IP Watchdog

MARCH 9, 2025

focusing, in particular, on the CAFCs findings regarding interpretation and performance of the contractual obligation associated with the licensing declaration utilized by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as set forth in the ETSI IPR Policy. Lenovo (United States), Inc.

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IAM Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

Parties intending to sign licensing agreements in China should be aware of issues that can create obstacles during this process. While licensing can successfully prevent patent infringement claims, both licensor and licensee should be confident about the terms of the agreement.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 9, 2023

28, 2023) Cap Export alleged that Zinus fraudulently obtained a patent after Zinus used the public domain bed-in-a-box sets of a non-party as the basis for its patent application. The underlying patent litigation allegedly fraudulently induced Cap Export to enter into a $1.1 Zinus, Inc., 2023 WL 6381821, No. and to Amazon.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 30, 2022

Applying recent Federal Circuit precedent requiring language evincing a present conveyance of patent rights, a district court in the Western District of Pennsylvania found that the contractual language “shall become the property of” did not constitute a patent assignment and did not confer a third party the right to license the patent.

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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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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

The Federal Circuit has issued an interesting nonprecedential order in In re VLSI Technology LLC , denying VLSI’s petition for a writ of mandamus that sought to reverse a district court order allowing Intel to amend its answer to assert a declaratory judgment counterclaim regarding a patent license defense. Patent Nos.

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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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IP Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2025

Last week, oral hearings concluded at the UK Court of Appeal in the ongoing patent licensing dispute between wireless communication developer Optis and consumer device giant Apple over 4G standard essential patents (SEPs) owned by Optis and practiced by Apple devices.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 4, 2024

. § 271(e)(2)(A)-(B): namely, that a party can be sued for patent infringement by merely filing an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) for a generic drug or a Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for a biosimilar drug. By: Proskauer - Minding Your Business

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

case number 19-40643: are patent laws regarding what constitutes a reasonable royalty applicable to questions of compliance with FRAND-related contractual obligations? Despite these differences, we noted that these two concepts have often been treated interchangeably by courts, often leading to confusing results. Telefonaktiebolaget LM et al.,

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Patently-O

JULY 21, 2022

Symbiont’s US Patent No. Holt was part of forming two additional companies, BJM and Matrix and Symbiont licensed the technology (including the patent) to those companies. The agreement included a number of provisions — primarily a license with royalties for feed sold using the process. by Dennis Crouch.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Moderna recently sued Pfizer alleging patent infringement of three out of eight patents that cover its Covid 19 vaccine (Spikevax). The sheer size of sales and revenue coupled with patent monopolies and the immense potential of the mRNA technology, makes both these entities King-like – rich, supreme and sometimes hypocritical.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2022

District Court for the district of Delaware in a patent infringement suit brought by Meso Scale Diagnostics (Meso) against Roche Diagnostic Corporation and BioVeris Corporation (collectively Roche). Judge Pauline Newman dissented.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

With respect to patents subject to a commitment regarding licensing on a Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) or Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (RAND) basis, 2024 saw several notable developments impacting the United States. courts limit the enforcement of foreign patents, as well as attempts to have the rates for U.S.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 23, 2023

The European Union is reportedly considering sweeping new regulations for the licensing and litigation of standard essential patents (SEPs), which make fair-minded observers wonder whether any sane adults are in charge at the European Commission (EC).

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

said Monday that it has filed patent infringement claims against The Walt Disney Co. in several jurisdictions, alleging that the entertainment giant is using its video technology without a license. InterDigital Inc.

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SpicyIP

JULY 23, 2021

While there is a high prevalence of generic alternatives, the agrochemicals industry in India is observing an increase in the number of patent applications filed. Even outside of patents, the players in the pesticide industry have consistently been pushing for TRIPS+ protections such as extended data exclusivity (see here , here , and here ).

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 15, 2024

What is a patent declaratory judgment lawsuit? A patent declaratory judgment action is an infringement lawsuit in reverse. The plaintiff is the accused infringer seeking a declaration of noninfringement from the court. The patent owner is the defendant. Need to defend a patent infringement claim?

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 6, 2024

Summary: License agreements containing a lump-sum payment “based on” a royalty rate may provide reliable evidence of a reasonable royalty rate for the licensed patent. EcoFactor sued Google for patent infringement over Google’s smart thermostat products. By: Knobbe Martens

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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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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. Without any doubt, stepping into patent litigation can be uncertain, full of risks, and expensive.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Summary: A narrowly defined patent license may result in some activity falling within the scope of the patent claims, but outside the scope of the license. . Before Stark, Lourie, and Bryson. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. By: Knobbe Martens

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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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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Companies have historically turned to patent pools as vehicles for achieving shared objectives. A patent pool can be formed when a group of patent holders agree to pool their patents for some purpose. In this scenario, the pooling companies may own complementary patents that enable a technical standard.

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Patently-O

MAY 15, 2024

as a major turning point in American patent and antitrust law. The Court’s 4-3 decision favored the patentee and allowed the patent owner to place restrictions on the use of its patented product even after sale. Just a few years later, the Supreme Court reversed course in Motion Picture Patents Co.

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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”). against Aetna, Inc.

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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 Law 360

MARCH 25, 2025

District Judge Alan Albright that a trial in its high-stakes patent infringement fight with VLSI Technology should focus on teasing out a disputed ownership structure that could inform whether the technology company has a license to use the chip patents. Intel Corp.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 24, 2022

NPEs are a special type of entity that specifically purchases patents or patent rights but does not commodify the patent. The second kind, private parties, often use the patents they acquire for profit through damage or settlement awards, or royalties and licensing rights.

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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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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In that regard, punitive damages for IPRs infringements have found their places in, but not limited to, China’s Civil Code (CCC), Copyright Law, Trade Mark Law and Patent Law (see former IPKat posts here and here ). In April 2021, Jin sued Baijia store for patent infringement. One month later, a settlement was reached.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 21, 2023

DSI) filed suit against Plaintiff, Perq Software, LLC for Patent Infringement. According to the Complaint, DSI’s software includes numerous technological improvements that were captured in a family of patent applications. In 2022 the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued Patent No.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

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. Amazon often face patent violations with its increasing customer base and involvement of third-party seller. Patent infringement can occur in both of these roles.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Arbutus owns several patents related to a lipid-based delivery system for nucleic-acid-based treatments. Patent 8,058,069 and 9,364,435 are the two at issue here. Moderna recognizes “a substantial risk” that Arbutus will assert the patents in an infringement lawsuit “targeting Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.”

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The USPTO is seeking comments on “the state of patent eligibility jurisprudence” and how eligibility law impacts both innovation and investment-in-innovation. and (2) Is patent eligibility a question of law for the court or a question of fact for the jury? The deadline for submissions is October 15, 2021. Berkheimer, No.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 31, 2021

The case stems from HTC’s refusal of a 2016 licensing deal in which Ericsson proposed a rate of $2.50 per 4G device to license its standard essential patents for mobile devices. per device in 2017, which was based on the “smallest salable patent-practicing unit.” Although HTC had previously paid Ericsson about $2.50

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JD Supra Law

MAY 2, 2022

The Federal Circuit has held that communications related to buying or licensing patents can form the basis for personal jurisdiction in a patent infringement lawsuit. The case of APPLE INC. ZIPIT WIRELESS, INC.

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