http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/news.aspx Headline Intellectual Property Legal News from LexisNexis® en-us http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/images/lexismealeyslogo.gif 130 29 http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/news.aspx Copyright 2020 http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%201%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A panel of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 29 reversed and remanded a Delaware federal judge's determination that various claims of three patents relating to the topical rosacea treatment Soolantra are invalid as anticipated (Galderma Laboratories L.P., et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Nos. 2019-2396, 2020-1213, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 2811). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%202%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A patent owner's effort to overturn a Patent Trial and Appeal Board determination of invalidity was unsuccessful Jan. 30, when the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals instead agreed that the claimed method for emulating video streaming over a network is obvious (Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Google LLC, et al., No. 19-1177, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 2911). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%203%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A request by Finjan Inc. for a summary judgment of patent validity with regard to two computer network security patents was rejected Feb. 3 by a federal judge in California, who was not persuaded that an infringement defendant's failed bid for inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has bearing on the district court litigation (Finjan Inc. v. Cisco Systems Inc., No. 17-72, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17076). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%204%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 4 remanded to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board an inter partes review (IPR) of a video streaming patent, clarifying that the board "may analyze the patentability of a claim even if that claim is indefinite" (Samsung Electronics America Inc. v. Prisua Engineering Corp., Nos. 19-1169, -1260, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3292). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%205%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A per curiam panel of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 30 granted a petition for permission to appeal three orders by a federal judge in California that excluded the testimony of a patent owner's damages expert on the eve of trial (MLC Intellectual Property LLC v. Micron Technology Inc., No. 20-105, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%206%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A panel of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 4 denied interlocutory appeal of an Illinois federal judge's determination that a patent, twice deemed unenforceable, can nonetheless remain asserted in an infringement action (Feit Electric Company Inc. v. CFL Technologies LLC, No. 20-110, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%207%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Allegations that AT&T Services Inc. and its manufacturer and supplier of components for the AT&T fiberoptic system infringed an optical communication network patent were properly dismissed by a federal judge in Texas, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 6 (Cheetah Omni LLC v. AT&T Services Inc., et al., No. 19-1264, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3550). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%208%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Feb. 6 announced that it has launched a probe of Google LLC, following a complaint by Sonos Inc. that the tech giant infringes five patents relating to wireless audio technology (In the Matter of Certain Audio Players and Controllers, Components Thereof, And Products Containing The Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-1191, ITC). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%209%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WILMINGTON, Del. - A Delaware federal judge on Feb. 10 found that an action alleging direct infringement of a method of preparing colloidal nanocrystals using noncoordinating solvents may continue, but that the patent owner's related indirect and willful infringement allegations fail (NNCrystal US Corporation v. Nanosys Inc., No. 19-1307, D. Del., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22462). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2010%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WACO, Texas - ParkerVision Inc. on Feb. 11 raised allegations that Intel Corp. infringed eight patents relating to radio frequency (RF) transceiver chips that provide cellular connectivity to iPhones and other devices (ParkerVision Inc. v. Intel Corporation, No. 20-108, W.D. Texas). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2011%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A medical technology company in a Feb. 11 brief maintains that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board properly instituted inter partes review (IPR) of a patent describing the incorporation of "plasticizers" within a soft tissue graft (RTI Surgical Inc. v. Lifenet Health, No. IPR2019-00573, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2012%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In a Feb. 6 reply, an inter partes review (IPR) petitioner defended its electronic service of process to counsel for a patent owner, noting that the parties have routinely engaged in such methods of service during concurrent federal litigation (Elekta Inc. v. Best Medical International Inc., No. IPR2020-00073, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2013%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Feb. 6 final written decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board resulted in the cancellation of a single challenged claim of a mobile communications patent, in a win for an inter partes review (IPR) petitioner (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. v. Iron Oak Technologies LLC, No. IPR2018-01554, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2014%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - On Feb. 11, an inter partes review (IPR) petitioner told the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a patented method of fabricating a semiconductor flip-chip light emitting diode (LED) would have been obvious to a person of skill in the art (POSA) at the time of patenting (Cree Inc. v. Document Security Systems Inc., No. IPR2020-00557, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2015%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' AUSTIN, Texas - A federal judge in Texas on Feb. 4 granted a plaintiff summary judgment on a defendant-counterclaimant's assertion that a copyrighted camouflage pattern is unenforceable and invalid in light of the owner's alleged inequitable conduct (Haas Outdoors Inc. v. Dryshod International LLC, Nos. 18-596, -978, W.D. Texas, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17543). