CAFC Sides with Facebook in Patent Fight against Uniloc
shot by IP News Shots / 4:49 pm on 22 November, 2021
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has backed Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly Facebook, Inc., and its subsidiary WhatsApp, LLC against Uniloc 2017, LLC. CAFC upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruling in telecommunications patent row that tossed various Uniloc’s Voice over Internet Protocol patent claims due to obviousness. CAFC ordered PTAB to reassess two other claims of Uniloc.
Industry: IT Services, Others, Telecommunications | News Category: Litigations | Type of IP: Patent
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PTAB Agrees to Seoul’s IPR against Document Security’s Claimed Patent for LED
shot by IP News Shots / 4:47 pm on 22 November, 2021
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has sided with Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. and Seoul Semiconductor, Inc. in an inter partes review (IPR) petition against Document Security Systems, Inc. PTAB discovered the challenged claims related to a white-emitting LED patent to be unpatentable as anticipated by or obvious over prior art.
Industry: IT Services, Semiconductor & Devices | News Category: Litigations | Type of IP: Patent
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Philips not Allowed to Amend its Patent Lawsuit against Google
shot by IP News Shots / 4:46 pm on 22 November, 2021
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has asserted that Philips North America, LLC cannot amend its patent litigation against Google, LLC. The judge lashed out on Philips for not exercising reasonable diligence before trying to amend litigation and adding four new products of Fitbit, Inc. in the litigation.
Industry: Consumer Electronics, IT Services | News Category: Litigations | Type of IP: Patent
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Facebook’s En Banc Plea Rejected by Third Circuit in News Anchor Row
shot by IP News Shots / 3:35 pm on 18 November, 2021
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied Meta Platforms Inc. formerly Facebook Inc.’s en banc plea for a full-court review regarding the intellectual property (IP) claim by Good Day Philadelphia co-anchor Karen Hepp. Karen had filed a lawsuit against Facebook for unauthorized use of her photo on its site. The decision of the Third Circuit maintains the panel’s split decision in favor of the television anchor ruling that the Communications Decency Act allows state law IP claims to continue regardless of the broad immunity Big Tech companies can use to resist lawsuits over site content.
Industry: IT Services, Media | News Category: Litigations | Type of IP: Patent
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Google to Pay USD 29.5 Million to VideoShare, Rules WDTX Jury
shot by IP News Shots / 9:24 pm on 17 November, 2021
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas jury has awarded USD 29.5 million to VideoShare, LLC. The jury ordained Google, LLC to pay USD 29.5 million to VideoShare for infringing its video sharing patent.
Industry: IT Services, Others | News Category: Litigations | Type of IP: Patent
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CAFC Approves Google’s Mandamus Petition, Row Transferred to California
shot by IP News Shots / 7:28 pm on 17 November, 2021
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) granted mandamus instructing Judge Alan Albright of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to transfer Google LLC’s case. Express Mobile Inc. had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google in Texas. Google had requested that this case should be shifted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California as it was a convenient venue.
Industry: IT Services, Software | News Category: Litigations | Type of IP: Patent
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