False Patent Press Release Leads to Sanctions
On November 17, 2008, I found a press release on Business Wire issued by AutoClear LLC discussing what allegedly transpired in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by American Science & Engineering,...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Says Rambus Illegally Destroyed Documents
On Friday, May 13, 2011, the Federal Circuit issued the latest decision in a long line of Rambus decisions stemming out of conduct of Rambus as it participated in the JEDEC standard-setting body, as...
View ArticleIndicia of Extortion – Federal Circuit Slams Patent Troll
It was also determined that the underlying patent litigation was brought for no other reason than to extract nuisance payments despite the fact that there was no infringement. Specifically, the...
View ArticleState Department, Congress Unhappy with World Intellectual Property...
WIPO is under fire again. It seems that WIPO not only shipped computers to North Korea, but also shipped computers to Iran as well. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) called this latest WIPO...
View ArticleWIPO Responds on Sending Computers to North Korea, Iran
Earlier today, WIPO issued a press release, allegedly as the result of "recent media attention and requests for information" relating to what WIPO is and does, and exactly what happened regarding the...
View ArticleTroll Turning Point? Federal Circuit Breathes Life into Rule 11
This is very good news for defendants and for the patent system. If Rule 11 is actually enforced against those who sue without a reasonable basis the bad actors will be wiped out. It will also work to...
View ArticleCAFC Upholds Sanctions Against DuPont, in Favor of Monsanto
By claiming mutual and unilateral mistake, DuPont had placed the truthfulness of its subjective belief concerning its stacking rights at issue... The problem for DuPont was that the internal e-mails...
View ArticleCAFC Reverses Summary Judgment Fee-Shifting Sanction
The district court imposed a fee-shifting sanction as a condition of permitting AntiCancer to supplement the Preliminary Infringement Contentions that the district court found defective under Patent...
View ArticleSanctioned: Living with a Scarlet Letter
How does one deal with a public shaming? Nothing I learned in school or during 35 years of practice prepared me for this. But I had to take affirmative action to preserve my sanity and some modicum of...
View ArticleNew PTAB Rules Level the Playing Field for Patent Owners in IPR
After much public comment and debate, new changes to rules for post-grant administrative trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) go into effect on May 2, 2016. These final rule changes,...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Upholds Sanctions and Attorney’s Fees for Vexatious...
The Court upheld the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees and costs, finding ample support in the record for Walker’s vexatious conduct, and no legitimate reason for Walker to continue litigating...
View ArticleProposed Amendments to Rule 11 Will Adversely Impact Patent Owners
Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX), has sponsored a bill to amend Rule 11 — H.R. 720. The changes are made to remove the safe harbor provision and make sanctions mandatory. This bill has passed the House....
View ArticleCrocs Chase Dawgs With Motion for Sanctions After Allegations of Bad Faith...
On December 1st, Niwot, CO-based shoe manufacturer Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX) filed a motion for sanctions against Las Vegas, NV-based rival firm USA Dawgs Inc., which outlined a series of harassing...
View ArticleStill No Answer From PTAB on Apple Sanctions Request Against VoIP-Pal After...
And yet, despite this apparent vindication of VoIP-Pal’s patents against the strongest of odds in an executive branch tribunal where APJ panels are stacked in the interest of achieving policy...
View ArticleHouse Small Business Committee Holds Hearing on ZTE Sanctions, Chinese...
Several weeks ago, the House Small Business Committee held a hearing titled ZTE: A Threat to America’s Small Businesses to explore the economic and national security threats posed by the Chinese...
View ArticlePTAB Brass steps into IPR to decide Apple motion for sanctions
On August 22nd, an order was entered in the inter partes review (IPR) proceedings currently ongoing between between VoIP-Pal and Cupertino, CA-based consumer device giant Apple Inc. The order removed...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Says Rambus Illegally Destroyed Documents
On Friday, May 13, 2011, the Federal Circuit issued the latest decision in a long line of Rambus decisions stemming out of conduct of Rambus as it participated in the JEDEC standard-setting body, as...
View ArticleIndicia of Extortion – Federal Circuit Slams Patent Troll
It was also determined that the underlying patent litigation was brought for no other reason than to extract nuisance payments despite the fact that there was no infringement. Specifically, the...
View ArticleState Department, Congress Unhappy with World Intellectual Property...
WIPO is under fire again. It seems that WIPO not only shipped computers to North Korea, but also shipped computers to Iran as well. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) called this latest WIPO...
View ArticleUSPTO Imposes Sanctions on Flagrant Fraudulent Filer
On Friday, December 10, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a “Show Cause Order” imposing sanctions against Huanyee Intellectual Property Co., Ltd. and its Executive Director,...
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