Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Is patent enforcement possible for small companies? Whatever people may have heard about patent enforcement, one thing is clear. Almost everyone knows that patent infringement lawsuits are expensive. If patent infringement litigation is so costly, what options are available to startups and small businesses?

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Some background and how this Played out for Uniloc : HP sold several patents to Uniloc back in 2017 who then sued Apple, Motorola, and Blackboard for patent infringement. Uniloc has a litigation financing relationship with Fortress with the patents serving as collateral for the deal. After some venue-action, Uniloc v.

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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. Settlement agreements are typically confidential so the exact arrangement is unclear.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 24, 2022

The first kind, academic institutions, acquire patents to protect the research work of their faculty and researchers while licensing others to use the results of the research produced without commodifying the patent. They do not practice, develop, manufacture, or otherwise commercialize the patent.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Zolgensma and the Inadequacies of the Compulsory Licensing Regime. Akhil discusses the compulsory licensing provisions in the TRIPS Agreement, as well as the objectives and principles relating to safeguarding public interest in Articles 7 and 8 and how they find reflection in India’s Patent Act. Poster for Zolgensma.

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IPilogue

APRIL 22, 2022

This article delves into the legal doctrines that support the parties’ claims and the overarching strategy to their settlement. In the end, settlement was in the best interests of both parties. The global settlement includes a worldwide patent license to certain ViiV patents related to dolutegravir.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

APRIL 6, 2017

In a patent infringement case filed in February 2016 in the Eastern District of Texas by Neurovision Medical Products, Inc. The parties continued their settlement discussions and in February 2017, Neurovision’s owner and a Medtronic director exchanged offers and counteroffers by email. By: Sharon Urias, Esq.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 9, 2025

has reached a settlement with Teva in a patent infringement battle in New Jersey federal court over its U.S. flagship commercial drug that treats a rare autoimmune disease that will provide Teva with a license to market a generic version of the drug in 2035, the company announced Thursday.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A number of small providers are receiving patent demand letters with a settlement or licensing offer to avoid litigation. Many of these letters are a typical part of the playbook of entities that have been variously called “non-practicing entities” (NPEs) or “patent trolls.” How should you respond? Should you respond?

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The default judgments precluded these respondents from appearing in the Investigation and contesting the allegations at issue regarding infringement of Skull Shaver’s ’528 Patent and ’504 Patent. Fish also obtained a settlement and license agreement on behalf of Skull Shaver with respondent Magicfly LLC.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2024

entered into a settlement and license agreement in 2014, following years of patent litigation over their competing glucose monitoring system patents. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential ruling that affirmed a district court’s denial of preliminary injunction to DexCom, Inc.,

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Additionally, if you are a patent owner or inventor, please include the number of U.S. and foreign patent applications you have filed; the number of U.S. Patent prosecution strategy and portfolio management; b. patent enforcement and litigation; c. patent counseling and opinions; d. research and development; e.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 3, 2023

This is an important decision to review in understanding licensing and litigation of international SEP portfolios. For example, the Court ruled that an injunction may be entered against an standard-compliant product if even a single SEP is found to infringe. those who stall licensing negotiations).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The defendants could neither prove registration of trademark in their label nor did they have a valid license. billion US District Court awards 10x Genomics permanent injunction in patent infringement lawsuit against Bruker Corporation’s GeoMx products

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

JUNE 16, 2013

TiVo will also enter into patent licensing deals with Google, Cisco and Arris Group Inc. . – Google bought Motorola in 2012 – and Cisco Systems Inc., will make a lump-sum payment of $490 million to TiVo, with Cisco responsible for $294 million of that sum. Google sold Motorola’s set-top making unit to Arris earlier this year.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S. It generally amounts to more than 50% of the total settlement recovery, acknowledging, at least by basic math, that they are the primary beneficiary of the litigation.).

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The IPKat

JUNE 22, 2023

He rejected the argument that the royalty in SEP licensing of mobile devices should depend on usage. 2019) that the release term was in substance compensatory relief for TCL’s patent infringements when deciding worldwide FRAND terms. This is not paying damages for patent infringement ([252],iii)).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Delhi High Court however permitted the Defendant to file these documents holding them essential to indicate Defendant’s assertion that the suit design lacks novelty, which it held to be one of the defences available in a patent infringement action. Delhi High Court decreed the suit as per the terms settlement between the parties.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

To put it another way, how would you feel knowing that one million dollars might not get you halfway through a patent lawsuit? For many small businesses, the price tag of an infringement lawsuit is cost prohibitive. What makes the cost of a patent infringement lawsuit so high?

