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| 26.07.2026 | Colorado was the first state to cap a drug’s price – then a federal court stepped in (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Shweta Kumar
Colorado is one of a handful of states with a review board for drug prices and one of only four with a board empowered to set upper limits on what state agencies, insurers and other... |
| 17.12.2025 | Trump's Dual Thrust: Tariffs and AI Reshape American Policy in 2025 | Trump's 2025 initiatives reshape America. New tariffs generated over $200 billion, sparking legal battles and trade shifts. Concurrently, the "U.S. Tech Force" launched. This 1,000-strong specialist team advances federal AI and te... |
| 15.12.2025 | New Trump tariffs collection hits $200 billion, Customs says | The United States has collected more $200 billion in tariffs this year as a result of new duties imposed by President Donald Trump since the beginning of 2025, according to Customs and Border Protection.
The tally comes as the Supreme Court... |
| 03.11.2025 | A major question for the Supreme Court: Will it treat Trump as it did Biden? | By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A major question hangs over the Supreme Court’s closely watched case on President Donald Trump’s far-reaching tariffs: Will the conservative majority hold the Republican president to the s... |
| 09.09.2025 | Congress will do ‘what’s right’ if Trump’s tariffs are tossed by Supreme Court, House tax committee chair says | Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, said Congress would do “what’s right” if the Supreme Court court rules President Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal.
“If the courts do upset the apple cart, then we... |
| 09.09.2025 | Supreme Court will hear Trump tariffs case on fast track | The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration’s request to hear its appeal of lower court rulings invalidating many of President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs.
The Supreme Court also agreed with the administration’s re... |
| 09.09.2025 | Supreme Court to quickly consider if President Donald Trump has power to impose sweeping tariffs | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Tuesday, putting a policy at the center of his economic agenda squarely before th... |
| 07.09.2025 | Treasury Secretary Bessent warns of massive refunds if the Supreme Court voids Trump tariffs | Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he is “confident” President Donald Trump’s tariff plan “will win” at the Supreme Court, but warned the U.S. would be forced to issue massive refunds if it loses.
National Economic Council Director Kevin... |
| 04.09.2025 | Trump Tariffs Face Legal Showdown: White House Vows Fight, Prepares Backup Plans | A federal appeals court has invalidated most Trump-era global tariffs, igniting a fierce legal and political battle. The administration calls the ruling "partisan injustice," claiming it threatens US economic stability. President ... |
| 04.09.2025 | Trump says US would be on ‘brink of economic catastrophe’ unless justices rule his tariffs are legal | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is seeking a swift and definitive decision on tariffs from the Supreme Court that he helped shape, saying the country would be on “the brink o... |
| 04.09.2025 | Trump asks Supreme Court to quickly take up tariffs case and reverse ruling finding them illegal | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration took the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping import... |
| 04.09.2025 | Trump asks Supreme Court to quickly hear appeal to save his tariffs | President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to quickly accept and rule on his effort to overturn lower court rulings that found most of his tariffs were not legal.
Trump has made tariffs on imports from other countries the central plank ... |
| 04.09.2025 | CNBC Daily Open: Investors cheer coming rate cuts, but also contend with job cuts | Trump seeks to save tariffs.
U.S. markets mostly climb.
Bonds under pressure.
Trump to host tech CEOs.
Gold at fresh high.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite climbed Wednesday, powered by tech shares after a federal court decision all... |
| 02.09.2025 | Trump will ask Supreme Court for ‘expedited ruling’ on tariffs appeal | President Donald Trump said he will ask the Supreme Court for an “expedited ruling” to overturn an appeals court decision that found most of his tariffs are illegal.
“If you take away tariffs, we could end up being a third-world country,” T... |
| 01.09.2025 | CNBC Daily Open: Tariff uncertainty intensifies with the U.S. court’s ruling | Most Trump tariffs are illegal, U.S. appeals court rules on Friday
Core inflation in the U.S. ticked up in July.
U.S. stocks had a winning August.
