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The sufficiency of evidence required to support a denial of a motion for judgment as a matter of law and a motion for a new trial for infringement, willful infringement, and damages....more
Our Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up for July 2024 covers three decisions of interest from the Eastern District of Texas granting motions related to subject matter eligibility, stays pending inter partes review (IPR),...more
This post reviews developments from the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas in December 2023. ...more
On December 1, 2023, Judge Gary R. Brown (E.D.N.Y.) awarded Plaintiff Dynamite Marketing, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) fees and costs, declined to enhance damages, granted a permanent injunction against future infringement, and denied...more
In a recent decision in a patent case between massage-device companies, Judge Gardephe (S.D.N.Y.) adopted two recommendations of the magistrate judge. The first R&R recommended denial of Defendant Tzumi’s motion for partial...more
On Sept. 14, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware denied defendant Parse Biosciences Inc.’s (Parse) motion to dismiss a complaint filed by plaintiffs 10x Genomics Inc. (10x) and the Board of Trustees of...more
A federal court jury in Delaware has awarded $15.1 million in damages to a company that claimed Google infringed two of its audio programming patents. The patents at issue are US Patent Nos. 6,199,076 and 7,509,178. The...more
Power Probe Grp., Inc. v. Innova Electronics Corp., 21-cv-00332 (D. Nev. Apr. 27, 2023) While it is accepted that filing an amended complaint supersedes the original complaint rendering it without legal effect, a defendant...more
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
On April 25, 2023, Bristol-Myers Squibb (“BMS”) filed a complaint in the District of Delaware against AstraZeneca related to AstraZeneca’s anti-PD-L1 antibody product, IMFINZI (durvalumab), alleging willful infringement of...more
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
The Texas patent litigation monthly update for January 2023 summarizes one patent decision that issued from the Western District of Texas. This decision is one of the first Rule 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss granted in a patent...more
Litigants accused of willful patent infringement sometimes rely on an "advice of counsel" defense. Interestingly, courts have recognized a distinction between such a defense in the privilege and the work product contexts....more
On October 5, 2022, U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne of the Eastern District of Texas recommended denying-in-part a motion for summary judgment of no willful infringement, holding that requisite knowledge of the asserted...more
Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Paul Haughey recently presented "Patent Opinions - New Developments and Pitfalls." These are the 6 key takeaways from his presentation....more
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
Kilpatrick Townsend partner Paul Haughey recently presented to the IP section of the Utah Bar Association about “Patent Opinions – New Developments and Pitfalls.” The presentation was a review of patent opinion basics,...more
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
PAVO SOLUTIONS LLC v. KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, INC. Before: Lourie, Prost, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Summary: A court can correct obvious minor...more
This post continues our summary of substantive orders in patent litigation in the District of Minnesota. This summary includes discovery relevant to willfulness findings, stays under the customer suit exception, and...more
Personal jurisdiction is one of those basic concepts in civil procedure that evokes strong memories in most lawyers, of their first year in law school, cases like International Shoe, Burger King, Helicopteros, and World-Wide...more
On March 16, 2022, U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California certified two of the hot button issues splitting district courts on the standard for pleading willful infringement (see order),...more
The split among district courts as to whether the filing of a patent infringement complaint provides notice to a defendant of its infringing conduct sufficient to support a claim of willful infringement was the subject of a...more
What standard do U.S. courts apply in deciding claims for willful patent infringement and enhanced damages? Learn tips on how to avoid such damages, as well as a summary of the critical SRI International v. Cisco Systems...more
Forum shopping among patent owners pursuing claims for patent infringement is widespread. One factor a plaintiff may consider in selecting a forum arises out of a split among district courts that the Federal Circuit has yet...more