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Eye on IPRs: August 2024

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Every month, Erise’s patent attorneys review the latest inter partes review cases and news to bring you the stories that you should know about: Federal Circuit Addresses Waiver of Argument Not Raised in Request for...more

Jones Day

No Requirement to Raise All Arguments in Rehearing Request

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The Federal Circuit in Voice Tech Corp. v. Unified Patents, LLC, No. 2022-2163 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 1, 2024) (Lourie, Chen, and Cunningham), affirmed the PTAB’s determination that claims of Voice Tech Corp.’s (“Voice Tech”) U.S....more

J.S. Held

Applying Testing Tools to Establish Evidence of Use for Wireless Patents

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Patents related to mobile devices and wireless networks have received significant industry attention as they enable mobile device manufacturers, network system vendors, and cellular providers to protect the intellectual...more

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Decoding Semiconductor IP Legal Battles: A Focus on the Role of Schematics and Layouts

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Ever wondered how the size of modern devices has been shrinking at such a rapid pace?  From sluggish brick-sized phones to palm-sized smartphones, we have come a long way – thanks to the ever-evolving semiconductor technology...more

Troutman Pepper

EDVA Judge Rules That Geolocation Patents Are Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101

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On September 18, in identical opinions issued in separate cases against Google and Apple, EDVA District Judge Michael Nachmanoff ruled that four patents directed toward geolocation of mobile devices claimed patent-ineligible...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Federal Circuit Affirms ITC Ruling Finding Patents Not Essential to LTE Standard

In INVT SPE LLC v. ITC, the Federal Circuit affirmed an International Trade Commission (ITC) decision that held INVT’s patent claims were not essential to the LTE cellular communications standard. According to the court, INVT...more

Weintraub Tobin

District Court Finds Mobile Payment Patents Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101

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In Mobile Equity Corp. v. Walmart Inc., 2-21-cv-00126 (EDTX Sep. 8, 2022) (Roy S. Payne), the Court found that the asserted claims were not directed towards an abstract idea and did not encompass unpatentable subject matter...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Federal Circuit Confirms Data Privacy Patent Is an Invalid Abstract Idea under Section 101

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit looked at a patent directed to a data privacy system that described users operating mobile device apps to "socialize, bank, shop, and navigate." As users operate such apps,...more

Hogan Lovells

Infringement of a UK Standard Essential Patent does not justify global damages

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Hogan Lovells has secured an important victory for its client HTC against IPCom in a long-running patent litigation battle. In its judgment handed down yesterday, the UK Patents Court has struck out a claim that damages for...more

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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

Holland & Knight LLP

Game Over: Multiplayer Gaming Patent Found to be an Abstract Idea

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Judge Maryellen Noreika (D. Delaware) has been very active since receiving her judicial commission less than a year ago, including already issuing a handful of Section 101 opinions. In Sandbox Software v. 18Birdies, she holds...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court - June 22, 2018

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions today: WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., No. 16-1011: Petitioner WesternGeco LLC owns patents relating to a system for surveying the ocean floor. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Walmart’s Patent for Drone Customer Service

Walmart recently filed a patent for drones to aid their shoppers inside their stores –that is, a shopper would use a mobile device, provided by the store, to request a drone, and then direct the drone to conduct a price...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Rosebud Asserts Growing Patent Portfolio Against Salesforce’s Quip

In November 2017, Rosebud filed a patent lawsuit against Salesforce asserting that Salesforce’s Quip product allegedly infringes two of Rosebud’s patents. Quip is a popular cloud-based collaborative software suite built for...more

Jones Day

ALJ Finds Violation in Mobile Device Holders Investigation

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ALJ Pender’s initial determination in Certain Mobile Device Holders and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1028 (Sept. 12, 2017), finding a violation of Section 337, provides important guidance on what investments count...more

Perkins Coie

New Lawsuits Challenge Qualcomm’s Allegedly Anticompetitive Patent Practices

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The Federal Trade Commission filed suit last week in federal court against Qualcomm, Inc., following its investigation launched in September 2014. The FTC alleges that the semiconductor manufacturer illegally maintained a...more

K&L Gates LLP

Practical Implications from the Federal Circuit’s Rare en Banc Reversal in Apple v. Samsung

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In a precedential opinion issued en banc on Friday, October 7, 2016, the Federal Circuit overturned a panel decision, affirming and reinstating the district court’s judgment and the jury’s verdict. The majority opinion...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

IP Newsflash - October 2015 #3

DISTRICT COURT CASES - Mobile Device Data Monitoring Patent Not Directed to Abstract Idea Under § 101 - On October 26, 2015, Judge Sparks of the Western District of Texas denied defendant’s motion for summary...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Federal Circuit revives injunctive relief against multi-feature products (Apple v. Samsung)

Today, a divided Federal Circuit panel issued a decision that vacates district court’s decision not to permanently enjoin Samsung from selling mobile devices having features found to infringe Apple’s patents. The majority...more

Polsinelli

Akamai Ruling: Mobile App and Website Owners Beware

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Last week the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (“Federal Circuit”) “changed the game” for parties, including website and mobile app owners that work in tandem with end users, to practice the steps of a patent. In Akamai...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Eon Corp. IP Holdings LLC v. AT&T Mobility LLC (Fed. Cir. 2015)

On September 23, 2010, Eon filed suit against seventeen defendants in the District Court of the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,663,757. During the case, the '757 patent went through two...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

FRAND Defense: ALJ Essex Provides an Evidence-Based Framework

Administrative Law Judge Essex has made another important contribution to the ongoing conversation regarding the enforcement of standard essential patents (SEPs) at the International Trade Commission. Building on the analysis...more

McDermott Will & Emery

An Abstract Idea by Any Other Name - Epicor Software Corp. v. Protegrity Corp.; Google Inc. v. Unwired Planet, LLC

Addressing the issue of unpatentable subject matter in a post-Alice world, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently invalidated two patents under § 101 in separate covered business...more

McDermott Will & Emery

ID on Infringement and Public Interest in Remand of InterDigital Investigation - Certain 3G Mobile Handsets and Components Thereof

In a long-running investigation brought by InterDigital concerning Nokia mobile phones, the administrative law judge (ALJ) on the remand hearing from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that Nokia’s...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Judge Essex Holds That Nokia’s Handsets Infringe Two Of Interdigital’s Patents

Yesterday, Administrative Law Judge Essex issued a one-page notice of initial determination holding that Nokia’s 3G mobile handsets infringe the asserted claims of InterDigital’s U.S. Patent Nos. 7,190,966 and 7,286,847 (“the...more

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