China and India could be partners instead of rivals, Xi Jinping says.
August jobs number in f... |
| 31.08.2025 | Trump trade adviser blasts tariff ruling, calling it ‘weaponized partisan injustice’ | White House trade adviser Peter Navarro echoed President Donald Trump’s claim that a negative ruling on the legality of the administration’s global tariffs “will be the end of the United States.”
Navarro’s comments come after a federal appe... |
| 31.08.2025 | Asia markets close mixed as investors assess China’s RatingDog manufacturing data | Japanese, South Korean and Australian markets fell.
Hong Kong and Chinese stocks rise.
Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Monday as investors assessed China’s RatingDog manufacturing data for August. The metric came in at 50.5, compared to a... |
| 30.08.2025 | Trump tariffs that are voided by — and ones that are safe from — Friday’s appeals court ruling | The ruling on Friday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit throws a wrench in President Donald Trump’s trade agenda, and leaves his “reciprocal tariffs” in limbo.
Trump has said that he will appeal the ruling to the U.S. Su... |
| 29.08.2025 | Most Trump tariffs ruled illegal by appeals court, dealing major blow to trade policy | A federal appeals court ruled that most of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs are illegal, striking a massive blow to the core of his aggressive trade policy.
Friday’s ruling is the Trump administration’s second straight loss in the ma... |
| 01.08.2025 | Trump's global trade policy faces test, hours from tariff deadline | WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump's dream of a new world trade order faced a crucial test Thursday (Jul 31), with dozens of economies - including key commercial partners like Canada - yet to secure US tariff deals ahead of a ... |
| 31.07.2025 | Appeals court skeptical of Trump tariff authority | A federal appeals court is hearing arguments on whether or not to kneecap President Donald Trump’s global tariff regime.
Trump has held up the case as a life-or-death moment for his trade agenda, but plaintiffs say he has usurped the power ... |
| 22.07.2025 | Restaurant Owner Keeps Getting Denied His Purely Descriptive Trademark | I recognize that trademark law is a nuanced thing and I don’t expect the average person to be familiar with all of its intricacies. Hell, I write about trademarks all the time and I could probably fill a law school gymnasium with what I sti... |
| 01.06.2025 | Tariff Turmoil: The Trump Administration's Trade Gamble | In the ever-shifting landscape of U.S. trade policy, the recent reinstatement of tariffs by a federal appeals court has reignited the flames of controversy. The Trump administration, once again at the center of this storm, finds itself navi... |
| 30.05.2025 | Treasury Yields in Flux: A Tug of War Between Tariffs and Jobs Data | In the world of finance, Treasury yields are like the heartbeat of the economy. They pulse with the rhythm of market sentiment, responding to news, data, and decisions. Recently, this heartbeat has quickened and slowed, reflecting a complex... |
| 29.05.2025 | US dollar drops as investors prepare for court battle on tariffs | NEW YORK :The dollar fell on Thursday as investors prepared for U.S. President Donald Trump to battle a U.S. trade court ruling on Wednesday that blocked most of his proposed tariffs.
A federal appeals court late on Thursday, however, reins... |
| 29.05.2025 | US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority | US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority
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| 29.05.2025 | Treasury yields slide as traders weigh jobs data, tariff court ruling | U.S. Treasury yields slipped on Thursday as investors evaluated a federal trade court’s decision to block President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs and the latest economic data.
The 30-year Treasury yield fell more than 3 basis points, si... |
| 29.05.2025 | Trump tariffs reinstated by appeals court for now | A federal appeals court granted the Trump administration’s request to temporarily pause a lower-court ruling that struck down most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The administration had told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Ci... |
| 28.05.2025 | Federal trade court strikes down Trump’s reciprocal tariffs | A federal trade court struck down President Donald Trump’s worldwide reciprocal tariffs and ordered the administration to stop collecting them.
