Patent Trolls: A Conspiratorial Story of Symbiosis
I can't tell you the reason why companies choose to be targets, but I think I have a compelling idea. Those companies that are the ones who complain about patent trolls are also the ones who...
View ArticleMotorola Sues Apple for Patent Infringement With Sparse Complaint
On Wednesday, October 6, 2010, Motorola, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Motorola Mobility, Inc., filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Apple’s iPhone,...
View ArticlePTAB Gone Rogue on Covered Business Methods
In CBM2015-00161, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) recently instituted a Covered Business Method (CBM) review on a non-business method...
View ArticleIP litigation report shows downward trends in patent, file sharing copyright...
One aspect of the recent Lex Machina report that should jump out to anyone who has closely followed the patent litigation sector over the past few years is that the high percentage of all patent cases...
View ArticleSportbrain files smartwatch fitness tracker patent suits against Apple, HP,...
At the center of each lawsuit is the assertion of a single patent covering personal data collection technology integrated into a series of smartwatches. The patent-in-suit asserted by Sportsbrain...
View ArticleFederal Circuit limits breadth of claims based on definition in...
On April 6, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in The Medicines Company v. Mylan, Inc. (2015-1113, 2015-1151, and 2015-1181) that imports certain...
View ArticlePwC patent litigation study shows recent drop in lawsuits despite increasing...
About 5,100 patent infringement cases were filed in the U.S. during 2016, according to the PwC litigation study. This represents a 9 percent drop in lawsuits from 2015’s totals and the third straight...
View ArticleIs TC Heartland All Good News for Patent Litigation Defendants?
Joint-defense groups lower costs and increase efficiencies for all defendants in the groups. Certain prominent patent litigation boutiques and Big Law departments have skillfully made a business of...
View ArticleWrigley sues Chicago area e-cig firm over Doublemint, Juicy Fruit liquid...
Chicago-based chewing gum company Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company filed a trademark infringement suit against e-cigarette seller Chi-Town Vapers LLC of Bensenville, IL. The suit targets Chi-Town for marketing...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Payment Devices Do Not Infringe Digital Rights Management Patents
The Federal Circuit panel of Circuit Judges Timothy Dyk, Jimmie Reyna and Richard Taranto noted that “the matter at hand reveals a gap in our jurisprudence on what constitutes ‘use’ under § 271(a).”...
View ArticleCAFC Upholds Section 101 Invalidity Finding on Rule 12(b)(6) Motion, Nixing...
On Monday, April 9th, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the invalidity of a series of patents asserted against the American subsidiary of Japanese consumer electronics firm Funai. The...
View ArticleHospira Patent Claims that Previously Survived IPR Held Invalid
While the claims-in-suit had previously survived validity challenges in an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and in a District of Delaware case, Aly...
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