LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Patents Legal News http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/news.aspx Headline Patents Legal News from LexisNexis® en-us LexisNexis® Headline Patents Legal News 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%201%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Reverses Findings That 'Soolantra' Patents Are Invalid 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%202%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Upholds Patent Board In Win For Google, Microsoft 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%203%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Finjan Denied Summary Judgment Of Patent Validity In California 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%204%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Panel: Patentability Of Indefinite Claims Can Still Be Assessed 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%205%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Accepts Interlocutory Appeal Of Patent Damage Orders 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%206%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Rejects Bid For Interlocutory Appeal Of Preclusion Ruling 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%207%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Dismissal Of Patent Case Against AT&T Affirmed By Federal Circuit 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%208%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' In Delaware, Indirect, Willful Patent Infringement Claims Dismissed 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%209%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ITC Will Investigate Sonos Patent Infringement Claims Against Google 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2010%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Intel Accused Of Infringing 8 Patents In New Texas Federal Case 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2011%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Petitioner Defends Inter Partes Review Request In Reply To Board 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2012%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Parties Dispute Service Of Process In Briefing Before Patent Board 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2013%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Samsung Prevails In Inter Partes Review Of Communications Patent 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2014%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LED Fabrication Patent Singled Out In New Inter Partes Review Petition 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2015%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Apple, Amici Urge Supreme Court To Decide Patent Apportionment Issue 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2016%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Government Defends Sanction Against Patent Owner In New Brief 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%201%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Reverses Findings That 'Soolantra' Patents Are Invalid 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%202%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Upholds Patent Board In Win For Google, Microsoft 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%203%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Finjan Denied Summary Judgment Of Patent Validity In California 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%204%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Panel: Patentability Of Indefinite Claims Can Still Be Assessed 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%205%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Accepts Interlocutory Appeal Of Patent Damage Orders 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%206%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Rejects Bid For Interlocutory Appeal Of Preclusion Ruling 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%207%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Dismissal Of Patent Case Against AT&T Affirmed By Federal Circuit 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%208%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' In Delaware, Indirect, Willful Patent Infringement Claims Dismissed 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%209%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ITC Will Investigate Sonos Patent Infringement Claims Against Google 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2010%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Intel Accused Of Infringing 8 Patents In New Texas Federal Case 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2011%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Petitioner Defends Inter Partes Review Request In Reply To Board 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2012%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Parties Dispute Service Of Process In Briefing Before Patent Board 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2013%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Samsung Prevails In Inter Partes Review Of Communications Patent 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2014%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LED Fabrication Patent Singled Out In New Inter Partes Review Petition 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2015%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Apple, Amici Urge Supreme Court To Decide Patent Apportionment Issue 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2016%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Government Defends Sanction Against Patent Owner In New Brief 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%201%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Reverses Findings That 'Soolantra' Patents Are Invalid 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%202%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Upholds Patent Board In Win For Google, Microsoft 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%203%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Finjan Denied Summary Judgment Of Patent Validity In California 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%204%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Panel: Patentability Of Indefinite Claims Can Still Be Assessed 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%205%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Accepts Interlocutory Appeal Of Patent Damage Orders 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%206%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Rejects Bid For Interlocutory Appeal Of Preclusion Ruling 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%207%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Dismissal Of Patent Case Against AT&T Affirmed By Federal Circuit 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%208%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' In Delaware, Indirect, Willful Patent Infringement Claims Dismissed 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%209%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ITC Will Investigate Sonos Patent Infringement Claims Against Google 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2010%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Intel Accused Of Infringing 8 Patents In New Texas Federal Case 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2011%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Petitioner Defends Inter Partes Review Request In Reply To Board 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2012%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Parties Dispute Service Of Process In Briefing Before Patent Board 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2013%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Samsung Prevails In Inter Partes Review Of Communications Patent 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2014%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LED Fabrication Patent Singled Out In New Inter Partes Review Petition 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2015%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Apple, Amici Urge Supreme Court To Decide Patent Apportionment Issue 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2016%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Government Defends Sanction Against Patent Owner In New Brief 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%201%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Reverses Findings That 'Soolantra' Patents Are Invalid 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%202%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Upholds Patent Board In Win For Google, Microsoft 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%203%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Finjan