The District Court for the Central District of California recently found that plaintiff Akeso Health Sciences, LLC’s 10-year delay in filing its patent infringement claims justified granting defendant Designs for Health,...more
DISTRICT COURT CASES -
Eastern District of Virginia Grants Summary Judgment of Noninfringement to Adobe -
On May 7, 2015, Judge Brinkema of the United States district court for the Eastern District of Virginia...more
5/26/2015
/ Adobe ,
AT&T Mobility ,
Cisco ,
Claim Preclusion ,
eBay ,
IBM ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Motions in Limine ,
Oracle ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
PayPal ,
Royalties ,
Verizon
FEDERAL CIRCUIT CASES -
Federal Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment of Noninfringement Under § 271(e)(1) for Consideration of Certain Post-FDA-Submission Activities, But Expresses Skepticism About Infringement...more
SUPREME COURT CASES -
U.S. Supreme Court Remands Case to Federal Circuit to Review Patent Under Teva -
On April 20, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court remanded a case back to the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Federal...more
5/11/2015
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Claim Construction ,
Clear Error Standard ,
Frivolous Lawsuits ,
Motions in Limine ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
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FEDERAL CIRCUIT CASES -
Federal Circuit Throws Out $2 Million Award to Nvidia and Sony -
Despite the Supreme Court's Octane Fitness decision making it easier to award attorneys’ fees, the Federal Circuit has...more
FEDERAL CIRCUIT CASES -
Federal Circuit Declines to Extend Patent Exhaustion Doctrine -
In a February 10, 2015 decision, the Federal Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment of non-infringement under the...more
2/16/2015
/ Covered Business Method Patents ,
Discovery ,
Innovation Act ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Mobile Devices ,
New York Times ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Reform ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents
Federal Circuit Affirms Willful Infringement Judgment and Enhanced Damages Award -
In an October 14, 2014, decision, the Federal Circuit upheld a judgment of willful infringement and an award of enhanced damages...more
Patents to a “Specific Technological Process” Fall on the Pleadings as Abstract Ideas -
On September 22, 2014, Judge George H. Wu (C.D. Cal.) ruled on the pleadings that two Planet Blue patents relating to “the idea of...more
Federal Circuit Affirms Inequitable Conduct Based On “Intentionally Selective” Disclosure -
On September 26, 2014, a divided Federal Circuit panel affirmed the unenforceability of three American Calcar patents,...more
10/6/2014
/ Expert Testimony ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventors ,
Joinder ,
Microsoft ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Target