May 15, 2014
Mercedes-Benz USA LLC has agreed to settle a patent infringement action brought by Norman IP Holdings LLC over five wireless communications patents directed to the internal operations of microprocessors or chipsets, according to documents filed Wednesday in Texas federal court.
August 15, 2012
A Texas federal judge's recent ruling that the America Invents Act bars a patent holder from joining unrelated defendants to an infringement suit — but does not preclude consolidating the severed suits — allows plaintiffs to perform an end-run around the joinder provision of the patent reform law, attorneys say.