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In the world of intellectual property, patents play a vital role in protecting inventions and encouraging innovation. However, disputes and conflicts can arise when patent owners believe their rights have been infringed upon. To resolve such conflicts,…
After a week-long trial in Waco, Texas, a US federal jury has ruled in favor of aerospace company Textron Inc. and awarded them a $279 million verdict against Chinese drone manufacturer DJI Technology . The jury found that DJI willfully infringed on…
CASE OF THE WEEK Ironburg Inventions Ltd. v. Valve Corp. , Appeal Nos. 2021-2296, 2021-2297, 2022-1070 (Fed. Cir. April 3, 2023 ) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit provided new guidance in applying the estoppel provisions of 35…
Written by : Nathan D. Reeves & Amanda K. Taylor IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD. v. VALVE CORP. Before Lourie, Clevenger, and Stark . Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Summary : The patentee has the burden of…
Our third Patent Litigation Intelligence Report was released in late January. The report examines patent litigation activity over five years, from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2022. It presents comprehensive statistics for 18,493 district court patent cases…
Jeannine Sano, Don Z. Wang, and Patrick Doyle On November 16, 2022, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion, CUPP Computing AS v. Trend Micro Inc., No. 2020-2262, Op. at 10-13 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 16, 2022), holding that while a disclaimer made in an…
CASE OF THE WEEK Mosaic Brands, Inc. v. Ridge Wallet LLC , Appeal Nos. 2022-1001, -1002 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 20, 2022) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit discussed the corroboration requirement concerning the amount of evidence needed to successfully…
Written by : Alistair J. McIntyre & Brandon G. Smith GOOGLE LLC v. HAMMOND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC. Before Moore , Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : Collateral estoppel applies to IPRs where differences in…
In late October, we released our second annual CAFC Intelligence Report. The report provided high-level statistics and insights and evaluated the stakeholders participating in the patent-related CAFC appeals originating from the USPTO, ITC, or district…
In early September, we published our IPR Intelligence Report, the sixth in an annual series covering the IPR proceedings landscape that took place during the last five years. This report provides high-level statistics related to all parties involved,…
Written by : Nefi R. Oliva & Daniel P. Hughes CUPP COMPUTING AS v. TREND MICRO INC. [OPINION] Before Dyk, Taranto, and Stark. Appeal from Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Patent Owners cannot attempt to narrow claims by disclaiming claim scope…
In early September, we published our sixth annual IPR Intelligence report. This popular report covers the IPR landscape by providing high-level statistics as well as evaluating and ranking all stakeholders participating in Inter Partes Reviews. We…
