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MasterObjects, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.

  1. September 23, 2022

    Amazon Beats Patent Claims After Alsup 'Misstated' Its Motion

    A week after trimming the direct infringement claims a software patent licensing company leveled against Amazon, a California federal judge clarified that he is granting summary judgment in favor of Amazon, noting his own error and vacating a trial scheduled to begin next month.

  2. September 16, 2022

    IP Case Against Amazon Trimmed To 'Equivalents' Fight

    A California federal judge told lawyers for a software patent licensing company their direct infringement case against Amazon failed and that they painted themselves "into a corner" by the "shifting sands" of their ever-changing arguments, but lawyers for the business say they're optimistic about making a case on "equivalent" infringement to jurors in October.

  3. September 08, 2022

    Alsup Says Amazon's Attys 'Pampering' Selves With Delay Bid

    U.S. District Judge William Alsup held off on deciding Thursday whether to grant Amazon a win in MasterObjects Inc.'s infringement suit over autofill search-engine patents, and he appeared critical of Amazon attorneys' request to delay the upcoming trial, saying, "I think you lawyers are pampering yourself too much."

  4. June 13, 2022

    Amazon Atty Survives DQ Bid, But Court Questions Credibility

    A California federal judge on Monday declined to disqualify a senior in-house patent lawyer at Amazon from infringement litigation brought by MasterObjects Inc., though the judge did say that the attorney's failure to bring up that he previously worked at a firm that represented MasterObjects "undermines" his credibility somewhat.

  5. May 04, 2022

    Amazon Attorney To Be Deposed To Settle Disqualification Bid

    A California federal judge ordered a senior in-house patent lawyer at Amazon who is leading the company's defense of claims of infringement of MasterObjects Inc.'s search engine patent to be deposed regarding a potential conflict of interest that MasterObjects accuses him of trying to hide.

  6. April 06, 2022

    Alsup Calls Amazon In-House Atty's LinkedIn Gap 'Suspicious'

    Mulling a motion to disqualify Amazon's counsel from litigation accusing the e-commerce giant of infringing MasterObjects Inc.'s search engine patents, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said Wednesday it "looks suspicious" that an Amazon in-house lawyer omitted from his LinkedIn profile a two-year stint at a law firm that represented MasterObjects.

  7. February 23, 2022

    Amazon Says Bid To DQ Its Attys Based On 'Wild Speculation'

    Amazon has urged a California federal judge to deny software maker MasterObjects' motion to disqualify both an in-house lawyer and outside counsel at Hueston Hennigan LLP in a lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of infringing search engine patents, saying the bid is "frivolous" and deserving of sanctions.

  8. February 09, 2022

    Software Co. Wants Amazon Atty DQ'd From Patent Suit

    MasterObjects wants a California federal judge to disqualify Amazon's in-house lawyer and its outside counsel in a suit accusing the e-commerce giant of infringing search engine patents, saying the company's staff attorney once worked for the law firm that filed a MasterObjects patent application in the early 2000s.