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Schrader Hit With $31 Million Patent Verdict Over Tire Pressure Sensors
A Delaware jury has awarded Wasica Finance over $31 million in patent damages against Schrader Int’l. In 2013, Wasica accused Schrader Int’l of infringing a patent...
Competitor Standing in PTAB Appeals Pursued to SCOTUS
GE Argues CAFC Patent Exceptionalism Back in July, I predicted that competitor standing in PTAB appeals was a debate destined for cert petition. That petition was filed last Wednesday ...
Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases
CASE OF THE WEEK In re: Google LLC, Appeal No. 2019-126 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 13, 2020) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit granted mandamus to dismiss or transfer a ...
Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier Recreational Prods. Inc.
Before Lourie, Moore, and Stoll. Appeal from the Southern District of Florida.
Summary: To... Read More »
A Delaware jury has awarded Wasica Finance over $31 million in patent damages against Schrader Int’l. In 2013, Wasica accused Schrader Int’l of... Read More »
While the U.S. economy continues to endure historic, sustained growth, the stock market has skyrocketed, and new services, products, and investments launch every year, ... Read More »
GE Argues CAFC Patent Exceptionalism
Back in July, I predicted that competitor standing in PTAB appeals was a debate destined for cert petition. That petition was ... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
In re: Google LLC, Appeal No. 2019-126 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 13, 2020)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit granted mandamus... Read More »
The US-China Economic and Trade Agreement, described as a "phase one" deal, entered into force today (30 days after signature, pursuant to Article 8.3, para. ... Read More »
As a lethal coronavirus triggers a humanitarian crisis in the world’s most populous nation, who owns the rights to a potential cure?
The Bay Area’s... Read More »
CAFC Implies PTO Might Overlook Some 112 Issues
The Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) does not accept trial grounds under 35 U.S.C § 112 in Inter Partes ... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. v. Prisua Engineering Corp., Appeal No. 2019-1169, -1260 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 4, 2020)
Our case of the week... Read More »
Written by: Eric Malmgren & Hans L. Mayer
APPLE INC. v. ANDREA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Before Dyk, Plager, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial... Read More »
In Galderma Labs. v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-2396 and 2020-1213 (Fed. Cir,. January 29, 2020), a Fed. Cir. panel of Judges Moore, O’Malley and... Read More »
CHEETAH OMNI LLC v. AT&T SERVICES, INC.
Before Lourie, Bryson, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of... Read More »
HVLPO2, LLC v. OXYGEN FROG, LLC
Before Newman, Moore, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida... Read More »
Tech giant IBM cemented its patent leadership in the United States, with over 9,000 received patents, including in artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain, in... Read More »
Discretionary Consideration Bars ReturnMail Side-Step Via Intervenor
Last fall, I explained that the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) was considering the... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Google LLC, et al., Appeal No. 2019-1177 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 30, 2020)
In the Federal Circuit’s only... Read More »
After a years-long legal battle, a judge ordered Apple and Broadcom to pay a combined $1.1 billion in a patent infringement case with the California Institute of ... Read More »
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. v. GOOGLE LLC
Before Prost, Newman, and Moore. Appeal from Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Board can institute IPR... Read More »
CAFC Holds Petitioner to PTAB Choice
While we await the en banc determination in Arthrex/Polaris, there have been a number of recent remands back to the PTAB... Read More »
District of Delaware Considers Physical Products & Redundant Publications
Back in August, I pointed out that district courts continue to grapple with whether... Read More »