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2016%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' DETROIT - A federal judge in Michigan on Feb. 3 found that a trademark infringement defendant's "particularly egregious" violation of a 2006 settlement agreement warrants the imposition of sanctions in the form of $535,854 in disgorged profits (A.B. Cernelle v. Graminex LLC, et al., No. 03-10291, E.D. Mich., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17437). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2017%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' HOUSTON - A federal judge in Texas on Feb. 7 agreed with two plaintiffs that two defendants that falsely advertised their carbon steel flanges as standard-compliant must be permanently enjoined but stood by his earlier rejection of a jury's $26 million disgorged profit award in the case on grounds that it is excessive (Boltex Manufacturing Co. LP, et al. v. Ulma Piping USA Corp., et al., No. 17-1400, S.D. Texas, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21770.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2018%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A New York federal magistrate judge on Feb. 6 recommended a total award of $116,385 in attorney fees and costs in a dispute over the "Landstar" trademark, more than $100,000 less than requested by a prevailing plaintiff (Landstar System Inc. v. American Landstar Logistics Corp., et al., No. 15-7179, E.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21774). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2019%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - In a Feb. 4 ruling, a panel of the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that a copyright owner's infringement claim was not objectively unreasonable and that a New York federal judge abused his discretion in awarding more than $3 million in attorney fees in the case (Universal Instruments Corp. v. Micro Systems Engineering Inc., et al., No. 18-2022, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3329). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2020%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York correctly granted rapper Aubrey Drake Graham (Drake) summary judgment on allegations of copyright infringement stemming from the rapper's song "Pound Cake," the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 3 (The Estate Of James Oscar Smith v. Aubrey Drake Graham, et al., No. 19-28, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3484). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2021%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 10 upheld findings by a California federal judge that a claimed unicorn design does not display the level of originality needed to merit copyright protection (Pretty in Plastic Inc. v. Maryellis Bunn, et al., No. 19-55278, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 4325). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2022%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 7 affirmed a lower federal court's ruling that a commercial general liability insurance policy intellectual property exclusion relieves the insurer from its duty to defend an underlying lawsuit against its fashion designer insured (Nanette Lepore, et al. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company, No. 19-778, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3830). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2023%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals correctly deemed the copying of thousands of lines of Java code by Google LLC to not have been fair use, Oracle America Inc. argues in its Feb. 12 merits respondent brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, calling Google's actions "clear-cut copyright infringement" and asking the high court to affirm the judgment in its favor (Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc., No. 18-956, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2024%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a Feb. 3 opposition brief, a clothing company characterizes a textile firm's petition for certiorari over a design copyright dispute as not raising issues important enough to merit attention from the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals correctly upheld a judgment invalidating the design copyright for containing inaccurate information as to first publication (Gold Value International Textile Inc. v. Sanctuary Clothing LLC, et al., No. 19-708, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2025%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Citing the Lanham Act's "primary significance" test, Booking.com B.V. argues in its Feb. 12 merits respondent brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals correctly found that the adding of the top-level domain (TLD) ".com" to a generic term can create a protectable trademark if the relevant public does not view the mark as generic (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, et al. v. Booking.com B.V., No. 19-46, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2026%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Apple Inc. on Feb. 4 filed a reply brief supporting its petition for certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide a standard for considering apportionment and intervening patent invalidations in infringement cases, seeking to reverse a $439 million judgment against it (Apple Inc. v. VirnetX Inc., et al., No. 19-832, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-10%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2027%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a Feb. 3 intervenor brief, the U.S. government tells the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that it should uphold not only findings by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that two message routing patents are nonobvious but also the agency's decision to order rehearing as a sanction for the patent owner's unauthorized ex parte communication with two board panels previously assigned to the case (Apple Inc. v. Voip-Pal.com, Nos. 2018-1456, -1457, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%201%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LOS ANGELES - The California Institute of Technology on Jan. 29 secured a $1.1 billion verdict in a dispute with Broadcom Ltd. and Apple Inc. over three data encoding patents owned by the university (The California Institute of Technology v. Broadcom Ltd., et al., No. 16-3714, C.D. Calif.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%202%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' DALLAS - A patent relating to body movement detection was declared ineligible under Section 101 of the Patent Act on Jan. 17 by a federal judge in Texas, in a win for Nintendo of America Inc., who was ordered by jurors in 2017 to pay a patent owner $10.1 million in reasonable royalty damages (iLife Technologies, Inc. v. Nintendo of America Inc., No. 13-4987, N.D. Texas, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10018). