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Judge McMahon stays case because of IPR, based on parties’ joint request.

Hockeyline, Inc. v. Stats LLC Case Number: 2:13-cv-01446-CM Judge McMahon, following the parties’ joint motion after the PTAB instituted IPR Case No. IPR2014-00510 for the patent-in-suit, U.S. Patent No....more

Judge Forrest: “Regeneron's position that each claim in its ‘018 Patent has a single limitation is, at the very least, odd. It is...

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Ablexis LLC - Case Number: 1:14-v-01651-KBF - Teaser: Judge Forrest: “Regeneron's position that each claim in its ‘018 Patent has a single limitation is, at the very least,...more

Claim terms construed, emphasizing construction is a mixed question of law and fact, and finding a preamble limiting and...

JobDiva, Inc. v. Monster Worldwide, Inc. Case Number: 1:13-cv-08229-KBF - On October 3, 2014, Judge Forrest construed terms of four JobDiva patents and one Monster patent. The JobDiva patents are...more

Motions for fees by victorious patent defendant and by plaintiffs counsel both denied.

Rates Technology Inc. v. Broadvox Holding Company, LLC, et al. Case Number: 1:13-cv-00152-SAS - In June 2014, Judge Scheindlin dismissed Rates’s patent infringement against Broadvox, as Rates’s counsel,...more

Magistrate Gorenstein recommends changing trebled damages to defaulting defendant, but no attorney’s fees.

Keystone Global LLC v. Auto Essentials Inc., et al. Case Number: 1:12-cv-09077-DLC-GWG - Keystone alleged that Decor Essentials infringed two patents, U.S. Patents Nos. 7,866,715 (“Protective vehicle cover”) and...more

Judge Sweet trims award of attorney’s fees because of block billing and claims for fees for a non-compulsory defense; issues final...

Touchtunes Music Corp. v. Rowe International Corp., Arachnid, Inc., et al. October 21, 2014 - Case Number: 1:07-cv-11450-RWS - Judge Sweet, having previously found this case to be exceptional, awarded...more

In denying attorney’s fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285, Judge Buchwald reviews post-Octane decisions.

Dr. Paula Small v. Implant Direct MFG. LLC d/b/a Implant Direct, LLC - Case Number: 1:06-cv-00683-NRB - In 2013, defendants won summary judgment on two dental implant patents. One patent was found invalid...more

Legitimate, Creative Advocacy Bars Rule 11 Sanctions

Worldwide Home Products, Inc., v. Bed, Bath and Beyond, Inc., et al. Case Number: 1:11-cv-03633-MHD - Worldwide sued Bed, Bath and Beyond (BBB) for patent infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7938300 (“Nestable...more

Consent Decree in Window Covering Case Takes One Defendant From Case

Hunter Douglas, Inc. v. Kohl’s Corporation, et al. Case Number: 1:14-cv-01743 - Plaintiff Hunter Douglas and defendant Welcome Industrial Corp. entered into a consent decree enjoining Welcome from infringing...more

Terms Construed in Website Messaging Patent/Summary Judgment Denied In Light of New Construction/Testimony Excluded

523 IP LLC, v. CureMD.com - Case Number: 1:11-cv-09697-KPF - Judge Failla construed terms of U.S. Patent No. 7,702,523 (“Website messaging system”), and, as her construction at times differs significantly from...more

TMIF (Too Much Information, Folks) / Request To Limit Number Of References.

In anticipation of an upcoming Markman ruling, and after Monster sent a recent Federal Circuit decision to Judge Forrest, Job Diva sent the court a letter stating that Monster’s new case in fact supports Job Diva’s...more

10/13/2014  /  Patent Litigation , Patents

Judge Preska Finds a Design—Although Developed Using Test Equipment—To Be Ornamental

In this dispute concerning U.S. Patent No. D618,132 (“Diamond jewellery (sic)”), Judge Preska denied declaratory judgment plaintiff’s request for summary judgment of patent invalidity and non-infringement, but granted the...more

PTAB Prohibition on Incorporation by Reference: Avoiding and Responding to Rule 42.6(a)(3) Violations

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) Rule 37 CFR § 42.6(a)(3) prohibits argument that incorporate “by reference from one document into another document.” Rule 42.6(a)(3) serves two functional purposes. First, it simplifies...more

Invalidity under § 101 and defensive collateral estoppel defeat second DietGoal case

CaDietGoal Innovations LLC v. Time, Inc. Case Number: 1:13-cv-08381 - Last month, in DietGoal Innovations LLC v. Bravo Media LLC, Case No. 1:13–cv-08391–PAE, we reported on Judge Engelmayer’s invalidation of...more

Stay pending interlocutory appeal of denial of stay for ungranted CBM petitions denied

Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et al. Case Number: 1:13-cv-03777 - Summary: JP Morgan Chase (“JPMC”), having lost a motion to stay this case pending resolution of IPRs and CBMs [LINK TO 19...more

No stays for IPRs and CBMs in view of advanced stage of litigation and long PTAB timeline

Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et al. Case Number: 1:13-cv-03777 - Summary: In litigation filed June 2013 with a trial anticipated in the summer of 2015, Judge Hellerstein denied JP Morgan...more

Update: Patent valuation documents are relevant to this patent case

Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et al. Case Number: 1:13-cv-03777 - Last month, we reported that the court concluded that documents relating to patent valuation “have little or no...more

Indirect infringement claims by Cuisinart against Mr. Coffee not tossed

Conair Corporation v. Jarden Corporation et al. Case Number: 1:13-cv-06702 - Jarden (maker of “Mr. Coffee” brand expresso [should “expresso” be “espresso” throughout?], cappuccino and latte machines) asked the...more

Judge Griesa finds a patent prosecution bar does not preclude litigation counsel from assisting in an IPR, and would have reached...

Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. et al. Case Number: 1:12-cv-08060 - Patentee Endo asked the court to rule that the protective orders in the patent infringement cases it filed...more

Third time’s a charm – infringement contentions not stricken

Times Three Clothier, LLC v. Spanx, Inc. - Case Number: 1:13-cv-02157 - We had previously reported on Times Three’s two failures to produce satisfactory infringement contentions in its infringement case against...more

Complaint Alleges Malpractice in Claims Drafted for Push Up Bra Inserts

Runberg, Inc. d/b/a Zephyrs v. McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, et al. - Case Number: 652543/2014 - Runberg owns U.S. Patent No. 8,216,021 (“Engineered push up insert”), which claims a kidney-shaped push up insert...more

Conclusory statements about the relevance of foreign prosecution histories do not support motion to compel

Defendant Ablexis requested that the court compel the production of documents associated with the prosecution of non-U.S. patent applications related to the patent-in-suit. The court said that a defendant’s statement that the...more

Judge Forrest authorizes depositions of declarants to support defendant’s motion for summary judgment

Following defendant Monster’s filing of a motion for summary judgment, the patentee provided declarations by two expert witnesses in opposition. Monster noticed depositions of these experts, but the patentee moved for a...more

Judge Forrest sets schedule for pruning claims

Judge Forrest, in a four-patent case having 64 asserted claims, ordered the plaintiff to reduce its asserted claim count to 16 within 7 days following the court’s Markman decision, and she said she will require additional...more

8/28/2014  /  Patent Litigation , Patents

Nutritional supplement claims fail to meet utility requirement, according to Judge Engelmayer

U.S. Patent No. 6,645,948 (“Nutritional composition for the treatment of connective tissue”) claims a “nutritional composition for the treatment of connective tissue in mammals comprising: a therapeutically effective amount...more

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