Category: United States
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USPTO Director dismisses more inter partes reviews under new rules against petitioners taking different positions on validity in court
Director John Squires is continuing to intervene to stop what he and others see as “bad faith” use of IPRs.
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Actelion falls foul of disclosure-dedication rule, prosecution estoppel in Federal Circuit challenge to Mylan’s hypertension generic
The Federal Circuit agreed that there was neither literal infringement, nor infringement under the doctrine of equivalents.
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The view from abroad: Korean companies have “urgent need” to revise U.S. strategies in face of evolving USPTO policy on inter partes reviews
The changes under Director John Squires are not going unnoticed in other major tech economies.
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SEP value transparency, AI lawyers, political tension: initial highlights from IP Dealmakers
The need for greater transparency in the value of standards, a debate on the increasing use of AI in patent litigation claims, and geopolitical considerations in IP enforcement were among the highlights of the first and second days of the third annual IP Dealmakers in London this week.
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Nvidia, Western Digital among defendants as vertical chip designer MonolithIC 3D expands multi-district litigation campaign
After filing several U.S. infringement suits in recent months, MonolithIC 3D has just fired off another salvo involving a new set of semiconductor design patents.
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Microsoft settles U.S. patent litigation with Bernhard Frohwitter’s ParTec over supercomputer technology ahead of Texas trial
The supercomputer patent lawsuit filed two years ago has been settled. For now, there are no signs of ParTec also having reached an agreement with NVIDIA, which is being sued in the UPC.
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Malikie targets Hyundai and Honda in connected-vehicle patent campaign; Wi-Fi SEPs involved
Malikie has filed parallel patent infringement suits against Hyundai and Honda asserting Wi-Fi SEPs and other patents relating to connected-vehicle technologies, while emphasizing lengthy but unsuccessful FRAND licensing discussions prior to litigation.
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Federal Circuit supports USITC fact-finding in import dispute over redesigned wet-dry vacuum cleaners
Tineco’s design-arounds have worked, but the Hong Kong company was unable to challenge the ITC’s domestic industry determination as to patentee Bissell.
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10x settles with Curio, immediately goes on to sue Element Biosciences over next-generation sequencing patents
In the next-generation sequencing space, 10x Genomics has settled its litigation with Curio Biosciences, just before filing a new patent infringement lawsuit against Element Biosciences in Delaware.
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Amazon latest target in AI voice tech patent infringement campaign: sued in ITC, Eastern District of Texas
AI software firm Cerence has filed three complaints against Amazon in the United States International Trade Commission and the Eastern District of Texas over the alleged infringement of voice tech-related patents. The company already sued Apple and Samsung over similar technologies, reaching a successful $49.5 million settlement with the latter last year.