Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A Sheppard Mullin trial team led by partners Brad Graveline and Laura Burson obtained one of the largest patent infringement damages awards against the United States of America for client SecurityPoint Holdings, Inc (SecurityPoint). SecurityPoint brought its claim for patent infringement against the United States under 28 U.S.C.

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Patent Trademark Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

What are your options when Amazon ASIN listings infringe your patent? Patents give sellers a fair and lawful way to block competitors from copying innovative products. So, how do you use your patent effectively to block an infringing Amazon ASIN? Know which type of patent you own.

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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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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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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 Trademark Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

How do you defend a patent infringement claim? Accusations of patent infringement should be taken seriously. Whether they are asserted in the form of cease-and-desist letter or an Amazon patent violation, an accused infringer needs to gauge the seriousness of the problem. Are your patent claims invalid?

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 6, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday issued a precedential decision affirming a California district court’s decision to grant Blippar.com’s motion to dismiss a patent infringement claim brought against it because the asserted patent claims were ineligible under Section 101. Patent Nos.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 11, 2024

Navigating patent infringement claims requires a deep understanding of both the legal landscape and the specifics of the technology at stake, especially in the fast-evolving cybersecurity sector. Creative litigation strategies are crucial for defending against infringement claims and minimizing disruption to ongoing innovation.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 9, 2022

Most companies are aware of the potential patent infringement liability for sales made in the United States but may not know that liability for infringing a U.S. patent can also extend to the processes used to make their product—even when manufacturing is done entirely outside the United States by a contract manufacturer.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Market Supervision Administration of Guangdong Province "2021 Typical Cases of Intellectual Property Administrative Law Enforcement" patent infringement case No.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In the latest development in the global patent wars between Google and Sonos, Google has sued Sonos, having filed two suits in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on August 8, 2022. Most interestingly, Sonos has accused Google of something called efficient infringement. The present suit.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 2, 2024

million jury verdict in a patent infringement case involving food processing machinery. Provisur was authored by Chief Judge Moore, one of the most 'pro patentee' judges -- signaling that patent owners are unlikely to smile when they read the EcoFactor decision. Continue reading this post on Patently-O. Weber, Inc.,

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As Chinese enterprises’ technological innovation level and their R&D capabilities has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, it is not uncommon for them to defend based on prior use right in patent infringement disputes. By: Linda Liu & Partners

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

A Virginia-based inventor filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. in Washington federal court Thursday, alleging that the tech giant unlawfully infringed his video conferencing patent.

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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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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On September 20, 2021, Judge John Robert Blakey in the Northern District of Illinois issued an opinion in a Walker Process patent fraud antitrust case denying defendants’ motion for summary judgment on their statute of limitations defense. TCS John Huxley America, Inc. Scientific Games Corp., 1:19-cv-1846, 2021 WL 4264403 (N.D.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 23, 2022

If patent holders want to exclude others from using their invention, then they need to keep an eye on the marketplace to spot infringers. Because the metaverse opens up a new, virtual and potentially endless space where infringement can occur, "virtual patent infringement" may be the next domain for enforcement.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 31, 2024

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied institution of a petition for inter partes review under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) because the petition was filed more than one year after patent owner had served a complaint for patent infringement against a seller of accused lighting products.

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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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IP Law 360

MARCH 11, 2024

A Delaware federal judge on Monday denied MediaTek's bid to throw out claims in a suit in which it is accused by Philips of patent infringement, calling MediaTek's attempt to exit the case "scattershot."

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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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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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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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IP Law 360

JANUARY 29, 2024

A California federal judge denied a bid by Amazon and its streaming platform unit Twitch Monday to toss a patent infringement suit over video streaming technology, saying the patent at issue isn't abstract and invalid but shows an improvement over prior inventions for computer functionality.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

vacating a summary judgment entered by the Central District of California that found Feit Electric did not infringe semiconductor light source patent claims asserted by CAO Lighting. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a ruling in CAO Lighting, Inc. Feit Electric Co.,

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This post will focus on another key issue from the case – the relevance of logos in design patent infringement analysis. 2013) (“[The accused infringer] has in fact scrupulously avoided such confusion by choosing a starkly different logo that it prominently displays on its [products] and on all its sales and marketing literature.”).

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

and its affiliated parties (“Woodland”), asserting design patent infringement, false advertising, trade secret. 26, 2024) - On August 26, 2024, the Western District of Wisconsin issued a decision adjudicating a number of motions in a case involving a thicket of intellectual property claims and counterclaims. By: Irwin IP LLP

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 4, 2024

This Patent Law case involves a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Fa-Hsing Lu against Hyper Bicycles, Inc. regarding two design patents Lu holds for the ornamental design of a bicycle. In a prior ruling, the court interpreted the patents and provided a summary judgment in favor of Hyper, dismissing Lu's claims.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

involves an allegation of patent infringement over United States Patent No. Court documents state the patent at issue is for a “Vessel Rinsing Apparatus,” that was issued on August 15, 2023. Delta further cites Wenzhou’s use of Amazon to sell the accused products and encourage others to infringe the patent, as well.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

recently transferred an action for patent infringement brought pro se by Rachel Ohana (“Ohana”) against Mars Petcare US, Inc. Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain (S.D.N.Y.) Mars Petcare”) to the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. By: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Wildseed Mobile LLC vs. Google LLC: A Legal Battle Over Patent Infringement - In the ever-evolving world of technology and innovation, the protection of intellectual property rights is of utmost importance. By: Whitcomb Selinsky, PC

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 22, 2024

In this patent infringement lawsuit, Cyntec Company, Ltd. claiming they infringed on specific claims of Cyntec's U.S. Patent Nos. 8,922,312 and 9,481,037 in violation of Patent Law. filed a case against Chilisin Electronics Corp.,

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A Texas federal jury found Tuesday that a licensing company hasn't proved that certain Nokia internet protocol routers infringe a trio of patents related to technology for transmitting data, handing a win to the telecommunications giant.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals recently narrowed the scope of “comparison prior art” that may be used in a design patent infringement analysis. Comparison prior art” includes references used to help highlight distinctions between a plaintiff’s claimed design and a defendant’s design that is accused of infringing.

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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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