Patently-O

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Schedule A litigation phenomenon continues apace in the Northern District of Illinois, a court that has become, in the words of Judge Seeger, “ an assembly line for TROs.” But Schedule A litigation is not confined to Chicago. The plaintiff gets a TRO with an asset freeze, then starts making settlement demands.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In February 2020, ParkerVision filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Intel in Judge Alan Albright’s Waco, Texas, courthouse in the Western District of Texas. ParkerVision still has remaining patent infringement cases in process against TCL, LG, MediaTek and RealTek in Judge Albright’s court.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2021

Read the full article on IPWatchdog.com. MercExchange, LLC, more and more patent owners have flocked to the International Trade Commission (ITC) to pursue a Section 337 investigation in hopes of obtaining a coveted and comparable exclusion order. The new program improves and expands upon the ITC’s previous 100-day pilot program.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 20, 2021

InterDigital, based in Delaware, USA, holds multiple patents for digital technology used in smartphones across the world. When Xiaomi and InterDigital began to sever ties around July 2020, InterDigital took Xiaomi to court for patent infringement. In retaliation, Xiaomi applied for an anti-suit injunction in Wuhan.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Qualcomm had previously sued Apple for patent infringement, and Apple responded with a set of inter partes review petitions. The parties settled the litigation before the IPRs were complete, but agreed that the IPRs could continue. The settlement also included a license to thousands of Qualcomm patents.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Principal Adam Shartzer and Associate Josh Carrigan authored Expert Analysis for Law360 examining a fee-shifting statute for patent cases that allows prevailing parties to recover their reasonable attorney fees in exceptional patent infringement cases. Read the full article at Law360. The results might surprise some.

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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] Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The Federal Circuit has provided additional guidance about an appellant’s standing to appeal IPR decisions after settling the related litigations and entering into patent license agreements. In its second decision between the parties on this topic, the court has dismissed the appeal for lack of Article III standing in Apple Inc.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Claim Preclusion (res judicata) prevents a party from re-litigating a claim once a court has issued a final judgment on that claim. Claim preclusion is powerful, in part, because it does not require the claim to be actually litigated (just be subject to the final judgment). Eldred , 206 U.S. 285 (1907). Eldred , 206 U.S. 285 (1907).

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IP Watchdog

JULY 29, 2021

Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held an Executive Business Meeting in which the Committee discussed and favorably reported four bills aimed at reducing prescription drug prices for consumers and curbing perceived abuses of the patent system by brand pharmaceutical companies.

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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. Research and development in the battery industry have led to a notable increase in patent filings at the U.S. IP Enforcement and Litigation Considerations. district courts, the U.S.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

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. No earlier than 2023 per settlement. . No earlier than 2023 per settlement. Commercial Launch Date.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

SEP holders seeking to license their SEPs for royalties and to enforce them in the EU would have to register the patents in a SEP register. It inevitably introduces a margin of error, as a sample size must include thousands of patents to be meaningful. [17] Essentiality checks do not eliminate litigation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

The one actually litigated in the case (these images come from the complaint) is here.) A jury agreed, finding that H&M had willfully infringed Unicolors’s fabric design. Registration was still required before filing an infringement suit, however. b)(4)(i)(A) (2011). When the U.S. 110-617 , at 23 (2008) (emphasis added).

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