569 results for 'cat:"Patent"'.
J. Fallon dismisses patent infringement claims concerning an air traffic control warning system for low fuel levels in airplanes because the inventor already sued Boeing for the same technology in 2021, and new evidence was not sufficient in claims alleging improper inventorship.
Court: USDC Delaware, Judge: Fallan, Filed On: February 26, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv317, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent
J. Taranto finds the lower court properly found no violation in this patent infringement matter. Freshub sued Amazon claiming it infringed on its patents for voice-processing technology, voice technology used in devices such as smart speakers, that when spoken to, can detect words and create shopping lists. A jury found no infringement on the part of Amazon relating to the patents, and rejected Amazon’s assertion that patents of Freshub’s parent company should be declared invalid based on inadequate description. The instant court finds no error in the lower courts determination. Affirmed.
Court: Federal Circuit, Judge: Taranto, Filed On: February 26, 2024, Case #: 22-1391, Categories: patent
[Consolidated.] J. Belsome finds that the trial court should not have denied a patent owner's motion for contempt against the patent manufacturer. In this case, there are differing expert opinions as to whether the parties' consent judgment and the licensing agreement was clear regarding the military procurement technology terminology, and regarding the ability of a third party to create the patented device reliably from the drawings provided by the patent manufacturer. Reversed.
Court: Louisiana Court Of Appeal, Judge: Belsome, Filed On: February 26, 2024, Case #: 2023-CA-0554, Categories: Contempt, patent, Contract
J. Jarbou finds that U.S. Patent 11,348,491, a utility patent for a school bus sign, infringed a competitor's sign because an ordinary person would conclude the sign's lighting and framing were substantially similar to the competitor's work.
Court: USDC Western District of Michigan, Judge: Jarbou, Filed On: February 23, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv915, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent
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J. Tunheim partially grants the university's motion for summary judgment that a Patent Cooperation Treaty application is not prior art which undermines the validity of the university's patents for cellular technology, and denies the various phone service providers and phone manufacturers' motions for summary judgment on the university's patent-infringement claims. The providers and manufacturers may rely on the application for prior art arguments, but the associated patent is not prior art. Issues of material fact remain as to the providers and manufacturers' non-infringement arguments, and they have not met the high bar to prove inequitable conduct required to support their allegations that the patents are unenforceable.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Tunheim, Filed On: February 23, 2024, Case #: 0:14cv4672, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent
J. Cole denies the Jeep hardtop cover patent holder's motion to expand the court's previous injunction, ruling the sale of two allegedly patent-infringing hardtops by the manufacturer the day the injunction was entered does not violate the order considering the time difference between this court's location in Cincinnati and Thailand, the location of the manufacturer. Meanwhile, the publication of an FAQ and assembly guide on the manufacturer's website does not constitute a violation of the injunction, which prohibits any advertising, because the documents have no promotional effect and cannot be considered marketing materials.
Court: USDC Southern District of Ohio, Judge: Cole, Filed On: February 23, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv918, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent, Injunction
J. Jarbou finds that U.S. Patent 11,348,491, a utility patent for a school bus sign, infringed a competitor's sign because an ordinary person would conclude the sign's lighting and framing were substantially similar to the competitor's work.
Court: USDC Western District of Michigan, Judge: Jarbou, Filed On: February 23, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv1009, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent
J. Jung denies the defendant drugmakers' motion to dismiss or for a more definite statement in the plaintiff drugmakers' suit against them claiming that the defendants' as-yet-unapproved epinephrine products will infringe the plaintiffs' existing patents for epinephrine products if approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged that they have an interest in the patents-in-suit, that they have received required certification in the form of two notice letters, that the defendants hold the disputed new drug application and that the proposed product falls within the claims of their patent.
Court: USDC Middle District of Florida, Judge: Jung, Filed On: February 22, 2024, Case #: 8:23cv1953, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Commerce, patent
J. Tunheim affirms a magistrate judge's order denying the patent defendants' motions to strike portions of one expert's report and the entirety of another's supplemental report. The magistrate judge did not err in only addressing the challenge to the first expert's opinions on preclusion grounds, since that was the only argument raised. As to the second expert, the magistrate judge appropriately weighed the relevant factors.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Tunheim, Filed On: February 22, 2024, Case #: 0:14cv4672, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent, Experts
J. Ludwig enters an order constructing the claims in the technology and intellectual property company's lawsuit alleging a mobile app IKEA uses to help customers locate products in its stores violates the company's patents. The court lays out the construction of disputed terms such as "user interface," "a method of providing product location information within a store," and "a system for providing product-related information within a store" and constructs the plain and ordinary meanings of undisputed terms such as "mobile device." The parties are ordered to meet and confer on dates regarding discovery and dispositive motions.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Wisconsin, Judge: Ludwig, Filed On: February 21, 2024, Case #: 2:21cv789, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent
J. Boulee overrules the parties' objections and adopts the special master's report and recommendation with respect to claim construction of certain patent terms. The report arises from a dispute over a patent for a catheter tray packaging system. It is not necessary at this point in the proceedings to add any clarifications to the special master's proposed construction of the term "catheter assembly." The special master's construction of other terms resolved the parties' dispute with respect to those terms. The action is referred to private mediation.
