Category: United States
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ITC grants Shoals import ban against Voltage over solar patent infringement, decision to be reviewed by White House
The U.S. International Trade Commission affirmed a final determination that electrical infrastructure manufacturing company Voltage infringed rival Shoals’ patents on photovoltaic trunk bus cable assemblies, issuing a limited exclusion order that now heads to the White House for a 60-day review.
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FTC urges Fourth Circuit to reverse summary judgment for Johnson & Johnson in Stelara antitrust suit: ‘specific intent not required to prove monopolization’
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has told the Fourth Circuit that a Virginia court wrongly required proof of specific intent before CareFirst’s Stelara biosimilar-patent monopoly claims against Johnson & Johnson could proceed.
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Nokia, ASUS ink patent licensing deal: will also arbitrate terms
Nokia has now settled the last of its three global disputes targeting major implementers over video patent infringement, signing a patent license agreement with ASUS. The terms of the deal will be determined through arbitration.
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USPTO Director orders PTAB to reconsider invalidity finding for Pictiva patent at center of $191M damages claim against Samsung
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board and an Eastern District of Texas jury came to opposing conclusions about the validity of the PAE’s OLED patent.
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Federal Circuit affirms invalidation of Enanta’s Paxlovid-related patent: finds “typo” defense insufficient to fix written description gap in provisional filing
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the invalidation of Enanta’s Paxlovid-related patent, rejecting its bid to blame a one-carbon typo in its provisional filing, and leaving Pfizer’s earlier disclosure now free to anticipate the claims.
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Korean monetization platform behind Pantech SEP campaigns targets Hisense, TCL with display patents from Asian tech companies
FairLight Innovations LLC is suing the two Chinese companies in the Eastern District of Texas.
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USPTO Director Squires extends 14-day deadline for Director Review of institution decisions to 30 days – or more “in exceptional circumstances”
He noted that “changed circumstances can surface after the deadline… has elapsed but before trial has progressed meaningfully” and that sua sponte Director Review is “not always the most efficient process”.
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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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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.