SpicyIP

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Other Posts Labrats, Patents, and Section 3(i): Madras High Court Grants Patent for Antibody Production in Genetically Modified Non-human Animals Recently, the Madras High Court delivered a noteworthy ruling in Kymab Limited v. GSK sues Moderna for infringing its COVID-19 vaccine patents. Bentley Systems Inc & Anr.

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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

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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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

This chart summarizes the case name, drug, patents-in-suit, and publicly available terms for reported settlements in federal district court cases that are filed pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act. By: Robins Kaplan LLP

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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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IP Watchdog

JUNE 27, 2023

patent system. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on “Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board [PTAB]” was Tuesday, June 20.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Supreme Court after losing a Federal Circuit ruling last year that found its patents were doomed by the terms of how a related infringement case settled, warning that the decision would "dissuade parties from settlements." A Bose rival is going to the U.S.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

by Dennis Crouch A short non-precedential opinion from the Federal Circuit provides guidance on two key issues: (1) downstream non-party reliance upon settlement agreements; and (2) personal jurisdiction over foreign corporations. Caddo asserted infringement of six patents relating to user interface navigation methods against Siemens.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 20, 2022

The entry into force of the Protocol on Provisional Application of the UPC Agreement has been a major milestone for the actual birth of the Unitary Patent Court. We are surely entering a new era in the patent world. or signed, and ratified, accepted or approved this Protocol in accordance with Article 2(2)b.;

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

An Illinois federal judge reminded two companies in a patent battle over automobile fasteners that a "sure winner" doesn't exist, as he noted that the parties remained too far apart in their dispute to engage in a formal settlement conference.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 3, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit agreed with a district court earlier this week that neither a settlement agreement between AbbVie and a number of generic biologics companies, nor the 132 patents owned by Abbvie covering its blockbuster drug, Humira, violate the Sherman Antitrust Act.

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IP Law 360

MAY 15, 2024

The California Institute of Technology has reached a settlement in its patent lawsuit against Dell Technologies Inc., the latest deal the school has cut in suits over its data transmission patents in the years after its $1.1 billion verdict against Apple Inc. crashed at the Federal Circuit.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Director Vidal recently issued sanctions against OpenSky Industries (“OpenSky”) for attempted extortion during settlement negotiations and abuse of the IPR process for US Patent 7,725,759 and awarded $413,264.15 to VLSI Technology LLC (“VLSI”). By: Jones Day

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

An average week saw 54 district court patent filings and 30 Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) petitions, the majority of the latter being associated with semiconductor litigation.

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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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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Settling parties should adopt a series of practice tips, including specifying rationales to support specific terms, as the Federal Trade Commission seeks to expand its access to settlements before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, say Shannon McGowan and David Munkittrick at Proskauer.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 10, 2023

In March, Samsung agreed to pay UK Nanotechnology Company Nanoco USD 150 million in a patent infringement dispute over patents used in QLED televisions that featured legal team from Wei Chixue Law Firm of Linda Liu Group - a Top 10 IP Law Firm in China. By: Linda Liu & Partners

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

Patent Owner”) had not yet filed a Preliminary Response, and the Board has not issued a decision on whether to institute trial. Biofrontera AG (“Petitioner”) filed an unopposed motion to dismiss the petition during the preliminary phase of the proceedings. Here, DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. By: Jones Day

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Patent Trademark Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

How to Ask the Right Questions About Utility Patent Infringement Utility patent infringement is complex, to say the least. It’s not just about whether the products infringe the utility patent. Need to enforce or defend a utility patent infringement claim? What is utility patent infringement?

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

A banner week saw the district court roaring back to life with 93 new patent filings and over 50 closed cases, including all of the remanded Section 101 rulings in Realtime Data, LLC. The order is still sealed, but as it closes the cases again, one must assume it provides additional reasoning and again cancels Realtime’s patents under 101.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 10, 2024

In advance of a new trial to determine damages for patent infringement, a district court denied plaintiff’s motion to preclude defendants from introducing the terms of plaintiff’s settlement offers.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2025

These denials included yet another Section 101 case seeking clarity on the courts two-step eligibility test and a suit seeking vacatur of a stipulated settlement for trademark infringement involving a fraudulently procured mark.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

district court data on how patent damages expert testimony has been challenged based on comparability, and how courts have ruled with regard to license and settlement agreements, litigation verdicts, market studies and more. Rich Franciosa and Michael Herrigel at Charles River Associates analyze nearly seven years of U.S.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 3, 2024

A safety equipment manufacturer has told a federal court in Waco, Texas, that it has settled a legal fight over patents covering notifications used in fire alarms, with a company that calls itself one of the world's largest manufacturers of fire safety products.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 13, 2024

The California Institute of Technology and Microsoft notified a Texas court Tuesday that they have reached an agreement to end a case where the university alleged that the Xbox and other products infringed its data transmission patents, following similar settlements with other tech giants.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

Case Summaries Gilead Sciences Inc vs Union Of India on 19 December, 2024 (Madras High Court) Image from here The writ petition pertains to a patent application filed by the petitioner, which was contested by the 4 th respondent through a post-grant opposition. Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd vs The Controller Of Patents & Anr.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 12, 2022

This week saw 60 district court patent complaints, 76 terminations, 26 Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) petitions (some post grant reviews [PGRs] in there), and two new Fintiv denials—one PGR and one inter partes review (IPR).

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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.

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Litigation Patent Settlement Intellectual Property 98

IP Law 360

AUGUST 28, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office must give its attorneys' union a copy of any settlements it reaches in cases involving the attorneys' work conditions, but the agency does not have to let the union review those settlements in advance, an arbitrator held.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A Pennsylvania federal judge has agreed to pause a class action against Abbott and other drugmakers over allegedly sham patent cases, saying a settlement between the two sides may be in the works.

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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

MAY 3, 2024

Topics include a new procedure for patent owners to request discretionary denial, institution of serial and parallel petitions, and pre-institution settlement agreements. The Notice addresses stakeholder feedback responsive to the USPTO’s October 2020 Request for Comments and its April 2023 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2021

On August 13, 2021, in a decision that largely flew under antitrust and patent practitioners’ radars, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh mostly denied a motion to dismiss in the alleged “reverse payment” case, In Re Xyrem (Sodium Oxybate) Antitrust Litig.1

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Settlement Litigation Patent 98

JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sued AbbVie and Besins Healthcare, co-owners of a patent that covered brand AndroGel, in 2017. The FTC claimed that the manufacturers had brought “sham” patent infringement litigation in 2011 against Teva and another generic supplier, Perrigo. 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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IP Law 360

MARCH 9, 2022

A federal judge in New York has ruled, for the second time, that Facebook's news feed doesn't infringe patents owned by Mirror Worlds Technologies LLC, a Connecticut business notable for scoring big-ticket jury verdicts and settlements over patents from companies like Apple and Microsoft.

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