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Knobbe Martens

Reseller or Distributer Beware? Downstream Liability for Infringing a Patented Process

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As retailers or distributors that are not manufacturers of a product, companies may believe they cannot infringe a patent claiming how the product is made. After all, the retailers or distributors are not performing any steps...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Federal Circuit Clarifies Equitable Intervening Rights Extends Beyond Protecting Monetary Investments

On February 19, in John Bean Technologies Corp. v. Morris & Associates, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a finding that accused infringer Morris was entitled to continue making, offering for sale, and selling its accused...more

Hogan Lovells

Dutch court recognizes cross-border jurisdiction in patent infringement case against Chinese defendant

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In March 2019, Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi organized a mobile phone conference in the Netherlands, and it is expected that Xiaomi mobile phones will be listed on the Dutch market shortly after the summer of 2019....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 1.8.2020 | Top Story: Speaker Company Sonos Sues Google for Patent Infringement

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Home speaker maker Sonos has sued Google, accusing the company of “infringing on five of its patents, including technology that lets wireless speakers connect and synchronize with one another.” Sonos had originally partnered...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Is a “necessary distributor” enough to qualify as a regular and established place of business for purposes of satisfying proper...

According to the Eastern District of Texas, no. In our continued post-TC Heartland coverage, for the purpose of establishing venue, courts typically will decline to treat the place of business of one corporation as the place...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

District Court Holds That Distributor Relationships Alone Do Not Establish Venue

A federal district court in the Southern District of Texas recently addressed venue issues relating to supplier-distributor relationships. Given the defendant’s lack of physical presence in the district, Chief Judge Lee...more

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