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Induced infringement: Federal Circuit joint AkamaiMckesson decision changes the law

  • Haynes and Boone LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 5 2013

For years, courts have struggled with the concept of induced infringement. 35 U.S.C. 271(b) states that "whoever actively induces infringement

May edition of notable cases and events in e-discovery

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 6 2013

This update addresses the following recent developments and court decisions involving e-discovery issues: A Northern District of Illinois ruling

Smart search concepts files patent-infringement lawsuits against fashion retailers

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 17 2013

On June 7-8, 2013, patent-licensing entity Smart Search Concepts LLC filed nine similar patent-infringement lawsuits targeting fashion retailers Gap

eBay ended presumption of irreparable harm in determining the appropriateness of injunctive relief, but the fundamental nature of patents as property rights may not be ignored

  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2011

In Robert Bosch LLC v. Pylon Manufacturing Corp., No. 11-1096 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 13, 2011), the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s denial of a motion for entry of a permanent injunction and remanded for entry of an appropriate injunction

Multidistrict panel denies transfer in patent infringement action involving multiple defendants and patents in different district courts

  • Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 26 2011

Plaintiffs asserted patents relating to computer-based messaging products and services against numerous defendants, including Facebook, LinkedIn, ETrade and Verizon in two different district courts

WiFi "sniffing" ruled not a violation of the Wiretap Act where patent holder sought to collect information that was available over public WiFi networks

  • Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 7 2012

Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC ("Innovatio") filed patent infringement actions against various hotels, coffee shops, restaurants and supermarkets for the use of wireless Internet technology located throughout the United States

Nothing non-obvious about applying pre-existing technology to the Internet

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2013

Addressing the issue of obviousness of patents directed to Internet-based software, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a

CAFC finds that adapting well-known methods of doing business to the Internet is obvious as a matter of law

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 4 2013

Sovereign brought a patent infringement suit against Newegg for infringement of certain claims in three U.S. patents, all relating to electronic

Federal Circuit affirms jury verdict of invalidity based on on-sale bar and public use

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 28 2012

Affirming the district court’s judgment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit cleared Facebook of allegations of patent infringement, finding that that the patent in suit was invalid under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) because the patentee’s product which embodied the patented subject matter was on sale and in public use more than one year before the filing of the patent

ESPN loses affirmative defenses and invalidity counterclaim on motion to dismiss but court recognizes unfairness in allowing "bare-bones" infringement complaint while prohibiting defendants from pleading affirmative defenses with brevity

  • Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 19 2012

PageMelding filed a patent infringement action against ESPN asserting a patent that enables internet service and content providers to form mutually beneficial collaborations where website content is customized in accordance with those collaborations