JD Supra Law

JANUARY 20, 2023

On January 6, 2023, Genentech and Tanvex reached a settlement in principle to resolve all claims with respect to Genentech’s BCPIA complaint.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 29, 2024

Typically, however, rightsholders reach out to alleged pirates privately to negotiate some type of settlement; either monetary, in exchange for information, or both. Piracy Settlements and User Data The order is a setback for the rightsholders and also presents a new problem.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The Federal Circuit on Friday determined that a federal court in Chicago had it wrong about what kind of conduct in litigation is granted "absolute litigation privilege," upending a multimillion-dollar jury verdict on liability over language in settlement agreements in a dispute over tire designs.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Actavis that reverse payment settlements—or settlements where a patent holder pays an accused patent infringer cash or other consideration to end the patent litigation—may be subject to antitrust scrutiny if they are "large and unjustified," lower courts have been in search of an administrable pleading standard for these claims.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 10, 2023

What typically follows are months of litigation followed by an announcement that there will be no trial because, against all odds, the parties have agreed to settle their differences after confidential negotiations. Unlike similar lawsuits seen elsewhere, DataCamp didn’t immediately succumb to the pressure.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2023

For companies whose movies are downloaded and shared illegally, solutions have been developed that allow them to monitor suspected pirates and track them back to their ISPs, before obtaining their identities and making a settlement offer to end the risk of a full-blown lawsuit.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 25, 2024

Attorneys representing a class of buyers in antitrust litigation against Pfizer over the cholesterol medication Lipitor have asked a New Jersey federal judge to approve their request for $31 million in fees after the two sides agreed to a $93 million settlement in February.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 24, 2024

concerning Toyo’s alleged trade dress in its tires, and Atturo’s counterclaims premised on Toyo’s settlement negotiations from a separate action. Atturo Tire Corp.,

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IAM Magazine

JULY 11, 2022

The outcome was unsurprising considering Zebra’s settlements in other litigation, though a newly announced licence with InterDigital proves the company also comes to the negotiation table

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IAM Magazine

JULY 11, 2022

The outcome was unsurprising considering Zebra’s settlements in other litigation, though a newly announced licence with InterDigital proves the company also comes to the negotiation table.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 6, 2023

By attaching settlement demands to DMCA notices sent to ISPs, Rightscorp hoped these would be forwarded intact to subscribers. As for the notice settlement model, that assumes that ISPs will forward cash demands to their customers along with DMCA notices.

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Patent Trademark Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

How much does patent litigation cost? According to statistics and economic surveys , the median patent litigation cost is roughly $1.5 How can smaller businesses reduce patent litigation costs to make them within reach? Need more affordable costs for patent litigation? What are affordable ways to litigate patents?

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For those who have not had a chance to attend one of our CLE presentations on Litigation Funding Disclosure, this IAM article provides a glimpse of the complex landscape for defendants seeking discovery on litigation funding topics in their cases. Litigation funding can significantly impact the parties’ ability to reach settlement.

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IAM Magazine

APRIL 29, 2022

Patent litigators who represent plaintiffs and defendants agree the new standing order favours the defence, but one litigation financier predicts well-financed patentees backed by reputable lenders will get the upper hand.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 20, 2023

On January 6, 2023, Genentech and Tanvex reached a settlement in principle to resolve all claims with respect to Genentech’s BCPIA complaint. The post Genentech and Tanvex Reach Settlement in Principle in Trastuzumab BPCIA Litigation appeared first on Big Molecule Watch.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2023

Following years of infringement litigation over its patented wireless chip technologies, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has recently enjoyed a pair of settlement outcomes pointing to the strength of the research university’s patent holdings.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 3, 2022

Actavis decision has guided pharmaceutical litigators and advisors exploring the antitrust risks inherent in settling pharmaceutical patent lawsuits, especially when such settlements could be viewed to include large and unjustified payments to an alleged infringing ANDA filer (or biosimilar manufacturer).

