March 05, 2024
A California federal judge has allowed Ramey LLP to withdraw from representing a Finnish inventor in his patent infringement case against Netflix, saying he wasn't paying his required fees.
February 29, 2024
A California federal judge said Thursday he's inclined to allow Ramey LLP to withdraw from representing a Finnish inventor in his patent infringement case against Netflix, saying that it "is a messy situation" with an interesting factual record, but "at the end of the day, Mr. Ramey is not getting paid."
February 22, 2024
Samsung plans to ask a Texas court to force a patent litigation business to disclose communications with litigation funders ahead of a trial next month over whether the tech giant's former in-house counsel stole trade secrets. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
January 31, 2024
Netflix is pushing for a California federal court to keep a patent law firm on a Finnish inventor's infringement case against the streaming giant, arguing that the firm is trying to dodge liability by withdrawing.
January 17, 2024
A prolific patent plaintiff firm is asking a California federal court to withdraw from a Finnish executive's infringement case against Netflix, claiming that it has irreconcilable differences with its client and is no longer being paid for its work.
January 08, 2024
A federal judge in Oakland dismissed a Finnish executive's infringement case against Netflix, finding Monday that the patent had actually been sold off in 2005 and rejecting arguments that cited Scandinavian ownership disputes involving unclaimed shipwrecks and piles of leather found "in a waste pile."
September 21, 2023
A California federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday requested by Netflix against a Finnish inventor suing it for patent infringement, ordering the inventor to cease transferring his assets to his Finnish entity and declining to consider a late argument that the transfers are needed to pay living expenses.
August 24, 2023
A California federal judge who this week allowed a Finnish inventor to pursue infringement claims against Netflix on only one of two patents has been urged by the streaming giant to bar the plaintiff from shielding his assets by transferring them to companies he owns in Finland.