Last month, we dipped into the eye-opening matter of companies warding off future challenges to their patents by shielding themselves with Native American tribes’ sovereign immunity. Specifically, a partnership between the drug company
[Read More]This summer, we blogged about a patent case in the Eastern District of Texas, a popular venue among non-practicing entities. At the time, the judge ruled against the defendant’s request for a change
[Read More]A step-by-step visual guide to an important part of the legal process.
[Read More]Considered “a potent tool against patent-holders,” the inter partes review process is under attack. Per Ars Technica, which continues to be a leading source for patent news, the process is celebrating its fifth
[Read More]What do the drug company Allergen and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe in Northern New York have in common? Six patents related to its highly profitable dry-eye drug, Restasis. Ars Technica reports on
[Read More]It’s been a busy spring and summer for patent news. In May, we posted about the Supreme Court’s ruling that patent infringement cases must be filed where the defendant is incorporated. And in
[Read More]While some patent trolls’ business may be affected by the Supreme Court’s past decision that patent infringement cases must be filed where the defendant is incorporated and the future one that involves the
[Read More]What began as a fight over water flavoring pouches has resulted in the highest court in the land ruling unanimously this week that patent infringement cases must be filed where the defendant is
[Read More]While there’s no such thing as a stupid question, there is, apparently, such a thing as a stupid patent: Louisiana Tech University’s patent for the “method and apparatus for automatic organization for computer
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In November 2016, we highlighted a patent troll case over Web autoplay technology. That same month, Netflix released its offline-download feature, which is now the subject of a patent infringement case. A known
[Read More]Not long after one “patent troll” took a bite out of Apple in court in September, another filed suit against 14 media companies for allegedly infringing on its Web autoplay technology, even though
[Read More]Last week, “patent trolls” notched another legal win against Apple in 2016. A Delaware federal jury ruled that the multinational technology company infringed on Mobile Media Ideas LLC’s mobile phone ring-silencing patent and
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