(U.S. Fed. Cir., Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent) In plaintiff’s suit for infringement of a patent, which claims a compact blood centrifuge device for separating and collecting components in a liquid such as blood, judgment of the district court is reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded where: 1) district court’s [...]
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent) In a patent infringement suit, directed to methods for using a Web server to send individualized content and formatting instructions in the form of Web pages, district court’s judgment is affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded where: 1) district court’s grant of summary judgment of [...]
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Attorney’s Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies) In a patent infringement suit, district court’s award of attorney fees and costs to plaintiff based on inequitable conduct and vexatious litigation is vacated and remanded where: 1) genuine issues of material fact exist that preclude summary judgment for inequitable conduct; and 2) the [...]
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Consumer Products, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies, Sanctions) In a patent infringement suit involving Fujifilm’s patents directed to single-use cameras, or lens fitted film packages (LFFP), arising from defendant’s conduct of purchasing used LFFPs and selling them as new after refurbishing them, judgment of the district court is affirmed including denial of defendants’ [...]
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Patent) The final determination of the International Trade Commission that the importation and sale of certain digital television products violated section 337 of the Tariff Act based on its finding that the accused products infringed a particular patent is affirmed in part, reversed in part and [...]
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Attorney’s Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent) In a patent case involving patents related to eyeglass frames with magnetically attachable auxiliary lenses such as sunshades, summary judgment finding that plaintiff is equitably estopped from pursuing its infringement claim against defendant is affirmed where the elements of equitable estoppel were established without material factual dispute, [...]
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions) An order imposing sanctions of $30,356.89 pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on a law firm, pursuant to a finding that three claims it advanced on behalf of plaintiff were baseless legal theories that had no chance [...]
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Civil Procedure, Consumer Products, Intellectual Property, Patent) In plaintiff’s patent infringement suit against Hyundai and other automakers related to a method for assisting a salesperson in selecting appropriate parts corresponding to a customer’s particularized need using a computerized system, district court’s ruling of no unenforceability for inequitable conduct and denial of defendant’s [...]
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Civil Procedure, Consumer Products, Intellectual Property, Patent) In plaintiff’s patent infringement suit against Hyundai and other automakers related to a method for assisting a salesperson in selecting appropriate parts corresponding to a customer’s particularized need using a computerized system, district court’s ruling of no unenforceability for inequitable conduct and denial of defendant’s [...]
(U.S. Fed. Cir., Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent) In a patent infringement suit related to patents for cochlear implants, dismissal of the case for lack of standing to sue on the ground that plaintiff’s 2004 agreement with a third party granting an exclusive license to the patents at issue was a virtual assignment of the [...]