Patents, Patent Invalidity, Dismissal With Prejudice

Koss Corporation v. Bose Corporation

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/21/2024

This case addresses the application of issue preclusion in relation to the validity of three patents. In particular, this case focuses on the implications of decisions made during the dismissal of pending litigations and...more

Past and Future: How Prior IPR Representations Can Haunt Your Future Patent Infringement Complaint

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/28/2022

Judge Albright of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted, in part, Meta Platforms, Inc.’s (“Meta”) 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss (“Motion”) in Grecia Estate Holdings LLC v. Meta Platforms, Inc....more

Joinder Denied For Petitioner Whose Invalidity Case Was Dismissed With Prejudice

Jones Day on 3/30/2022

In the PTAB’s recent decision in Code 200 v. Bright Data Ltd., IPR2021-01503, Paper No. 13 (PTAB Mar. 14, 2022), the PTAB expounded upon the circumstances in which joinder of a “me-too” case under § 315(b) was not...more

Patents Directed to a Media Player that Provides Information with Media Content Fail under Section 101

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/24/2020

Disclosure: Holland & Knight LLP, including the author of this blog post, represents Polar Electro in the litigation described below. Interactive Wearables (IW) sued Polar Electro Oy and Polar Electro Inc., asserting two...more

Costs Awarded to Defendant After Case Dismissed for Mootness

Knobbe Martens on 10/15/2019

B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C. v. FACEBOOK, INC. Before Lourie, Plager, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Summary: A decision on the merits is not a prerequisite...more

PTAB Precedential Decision on 35 U.S.C. § 315(a)(1) Shows Dismissed Civil Actions Still Bar IPR Institution

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/11/2019

The PTAB recently designated a decision interpreting 35 U.S.C. § 315(a)(1) as precedential. Cisco Systems Inc. v. Chrimar Systems, Inc. (IPR2018-01511, Paper No. 11) addresses the 35 U.S.C. § 315(a)(1) bar in light of the...more

Federal Circuit Review - April 2019

Knobbe Martens on 5/10/2019

Just Because Something May Result From a Prior Art Teaching Does Not Make it Inherent in that Teaching - In Personal Web Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1599, the Federal Circuit clarified that the mere...more

Judge Cote Holds Attorneys Liable for Trying to Keep a “Baseless” Case in E.D. Tex. that Sought Nuisance Payments from Numerous...

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 12/15/2016

On December 8, 2016, District Judge Denise Cote (S.D.N.Y.) granted defendants Gust, Inc.’s (hereinafter, “Gust”) motion for attorneys’ fees and costs under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927 against plaintiff AlphaCap...more

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