IP Watchdog

MARCH 16, 2022

As of Monday, March 7, the Russian government has legalized intellectual property (IP) theft. With this move, businesses in Russia can now violate IP rights, as they no longer need to compensate patent holders from “unfriendly countries.”

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The US has started a worldwide complaint about China’s new legal strategy against intellectual property (IP) theft claims. Beijing said that it would “ strictly enforce patent and copyright laws.” However, Xiaomi has been using a patent by InterDigital Inc. Xiaomi Inc. , and BBK Electronics.

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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 15, 2021

On September 20, 2021, Judge John Robert Blakey in the Northern District of Illinois issued an opinion in a Walker Process patent fraud antitrust case denying defendants’ motion for summary judgment on their statute of limitations defense. TCS John Huxley America, Inc. Scientific Games Corp., 1:19-cv-1846, 2021 WL 4264403 (N.D.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 31, 2022

Augmented Reality (“AR”), along with Virtual Reality (“VR”), is rapidly growing in prominence and will be transformative to the way we live, work, learn and play. Both AR and VR will undoubtedly bring a whole set of novel IP issues for individuals, companies, IP practitioners and the courts.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In the fight against intellectual property rights (IPRs) infringements, China does not consider punitive damages as a taboo. This post discusses a recent patent case in which the Supreme People’s Court of China (SPC) awarded punitive damages upon post-settlement-agreement repeated infringement. Shelly: 'Oops!…You

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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. Patent Nos. and ModernaTX, Inc.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 2, 2024

USI) filed an amicus brief in Island Intellectual Property LLC v. Yesterday, US Inventor, Inc. TD Ameritrade, Inc., urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) to reconsider its use of Rule 36 when affirming decisions.

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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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IP Watchdog

JULY 23, 2024

The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet today held a hearing, titled “IP Litigation and the U.S. International Trade Commission” (ITC), featuring four witnesses, most of whom were advocating for reforms to the current ITC process that many would characterize as anti-patent.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

His research interests are broad, and he recently completed a comparative work examining patents in Islamic law. Companies and law firms with a transnational presence in Islamic countries should recognize that patents may present different considerations in countries with less secular legal systems. patent law.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2024

In Dragon Intellectual Property LLC v. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a prevailing defendant in an otherwise “exceptional” patent infringement case could not recover attorney fees expended in a parallel inter partes review (IPR) proceeding because the defendant’s initiation of the IPR was “voluntary.”

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IP Watchdog

JULY 29, 2021

The Patent Infringer Lobby has ramped up banging the drum about “patent quality.” They dedicated a week-long campaign to questioning "patent quality,” which its constituents regard as a huge problem. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Andrei Iancu left the building.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

15, 2023) , the Federal Circuit vacated a jury verdict of non-infringement in a design-patent infringement action filed by Columbia Sportswear against Seirus Innovative Accessories. Design Patent No. ” Thus, the prior-art design must be applied to the article of manufacture identified in the claim.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 16, 2024

Department of Justice (DOJ) considers breaking off parts of Google after it was ruled to be a monopoly; Cox Communications asks the Supreme Court to take on $1 billion copyright infringement case; and Amgen sues Samsung for patent infringement of bone disease drugs.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 15, 2021

Abigail Smith: FCA Upholds Reconsideration Decision Maintaining $100M+ Award Against Apotex for Cefaclor Patent Infringement (Source: JD Supra). Kara Eyer: Sheppard Mullin Adds Intellectual Property Team in Washington, D.C. Susan Decker and Matthew Bultman: Apple Sinks ‘Submarine Patent,’ Escapes $308.5

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IP Watchdog

MAY 31, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirms a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruling that clears 20 top tech companies of patent infringement in a case related to website-building technology; WIPO adopts a historic treaty that includes IP protections for Indigenous People; the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) celebrates Dieter (..)

