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ALJ Shaw issues public version of initial determination in Certain Microprocessors (337-TA-781)

  • Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

Further to our December 18, 2012 post, on January 16, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued the public version of the Initial Determination ("ID") dated

Infringement of a computerized method must demonstrate use of a computer

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 7 2010

In a decision that issued shortly before the Supreme Court decision in In re Bilski, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that a patent directed to “computerized method” was not infringed where at least one step was not performed by a computer

US Supreme Court rules on the eligibility of business methods for patenting

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • August 11 2010

Recently, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited judgment in Bilski v Kappos, which deals with important questions surrounding the patentability of business methods and other subject matter, including software and other process-related innovations

Software and business method patents recent leading European and US decisions

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • August 11 2010

Recently we have had two long-awaited decisions on the patentability of software and business methods

Settlement of legal battles between semiconductor foundries

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • August 11 2010

SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation), the largest chip foundry in China and TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation), the global leader of chip manufacturer reached a settlement of legal actions on 9 November 2009 to resolve all pending court litigations between the parties, including a patent infringement and trade secret lawsuit brought by TSMC in California and SMIC's appeal in Beijing regarding unfair competition

"Implied" assertion of rights by patent licensing company supports declaratory judgment jurisdiction

  • Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 13 2010

In a decision that continues the expansion of declaratory judgment jurisdiction in light of MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., 549 U.S. 118 (2007), the Federal Circuit has ruled that a patent holding company that brought a patent to the attention of a potential infringer and made an "implied" assertion of rights under the patent was subject to a declaratory judgment suit

Largest patent infringement verdict ever affirmed on appeal

  • Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2011

Recently, the Federal Circuit affirmed a $290 million verdict against Microsoft Corporation in its long running patent infringement battle with i4i Limited Partnership and Infrastructures for Information Inc. (collectively, "i4i"

Federal Circuit issues opinion in Pass & Seymour v. ITC

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 30 2010

On August 27, 2010 the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the holding of the International Trade Commission in Inv. No. 337-TA-615, that certain accused products produced by Respondents General Protecht Group, Wenzhou Trimone Science and Technology Electric Co. Ltd. and Shanghai ELE Manufacturing Corporation do not infringe the asserted U.S. Patent Nos. 5,594,398 and 7,212,386, held by Complainant Pass & Seymour, Inc

Patentability of software after Bilski v Kappos

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 31 2010

In Bilski v Kappos, the US Supreme Court held that the machine-or-transformation test is not the sole test for determining whether a process is patentable subject matter under 35 USC 101

Antitrust causation in Standard Setting Organizations

  • Baker Botts LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 31 2010

While Standard Setting Organizations ("SSOs") and the technical standards they promulgate for various industries are essential to the operation of the competitive marketplace, they give rise to unique circumstances that can raise significant competitive concerns

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