The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that outlines a new framework for collaboration between the two...more
Key Points
- This settlement resolves multiple German lawsuits Nokia filed against Daimler asserting SEPs and Daimler’s complaint against Nokia before the European Commission.
- Daimler argued Nokia’s licensing...more
The Federal Circuit has reversed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,865,921 (the “’921 Patent”) were not shown to be obvious, finding that the PTAB applied the...more
9/28/2018
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On April 13, 2017, a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) panel denied institution of inter partes review (IPR) of patent claims that were the subject of a previously filed IPR by the same petitioner. The panel found that the...more
On December 29, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a decision rejecting most claims of an application for an MRI machine patent, finding the claims directed toward an abstract idea and therefore...more