In the wake of a jury verdict finding defendant companies had infringed several of plaintiff’s patents through their AdWords system, and a jury award of over $30 million in damages, the Norfolk U.S. District Court says the appropriate ongoing royalty ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In the wake of a jury verdict finding defendant companies had infringed several of plaintiff’s patents through their AdWords system, and a jury award of over $30 million in damages, the Norfolk U.S. District Court says plaintiff’s modified AdWords system ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Alexandria U.S. District Court supplements its earlier opinion granting summary judgment for plaintiff Timex to note it would reach the same decision for plaintiff even applying the less deferential standard of review under a 4th Circuit decision released three ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Charlottesville used car dealer had to go back to court to enforce a marketing company’s agreement not to use the dealer’s “Everybody Rides” marketing slogan. Free Bridge Auto Sales sued Focus Inc. in 2008 for using its protected mark ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Intellectual Property Judge Norman K. Moon

A used car dealership that settled its trademark and false advertising suit against a defendant who used plaintiff dealership’s trademark, “Everybody Rides,” can enforce the settlement agreement in the Charlottesville U.S. District Court. The parties’ settlement provided defendant would cease ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

In plaintiff patent owner’s suit against defendant banks for alleged direct infringement of a patent that purports to cover a specific method of authenticating cell phone users to access private data via sending text messages to a private server, the ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this dispute between plaintiff Media Rights Technologies Inc. and defendant Capital One Financial Corporation, the Alexandria U.S. District Court concludes that the terms “compliance mechanism” and “custom media device” are indefinite and that all of the claims asserted in ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court orders this patent infringement case filed by plaintiff Texas company transferred to the District of Columbia U.S. District Court, which is a more convenient forum for both the Texas-based plaintiff and the D.C.-based defendant. Plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Richmond U.S. District Court issues its construction of disputed claim terms for the patent in suit, which has never been practiced, and which involves a navigation system for cellular telephones that provides direction and traffic information to users. Claim ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC No. 12-1128, clarified the burden shifting framework for certain types of claims stemming from patent licensing agreements. But patent attorneys remain unsure whether patent licensors ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property U.S. Supreme Court