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%203%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in California on Jan. 29 granted Google LLC, Facebook Inc. and others judgment on the pleadings that three patents relating to the storage of data on a large network claim ineligible subject matter (Personal Web Technologies LLC v. Google Inc., et al., Nos. 13-1317, -1356, -1358, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14982). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%204%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WILMINGTON, Del. - In a Jan. 22 report and recommendation, a federal magistrate judge in Delaware said that a defendant accused by Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.P. of patent infringement is entitled to a summary judgment that three patent claims recite ineligible subject matter (Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.P. v. Powder Springs Logistics LLC, et al., No. 17-1390, D. Del., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10407). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%205%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' KANSAS CITY, Kan. - In a Jan. 17 claim construction ruling, a Kansas federal judge rejected efforts by a defendant to argue that the scope of two design patents relating to bridesmaid gowns is "circumscribed" by prior art designs of formal and convertible dresses (Jenny Yoo Collection Inc. v. Essense of Australia Inc., No. 17-2666, D. Kan., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8207). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%206%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 23 found that a New York federal judge erred in granting Facebook Inc. summary judgment on allegations that the social networking giant infringed three data patents (Mirror Worlds Technologies LLC v. Facebook Inc., No. 18-2276, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%207%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LOS ANGELES - In a Jan. 21 memorandum, a patent owner and patent licensee assert that a California federal judge should double a jury's recent $752 million award for infringement of a cancer immunotherapy patent; the same day, the defendant in the case sought judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) that the patent in suit is invalid (Juno Therapeutics Inc., et al. v. Kite Pharma Inc., No. 17-7639, C.D. Calif.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%208%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in California on Jan. 24 agreed with Apple Inc. that the tech giant's "Personal Hotspot" software does not infringe a patent relating to the formation of "ad-hoc" networks (WiNet Labs LLC v. Apple Inc., No. 19-2248, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12138). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%209%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WILMINGTON, Del. - Gilead Sciences Inc. (GSI) fired back at the government on Jan. 23, telling a federal judge in Delaware that not only does it not infringe four patents owned by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) but also that the patents in suit are unenforceable in light of the government's unclean hands (The United States v. Gilead Sciences Inc., et al., No. 19-2103, D. Del.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2010%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A panel of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 28 found that an Ohio federal judge erred in denying attorney fees on behalf of a defendant who successfully defended accusations that it violated the terms of a patent settlement (Sauder Manufacturing Company v. J Squared Inc., No. 19-1430, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 2656). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2011%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In a Jan. 24 preliminary response, the Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minnesota) argues that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board should reject a request for inter partes review (IPR) of the university's patent that claims a genus of compounds useful in the treatment of certain viruses and cancers (Gilead Sciences Inc. v. Regents of the University of Minnesota, No. IPR2017-01753, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2012%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In a Jan. 17 filing with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Google LLC requests cancellation of a single claim of a Uniloc 2017 LLC patent directed to data modification (Google LLC v. Uniloc 2017 LLC, No. IPR2020-00447, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2013%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In a Jan. 23 request for rehearing, a petitioner for inter partes review (IPR) tells the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that an anti-theft security device, designed for securing merchandise, is obvious (Vanguard Products Group Inc. v. Invue Security Products Inc., No. IPR2019-01209, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2014%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In a Jan. 26 petition for inter partes review (IPR), the music-streaming service Spotify USA Inc. tells the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a patented online playback system that provides individualized data streams would have been obvious to a person of skill in the art (Spotify USA Inc. v. Excalibur IP LLC, No. IPR2020-00462, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2015%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - In a Jan. 15 order, a federal judge in New York ruled that singer-songwriter Edward Sheeran must produce documents relating to ticket and merchandise sales at concerts where he performed "Thinking Out Loud" (TOL) (Structured Asset Sales LLC v. Edward Sheeran, et al., No. 18-5839, S.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8614). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2016%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 28 ruled that a digital audio recorder is covered by the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 (AHRA) "only if it can make a 'digital audio copied recording' that is also a 'digital musical recording' as that term" is defined in the statute (The Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies Inc. v. DENSO International America Inc., et al., No. 18-7141, D.C. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 2683). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2017%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - In a Jan. 23 holding, a federal judge in New York rejected a request by a photographer to recoup attorney fees he incurred in successfully prosecuting a copyright infringement action against Hearst Communications Inc. (Jonathan Otto v. Hearst Communications Inc., No. 17-4712, S.