Liqwd, Inc. et al v. L'Oreal USA, Inc. et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:17-cv-00014

Court:

Delaware

Nature of Suit:

Patent

Judge:

Joseph F. Bataillon

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  1. May 19, 2021

    L'Oreal, Olaplex Settle After Fed. Circ. Nixes $66M IP Verdict

    L'Oreal and hair care company Olapex have reached a settlement roughly two weeks after the Federal Circuit overturned a $66 million trade secrets and patent judgment against L'Oreal over a hair bleaching method, the companies told the District of Delaware on Wednesday.

  2. December 17, 2019

    L'Oreal Can't Get New Trial In $50M Olaplex Trade Secrets Row

    L'Oreal USA Inc. can't get a new trial to avoid paying nearly $50 million for misappropriating trade secrets and infringing patents belonging to hair care company Olaplex LLC and must additionally pay $14.3 million in Olaplex's attorney fees, a Delaware federal judge has ruled.

  3. August 20, 2019

    L'Oreal Hit With $50M Damages In Olaplex Trade Secrets Suit

    L'Oreal USA Inc. will have to pay nearly $50 million for misappropriating trade secrets and infringing patents belonging to the hair care company Olaplex LLC, according to calculations detailed in a Tuesday judgment by the Delaware federal judge overseeing the case.

  4. August 16, 2019

    L'Oreal Must Pull Products At Center Of Patent Fight For Good

    A Delaware federal judge ordered cosmetics giant L'Oreal on Friday to stop making and selling hair color products that violate patents held by California-based Olaplex LLC, permanently extending a temporary ban imposed during a two-year intellectual property spat.

  5. August 12, 2019

    L'Oreal Found Liable For Stolen Secrets In Del. IP Trial

    A Delaware federal jury found Monday that beauty giant L'Oreal USA Inc. misappropriated Olaplex LLC's trade secrets, willfully infringed two Olaplex patents related to a hair coloring product and breached a nondisclosure agreement between the companies.

  6. August 09, 2019

    L'Oreal Could Face $100M In Damages As Del. IP Trial Closes

    After telling a Delaware federal jury it has been fighting a David v. Goliath battle, Olaplex LLC said Friday it is seeking what could be more than $100 million in damages for L'Oreal USA Inc.'s alleged misappropriation of its trade secrets and infringement of patents related to a hair-coloring product.

  7. August 05, 2019

    L'Oreal Stole 'Game-Changing' Secrets, Del. Jury Told

    Beauty product giant L'Oreal USA Inc. used its corporate savvy to steal trade secrets related to a "game-changing" hair-coloring product from a much smaller startup company, a Delaware federal jury was told Monday.

  8. April 26, 2019

    L'Oreal Ordered To Pull Products Named In Patent Fight

    A Delaware federal judge on Friday ordered L'Oreal USA Inc. to stop making and selling several products that a hair care startup says infringed a patented "bond multiplier" treatment for dyed hair.

  9. June 28, 2018

    Haircare Co. Says PTAB Patent Ax 'Not Binding' In L'Oreal Row

    Haircare startup Olaplex on Thursday urged a Delaware federal judge to deny L'Oreal's bid to pause a suit accusing the cosmetics giant of infringing a patented "bond multiplier" treatment for dyed hair, arguing that a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision on its patent is "not binding" on the district court.

  10. June 21, 2018

    Startup Again Seeks Injunction Against L'Oreal In IP Row

    Startup hair care product developer Olaplex LLC accused L'Oreal Inc. of brazenly infringing its patented "bond multiplier" product for treating and repairing bleached or dyed hair Thursday, during a second-chance preliminary injunction argument in the U.S. District Court for Delaware, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake.

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