Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Written by Stephanie M. Johnson and Paul Stewart Edited by John Sganga , Joseph Cianfrani , and Boris Zelkind On July 18, 2017, after two years of litigation and a jury trial, a Texas federal court ordered Eli Lilly & Co. (“Eli Lilly”) to pay…
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 Scott Forbes and Andrew Schwaab In Shipping and Transit, LLC v. Hall Enterprises, Inc. , a district court recently held that a patent infringement case was “exceptional” under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and the defendant was entitled to…
In Genband US LLC v. Metaswitch Networks Corp., [2017-1148] (July 1-, 2017), the Federal Circuit vacated the denial of a permanent injunction and remanded for reconsideration. The jury found U.S. Patent Nos. 6,772,210; 6,791,971; 6,885,658; 6,934,279;…
Written by Loni Morrow and Jonathan Hyman Edited by Catherine Holland On March 31, 2017, Forever 21 was sued by Puma over its “Fenty” line of shoes. The “ Fenty ” label has become popular, in part, due to the influence of music…
Written by Rebecca L. Wright , Ph.D. and Eric Furman , Ph.D. In an ongoing set of disputes in Oregon between farmers and corporations that hold GMO patents, farmers may be given a new tool. Oregon House Bill 2739[1] “allows a cause of action against…
Written by Scott Raevsky and David T. Kim In a final written decision, the Board denied a patent owner’s request for a certificate of correction filed shortly after IPR institution in Douglas Dynamics, L.L.C. v. Meyer Products, LLC, IPR2015-01839,…
Recalibration of Venue Could Change Face of Patent Litigation As most are well aware, the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), provides that patent infringement actions “may be brought in the judicial district where the defendant resides .…
Patent lawsuits often involve multiple patents and dozens of asserted patent claims. When asserting these claims lack patentable subject matter, it can be more convenient to describe the asserted claims in one representative form, or as some courts…
On August 29, 2016, the Regents of the University of Minnesota (“the University”) filed suit against Gilead Sciences (“Gilead”) for patent infringement in the District Court for the District of Minnesota. According to the complaint…
UCB sued Yeda for a DJ of non-infringement of US Patent No. 6,090,923 [Appeal No. 2015-1957 (Fed. Cir. September 8, 2016)].The main claim in question was directed to “A monoclonal antibody which specifically binds a human cytotoxin [having X…
Last week we published the result of our analysis of software patent suits since 2010 , observing that such patent suits are on a rapid decline, post the Alice decision. This week, we’re expanding that analysis to include all patent lawsuits since…
