Google and Others’ Rival Fights to Save Asserted Patents
shot by IP News Shots / 6:47 pm on 28 July, 2021
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is finding it difficult to believe that two voice browsing patents belonging to Parus Holdings Inc. are not based on prior art and that they are in fact valid. The patents have been challenged by Google LLC, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and LG Electronics Inc. Notably, the tech giants have been accused of infringing on the same patents by Parus with a lawsuit at the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Industry: IT Services
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Microsoft Alleges Error on Federal Court’s Part, Seeks to Axe $7 Million Patent Infringement Verdict
shot by IP News Shots / 7:59 pm on 12 July, 2021
Microsoft Corp. has urged the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) to reverse the ruling of $7 million in a patent infringement case in which it was found infringing on a database patent. Microsoft asserted that the patent in suit belonging to Michael Philip Kaufman was based on flawed claim construction.
Industry: IT Services, Software
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WDTX Court Rejects Transfer Bid by Google in Wilful Patent Infringement Case
shot by IP News Shots / 7:57 pm on 12 July, 2021
Google LLC’s appeal for a transfer of a patent case against it has been rejected by the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. Google had appealed for the transfer of the case brought by Jenam Tech, LLC to the US District Court for the Northern District of California as it is a more convenient venue.
Industry: IT Services
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CAFC Leaning Towards Facebook in Patent Validity Case
shot by IP News Shots / 6:35 pm on 08 July, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) is leaning towards Facebook Inc. in a case appealed by inventor Thaddeus Gabara against the ruling of a lower court. The appeal seeks to revive a patent infringement case which was dismissed by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York as the patents in suit were found to be invalid citing abstractness.
Industry: Consumer Electronics, IT Services
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Juniper Appeals against Judge Albright’s Denial of Patent Case Transfer
shot by IP News Shots / 6:11 pm on 07 July, 2021
Juniper Networks has appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) against a ruling by the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. The WDTX court judge had refused to transfer patent cases against Juniper by WSOU Investments LLC to the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The appellant alleges abuse of discretion by the judge in not allowing the cases to be transferred.
Industry: IT Services
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Microsoft and HP Awarded a Win by the PTAB
shot by IP News Shots / 6:03 pm on 17 June, 2021
Microsoft Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) have triumphed in a patent challenge brought by them against a technology patent belonging to Synkloud Technologies, LLC at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The board stated that all the claims in the patent challenged by the tech companies were invalid.
Industry: IT Services
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