Category: United States
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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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Trump DOJ files statement of interest effectively in support of InterDigital against Disney’s SEP-related antitrust accusations
The Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in the name of the United States of America in a Delaware case brought by Disney against InterDigital.
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SAP adds four-patent Delaware lawsuit to dispute with Celonis that started in UPC’s Dusseldorf LD, seeking damages and injunction
Counsel The complaint was filed by Duane Morris’s Monté T. Squire.
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USPTO director Squires greenlights deputy Morgan Stewart’s PTAB discretionary denial program
John A. Squires, who took over as United States Patent and Trademark Office director last month, has issued a Delegation of Authority for deputy director Coke Morgan Stewart to continue the recently reinstated Patent Trial and Appeal Board discretionary denial program.
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Pharma patent litigation updates: Boehringer, Orion, Pfizer, Kaleo file fresh patent infringement suits in District of Delaware
The District of Delaware continues to receive a substantial volume of pharmaceutical patent infringement complaints, with an arthritis-related Pfizer suit and diabetes-related Boehringer suit among the latest.
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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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AstraZeneca faces fresh mRNA patent infringement allegations in District of Delaware
Gene-editing tech company Factor Bioscience has sued AstraZeneca and its affiliate Cellectis over the infringement of three mRNA-related patents.
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Starbucks invokes anti-patent-troll state law in major defensive complaint against Key Patent Innovations and its shell company
This is one of the most notable prophylactic patent-related lawsuits because it takes aim at a non-practicing entity’s shell company from multiple angles.
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Via LA announces semiconductor memory patent pool program: first in series of semiconductor-related licensing programs
Via Licensing Alliance has announced plans to launch a patent pool program dedicated to licensing semiconductor memory technologies, as part of a new series of programs that will span the semiconductor industry.