In a recently issued initial determination, the ITC granted summary determination on violation and recommended issuance of a general exclusion order (“GEO”) against respondents after finding that a limited exclusion order...more
In a recent order issued in the Northern District of Texas, Judge Godbey denied a Defendant’s Rule 12(b)(6) motion despite the Federal Circuit’s holding that the asserted patent was invalid as indefinite. Hyosung TNS, Inc. v....more
12/23/2019
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
New Evidence ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Section 337
In an earlier post related to this investigation, we discussed the ITC’s recommendation that a general exclusion order issue for products infringing Complainant National Products Inc.’s (“NPI”) patents after all named...more
5/13/2019
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Contributory Infringement ,
Direct Infringement ,
Domestic Industry Requirement ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Induced Infringement ,
Initial Determination (ID) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Section 337
In a recent opinion, the Court of International Trade granted a request for preliminary injunction to One World Technologies (“One World”). One World Techs., Inc. v. United States, No. 18-00200, 2018 WL 7049792 (Ct. Int’l...more
Last week, in Laerdal Medical Corp. v. ITC, No. 17-2445 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 7, 2018), the Federal Circuit held that, once the ITC institutes an investigation, it cannot reconsider the adequacy of the complaint. Normally, that...more
In a recent opinion, the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) held that economic investments and activities related to patented pre-commercial and non-commercial articles can meet Section 337’s domestic industry...more