WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corporation

  1. July 16, 2018

    Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear PTAB Ax Of WesternGeco Patents

    The Federal Circuit said Monday that it won't rehear a panel's decision upholding the cancellation of several of Schlumberger Ltd. unit WesternGeco LLC's oil exploration patents, jeopardizing the company's ability to collect more than $100 million over the infringement of those patents by one of its rivals.

  2. June 27, 2018

    Fed. Circ. Urged To Reject WesternGeco Bid To Revive Patents

    Ion Geophysical Corp. urged the Federal Circuit on Tuesday to deny a bid from Schlumberger Ltd. unit WesternGeco LLC for a full-court rehearing of a decision that nixed several of WesternGeco's oil exploration patents.

  3. June 08, 2018

    Schlumberger Unit Asks Fed. Circ. To Clarify Time Bar On IPR

    A unit of oilfield services giant Schlumberger Ltd. has asked the Federal Circuit to rehear a case that invalidated several of its oil exploration patents, arguing the Patent and Trial Appeal Board had misinterpreted a key standard in determining when inter partes review petitions are time-barred.

  4. May 07, 2018

    Fed. Circ. Nixes Claims In Patents From High Court Case

    The Federal Circuit on Monday upheld U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board rulings invalidating parts of three oil exploration patents owned by a Schlumberger Ltd. unit, weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about how much the company can recover in damages in an infringement suit over the same patents.

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