Intellectual Property News and Reports

Three publishing houses, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Sage Publications, Inc. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) allege that members of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and officials at Georgia State University (“GSU”) (collectively, “Defendants”) infringed Plaintiffs’... Read more →

Nonetheless, Grigoleit contends that even if Whirlpool was entitled to change its mind and shift from buying knobs to paying royalties, the amount it owes still should be calculated under the lost profits method of contract law. The main reason... Read more →

Plaintiffs-Appellants EMD Millipore Corporation, formerly known as Millipore Corporation; Merck Chemicals and Life Science AB, formerly known as Millipore AB; and Millipore SAS (collectively, “Millipore”) appeal the grant of summary judgment that Defendant-Appellee AllPure Technologies, Inc., now known as AllPure... Read more →

American Calcar Inc. (“Calcar”) appeals from the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California finding that U.S. Patent Nos. 6,330,497 (“’497 patent”), 6,438,465 (“’465 patent”), and 6,542,795 (“’795 patent”) were unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.... Read more →

Appellants, Benefit Funding Systems LLC and Retirement Capital Access Management Company LLC, appeal from the district court’s stay of patent infringement litigation pending covered business method review of the asserted claims. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the... Read more →

Before the court are the appeal of respondentintervenor uPI Semiconductor Corp. (“uPI”) and the companion appeal of complainant-intervenors Richtek Technology Corp. and Richtek USA, Inc. (together “Richtek”) from rulings of the International Trade Commission in an action to enforce a... Read more →