A three-judge panel on the Court of International Trade said Trump exceeded “any authority grant... |
| 09.11.2024 | Unmasking the Shadows: The Patent Troll Saga in Delaware | In the world of patents, shadows lurk. Companies with peculiar names, like Mellaconic IP, Backertop Licensing, and Nimitz Technologies, emerged in 2022, flooding Delaware federal courts with lawsuits. Their target? Businesses of all sizes, ... |
| 07.11.2024 | Judge’s Investigation Into Patent Troll Results In Criminal Referrals | In 2022, three companies with strange names and no clear business purpose beyond patent litigation filed dozens of lawsuits in Delaware federal court, accusing businesses of all sizes of patent infringement. Some of these complaints claimed... |
| 16.05.2024 | Berger Montague Shareholder Joshua Davis Wins Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling in Harrow v. Department of Defense | PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Berger Montague is pleased to announce that the United States Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 in favor of Stuart Harrow in Harrow vs Department of Defense, a case argued by Berger Montague shareholder ... |
| 15.05.2024 | Snooze and Lose | The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (the “Board”) reminded the government that if it failed to raise jurisdictional issues (namely a sum certain requirement that should have been in the claim) before a hearing on the merits, it for... |
| 21.03.2024 | US Courts Finally Trying To Crack Down On Judicial Shopping | This took way too long, but it appears that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and the Judicial Conference have finally decided to crack down on the serious problem of judicial shopping in the federal courts. They’ve set a new policy ... |
| 17.01.2024 | Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 2 US Ban Starts Again Today, What are the Affected Devices? | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 17 January 2024, 08:01 pm |
| 04.01.2024 | Victory For Illinois Landowners in the United States Court of Appeals For the Federal Circuit | Rails to Trails Law Firm - Stewart, Wald & Smith PEORIA, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, January 4, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Stewart, Wald & Smith, LLC, a leading rails-to-trails law firm, announced a significant legal triumph... |
| 01.05.2023 | Stupid Patent Of The Month: Trying To Get U.S. Patents On An AI Program | Only people can get patents. There’s a good reason for that, which is that the patent grant—a temporary monopoly granted by the government—is supposed to be given out only to “promote the progress of science and useful arts.” Just like monk... |
| 20.10.2022 | US court rules, once again, that AI software can’t be listed as inventor on a patent | Enlarge / US court (not pictured) rules that software cannot be registered as a patent "inventor."
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| 07.07.2022 | Pharmacists 'ready to get to work' after new FDA authorization allows them to prescribe Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral | In another setback for Biogen, the big biotech lost its appeal to revive a patent for the once-blockbuster drug Tecfidera, marking a likely conclusion to the case.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued the ruling Tuesday mo... |
| 12.04.2022 | Federal Circuit deals Abbott’s St. Jude Medical a setback in catheter IP case | A Federal Circuit court ruled that Abbott (NYSE:ABT) must face patent infringement claims going back to St. Jude Medical.
Abbott acquired St. Jude Medical for $25 billion in 2017. A year ago, it won a patent dispute over the method for usin... |
| 20.12.2021 | Judge Albright Names Lawyer For Patent Trolls As New Magistrate Judge For Waco | With the transformation of his Waco courtroom into the venue for more than 25% of all patent cases in the United States, Judge Albright can’t keep up with all the business he’s “drummed up” for his courtroom. He’s made heavy use of technica... |
| 30.11.2021 | Introducing Endpoints Studio, a new way to advertise with Endpoints-crafted branding campaigns | When Mylan and Pfizer’s Upjohn unit merged last year, headlines touted the $12 billion deal and newly named Viatris as the largest generic drugmaker in the world. But that’s not exactly how the company wanted to be known.
