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A U.S. View on the UPC – Part 2: Damages

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On June 1, 2023, the new European Unified Patent Court (UPC) will open its doors, and enforcement of European patents in (currently) 17 contract member states will be possible with one action.  This series of articles –...more

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Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2023

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March's Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up covers decisions addressing post-verdict JMOL, the point at which cases become exceptional, and the standard for amending invalidity contentions, among other issues....more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Judge Albright Holds Willful Infringement Pleading Does Not Require Allegations of Egregious Infringing Behavior

On July 12, 2022, U.S. District Judge Alan D. Albright of the Western District of Texas denied alleged infringer Lenovo’s motion to dismiss ACQIS’s willful and indirect infringement and enhanced damages claims, holding that...more

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Federal Circuit Review - June 2022

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Claims With Clerical Errors Can Be Judicially Corrected and Willfully Infringed - In Pavo Solutions LLC v. Kingston Technology Company, Inc., Appeal No. 21-1834, the Federal Circuit held that a court can correct obvious...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Can’t Hide Behind Minor Clerical Error to Escape Willful Infringement Verdict

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court decision correcting a clerical error in a claim. Pavo Solutions LLC v. Kingston Technology Company, Inc., Case Nos. 21-1834 (Fed. Cir. June 3, 2022)...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

The Latest from the Federal Courts: More Uncertainty Regarding Willful Infringement and Enhanced Damages

District courts continue to issue thought-provoking decisions relating to enhanced damages in patent cases. Recently William Alsup of the Northern District of California weighed in on several issues. The focus of Judge...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Federal Circuit Clarifies that Willful Infringement Does Not Require Egregious Conduct

On September 28, 2021, in a precedential opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in SRI Int’l, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., Nos. 2020-1685, -1704, clarified its decision from a prior appeal in the...more

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Willful Infringement Does Not Require “Wanton, Malicious, and Bad-Faith” Behavior

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SRI INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Before LOURIE, O’MALLEY, and STOLL. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: Applying the proper test for willful...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - March 2021 #2

Rain Computing, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1646, -1656 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2021) - Our Case of the Week focuses on the issue of indefiniteness, and particularly, terms that are construed as...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Cisco Ordered to Pay Over $1 Billion in Enhanced Damages for Willful Infringement

In Centripetal Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia directed Cisco Systems to pay $1.9 billion after the company lost a patent suit brought by Centripetal...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2020)

The patent marking statute, codified at 35 U.S.C. § 287(a) appears straightforward: Patentees, and persons making, offering for sale, or selling within the United States any patented article for or under them, or importing...more

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Wells Fargo Twice Found Guilty of Willfully Infringing Patents on Remote Check Depositing Technology

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USAA filed multiple patent infringement lawsuits against Wells Fargo, alleging widespread infringement of USAA’s patented technologies on remote check deposits for mobile banking systems. Last November, a jury in a first case...more

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North Carolina Jury Finds Dubose Strapping Inc. Liable for Willful Patent Infringement

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Western Plastics sued Dubose Strapping for infringing a patent covering a material for wrapping rolls of metal coil. Both parties compete in the metal industry and sell a similar wrap...more

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Defendant’s “Staged Delay” in Withdrawing FRAND Affirmative Defenses Amounted to “Rank Gamesmanship” and Supported an Award of...

Chief Judge Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas held that the litigation conduct of defendants Huawei Device USA, Inc. and Huawei Device (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (collectively, “Huawei”), in a patent infringement action,...more

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Judgment Entered Against Westinghouse For Willful Patent Infringement

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Earlier this year, a federal jury in Delaware found that Westinghouse Air Brake d/b/a Wabtec infringed eight patents owned by Siemens Mobility, including finding willful infringement as to two of the patents. The asserted...more

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Jury Awards Olaplex More Than $24 Million for L’Oreal’s Willful Patent Infringement; Court Immediately Enters Permanent Injunction

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Olaplex sued L’Oreal for infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 9,498,419 and 9,668,954 and asserted related breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secret claims. The patents relate to systems to protect hair from damage...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Restoration of (Bad) Faith: The Proper Standard for a Factual Finding of Willful Infringement

Enhanced Damages Under the Patent Act - The Patent Act provides that once infringement has been established, a district court may “increase the damages up to three times the amount found or assessed.” 35 U.S.C. § 284. The...more

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SCOTUS to Decide Whether the Lanham Act Requires Proof of Willfulness for Disgorgement of Profits

On Friday, June 28, 2019, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc. to decide whether a showing of willfulness is necessary to obtain a defendant’s profits under the Lanham Act....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Trademark Owner Must Prove Willful Infringement to Obtain an Infringer's Profits

Under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), trademark holder who proves infringement may receive as damages an award of profits “subject to the principles of equity.” This phrase has divided the circuit courts going back several decades, with...more

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Riddell awarded $5 million in patent damages against Kranos Corporation, dba Schutt Sports

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An Illinois jury awarded football equipment manufacturer, Riddell, $5 million in patent damages against Kranos Corporation, doing business as Schutt Sports...more

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Will SCOTUS Resolve the Circuit Split on Key Trademark Damages Issue?

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A petition for writ of certiorari pending before the U.S. Supreme Court asks the Court to decide whether a plaintiff must prove willful infringement to obtain an award of a trademark infringer’s profits for a violation of 15...more

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Court Doubles Damages Award Against Briggs and Stratton for Willful Infringement

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A Nebraska court upheld a jury’s reasonable royalty award of more than $14 million for infringement of Exmark’s patent relating to lawnmower baffles. An appellate court had vacated a previous jury award and remanded the case...more

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Apotex not permitted to plead promise-based invalidity grounds in Ontario section 8 lansoprazole action

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This motion arose in the context of a section 8 action in which Apotex claims damages for delay in the issuance of its notice of compliance for its generic lansoprazole product (Takeda's PREVACID), due to prohibition...more

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Extraterritorial Reach Of Patents— Impact Of Recent Supreme Court Decisions

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Jackson Walker partner Leisa Talbert Peschel spoke at the 14th Annual Advanced Patent Litigation Course on Thursday, July 12, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Rocky Mountain Regional Office in Denver, Colorado. ...more

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Jury’s Award for Patent Infringement Increased to 3 Million for Infringing Window Blinds Components

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Patent Judgments & Awards - On February 8, 2018, Judge Andrew Guilford of the District Court for Central District of California increased a jury award against Custom Blinds and Components Inc. (“CBC”) for patent...more

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