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In the first quarter of 2017 we saw a continued decline in patent litigation. The district court litigation was down 26 percent to 1,012, compared to 1,346 in Q4 of... Read More »
Written by Nicole R. Townes and Jason J. Jardine
Edited by Loni Morrow and Catherine Holland
On March 24, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth... Read More »
Last week Docket Navigator delivered a troubling headline regarding a recent District Court decision – “Invalidity Opinion Delivered After Product Launch... Read More »
With its seminal patents and continual patent enforcement activity, hybrid vehicle technology company Paice has been a frequent subject of discussion in this... Read More »
Written by Loni Morrow and Jonathan Hyman
Edited by Catherine Holland
On March 31, 2017, Forever 21 was sued by Puma over its “Fenty” line of... Read More »
Guest Post: SCA v. First Quality
With TC Heartland still on deck a the Supreme Court, a look back at the Court's most recent patent decision SCA v. First... Read More »
The ABA-IPL Section sent proposed amendments to PTO Director Lee intended to lessen the burden on patent applicants encountering the Mayo/Alice Rules for... Read More »
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
In Chudik the Circuit rules that no substantial evidence supports the Board’s determination of... Read More »
Several new green patent complaints were filed in January and February in the areas of advanced batteries, waste-to-energy feedstocks, energy-efficient exercise... Read More »
Written by Rebecca L. Wright, Ph.D. and Eric Furman, Ph.D.
In an ongoing set of disputes in Oregon between farmers and corporations that hold GMO patents, farmers ... Read More »
In SCA v. First Quality Baby Products, the Supreme Court holds that laches should not be available as a defense in patent cases, refusing to concur with the ... Read More »
Written by Scott Raevsky and David Schmidt, Ph.D.
The PTAB issued an order applying collateral estoppel to determine that one purported owner of U.S. Patent... Read More »
Written by Rebecca L. Wright, Ph.D. and Jonathan Hyman
Edited by Loni Morrow and Catherine Holland
Airwair, the owner of the Dr. Martens brand, recently... Read More »
One more Federal Circuit decisions bites the dust. Today, in SCA Hygiene Products AB v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, the Supreme Court held that the... Read More »
Written by Scott Raevsky and Mark Rubinshtein, Ph.D.
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued concurrent final written decisions upholding the validity of all... Read More »
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
In Nidec v. Zhongshan, the panel reverses a determination of anticipation, noting that the Circuit’s ... Read More »
Last week, the Delaware district court granted Aurobindo’s motion for summary judgment of non-infringement of Reckitt’s patents directed to a... Read More »
Followers of this blog may have recognized through the years an implicit belief in a connection between the sometimes intricate rules of intellectual property and... Read More »
Written by Diana E. Wade and Ian W. Gillies
Edited by Loni Morrow and Catherine Holland
Much like the world of Underland created in Lewis Carroll’s book ... Read More »
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Nandini AnanthInteresting write up
Mar 16, 2017
Couple of weeks ago we reported that Zond ranked first among patent owners with 125 IPR challenges filed against 10 of its patents. This week we delved into the... Read More »