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Patexia Insight 103: Patent Litigation Up 24 Percent in Q1 of 2021
The first quarter of 2021 just ended but several recent trials in Waco, Texas including the famous VLSI Technology vs. Intel, which resulted in a $2.18B verdict, garnered all the...
Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases
CASE OF THE WEEK Wi-LAN Inc. v. Sharp Electronics Corporation, Appeal Nos. 2020-1041, -1043 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 6, 2021) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit...
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As of 2021, more than twice the number of data breaches are now being reported than 6 years ago and three times the number of data breaches that occurred in 2010... Read More »
APPLE, INC. v. QUALCOMM, INC.
Before Moore, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Apple lacked standing to appeal an IPR... Read More »
WI-LAN INC. v. SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Before Dyk, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware... Read More »
IN RE: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
Before Prost, Lourie, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board... Read More »
On February 26, 2021, Judge James Donato of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of a proposed $650 million... Read More »
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC. v. VETERINARY ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT, INC.
Before Prost, Clevenger, and Dyk. Appeal from the Middle District of Florida. ... Read More »
MYLAN LABS. LTD. v. JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA, N.V.
Before Newman, Moore, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Federal... Read More »
Defendants in US civil suits have sought to withhold discoverable material because of privacy concerns based on foreign laws, such as the GDPR. Almost all cases on... Read More »
In Re THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Before Prost, Lourie, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A claim directed to an innovative... Read More »
UNILOC 2017 LLC v. FACEBOOK INC.
Before Lourie, Wallach, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) ... Read More »
EDGEWELL PERS. CARE BRANDS, LLC v. MUNCHKIN, INC.
Before Newman, Moore, and Hughes. Appeal from the... Read More »
BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC v. BAXALTA INC.
Before Newman, Linn, and Stoll. Appeal from the District of Delaware.
Summary: In upholding a $173 million dollar award... Read More »
RAIN COMPUTING, INC. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
Before Lourie, Dyk, and Moore. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of... Read More »
BITMANAGEMENT SOFTWARE GMBH v. UNITED STATES
Before NEWMAN, DYK, and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges. Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims.
... Read More »
It’s generally recognized that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can apply to entities outside the European Union. However, scant court rulings... Read More »
SYNQOR, INC. v. VICOR CORPORATION
Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A finding during inter... Read More »
JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. v. MORRIS & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Before, Lourie, Reyna, and Wallach. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of... Read More »
CANFIELD SCIENTIFIC, INC. v. MELANOSCAN, LLC
Before Newman, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The... Read More »
A recent legal decision held that privacy guarantees in the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) do not prevent discovery in civil litigation. In... Read More »
On January 13, 2021, the FTC announced that fertility app developer Flo Health, Inc. (“Flo”) agreed to a settlement over allegations that the company... Read More »
