Searchmetrics Sees Victory Over BrightEdge Patent Infringement Suit
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Column: Loss of patent rights through fundraiser platforms
How exactly are patent rights lost through disclosure? Fundraising platforms enable startups and inventors to acquire financing and exposure but, at the same time, may require inventors or startups to disclose their inventions to the public. Under federal law, an inventor must file a patent application …
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Illumina Wins $26.7M Verdict in Prenatal Testing Case Against Ariosa
The jury verdict, which came after two weeks of trial in Illston’s courtroom, is a milestone in the legal fight between the business-partners-turned-rivals. The parties and their affiliates have fought at the Federal Circuit five times and at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at least five more times over... Continue reading
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BREAKING: Illumina Wins $27M Prenatal Test IP Verdict Against Ariosa
After two days of deliberation, the eight-person jury found Ariosa’s Harmony prenatal test that checks a mother’s blood for early signs of fetal abnormalities infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 7,955,794 and 8,318,430, which protect methods for testing and analyzing DNA for chromosomes associated with genetic …
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Anticipated by the Bates patent
The PTAB did not institute review on the ground that CRFD’s patent was obvious on Bates alone, finding that institution on that ground would be redundant. Ultimately, the PTAB concluded that the challenged claims were not anticipated or obvious on any of the instituted grounds, finding that Bates does …
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Onxeo Receives EPO Intent-to-Grant Notice for Key AsiDNA™ Patent, Extending IP Protection in Europe Until 2031
Onxeo Receives EPO Intent-to-Grant Notice for Key AsiDNA™ Patent, Extending IP Protection in Europe Until 2031 Markets Insider Full coverage
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TSA Headaches: Luggage Lock Licensor May Be Liable for Divided Infringement
Under Akamai, acts may be attributed to an alleged infringer when that infringer (1) conditions participation in an activity or receipt of a benefit upon performance of a step or steps of a patented method, and (2) establishes the manner or timing of that performance (IP Update, Vol. 15, No.... Continue reading
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Good luck getting out of a ticket with Ford’s AI-enabled police car
Automakers routinely patent ideas to ensure competitors don’t steal them. Ford recently placed a sizable focus on autonomous technology, but it hasn’t commented on the nature of the filings. Law enforcement agencies will, in the foreseeable future, continue to put human officers behind the wheel.
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Top 10 intellectual property cases of 2017
As usual, it’s time for an update to IP happenings in 2017: Inducement In February, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Life Technologies Corp v. Promega Corp., a case involving cross-border patent infringement. A U.S. patent covers only infringing activity in the United States. So, an old tactic to avoid …
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Deductibility of legal expenses
Cadac undertook to indemnify the patent holders for its legal expenses. The court held that the legal expenses were of a capital nature as they were directed at preserving and perhaps expanding the field in which the taxpayer’s business operated. This was further the case as the expenditure had been …