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. Zebra Techs. 4th 807 (Fed. 2024) (Zebra).

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2022

In the first major patent infringement lawsuit in the mRNA space, on February 28, 2022, Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (“Arbutus”) and Genevant Sciences GmbH (“Genevant”) sued Moderna, Inc. The plaintiffs have alleged that Moderna infringed U.S. Patent Nos. and ModernaTX, Inc.

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Patent Infringement Patent Technology Litigation 133

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. eBay world.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2023

government statement of interest filed in a patent infringement suit against Moderna, Inc.’s 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. patented invention.

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Patent Infringement IP Government Patent 128

JD Supra Law

AUGUST 16, 2024

271(e) to limit the number of patents a drug manufacturer can assert in a patent infringement lawsuit against biosimilars and generics companies. The APPA was first introduced to the House on January 30, 2023 by Representative John Cornyn (R-Tx), with the aim of reducing drug prices. By: MoFo Life Sciences

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Patent Infringement Patent 111

SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2023

COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? The Battle Between Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Continues Last month, the patent battle between COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers continued with BioNTech/Pfizer filing a strong defense and counter-claim to Moderna’s allegations of patent infringement. Patent no. ’127

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 13, 2025

The threat of German patent litigation is rising. Indeed, in many instances, these German actions are one front in a. By: WilmerHale

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JD Supra Law

JULY 1, 2024

On June 28, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice requesting public comments on the current state of the common law experimental use exception to patent infringement and whether Congress should consider codifying the experimental use exception through legislative action.

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Patent Infringement Patent Patent Law Trademark 109

JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

for patent infringement in the Northern District of California, with Fenwick representing Meril in the district court case and the recent appellate victory. In 2019, Edwards Lifesciences Corporation sued Meril Life Sciences Pvt. By: Fenwick & West LLP

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Patent Infringement Patent 98

JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In September of last year, and in light of a corresponding Japanese patent infringement suit, I published an article detailing how The Pokmon Company had filed two patent applications at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) after the release of Palworld.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 14, 2025

In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the decision in Trudell Medical International Inc. D R Burton Healthcare LLC.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 12, 2024

accusing them of infringing on patents related to commercial lighting control technology. The patents in question, U.S. Patent Nos. Heartland, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Povolny Specialties, Inc., 9,788,391 B1 and 10,390,400 B1, were central to Heartland’s claims. By: Whitcomb Selinsky, PC

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 11, 2025

However, a recent ruling offers crucial clarity for companies relying on AWS: simply using AWS servers in the region does not automatically establish venue for patent infringement cases in the Eastern District of Virginia. million businesses. By: Baker Botts L.L.P.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 19, 2024

Harvard University has sued Samsung, alleging that the latter’s chip technology infringes two patents owned by the university. The case is President and Fellows of Harvard College v. Samsung Electronics Co, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, No. 2:24-cv-00636. By: AEON Law

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 26, 2025

On March 21, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held in a precedential opinion that legal fees incurred by generic drug companies in defending against patent infringement suits brought under the Hatch-Waxman Act constitute ordinary and necessary business expenses that may be deducted in the year in which they are incurred, and do not need (..)

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Litigation Patent Infringement Business Patent 75

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

OCTOBER 2, 2023

million jury verdict that had previously been awarded to Teva in a patent infringement suit regarding the two companies’ development of drugs with antibodies capable of treating headache disorders associated with calcitonin gene-related peptide (“CGRP”).

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Patent Infringement Patent 98

Patently-O

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

” Patent litigation is rarely speedy; quite expensive; and, many would argue, often unjust. Patent Nos. Objectively Baseless : The Federal Circuit has given patentees a fairly-wide berth with regard to public accusations of infringement and customer cease-and-desist letters. Light-Netics owns U.S.

