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Legal Health Information Exchange
Audacious Inquiry Sues CRISP: A Patent Showdown with National Interoperability Implications
A new lawsuit filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has the potential to reshape the contours of health information exchange in the United States.…
Harness Dickey Blog
Do You Have a Patent Infringement Problem?
Have you or your company run into a utility patent that makes you ask: “do we have an infringement problem?” Perhaps you received a threatening “cease and desist” letter from…
Biosimilars Law Bulletin
Baxalta Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Genentech and Chugai Over Antibody for Hemophilia (Emicizumab)
Baxalta Incorporated and Baxalta GmbH (collectively “Baxalta” or “Plaintiffs”) filed a Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware on May 4, 2017, against Genentech, Inc.…
BioLoquitur
What’s the Intent? Comparing Induced Infringement and Willfulness
In a separate post, we discussed induced infringement of method claims in view of the Supreme Court's review of Commil USA v. Cisco Systems.1 In this post, we discuss the…
Essential Patent Blog
Proposed PARTS Act limiting term of auto part design patents also is patent legislation before Congress
With all the patent reform legislation discussion going on, PARTS are not getting as much attention. Specifically, in February, members of the House and Senate each re-introduced the “Promoting Automotive…
The Contingency
High Court Narrows Reach of Patent Liability
The U.S. Supreme Court took a step today towards limiting patent infringement cases, at least ones involving "method" patents (i.e., ones that describe a process rather than a device, design,…
DuetsBlog
Induction Ceremony
On April 30, 2014, the Supreme Court will be hearing oral argument in the case of Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies. The question presented and to be decided is…
IP Intelligence
Federal Circuit Affirms Finding of Infringement in SynQor v. Artesyn Techs.
"This court also sees no reason why [the plaintiff's] decision not to argue pre-verdict willful infringement at trial should preclude the district court from finding willful infringement for post-verdict sales."…
Delaware Patent Litigation Report
Summary judgment rulings issue in film coating dispute
Asahi Glass Co., LTD., et al. v. Guardian Industries Corp., Civ. No. 09-515-SLR, September 26, 2011. Robinson, J. Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment of infringement was granted as to certain claims.…