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The second prong of the Alice test is commonly abbreviated as requiring an “inventive concept.” Of course, that same nomenclature is used by many... Read More »
Over the past two months, the trends I've discussed in my previous blogs on AliceStorm have continued and become more entrenched. In particular, the Federal... Read More »
Inter partes reviews are the new hotbed of patent litigation. Filed at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, IPRs take down... Read More »
A few weeks ago, we identified the 25 most litigated patents since 2010 and learned they were responsible for more than 6% of all patent suits in the country. As... Read More »
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TAEKSUNG KIMGreat analysis. Peculiarly however, I have found that there are many issued data processing patents in the field of autonomous vehicles. Efforts for preoccupying patents?
Sep 8, 2016
Pedram SameniThis analysis is independent of prosecution data. While we believe Alice and IPR may have impacted filing strategies of some companies, they are not directly related. We plan to do another study in the near future covering the prosecution data.
Sep 8, 2016
A prior post reported on the litigation between Electric Power Group (EPG) and Alstom Grid.
The lawsuit, filed in the Central District of ... Read More »
Scam artists are getting more creative and detailed in their attempts at defrauding law firms. I was recently the attempted target of such a scam. I received the ... Read More »
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) wants universities to roll over and play dead when giant corporations steal their intellectual property.
Displaying a... Read More »
A recent Federal Circuit decision in Bascom Global Internet Services, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility LLC, gives patent owners another illustration of patent subject matter ... Read More »
Last week we published the number of unique patent assertions since 2010, surprisingly noticing that this number has been on a steady decline. Given that the number... Read More »
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TAEKSUNG KIMThis is an excellent analysis. Your report shows that a powerful patent will survive many battles.
Aug 25, 2016
Pedram SameniThanks Taeksung for your note. However, many of these cases had been filed together or around the same time. It does not necessarily mean that the patent was beaten 400 times and survived.
Aug 25, 2016
It is axiomatic that the claims of a patent describe the invention, and for Alice challenges, define whether an invention is drawn to an abstract idea without an... Read More »
On July 5, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion vacating the summary judgment of invalidity of U.S. Patent No. 7,604,929... Read More »
We recently studied the PTAB data and suggested that although the rise and fall in litigation indirectly affected the rise and fall in IPR challenges, the true driver ... Read More »
Taylor Swift, a pop star with sufficient power to move mountains, succeeded in moving an equally resolute object last year: Apple Music’s position on... Read More »
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Voters in the U.K. recently passed a referendum paving the way for the U.K. to leave the European Union (EU). In response, British Prime Minister David... Read More »
In an en banc decision on July 12, 2016 in The Medicines Co. v. Hospira, Inc., the Federal Circuit established the circumstances under which a product manufactured... Read More »
Mini Melts opposed Reckitt’s intent-to-use applications for “MINI-MELTS” and “MINIMELTS,” alleging a likelihood of confusion with its... Read More »
Obvious Combinations Do Not Need to Be Physically Combinable
In Allied Erecting and Dismantling Co., Inc. v. Genesis Attachments, LLC, Appeal No. 2015-1533, the... Read More »
Patentees suing alleged infringers have learned from a long history of federal district court and Federal Circuit rulings that (paraphrasing the Miranda warning given ... Read More »
This week at Patexia, we asked our data science team to look into the most popular U.S. district courts for patent litigation. This is important in light of the... Read More »
In light of Enfish and DDR Holdings, software patent owners are quick to point out how their inventions improve the functioning of the computer itself. However, it is ... Read More »