IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential opinion affirming-in-part, vacating-in-part, and remanding a district court’s dismissal of a patent infringement complaint filed by AlexSam, Inc. 6,000,608 (“’608 patent”). Today, the U.S. against Aetna, Inc.

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IPilogue

MAY 30, 2022

Claire La Mantia is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Pina D’Agostino’s Directed Reading: IP Innovation Program course. This lawsuit was made in response to Peloton’s claim that Lululemon’s design patents for these activewear pieces were invalid.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 16, 2024

A Canadian cooler maker has urged a Colorado federal judge to toss a rival's patent infringement claims in a dispute over soft-sided coolers, arguing that the rival failed to disclose a licensing agreement that shows it never had the right to claim infringement in the first place.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

The interface of Intellectual Property (IP) incline with Amazon’s approach herein. In matters of trade, Trademark, copyright and Patent act as building blocks of protection measures while conferring exclusive right over goods/services for the holder. Patent infringement can occur in both of these roles.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Internet search engine company LookSmart sued Google LLC on Monday for patent infringement, claiming that the tech giant "clearly knew" it was using LookSmart's technology for ranking and searching documents without authority or license, all the while generating "over $150 billion in search-related revenue."

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A mounting concern, however, was that the ability for anyone to download a physical 3D object may pose problems for IP rights. 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. Ballardini et al.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 18, 2024

s bid to toss patent infringement claims brought by a patent licensing company owned by Wi-LAN Inc., A Texas federal judge on Thursday denied Lenovo Group Ltd.'s rejecting the Chinese computer giant's argument that it is a mere holding company lacking sufficient contacts with the Lone Star State.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

million in addition to the $11 million in patent infringement damages CommScope already must pay to a licensing company that prevailed in its claims asserting six patents. A Texas federal judge has ordered North Carolina network infrastructure business CommScope Holding Co. and its related companies to pay $5.4

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 12, 2024

This week in Other Barks & Bites: three advocacy groups call on President Biden’s administration to use federal law to license the production and cut the price of an expensive cancer drug; an Illinois jury rules that Amazon owes Kove IO $525 million in a patent infringement case; and Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduces legislation to (..)

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Patent licensing and technology transfer is a cornerstone of modern economies, where the efficiencies of collaboration and division of labor do not require firms to be vertically integrated. This short article focuses on how risk – in the economic and legal sense – changes over time, and what this implies for patent licensing dynamics.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [1] reversed a lower court’s denial of Intel Corporation’s (“Intel’s”) motion for leave to amend its answer to assert a new license defense in a patent infringement suit brought by VLSI Technology LLC (“VLSI”). and Finjan Software, Inc.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2023

In late March, news broke that the European Commission was drafting sweeping regulations on the licensing of standard essential patents (SEPs). In its current form, the new regulatory framework would encourage increased transparency in SEP licensing through several new policies and procedures.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Cisco secured the final dismissal of a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it by licensing company mCom IP in Texas federal court, after the company failed to appear at a December hearing concerning Cisco's latest motion to dismiss.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Sockeye Licensing TX, LLC. NPEs are also known to limit their license when suing software companies.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Three pharmaceutical companies, including Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Micromet AG, and Cambridge Antibody Technology (now acquired by AstraZeneca), in September 2003 announced signing a non-exclusive cross-license agreement. In the latter case, no license or permission of any sort is required from the patent owner for commercializing the product.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

With respect to patents subject to a commitment to license on a Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) or Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (RAND) basis, 2023 saw many interesting developments.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 28, 2023

Although looking to alternate component sources may mitigate scheduling issues, an approach taken for expediency can expose the supplier and the substitute component source to significant risk of patent infringement claims. By: Foley & Lardner LLP

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Patent violations are becoming increasingly prevalent among Amazon sellers. Whether you are a patent owner or an Amazon seller, you need the right kind of legal expertise when it comes to patent infringement. Patent agents do not litigate and, therefore, have little to no infringement experience.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Daimler AG has entered an agreement with patent licensing pool Avanci covering standard-essential 4G patents, the parties confirmed Wednesday, after Daimler settled German patent infringement suits with Avanci members including Nokia and Sharp.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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. During the validity period of the patent, one of the two defendants,** ‘Baijia store’, sold Jin’s patented products without permission. Shelly: 'Oops!…You

