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Chinese Court’s Global SEP Royalties Decision Signals Broader Threat to Western Tech Innovation
Reasonable compensation for standard essential patent (SEP) holders is crucial to create the incentives for adequate investments in standards. In particular, high-quality standards have underlain [...]
PTAB Tosses 1 DigiMedia Patent Claim, Demurs On Another
An administrative patent board panel has agreed to wipe out a single claim from a DigiMedia patent covering a way of compressing images, but determined [...]
Jury Awards $57M To Ravgen In Genetic Test Patent Row
A Texas federal jury found Tuesday afternoon that genetic testing company Natera infringed a patent from rival Ravgen, awarding the Maryland-based biotech firm $57 million [...]
Sen. Tillis Warns Biden Against Seizing Drug Patents
A Republican senator who used to chair the chamber's intellectual property subcommittee complained on Tuesday, for the second time in a month, about the Biden [...]
7th Circ. Won't Revive Contractor's Copied Document Copyright
The Seventh Circuit has upheld an Illinois federal court's finding that financial services company William Blair & Co. didn't engage in copyright infringement of UIRC-GSA [...]
Wyndham Earns Default Win In Timeshare Suit, Judge Says
Wyndham Vacation Ownership Inc. should be granted a default win in its suit accusing multiple companies of charging unnecessary fees to help customers exit their [...]
Masimo tells CAFC that CBP Ruling for Apple Removes Danger of Irreparable Harm
Masimo’s legal team told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in a January 15 filing that the Exclusion Order Enforcement Branch [...]
Apple Rips ITC, Masimo In Bid To Keep Original Watch On Sale
Apple urged the Federal Circuit on Monday to let it keep selling Apple Watches with a blood oxygen monitor found by the U.S. International Trade [...]
Supreme Court Amgen Ruling's Major Effect On Enablement
The U.S. Supreme Court's Amgen v. Sanofi invalidity holding continues to significantly affect technologies and all aspects of the patent system by providing confidence in [...]
Federal Courts And AI Standing Orders: Safety Or Overkill?
Several district court judges have issued standing orders regulating the use of artificial intelligence in their courts, but courts should consider following ordinary notice and [...]
Mich. Judge Pushes For Deal In IT Co.'s Worker-Poaching Suit
A Michigan federal judge has paused an IT help-desk company's suit alleging a competitor poached employees and stole trade secrets, saying a recent hearing made it [...]
Looking Back: IP at the ITC in 2023
The intellectual property regime of the International Trade Commission (ITC) made mainstream news this year with its ban on Apple Watch importation and sales in [...]
Fed. Circ. Won't Elaborate On Gaming Co.'s PTAB Concerns
The Federal Circuit closed out an intense argument about whether it had jurisdiction to review a particular Patent Trial and Appeal Board institution decision, and [...]
Fed. Circ. Signs Off On 2 Comcast Wins In Patent Cases
A pair of brief, unsigned rulings from the Federal Circuit on Tuesday quickly dispatched appeals over a pair of patents cited in a lawsuit against [...]
Nike Can Run With New Expert In Fake Shoe Importer Suit
A New Jersey federal judge has given Nike the go-ahead to substitute an expert witness in a suit against a transportation intermediary known as City [...]
Guess, Macy's Sued By Artists Over Graffiti Art On T-Shirts
Renowned graffiti artists Nekst and Bates hit Guess and Macy's with a copyright action in California federal court Friday, accusing the apparel retailers of hawking T-shirts [...]
Entertainment Finance Pro Jumps To Moore & Van Allen
A finance attorney with a niche practice in the entertainment industry advising banks on complex media transactions has joined North Carolina-based Moore & Van Allen [...]
Trader Joe's Trademark Suit Against Union Tossed
A California federal judge has thrown out Trader Joe's trademark infringement suit against a union of its employees after finding that the complaint was clearly [...]
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Delaware's Court of Chancery tuned in to several music-related disputes last week, with two settlements involving Sirius XM and a new case over the late [...]
Trade Secrets: Modeling and Quantifying Risk Probabilities
Being able to quantify risk probabilities for a trade secret helps owners make strategic decisions in intellectual property management, such as choosing the type of [...]
Apple Cleared To Avoid Import Ban With Redesigned Watch
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has found that redesigned versions of the Apple Watch without a blood oxygen monitor are not subject to an import [...]
Patent Applications Published After the Priority Date of a Challenged Patent Are Not ‘Printed Publications’ for IPRs
Section 311(b) of the America Invents Act (AIA) provides that a patent can be challenged in an inter partes review (IPR) “only on the basis [...]
The TRUMP TOO SMALL Case Obscures Larger Lanham Act Problems
In Vidal v. Elster, No. 22-704, the United States Supreme Court has heard argument and is expected to decide in the next several months whether [...]
Fed. Circ. Cellect Ruling Triggers Significant Patent Risk
A recent data analysis shows that the Federal Circuit's decision of patent invalidity in Cellect presents a significant risk to patent holders with subsequent child [...]