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2023

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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Patently-O

AUGUST 1, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Mike Peterson: Apple Hit with Patent Infringement Lawsuit for Selling a Smart Water Bottle (Source: Apple Insider). Piya Jain: The Benefits of Outsourcing Patent Activities for Life Science Companies in a Changing IP Landscape (Source: IAM). Commentary and Journal Articles: Atty.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Carmel Wroth and Joe Palca: Moderna Suing Pfizer, BioNTech for Patent Infringement in Development of COVID-19 Vaccine (Source: NPR). Sean Silcoff: BlackBerry’s US$600-Million Patent Sale in Doubt as Canadian-Led Lending Syndicate Bails (Source: The Globe and Mail). Source: Forbes.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Cloudbreak Therapeutics, LLC addresses whether an IPR petitioner can assert Article III standing on appeal based on potential infringement liability and potential preclusive effects on its patents. 10,149,820 (the “’820 patent”), which is directed to compositions and methods for treating pterygium.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) clarified the law on comparison prior art in design patent cases. 15, 2023) , the Federal Circuit provided guidance on the types of prior art that can be reviewed by courts and juries in the comparative prior art stage of the infringement analysis of design patent cases.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2024

GlaxoSmithKline filed a four-count civil action for patent infringement in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware late last week seeking damages for Pfizer and BioNTech’s infringing manufacture, use, sale and marketing of both the original “monovalent” and “bivalent” Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccines.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 10, 2022

Supreme Court to review the Federal Circuit’s decision to dismiss Apple’s appeal of unsuccessful inter partes review (IPR) challenges to the validity of several patents owned by Qualcomm.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 23, 2024

Applications for design patents have surged in recent years, with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reporting a 20% increase in applications over the last five years.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

While the pandemic made it unattractive for patent holders to enforce their rights , it was important to consider possible avenues to ensure that IP does not hinder emergency response. Voluntary licensing , then, should be the best existing means of promoting patented ideas in an emergency. Ballardini et al.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Supreme Court filed on behalf of her company, Jump Rope Systems, LLC, on Tuesday that her case against Rogue Fitness is justiciable and the company has standing despite the cancellation of her patent claims by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Metz and Jump Rope Systems originally sued Rogue Fitness in 2018.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 4, 2023

The leaked portion pertains to the trade of intellectual property between the two countries. The impugned IP portion of the proposal outlines demands by the UK to harmonize India’s patent and drug regulatory laws with those of the UK. Lastly, both Articles J.5 UK-India Free Trade Agreement.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 15, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Judge Pauline Newman made of attendees of IPWatchdog’s Patent Litigation Masters 2024 program on Monday, imploring them to “think creatively” to solve the intellectual property problems of today.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit is set to consider the use of terms like “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” in commercial advertising can be actionable under § 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act when their use is not entirely accurate. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 2, 2022

s suit against several standard-essential patent holders and their licensing agent, claiming violations of federal antitrust law and state law. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday vacated and remanded a district court decision that had dismissed Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.’s

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) release a joint study on the IP implications of non-fungible tokens (NFTs); The New York Times Company denies “hacking” ChatGPT; and Caltech and Microsoft settle a wi-fi patent infringement case. This week in Other Barks & Bites: the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

government, not Moderna, bears liability for potential patent infringement in ongoing COVID vaccine case; and Canada Announces funding restrictions to protect IP. Department of Justice states that the U.S.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

This article originally appeared in The Intellectual Property Strategist. Companies have historically turned to patent pools as vehicles for achieving shared objectives. A patent pool can be formed when a group of patent holders agree to pool their patents for some purpose. © 2021 ALM Media LLC.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 15, 2023

On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed a district court’s dismissal of a Florida vape company’s patent lawsuit against tobacco company Phillip Morris. HCM alleged that Phillip Morris infringed on its patent for an electronic pipe, U.S. 10,561,170.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

case number 19-40643: are patent laws regarding what constitutes a reasonable royalty applicable to questions of compliance with FRAND-related contractual obligations? Pursuant to appeal of that decision, however, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has now addressed the photonegative question in HTC Corp.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Pride in Patent Ownership Act, S.2774, Attaching the Pride in Patent Ownership Act to the NDAA means it will certainly become law. Attaching the Pride in Patent Ownership Act to the NDAA means it will certainly become law. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) within 120 days.

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