Posts Tagged: EDTX
Director Andrei Iancu lauds risk takers, calls patent troll narrative ‘Orwellian doublespeak’
Remarkably, in what I believe amounts to Orwellian “doublespeak," those who’ve been advancing the patent troll narrative argue that they do so because they are actually …
Samsung Galaxy Smartphones Targeted in Infringement Case Over Secure Device Authentication Patents
Texas-based patent owner PACid Technologies filed a complaint alleging patent infringement committed by South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung (KRX:005930). The case, filed in the Eastern District …
PTAB Judges Shockingly Inexperienced Compared to District Court Judges
This study uncovered several shocking revelations. First, 12.64% of PTAB judges were appointed with less than 5 years of experience prior to their appointment as APJs (i.e., 5 years …
Telebrands loses $12.3 million verdict for willful patent infringement of Bunch O Balloons
On November 21st, a jury verdict entered in the Eastern District of Texas awarded $12.3 million in damages to Tinnus Enterprises and ZURU Ltd. in a patent infringement …
Packet Intelligence patents see different infringement outcomes in separate Eastern Texas cases
A jury verdict recently entered in a patent infringement case in the Eastern District of Texas held that plaintiff Packet Intelligence, a patent owning entity headquartered in …
Federal Circuit strikes down Gilstrap’s four-factor test for patent venue
After briefly parsing the statutory language of §1400(b) critical to the decision the Federal Circuit concluded that Judge Gilstrap's four-factor test was not compliant with the statutory …
What Changes Result from the Supreme Court Decision in TC Heartland?
Unfortunately, the answer may be not as much as many expected. Right after the decision there were 350 motions to transfer or dismiss in the EDTX. But the …
Lex Machina’s Q2 litigation update shows trends influenced by TC Heartland and Oil States
During the second quarter of 2017, a total of 1,138 patent cases were filed at the U.S. district court level, an increase of 18 percent when compared to first …
ABOTA defends Judge Gilstrap in response to political pressure from Darrell Issa
Issa decried Judge Gilstrap’s “overreach” in denying a motion to transfer venue in a case coming after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in TC …
State Farm, Allstate and Hyatt among companies targeted by patent owner alleging infringement of online piracy prevention tech
Venadium LLC filed a series of five patent infringement suits against well-known entities in the insurance, hotel accommodation and industrial supply space. The suits, which have been …
Is the Supreme Court’s venue decision in TC Heartland anti-patent?
The TC Heartland decision strikes me as more anti-business than it is anti-patent. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision all patent owners will now …
Industry reaction to SCOTUS patent venue decision in TC Heartland v. Kraft Food Group
What follows is reaction from a distinguished panel of industry insiders who have been following this case. Each have offered their own instant analysis, several pointing out …
PwC patent litigation study shows recent drop in lawsuits despite increasing patent grants
About 5,100 patent infringement cases were filed in the U.S. during 2016, according to the PwC litigation study. This represents a 9 percent drop in lawsuits from 2015’s totals …
Lex Machina reports that Q1 2017 saw fewest patent infringement cases since Q3 2011
One of the key findings is that only 938 patent infringement actions were filed in district courts during the recent quarter, a total which is the lowest for …
Regardless of Changes to Patent Venue, Trolls will still be Trolls
Because patent trolls prefer filing in the Eastern District of Texas, the thinking goes that it will be a significant blow to patent trolls if the Supreme …
