A patentee may establish “minimum contacts” in a forum, thus subjecting itself to specific personal jurisdiction, by sending a cease and desist letter to the forum. Precedent concerning this issue has been evolving....more
11/19/2021
/ Cease and Desist Orders ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Ford Motor Co. v Montana Eighth Judicial District Court ,
Foreign Defendants ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Minimum Contacts ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Principal Place of Business
Is the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) constitutional? This was a question asked by Mobility Workx in Mobility Workx, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC, 2021-1441, 2021 WL 4762265 (Fed. Cir. 2021). Mobility Workx raised...more
11/11/2021
/ Administrative Patent Judges ,
America Invents Act ,
Appointments Clause ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Director of the USPTO ,
Due Process ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
United States v Arthrex Inc ,
USPTO
On September 24, 2020 the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Network-1 Tech., Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., in which the Federal Circuit addressed whether statutory estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e) applies to a party who...more