572 results for 'cat:"Patent"'.
J. Lamberth enters judgment in favor of the Patent and Trademark Office in a case which saw the federal circuit hold that the office may assert prosecution laches as an affirmative defense in civil actions brought by patentees to obtain patents. In light of that decision, the patentee has not sufficiently demonstrated that he had a legitimate, affirmative reason for delaying his assertion of numerous patents, nor that his prosecution conduct was not an abuse of the patent office's patent examination system.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: May 16, 2024, Case #: 1:05cv2310, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Administrative Law, patent
J. Burke declines to dismiss antitrust claims brought by the manufacturer of a generic version of Apokyn, a treatment for conditions of Parkinson's Disease, because the complaint states claims for anticompetitive conduct such as coercing specialty pharmacies to cancel orders for generic cartridges and filing sham citizen petitions to complicate the FDA review process.
Court: USDC Delaware, Judge: Burke, Filed On: May 16, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv1302, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Antitrust, patent
J. Slomsky dismisses claims over the '682 patent, which concerns technology for security problems in streaming audio and video content, because the claims fail both steps of the "Alice" framework. However, claims concerning the '980 patent survive the first "Alice" step and thus remain eligible for patent protection, and indirect and willful infringement claims may continue since the complaint adequately pleads pre-suit knowledge.
Court: USDC Delaware, Judge: Slomsky, Filed On: May 14, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv680, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent
J. Slomsky declines to dismiss certain counts in patent infringement claims concerning technology for delivering digital video content because claims passing the "Alice" framework are not directed to patent-ineligible subject matter. Meanwhile, claims of indirect and willful infringement may continue because the complaint adequately pleads pre-suit knowledge.
Court: USDC Delaware, Judge: Slomsky, Filed On: May 14, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv229, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent
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J. Connolly finds that the Kurin Lock, a health care company's blood sequestration device, does not infringe the '483 patent because the product has a porous plug that serves as both a seal and a vent, not two separate apparatuses as in the '483 patent.
Court: USDC Delaware, Judge: Connolly, Filed On: May 14, 2024, Case #: 1:19cv97, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent
[Consolidated.] J. Jacobs finds that the district court properly dismissed antitrust claims in which developers of a brand name blood-pressure drug and its generic equivalents contend "reverse" patent-infringement settlement payments had been made to delay market entry of the generics. Precedent holds that such arrangements can be illegal if they do not represent fair value for goods exchanged as part of an arms-length transaction, but plaintiffs, as purchasers of the drugs, failed to demonstrate the payments were unjustified or unexplained. Furthermore, dismissal with prejudice was proper since the amendment did not cure pleading deficiencies. Affirmed.
Court: 2nd Circuit, Judge: Jacobs, Filed On: May 13, 2024, Case #: 23-410 (L), Categories: Antitrust, Civil Procedure, patent
J. Winmill grants in part a company's motion to compel in a patent infringement dispute regarding simulated log-siding panel and the machine attachment used to create it. The patent holder did not produce a full exclusive license agreement until after the close of discovery and failed to correct a misstatement in its complaint that it manufactures, distributes and sells simulated log siding when, in fact, it had exclusively licensed those rights to another company. Discovery will be reopened for 45 days. The company may also conduct a second deposition of the patent holder and may file a motion for fees related to this motion.
Court: USDC Idaho, Judge: Winmill, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 4:22cv307, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent, Discovery
J. Bryson finds that the administrative law judge properly ruled in patent claims concerning electronic stud finders because the investigation determined the Tariff Act had not been violated. Affirmed.
Court: Federal Circuit, Judge: Bryson, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 2022-1649, Categories: patent, Trade
J. Zilly partially stays the company's infringement claims relating to its '229 and '668 patents that were allegedly infringed on by the the video game company. The company sufficiently represents that the '229 patent "does not add appreciably to the case" if the inter partes review estoppel applies to the '525 patent, which is described as "a hand held controller for a game console." The company will show why its claims involving the '229 patent should not be dismissed with or without prejudice within 35 days of this order.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Zilly, Filed On: May 7, 2024, Case #: 2:17cv1182, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent
J. Chen finds that the patent board improperly ruled in a dispute over an "Apparatus, Method and System for a Tunneling Client Access Point" in determining unpatentability as to several claims. Reversed in part.