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The outcome of such patent thickets is far-reaching, such as: Innovation Stifling: Patent paralysis slows the pace of technological advancement, ultimately hindering overall economic growth due to fear of infringement. Block chain technology presents new opportunities for managing IP rights.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Office of the United States Trade Representative says it supports delaying a decision to extend the waiver of IP rights under the TRIPS Agreement to diagnostics and therapeutics and orders an investigation be conducted on the matter by the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced Friday it is extending the deadline on its Request for Comments on anticounterfeiting and antipiracy strategies by one month, to September 25, 2023; tobacco company Altria files a complaint against e-cigarette maker Juul alleging patent infringement of e-cigarette technology; a Trader Joe’s workers’ union (..)

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 7, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: China unveils its goals for improving IP rights during the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan, even as the country’s copyright administration announces a ban on most exclusive music licensing deals; the Federal Circuit affirms the validity of Novartis patent claims over Chief Judge Moore’s dissent over the majority’s (..)

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 29, 2023

REGENXBIO has exclusive license rights to vectors invented at [the] University [of Pennsylvania], known as NAV® Vectors, composed of ‘capsid proteins’ that package the transgene used to treat genetic defects or supply therapeutic factors such as antibodies to treat other serious conditions.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This week in Other Barks & Bites: OpenAI explains its defensive patent strategy in a short blog post; GlaxoSmithKline sues Moderna for patent infringement related to the COVID-19 vaccine; and patent offices from the European Union, Japan, and the United States meet to discuss collaborative strategies for sustainable innovation.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

While 2022 was somewhat less eventful than 2021 in terms of significant developments in fair/reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND/RAND) licensing occurring in the United States, the past year still did not disappoint and underscores the continued and growing interest from government in the standards related patents space.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The book's cover wonderfully matches the colours of the Villa Salviati gardens This is a book review of IP Accidents: Negligence Liability in Intellectual Property , by Patrick Goold , City Law School, University of London. Léon is currently finishing his PhD on the proportionality principle and injunctions for patent infringement in EU law.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

We say goodbye to 2021 with the most interesting posts and articles from the surrounding IP blogs of the past week! Another part of the round-up analyses EU copyright policy and mentions publications, meetings, resolutions, policy reports, statements and agreements of EU bodies and agencies and national IP offices.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 26, 2021

FTC Solar can move a patent infringement lawsuit lodged against it over solar technology from Texas to New York after U.S. District Judge Alan Albright found that its license agreement with FCX Solar favors shipping the case off to the Southern District of New York.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The appellate court for a second time ordered the district court “to make particularized determinations as to whether the third-party licensing information sought to be sealed should be made public.”.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A Sheppard Mullin trial team led by partners Brad Graveline and Laura Burson obtained one of the largest patent infringement damages awards against the United States of America for client SecurityPoint Holdings, Inc (SecurityPoint). SecurityPoint brought its claim for patent infringement against the United States under 28 U.S.C. §

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IP Law 360

MAY 19, 2023

in a $35 million case alleging that it infringed patents picked up by a lawyer's licensing company from a one-time coder at IBM, and also found those patents invalid. A federal jury in Waco, Texas, on Friday cleared online file storage company Dropbox Inc.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 4, 2024

The IPKat would take the IPFed job - but for the urge to nap during meetings As the heat starts to ratchet down in London, and the activity levels of those with fur coats start to ratchet up, the IPKat brings you a collection of news from the IP world. Applications are to be sent to IP Federation recruitment at recruitment@ipfederation.com.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Capital One wants a Texas federal court to throw out a patent infringement suit from licensing company mCom IP, citing the dismissal of a similar suit against Cisco about a month ago.

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The IPKat

APRIL 24, 2023

Kat friend Roya Ghafele reports on the leaked draft of the European Commission IP Action plan and its possible consequences. This was my first thought in seeing emails in my mailbox containing a copy of the ‘leaked’ European Commission IP Action plan. A register of standard essential patents is proposed; 2.

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