Posts in Patents
Apple Removes ‘Minor Functionality’ from iPhone in Response to Chinese Injunction
On December 10, 2018, a Chinese court granted Qualcomm an injunction against Apple that stops sales and imports of most iPhones in China. On December 12, Apple announced that as …
Ribbon Communications Decries ‘Baseless Attacks’ on IP Rights After Metaswitch Networks Files Antitrust Suit
Secure cloud communications provider Ribbon Communications announced it would continue to enforce its intellectual property rights in the face of what it called “baseless attacks” by its …
2018 HoF Inductee Jacqueline Quinn Invents EZVI Environmental Remediation Technology to Cleanup Groundwater Contaminants
Clean sources of groundwater are incredibly important to the general population of the United States. More than 50 percent of the U.S. population relies on groundwater sources …
Patent Pending: The Road to Obtaining a U.S. Patent
The term patent pending is a well recognized term of art that many inventors rightfully covet. It subtly, and very directly, conveys great meaning. It means that …
Section 101 Motions to Dismiss Still Alive in District Courts
In Berkheimer and Aatrix, the Federal Circuit indicated that although patent eligibility under Section 101 is ultimately a question of law, the determination may have factual underpinnings that, …
Fitness Anywhere win Enhanced Damages and Permanent Injunction as Infringement Continued Post Verdict
The order granted post-trial motions filed by Fitness Anywhere both for enhanced damages on the patent infringement findings as well as a permanent injunction against WOSS. Although …
Industry Reaction to Helsinn Healthcare v. Teva Pharmaceuticals Oral Arguments
On Tuesday, December 4th, oral arguments were held before the U.S. Supreme Court in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA. The nation’s highest …
Proceed with Caution When Acquiring a Licensor’s Patents
All too often, the prospective licensee/purported infringer usually doesn’t begin its efforts to acquire the patent(s) until after making disparaging statements about them during …
Celebrating Innovation: IP Laws Encourage Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Without intellectual property protections it makes it impossible for an innovator to compete, raise money, and succeed in business. That was a story told by Joe Kiani, …
Congress Initially Rebuffs SCOTUS Dominance of Patent Law, But Not for Long
The chaos created by this forum shopping was exacerbated by differing views of what in these rulings by SCOTUS was holding, and what was simply dicta. Together …
Federal Circuit Affirms $140M Reasonable Royalty for Sprint in Nonprecedential Decision
The Federal Circuit upheld the district court’s damages award of approximately $140 million for Sprint after Time Warner was found to infringe claims of five patents covering …
ITC Misapplied Res Judicata, Can Modify Penalty After Asserted Patent Claims Found Invalid
The Federal Circuit panel of Chief Judge Sharon Prost and Circuit Judges Jimmie Reyna and Kimberly Moore determined that the ITC erred in applying res judicata to …
Why is SCOTUS Creating a Federal Common Law of Patents?
What makes SCOTUS’s assertions in patent law jurisprudence that there are these “exceptions” or additional “requirements” particularly annoying to many of us in the patent bar …
Supreme Court Hears Helsinn v. Teva: Does On-Sale Bar Capture Secret Sales
On the morning of Tuesday, December 4th, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in the case of Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceutical USA (…
FTC v. Qualcomm: Court Requires Licensing of Standard Essential Patents to Competitors
The Qualcomm decision is unique in that it appears to be the first decision to require a SEP holder to license its patented technology to its competitors, …
