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Patent Infringement Jury Instructions

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Jury Instructions Must Describe All Relevant Objective Indicia of Non-obviousness

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INLINE PLASTICS CORP V. LACERTA GROUP, LLC - Before Taranto, Chen, and Hughes.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts....more

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Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2023

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The Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up for October 2023 covers three decisions addressing the scope of the work-product and attorney-client privileges, limits on the use of a defendant’s use of its own patents during...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Too Good to Be True? Federal Circuit Demands Evidence of Reliance on Favorable Ruling, Stipulation

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that notwithstanding a stipulation on claim construction, a party may still induce infringement absent proof that it actually relied on the stipulation, and that mere...more

Knobbe Martens

Time Is of the Essence: Preserve Objections to the Jury Instructions

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HAFCO FOUNDRY AND MACHINE CO. v. GMS MINE REPAIR - Before Newman, Chen, and Stoll. Opinion filed per curiam. Appeal from the Southern District of West Virginia. Summary: Objections to jury instructions should be timely...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Circuit Upholds a Jury Instruction on Willfulness Despite Erroneous Portions That May Have Improperly Steered the Jury...

A recent decision from the Federal Circuit highlights the critical role that particular words can play in a jury instruction, as well as the extreme care that litigants should take in scrutinizing and objecting to a trial...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - January 2020 #2

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Eko Brands, LLC v. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enterprises, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2018-2215, et al. (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 2020) - In this appeal from the Western District of Washington, the Federal Circuit...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Expert’s Lump-sum Damage Calculation is Not Inadmissible Because it Accounts for Future Sales of Potentially Non-accused Products

A recent order from the District of Delaware in Evolved Wireless, LLC v. Apple Inc., No. 15-00542 (“Evolved Wireless”) provides interesting guidance regarding the use of future sales in calculating lump-sum damages. This...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit

In the sole precedential patent case decided this week, Flexuspine v. Globus, the Circuit affirms rulings of the district court relating to verdict forms where the verdict form included a “stop” instruction in the event the...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Halo Shines Bright in D. Mass.

A recent order from the District of Massachusetts sheds light on how the Supreme Court’s June 2016 decision in Halo Electronics v. Pulse Electronics is being interpreted by the district courts. The Memorandum and Order by...more

Morris James LLP

Court Rules On Curative Jury Instruction Regarding Damages

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Transcenic, Inc. v. Google, Inc., C.A. No. 11-582-LPS, January 12, 2015. Stark, J. Court resolves dispute regarding curative jury instruction relating to damages....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Nexium District Court Takes Pioneering Approach to Preliminary Jury Charge

How does a court explain the complicated area of law at the intersection of patent settlements and antitrust law to a group of lay-jurors in the wake of Actavis? The district court’s approach to preliminary jury instructions...more

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