In this litigation involving patents that are meant to help mobile devices communicate with each other, the Alexandria U.S. District Court defines certain terms after the court’s Markman claim construction hearing. The patents at issue are the ‘066 patent and ...

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

An inventor cannot recover from defendant company for breach of a Nondisclosure Agreement, the Alexandria U.S. District Court says; Invention Notes from defendant’s employee show he invented the process for multiple adhesive points for a shingle for the company’s new ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff TomTom Inc.’s suit for a declaration that defendant AOT Systems’ ‘836 patent for tracking data in a mobile Global Positioning System is invalid and therefore not infringed by plaintiff, the Alexandria U.S. District Court issues its decision after ...

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

In plaintiff DuPont’s suit against Kolon Industries Inc., in which a jury found that Kolon had willfully and maliciously misappropriated and used 149 DuPont trade secrets and awarded DuPont compensatory damages in the amount of $919,900,000 under the Virginia Uniform ...

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

WASHINGTON — The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court wrangled over the language of a statute that allows prevailing parties in certain patent infringement cases to recoup attorney’s fees ­— an issue that could mean millions of dollars in already ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Fees Intellectual Property U.S. Supreme Court

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