Samsung's $303M Loss Looms Over PTAB, Trial Appeals

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit heard back-to-back-to-back-to-back arguments Friday in Netlist's patent litigation with Samsung, with Netlist trying to revive its server memory patents from Patent Trial and Appeal Board losses, and Samsung trying to lessen a jury's $303 million infringement verdict.

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Fed. Circ. Won't Reinstate $2M Sepsis-Testing Patent Verdict

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Friday refused to revive the $2 million jury verdict Magnolia Medical Technologies Inc. won in its sepsis-testing patent infringement suit against Kurin Inc., affirming a Delaware federal judge's decision to throw out the verdict after trial.

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Fed. Circ. Revives Damages Dispute In Exafer Case

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit reopened the damages amount issue in a patent infringement case brought by Israeli company Exafer Ltd. against Microsoft Corp. on Friday, saying a district judge was wrong to exclude the opinions of an Exafer damages expert.

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Inventor Calls On Justices To End Prosecution Laches

By Adam Lidgett

Prolific inventor Gilbert Hyatt wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take up his challenge to a doctrine that can render a patent unenforceable based on delays by the owner during prosecution, saying the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is wrongly using the principle to kill applications.

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Cyntec Gets Calif. Jury To Uphold Patents In Infringement Suit

By Adam Lidgett

A California federal jury has upheld claims in a pair of Cyntec Co. patents for electrical circuit technology, years after Chilisin Electronics Corp. was put on the hook for infringing the patents.

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Gilstrap Rules Patent Covers Basic Conversation

By Elliot Weld

A Texas federal judge dismissed a patent infringement suit by Random Chat LLC against Altra Federal Credit Union on Friday, saying the asserted patent claim merely covers the "concept of striking up a random conversation in the real world."

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Publishers Sue 'Shadow Library' For 'Staggering' Book Piracy

By Ivan Moreno

Thirteen of the biggest book publishers in the U.S. filed a copyright lawsuit against Anna's Archive on Friday, accusing the so-called shadow library of operating one of the world's largest piracy sites and offering high-speed access to its repository of books and academic papers to AI developers.

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Judge Says Palantir Noncompete Language Is Too Restrictive

By Ivan Moreno

A Manhattan federal judge who ruled last month that three former Palantir employees could keep working at a rival artificial intelligence business has said in his unsealed opinion that while evidence showed the defendants may have solicited colleagues and mishandled company files, Palantir's noncompete restrictions were overbroad.

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Actelion Pays $65M To Settle Tracleer Antitrust Class Suit

By Bryan Koenig

Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. agreed to pay $65 million to resolve antitrust claims from a certified class accusing it of illegally denying generics companies the samples they need to produce generic versions of its hypertension drug Tracleer, according to a brief in Maryland federal court seeking preliminary approval of the settlement.

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Ad.com Says Insurer Owes Defense Of TM Suit

By Mark Payne

An Arizona insurer wrongfully refused to insure the interactive advertising company Ad.com against a trademark lawsuit from a pair of technology companies accusing the advertiser of stealing their brand identifiers to sell its own product, Ad.com alleged in a lawsuit this week. 

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen British American Tobacco sued by more than 100 investors, the government bring a claim against a COVID-19 supplier of personal protective equipment, Annington Funding sue its new corporate trustees on the Financial List, and Piers Morgan hit with a defamation claim from a pro-Israel barrister he interviewed on his YouTube channel. 

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Ex-Exec Can't Skirt Ammo Tech Secrets Suit, NC Judge Says

By Abigail Harrison

A former director and plant manager at track-and-trace company Jekson USA Inc. couldn't secure a pretrial exit, a North Carolina Business Court judge has said, ruling the company pled its trade secret and contract breach claims with enough specificity.

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Fortnite Maker Says Ex-Contractor Leaked Secrets For 'Clout'

By Abigail Harrison

Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc. accused a former contractor of anonymously leaking company secrets on social media, violating his nondisclosure agreement and jeopardizing the gaming company's business relationships, according to a lawsuit filed in North Carolina federal court.

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Mitchell Silberberg Taps New DC Office Managing Partner

By Jack Rodgers

A longtime intellectual property and litigation partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has been tapped as the new leader of its Washington, D.C., office, a decision the firm says fits its strategic plan to invest in leadership and enhance collaboration, the firm announced Thursday.

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Kavanaugh, Jackson Debate High Court Emergency Orders

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh pushed back Monday against critiques that the high court is ruling in favor of President Donald Trump in emergency appeals more often than it did for prior presidents, saying people who believe those allegations have "short" memories. 

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Ex-DLA Piper Atty Alleging Rape Can't Remain Anonymous

By Lauren Berg

A former Boston-based DLA Piper associate cannot use a pseudonym to pursue a lawsuit alleging she was raped by one of the firm's former partners, a Massachusetts judge ruled, noting that she already publicly revealed her identity in a related suit against the accused attorney.

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Employment Law Cases Have Rebounded Except For FLSA

By Max Kutner

Employment law cases overall have bounced back from pandemic-era lows, especially discrimination and disability accommodation suits, though a slump has continued for Fair Labor Standards Act claims, according to a report by legal analytics provider Lex Machina.

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NJ US Atty Trio Booted In 2nd Leadership Ouster

By George Woolston

A federal judge on Monday disqualified the three assistant attorneys overseeing the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, finding the "byzantine" leadership structure is unconstitutional.

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Brief

SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein To Be Sentenced In June

By Emily Sawicki

SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein, currently under home confinement in Washington, D.C., after a Maryland jury convicted him on tax evasion and mortgage fraud charges, will face sentencing in June.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured disputes spanning alleged forged board approvals at a telecom startup, evidence-destruction claims tied to WWE's blockbuster merger with UFC and investor scrutiny of a multibillion-dollar deal between Intel and the U.S. government.

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McGuireWoods Beats Sun Pharma's DQ Bid In NJ Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal court has denied Sun Pharmaceutical's bid to disqualify McGuireWoods LLP from representing pharmaceutical company Biofrontera in litigation over the alleged breach of a settlement agreement, ruling the firm's continued representation won't harm Sun Pharmaceutical and will avoid significant harm to Biofrontera.

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Lewis Brisbois Renews Bid To Force Paralegal To Arbitrate

By Adrian Cruz

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP asked a Florida state judge on Friday to have a former paralegal arbitrate her defamation claims that its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.

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K&L Gates IP Atty Tapped For Wash. Supreme Court Seat

By Rachel Riley

A K&L Gates intellectual property litigator will become the Washington State Supreme Court's first justice of Middle Eastern descent, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said Monday, announcing his pick to replace veteran retiring Justice Barbara Madsen.

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