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The Newly Proposed RESTORE Patent Bill Aims To Give Patent Owners More Power

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On July 30, 2024, United States Senators Christopher Coons (R-Delaware) and Thomas Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the “Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive Patent Rights Act of...more

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Is there a Damages Limitation on Timely Copyright Claims? Supreme Court says: "No."

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On May 9, 2024, the United States Supreme Court clarified that the “Copyright Act entitles a copyright owner to recover damages for any timely claim.” This seemingly simple rule of law, however, rested on shaky ground as soon...more

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Federal Circuit Review | December 2023

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December 2023 Federal Circuit Newsletter (Japanese) - Intel Wrongly Denied Opportunity to Litigate License Defense that Could Unwind $2.1 Billion Judgment - In Vlsi Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation, Appeal No....more

Fish & Richardson

Marking and Pre-Suit Damages: What Happens when a Failure to Mark Is Followed by a Period of Compliance with the Marking Statute?

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A question that arises with some frequency in modern patent infringement cases is: Can pre-suit damages be recovered for a time period when the patentee (and any licensee) was in compliance with the marking statute when there...more

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Acts Supporting Induced Infringement Allegations Must Occur During Damages Period

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a damages verdict because the acts supporting the induced infringement finding took place years before the statutory damages period and thus could not support a finding...more

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Federal Circuit Rejects Two-Tiered Royalty Patent Damages

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By Dan Staren and David Barker Last week, a Federal Circuit panel vacated a billion dollar jury verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”) and remanded for a new trial on damages...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Ninth Circuit Limits Ability of Indirect Purchaser Classes to Bring Nationwide Suits

The Ninth Circuit has held that a putative class of nationwide consumers that brought damages claims under California law was erroneously certified. Until now, class actions asserting claims for plaintiffs across the country...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Webinar] Getting Down to Brass Tacks | Informative Product Liability and Manufacturing Updates - October 12th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm...

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Regulatory challenges and legal threats facing product manufacturers change at rapid pace, and this is especially true in a post COVID-19 world. Join Bricker attorneys and distinguished experts as we cover a myriad of...more

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CAFC Patent Cases - September #2

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Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - In Re MAXPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. [ORDER]  (2021-146, 9/8/21) (O’Malley, Reyna, Chen) - Reyna, J.  Denying mandamus petition and dismissing appeal.  The Court declined to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Circuit Confirms That a Patent Damages Expert May Opine on a Range of Royalty Rates at Trial

In a recent decision issued in Bayer Healthcare LLC v. Baxalta Inc., the Federal Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it allowed the jury to select from a range of proposed royalty rates...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Intellectual Property (IP) Challenges during Uncertain Times - October 1st, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

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McDermott Will & Emery and Marcum LLP are committed to sharing the best information available concerning the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to our clients and colleagues during this time. The evolving ecosystem in the life...more

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[Webinar] Intellectual Property (IP) Challenges During Uncertain Times - September 24th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

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McDermott Will & Emery and Marcum LLP are committed to sharing the best information available concerning the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to our clients and colleagues during this time. The evolving ecosystem in the life...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2020)

On April 22, 2020, the Federal Circuit "grappled," as the opinion put it, with the equitable doctrine of assignor estoppel in Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc., the Federal Circuit "grappled," as the opinion put it,...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Caltech Ten-Figure Patent Verdict Showcases Impact of University Intellectual Property

A California jury recently ordered Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) and Broadcom, Ltd. (“Broadcom”) to pay the California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”) over $1.1 billion in damages for infringing several patents owned by Caltech....more

International Lawyers Network

Plant Breeder’s Rights in Australia: updated, amended and strengthened

Recent amendments to the PBR Act have strengthened PBR rights and have aligned aspects of PBR with other intellectual property laws in Australia. This article summarises the changes....more

Knobbe Martens

Princeton Digital Image Corp. v. Office Depot Inc. Et Al.

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Federal Circuit Summary - Before Dyk, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: The Federal Circuit lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a district court judgment...more

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Federal Circuit Review - December 2018

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Assignor Estoppel Does Not Apply in the IPR Context - In Arista Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-1525, 2017-1577, the Federal Circuit held that the plain language of 35 U.S.C. § 311(a) unambiguously...more

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Restaurant Wars: Breach of Fiduciary Duties at the Palm Restaurant Empire

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One of the philosophies of the world-famous Palm restaurant is to treat guests like family. That philosophy may need to be re-examined in light of a recent decision by the New York Supreme Court in Ganzi v. Ganzi, a case...more

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Panel on IP Valuation: How Much is it Worth? How Much Can You Get? How Can You Protect It?

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Assessing Damages in Patent Litigation - Patent Damages - • Damages for infringement shall be “adequate to compensate for the infringement, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty for the use made of the...more

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Dissension Follows When Business Owners Don’t Put Their IP House in Order

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When you think about protecting a business firm’s intellectual property (IP), usually you think about protecting it from infringement by external actors. But there also are internal threats — even mortal ones — to the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Read the Fine Print When Using Product Literature for Marking

In the last issue, we discussed patent marking basics and issues related to licensee marking. A recent district court summary judgment decision provides another reminder regarding licensee marking and whether marking product...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Be Like Grumpy Cat

News recently hit the wires that Grumpy Cat Ltd., the company behind the Grumpy Cat Internet “person”ality, was awarded over $700,000 in a trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit. The defendant was a licensee who was...more

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Mildly Satisfied, Still Grumpy: Grumpy Cat Prevails over Infringers

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Celebrity kitty Tardar Sauce aka “Grumpy Cat” (or, rather, the entity that owns rights to the GRUMPY CAT brand) has prevailed on its claims of breach of contract and trademark and copyright infringement against a beverage...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Patent Marking Basics

After investing time and resources to obtain patent protection, consumer product companies should maximize their return through a well-executed patent marking plan. The details of an effective marking program must be...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Indirect Purchasers Cannot Sue Qualcomm Under Federal Law, But State Law Claims Survive

A federal judge in California has refused to allow indirect purchasers of semiconductor chips—i.e., cell phone consumers—to bring claims against Qualcomm under federal antitrust law....more

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