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In: PATENT NEWS
My Health To Pay Attys’ Fees For ‘Stupid Patent‘ Case
Law360, Houston (December 20, 2017, 6:18 PM EST) — A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday ordered My Health Inc. to fork over $371,862 in fees to several companies it accused of infringing what one activist group called a “stupid patent” for monitoring patient health, finding the suit qualified as …
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In: PATENT NEWS
PTAB Upholds E-Cig Patent In RJ Reynolds Challenge
Law360, New York (December 20, 2017, 5:52 PM EST) — The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Tuesday upheld the asserted claims of a Fontem electronic cigarette patent in an America Invents Act inter partes review, saying R.J. Reynolds failed to persuade the board that the claims were obvious …
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In: PATENT NEWS
Court Vacates TRO and Denies Motion for Injunction in Columbia-Seirus Patent Battle
Court Vacates TRO and Denies Motion for Injunction in Columbia-Seirus Patent Battle PR Newswire (press release) Full coverage
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In: PATENT NEWS
A Patent Law Wish List for 2018
A Patent Law Wish List for 2018. By Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal. Dear Santa: I’ve been a good patent lawyer this year, and I always comply with Rule 56. For all of the inventors we represent, I was hoping that this Christmas you would bring: A new 35 USC §101.... Continue reading
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Pokemon Go Creator Gets Quick Win In Mapping Patent Suit
Law360, New York (December 20, 2017, 5:36 PM EST) — A California federal judge on Tuesday awarded Niantic Inc., maker of the app Pokemon Go, an early win in an infringement suit brought by mapping technology creator Location Based Services LLC, finding that four of its patents are invalid …
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Qualcomm Took Too Long To Challenge Venue In Patent Case
Law360, New York (December 20, 2017, 5:47 PM EST) — Qualcomm Inc. and GlobalFoundries Inc. should have to face infringement allegations over a patent related to semiconductor technology in the Eastern District of Texas, a judge said, finding the companies waited too long to ask for the case be …
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In: PATENT NEWS
Personnel Changes at IP Law Firms, Organizations
Jonathan Webb has joined Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, as a patent agent. • Ilarion Tomarov has left Taylor Wessing, Kyiv, Ukraine, to join Vasil Kisil & Partners, Kyiv, Ukraine, as the head of the firm’s intellectual property practice group. • Founding partner Roger Blakely …
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In: PATENT NEWS
Two IP law firms with Silicon Valley offices combine
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, one of the largest law firms in the country, is expanding its presence on the West Coast by absorbing a California-based intellectual property firm. Both firms already have offices in Silicon Valley. Blakely Sokoloff Taylor Zafman LLP is joining Womble Bond, giving the latter …
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In: PATENT NEWS
Expanded PTAB Panel Finds Sovereign Immunity Waived By Patent Enforcement
In a case of first impression, an expanded PTAB panel (including Chief APJ Ruschke) found that a parallel enforcement action by a patent owner waives its sovereign immunity defense against under the 11th Amendment an AIA petition in Ericsson v. Regents of the University of Minnesota.