News, information and analysis from the Federal Circuit, district courts and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
By Adolfo Pesquera | January 30, 2024
G+ Communications LLC obtained the award on two of three patent-infringement claims after a jury trial in the U.S. Eastern District of Texas.
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By Brittany Penn and Brandon Smith | January 26, 2024
This article reviews some of Director Kathi Vidal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's notable 2023 sua sponte director reviews and provides practice tips for PTAB practitioners based on those decisions.
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By Ross Todd | January 26, 2024
Natalie Bennett and Jason White of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius convinced Delaware jurors that Vector Flow and its three founders misappropriated HID Global trade secrets and infringed its patent willfully. They got their full ask of $45 million in damages.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ross Todd | January 26, 2024
Natalie Bennett and Jason White of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius convinced Delaware jurors that Vector Flow and its three founders misappropriated HID Global trade secrets and infringed its patent willfully. They got their full ask of $45 million in damages.
8 minute read
By Allison Dunn | January 25, 2024
A judge granted a joint motion to stay the case—which was set for closing arguments Wednesday—for 30 days for the parties to execute a formal settlement agreement.
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By Alex Anteau | January 24, 2024
If user inputs are used to train models such as ChatGPT, can lawyers input their clients confidential information when generating motions, briefs or patent applications? How does scraped data used to train AI co-exist with the right to be forgotten? And when it comes to filing patents and copyrights for works produced by AI, who owns it?
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By Rob Maier | January 23, 2024
A recent order from Chief Judge Colm Connolly in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware may serve as a warning for "patent trolls"—the derogatory term used to describe companies whose sole function is to acquire and then assert patents, often in cases that are questionable on the merits—against filing cases in Delaware going forward.
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By Ross Todd | January 19, 2024
Since 2020, Desmarais LLP partner Kerri-Ann Limbeek has represented prenatal testing client Ravgen in eight patent cases in district court and at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. This week, in her first time as lead counsel at trial, she won a $57 million infringement verdict for the company.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | January 17, 2024
"The fact that the jury awarded only a small fraction of Ravgen's damages claim—less than 15%—and rejected their willfulness claim is an indication that the jury correctly viewed Ravgen's case as a huge overreach," lead defense attorney Michael Summersgill said.
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By Mark Liang. Paige Hardy and Grace McFee | January 16, 2024
Part One of a Two-Part Article Under the current Alice framework, those attempting to patent AI innovations face an uphill battle. But, as the caselaw demonstrates, inventors and patent drafters can take steps to reduce the risk of AI patent claims being invalidated as abstract ideas.
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