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Delaware Judge Seeks to Expose Patent-Litigation Funders

The IP Law Blog

Do defendants and the court have the right to ask who is funding a particular patent litigation? The party must identify the third-party funder and whether the third-party funder has the right to approve litigation or settlement decisions. The issue arose as a result of two standing orders issued by Judge Connolly.

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Court Denies Attempts to Compel Disclosure of Litigation Funding Documents

The IP Law Blog

Kewalramani), the Central District of California denied Defendant Netflix’s attempts to compel Plaintiff GoTV Streaming to provide documents and further information as to the source of the litigation funding that GoTV received in conjunction with the patent litigation.

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court February 2022

Patently-O

Qualcomm had previously sued Apple for patent infringement, and Apple responded with a set of inter partes review petitions. The parties settled the litigation before the IPRs were complete, but agreed that the IPRs could continue. The settlement also included a license to thousands of Qualcomm patents.

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court October 2021

Patently-O

few non-patent IP cases pending before the Supreme Court of some interest: Unicolors, Inc. 20-915 (referral of copyright litigation issues to copyright office) (this is the only one granted certiorari, oral arguments set for November 8, 2021); Ezaki Glico Kabushiki Kaisha v. 21-406 (reverse payment patent settlement).

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Practicing Generic Pharmaceuticals at TEVA: Practicing Working as a Full-fledged Lawyer

IPilogue

In the patent law textbook, we learned about filing and expiry dates of patents in one chapter, and grounds for invalidity in another. This integration of patent law concepts also demonstrated the interplay between business and the law as the legal department’s vigilance on these matters was crucial to business success.

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Guest Post: How It Started…How It’s Going: Venue Transfers in the Western District of Texas

Patently-O

Gugliuzza, Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law and Jonas Anderson, Associate Dean for Scholarship and Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law. patent litigation. Quicker settlements for larger amounts allow NPEs to more rapidly move on to their next target.

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The Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of the HUMIRA Antitrust Litigation

LexBlog IP

The Seventh Circuit issued this week a long-awaited opinion in the HUMIRA antitrust litigation, UFCW Local 1500 Welfare Fund v. “The patent laws do not set a cap on the number of patents any one person can hold—in general, or pertaining to a single subject.” AbbVie Inc. market until 2023.”