IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential decision in part reversing and in part affirming a district court’s dismissal of an inventor’s patent infringement suit against Google under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure12(b)(6).

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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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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). Shoshana Wodinsky: Australian Court Rules That Yes, AI Can Be an Inventor (Source: Gizmodo). Source: SCRIBD. Commentary and Journal Articles: Atty. David Beck and Atty.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Would you believe the following scenario could happen under our patent system? Commanding 50% market share in unit sales of the patented product, the patent holder prevails in patent infringement suits obtaining court injunctions against all major rivals and maintaining a strict no-licensing policy.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) report finds pro bono legal services have amounted to $39.3 million in free legal services for inventors and small businesses; Canada announces plans to retain more IP domestically, and the U.S.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

To be specific, market research performed before filing a Patent Application or after obtaining Patent Protection may help an inventor or innovator significantly in examining the business environment for his invention or innovation. Market research may also help down the road in preventing Patent Infringement actions.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

citizen, sued Xiaomi, a Chinese multinational corporation, for patent infringement in New York. Later, Microsoft, naming Xiaomi as the real party in interest, filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). This case has curious origins. In other words, a U.S.

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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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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

On September 25, independent inventor Carolyn Hafeman filed a reply brief arguing that efforts by consumer tech giant LG Electronics to prejudice Hafeman’s legal claims in front of a Western Texas jury require the court to grant a new patent infringement trial in the case.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This post is the third and final installment in the “Africa IP Highlights 2021 series” of posts highlighting some of the key developments in IP in Africa in 2021. This post is about patents and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration. The first 2 posts covered copyright and trade marks.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The inventor of a novel jump rope system (the Revolution Rope), Molly Metz, is petitioning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) to bar a patent infringement suit in district court where the CAFC has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding of unpatentability.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Last week, independent inventor Carrie Hafeman filed an opening brief for the appellant at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) seeking reversal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) invalidation of her device location and theft prevention patent claims.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This case pertains to patent infringement concerning two process patents related to the fungicide Azoxystrobin. Indian IP litigation has of late admitted new forms of engagement of concurrent evidence such as the hot-tubbing and the confidentiality club (previously discussed here & here ). It noted that Serial No.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 2, 2024

investors from intellectual property theft by restoring court-ordered injunctions as the default remedy in patent infringement cases to ensure inventors get the justice they deserve, says Andrei Iancu at Sullivan & Cromwell. It is critical that Congress pass a recently introduced bill that would protect U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2024

If the complainant, Lashify, prevails, it could make the ITC a more appealing forum for patent infringement suits involving entities that have under-utilized the ITC, including inventors, universities, and start-ups. The case at issue is Lashify, Inc. 23-1245.

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Kashishipr

MAY 5, 2021

The term ‘Patent Troll’ originated in 1994 in an educational video by Paula Natasha Chavez called the ‘Patents Video.’ ’ A patent troll is a term used for describing a company that uses Patent Infringement claims to win arguments and court judgments for profit or to stifle competition.

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IP Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Not only does patent infringement forestall individual innovation, but when occurring unimpeded on a broad scale, it also effectively puts entire markets into holding patterns.

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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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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

District Judge Alan Albright should block a fintech inventor who’s sued Samsung, McDonald's and dozens of others from filing more patent infringement cases, pointing out that he's boasted online about "his strategy to get rich." PayPal will argue next week that U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Paul Morinville, Founder of US Inventor, recently published a response to my column criticizing RALIA, a bill in Congress that would abolish the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). I offer a few observations in reply. manufacturing.

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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 13, 2021

What is a Provisional Patent Application? Usually, the inventor is under constant fear of leakage of information relating to the invention as a certain disclosure has to be made to the manufacturer. It is for this reason that inventors prefer signing a binding Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

About 20 days after Company B is formed, Company A assigns its four patents to Company B, with an agreement that gives Company B the rights to sue for patent infringement only in the district court for the Western District of Texas. (And But that is not what the district court did.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday, October 10, affirmed a district court’s dismissal at the pleading stage of a patent infringement, unjust enrichment and antitrust case against Qualcomm, Inc. Larry Golden sued Qualcomm in the U.S.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 14, 2024

Whitestone Law cannot represent both a Finnish inventor in his patent infringement case against Netflix and a nonparty that paid some of the inventor's legal bills, a California federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the two are now at odds following accusations by Netflix against both.

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

If the patent has already been issued, it can be invalidated for failure to satisfy the written description requirement. billion for patent infringement was reversed for just this reason. Juno sued Kite for patent infringement, alleging that Kite’s immunotherapy technology infringed Juno’s patent.

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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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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Here is our weekly review containing briefs of posts from the past week, 22 case summaries, and a few national and international IP developments. Controller General of Patents Designs and Trade Marks launches IPO Grievance Portal. Opposition filed against a patent application which claims AI to be the inventor.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Pride in Patent Ownership Act requires those who acquire patents to publicly register their ownership assignments with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) within 120 days. Thus, it serves to identify potential patent infringement plaintiffs.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. IP rights come in several forms: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. And with patents, the only protection arises when the USPTO issues a patent on an invention. As the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund and the Fair Inventing Fund filed briefs in support of the jump rope company while DivX filed in support of neither party.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A California federal judge said Thursday he's inclined to allow Ramey LLP to withdraw from representing a Finnish inventor in his patent infringement case against Netflix, saying that it "is a messy situation" with an interesting factual record, but "at the end of the day, Mr. Ramey is not getting paid."

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LexBlog IP

MAY 1, 2023

Gordon Freeman (Dana Farber Cancer Institute) and Dr. Clive Wood (Genetics Institute) are additional co-inventors of the ’899 patent. The post Bristol-Myers Squibb Files Patent Infringement Complaint Against AstraZeneca Regarding Anti-PD-L1 Antibody Product appeared first on Big Molecule Watch.

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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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IP Close Up

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

But patents no longer provide the right exclude others from practicing an Continue reading History has proven that innovation comes from everywhere, not just the leading businesses.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

In response, Pandaloon filed a Motion to dismiss Count Three of the Complaint—in which CCC alleges that the D325 Patent is unenforceable due to inequitable conduct—on the ground that it fails to state a claim for relief under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

District Court for the Central District of California that had awarded damages to Lubby Holdings LLC for patent infringement by Henry Chung. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), in a precedential opinion authored by Judge Dyk, partially reversed a ruling by the U.S.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2022

Before we delve into understanding the concept of Patent Search , let us first make ourselves familiar with the definition of a patent. A patent refers to an exclusive right granted by the patent authority of a nation to the inventor or applicant of a unique invention. 2) Patentability/Novelty Search.

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