So Viatris — which... |
| 30.11.2021 | Sciwind gets licensing deal with Sanofi for metabolic disease candidates; ImmunityBio and EnGeneIC reach deal for nano cell tech | Sciwind Biosciences announced last night that it signed an expansive license agreement with Sanofi to develop and commercialize Sanofi’s long-lasting glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonist... |
| 30.11.2021 | Introducing Endpoints Studio, a new way to advertise with Endpoints-crafted branding campaigns | After some ups and downs surrounding the manufacturing of J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine as the South African company’s site, Aspen Pharmacare has announced an agreement with the pharma to make and sell an Aspen-branded Covid-19 vaccine through... |
| 30.11.2021 | China’s top mRNA contender is ready to go. And SoftBank just led a cash infusion pushing it over the $1B line | With Moderna and BioNTech offering a model — in the US and Europe, respectively — for how mRNA biotechs can enjoy a meteoric rise to profit and fame with just one successful Covid-19 vaccine, a Chinese player is ready to... |
| 30.11.2021 | Introducing Endpoints Studio, a new way to advertise with Endpoints-crafted branding campaigns | Jeff Dachis knows how to pick a business wave — although it may be more accurate to say he knows how to create them. The founder and CEO of digital health platform One Drop is working to transform the industry with predictive analytics and ... |
| 30.11.2021 | MarketingRx roundup: AbbVie’s Humira TV turns focus to HS skin condition; Sanofi amps parenting policy | After years as the top spending pharma TV advertiser, AbbVie’s Humira brand finally downshifted earlier this year, ceding much of its marketing budget to up-and-coming sibling meds Skyrizi and Rinvoq. However, now H... |
| 30.11.2021 | After Big Pharma sparked interest in the US, Ablaze looks to bring radiopharmaceuticals overseas | Thanks in part to interest from Big Pharma players like Bayer and Novartis over the last decade, there’s been no shortage in cash for new companies looking to slay tumor cells with targeted radioisotopes. Now a transpacifi... |
| 28.10.2021 | Federal Circuit Clarifies That Willful Infringement Does Not Require Egregious Conduct | On September 28, 2021, in a precedential opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in SRI Int'l, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., Nos. 2020-1685, -1704, clarified its decision from a prior appeal in the same case to h... |
| 18.10.2021 | Cisco : Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending October 1, 2021 | A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
SRI International, Inc. v. Cis... |
| 11.10.2021 | Our Podcast With BCLT And The Comeback Kid: SRI v. Cisco Round II | At Federal Circuitry, we've started discussing interesting Federal Circuit cases and developments with the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology in their Expert Series Podcasts. Please find the first episode discussing SRI International ... |
| 28.09.2021 | "You Got To Know When To Protest" Part III: The Court Of Federal Claims Declines To Expand Blue & Gold Waiver Rule For Bid Protests "Any Further Than The Federal Circuit Already Has... | The implications of the Federal Circuit's Blue & Gold waiver rule - pursuant to which a disappointed offeror waives any protest grounds it may have had to the terms of a solicitation that the offeror could have, but failed to, raise pre... |
| 24.08.2021 | Daikin Industries : Federal Circuit Clarifies The "Teaches Away" Doctrine And The "Substantial Evidence" Requirement When Making An Obviousness Determination | On July 22, 2021, in Chemours Company FC, LLC v. Daikin Industries, Ltd. ("Chemours v. Daikin"), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") reversed a decision made by the Patent Trial... |
| 23.08.2021 | GSK v. Teva: Federal Circuit Issues New Opinion Analyzing Induced Infringement | On August 5, 2021, the Federal Circuit withdrew its October 2020 opinion in GSK v. Teva, summarized in this post on induced infringement of method-of-treatment claims, and issued an opinion that reiterated the prior holding but sought to cl... |
| 18.08.2021 | Apple : Federal Circuit Finds No Assignment By Employment Agreement | In Omni MedSci, Inc. v. Apple Inc., the Federal Circuit held that language the inventor agreed to via his employment agreement "did not effectuate a present automatic assignment of [his] patent rights." The issue arose in the cont... |
| 12.08.2021 | Victoria Secret : Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending August 6, 2021 | A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
GlaxoSmithKline LLC, et al. v.... |
