Category: United States
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ByteDance faces litigation on multiple fronts from Dominion Harbor entities asserting SEPs and non-SEPs
Lark, ByteDance’s workplace collaboration platform, has been targeted; while TikTok and virtual reality gear maker Pico have also been sued.
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Federal Circuit says owners of patents subject to exclusive license still have standing to sue where terms don’t render rights “illusory”
A.L.M. and Ergon granted wide-ranging rights to an exclusive licensee – but retained the right to sue third-party infringers.
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Pharma giant Takeda ordered to pay over $884 million in damages in Amitiza class action suit: patent litigation settlement was anticompetitive, jury finds
Takeda has said it already plans to “vigorously” appeal the decision, which found its 2014 deal with competitor Par Pharmaceutical to drop its challenge to its AMITIZA patents and delay its generic entry by seven years, anticompetitive.
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Malikie Innovations sues TCL over Wi-Fi, AV1 patents in Eastern District of Texas, hints at future request for injunction
Malikie Innovations claims that TCL has not acted in “good faith” when it comes to FRAND negotiations.
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LG Electronics sued in Eastern District of Texas by Fortress-linked NPE wielding former TCL China Star Optoelectronics patents
It appears to be the first time that China Star Optoelectronics has divested patents to an NPE that have subsequently been asserted.
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Federal Circuit reverses fee award and sanctions based on broad scope of what is purely lack of merit
The Federal Circuit affirmed dismissal of mCom’s banking patent suits and upheld invalidity findings against the remaining asserted claims, but reversed both the fee award and the sanctions imposed against counsel, reiterating that unsuccessful patent litigation alone does not establish exceptional or abusive conduct.
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SEP holders now have four ways of avoiding UK interim licenses; Acer, ASUS defeat pokes hole in their (F)RAND defenses in Nokia ITC case
Chinese SEP holders may even have a fifth way of avoiding UK FRAND jurisdiction. Meanwhile, for Acer and ASUS, the recent UK appellate ruling complicates everything in their disputes with Nokia.
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USPTO Director provides comprehensive explainer on discretionary denials policy in new decision
The Magnolia decision has essentially been used as a vehicle to communicate the USPTO’s evolving line on discretionary denials, offering detail for patentees and petitioners alike.