A licensor company that agreed to dismiss as defendants two companies whose use of a patent licensed by the third-party licensee allegedly violated the licensor’s patent does not have to pay attorney’s fees as a sanction under 35 U.S.C. § ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A defendant company, Beehive Wholesale LLC, wins summary judgment in the Alexandria U.S. District Court on plaintiff Swatch SA’s Lanham Act claim and other challenges to Beehive’s use of the mark “SWAP.” Central to the merits of this dispute is ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this litigation over plaintiff company’s complaint that AOL, Google and other defendants have used plaintiff’s search advertising systems to infringe two of plaintiff’s patents, the magistrate judge for the Norfolk U.S. District Court says the parties’ briefs and exhibits ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge F. Bradford Stillman U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Korean manufacturer can continue making its version of a high strength fiber used in bullet-proof vests and other armor under a federal appeals court ruling last week. A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Kolon ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property

An Alexandria U.S. District Court declines to dismiss a drug company’s suit challenging defendant U.S Patent & Trademark Office’s decision to revive an abandoned international patent application as the ‘218 patent. Plaintiff challenges the revival decision under 35 U.S.C. § ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court declines to hold an evidentiary hearing on the propriety or scope of a requested permanent injunction against defendant’s future use of trade secrets misappropriated from plaintiff, as defendant appears to want to retry the case. ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a rapid volley of court actions, a Korean company fighting a $920 million judgment for theft of trade secrets was hit with a “devastating” 20-year ban on sales of its body armor product, and then promptly won a stay ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Intellectual Property Judge Albert Diaz Judge Andre M. Davis Judge Dennis W. Shedd Judge Robert E. Payne

A Norfolk U.S. District Court decides the threshold question of arbitrability and directs the two sides in a dispute over an agreement to license patents for genetically engineered plant cells to arbitrate their dispute, but the court maintains jurisdiction and ...

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

In this patent infringement action involving slow cookers, a Richmond U.S. District Court considers the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment and grants summary judgment for defendant Sunbeam Products and denies summary judgment to plaintiff Hamilton Beach Brands. The ‘928 patent ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this litigation over plaintiff company’s complaint that AOL, Google and other defendants have used their search advertising systems to infringe two of plaintiff’s patents, the Norfolk U.S. District Court issues an order after holding a claim construction hearing. Plaintiff ...

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