Torres Talks Trade Podcast- Episode 12- ZTE & BIS Enforcement
This Week in FCPA-Episode 106 - the Back in the (FCPA) Saddle Again edition
This marks the first issue of WilmerHale’s FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape, a bulletin that will highlight developments about the licensing, litigation, and regulation of patents that are or are claimed...more
DISCLOSURES AND ENFORCEABILITY OF SEPS IN PERSPECTIVE - The review of developments in antitrust enforcement, SEP litigation, and public policy on the issue of disclosures to SDOs reveal substantial difficulties in the...more
In INVT SPE LLC v. ITC, the Federal Circuit affirmed an International Trade Commission (ITC) decision that held INVT’s patent claims were not essential to the LTE cellular communications standard. According to the court, INVT...more
On July 16, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered its seminal decision in Huawei v. ZTE. In its decision, the ECJ provided fundamental guidance for the licensing and enforcement of standard essential patents...more
In a series of decisions, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit continued its trend of strict adherence to § 1400(b) when analyzing proper venue for patent infringement actions under the Supreme Court of the United...more
The Federal Circuit issued a trio of decisions this month further clarifying the application of the patent venue statute in the post-TC Heartland era. ...more
On May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court fundamentally narrowed patent venue by unanimously holding in TC Heartland that patent holders must follow the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), which requires suing (1) “where the...more
In a pending mandamus petition, the Federal Circuit signaled that it will address the issue of which party bears the burden of proof when venue is challenged in a patent infringement action. In re ZTE (USA), No. 2018-113...more
A jury found two “power ramp-up” patents and one more of the four patents-in-suit valid and infringed. Defendant moves to certify an appeal of the “power ramp-up” patents and plaintiffs oppose that motion. Entry of judgment...more
The 2015 Changes to the Federal Rules Matter for Your Patent Case and Tech Business: Getting in the Courthouse Door Just Got Tougher - It used to be that a complaint for patent infringement would survive a motion to...more
Interdigital Communications, Inc., et al. v. ZTE Corporation, et al., C.A. No. 13-0009 - RGA, March 18, 2016 - Andrews, J. Defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law or new trial is denied with respect to two of...more
Addressing whether the concurrent filing of a motion for joinder is sufficient to overcome the one-year statutory bar on inter partes review (IPR) petitions, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) denied a...more