Last week, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) dismissed petitions for inter partes review (IPR) of a patent assigned to the University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) based on sovereign immunity, Covidien LP v....more
In Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Techs., Inc. (U.S., No. 13-369), the Supreme Court held that a defendant cannot be liable for induced patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) in the absence of an underlying direct...more