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Patent eligibility challenges under 35 U.S.C. §101 have been effective tools for defendants to obtain early dismissal of a case without extensive fact finding since the Supreme Court ruling in Alice . Whether a claim recites patent eligible subject…
Nike filed a lawsuit against Puma on May 3, 2018 in the District Court of Massachusetts accusing Puma of infringing over 40 claims of seven utility patents. The complaint asserts that Puma is using Nike’s Flyknit®, Air®, and cleat assembly in…
Patent Judgments & Awards In April 2018, a jury in the Eastern District of Texas awarded VirnetX Inc. (“VirnetX”) a total of more than $500,000,000 in its patent infringement suit against Apple Inc. (“Apple”). The four…
Patent Judgments & Awards In another win in a string of victories for Solutran, Inc. in its long-running patent dispute with U.S. Bancorp, a jury in the U.S. District Court in Minnesota found that Solutran was entitled to both lost profits and a reasonable…
Patent Judgments & Awards On February 8, 2018, Judge Andrew Guilford of the District Court for Central District of California increased a jury award against Custom Blinds and Components Inc. (“CBC”) for patent infringement from just over $1…
Several new green patent complaints were filed in September and October in the areas of advanced batteries, green cleaning solvents, and LED lighting. Advanced Batteries LG Chem, Ltd. et al. v. Amperex Technology Limited LG Chem filed a lawsuit against…
Judgments and Awards On September 25, 2017, a federal court in San Jose, CA awarded the Defendants Google, YouTube, and On2 Technologies $820,321.41 in attorney’s fees. The Court previously held the Plaintiff Max Sound did not have the right to sue…
Written by Joe Jennings Editors: John Sganga , Joe Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind Judgments and Awards On August 31, 2017, a jury in the Northern District of Texas returned a verdict of patent infringement in favor iLife and against Nintendo. The case went to…
Written by Mark Kachner and Daniel P. Hughes Editors: John Sganga , Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind Judgments and Awards On August 11, 2017 a northern California federal court permanently enjoined Sealant Systems Int’l (SSI) from selling tire…
Several new green patent complaints were filed in May and June in the areas of advanced batteries, electroluminescence lighting technology, green cleaning solvents, and LEDs. Advanced Batteries Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. et al. v. Chervon (HK) Ltd. In…
Written by Mark Kachner and Daniel P. Hughes Editors: John Sganga , Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind Judgments and Awards On August 15, 2017, a federal court in Illinois resolved a damages and fees dispute in a patent infringement case that had raged for…
Written by Alison M. Hill and Karen M. Cassidy Editors: Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind Patent Judgments and Awards On August 7, 2017, after nearly two-and-a-half years of litigation, an East Texas jury awarded just over $21,000,000 to Elbit Systems of…
