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Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Judge Furman Denies TRO in Photo Booth Patent Case Where Plaintiff Delayed and Failed to “Focus” on Irreparable Harm and...

Judge Jesse M. Furman (S.D.N.Y.) recently denied Plaintiff Chengdu Tops Technology Co., Ltd.’s (“Chengdu”) motion seeking a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) against “a slew of merchant Defendants” to enjoin “the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Reassessing Irreparable Harm: Are Injunctions Making a Comeback?

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In an unusual move, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office submitted a “Statement of Interest” this week in a pending patent case in the Eastern District of Texas—sharing “views” on whether...more

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Irreparable Harm Reimagined: The Government’s Patent Intervention in East Texas

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In a bold and unusual move, the DOJ’s Antitrust Division and the USPTO have jointly filed a Statement of Interest in a patent case – not before the Supreme Court or Federal Circuit, but in a district court in East Texas. The...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Third Quarter 2024 Federal Circuit Law Update

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Since serving as a Federal Circuit clerk, Michael Hawes has monitored that court's precedential opinions and prepares a deeply outlined index by subject matter (invalidity, infringement, claim construction, etc.) of relevant...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Lost Connection: Preliminary Injunction Against Unreleased Product Is a No-Go

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Addressing a preliminary injunction motion directed to a competitor’s yet-to-be-released product, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined that the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding that...more

Fish & Richardson

Middle District of North Carolina Finds Public Interest Favors Granting Preliminary Injunction

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On December 27, 2023, Chief Judge Catherine Eagles of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina granted a motion for preliminary injunction by Natera Inc. enjoining NeoGenomics Laboratories Inc. from...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

Last Week In The Federal Circuit (July 11-15): The FRAND vs. ITC Fight That Wasn’t

Precedential opinions: 3 Non-precedential opinions: 4 Rule 36: 1 Longest pending case from argument: Lanclos v. United States, No. 21-1750 (219 days)... ...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

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...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Western District Of Texas Sanctions Patent Infringement Defendant For Discovery Abuse And Misconduct

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On April 6, 2021, the Western District of Texas ordered that preliminary injunction relief was appropriate to prevent irreparable harm to the plaintiff due to the defendant’s “discovery abuse and related misconduct.”...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

Last Week in the Federal Circuit (October 19-23): Still More Axes to Grind in American Axle

Last week we discussed the first Federal Circuit case added to the Supreme Court’s docket this Term, and we wondered when we’d have the opportunity to discuss whatever cases might be next in the pipeline.  Lucky for us, that...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2020)

ANDA litigation, pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act, has become more complicated over the years since enactment of the statute in 1984, with more patents being asserted and more parties participating over the opportunity to...more

Knobbe Martens

Preliminary Injunction Denied Because of Failure to Draft Precise Terms That Capture the Intent of the Parties

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TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC. V. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC. Before Prost, Newman, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware - Summary: The scope of a contract term may...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Biosimilars in 2020: What’s Ahead

The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) was passed as part of health reform signed into law by President Obama in March 2010. This year, the BPCIA turns 10. While the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway has...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-2121, -2208, -2235 (Fed. Cir. 2018)?- In an appeal from a jury trial, the Federal Circuit addressed numerous issues...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit

We do not usually report on district court cases, but the Columbia Sportswear v. Seirus design patent case handled by our firm is particularly interesting, given the award of all of defendant’s profits, and the district...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Potential Future Harm to Patent Holder Found to Justify Imposition of Preliminary Injunction

In Vecco Instruments Inc. v. SGL Carbon, LLC, No. 17-CV-2217 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 2, 2017), Judge Pamela Chen in the Eastern District of New York recently granted Vecco’s motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining SGL Carbon....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Driving Demand: Causal Nexus Between Infringing Features, Accused Sales Required to Prove Irreparable Harm

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that the causal nexus necessary to prove irreparable harm in a multi-purchaser, multi-component setting does not require proof that the infringing feature is the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit

The Circuit issued a single precedential patent decision this week – the Genband v. Metaswitch case where the Circuit vacated the denial of a motion for preliminary injunction out of concern that the district court applied...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit

In Nichia the Circuit affirms the denial of a permanent injunction because Nichia failed to prove irreparable injury. In RecogniCorp the panel throws out as not being directed to patentable subject matter claims directed to...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

After Rain Delay, Preliminary Injunction Denied

In a recent case involving competitors in the market of storm water chambers, underground structures for the collection and management of rain and snow storm water, the District of Connecticut court denied a motion for...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Apple Secures Its Permanent Injunction - Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

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Addressing the factors for granting injunctive relief in multifaceted, multifunction technology, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s denial of Apple’s request for a...more

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Apple v. Samsung Part IV: The Injunction May Not Be Dead

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On Thursday, September 17, 2015, in the fourth Federal Circuit opinion arising out of the patent skirmishes between global high technology titans Apple and Samsung Electronics, a sharply divided Federal Circuit panel vacated...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

IP Newsflash - August 2014 #4

DISTRICT COURT CASES - Showing of a Substantial Case of Irreparable Harm to Losing Plaintiff Justifies Injunction Against Defendant During Appeal - Following a bench trial, but before the court issued a...more

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