Court: Federal Circuit, Judge: Chen, Filed On: May 3, 2024, Case #: 5/3/24, Categories: patent
J. Locke declines to sever and stay a patent infringement claim from a patent, false advertising and trademark complaint against three Germany-based companies alleging they manufactured, imported and sold infringing dental adhesive mixing devices, finding several factors weigh against severance. The court further grants the competitors’ motion to stay the full case pending resolution of the litigant’s appeal challenging the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision, which found several aspects of the underlying patent unenforceable.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Locke, Filed On: May 3, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv6613, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent, Trademark, False Advertising
J. Moore finds that the district court improperly dismissed patent infringement claims concerning electrical outlet covers for lack of jurisdiction because defendant purposely directed patent enforcement activities toward the competing manufacturer in Utah. Reversed.
Court: Federal Circuit, Judge: Moore, Filed On: May 2, 2024, Case #: 2023-1184, Categories: patent, Jurisdiction
J. Stark finds that the district court improperly granted enhanced damages for willful infringement in this patent action because the patent claims were invalid, and the action should be remanded for dismissal on mootness grounds. Reversed.
Court: Federal Circuit, Judge: Stark, Filed On: May 2, 2024, Case #: 2022-2064, Categories: Civil Procedure, patent
J. Prost finds that the district court improperly dismissed patent claims for lack of standing because the company retained an interest in the patent through the security agreement. Reversed.
Court: Federal Circuit, Judge: Prost, Filed On: May 1, 2024, Case #: 2022-2207, Categories: patent, Contract
[Consolidated.] J. Gilstrap denies two discovery motions in patent infringement litigation for claims relating to dopants in semiconductor devices. For instance, the defendant company's motion to strike the patent holder's infringement contentions is denied since the accused features in the specified product are identified with "sufficient specificity."
Court: USDC Eastern District of Texas , Judge: Gilstrap, Filed On: May 1, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv212, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent, Discovery
J. Gilstrap partly grants the motion to compel responses to a certain interrogatory and to produce documents "related to the benefits of cellular connectivity in the accused products" for a patent infringement suit. The accused company is ordered to supplement its responses to the interrogatory as specified and to produce the relevant documents if found.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Texas , Judge: Gilstrap, Filed On: May 1, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv412, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent, Discovery
J. Starr finds that a case against technology company Huawei, whose products a communications company claims infringe on its patented process for routing cell phone calls to local numbers to avoid long distance charges, may proceed. The patent involves more than an abstract idea, it describes a specific process which constitutes a contribution to the technological field, so it is valid. Huawei’s motion to dismiss is denied.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: April 30, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv151, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, patent, Technology
J. Fallon compels a biotechnology company to produce unredacted copies of certain communications between non-attorneys and portions of a lab notebook in patent infringement claims concerning non-invasive prenatal testing technology, and denies all other requests to compel documents.
Court: USDC Delaware, Judge: Fallon, Filed On: April 26, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv1734, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent, Discovery
J. Snyder denies a patent holder's motion to amend judgment or in the alternative, motion for a new trial, on its willfulness claim in a patent infringement dispute. The court found in favor of the alleged infringer on the patent holder's willfulness claim. The patent holder has not shown that the conduct rose to the level of "wanton, malicious and bad-faith behavior required for willful infringement." The patent holder has not sufficiently identified which testimony it alleges was inadmissible or how the court relied on that testimony in its findings of fact and conclusions of law. "Leave to amend to address post-suit willfulness would not be appropriate."
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Snyder, Filed On: April 25, 2024, Case #: 2:18cv7090, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent