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CASE OF THE WEEK Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Hulu, LLC , Appeal No. 2019-1686 (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2020) In this appeal, the Federal Circuit held for the first time that in inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings, when substitute claims are proposed, the…
Coronavirus and its global impact have affected almost every sector of the economy. With all of the job losses and the continued lockdown in more than 80% of US cities, at this point, it is clear we are in one of the worst recessions in recent decades.…
On January 15, 2020, President Trump signed a lengthy “Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the [US] and the Government of [P. R. of China].” Chapter 1 is entitled “Intellectual Property” that contains Sections on…
A couple of weeks ago, we reported the quarterly numbers for patent litigation. To our surprise, we noticed a 22 percent jump in district court patent litigation in Q2 compared to Q1 of 2019 ( Patexia Insight 64 ). This happened after several consecutive…
A federal court in Wisconsin recently awarded Ultratec, Inc. and Captel, Inc. more than $5.4 million in damages, based on a patent infringement claim brought against Sorenson Communications and CaptionCalls. The patent is directed toward technology to…
CASE OF THE WEEK Lone Star Silicon Innovations LLC v. Nanya Technology Corporation , Appeal No. 2018-1581, -1582 (Fed. Cir. May 30, 2019) In the only precedential patent case this week, the Federal Circuit addressed whether a party who is not a patentee or…
An Illinois jury awarded football equipment manufacturer, Riddell, $5 million in patent damages against Kranos Corporation, doing business as Schutt Sports. The jury found that Schutt Sports’ Vengeance line of football helmets infringed…
Subcommittee to Tackle 101? Late last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced the formation of an Intellectual Property (IP) Subcommittee. The Senate Judiciary has not had an active IP Subcommittee for decades (unlike the House). Senators Thom…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Lourie , Dyk, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Summary: (1) The public use bar is not triggered by experimental use testing the claimed features to determine if…
Moldex-Metric, Inc. filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against McKeon Products. Moldex-Metric asserted that McKeon infringed its unregistered trade dress consisting of a bright green color for foam ear plugs by using a similar green color for ear…
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…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Prost, Newman, Lourie, Dyk, Moore, O’Malley, Reyna, Wallach, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, and Stoll. On petition for rehearing en banc. Summary : Under step two of the Alice framework, whether a claim element or combination…
