TorrentFreak

AUGUST 3, 2023

Earlier this year the parties in the DISH matter said that a settlement was being discussed for a second time, just as DataCamp found itself under mounting pressure in an increasingly complex case. Dramatic developments this week indicate that an amicable settlement is of no interest to DataCamp.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 29, 2022

LaBossiere comes out swinging, reminding the court that after eight years of Department of Justice litigation, a massive judgment against DISH put the company into financial turmoil. Since 2017, Dish has been struggling to keep its stock price up from its 2015 and 2017 peaks,” LaBossiere’s answer begins.

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The IPKat

JUNE 22, 2023

Mellor J, the Judge, explained that in very general terms he adopted the same approach as that of Birss J in Unwired Planet v Huawei [2017] EWHC 711 (Pat) ([42]). He rejected the argument that the royalty in SEP licensing of mobile devices should depend on usage. 21, 2017) (Selna, J.) to apply the same rate to past as future.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Genentech previously sued Sandoz on December 21, 2017 and Celltrion and Teva on January 12, 2018. Both cases were dismissed in December 2018, after the parties filed stipulations of dismissal stating that they had entered into settlement agreements. Stay tuned to Big Molecule Watch for more updates on this litigation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. To my knowledge, the only litigated case that resulted in a 512(f) win was Online Policy Group v. The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case. assertions.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings. BPCIA Litigation. Antitrust Litigation. No earlier than July 31, 2023 per settlement.

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Bio Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2020

This year we will see more litigation under the BPCIA, with biosimilar makers sharing or withholding information about their biosimilar products during the pre-suit BPCIA information exchanges, and continued disputes about what constitutes other manufacturing information under the statute and whether it will be disclosed. While the U.S.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The following comes from the Notice: Since 2017, the Federal Circuit has issued numerous decisions applying the Supreme Court’s legal framework in a variety of contexts, and many petitions for writ of certiorari have been filed. patent enforcement and litigation; c. licensing of patents and patent applications; k.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This article details the authors’ study of Section 285 attorney fees awards against patentees from 2017 through 2022 and describes two potential reform efforts toward ensuring that prevailing parties receive Section 285 fee awards. We located 82 cases involving a Section 285 fee award against a patentee between June 2017 and June 2022.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

The lawsuit was filed by Artikal Sound System, a band behind the 2017 song Live Your Life. According to the lawsuit, the album that Live Your LIfe was on reached the number 2 spot for reggae in 2017, meaning that it’s very easy for Dua Lipa to have heard it. No details have been released about the terms of the settlement.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. Most number of patents for blockchains were filed in the year 2017. to various entities dealing with the same.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. Most number of patents for blockchains were filed in the year 2017. to various entities dealing with the same.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. Most number of patents for blockchains were filed in the year 2017. to various entities dealing with the same.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. Will it incentivize more trademark litigation since it clearly establishes that a showing of willfulness is not required to obtain a profits award? litigation in U.S. Importance of the Defendant’s Mental State to Awarding Pro?ts. company against a Chinese company.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

But much like George Washington’s army, even though Flo & Eddie lost many individual battles, they ultimately won the war, as their quixotic litigation campaign prompted Congress to grant protection to pre-1972 sound recordings equivalent to that provided to newer sound recordings under federal copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Image Sources: Shutterstock] The earliest examples of unsolicited sharing of works without proper licensing pertains to the development of Napster in the early 21 st century. obtained without express due permission from the license holder). They believe in subscription-based music sales that don’t include direct (i.e.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. The picture at issue was taken in 2017, and was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office on July 29, 2017. On February 3, they submitted a joint request to dismiss the proceeding: So, did the CCB process work?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

A photo of the Indianapolis nighttime skyline has generated $825 in license fees & $135k in settlements. After 3+ yrs of litigation, court awards Bell $200 in statutory damages–but actually $0 due to a related settlement. This is a preview of the future of CCB litigation…CAN’T WAIT!

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The IPKat

AUGUST 2, 2023

FRAND – Licensing Terms InterDigital selected 20 of its previous licences as comparables – the InterDigital 20. The Judge held that the patent licence agreements (‘PLA’) relied upon by InterDigital were not relevant comparables: the scale of the licensed business in each case was dramatically smaller than that of Lenovo.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 22, 2023

The PREVAIL ACT is a collection of pro-litigation/anti-Tech proposals that would do far more harm to the U.S. As to the viability of the PREVAIL ACT as a stand-alone bill, it is a re-packaged version of the so-called STRONGER Patents Act of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. What nuisance settlements? Completely nonsensical.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Specifically, when a derivative work is created pursuant to a statutory exception, then the derivative work is prepared “lawfully,” even though the artist who created the derivative did not get a license or other permission from the owner of the copyright in the underlying work. Goldsmith herself had been entirely unaware of the licensed use.)

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

on 10 May, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The defendant filed an application seeking cost of litigation from the plaintiff. Vodafone on the other hand argued that the memorandum of settlement it executed with Saregama permitted it to use the sound recordings in question. Case Summaries Dolphin Mart Private Limited v.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

Yet, given fewer FDA approvals in 2020 and 2021, this year saw the lowest number of commercial launches since 2017. Litigation under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) in the district courts also decreased. BPCIA Litigation. No earlier than 2023 per settlement. No earlier than 2023 per settlement.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

With these technical advances comes an increase in legal activity, including intellectual property (“IP”) filings and litigation. 19 Ancillary technologies have likewise seen a spike in patent litigation activity in recent years, including charging technologies and battery control systems (e.g., district courts, the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

See Business Standard article entitled Spring cleaning in the Supreme Court: The new Chief Justice swats frivolous litigation but more measures are needed. It has also been applied to reform efforts by the Chief Justice of India’s Supreme Court. So, with that background, let’s turn to our own cleaning.

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