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12246). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2018%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ATLANTA - A Georgia federal judge's rejection of a car maker's request to intervene in a forfeiture proceeding involving counterfeit replacement grilles will not be disturbed, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 15 (FCA US LLC v. LKQ Corporation, No. 19-12023, 11th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 1336). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2019%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - An Arizona federal judge did not err in rejecting a request for attorney fees by a plaintiff who accepted a $15,000 payment to settle allegations of trademark infringement, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 24 (Collaborative Continuing Education Council Inc., et al. v. Starks Reality Group Inc., et al., No. 18-16247, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 2670). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2020%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW ORLEANS- A per curiam panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 29 upheld findings by a federal judge in Texas that an appellant lacks statutory standing to maintain a trademark infringement action against a former division of Bankrate Inc. (Neutron Depot v. Bankrate Inc., No. 18-51021, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 2941). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2021%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' RICHMOND, Va. - A dispute over the "Medical Careers Institute" trademark will not proceed in Virginia, a federal judge there ruled Jan. 29, citing a lack of personal jurisdiction over an infringement defendant (ECPI University LLC v. Medical Career Institute Inc., No. 19-323, E.D. Va., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15463.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2022%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' AKRON, Ohio - A federal judge in Ohio on Jan. 22 found that a former distributor breached a contract with Matco Tools Corp. following the termination of a distributorship agreement, infringed on Matco's trademark and breached a promissory note (Matco Tools Corp. v. Cary G. Urquhart, No. 19-1009, N.D. Ohio, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10247). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2023%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN JOSE, Calif. - A California appeals panel on Jan. 16 affirmed a lower court's ruling that a commercial liability insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against underlying claims that it fraudulently procured a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and used that particular patent to attempt to monopolize the active dopant metrology market, rejecting the argument that it was objectively reasonable for the insured to expect that the policy's "malicious prosecution" coverage extended to this claim (Travelers Property Casualty Company of America v. KLA Tencor Corp., No. H044890, Calif. App., 6th Dist.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2024%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - From Jan. 7 to Jan. 13, 28 amicus curiae briefs were filed in the long-running copyright dispute between Google LLC and Oracle America Inc., with 26 of them supporting Google and raising arguments including the importance of interoperability in software development and the possibility of antitrust abuses (Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc., No. 18-956, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2025%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A photographer who had his copyright infringement claims against a publisher dismissed as insufficiently pleaded asks the U.S. Supreme Court in a Jan. 13 petition for certiorari to clarify what facts a copyright holder must allege to sufficiently state a prima facie case of infringement that can withstand a dismissal motion (Michael Yamashita, et al. v. Scholastic Inc., No. 19-894, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2026%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - An owner of secure internet communications patents on Jan. 21 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a petition for certiorari by Apple Inc. in a long-running patent infringement dispute, arguing that the petition, which raises questions of apportionment and patent validity, is "plagued by fatal defects" and "presents no issue warranting review." (Apple Inc. v. VirnetX Inc., et al., No. 19-832, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2027%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hulu LLC and Unified Patents Inc. tell the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Jan. 24 appellee brief that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board correctly canceled six claims of a data management patent in an inter partes review (Sound View Innovations LLC v. Hulu LLC, et al., Nos. 19-1865, -1866, -1867, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-9%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2028%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a Jan. 14 reply brief filed with the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, appellants argue that a Massachusetts federal judge erred in declaring two researchers co-inventors of six patents directed to cancer immunotherapy (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. v. Ono Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., et al., No. 19-2050, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%201%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - An attorney for a manufacturer of handbag fasteners on Jan. 14 argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that an innocent trademark infringer can nonetheless be subject to an award of disgorged profits under the Lanham Act and that the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in reaching a contrary conclusion (Romag Fasteners Inc. v. Fossil Inc., et al., No. 18-1233, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%202%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 heard oral arguments in a trademark dispute over whether federal preclusion principles bar a defendant from raising defenses that were not actually litigated and resolved in any prior case between the parties, when a plaintiff asserts new claims against the same defendant (Lucky Brand Dungarees Inc., et al. v. Marcel Fashion Group Inc., No. 18-1086, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%203%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - In a Dec. 27 holding, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal by a California federal judge, on claim preclusion grounds, of allegations that a trademark relating to sesame seed oil was infringed (V.V.V. & Sons Edible Oils v. Meenakshi Overseas LLC, No. 18-16071, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 38551). