Category: Jurisdictions
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Lessons for prior art search providers as Federal Circuit again sides with Valve in appeal over game controller patent
“Something more is required” for estoppel when a classification search returns tens of thousands of results; while forward-and-backward citation searches may result in hindsight bias.
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Verizon hit with $190M jury verdict in infringement suit brought by Aspen Networks over Wi-Fi/cell switching; AT&T, T-Mobile up next
Aspen Networks sued the three U.S. mobile service providers in the Eastern District of Texas in late 2023.
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Gallium nitride patent wars: Innoscience, Infineon clash over Munich injunction rulings
Any injunction granted in the Munich I Regional Court’s rulings yesterday would not apply to Innoscience’s current product portfolio, as it falls outside the scope of Infineon’s asserted German patents, Innoscience has publicly asserted. This claim directly opposes Infineon’s announcement that Innoscience suffered two more defeats yesterday.
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With litigation risk solutions under the microscope, PAE steps up Eastern District of Texas campaign asserting patents purchased from Allied Security Trust
AST is clear that under its model “problem patents” can still end up with PAEs; but elsewhere, patent defense solutions seem to be getting increased scrutiny.
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USPTO Director goes against the grain, sides with inter partes review petitioner Tesla to reject discretionary denial request
After a raft of decisions and memoranda effectively telling IPR petitioners what they shouldn’t do, Director John Squires highlights a potential pathway to successful institution.
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Mediation and Arbitration as Settlement Pathways in Chinese Patent Disputes
China has no UPC Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre equivalent. Its relevant pathways are more dispersed. This article maps those pathways and explains how they may matter in Chinese patent disputes.
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OxFora’s 14th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum less than one week away (23, 24 June)
The 14th edition of this event will be held in the DPMA Forum, Munich next week. ip fray plans to cover the conference during and after it takes place.
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Infineon disputes Innoscience’s claim of “final Chinese GaN patent victory”
In a statement to ip fray, Infineon said China’s Supreme People’s Court decision concerned preliminary injunction relief and that the main proceedings remain ongoing.
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Malikie Innovations turns on Toyota in expansion of connected cars campaign asserting Wi-Fi SEPs
Malikie asserted some of the same former Blackberry patents against Honda and Hyundai in U.S. district courts last month.
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Amgen must pay $20.2 million in damages over antibody patent infringement: District of Delaware jury
Following a trial in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware last week, a jury has found that Amgen’s subsidiary Teneobio has infringed one of competitor Harbour Antibodies’s antibody-related patents and owes over $20 million in damages.