| 10.08.2021 | Last Week In The Federal Circuit (August 2-6): No Secret For Obtaining Venue | The Federal Circuit wrapped up another (perhaps final) week of telephone arguments last week. As of now, the Court is still set to restart in-person arguments next month. But we'll have to see if those plans change. Below we provide our usu... |
| 28.07.2021 | Appeals court upholds ITC patent finding | JinkoSolar Holding Co. said in a statement that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a Rule 36 summary affirmance upholding the International Trade Commission’s (ITC’s) conclusion that JinkoSolar’s products do n... |
| 24.06.2021 | Boeing Co. v. United States: Waiver Of A Solicitation Defect – Interpreting Blue & Gold Fleet, L.P. | The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned a Court of Federal Claims decision, stating that the trial court incorrectly ruled that a company had waived its right to challenge an error in a solicitation. The lower ... |
| 22.06.2021 | Trimble : How Many Communications Before A State Has Jurisdiction? | According to the Federal Circuit, twenty-two communications with a party over the course of three months may be enough to force a defendant to defend itself in the state where the party is located. But three letters sent over that same time... |
| 13.04.2021 | Patent Loving Judge Keeps Pissing Off Patent Appeals Court, But Doesn't Seem To Care Very Much | You may recall last fall we had an absolutely astounding story about Judge Alan Albright, a former patent litigator, who was appointed as the only judge in the federal district court in Waco. He very, very quickly made it clear that he want... |
| 06.01.2021 | SANOFI
Spotlight On Upcoming Oral Arguments – January 2021 | The following telephone arguments will be available to the public live. Access information will be available by 9 AM ET each day of argument at: http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/public-access-arguments.
Monday, January 4, 2021
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| 16.12.2020 | THE BOEING COMPANY
Contractors Should Not Leave Money On The Table: The Federal Circuit Clears The Way For Boeing To Use The Tucker Act To Sue DoD For "Illegal Exaction" In Connection With ... | In these unprecedented, economically-challenging times for the aviation industry, it is especially important that airlines, manufacturers and other industry stakeholders have an accessible avenue open to them for pursuing reimbursement clai... |
| 04.11.2020 | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries : Skinny Label Doesn't Prevent Infringement Liability | The Federal Circuit decision in GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., is getting attention for potentially "endangering" the practice of skinny labelling. Indeed, the Federal Circuit held that Teva's skinny label ... |
| 08.10.2020 | HP INC.
Joinder To The Rescue: Federal Circuit Holds That Joinder Of Instituted IPRs Does Not Result In Estoppel Under § 315(e) | In Network-1 Techs., Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard, No. 18-2338, the Federal Circuit reversed and vacated multiple aspects of the district court's final judgment holding that Hewlett-Packard (HP) did not infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,218,930 ("... |
| 05.10.2020 | Former Patent Litigator Becomes Federal Judge And Begins Advertising For Patent Trolls To Come To His Court (And They Have In Droves) | For years, you may recall that we would write about the insane nature of forum shopping for patent trolls, in which the trolls would flock to the federal courts in East Texas. Going back nearly 15 years, we wrote about how East Texas courts... |
| 01.10.2020 | NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Last Week In The Federal Circuit (September 21-25): Joinder And Statutory Estoppel | The Federal Circuit had a fairly busy week as summer officially came to a close. It issued six written decisions last week, three precedential. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and our case of the week—our highly subjective sele... |
| 20.08.2020 | THE BOEING COMPANY
"You Got To Know When To Protest" Part II: Federal Circuit Holds Blue & Gold Waiver Rule For Bid Protests Inapplicable When Pre-Award Objection Would Have Been "... | In our previous blog article, we discussed the Federal Circuit's decision in Inserso Corp. v. United States, 961 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2020), in which a split panel held a protest cannot be brought in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ("... |
| 11.08.2020 | ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Ono Pharmaceutical : Federal Circuit Finds Significant Contributions For Co-Inventorship | In Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. v. Ono Pharm. Co., Ltd., the Federal Circuit agreed with the district court that two inventors should be added to a family of PD-1 cancer treatment patents, even though their contributions may be prior ... |
| 23.07.2020 | THRYV HOLDINGS, INC.
