June 07, 2023
The owner of a patent enforcement business accused of fraud on Wednesday accused a Delaware federal judge of "textbook gender harassment and discrimination," an accusation that stems from the judge's refusal to allow her to avoid traveling from Texas to Delaware for a hearing despite her being a working mother.
June 01, 2023
A Delaware federal judge who ordered attorneys for Backertop Licensing LLC to appear in court next week amid an ongoing fraud probe has tossed aside the patent enforcement business owner's concerns that her paralegal job prevents her from appearing in person.
May 05, 2023
Fresh IP PLC is seeking to distance itself from a Delaware federal judge's fraud probe of a patent enforcement company one of its former attorneys represents, telling the court the attorney will respond to an order requiring the company to turn over information about its business dealings and legal representation.
May 02, 2023
A patent enforcement company has been ordered to turn over information about its assets and business by next week, and have its owner and counsel appear in Delaware federal court next month to "sort through" a "morass" as its counsel seeks to withdraw amid a judge's fraud probe.
April 28, 2023
A patent enforcement company is asking a Delaware federal judge to delay it having to comply with an order to turn over information about its assets, business associations and legal representation until he rules on its request to set aside the order.
April 04, 2023
Attorneys representing a patent enforcement company have asked a Delaware federal judge to set aside an order requiring the company to turn over information about its assets, business associations and legal representation, arguing the order is improper and "overly broad."
March 31, 2023
A Delaware federal judge who last year ordered patent litigants to disclose their third-party funding told a patent enforcement company Friday to turn over a raft of information about its assets, business associations and legal representation, expressing concern that "hidden" parties may have "perpetrated a fraud on the court."
November 10, 2022
A Delaware federal judge has said a Thursday hearing on third-party funded and controlled patent litigation "only added" to his concerns about the practice, adding that he plans a deeper look as part of an already weekslong, growing judicial probe.
November 03, 2022
A fourth trial kicks off in Austin next week in a multibillion-dollar legal war between VLSI Technology and Intel over the licensing company's microchip technology patents. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
September 14, 2022
Delaware federal Judge Colm Connolly has ordered the owners of six companies that have filed 14 patent cases, nearly all of which have been voluntarily dismissed, to appear in person to address his concerns that they are not complying with standing orders requiring disclosure of their litigation funding and ownership information.