Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Written by Peter E. Heuser , Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. In AdjustaCam v. Newegg , the Circuit reverses the denial of attorney fees where Judge Gilstrap simply adopted a pre- Octane Fitness determination by a prior judge, despite the Circuit’s…
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;…
LED colossus Nichia (the world’s largest supplier of LEDs) accused Everlight of infringing three patents relating to tiny LEDs used in LCD backlights, video displays, automobiles, an general lighting: U.S. Patent No. 8,530,250 , entitled “Light…
In SCA v. First Quality Baby Products , the Supreme Court ‎holds that laches should not be available as a defense in ‎patent cases, refusing to concur with the Circuit’s en banc ‎holding that the Patent Act’s 6-year limitation on…
Last week, we released the top 10 patent owners whose patents had been challenged the most since the inception of Inter-Partes Review (IPR). Zond ranked first with a total of 125 IPR challenges filed against ten of its patents. This week, our Data Science…
Written by Diana E. Wade and Bridget A. Smith The Federal Circuit held that the PTAB may consider legal conclusions of obviousness by experts, but the expert papers must make adequate factual findings and provide a satisfactory explanation as to…
The last few weeks, our Data Science Team analyzed the most active petitioners in Inter-Partes Review (IPR) cases. Now we have turned our attention towards the patent owners in IPR cases. Our analysis shows that since IPR’s inception in 2012 through…
This week, our Data Science Team continued reviewing Apple’s IPR cases with a focus on patent owners. We wanted to learn which entities had their patents challenged by Apple since the inception of Inter-Partes Review in 2012. We’ve unveiled the…
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt In Shire , the panel rejects defendant’s attempt to read “consisting of” as though the claims read “consisting essentially of.” While we normally limit our comments to…
In last couple of weeks we reported that Apple, with 267 IPR challenges filed since 2012, has been at the top, responsible for almost 5 percent of all challenges filed. This week, we decided to review the company’s cases and see who has been winning…
Last week we reported on the top 10 all-time IPR petitioners and learned that Apple, with 267 IPR challenges filed from 2012 through 2016, was at the top. This represents approximately 5 percent of all of the 5,592 IPR challenges filed through 2016. This…
A few weeks ago we reported a sharp decline in patent litigation in 2016 of more than 20 percent. However, activity for Inter-Partes Review (IPR) remained basically unchanged (1,638 challenges were filed in 2016). Some suggest that there is a 6- to…
