Intellectual Property News and Reports

In this patent infringement action, the parties entered into a stipulation of non-infringement based on two of the district court’s claim construction rulings. Because the stipulation is ambiguous and therefore defective, we vacate and remand for further proceedings. Download AlterWAN... Read more →

Plaintiffs are Apple Inc. and four other companies that have repeatedly been sued for patent infringement and thereafter petitioned the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to institute inter partes reviews (IPRs), under 35 U.S.C. §§ 311–319, so... Read more →

The Regents of the University of Minnesota (“Minnesota”) appeal from a final written decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) holding that claims 1−9, 11−21, and 23−28 of U.S. Patent 8,815,830 are... Read more →

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Jazz”) appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware granting a motion for an injunction brought by Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Avadel”). See Jazz Pharms., Inc. v. Avadel CNS Pharms.,... Read more →

Lite-Netics, LLC competes with Nu Tsai Capital, LLC d/b/a Holiday Bright Lights (HBL) in the market for holiday string lights. Lite-Netics brought a patent-infringement action against HBL in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. It also... Read more →

Appellant Hawk Technology Systems, LLC sued Appellee Castle Retail, LLC in the Western District of Tennessee for patent infringement based on Castle Retail’s use of security surveillance video operations in its grocery stores. Castle Retail moved to dismiss under Federal... Read more →

Minerva Surgical, Inc. sued Hologic, Inc. and Cytyc Surgical Products, LLC in the District of Delaware for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,186,208. After discovery, the district court granted summary judgment that the asserted claims are anticipated under the public... Read more →

Appellant SSI Technologies, LLC, (“SSI”) brought this action against appellee Dongguan Zhengyang Electronic Mechanical LTD (“DZEM”), alleging that DZEM infringes two of SSI’s patents. DZEM asserted counterclaims for invalidity of the asserted patents and for tortious interference with prospective business... Read more →

ChromaDex, Inc. (“ChromaDex”) and the Trustees of Dartmouth College (“Dartmouth”) (collectively, “Appellants”) appeal the decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granting Elysium Health, Inc.’s (“Elysium”) motion for summary judgment that the asserted claims of U.S.... Read more →

CyWee Group Ltd. (“CyWee”) requested that the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) rehear two inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings, each of which had resulted in a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board... Read more →