IPO Daily NewsTM

A quick read, the IPO Daily NewsTM is three to five concise paragraphs a day. It includes summaries of all patent and trademark opinions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the next day after opinions are issued and wire service stories of other selected IP cases.

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Thursday, March 04, 2021

Intel Ordered to Pay $2.18 Billion on Patent Infringement Case

IP IN THE MASS MEDIA Intel Ordered to Pay $2.18 Billion on Patent Infringement Case On Tuesday Fortune reported that a federal jury delivered a $2.18 billion verdict against Intel for infringing t[...]

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Wednesday, March 03, 2021

Federal Circuit Finds Means-Plus-Function Claim Indefinite Because General Purpose Computer Provided Insufficient Structure

** FEDERAL CIRCUIT FINDS MEANS-PLUS-FUNCTION CLAIM INDEFINITE BECAUSE GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTER PROVIDED INSUFFICIENT STRUCTURE Rain Computing, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 2[...]

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Tuesday, March 02, 2021

Federal Circuit Upholds District Court’s Award of Attorney’s Fees

*FEDERAL CIRCUIT UPHOLDS DISTRICT COURT’S AWARD OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES Arunachalam v. IBM, 20-1493 -- Yesterday in a per curiam opinion, the Federal Circuit upheld a district court’s awar[...]

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Monday, March 01, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Today in Arthrex

U.S. SUPREME COURT HEARS ORAL ARGUMENTS TODAY IN ARTHREX This morning at 10:00a.m. the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in U.S. v. Arthrex. The case is an appeal from the Federal Circuit[...]

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Friday, February 26, 2021

U.S. Infringed Software Copyright by Failing to Limit Number of Simultaneous Users

**U.S. INFRINGED SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT BY FAILING TO LIMIT NUMBER OF SIMULTANEOUS USERS Bitmanagement Software GMBH v. United States, 20-1139 -- Yesterday in an opinion by Judge O’MALLEY[...]

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Thursday, February 25, 2021

Today on the IP Chat Channel — How Allyship Advances Diversity & Inclusion: Part 2 – The Necessity of White Male Allyship in the Legal Profession

TODAY ON THE IP CHAT CHANNEL™ — HOW ALLYSHIP ADVANCES DIVERSITY & INCLUSION: PART 2 – THE NECESSITY OF WHITE MALE ALLYSHIP IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION Tune in to the IP Chat Ch[...]

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

IPO Submits Comments on the USPTO’s National Strategy for Expanding American Innovation

IPO SUBMITS COMMENTS ON THE USPTO’S NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR EXPANDING AMERICAN INNOVATION Yesterday IPO President DANIEL STAUDT (Siemens Corp.) sent a letter responding to a USPTO request for comment[...]

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Issue Preclusion Barred Reexamination Decision Cancelling Claims as Obvious

*ISSUE PRECLUSION BARRED REEXAMINATION DECISION CANCELING CLAIMS AS OBVIOUS SynQor, Inc. v. Vicor Corp., 19-1704 -- Yesterday in an opinion by Judge HUGHES, a split Federal Circuit va[...]

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Monday, February 22, 2021

Federal Circuit Upholds Grant of Equitable Intervening Patent Rights

*FEDERAL CIRCUIT UPHOLDS GRANT OF EQUITABLE INTERVENING PATENT RIGHTS John Bean Techs. Corp. v. Morris & Associates, Inc., 20-1090 -- On Friday in an opinion by Judge REYNA, the F[...]

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Friday, February 19, 2021

USPTO Erred in Obviousness Analysis

*USPTO ERRED IN OBVIOUSNESS ANALYSIS Canfield Scientific, Inc. v. Melanoscan, LLC, 19-1927 -- Yesterday in an opinion by Judge NEWMAN, the Federal Circuit overturned a USPTO inter par[...]

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