By Scott Graham | April 12, 2021
The Silicon Valley chip giant got off on the wrong foot Monday in the second of three patent infringement trials brought by VLSI Technology and Irell & Manella.
By Katheryn Tucker | April 7, 2021
"In the context of software applications, the dichotomy between patentable concrete ideas and unpatentable abstract ideas typically turns on whether the patent is directed to 'an improvement in the functioning of a computer,' which is patentable," said Judge Sean Jordan, who ruled this claim was not.
By Scott Graham | April 5, 2021
The Supreme Court justices rule 6-2 that Google used only the amount of Oracle code necessary to transform Java into "a highly creative and innovative tool for a smartphone environment."
By Scott Graham | March 24, 2021
A Goodwin Procter team led by Douglas Kline persuaded a Texas jury that Personalized Media Communications holds a patent on foundational decryption technology still in use today by many companies.
By Greg Land | March 22, 2021
The jury award included $120 million in punitive damages against two companies accused of accessing and copying software used by apartment complex managers to keep up with tenant accounts and other services.
By Scott Graham | March 18, 2021
The Western District of Texas Patent Blog's Joseph Abraham and Mark Siegmund explain how Judge Alan Albright became the nation's busiest patent judge, and compare local rules and juries in the Eastern and Western Districts.
By Stan Soocher | March 17, 2021
Current copyright litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland involving Clancy's widow Alexandra and his former wife Wanda King is complex, but involves fundamental issues of copyright ownership.
By Joe Ahmad | March 11, 2021
It's only been five years since the Defend Trade Secrets Act was passed, but the highly anticipated law has already had a big impact on trade secret litigation, says Joe Ahmad, a founding partner of Houston-based Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C.
By Scott Graham | March 11, 2021
Lex Machina's annual Patent Litigation Report confirms that Judge Alan Albright now has the nation's busiest patent docket, while some Texas firms have added dozens or even hundreds of cases in the last year.
By Aimee Fagan | March 3, 2021
It seems likely that trade secret litigation will continue to grow in popularity for the foreseeable future, however, what is much less clear is whether increasing trade secret litigation will correspond to a drop in patent litigation, says Aimee Fagan, a trial partner at Sidley Austin.
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