Category: Eastern District of Texas
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Canadian Solar gains victory in U.S. solar panel infringement dispute against Maxeon: all patents-in-suit invalidated
The USPTO PTAB has invalidated three of Maxeon’s solar panel technology patents, granting Canadian Solar a major win in the ongoing solar panel patent infringement wars.
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Acer sues AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon in Eastern District of Texas
The smartphone manufacturer has taken a similar approach to fellow mobile phone maker ASUS, targeting the companies’ cellular base stations, some of which are equipped by Nokia, but most of which are supplied by Ericsson.
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Target sued in Eastern District of Texas over payment system patent infringement
Cardtek (PayCore) has sued U.S. retailer Target in the United States Districs Court for the Eastern District of Texas over the alleged infringement of three of its patents related to payment systems.
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Federal Circuit tosses Pfizer’s $42M+8% verdict against Daiichi, AstraZeneca: claiming 81 combinations out of gazillions described defeats disclosure, enablement
In a precedential opinion, the central U.S. appeals court for patent rulings overturns a Texas jury verdict given the discrepancy between a broad description and a specific claim term.
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Samsung retaliates against Oura’s ITC complaint with own E.D. Tex. patent infringement allegations against smart-ring maker who just defended core patent at PTAB
Last month, Oura brought an ITC complaint against Samsung, Reebok, and others. Now Samsung, whose pre-emptive DJ complaint went nowhere, is countersuing Oura.
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Oura files fresh smart ring patent infringement campaign in Eastern District of Texas: Reebok among three defendants
Oura has asserted eight smart ring patents against rivals Nexxbase, Reebok, and Zepp Health in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Samsung ordered to pay $445 million in U.S. wireless standards-related infringement dispute: jury verdict
The Eastern District of Texas has issued a jury verdict ordering Samsung to pay over $445 million in damages for infringing four of non-practising entity Collission’s wireless communication standard-essential patents.
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Celonis launches patent infringement counterattack against SAP in Eastern District of Texas
Celonis has filed a countersuit against SAP in the United States Court for the Eastern District of Texas, after the latter had sued it in the Unified Patent Court and the U.S. over the infringement of several software patents.
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Hyundai, Nissan defeat parallel automotive patent infringement complaints in Eastern District of Texas
Judge Rodney Gilstrap has ruled that Longhorn Automotive LLC’s patent infringement complaints against the automakers did not sufficiently meet the burden of proof.
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Headwater launches fresh cloud messaging patent infringement campaign: Tencent, Uber, Target, Walmart among defendants
The patent infringement campaign appears to be targeting Google customers, as the complaints all refer to the company’s Firebase Cloud Messaging, and it asserts a patent also involved in a recently-settled dispute with Samsung Electronics.