August 18, 2025
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright is making EcoFactor Inc. wait for Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings to finish before scheduling a highly anticipated retrial, ordered by the full Federal Circuit, on how much Google should pay for infringing its thermostat patent.
December 06, 2022
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas has ordered Google to post a $20 million bond to cover a jury verdict in a patent case amid appeal, ruling that the company's lawyers haven't put forward enough evidence that the global tech titan — currently worth well over $1 trillion — will remain solvent for the next year.
September 22, 2022
The Second Circuit will consider what constitutes an "expressive" work in trademark law when it hears a controversial designer's appeal of a ruling the Vans footwear brand obtained to temporarily block a shoe line endorsed by the rapper Tyga. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
August 22, 2022
In its fight to keep a $20 million jury verdict over patent infringement, a smart home energy company accused Google of misrepresenting events and ignoring witness testimony after the tech company asked a Texas federal judge for a new trial.
February 10, 2022
Google should pay more than $20 million for infringing an EcoFactor Inc. patent with its Nest brand thermostats, a Western District of Texas jury concluded Thursday.
January 20, 2022
Federal Circuit judges will consider next week whether a medical device startup's founder can attack a patent he helped develop after a U.S. Supreme Court decision in the dispute last year narrowed rules for blocking inventors from challenging their own patents.
January 13, 2022
Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright has denied Google's request to postpone a patent trial over the company's Nest smart thermostats from Jan. 31 to March 28, ruling that the company won't be harmed if witnesses concerned about COVID-19 testify remotely.