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TOKYO -- The High Performance Plastics Company (President: Ikusuke Shimizu) of SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (President and Representative Director: Keita Kato; hereinafter 'SEKISUI CHEMICAL') has filed lawsuits for infringement of [...]

The last of Mobility Workx, LLC's Eastern District of Texas cases against the big three US wireless carriers, targeting AT&T (AT&T Mobility), ended this past July. The plaintiff has now [...]

VIAAS, Inc. has filed a second complaint against APT Group Holdings (Vivint Smart Home) (2:24-cv-00713), this one in the Eastern District of Texas. In April 2023, Western District of Texas [...]

London: Linklaters has issued the following press release: Linklaters represented Korean LED manufacturers Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Viosys in a successful lawsuit before the Dusseldorf Local Division of the new [...]

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), a nonprofit patent management arm of the University of Wisconsin, has seen another key setback in its litigation against Apple. In 2018, the Federal [...]

Korean plaintiff Wilus Institute of Standards & Technology, Inc. has launched what appears to be its first US litigation, suing ASUSTek (Askey Computer) (2:24-cv-00753), HP (2:24-cv-00752), and Samsung (2:24-cv-00746) in [...]

In March 2022, the Middle District of Florida dismissed the second of two cases filed by ParkerVision, Inc. against Qualcomm, ruling in part that certain infringement claims were barred due [...]

The Federal Circuit has revived a long-running dispute between Contour IP Holding, LLC and GoPro over action cameras, overturning a ruling that the asserted patents were ineligible under Alice. While [...]

In a new Western District of Texas complaint, Neural AI, LLC has accused NVIDIA (7:24-cv-00221) of infringing three patents moved to the plaintiff from Neurala this past July. Targeted is [...]

Malikie Innovations Limited (as 'the successor-in-interest to a substantial patent portfolio created and procured over many years by Blackberry') and Key Patent Innovations Limited (KPI, as 'the beneficiary of a [...]

Nintendo Co., Ltd. once again made the headlines when it was announced on September 19, 2024 that it, together with The Pokémon Company, filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the [...]

In its first substantive judgment, the Lisbon Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has rejected an application for a preliminary injunction (PI) made by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ('Ericsson') [...]

Authored by Babak Akhlaghi on October 16, 2024. In a notable clash within the footwear industry, Crocs initiated a lawsuit against Dawgs, accusing them of patent infringement. This legal case [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a grant of summary judgment on a false advertising claim, concluding that a cause of action under Section [...]

The recent decision in Munchkin Inc v Angelcare Canada Inc presents an example of circumstances in which foreign parent companies can be held liable for patent infringement in Canada. Discussion [...]

August 4, 2024 Representing himself, named individual inventor Mark Sandstrom has asked the District of Minnesota for declaratory judgments that AT&T (0:24-cv-03053), Charter Communications (0:24-cv-03118), Ericsson (0:24-cv-02796), and Nokia (0:24-cv-03117) [...]

On October 4, 2024, Amgen filed a BPCIA complaint in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division against Fresenius Kabi related to Fresenius Kabi's proposed biosimilar [...]

The Central District of California ruled that the heightened pleading standard of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 9(b) applies to all three prongs of a false patent marking claim, [...]

In May 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a pivotal decision in Snaprays (SnapPower) v. Light Defense Group (LDG) that reshaped how patent owners [...]

What You Need To Know The Federal Circuit recently found that falsely claiming a product or feature is patented can give rise to a cause of action under the Lanham [...]

Highlights In Provisur Technologies, Inc. v. Weber, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that the plaintiff's proof of infringement for one patent was insufficient as a matter of law where it [...]

Highlights In Crocs, Inc. v. Effervescent, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that the plaintiff had stated a claim where the defendant admitted it falsely claimed the product at issue was [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-October 14, 2024-: Nichia files Patent Infringement Lawsuits concerning Dominant LEDs sold by German distributor (C)1994-2024 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:14102024 On October 11, 2024, Nichia Corporation ('Nichia') filed Patent Infringement [...]

1 Patent Enforcement 1.1 Before what tribunals can a patent be enforced against an infringer? Is there a choice between tribunals and what would influence a claimant's choice? As of [...]

