Posts Tagged: Injunctions
Coons and Stivers Reintroduce Measure to Make the U.S. Patent System STRONGER
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and Congressman Steve Stivers (R-OH) reintroduced the STRONGER Patents Act of 2019 today in an event on Capitol Hill. Coons first introduced the STRONG …
Judge Paul Michel: Look to Congress, Not Courts, to Fix the U.S. Patent System
During a break at IPWatchdog’s recent Patent Masters™ Symposium, former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Michel went on record to express his grave concerns about the …
Latest Apple/Qualcomm Ruling Highlights Question of ‘Unwilling Licensees’
On March 20, U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel of the Southern District of California issued an order denying a motion by Apple, which was seeking partial judgment …
The Tough Act of Balancing Preliminary Injunction Factors: Indivior Inc. v. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, S. A. (Fed. Cir. 2018)
How the likelihood of success on the merits should (or should not) be determined and the four factors balanced in a patent infringement case, are areas in …
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 …
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 …
CAFC Overturns Preliminary Injunction on Generic Suboxone Film Over Newman Dissent
The Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential decision in Indivior Inc. v. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, S.A., which vacated a preliminary injunction handed out by the District …
China’s Actions on Copyrights Suggest Increasing Support of IP Rights
These headlines are further proof that China, long known as and still considered to be a major international contributor to IP theft and piracy issues, has taken …
CAFC Vacates PTAB Obviousness Decision, Nonobviousness Nexus Established by Patent Owner
The Federal Circuit recently issued a non-precedential decision in LiquidPower Specialty Products v. Baker Hughes, vacating and remanding a final written decision from the Patent Trial and …
Museum of Modern Art Wins Injunction Against MOMACHA On Merits of Trademark Infringement, Dilution Claims
U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton recently issued an opinion granting an injunction requested by New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The injunction prevents …
Legislation Introduced in House to Repeal the PTAB and the AIA
There are 13 sections to Massie’s bill, many of which are geared towards the abolition of various statutes of the AIA. Perhaps the most salient portion of …
STRONGER Patents Act Introduced in House, Seeks to Strengthen a Crippled Patent System
In a telephone interview, Rep. Stivers noted that, while the AIA was intended as legislation that would make the patent system more efficient, the resulting differences in …
Will the Supreme Court continue to be influenced by patent reform?
Invariably, the Supreme Court takes a provision or two from pending legislation and makes it law. Will they do the same now that pro-patent reform is actually …
Restoring the Right to Permanent Injunctions: A Patent Reform Agenda
Overrule eBay v. MercExchange and grant permanent injunctions to victorious patent owners as a matter of right. This singular change to U.S. patent laws – which is …
Trends in Copyright Litigation for Tattoos
An increasing trend in copyright infringement suits filed in the United States has tattoo artists bringing suit against entertainment entities, and in some cases against the tattoo …