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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 settlement also included a license to thousands of Qualcomm patents. Rather, an appellant must show concrete injury caused by the PTAB decision and redressability of that injury.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 15, 2024

This post does not, in any manner, get into the arena of willingness or unwillingness of defendants to enter into a licensing agreement. Background The Petitioner, InterDigital (“ID”), initiated patent infringement proceedings against Oppo, One Plus and Redme (“defendants”) concerning 8 standard essential patents.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

On one hand, they can lead to an amicable settlement between the parties and prevent lengthy litigations. Other Developments Delhi High Court records evidence by live transcription in patent infringement suit. International Developments John Grisham, George RR Martin and 15 other authors sue OpenAI for Copyright infringement.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Like, you know, they haven’t done me wrong. Q: Well, so do you get a share, then, of lawsuits or settlements that are brought using these six patents? Is that how you make money, passive income, as you call it?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 21, 2022

With vigorous marketing of patent portfolios, it becomes necessary that those dispute settlements must be done on an amicable basis. Also, Huawei wants to have a strong patent portfolio in the Chinese market where all such measures are more or less beneficial for it. Image Source: gettyimages].

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Patently-O

JULY 31, 2024

by Dennis Crouch For the vast majority of American history, a judgment of patent infringement (by a court sitting in equity) led almost directly to injunctive relief barring ongoing infringement. Adam Mossoff, Injunctions for Patent Infringement: Historical Equity Practice Between 1790 – 1882 , Harvard J.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Introduction Patent trolls are entities that do not actively develop their inventions but instead acquire patent rights for obvious inventions to prevent others from working on them or to collect licensing fees. The applicants also demonstrated the obviousness of the respondent’s patent through various prior art references.

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Patently-O

JULY 17, 2024

In a recent decision out of the Southern District of Texas, Judge Lee Rosenthal found the patent infringement case brought by VDPP against Volkswagen to qualify for sanctions under the Patent Act 35 U.S.C. § The court also relied upon 28 U.S.C. 1927 and its inherent powers to directly sanction VDPP’s attorney William P.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2024

Samsung also filed IPR2023-01103 in June, challenging all claims of a patent assigned to Janssen that related to methods for treating ulcerative colitis with ustekinumab, the active ingredient in Janssen’s STELARA product. Biocon Biologics then filed its own IPR on the same patent in IPR2023-01444. That petition is pending.

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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. 11] See Vedanti Licensing Ltd., In Micron Technology Inc. Conclusion.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Highlights of the Week Hot-Tubbing in Indian IP Litigation: Delhi High Court Issues Directives in High-Stakes Patent Infringement Case Image from [link] here Recently, the DHC issued directives regarding expert evidence in the Perjeta patent litigation. Anything we are missing out on? Please let us know in the comments below.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

On 27 April 2023, the European Commission (the “ Commission ”) proposed a new regulation on the licensing of standard essential patents (the “ Proposal ”). [1] 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.

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IP.com

JANUARY 15, 2024

Over the years, Apple has been subject to numerous patent infringement cases and in recent years Apple has been leveraging its status as a goliath in the high-tech industry. Masimo, a company that specializes in medical devices, argued that Apple violated a patent with its blood oxygen monitoring feature.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

BHC Clarifies that Organisations not Registered as Copyright Societies Can also Issue Licenses In landmark development, BHC has clarifed that organizations such as Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) and Novex Communications can grant licenses for the musical works owned by them. resolve all ongoing patent infringement disputes.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

Strategic considerations include what to patent (battery management systems, battery components, cell assembly, manufacturing processes, or components), where to patent, what patents to abandon or sell, and licensing strategies. Standard Setting Organizations and Patent Pools. Conclusion.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Granules India Limited ( pdf ), recorded a settlement in a patent dispute concerning Ruxolitinob, a drug used to manage myelofibrosis, a rare bone marrow disorder. Section 107A(b) concerns parallel import i.e. importing a patented product legally obtained from an authorized seller in another country. What is Section 107A?

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Conundrum of Naked Licensing Naked Licensing, aka “You Snooze, You Lose.” ” Conceptually, a lack of quality control mechanism while licensing TMs can result in the license being regarded as a naked license and the mark being deemed abandoned. TIPS Industries Ltd.

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