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%204%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A Nevada federal judge's decision to impose case terminating sanctions was affirmed Dec. 27 by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which found that various trademark infringement defendants' "overall conduct" over "several months" justified the district court's action (Seiko Epson Corp. v. Artem Koshkalda, et al., Nos. 18-15124, -15125, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 38703). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%205%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' CONCORD, N.H. - In a Jan. 6 holding, a federal judge in New Hampshire agreed with a defendant that allegations that it infringed a trademarked headstock design as depicted in a photograph used by the defendant without authorization fail because the design in question is not entitled to trademark protection (D'Pergo Custom Guitars Inc. v. Sweetwater Sound Inc., No. 17-747, D. N.H., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1358). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%206%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' MIAMI - In a Jan. 7 order, a federal judge in Florida adopted in full an October recommendation that the franchisors of Tim Hortons restaurants should prevail in a dispute with former franchisees over, among other things, subleases and the right to use the "Tim Hortons" trademark (Tim Hortons USA, Inc., States, et al. v. Tims Milner LLC, et al., No. 18-24152, S.D. Fla., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3015). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%207%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN DIEGO - In a Jan. 13 order, a federal judge in California found that the nonprofit veterans advocacy group "Veterans 360" is not entitled to a preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (USVA) from using the "Vet360" and "Veteran 360" trademarks (Rick Collins, et al. v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, No. 19-867, S.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5625). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%208%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court in its Jan. 13 orders list denied a request for certiorari in which HP Inc. maintains that the two-step test for patent eligibility under Section 101 of the Patent Act is a question of law, only for courts to decide (HP Inc. v. Steven E. Berkheimer, No. 18-415, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%209%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In its Jan. 13 order list, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition for certiorari that poses the question of whether method-of-treatment patent claims automatically satisfy Section 101 of the Patent Act, even if they consist only of application of natural law using routine steps (Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., et al. v. Vanda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., No. 18-817, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2010%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Findings by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a reissue patent relating to device keypads is not obvious were reversed Jan. 6 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Google LLC v. Koninklijke Philips N.V., No. 19-1234, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 138). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2011%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A panel of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 9 found no clear error in an Illinois federal judge's holding that a single claim of a Hospira Inc. patent relating to dexmedetomidine would be obvious to a person of skill in the art (POSA) (Hospira Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi USA LLC, Nos. 2019-1329, -1367, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 545). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2012%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - An August finding by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that it lacks jurisdiction over allegations that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board violated SAS Institute, Inc. v. Iancu when, on remand, it issued a discretionary denial of three petitions for inter partes review (IPR) will stand, the Federal Circuit announced Jan. 13 (BioDelivery Sciences International Inc. v. Aquestive Therapeutics Inc., Nos. 2019-1643, -1644, -1645, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 1030). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2013%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Delaware federal judge's incorrect claim construction led to an erroneous finding of noninfringement, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Jan. 7 in a win for patent owner Amgen Inc., maker of the drug "Sensipar" (Amgen Inc. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, et al., Nos. 2018-2414, 2019-1086, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 245). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2014%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WILMINGTON, Del. - In a Jan. 6 memorandum, a federal judge in Delaware detailed the reasoning behind her Dec. 20 bench ruling denying a motion to dismiss a patent infringement action against Uber Technology Inc. and Lyft Inc. (Blackbird Technologies v. Uber Technologies Inc., No. 19-561, -566, D. Del., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1310). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2015%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LOS ANGELES - In a Jan. 6 in-chambers order, a federal judge in California declared a patent relating to online loan origination ineligible for patenting under Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101 (Mortgage Application Technologies LLC v. MeridianLink Inc., No. 19-704, C.D. Calif.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2016%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 10 rejected efforts by a patent owner to seek review of a final judgment in favor of patent infringement defendant CBS Corp. (Personal Audio LLC v. CBS Corporation, No. 18-2256, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 729). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2017%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LOS ANGELES - In a Jan. 7 complaint filed in California federal court, Google LLC is accused of generating "billions of dollars in revenue" by integrating, without permission, a plaintiff's patented wireless audio technology in more than a dozen infringing products, including the Google Home Mini (Sonos Inc. v. Google LLC, No. 20-169, C.D. Calif.