Denied Summary Judgment Of Patent Validity In California 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%204%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Panel: Patentability Of Indefinite Claims Can Still Be Assessed 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%205%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Accepts Interlocutory Appeal Of Patent Damage Orders 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%206%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Rejects Bid For Interlocutory Appeal Of Preclusion Ruling 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%207%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Dismissal Of Patent Case Against AT&T Affirmed By Federal Circuit 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%208%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' In Delaware, Indirect, Willful Patent Infringement Claims Dismissed 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%209%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ITC Will Investigate Sonos Patent Infringement Claims Against Google 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2010%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Intel Accused Of Infringing 8 Patents In New Texas Federal Case 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2011%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Petitioner Defends Inter Partes Review Request In Reply To Board 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2012%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Parties Dispute Service Of Process In Briefing Before Patent Board 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2013%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Samsung Prevails In Inter Partes Review Of Communications Patent 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2014%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LED Fabrication Patent Singled Out In New Inter Partes Review Petition 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2015%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Apple, Amici Urge Supreme Court To Decide Patent Apportionment Issue 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=27-18%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2016%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Government Defends Sanction Against Patent Owner In New Brief 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%201%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' In Caltech Patent Trial Against Apple, Broadcom, Jury Awards $1.1B 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%202%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' In Texas Patent Case, $10M Verdict Against Nintendo Vacated 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%203%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' California Court Agrees With Google: Data Storage Tech Is Patent-Ineligible 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%204%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Delaware Federal Magistrate Judge: Sunoco Patent Is Ineligible 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%205%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' In Kansas Design Patent Row, Judge Defers Ruling On Validity 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%206%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' In Blow To Facebook, Panel Reinstates New York Patent Infringement Case 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%207%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' In California Patent Row, Plaintiffs Seek $1.5B In Enhanced Damages 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%208%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Apple Wins Dismissal Of Ad Hoc Network Patent Dispute In California 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%209%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Gilead Questions Validity, Enforceability Of HIV Drug Patents 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2010%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit: Ohio Federal Judge Declared Wrong Prevailing Party 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2011%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' After Extensions, University Responds In Antiviral, Anticancer Patent Row 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2012%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Uniloc Patent Targeted By Google For Inter Partes Review 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2013%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Petitioner Seeks Board Rehearing Of Denied Inter Partes Review 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2014%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Spotify Petitions Board For Review Of Online Playback System Patent 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2015%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' No Coverage For Claims Patent Was Fraudulently Procured, Used To Monopolize Market 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2016%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' VirnetX Opposes Apple's Certiorari Petition In Network Technology Suit 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2017%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Hulu, Unified Patents Defend Board Obviousness Holding Before Federal Circuit 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=27-17%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2018%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Inventorship Of Cancer Immunotherapy Patents Debated In Briefs 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%201%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' High Court Turns Away Petition In Fight Over Section 101 Standard 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%202%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' High Court Won't Hear Dispute Over Patented Schizophrenia Drug 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%203%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Google Prevails Before Federal Circuit In Keypad Patent Case 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%204%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit Affirms: Hospira Dexmedetomidine Patents Are Invalid 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%205%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Rehearing Denied In Dispute Over Patent Board Remand Action 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%206%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' In Sensipar Patent Row, Federal Circuit Vacates Noninfringement Holding 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%207%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Uber, Lyft Denied Dismissal Of Patent Allegations In Delaware 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%208%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' In California, Mortgage Loan Origination Patent Deemed Ineligible 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%209%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Federal Circuit: Final Judgment In Patent Dispute Not Appealable 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2010%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Relief Affirmed, In Part, In LEGO Patent, Trademark Copyright Dispute 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2011%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Sonos Says Google Willfully Infringes Wireless Speaker Patents 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2012%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Apple Prevails In Review Of Qualcomm Interactive Display System Patent 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2013%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Petitioner Reiterates To Board: Ballot-Marking Device Patent Obvious 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2014%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Patent Owner Critiques Google Petition For Inter Partes Review 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2015%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Patented Data Security For Removable Devices Not Obvious, Owner Says 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2016%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' VirnetX's Response Requested To Apple's Certiorari Bid In $439 Million Patent Row 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2017%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Patent Owner Argues Against Construction Proposed By Microsoft 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=27-16%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2018%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Appellant: Board Erred In Analysis Of Prior Art In Patent Dispute 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.).