Thryv : Mid-year Review Of 2020's Major Patent Cases From Across The Globe | Without a question or a doubt, 2020 is a year like none other the world has seen. The impacts of coronavirus have prompted a world economic shutdown on an unprecedented scale. In the legal industry, courts have struggled to adjust to the ne... |
| 03.06.2020 | Can Trump Use the Insurrection Act to Deploy Troops to American Streets? | For the first time in decades, the U.S. military is patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital. And according to President Trump, the same may soon be true in other American cities as well.
On Monday, June 1, President Trump addressed t... |
| 18.03.2020 | The Federal Courts Begin to Adapt to COVID-19 | In the United States, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus quickly transformed from a looming risk to a paralyzing pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has emphasized the need to engage in “social distancing” and avoid ... |
| 21.08.2019 | Arthrex loses another round in patent spat with Smith & Nephew | Arthrex has lost another battle in a patent dispute with Smith & Nephew’s (NYSE:SNN) ArthroCare.
A U.S. Court of Appeals panel today rejected Arthrex’s attempt to overturn a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that two claims of an Art... |
| 21.07.2018 | Federal judges ban Allergan’s sovereign immunity scheme in a slapdown that will bolster inter partes review for years to come | Allergan execs had thought they had found a clever way to dodge the threat of inter partes review of the patents for their big blockbuster Restasis. In the end, they $AGN paid a pretty price to bolster IPR, shutting and locking t... |
| 27.03.2018 | Oracle wins appeal against Google in copyright case | If you thought the Oracle v. Google saga was over at last, we have some bad news for you. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit breathed new life into the case, ruling that Google violated copyright law when it used ... |
| 29.09.2017 | Stupid Patent Of The Month: Will Patents Slow Artificial Intelligence? | We have written many times about why the patent system is a bad fit for software. Too often, the Patent Office reviews applications without ever looking at real world software and hands out broad, vague, or obvious patents on software conce... |
| 24.08.2017 | Supreme Court Has Another Chance To Help Take Down The Patent Trolls | The Supreme Court has a chance to help banish patent trolls back under the bridge where they belong. In the fall session, the Court will hear Oil States Energy Service v. Greene’s Energy Group – a case that has massive implications for the ... |
| 07.08.2017 | Personal Audio loses its appeal for podcasting patent | A year after taking up the case, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in its challenge against podcasting patent troll, Personal Audio. The decision is a massive relief for... |
| 26.06.2017 | Appeals Court Sticks Trolling 'Stupid Patent' Winner With $43,000 In Legal Fees | Winning the never-coveted “Stupid Patent of the Month” award is no honor. In fact, it sometimes enrages recipients to the point of sueball-throwing. But there is definitely a large amount of schadenfreude to be enjoyed by onlookers — perhap... |
| 18.04.2017 | Apple settles with major patent holder at 1:00am the night before trial | reader comments 40 with 29 posters participating
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A large patent-holding company called Unwired Planet reached a settlement with Apple at 1:00am on Monday, just hours before... |
| 17.04.2017 | Appeals court revives Apple’s patented “rubber banding” tech because of one small tweak | Larry Rosenstein reader comments 58 with 37 posters participating
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| 02.03.2017 | Patent-holding company’s $533M verdict against Apple is dust on appeal | reader comments 61 with 50 posters participating
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| 06.01.2017 | Patent Troll GPNE continues to Fight Apple in China over Infringing Patents related to Cellular technologies
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| 14.10.2016 | Do you buy a smartphone for its curves? Do you buy a car for its cup holders? | - |
| 08.10.2016 | Apple got its verdict back—$120M against Samsung | A 1992 paper by Catherine Plaisant describes a touchscreen "slider toggle." Apple lawyers said that until the iPhone was unveiled, it wouldn't have been obvious to use such an invention on a phone.
