Universal Connectivity Tech. Inc. v. Dell Tech. Inc., 1-23-cv-01506 (W.D. Tex.), Dkt. No. 34, Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower to Judge Pitman - A magistrate judge recommended denying...more
Data Scape Limited, a non-practicing entity based in Ireland, has recently filed a wave of patent infringement lawsuits in the United States and Germany against leading technology companies including...more
Dell Inc. v. Acceleron, LLC (“Dell II”), No. 2017-1101 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 9, 2018) - On Tuesday, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision affirming the Board’s refusal to consider new arguments that had been made...more
Federal Circuit Summaries - Before Moore, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: A party in an inter partes review proceeding may not present new evidence or arguments at oral...more
On March 15, 2016, the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded the PTAB's cancellation of claims 3 and 20 of Patent No. 6,948,021 directed to hot-swappable components in computer systems. See Dell Inc., v. Acceleron, LLC, No....more
Addressing the issue of estoppel and joinder, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied a petitioner’s challenge, finding the petitioner was estopped from requesting the additional...more
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently announced the addition of its March 26, 2015 decision in Dell, Inc. et al. v. Electronics and Telecomms. Res. Inst., IPR2015-00549 (“the ‘549 IPR”) to its online list of...more
Dell, Inc. v. Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute, IPR2015-00549, Paper 10 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 26, 2015) - The Board recently added a decision denying inter partes review in Dell, Inc. v. Electronics &...more
Addressing the issue of anticipation in the context of an inter partes review (IPR), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) rejected a petitioner’s anticipation challenge,...more
Further clarifying its views on subject-matter eligibility, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) determined that a patent describing the disposal of obsolete assets—for example,...more
DISTRICT COURT CASES - District Court Opinion Underscores Importance of Careful Drafting of Settlement Agreements - A recent opinion penned by Chief Judge James C. Dever of the Eastern District of North Carolina...more