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Patent Infringement Cease and Desist Patent Invention 122

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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False Advertising Patent Infringement Patent Advertising 104

Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

What are the right patents for Amazon sellers? Traditional patents that might work in the courts may not be the best type of IP protection for online sales on the e-commerce platform. Since Amazon uses their own legal system for adjudicating patent disputes , sellers need to know how to play the IP game Amazon’s way.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2025

In June 2023, as is widely known, more than 50 years of efforts to create a pan-European patent jurisdiction were finally successful and the Unified Patent Court opened its doors.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Patent and Trademark Offices (USPTOs) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has jurisdiction over expired patents brought before it in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. While the CAFC has previously ruled in appeals from the PTAB involving expired patents, it has not squarely addressed the subject until now.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Adding another leaf to the FCM patent litigation saga, the Delhi High Court on September 19 refused to grant an interim injunction to Vifor considering the launch of the Biological E’s product in the market. This analysis centers on how this particular order contributes to clarifying the existing dilemma surrounding the FCM patent.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

and TWM IP LLC have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Alltrista Plastics LLC concerning U.S. 9,585,460 (the “‘460 Patent”). The plaintiffs claim that the defendant’s products unlawfully replicate the patented technology and that the infringement has been willful.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 16, 2024

The US Patent and Trademark Office is requesting public feedback on the current experimental use exception’s impact on technology sectors—and the public’s appetite for expanding the exception. By: Morgan Lewis

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Patent Infringement Patent Technology Trademark 109

IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report reflecting the agencys investigation into third-party funding of patent litigation in the United States. On December 5, the U.S.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 9, 2023

He was talking to the potential jurors as voir dire was just about to begin. — Dennis = = = We are engaged or about to be engaged this morning in the selection of a jury in the civil case involving allegations of patent infringement.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 26, 2025

The Federal Circuit reversed noninfringement findings made under the reverse doctrine of equivalents (RDOE), declining to declare the doctrine subsumed by the 1952 Patent Act, but finding that Steuben Foods raised compelling arguments on that point. Shibuya Hoppman Corp., The opinion was authored by Chief Judge Moore.

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Patently-O

JULY 14, 2022

This prompted the question for me: who actually files appeals in patent infringement cases and how representative are they of the underlying civil actions filed in the courts? It turns out that the answer is “mostly patent asserters” and that they aren’t necessarily representative of case filings. 235 (2018) ).

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Patent-holding company VDPP LLC urged the Federal Circuit on Thursday to reverse a lower court's dismissal of its patent suit against Volkswagen that a Texas federal judge called "frivolous" before issuing six-figure sanctions against VDPP and its counsel, William Ramey III of Ramey LLP, arguing that the sanctions "will have a chilling effect on small (..)

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 10, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit lowered barriers that one must overcome to enforce patents at the U.S. Last week, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

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The IPKat

APRIL 24, 2023

Last Friday, WIPO published An International Guide to Patent Case Management for Judges. 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 Law 360

MARCH 18, 2025

Groupon may make defending patent infringement claims more challenging, time-consuming and expensive but it has also complicated similar patent infringement proceedings involving the same patents and their appeals, say attorneys at Norton Rose. The Federal Circuit's decision last month in Kroy IP Holdings v.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Pride in Patent Ownership Act, S.2774, Attaching the Pride in Patent Ownership Act to the NDAA means it will certainly become law. Attaching the Pride in Patent Ownership Act to the NDAA means it will certainly become law. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) within 120 days.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Last week, GlaxoSmithKline and Northwestern University filed separate lawsuits against Moderna, accusing its mRNA-based vaccines of patent infringement. By: Goodwin

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Patent Infringement Patent 70

JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Legal basis of the judgment - Article 11 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on Some Issues concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Disputes over Infringement of Patent Rights gives the basic principle that the determination of identical or similar designs should take into consideration the overall visual effect based on the (..)

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

The significance of this case is that the Federal Circuit confirmed that parties can contractually negotiate away their right to file IPRs or other validity challenges in the Patent Office. Despite this language, Sarepta filed seven petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”). The Federal Circuit disagreed. Int’l Shipping Corp.,

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 15, 2023

On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed a district court’s dismissal of a Florida vape company’s patent lawsuit against tobacco company Phillip Morris. HCM alleged that Phillip Morris infringed on its patent for an electronic pipe, U.S. 10,561,170.

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