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| 13.07.2016 | Federal Circuit clarifies the “commercial offer for sale” prong of the on-sale bar | Federal Circuit clarifies the “commercial offer for sale” prong of the on-sale bar
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On July 11, 2016, the Federal Circuit did not invalidate two of The Medicines Company's US patents on grounds that they were not the subject of a ... |
| 26.02.2016 | Apple’s $120M jury verdict against Samsung destroyed on appeal | Aurich Lawson reader comments 159 with 97 posters participating, including story author
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| 29.12.2015 | Stupid Patent Of The Month: Microsoft's Design Patent On A Slider | For the first time ever, this month’s Stupid Patent of the Month is being awarded to a design patent. Microsoft recently sued Corel for, among other things, infringing its patent on a slider, D554,140, claiming that Corel Home Office has in... |
| 18.09.2015 | Appeals Court: It Is In The Public's Interest That Samsung Not Be Allowed To 'Slide To Unlock' Devices | The patent fight between Apple and Samsung has been going on for many years now with Samsung being told to pay a lot of money to Apple. But on one point Apple has been unsuccessful: getting an injunction barring Samsung from offering produc... |
| 19.05.2015 | Appeals court slashes payout in Apple-Samsung trial | In August, 2012 a jury found Samsung guilty of infringing multiple Apple design patents as well as claims the manufacturer had filed on “trade dress.” Trade dress refers to the specific appearance or visual art of a product that a consumer ... |
| 18.05.2015 | Appeals court slashes down Apple’s $930M win against Samsung | reader comments 70 with 48 posters participating
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| 23.02.2015 | Software Patents Are Increasingly Coming Under Fire In Court | Sid Venkatesan Contributor
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| 22.09.2014 | Appeals court denies BD bid to revisit loss to Retractable Technologies | A federal appeals court last week denied a bid by Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) to have it review a damages decision in Retractable Technologies‘ (NYSE:RVP) $7.7 million patent infringement win over BD.
Earlier this summer the U.S. ... |
| 21.07.2014 | Align Tech declares a ‘total win’ as federal circuit reverses ITC ruling | Dental devices maker Align Technology (NSDQ:ALGN) touted a Federal Circuit Court ruling issued this month, calling it a "total win for Align."
The ruling overturns a 2013 decision made by the International Trade Commission and all... |
| 01.07.2014 | In 'On The Internet' Patent Case, SCOTUS Gives CAFC 3rd Chance To Get It Right | You may recall the important WildTangent v. Ultramercial case that has been going on for some time. This is the case in which the courts basically need to decide if merely adding an “on the internet’ turns a basic idea into a patentable ide... |
| 11.06.2014 | Amazon Got 'Photography Against A White Background' Patent Because CAFC Says Obvious Ideas Must Be Written Down | So, about a month ago, we wrote about Amazon’s ridiculous new patent on “photography against a white background,” which got a fair bit of attention. There were debates among photographers, patent lawyers and lots of other people with opinio... |
| 12.05.2014 | API ruling in Oracle's favor could have far-reaching consequences | In something of a surprise twist on Friday, a court ruled that Oracle is entitled to copyright protection for its Java APIs. This is a case that has been rumbling on for some time now after Oracle sued Google for implementing the APIs into ... |
| 09.05.2014 | Appeals Court Doesn't Understand The Difference Between Software And An API; Declares APIs Copyrightable | We sort of expected this to happen after the appeals court for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) held its oral arguments back in December, but CAFC has now spit at basic common sense and has declared that you can copyright an API. As we noted, bac... |
| 16.12.2013 | Motorola Loses Appeal Against Microsoft over Android | News Motorola Loses Appeal Against Microsoft over Android By Kurt MackieDecember 16, 2013
An appeal by Motorola Mobility LLC over an intellectual property dispute with Microsoft over the Android operating system was struck down on Monday by... |
| 16.12.2013 | Motorola Loses Appeal Against Microsoft over Android | News Motorola Loses Appeal Against Microsoft over Android By Kurt MackieDecember 16, 2013
An appeal by Motorola Mobility LLC over an intellectual property dispute with Microsoft over the Android operating system was struck down on Monday by... |
