U.S. District Judge Alan Albright has defended BMW's right to a jury trial and the importance of having the U.S. adjudicate its own patents in a Friday opinion explaining why he'd barred Onesta IP from suing BMW in Germany over U.S.…
The Federal Circuit on Friday shot down electronics company Vicor's challenge to rival SynQor's $25 million award in a patent infringement suit over power converter technology, backing both the initial jury's findings and the lower court's…
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has thrown out most of the claims in a patent on tight-fitting undergarments for men, handing a win to challenger Tommy John after being accused of infringing the patent in New York federal court.
European enforcers have greenlighted Universal Music Group's $775 million purchase of Downtown Music Holdings, after the companies agreed to unload a royalty accounting platform that has access to sensitive information from rival music…
The Federal Circuit on Friday revived for the second time a Netflix Inc. challenge to a patent owned by DivX LLC, faulting the Patent and Trial Appeal Board for its interpretation of a key claim limitation that, lacking commas, had two …
Two recent U.S. Patent and Trademark Office memos on subject matter eligibility declarations provide an evidentiary playbook for artificial intelligence and software patent applications, highlighting how targeted, stand‑alone SMEDs that…
A Texas federal judge seemed hesitant to buy an argument by an anonymous OnlyFans model that circulation of his images on X constitutes a violation of revenge porn laws, saying Friday the model's claims seem "difficult to reconcile" with…
The Federal Circuit on Friday upheld a Massachusetts federal judge's ruling that a patent infringement case brought against a Dell unit was exceptional, a finding that resulted in the unit being awarded a little over $4 million in attorney…
The U.S. International Trade Commission has reversed an administrative law judge's decision finding that a Chinese company was not importing fluoride resin products in a way that would infringe patents held by chemical company Syensqo.
Google was able to reboot its challenge to a "hot link" patent it was accused of infringing, after the Federal Circuit said Friday the Patent Trial and Appeal Board needs to reconsider whether the company could prove one of the claims was…
U.S. Magistrate Judge Allison Goddard in the Southern District of California discusses how she uses generative artificial intelligence tools in chambers to make work more efficient and effective — from editing jury instructions for clarity…
Major changes to the America Invents Act patent review system over the past year have put limits on challenges, requiring patent challengers and owners to rethink their strategies. Here's how attorneys on both sides are calibrating their…
Duane Morris LLP has added its fifth new partner of 2026 as the chair of Bracewell LLP's intellectual property practice group is joining the firm as a partner in Washington, the firm recently announced.
Transplant diagnostics company CareDx has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Third Circuit decision that erased a nearly $45 million jury award against rival Natera in a false advertising case, arguing the appeals court is the only…
A Texas federal judge's decision to send patent infringement litigation against Tesla Inc. to California strengthens the automaker's mandamus petition claiming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board wrongly turned away its challenges, Tesla…
Features on Apple's iPhones, AirTags and AirPods that allow users to locate lost items infringe patents owned by a company that invented an iPhone-compatible tracking case and tags, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Texas federal…
A Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims brought by Optis Wireless Technology over patents covering standard-essential 4G wireless technology Thursday, after the verdicts of two previous juries finding Apple liable were…
Nielsen should have its lawsuit accusing a rival of infringing a patent covering a way to measure audience viewership outside the home using mobile phone data dismissed, a federal magistrate judge in Delaware recommended Thursday, finding…
A Delaware federal judge on Thursday permanently barred a patent attorney from participating in water meter patent prosecutions and barred his company from asserting water meter patent claims against a rival it claims infringed them,…
Elon University told a North Carolina federal court that a Washington-based online apparel seller is willfully infringing on its trademarks, some of which are over a century old, and damaging the school by marring its reputation for high…
A Washington, D.C., federal judge should ignore the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's attempt to avoid reopening discovery into whether it covertly revived a now-defunct program for flagging "sensitive" patent applications for extra…
The former executive assistant of a high-end Denver homebuilder misappropriated confidential vendor and customer information to pursue a competing business in violation of federal and state trade secrets laws, the construction company told…
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent efforts to revitalize standard-essential patent litigation face hurdles in their reliance on courts and other agencies, but may help the U.S. regain its central role in global SEP litigation if…
Generic-drug maker Zydus Pharmaceuticals has inked a $120 million deal to end a lawsuit accusing it of infringing Astellas Pharma Inc. patents covering bladder drug Myrbetriq, just two days after Lupin Pharmaceuticals made a similar deal.
American firm InterDigital Inc. accused Chinese TV manufacturers Hisense Co. Ltd. and TCL Technology Group Corp. of selling televisions that infringe its video coding patents in separate federal district court suits as part of a worldwide…
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. have told a West Virginia federal court they reached an agreement to end patent infringement claims brought by Regeneron over a biosimilar of its eye medication Eylea.
A Delaware federal judge has thrown out a suit from a Chinese company that wanted a declaration that its products didn't infringe a hose maker's patents after certain hoses were delisted on Amazon, saying the company lacked standing to sue.
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced district court nominees for South Carolina, Montana and the Virgin Islands, as well as one nominee for the International Trade Court.
GoDaddy is looking to nix its $170 million verdict loss in Express Mobile's lawsuit that accused the website hosting platform of willfully infringing patents related to creating websites while Express Mobile urged a Delaware federal court…
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday declined to disturb a Delaware jury's $85 million antitrust verdict against Ingevity over it tying patent licenses to purchases of its automobile carbon filtering technology, rejecting the company's…