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 26, 2024

For years, the company has aggressively pursued litigation against establishments that broadcast these events without acquiring the appropriate commercial license. Introduction - general overview - Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. These lawsuits typically involve claims under the Federal. By: Vondran Legal

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IP Law 360

JULY 18, 2024

Hytera gives plaintiffs a powerful tool to recover damages, greatly increasing the incentive to bring Defend Trade Secrets Act claims against defendants with large global sales because those sales could generate large settlements, say attorneys at MoFo.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 24, 2022

Litigation is almost always recommended to be avoided , whether because of the sheer amount of time needed to get a court date, the expensive costs for the client and law firm, or the risks associated with receiving an unfavorable judgement. Michelle Mao is an incoming 2L JD student at Osgoode Hall Law school and an IPilogue Writer.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The Federal Circuit has provided additional guidance about an appellant’s standing to appeal IPR decisions after settling the related litigations and entering into patent license agreements. The ongoing district court litigation was dismissed with prejudice. Qualcomm Inc. , No 20-1683 (Fed. patents 7,844,037 and 8,683,362.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

On appeal, the CAFC held that CNC’s version of the agreement more accurately reflected the understanding between the two parties regarding a settlement over Plasmacam’s claim that CNC infringed U.S. 7,071,441 (‘441 patent), for which Plasmacam has an exclusive license.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A British nanotechnology company said Friday it landed $150 million from its litigation-funded patent infringement lawsuits against Samsung that ended in a settlement last month, just as jury selection was set to kick off in one of the cases in Marshall, Texas.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 2, 2023

The litigation between U.S. and Chinese vaping companies over the "Elf" name could end in a settlement, a mediator told a Florida federal judge on Tuesday, saying that favorable rulings on two key issues for one party would likely "force" the other side to "adjust their settlement demands."

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The FTC claimed that the manufacturers had brought “sham” patent infringement litigation in 2011 against Teva and another generic supplier, Perrigo. The FTC also claimed that the December 2011 Teva settlement constituted an illegal reverse payment settlement under FTC v. Actavis, in violation of Section 5.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

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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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

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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IAM Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A preliminary injunction has been issued against the state’s strict reverse payment law, but antitrust considerations are here to stay in IP litigation settlements.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Mike DeWine has signed an executive order directing colleges in his state to immediately begin compensating student-athletes when their names, images or likenesses are used, saying it is needed as athletes await final approval of the settlement in massive NCAA litigation over NIL use.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

as part of a settlement of the companies' patent and contract litigation over Wi-Fi routers in the U.S. Netgear Inc. has received $135 million from TP-Link Systems Inc. International Trade Commission and California federal courts.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 1, 2023

million settlement to end claims that the now-bankrupt Mulvadi Corp. wrongly sold coffee using the name "Kona," the latest deal in litigation from Hawaiian farmers alleging the company's coffee contained no coffee grown or harvested from the state's Big Island. A Washington federal judge has given the go-ahead to a $7.78

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IAM Magazine

APRIL 29, 2022

Patent litigators who represent plaintiffs and defendants agree the new standing order favours the defence, but one litigation financier predicts well-financed patentees backed by reputable lenders will get the upper hand.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Intellectual property litigation is expensive. So much so that many businesses facing the prospect of pursuing litigation resort to making settlement decisions based on the economic burden of a multi-year litigation process, rather than solely upon the strength of their arguments or the risks associated with proceeding to trial.

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Nelligan Law

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Sometimes potential litigants dismiss their injuries as unlikely to attract high damage awards or to be worth the stress of litigation. For example, if you sustained a physical injury in a car accident on January 7, 2022, your limitation period would be no later than January 7, 2024.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2022

With an average 33 Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) filings (one post grant review, the rest inter partes reviews[IPRs]), a relatively high number (89) of district court terminations (including some high-profile settlements), and a somewhat low number (63) of suits this week, we are rolling into May. Chief Judge Connolly of the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The post Janssen and Samsung Bioepis Settle STELARA (Ustekinumab) Litigation appeared first on Big Molecule Watch.

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