Limited Liability Company (LLC), Patent Infringement

Delay in Correcting Disclosure of Real Parties-in-Interest not Procedurally Fatal to IPR Petition

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/29/2024

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted an inter partes review over patent owner’s objections that the petition did not timely identify all real parties-in-interest (RPI) and was filed by a phantom legal entity after...more

Amazon APEX Complaints Convey Personal Jurisdiction in Amazon Seller’s Forum

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 5/9/2024

Most reputable online marketplaces have long offered policing programs to address counterfeiting of registered copyrights and trademarks. The copyright or trademark owner needs only to provide the marketplace with a copy of...more

What the Shell? LLCs Improperly Used in Attempt to Hide Patent Monetization Firms and Shield Them from Liability

Irwin IP LLP on 12/4/2023

Nimitz Techs. LLC v. CNET Media, Inc., No. CV 21-1247, 2023 WL 8187441 (D. Del. Nov. 27, 2023) - On November 27, 2023, U.S. District Judge Connolly ruled that patent monetization firm and de facto patent owner, IP Edge,...more

When Sending a Cease and Desist Letter Establishes Personal Jurisdiction

Haug Partners LLP on 11/19/2021

A patentee may establish “minimum contacts” in a forum, thus subjecting itself to specific personal jurisdiction, by sending a cease and desist letter to the forum. Precedent concerning this issue has been evolving....more

Your Card’s Been Declined: Patent Troll Vindolor Continues its Year-Long Point-of-Sale Patent Litigation Campaign against Three...

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/19/2019

With three new filings in February 2019 against household names like Macy’s, Best Buy, and Lululemon, Vindolor, LLC—a non-practicing entity—has expanded its contactless “tap-to-pay” point-of-sale patent litigation assault to...more

District Courts Remain Split on TC Heartland and Waiver of Improper Venue Defense

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 8/21/2017

The Supreme Court’s decision five months ago in TC Heartland v. Kraft Food Group Brands was a sea change in the way courts interpret venue for patent infringement cases. Since the Federal Circuit’s decision in VE Holding...more

The World in US Courts: Orrick's Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law to Global Business and Cross-Border Activities

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/28/2017

Alien Tort Statute (ATS)/Political Question Doctrine/Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA)/ Act of State Doctrine - District Court Dismisses ATS Claim Where Alleged Conduct in US was not Directly Linked to Injuries...more

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