US Supreme Court Urged to Review CAFC’s Order to Move Adobe Patent Case to California
shot by IP News Shots / 8:02 pm on 04 March, 2021
SynKloud Technologies LLC has requested the US Supreme Court to review a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). The CAFC had ordered Western District of Texas judge to transfer SynKloud’s patent infringement suit against Adobe Inc. to a California federal court.
Read more at: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/adobe-patent-suit-move-out-of-waco-challenged-at-supreme-court
Industry: Software, Wireless Communication
Samsung Wins a Patent Battle over Software App Technology
shot by IP News Shots / 7:55 pm on 03 March, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has emerged victorious in a patent battle over software application technology after the Federal Circuit reversed a lower court ruling. Notably, the lower court had upheld Samsung’s adversary’s patent relating to delivering apps to electronic devices via web-based app stores. A panel of judges decided that a Massachusetts federal judge made a mistake in finding that the phrase “user identification module” did not make the disputed claims in Rain Computing Inc.’s patent invalid for being indefinite.
Read more at: https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1360444/fed-circ-hands-win-to-samsung-in-software-patent-fight
Industry: Software
Kinaxis Urges North Texas Court to Dismiss Blue Yonder’s Patent Infringement Lawsuit
shot by IP News Shots / 6:05 pm on 23 February, 2021
Kinaxis Inc. has filed a motion to dismiss a patent infringement case brought against it by Blue Yonder. The defendant has urged the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas to dismiss the lawsuit as the patents asserted by the plaintiff are invalid under Alice and that Kinaxis has not infringed on any patents.
Industry: Software
Google Escapes Claims of Defrauding PTAB
shot by IP News Shots / 7:22 pm on 19 February, 2021
Google Inc. has been able to duck a lawsuit alleging fraud with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) asserted by CyWee Group Ltd. The plaintiff stated that Google and other companies conspired to have two of CyWee’s patents invalidated but the US District Court for the Western District of Texas dismissed the case. The reason for the dismissal as cited by the court judge was that the case did not belong to the West Texas court and that it lacked the authority to rule in the case.
Read More at: https://www.law360.com/articles/1356278/google-escapes-suit-alleging-ptab-fraud-for-now
Industry: Software, Wireless Communication
LG Dominates in Patent Validity Battle at the PTAB
shot by IP News Shots / 7:17 pm on 19 February, 2021
LG Electronics Inc. has been able to get a victory at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) as it got claims of a 3D pointing device patent belonging to CyWee Group Ltd., invalidated. The board also rejected CyWee’s substitute claims citing obviousness while rejecting other claims on the grounds of exceeding the scope of the original claims.
Read More at: https://www.law360.com/telecom/articles/1356389/lg-gets-ptab-to-nix-cywee-s-bid-to-amend-sensor-patent
Industry: Hardware & Equipment, Software, Wireless Communication
Appeal against Apple’s Patent Case Transfer Rejected
shot by IP News Shots / 6:24 pm on 04 February, 2021
An en banc appeal for the rehearing of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) by Uniloc Corporation has been rejected. The appeal made by Uniloc was against a CAFC ruling that ordered the US District Court for the Western District of Texas to transfer a patent infringement complaint by Uniloc against Apple Inc. to a court in California.
Read More at: https://www.law360.com/articles/1351745/full-fed-circ-won-t-revisit-transfer-of-apple-patent-case
Industry: Software