Patent News for Thursday 4th August 2022

1. Ampt Files Two Lawsuits Alleging Patent Infringement By SolarEdge - Saur Energy

According to Ampt, the patents disclose methods of transferring electrical power from a solar energy source for use in several applications. The ...

2. AbbVie Wins Appeal In 'Patent Thicket' Case - InsideHealthPolicy.com

In a win for AbbVie, a federal appeals court affirmed that AbbVie did not illegally block competition with its 132 patents on Humira, and in a win ...

3. Illumina settles patent dispute with $325M payout to BGI subsidiaries | BioWorld

... will receive a license to practice some of BGI's affiliate's patents, ... any further litigation over the disputed patents for three years.

4. Pharmalittle: AbbVie wins court opinion on Humira patent thickets - STAT News

U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) unveiled a bill to raise quality of patents by targeting the examination process.

5. AbbVie's Humira Patent Settlement Not a Violation of Sherman Antitrust Act, Seventh Circuit Affirms

On the basis of the additional patents, AbbVie sued to block several would-be entrants who had received approval from the FDA to market a “biosimilar” ...

6. Apple Urges Jury To Invalidate Pinn Inc.'s Earbud Patents - Law360

Apple Inc.'s counsel urged a California federal jury during opening statements Wednesday to invalidate two Pinn Inc. wireless earbud patents the ...

7. Syinix World First Swallow Maker won the 2022 "Red Dot Award" and 16 technology patents

cooking machine, Syinix Swallow Maker has won the 2022 German Red Dot Award and a number of design patents with its advanced technology and unique ...

8. Apple was granted 54 Patents this week covering 2 Autonomous Vehicle Navigation ...

Yesterday the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 54 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. In this particular report ...

9. This Arthritis Drug Deserves Its Aggressive Patent Protection - The Washington Post

How many patents on a single drug is too many? Scholars, activists, and politicians have debated the question for decades. This week, a panel of ...

10. Lenovo, Motorola, Acer Face Risk of Import Ban in Patent Probe - Bloomberg Law

VideoLabs requested ITC probe last month; Patents cover online video compatibility. Lenovo Group Ltd. , Acer Inc. , and Motorola Mobility LLC ...

11. The Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of the HUMIRA Antitrust Litigation - JD Supra

Moreover, the fact that AbbVie ultimately asserted “some irrelevant patents” against competitors did not violate the Sherman Act, where plaintiffs did ...

12. Fitch Downgrades Bausch Health's IDR to 'B-' on Rating Watch Negative

The court also held the U.S. patents protecting the use of XIFAXAN for reducing the risk of HE recurrence valid and infringed. BHC will appeal the ...

13. IP ITeasers Post 027: Machine Learnings - Lexology

In Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks And Designs [2021] EWCA Civ 1374, however ...

14. The decade's top 10 patent losses, worth a whopping $915B in lifetime sales

Patents on file The top patent losses of the last 10 years include Pfizer's Lipitor and GlaxoSmithKline's Advair, though patent losses don't ...

15. TuneGO® Awarded New Web3 Patents, Expanding Intellectual Property Portfolio - Benzinga

Leading Web3 Platform Receives Two Additional Technology Patents that Empower Artists to Protect and Manage Music, Digital Media, and Creative ...

16. Four Who's Who Legal 2022 Guides Recognize Three Gibson Dunn Partners

Who's Who Legal Intellectual Property 2022 recognized New York partner Josh Krevitt in Patents. The guides were published in July 2022.

17. Machine learning innovation in medical industry dropped in three months ending June

Number of related patents and grants linked to medical companies, ... as well as official patent classifications, these patents are grouped into ...

18. S-Ancial Technologies Granted Two US Patents - Business Wire India

Patents strengthen S-Ancial's IP Portfolio for Investor Relations SaaS Platform. Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: S-Ancial Pte. Ltd (Singapore), 100% owned ...

19. How Innovators Can Combat Patent Infringement Using Litigation Funding - Bloomberg Law

MoloLamken's Jonathan Barbee examines why so few patents are actually enforced through litigation and how the US patent system—especially when it ...

20. DOJ Withdraws Proposed Threat to National Security - RealClearPolicy

Stacking the antitrust deck against SEPs, or standards-essential patents, and tilting antitrust enforcement against inventors with ...

21. Jury rules that VMware must pay $236M to Densify for patent infringement | Fierce Telecom

... a federal jury in Delaware found that VMware has to pay damages of $236 million to Densify for infringing on two of Densify's patents.

22. Global patent filings decline by 14% YoY in Q2 2022, mainly led by China, reveals GlobalData

Darshana Naranje, Senior Patents Analyst of Disruptive Tech at GlobalData, comments: “The fall in patenting activity in China may be due to the ...

23. RepliCel Announces Material Patent Milestones in Key Markets - BioSpace

Published: Aug 04, 2022. New DermaPrecise™ patent application and patents granted for tendinopathy and skin rejuvenation technologies in key ...

24. RepliCel Announces Material Patent Milestones in Key Markets - Baystreet.ca

[ACCESSWIRE]. New DermaPrecise™ patent application and patents granted for tendinopathy and skin rejuvenation technologies in key markets.

25. Coming to Canadian Patents on October 3, 2022: Excess Claims and Continued Examination Fees

Ltd. (1981), “[I]f patents are granted on divisional applications directed by the Patent Office, none of them should be deemed invalid, ...

