Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Patent litigation, the process of taking legal action over alleged infringement of a patent, can have a significant impact on innovation. Patents are intended to provide inventors with the exclusive right to make, use, and sell their inventions for a…
Last week we published the result of our analysis of software patent suits since 2010 , observing that such patent suits are on a rapid decline, post the Alice decision. This week, we’re expanding that analysis to include all patent lawsuits since…
A certain patent-holding company wants to enforce its patent--that is, prevent another company from making and selling the invention described in that patent. That company has a few choices, the first and most obvious being the US district courts. In the…
Apple’s victory over Samsung smells different than most patent infringement cases marauding our courts. This wasn’t some picayune money grab by an NPE. And unlike Nokia, Apple doesn’t have to woo investors with a patent portfolio.…
Microelectromechanical system gyroscopes may be small in stature, but a patent infringement claim against MEMS upstart InvenSense in the California Northern District Court illustrates just how big the market has become. Wacoh Company, a Japanese R&D…
Intellectual Ventures paints itself a champion of innovation and a liberator of inventors. More and more detractors consider the patent private equity firm steered by polymath Nathan Myhrvold a giant patent troll. Not long ago, Intellectual Ventures was…
All eyes are fixed on the Apple v. Samsung trial currently playing out in the courts. For those following patent law, this is perhaps the latest “Trial of the Century.” Two of the world’s biggest computing and consumer electronics giants…
Based on recent patent infringement filings in the District Court of Delaware, trucking yards must be the next cradle of innovation. Mobile Logistics LLC, a faceless NPE, launched a sweeping attack on a notable mix of companies employing PINC…
Struggling cell phone manufacturer Nokia launched a recent attack in both German and U.S. courts, filing lawsuits against HTC, RIM, and ViewSonic, alleging a laundry list of infringements on 45 patents pertaining to mobile software and hardware. Nokia also…
Facebook recently fired a salvo in its defense against Yahoo by purchasing 750 patents from IBM. To backtrack a bit for those who have not been following the latest patent war, Yahoo recently sued Facebook . It’s not hard to see why they did it.…
Lawyers wrote a new chapter in the Patent Wars recently when Microsoft and Apple took on Google via Motorola Mobility. At issue were the royalties requested by Motorola to use its patents, particularly with regard to video standards. Motorola currently…
On Dec 19, 2011, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in Apple v HTC. In the original complaint, Apple had claimed that HTC (currently the largest vendor of smartphones in the US market) was infringing 10 Apple patents with their imports of…
