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Patents
Judge Andrews Construes Two Remaining Disputed Terms of Patent Relating to Improved Process to Convert Benzindene Triol to Trespostinil
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in United Therapeutics Corporation v. Liquidia Technologies, Inc., Civil Action No. 20-755-RGA (D.Del. November 18, 2021), the Court issued its claim construction of the two remaining disputed terms of U.S. Patent No. 9,604,901 (“the ‘901 patent”) relating to “an improved process to convert benzindene…
Judge Andrews Grants Amazon’s Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement in Patent Infringement Action Claiming Infringement by Amazon’s Alexa Technology
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by the Honorable Richard G. Andrews in IPA Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 16-1266-RGA (D.Del. October 28, 2021), the Court granted Amazon’s Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,851,115 (“the ‘115 patent”) and 7,069,560 (“the ‘560 patent”) after finding that Plaintiff…
Judge Noreika Denies Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Patent Infringement Action
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By Memorandum Order entered by the Honorable Maryellen Noreika in Vertigo Media, Inc. et al. v. Earbuds Inc., Civil Action No. 21-120-MN (D.Del. October 14, 2021), the Court denied plaintiffs Vertigo Media, Inc. and Remote Media LLC’s motion for preliminary injunction in their action against defendant Earbuds Inc. claiming infringement of several claims of…
Federal Circuit Clarifies Standards for Willful Infringement and Enhanced Damages While Reinstating, Affirming-in-Part and Reversing-in-Part Findings and Awards Below by the District of Delaware in Patent Infringement Action
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By Memorandum Opinion entered on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in SRI International, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., Case 20-1685 (Fed. Cir. September 28, 2021), the Federal Circuit reinstated the trial jury’s finding of willful infringement, affirmed the district court’s grant of attorneys’ fees and reinstated the…
Judge Stark Grants Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment of Noninfringement of the Asserted Patent Claims
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By Memorandum Order entered by the Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Baker v. Alpha Consolidated Holdings, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 18-976-LPS (D.Del. September 17, 2021), the Court granted the combined motion for summary judgment of noninfringement of Defendants Alpha Consolidated Holdings, Inc. and Illinois Tool Works Inc. d/b/a Gumout with respect to…
Federal Court Rules that Artificial Intelligence Cannot Be an Inventor under the Patent Act
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Although this blog typically focuses on decisions rendered in intellectual property and/or antitrust cases currently in or that originated in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware or are in the Federal Circuit, every now and then there is a decision rendered in another federal trial or appellate court that is significant…
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Judge Andrews Denies Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Allegations of Direct Infringement
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in Express Mobile, Inc. v. Squarespace, Inc., Civil Action No. 20-1163-RGA (D.Del. August 25, 2021), the Court, inter alia, denied Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims of direct infringement.
By way of background, Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that Defendant infringes U.S. Patent Nos. 6,546,397…
Chief Judge Connolly Issues Comprehensive Opinion Setting Forth Court’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law on Infringement Claims and Invalidity Defenses as to Patents-in-Suit Following ANDA Trial
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Pharmacyclics LLC et al. v. Alvogen Pine Brook LLC et al., Civil Action No. 19-0434-CFC-CJB (D.Del. August 19, 2021), the Court set forth its findings of fact and conclusions of law on the asserted infringement claims and invalidity defenses with respect to U.S.…