26. S-Ancial Technologies granted two US patents - Big News Network.com

The patents are further proof of S-Ancial's innovative approach to investor relations and the firm's commitment to streamline the workflow for capital ...

27. Applications invited for National Intellectual Property (IP) Awards 2021 & 2022 and WIPO Awards

Top Indian Individuals for Patents Filing, Grant & Commercialization introducing Child (< 18 years) & Third gender also.

28. New university spinout set to disrupt the global sensor industry - EurekAlert

The company will license core IP, including three patents, from UWS on a worldwide exclusive basis. Professor Des Gibson, AlbaSense founder and a ...

29. U.S. Senate bill would reform patent-eligibility standards - Reuters

The bill would also allow for patents covering processes "embodied in a machine or manufacture" -- addressing the issue the Supreme Court recently ...

30. Coming to Canadian Patents on October 3, 2022: Excess Claims and Continued Examination Fees

Ltd. (1981), “[I]f patents are granted on divisional applications directed by the Patent Office, none of them should be deemed invalid, or open to ...

31. Patent Hoarder Sues Acer, Asus, MSI and Lenovo for Video IP Infringement

The patents can seemingly be applied to almost all modern devices with video processing and display capabilities, including PCs, media players, ...

32. Bubblr's 'Internet-Based Search Mechanism' Patents Approved - MarTech Series

Bubblr's 'Internet-Based Search Mechanism' Patents Approved in Canada and Australia. Technology · By Globe Newswire On Aug 4, 2022.

33. Bubblr's 'Internet-Based Search Mechanism' Patents Approved in Canada and Australia

... of the same name “INTERNET-BASED SEARCH MECHANISM” CA2,962,520 that was granted by the Canadian Commissioner of Patents on July 19, 2022 .

34. United States District Court Settles in Favor of Powermat for Qi Product Patent Infringement Lawsuit

The ruling states, "In relation to Powermat's QI certified patents, set out below, the court ordered that the Defendants must have a license ...

35. Bubblr's 'Internet-Based Search Mechanism' Patents Approved - GlobeNewswire

Bubblr's 'Internet-Based Search Mechanism' Patents Approved in Canada and Australia. August 04, 2022 08:30 ET | Source: Bubblr Inc.

36. Mysterious company files patent suits vs. Seattle and Sacramento over PayByPhone technology

A company registered to a virtual mailbox in Seattle's University District, which four months ago acquired a trio of parking technology patents ...

37. Canadian Patents Excess Claims and Continued Examination Fees | Dickinson Wright

Canadian Patents Excess Claims and Continued Examination Fees · The fee for each excess claim will be about $75 USD ($100 CAD). · For a small entity[i], ...

38. AbbVie Win on Humira Patent Portfolio Thwarts Antitrust Attacks - Bloomberg Law

Multiple patents ruled fair game for drugmakers · Advocates push to tighten issued patent quality.

39. Inventa collaborates in the update of the Manual of Industrial Property, published by Wolters Kluwer

... of Inventa outlines the procedures and laws involved in filing applications for patents, trademarks or designs specifically in ARIPO, OAPI, ...

40. Law School Canons: FRE 403 | Patently-O

In 2010, TecSec asserted several patents against Adobe covering file-encryption methods transmitted over a data network.

41. Intellectual Property - Attorney at Law | Hire a Lawyer

Patents. A patent is a type of governmental grant that allows one to protect an invention. In exchange for a complete disclosure of the invention, a ...

42. Skyrim releases this week a huge mod that modifies its AI and laughs at Warner's privacy ...

The patents They are a set of exclusive rights of use that, on many occasions, are carried out with a view to a future technology either ...

43. Federal Circuit Continues to Dismantle Diagnostic Patents | Troutman Pepper

In its recent decision in CareDx v. Natera, the Federal Circuit negates a trio of diagnostic patents owned by Stanford and exclusively licensed to ...

44. Feds Probe Lenovo, Acer, Asus, Motorola Over Patents; Could Halt US Imports | CRN

A California-based firm holding many tech patents is filing complaints against the major PC companies over video processing found on some devices.

45. Psychedelic Industry Report | Microdose

Download the IP & Patents Report. A sample chapter of the Psychedelic Industry Report, this document provides vital information regarding ...

46. CereMark touts new patents for PET Alzheimer's agent - AuntMinnie Europe

CereMark announces additional patents awarded to UCLA associated with a biomarker for monitoring neurodegenerative diseases.

47. Standard Essential Patents and the recent UKIPO consultation - Lexology

After contributing as part of the group providing the CIPA response to the UKIPO consultation on standard essential patents, AA Thornton's Geoff…

48. Patent Eligibility Roundup: New Legislation, Call for Comments, Delaying Eligibility | Insights

In Case You Missed It. Some interesting posts or articles (IMO) you may have missed recently from around the Holland & Knight blogosphere: Patents on ...

49. Avadel's shares crumble as narcolepsy drug delayed yet again, this time on patent issue

REMS patents are used for therapies that require a REMS program, in which the FDA requires a mitigation plan for meds that have serious safety ...

50. Week ending July 30: 2 patents granted in Elgin | North Cook News

Patents included a burner for gas-fired furnace. The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending July 30 belonged to Ian Rodgers who ...