Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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There had been only two cases where damages over $2 billion have been awarded in a patent litigation case, in Pfizer vs Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA) & Sun Pharma (2013) – $2.15B and in Idenix vs Gilead Sciences Inc (2016) – $2.54B. The entire IP…
Just last week, Apple settled a lawsuit filed by Pinn Inc. , that targeted its AirPods accusing them of patent infringement. It all started in October 2016 when Seung Jin (“Sean”) Kim, founder of Pinn Inc., sent an email to Apple informing them…
Just last week, a new complaint was filed in the California Central District Court that initiated a lawsuit arguing patent, trademark, and copyright infringement. Lifetime Brands is a known manufacturer of kitchenware, tableware, and other products used at…
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…
Most of the community involved in life science litigation and pharmaceutical companies, thought they saw the end of the long-fought battle between Amgen and Sanofi in 2021 with the CAFC decision . As a result, at the time, it was said that the attorney…
On Oct., 18th, 2022, Skechers announced in a press release that they filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. A Skechers spokesperson stated: “Skechers invests tremendous resources into…
In 2019, Stephen Thaler filed two patent applications, 16/524,350 (teaching a “Neural Flame”) and 16/524,532 (teaching a “Fractal Container”). What was unusual in these applications was that he named an AI system called DABUS…
Just last week, a federal jury in Marshall, Texas, decided a patent infringement case between two of the three top automated key duplicating machines vendors. It all began back in June 2021, when Hy-Ko accused The Hillman Group’s duplication…
When Apple and Qualcomm finally settled their dispute back in 2019, eyebrows were raised given that the licensing agreement had a six-year limit and that Apple didn't include the ongoing PTAB proceedings in the settlement agreement. Earlier this month,…
This month we will publish our second annual CAFC Intelligence Report 2022, which covers the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). This report will focus on the patent-related cases filed before the CAFC during the five-year period from Jan., 1,…
Many of nowadays industry’s standards are based on patented technology. The most notorious examples come from the field of wireless communications with 2G GSM, 3G UMTS, 4G LTE, 5G, as well as wireless networks. They all rely on thousands of patented…
Less than two months after they released the Q2 financial results for 2022, Coinbase received news last Thursday that they were sued by Veritaseum, alleging patent infringement and requesting $350 million in damages. As a result, the second quarter results…
