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Baker Botts L.L.P.

Use of Amazon Warehouses for Distribution Alone Won't Establish Patent Venue, Court Rules

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Key Takeaway: Just as over a million businesses use Amazon web servers, many independent sellers also use Amazon warehouses to store their inventory. More than 60% of sales in the Amazon store come from independent sellers,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Not for the Faint of Heart: Magistrate Judge Wicks Recommends Dismissal of Heart Monitoring Patent Case for Failure to Join a...

United States Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks (E.D.N.Y.) recommended that Defendant Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) motion to dismiss Plaintiff Joseph Wiesel’s (“Wiesel”) action for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,020,514 (the “’514...more

Hudnell Law Group

Federal Circuit Issues First Word on AI Patent Eligibility

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On April 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a patent infringement suit brought by Recentive Analytics, Inc. against Fox Corporation. See Recentive Analytics, Inc. v....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Circuit: PTAB Decision of Invalidity Cannot Estop District Court Litigation on Different Claims from the Same Patent, Even...

The Federal Circuit recently refused to apply collateral estoppel to claims of a patent asserted in district court litigation based on a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision finding similar claims from the same...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

To Threat or Not to Threat, That is the DJ Question: Judge Rakoff Dismisses DJ Action and Finds the Court Does Not Have...

On April 1, 2025, United States District Judge Jed S. Rakoff granted Defendants Marut Enterprises LLC and Brett Marut’s (collectively, “Defendants”) motion to dismiss and entered final judgment against Foto Electric Supply...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Plaintiff’s Declaratory Action Not Anticipatory Litigation Due to Patentee’s Delayed Response to Licensing Request

The Central District of California denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss or transfer plaintiff’s first-filed declaratory judgement action based on defendant’s later-filed patent infringement suit in Wisconsin. Though suit...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Once Bitten, Twice Sanctioned: Judge Figueredo Awards Attorney’s Fees to Google for Being Forced to File a Motion to Dismiss

On March 24, 2025, United States Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo granted-in-part Defendant Google LLC’s (“Google”) motion for sanctions, attorney’s fees, and costs against Plaintiff EscapeX IP, LLC (“EscapeX”) and its...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

All Shimmer and No Shine: Magistrate Judge Willis Recommends Granting Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and...

Recently, Magistrate Judge Jennifer E. Willis issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that defendant’s motion to dismiss pro se plaintiff Andrew Walker, Jr.’s (“Walker”) Second Amended Complaint be granted for lack of...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

You Might Need a Lawyer if… the Judge Says you do: Judge Garnett Orders Case to be Dismissed for Failure to Secure Counsel

On March 11, 2025, District Judge Margaret M. Garnett dismissed SafeCast Limited’s (“SafeCast”) patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) because SafeCast failed to secure counsel. SafeCast Ltd....more

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Speculative IPR Discovery Request Not in the Interest of Justice

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“Because Congress intended inter partes reviews to serve as a faster and more cost-effective alternative to litigating validity in district courts, discovery in inter partes reviews is limited.” See Garmin Int’l, Inc. v....more

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

2024 Federal Circuit IP Appeals – Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. Hikma Pharm. USA Inc., 104 F.4th 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2024) (Moore, Lourie,...

Amarin sells the drug icosapent ethyl under the brand name Vascepa. Vascepa is approved by the FDA for two indications: (i) to treat severe hypertriglyceridemia, a condition characterized by blood triglyceride levels greater...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Case: Kroy IP Holdings, LLC v. Groupon Inc.

After an inter partes review finds certain claims of a patent unpatentable, may the patentee assert other claims, immaterially different, in district court without being collaterally estopped? This was the question presented...more

Haug Partners LLP

Federal Circuit Limits Use of PTAB Unpatentability Rulings to Estop Patentees From Asserting Claims

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On February 10, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Kroy IP Holdings, LLC v. Groupon, Inc., where the Court held that a “a prior final written decision of the [PTAB] of unpatentability on separate...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Will EDTX Sanctions Decision Deter Improper Venue Allegations in Patent Lawsuits?

Following the Supreme Court’s TC Heartland decision in 2017, a patent owner may only sue an alleged infringer in either: (1) a judicial district of the state where the defendant is incorporated; or (2) a judicial district...more

Fish & Richardson

Texas Round-Up: December 2024

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Three subjects stood out in patent litigation in Texas in December 2024: (1) knowledge of related patents, general patent portfolio, or other asserted patents do not establish the knowledge requirement for pre-suit indirect...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

District Court: Factual Disputes Preclude Application of Safe Harbor to Gene Editing Technology at the Pleading Stage

The District of Delaware recently denied a motion to dismiss a patent infringement complaint involving gene editing technology that sought relief under the Safe Harbor Provision of the Hatch-Waxman Act. Specifically, the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Federal Circuit Clarifies Claim Construction at the Pleading Stage

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Many lower courts have interpreted the Federal Circuit’s Nalco decision to hold that claim construction is inappropriate at the motion to dismiss stage. But the Federal Circuit’s recent UTTO decision clarified that claim...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

A Less Than Five-Star Review: Judge Furman Grants Motion to Dismiss Finding Claims Directed to a Rating System to be Abstract

On January 3, 2025, District Judge Jesse M. Furman granted Defendant Trustpilot, Inc.’s (“Trustpilot”) Motion to Dismiss Linfo IP, LLC’s (“Linfo”) complaint alleging that Trustpilot directly and indirectly infringed U.S....more

A&O Shearman

District Of Massachusetts Invalidates Epigenetics Method Patents For Lack Of Eligible Subject Matter

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In biomodal Ltd. v. New England BioLabs, Inc., No. 24-cv-11697-RGS, Dkt. No. 78 (D. Mass. Nov. 2024), Defendant New England BioLabs, Inc. (“NEB”) filed a motion to dismiss the claims of infringement of five patents as...more

A&O Shearman

Federal Circuit Provides Guidance On Rule 12(b)(6) Stage Claim Construction

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On October 18, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision addressing claim construction at the Rule 12(b)(6) stage. In UTTO Inc. v. Metrotech Corp., No. 2023-145 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 18,...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - November 2024

Cisco Systems, Inc. et al. v. K.Mizra LLC, Appeal Nos. 2022-2290, 2023-1183 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 19, 2024) In the Federal Circuit’s only precedential action this week, a panel of the Court declined to dismiss an appeal after...more

Alston & Bird

IP Litigation Newsletter - November 2024

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Welcome to the Intellectual Property Litigation Newsletter, our new review of decisions and trends in the intellectual property arena. In this edition, we learn that advice is best coming from counsel, Texas claims...more

Knobbe Martens

Settlements Don’t Close the Door: Antitrust Claims Follow IPR Challenges in Life Sciences

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In the ongoing case of Carefirst of Maryland Inc. v. Johnson & Johnson, the plaintiffs successfully overcame a motion to dismiss. At the heart of the case is J&J’s legal strategy against biosimilar competitors, including...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Federal Circuit: Claim Construction Not Forbidden Per Se at Motion to Dismiss Stage

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On October 18, 2024, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in UTTO Inc. v. Metrotech Corp., No. 2023-145 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 18, 2024), addressing, in relevant part, the propriety of claim construction at the Rule 12...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - October 2024 #3

UTTO Inc. v. Metrotech Corp., Appeal No. 23-1435 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 18, 2024) In its only precedential patent decision this week, the Court analyzed the extent to which claim construction is appropriate on a motion to...more

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