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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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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PATENTS

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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COPYRIGHTS & TRADEMARKS

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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TRADE SECRETS

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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PEOPLE

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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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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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Ashfords LLP

Atlas Law Center

Ayers & Haidt

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Botts

Buchalter LLP

Campbell Johnston

Clyde & Co

Cohen Milstein

DLA Piper

Daignault Iyer

Davis Polk

Dechert LLP

Edwin Coe

Farrer & Co.

Fish & Richardson

Fox Williams

Friedman Kaplan

Gauntlett Law

Gibson Dunn

Groombridge Wu

Hagens Berman

Irwin Mitchell

Jackson Lewis PC

K&L Gates

Karpf Karpf

Kirkland & Ellis

Lash Goldberg

Latham & Watkins

Leach & Walker

Lewis Brisbois

Libby Hoopes

Littler Mendelson

Mastagni Holstedt

McGuireWoods

Mitchell Silberberg

MoloLamken

Morris Nichols

Munger Tolles

Nelson Mullins

Ogletree Deakins

Oppenheim & Zebrak

Outten & Golden

PCB Byrne

Pallas Partners

Patterson Belknap

Paul Weiss

Penningtons Manches

Perkins Coie

Pollard PLLC

Radice Law Firm

Ramey LLP

Reed Smith

Rivkin Radler

Robbins LLP

Sanford Heisler

Seyfarth Shaw

Shah Litigation

Simmons & Simmons

Stinson LLP

Stone LLP

Taus Cebulash

Taylor Wessing

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Williams Mullen

Wilson Sonsini

Winston & Strawn

Withersworldwide

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Actelion Ltd.

Altra Federal Credit Union

American Arbitration Association

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Amperex Technology Ltd.

Apple Inc.

Association of American Publishers

BNY Mellon Investment Management

Backblaze Inc.

Biofrontera Inc.

British American Tobacco PLC

Cengage

Claremont McKenna College

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Delinea Inc.

Dell Technologies Inc.

Discord Inc.

Elbit Systems Ltd.

Epic Games Inc.

Expedia Group Inc.

Formosa Plastics Corp.

George Washington University

Google LLC

Government Employees Health Association Inc.

HarperCollins Publishers LLC

ICICI Lombard General Insurance Ltd.

ISN Software Corp.

Intel Corp.

Kohl's Corp.

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Microsoft Corp.

Netflix Inc.

Netlist Inc.

Northwest Immigrants Rights Project

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Ping An Insurance

RELX PLC

Rio Tinto Group

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd.

Sharp Corp.

Signify N.V.

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Spotify Technology SA

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Ultimate Fighting Championship Ltd.

Walmart Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Companies House

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Food and Drug Administration

HMRC

National Health Service

New Jersey Supreme Court

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Secretary of State for Health and Others

Superior Court of Massachusetts

Teacher Retirement System of Texas

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

Washington Attorney General's Office