Court: USDC Northern District of Georgia, Judge: Boulee, Filed On: February 20, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv3981, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent
J. Taranto finds that the district court improperly ruled in claims concerning a patent for speech recognition services because the court incorrectly construed certain claim terms.
Court: Federal Circuit, Judge: Taranto, Filed On: February 16, 2024, Case #: 22-1939, Categories: patent
J. Birss finds a lower court properly dismissed a pharmaceutical company's motion to obtain a patent for a drug to treat Parkinson's disease. The pharmaceutical argued that it is entitled to obtain supplementary protection certificates and marketing authorization while conducting expensive trials to approve the drug. However, the patent comptroller sufficiently showed in court that the drug in question does not match the drug that is protected by the patent. Affirmed.
Court: Her Majesty's Court of Appeal, Judge: Birss, Filed On: February 15, 2024, Case #: CA-2023-1357, Categories: patent
J. Rodriguez grants a stay in a dispute over U.S. Patent No. 11,401,779, entitled “Hydraulic Fracturing Plan and Execution of Same,” and U.S. Patent No. 11,560,770, because inter partes review is necessary to resolve the dispute.
Court: USDC Colorado, Judge: Rodriguez, Filed On: February 14, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv1180, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, patent
J. Boyle denies a major consumer electronics producer’s motion for a temporary restraining order and anti-suit injunction after a European competitor brought patent infringement allegations against it. The producer, in a counterclaim, seeks the injunction to stop its competitor from implementing injunction orders in Colombia and Brazil, preventing the producer from selling its products in those countries. However, the producer fails to sufficiently evidence that entering a global licensing agreement with its competitor would resolve the underlying infringement claims.
Court: USDC Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge: Boyle, Filed On: February 14, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv569, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent, Technology, Injunction
J. Burke denies manufacturers of refined coal a ruling that five patents for reducing mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants are not infringed by their actions of selling coal to power plants. Several plants obtained licenses and releases for the patents, but the manufacturers were not released from pre-license infringement claims.
Court: USDC Delaware, Judge: Burke, Filed On: February 13, 2024, Case #: 1:19cv1334, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Energy, Licensing, patent
J. Stoll finds that the patent trial and appeal board improperly ruled in this dispute over "electrically powered smoking articles that provide an inhalable substance in vapor or aerosol form" because evidence does not support the finding that "certain claims lack written description." Affirmed in part.
Court: Federal Circuit, Judge: Stoll, Filed On: February 9, 2024, Case #: 2022-1862, Categories: patent
J. Taranto finds that the court of federal claims properly ruled in patent claims concerning "doubly transgenic mice with accelerated pathology for Alzheimer's Disease" because the U.S. had a license to practice the patent and have the patent practiced on its behalf. Affirmed.
Court: Federal Circuit, Judge: Taranto, Filed On: February 9, 2024, Case #: 22-2248, Categories: patent
J. Kasubhai denies the adhesive manufacturing company's motion for a new trial for the software company's lawsuit alleging that the adhesive manufacturing company copied the protected design of the software company's patent for its serial number encoder, as the patent partially relates to systems for encoded and commissioned wireless radio frequency identification devices. The adhesive manufacturing company claims that a new trial is warranted because the court improperly excluded the opinion of its invalidity expert, but the adhesive manufacturing company does nothing to prove that the court's thorough review of the expert's testimony should not have resulted in his exclusion.
Court: USDC Oregon, Judge: Kasubhai, Filed On: February 9, 2024, Case #: 6:17cv1685, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent, Experts
J. Stadtmueller denies the bath products company's motion to dismiss a patent infringement lawsuit from the inventor of a method of using carved acrylic plastic sheets to simulate tiles for lining baths and showers. The company's argument that the inventor lacks standing fails, in part because the inventor's claim to title is not in dispute, and there is insufficient evidence at this point to establish that the company's representative co-invented the disputed method anyway.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Wisconsin, Judge: Stadtmueller, Filed On: February 8, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv908, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: patent
J. Reyna finds that the patent trial and appeal board improperly ruled in this dispute over high-speed mechanical slicers used in food-processing plants because the court improperly determined plaintiff failed to establish unpatentability. Reversed.
Court: Federal Circuit, Judge: Reyna, Filed On: February 8, 2024, Case #: 2022-1751, Categories: patent