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2018%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Patent Trial and Appeal Board in a Jan. 15 final written decision agreed with Apple Inc. that all four claims of a Qualcomm patent would have been obvious to a person of skill in the art (Apple Inc. v. Qualcomm Corp., No. IPR2018-01245, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2019%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In a Jan. 7 petitioner reply to a patent owner response, a voting system company maintains that inter partes review (IPR) of a patented ballot-marking device is warranted because the claimed technology would be obvious to a person of skill in the art (Smartmatic USA Corp. v. Election Systems & Software LLC, No. IPR2019-00531, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2020%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In a Jan. 13 patent owner response, IPA Technologies Inc. defended its digital assistant and speech-based navigation technology as groundbreaking (Google LLC v. IPA Technologies Inc., No. IPR2019-00734, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2021%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In a Jan. 15 patent owner response, a computer hardware and security company asserts that prior art relied upon by a petitioner for inter partes review (IPR) and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in instituting IPR, does not render its invention obvious to a person of skill in the art (POSITA) (Trend Micro Inc. v. CUPP Computing AS, No. IPR2019-00803, PTAB). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2022%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW ORLEANS - In what it deemed a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 15 ruled that failure to mitigate damages does not preclude liability altogether when assessing statutory damages under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 504(c), and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 1203(c) (Energy Intelligence Group Inc. v. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP, No. 18-20350, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 1347). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2023%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' BOSTON - A federal judge in Massachusetts on Jan. 6 awarded the personal representative of the estate of Prince Rogers Nelson summary judgment and a permanent injunction in connection with a YouTube user's posting of five clips of the late singer in concert (Comerica Bank & Trust N.A. v. Kian Andrew Habib, No. 17-12418, D. Mass., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1343). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2024%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW ORLEANS - A panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 9 that the statutory bar for pre-registration damages set forth in Section 412 of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 412, extends to post-registration copying when the copying differs from a defendant's pre-registration copying (Southern Credentialing Support Services v. Hammond Surgical Hospital, No. 18-31160, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 624). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2025%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a Jan. 15 ruling, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that a federal judge in Connecticut did not abuse his discretion in granting LEGO A/S a preliminary injunction barring a competitor from selling action figures that infringe LEGO's "minifigure" copyrights (LEGO A/S v. ZURU Inc., No. 19-2122, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 1282). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2026%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ten months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Rimini Street Inc. on nontaxable costs in a nearly decade-old copyright dispute with Oracle USA Inc., the high court on Jan. 13 declined to grant the software support firm's second petition for certiorari, this time on a question on injunctive relief related to an innocent infringement verdict (Rimini Street Inc., et al. v. Oracle USA Inc., et al., No. 19-589, U.S. Sup., 2020 U.S. LEXIS 210). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2027%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 27 affirmed the dismissal by a California federal judge of allegations that Office Depot Inc. committed copyright infringement when it made copies of a publisher's math curriculum for schools and school district licensees (Great Minds v. Office Depot Inc., No. 18-55331, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 38553). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2028%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In its Jan. 6 opening merits brief, Google LLC tells the U.S. Supreme Court that the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in finding that its use of a small portion of Java code infringed Oracle America Inc.'s copyright, asserting that the ruling wrongly discounted a jury's reasonable finding of fair use and runs counter to the merger doctrine (Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc., No. 18-956, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2029%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In its Jan. 6 opening merits brief, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) opposes the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals' finding that "Booking.com" is a protectable trademark, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to find that the combination of a generic top-level domain (TLD), such as ".com," and a generic term does not create a registrable mark (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, et al. v. Booking.com B.V., No. 19-46, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2030%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Less than two weeks after VirnetX Inc. waived its right to respond to Apple Inc.'s petition for certiorari in a suit where Apple was hit with a $439 million damages judgment, the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 14 asked the respondent to file its answers to questions raised about patent apportionment and invalidation (Apple Inc. v. VirnetX Inc., et al., No. 19-832, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2031%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A patent owner on Jan. 7 maintained before the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a Delaware federal magistrate judge arrived at an incorrect construction of a disputed claim term in a patent infringement lawsuit over the "Bing" search engine (Improved Search LLC v. Microsoft Corp., No. 19-1961, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=28-8%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Intell.%20Prop.%2032%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a Dec. 23 reply brief, an unsuccessful inter partes review (IPR) petitioner tells the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board erred when it upheld as patentable various claims of a technique for testing electronic circuits with a laser (Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. v. SEMICAPS Pte. Ltd., No. 19-1890, Fed. Cir.).