IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Zebra Technologies Corporation is the most recent decision in a series of cases clarifying the requirements for when standing is proper for a patent infringement action. The Federal Circuit’s precedential opinion in Intellectual Tech, LLC. Zebra Techs. 4th 807 (Fed. 2024) (Zebra).

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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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JD Supra Law

APRIL 10, 2023

In March, Samsung agreed to pay UK Nanotechnology Company Nanoco USD 150 million in a patent infringement dispute over patents used in QLED televisions that featured legal team from Wei Chixue Law Firm of Linda Liu Group - a Top 10 IP Law Firm in China. By: Linda Liu & Partners

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2023

This week in Washington IP news, the Senate and House are back in session and holding a variety of hearings on departments’ 2024 budget requests, including for the Department of Commerce and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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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

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) overturns a lower court ruling, reviving a patent infringement lawsuit against Salesforce; and Limp Bizkit sues Universal Music Group for $200 million in unpaid royalties.

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IPilogue

JULY 26, 2022

Richard De Almeida is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 3L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. 1) Legal Compass: What its like to work in IP and B&P. Dhir opened the tour discussing what precipitated her interest in IP law. Next the panel discussed a day-in-the-life as an IP professional.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 31, 2023

For the third consecutive month, Tesla finds itself involved in a new patent infringement lawsuit, this latest time as a defendant in an action filed by Graphite Charging Company LLC on August 4, 2023 in the Western District of Texas. In litigation news. By: Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

A Virginia-based inventor filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. in Washington federal court Thursday, alleging that the tech giant unlawfully infringed his video conferencing patent.

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IP Close Up

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Private property rights like patents that cover inventions promote a growing innovation economy and a flourishing society. Without them there would be idle curiosity, but Continue reading

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Join Troutman Pepper Partners Bill Belanger and Greg Len for an insightful discussion on the evolving landscape of intellectual property (IP) within the renewable energy sector. Learn about the risks and opportunities for businesses, and hear compelling stories of how strategic IP management can lead to successful.

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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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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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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

and its affiliated parties (“Woodland”), asserting design patent infringement, false advertising, trade secret. By: Irwin IP LLP Fiskars Finland OY AB and Fiskars Brands Inc. collectively, “Fiskars”) sued Woodland Tools Inc.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 12, 2022

While all three panelists agreed that the IP waiver discussion has become a distraction that will not solve the fundamental problems, Iancu and Kappos were especially passionate that the precedent set by the U.S. government’s decision to back the proposal could do very real harm, rather than good.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 1, 2023

Substantial patent litigation activity occurred in the mRNA space in 2022, involving nearly all of the major mRNA and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) pioneers. Since this is the most significant happening in this space with respect to IP in 2022, this post will provide an overview of that activity as well as a summary exposure analysis.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 6, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday issued a precedential decision affirming a California district court’s decision to grant Blippar.com’s motion to dismiss a patent infringement claim brought against it because the asserted patent claims were ineligible under Section 101. Patent Nos.

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The IPKat

APRIL 24, 2023

For each jurisdiction, there are several chapters which sets out the procedure and practice for managing patent cases, namely patent infringement cases., while also " integrating pertinent patent law doctrines ".

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

politicians warn of widespread copyright infringement on NFT marketplaces; Google announces it will assume legal responsibility to offer customers protection from copyright disputes caused by the tech firm’s generative AI; Caltech and Apple jointly file a request to dismiss the patent infringement lawsuit between the two.

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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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IP Law 360

JULY 11, 2024

can't escape patent infringement claims by a Colorado-based firm specializing in developing techniques for extracting hemp oil, a California federal judge has ruled, rejecting a slew of motions seeking summary judgment. Subsidiaries of Canadian cannabis company Halo Collective Inc.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2022

As part of the four-day meeting, discussions around the latest text of the proposal to waive intellectual property (IP) rights under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for COVID-19 vaccine technology will take place around the clock, and it is expected that some agreement will be reached.

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Patent Trademark Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

How to Ask the Right Questions About Utility Patent Infringement Utility patent infringement is complex, to say the least. You need to ask practical questions that go beyond infringement. Need to enforce or defend a utility patent infringement claim? What is utility patent infringement?

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 6, 2024

May 1, 2024) On May 1, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of Intellectual Tech’s (“IT’s”) patent infringement claims against Zebra Technologies (“Zebra”) for lack of constitutional standing. By: Irwin IP LLP

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IP Watchdog

MAY 3, 2022

On April 29, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded a decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois regarding alleged infringement by U.S. Venture Inc., Sunoco).

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IP Law 360

JUNE 6, 2024

A Chicago-based business software review platform has argued it can't be forced to face a patent infringement suit in Texas because a patent-holding company claimed it has a location in Austin, saying a "quick Google search" would have revealed the address is a parking garage.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Two Amazon companies have reached a settlement with a company that accused them of patent infringement over the voice processing technology used in the Amazon virtual assistant Alexa, according to a minute entry entered Monday.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Supreme Court denies a hearing to music publishers who accused a website of infringing on the copyright of live music performances; the U.S. This week in Other Barks & Bites: The U.S.

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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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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A California federal judge slammed PersonalWeb and its former counsel during a hearing Thursday on Amazon's request for more than $5 million in fees for beating patent infringement claims, saying PersonalWeb is a "poster child for bad faith tactics" and the company and "any attorneys associated with it should be ashamed."

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IP Law 360

APRIL 4, 2023

s trade secret and patent infringement suit against Apple, but not before warning jurors they should keep their Apple Watches at home, because the case centers on technology in the devices. A California federal judge empaneled a jury Tuesday in Masimo Corp.'s

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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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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

recently filed a complaint in the Western District of Texas against NVIDIA Corporation (“NVIDIA”), Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) and RPX Corporation (“RPX”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for alleged patent infringement and violation of federal antitrust laws. Xockets, Inc.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

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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IPilogue

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, a Senior Fellow with the IP Innovation Clinic, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where she teaches contracts, international IP, patents, copyright, and courses on Biblical Law. Professor Ruth L. Okediji is the Jeremiah Smith Jr.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 4, 2023

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. 10 of the IP chapter of the leaked proposal effectively prohibits pre-grant oppositions. These demands are far beyond what is mandated by international trade rules.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Indeed, and perhaps most tellingly, there are no generic versions of the Moderna vaccine, despite Moderna’s promise not to pursue patent infringement during the pandemic.

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