. . . These issues appear to be questions of first impression in Japan, the resolution of which will significantly shape the scope and enforceability of patents directed to patient [...]

On September 18, 2024, Judge Albright found four Volvo dealerships do not constitute regular and established places of business for two Volvo defendants and transferred a patent infringement case against [...]

1. Key takeaways Deadlines when Confidential Information are included This decision clarifies that the deadline for a Defendant's reply (in German 'Duplik') under Rule 29(d) RoP, when confidential information is [...]

In a new precedential decision issued August 13, 2024, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Allergan USA. v. MSN Labs, 24-1061, held that a first-filed, first-issued parent [...]

The Court of Appeal (CoA) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) ruled that the UPC has international jurisdiction for alleged infringement actions that originate outside the UPC's Member States. Dish [...]

CNIPA Issues Notice on Comprehensively Promoting Implementation of Patent Open Licensing System Reference Number: Guo Zhi Fa Yun Zi [2024] No. 19 Issue Date: 16 July 2024 Effective Date: 16 [...]

1. Key takeaways Background and first instance decision This decision relates to an appeal regarding a decision on provisional measures and, in particular, answers the question whether submissions from the [...]

1. Key takeaways Public access to file - general principles As found by the Court of Appeal (see order of 10 April 2024, UPC_CoA_404/2023), the general principle laid down in [...]

1. Key takeaways Both, claimant and defendant can rely on R. 190.1 RoP to request an order to produce evidence. In view of the principle of equality of arms, Art. [...]

In Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools Inc. v. International Trade Commission, the Federal Circuit held that an expert must meet the definition of a 'person of ordinary skill in the art' [...]

BMW Group prevailed in its long-running battle against Arigna Technology Ltd. While Arigna's efforts spanned years and multiple venues - BMW Group's multi-faceted legal strategy and refusal to settle ultimately [...]

Summary The District of Delaware has recently highlighted the availability of enhanced damages for patent owners who choose to proceed first at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Even though [...]

Key takeaways No stay of the proceedings due to national nullity proceedings re. German part of patent-in-suit Requirements of R. 295(a) RoP not fulfilled, appeal of the German Federal Court [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court order excluding expert validity testimony based on collateral estoppel stemming from an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding [...]

AUSTIN, Texas -- Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and genetic testing, today issued the following statement regarding its ongoing patent infringement litigation with NeoGenomics [...]

The Western District of Texas granted a motion to stay a patent infringement lawsuit pending inter partes review not only because doing so would simplify the issues in the still-early [...]

Defendant Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) filed a motion for summary judgment of no remedy, which Judge Pitman granted on August 15, 2024, resulting in final judgment on all claims in favor [...]

Celanese International Corporation, Celanese (Malta) Company 2 Limited, and Celanese Sales U.S. Ltd. (collectively, 'Celanese') filed a petition before the United States International Trade Commission (the 'ITC'), alleging that Anhui [...]

IRVINE, Calif. -- Axonics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AXNX) today announced that the jury has returned a unanimous verdict in the patent infringement lawsuit brought by Medtronic against Axonics in U.S. District [...]

The Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from an inter partes review ('IPR') final written decision for lack of standing where it found the appellant failed to provide evidence sufficient to [...]

Last week, in Osseo Imaging, LLC v. Planmeca USA Inc., No. 2023-1627 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 4, 2024), the Federal Circuit held that '[a]n expert need not have acquired the skill [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that a technical expert does not need to have been a person of ordinary skill in the art (POSITA) at [...]

Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions 1. WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION v. APPLE INC. [OPINION] (2022-1884, 8/28/2024) (Prost, Taranto, and Chen) Prost, J. The Court affirmed two final judgments of [...]

1 Legal framework 1.1 Which laws and regulations govern patent litigation in your jurisdiction? Patent litigation is governed by: the Patent Ordinance, 2000; and the Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO) Act [...]

Imagine that your company has just been sued by a competitor for patent infringement, deceptive advertising, unfair competition, or any number of other business torts. The news of the lawsuit [...]

Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) filed an opposed motion to transfer venue to the Northern District of California (NDCA). On August 7, 2024, Judge Albright denied Meta's motion to transfer, [...]