A Delaware jury has awarded Wasica Finance over $31 million in patent damages against Schrader Int’l. In 2013, Wasica accused Schrader Int’l of infringing a patent entitled “Device for Monitoring and the Air-Pressure in...more
USAA filed multiple patent infringement lawsuits against Wells Fargo, alleging widespread infringement of USAA’s patented technologies on remote check deposits for mobile banking systems. Last November, a jury in a first case...more
Olaplex sued L’Oreal for infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 9,498,419 and 9,668,954 and asserted related breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secret claims. The patents relate to systems to protect hair from damage...more
8/29/2019
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Damages ,
Double Recovery ,
Jury Awards ,
L'Oreal ,
Misappropriation ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Summary Judgment ,
Trade Secrets ,
Willful Infringement
Bio-Rad and the University of Chicago sued 10X Genomics for infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 8,889,083, 8,304,193, and 8,329,407, which relate to genetic analysis tools. The jury found all three patents valid and infringed and...more
Acantha LLC sued Depuy Synthes Sales Inc. and DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., alleging that Depuy’s Vectra and Zero-P VA products infringe U.S. Reissued Patent No. RE 43,008. The patent relates to an orthopedic implant used for...more
A Nebraska court upheld a jury’s reasonable royalty award of more than $14 million for infringement of Exmark’s patent relating to lawnmower baffles. An appellate court had vacated a previous jury award and remanded the case...more
At the recent ACC-Socal Double Header Event, Knobbe Martens presented, "CardiAQ - An IP Success Story."
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9/18/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Assignment of Inventions ,
Breach of Contract ,
Damages ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventors ,
Jury Trial ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Medical Devices ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Patent Applications ,
Post-Judgment Interest ,
Pre-Judgment Interest ,
Remedies ,
Trade Secrets
On September 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a $112 million win for Knobbe Martens client CardiAQ in its trade secret misappropriation case against former service provider Neovasc. A three-judge...more