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WilmerHale

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Expert’s “Word Salad” Testimony Not Sufficient to Support a Finding of Infringement under the...

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - NEXSTEP, INC. v. COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC [OPINION] (2022-1815, 2022-2005, 2022-2113, 10/24/2024) (Reyna, Taranto, Chen) - Chen, J. The Court affirmed the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - October 2024 #4

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Ericsson AB, Ericsson, Inc. v. Lenovo (United States), Inc. et. al., Appeal No. 2024-1515 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 24, 2024) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit clarified that, for an...more

Alston & Bird

Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending October 11, 2024

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AlexSam, Inc. v. Aetna, Inc., No. 2022-2036 (Fed. Cir. (D. Conn.) Oct. 8, 2024). Opinion by Stark, joined by Lourie and Bryson. AlexSam filed a complaint accusing Aetna of patent infringement based on Aetna’s “Mastercard...more

WilmerHale

The Broken Balance: How “Built-in Apportionment” and the Failure to Apply Daubert Have Distorted Patent Infringement Damages

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The United States patent system is designed to be a balance: in exchange for the inventor disclosing their invention to the public, pa-tentees are granted exclusive rights to that invention for a period of time. This ensures...more

A&O Shearman

The Newly Proposed RESTORE Patent Bill Aims To Give Patent Owners More Power

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On July 30, 2024, United States Senators Christopher Coons (R-Delaware) and Thomas Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the “Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive Patent Rights Act of...more

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FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape - April 2024

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This marks the second issue of WilmerHale’s FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape, a bulletin that will highlight developments about the licensing, litigation, and regulation of patents that are or are claimed...more

Lathrop GPM

Federal Circuit Reverses Preliminary Injunction on Franchisor’s Patent and Trade Dress Infringement Claim

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The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a preliminary injunction granted as to franchisor Urban Air’s patent and trade dress infringement claims against Kangaroo, LLC. UATP IP, LLC v. Kangaroo, LLC, 2024 WL 658205 (Fed....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Circuit Weighs in on Temporal Rigidity of the Bayh-Dole Act’s Licensing Provisions

In University of South Florida Board of Trustees v. United States, the Federal Circuit rejected a strict temporal limitation on when the Government’s license rights in patents stemming from federally funded research is...more

Hogan Lovells

Recent standard essential patent developments in US courts

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Several recent developments in U.S. standard-essential patent litigation (SEP) provide insight into the evolving U.S. SEP landscape and how parties and courts shape parties’ obligations to negotiate licenses for SEPs on fair,...more

Smart & Biggar

Steps to consider before sending a cease-and-desist letter

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The intellectual property (IP) of your business has value. IP can take several forms, including patent and trademark registrations, or intellectual property rights arising from common law, such as trade secrets, confidential...more

Fish & Richardson

ITC Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2024

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This month’s ITC wrap-up focuses on an initial determination in an investigation regarding constitutional standing, which is a requirement at the Commission as in federal court....more

WilmerHale

FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape - January 2024

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This marks the first issue of WilmerHale’s FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape, a bulletin that will highlight developments about the licensing, litigation, and regulation of patents that are or are claimed...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Importance of Reasonable Particularity in a Doctrine of Equivalents Argument

In VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation, No. 22-1906 (Fed. Cir. 2023), VLSI sued Intel for infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,523,373 (the “’373 patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 7,725,759 (the “’759 patent”). After a jury...more

Knobbe Martens

Federal Circuit Review | December 2023

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December 2023 Federal Circuit Newsletter (Japanese) - Intel Wrongly Denied Opportunity to Litigate License Defense that Could Unwind $2.1 Billion Judgment - In Vlsi Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation, Appeal No....more

WilmerHale

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: A comparative statement in a patent specification can be “definitional” for purposes of claim...

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  PARKERVISION, INC. v. VIDAL [OPINION] (2022-1548, 12/15/2023) (Prost, Wallach, and Chen)* - Chen, J. The Court affirmed the PTAB’s determination that the patent...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Sound the Alarm: Reasonable Royalty Apportionment Analysis Overlooks “Sleep State”

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After a jury found infringement of two patents and awarded almost $2.2 billion in damages, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the infringement finding for one asserted patent, vacated the damages award...more

Erise IP

MicroLED displays are on the horizon. Here are the IP implications, including potential litigation

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Plasma. LCD. QLED. OLED. To anyone who has purchased a TV, phone or tablet in the past couple of decades, these terms have undoubtedly been flouted for marketing purposes, each generation of device having a display that is...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Webinar] 3rd Annual Passport to Proficiency on the Essentials of Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA - October 10th - 26th, 1:00 pm EST

Gain a comprehensive understanding of Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA essentials, a critical competency for legal and business professionals in the biopharmaceutical arena. Attend ACI’s Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA Proficiency Series...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

M&A Checklist — How to Prepare Your IP for the Legal Due Diligence Process

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The deal market reached historic levels in recent years, with record-setting merger and acquisition activity in 2021. Markets have since cooled, with capital becoming harder to find. But any company preparing to sell within...more

A&O Shearman

Interpreting a settlement licence to produce a “patent peace”

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The Court of Appeal has applied business common sense to resolve a dispute about the scope of a patent licence and the meaning of a so-called patent laundering clause....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] Growing Global: Act Now or Act Later? Unitary Patents and the UPC - May 11th, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT

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One of the biggest changes in international patent law takes effect on June 1, 2023, when Europe's new Unitary Patent System and Unified Patent Court become a reality after years of planning. Join us for a virtual CLE as...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Virtual Event] Act Now or Act Later? Unitary Patents and The UPC - February 21st, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

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Join us for a virtual CLE as we discuss unitary patents and the Unified Patent Court. How will the new system work, and what should you do to prepare? Our panel will explain what the UPC is all about, how to handle disputes,...more

Hudnell Law Group

Some common outcomes when pursuing patent litigation

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Patents protect intellectual property, but they are most effective when the holder is willing to defend them using litigation. It may involve jury trials, bench trials or even a subsequent appeal to the Circuit Court....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 20th Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents - June 2nd - 3rd, New York, NY

ACI’s Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents is back in person on June 2–3 in New York City. Our reimagined 2022 conference will provide practical insights on how to implement bullet-proof patent prosecution tactics,...more

AEON Law

Patent Poetry: Patent License Communications Can Be Basis for Personal Jurisdiction

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The Federal Circuit has held that communications related to buying or licensing patents can form the basis for personal jurisdiction in a patent infringement lawsuit. The case of APPLE INC. v. ZIPIT WIRELESS, INC....more

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