Patent News for Thursday 8th July 2021

33 new stories

Jul 08th 2021

1. Apple Takes Aim At $308.5M EDTX Verdict

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The Federal Circuit ruling, Apple said in its brief, endorsed the idea of finding patents "unenforceable based on eight- and nine-year prosecution delays."

2. Fed. Circ. Says Ralph Lauren's PTAB Appeal Has 'No Merit'

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The patents are involved in a lawsuit that Lexos Media brought in 2017 against Ralph Lauren in Delaware federal court over allegations that the fashion ...

3. Advocate sharing of patents, know-how, and technology to maximize vaccine production

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TRIPS waiver, C-TAP, the use of compulsory licensing, donations through COVAX – various strategies have been proposed to increase global access to ...

4. Arthrex Wins Supreme Court Battle but May Still Lose the War

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Federal Circuit Judge Randall Rader once called the PTAB a “death squad” for patents: There's a tension throughout the system … you've got an agency ...

5. Australia should back removal of COVD-19 vaccine patents, says ANU Professor Susan Sell

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“Australia must follow in the footsteps of the US and others by throwing its support behind a waiver on COVID vaccine patents at the World Trade ...

6. Minim (MINM) Awarded First of Two Patents Fundamental to Intelligent WiFi

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Minim (MINM) Awarded First of Two Patents Fundamental to Intelligent WiFi. July 8, 2021 7:45 AM. Minim, Inc. (NASDAQ: MINM), the creator of ...

7. Minim Awarded First of Two Patents Fundamental to Intelligent WiFi

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(NASDAQ: MINM), the creator of innovative networking products under the globally-recognized Motorola brand, today announced the award of its patent ...

8. FRAND Royalty Base Statements and Cellular Wireless Standard Essential Patents: A Reply to a ...

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... including those that are primarily licensors of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), those who sell network equipment products or components and ...

9. Inventor gender gap means women have lost out on 6500 inventions

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To determine which inventions are female-focused, male-focused or neutral, researchers analysed 441,504 medical patents filed from 1976 through to ...

10. Apple Trial Spotlights UK Ban Potential in Global Patent Fights

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Apple already has been found to infringe two Optis Cellular Technology LLC patents essential to 3G and 4G communications standards. The court has ...

11. Canada: Skill For Dosing Patients Belongs In A Doctor's Office, Not A Patent's Claims

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The asserted claims of both patents were also found invalid on the basis of obviousness, and one patent's asserted claim was additionally invalid for ...

12. Stryker inks $15M settlement to resolve Conformis patent dispute

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The suit alleged Wright's shoulder instruments and associated implant components infringed certain Conformis patents. The settlement comes around ...

13. New SPC data demonstrates the commercial power of patent extension rights in Europe

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What is tougher to ascertain, admits Bailey, is the percentage of SPCs which extend product exclusivity beyond the latest term of any secondary patents ...

14. The International Trade Commission Votes to Investigate Crocs' Complaint Over Copycat Clogs

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... design patents on the basis that they were engaged in the “unlawful importation and sale of certain foam footwear” that infringed Crocs' patents.

15. United States: Stays Lifted, Wireless Networking Campaign Roars To Life Against Both Existing ...

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The PTAB canceled all asserted claims of two of those three patents (claims 1-2, 4-7, 17-18, 20-23, 33, 35-38 of the 7,062,296 patent and claim 16 of ...

16. Venue Manipulation Obviates Geographically Bounded Claims in Venue Analysis

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Ikorongo Technology owned four patents directed to functionalities allegedly performed by applications run on the accused mobile products sold by ...

17. Engine Media Hits DraftKings with Patent Infringement Suit

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(NASDAQ:GAME) is suing DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG), claiming the online sportsbook operator infringed on patents owned by the Canadian ...

18. Zighra Adds More Patents to Behavioral Biometrics Portfolio

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Zighra Adds More Patents to Behavioral Biometrics Portfolio. July 8, 2021. Zighra is continuing to build out its patent portfolio. The behavioral biometrics ...

19. Talon International Adjustec Division is Awarded Second US Patent: US 11034130 B2 for its ...

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Talon patents have been welcomed and adopted by several name brand clothing companies, including—but not limited to—Dockers, Uniqlo, Ralph ...

20. USAA Sues PNC Bank Over Patents for Mobile Check Deposits

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The three patents in the case are related to those that were involved in lawsuits against Wells Fargo that resulted in ... To read the full article log in. Learn ...

21. Xiaomi Patents Foldable Phone Design That Also Features A Wraparound Display Like The Mi Mix ...

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Xiaomi is claimed to be currently working on multiple foldable phones designs and model and one among them is predicted to launch later this year.

22. Legislative Intent Trumps Legitimate Interest: EPO Confirms Double Patenting as a Ground for ...

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... double patenting because a longer protection afforded by the follow-up patent would justify an applicant's legitimate interest in having two patents.

23. KSU professor snags AFS award

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He has 15 granted US patents, numerous corresponding patents throughout the world, and more than 60 publications pertaining to starch and cereal ...

24. Q&A: New Victaulic CEO focused on innovation as demand for company's products bounces back

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How can that be innovative?'” So he searched and read through some of Victaulic's patents, and his mind started to change. Follow that up with ...

25. Samsung barred from bringing IPR, Fed Circ told

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is weighing up whether a private contract bars Samsung from challenging the validity of patents ...

26. Bio-Rad, Harvard settle DNA analysis patent dispute with French company

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The trial -- over Stilla's alleged infringement of patents owned by Bio-Rad, Harvard University and others related to microfluidic genetic analysis ...

27. Apple continues to refine Hand Tracking for a Future Mixed Reality Headset so that a user could ...

Domain: patentlyapple.com | Companies: Apple

The majority of the patents published by the U.S. Patent Office for Apple today have been continuation patents (patent updates). Below you'll find an ...

28. AgJunction Announces Final Settlement in Litigation Against Ag Leader

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The lawsuit alleged that Ag Leader's new autosteering products infringe three of AgJunction's patents related to automated machine control.

29. PTAB Gets Another Post-Arthrex Request For Director Review

Domain: law360.com | Companies: Samsung

In March, a Texas federal jury found that Samsung infringed Solas' patents, including the one at issue, to the tune of $62.7 million. U.S. District Judge ...

30. Facebook Takedown of Map Panning Patents as Ineligible Affirmed

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Two patents on moving a phone to change the part of a map being displayed were properly invalidated as abstract, the Federal Circuit ruled, siding ...

31. Huawei, Verizon go to battle in a Texas courtroom

Domain: lightreading.com | Companies: Huawei

And with patents, too. The Shenzhen bruiser sued T-Mobile USA when licensing negotiations broke down, eventually settling in 2017. And with over ...

32. Imprescriptible

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The DENR upheld the validity of the grant of patents to Lina and her daughters. Lino did not appeal the DENR's dismissal of his protest. Subsequently, ...

33. Nextleaf Brand Partner State B to be Featured on Dragon's Den with Upcoming Launch in Canada

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an extraction company that owns one of the largest portfolios of U.S. patents for the extraction and distillation of cannabinoids, with State B Cannabis ...