third-party seller. Patent infringement can occur in both of these roles.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 25, 2022

On March 15, 2022, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Eastern District of Texas’s dismissal of a patent infringement complaint because the asserted patent claims were directed to process automation and therefore not eligible for patent protection under 35 U.S.C. § By: Snell & Wilmer

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Application of Obstruction of Evidence Production Rule in Patent Infringement Judgment - In the practice of patent infringement disputes, especially the infringement cases involving manufacturing equipment and BtoB infringement, it is also a common problem for right holders to prove patent infringement.

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IPilogue

MAY 30, 2022

In late November 2021, Lululemon launched a lawsuit for design patent infringement against Peloton in relation to perceived similarities in the design elements of various pieces of activewear, including sports bras and leggings. This article was written as a requirement for Prof.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

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. Code § 1498 (a).

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 10, 2023

In March, Samsung agreed to pay UK Nanotechnology Company Nanoco USD 150 million in a patent infringement dispute over patents used in QLED televisions that featured legal team from Wei Chixue Law Firm of Linda Liu Group - a Top 10 IP Law Firm in China. By: Linda Liu & Partners

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 31, 2022

27, 2022) A rare tortious interference/business defamation case that results in a preliminary injunction (converted from a TRO), based on claims of patent infringement made to plaintiff’s customers. Nu Tsai Capital LLC, NO. 8:22CV314, 2022 WL 15523245 (D.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 12, 2024

This week in Other Barks & Bites: three advocacy groups call on President Biden’s administration to use federal law to license the production and cut the price of an expensive cancer drug; an Illinois jury rules that Amazon owes Kove IO $525 million in a patent infringement case; and Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduces legislation to (..)

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 24, 2022

The China National Intellectual Property Administration, a newly established administrative authority on patent infringement disputes, recently issued its first decisions, addressing questions many companies had on the practical availability of the administrative enforcement proceeding. By: Morgan Lewis

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In the event that the design of an allegedly infringing product is not identical to a prior design, in order to reach a correct determination on design patent infringement, a comprehensive judgment should be based on comparison between each two of the design of the allegedly infringing product, the prior design, and the design of a subject design patent. (..)

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In an 8-1 majority ruling released today, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has affirmed the record-setting $645M patent infringement award in Dow v Nova. The Supreme Court dismissed Nova’s appeal of the earlier decisions of the Federal Court (2017 FC 350 and 2017 FC 637), and Federal Court of Appeal (2020 FCA 141), wherein….

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 21, 2023

DSI) filed suit against Plaintiff, Perq Software, LLC for Patent Infringement. Patent infringement cases can be complex, and the outcome can have significant implications for both the patent owner and the accused party. Indianapolis, Indiana – Plaintiff, Disintermediation Services, Inc.

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