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Tier I, Tier II, Time for Experts; The Curious Case of Scientific Advisers, Party Expert and Two Tiered Confidentiality Club 

SpicyIP

This case pertains to patent infringement concerning two process patents related to the fungicide Azoxystrobin. filed a suit against the defendant, GSP Crop Science Private Limited, alleging infringement of the following patents the Indian Patent No. Two more interesting issues arose in this case.

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Nokia and Amazon Reach Licensing Deal to End Litigation Over Streaming Patents

IP Watchdog

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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Forum Selection Clause Can Preclude PTO Validity Challenges

Intellectual Property Law Blog

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. on the ground of forum non conveniens.”.

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Robot War at ITC Leads to Preliminary Win for iRobot

IP Watchdog

came closer to its goal of knocking down cheaper rival SharkNinja after winning a decision in its patent-infringement case at the International Trade Commission (ITC/Commission), though it wasn’t a clear victory. Roomba maker IRobot Corp.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently-O

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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Samsung Says Litigation Funder Misused Its Trade Secrets

IP Law 360

says an intellectual property law firm and a Chinese litigation funder used its confidential information without permission to help Staton Techiya LLC assert patent infringement allegations, telling a Texas federal judge that the conduct demonstrated why the court should add the other companies to Samsung's suit.

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Forum Selection Clause Can Preclude PTO Validity Challenges

Intellectual Property Law Blog

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. on the ground of forum non conveniens.”