Sentences with phrase «defend against patent»

Patent applications are on the rise as well, as startups and firms gear up to defend themselves against patent lawsuits, and as they take advantage of the rising tide of litigation.

The Innovation Act takes important steps to discourage abusive behavior and provide productive businesses with the tools they need to defend themselves against patent trolls.

, became interested in the issue after talking to the CEO of a small firm in his district, who told him that the firm's growth had been stunted by the costs of defending against patent lawsuits.

Joe is well - versed in securing, enforcing and defending against patents, trademarks and copyrights.

Acted for a national transport related business in defending it against a patent infringement claim

IPR means inter-partes review and CBM means covered business methods, i.e., a category of subject matter with respect to which a challenge before the USPTO can be particularly effective when defending against patent infringement lawsuits.

The public has a right to defend itself against patents that should never have been granted, and organizations like EFF exist to assist in this process.

Thus the Patent Reform Act of 2007 would have essentially eliminated important public interest projects such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Patent Busting Project, which uses inter and ex parte reexamination proceedings to challenge and defend against patents that potentially infringe on the public domain.45 In this way, the Patent Reform Act of 2007 would have failed to replace the current reexamination processes with an adequate form of post grant review.

Not exact matches

Mr. Siegal's other client successes include securing a 2016 trial victory in federal court defending Marvel Entertainment against a claim that it stole a patent - holder's design for a Spiderman role play web - shooting toy, and numerous federal and state appellate arguments in criminal and civil matters.

In 1888, an inexperienced yet capable lawyer finds himself defending George Westinghouse in a patent lawsuit against Thomas Edison.

«This case again demonstrates that Nintendo will vigorously defend itself and its innovations against patent lawsuits.

«The result in this case continues to prove that Nintendo will vigorously defend its innovations against patent lawsuits and will not pay to settle cases simply to avoid litigation.

Defending MasterCard International in two cases against claim of infringement of patent relating to use of a smart card in a system for automatic connection to a network.

He has experience in both defending against and asserting copyright, trademark, and patent rights.

A Wilmer Hale team, led by IP litigation superstar Bill Lee, did a really superb job defending Apple against Samsung's patents.

As America's most - cited judge, Judge Richard Posner, put it last year, «Judges have difficulty understanding modern technology and jurors have even greater difficulty, yet patent plaintiffs tend to request trial by jury because they believe that jurors tend to favor patentees, believing that they must be worthy inventors defending the fruits of their invention against copycats -LSB-...]».

It may be of some interest to know that at the same time the Executive Power exercised the Royal Prerogative Powers, in Foreign Affairs, in their case against Mr. Khadr I was trying to have either the provincial or federal government exercise these same powers to protect and defend Her Majesty's Letters Patent.

In this mini-constitutional crisis, the Monarchy's Letters Patent can and must be defended on rational grounds, in support of common law and our chater to prevent deception, misrepresentation and / or falsity against the public at large.

TMC Fuel Injection System, LLC v. Ford Motor Company, Case No. 2 -12-cv-04971 (E.D. Pennsylvania 2012)-- Successfully defended Ford in a patent infringement action involving a patent asserted against the fuel system used in Ford's F - 150 pickup truck and other vehicles.

Eagle Harbor Holdings / Medius v. Ford Motor Company, Case No. 3:11 - cv -05503-BHS (W.D. Washington 2015)-- Successfully defended Ford in patent infringement trial in which plaintiff asserted several patents against Ford's SYNC infotainment system and» automatic parking system.

Successfully defended against post-grant procedures instituted by a client's competitor, resulting in the maintenance of several patents

For example, if Google can't defend itself successfully against one patent held by a little non-practicing entity from Texas, what does this mean for Oracle's lawsuit over seven virtual machine patents?

Google's answer to Bedrock's third amended complaint was submitted on February 10, 2011 by the Texas - based firm of Potter Minton and the top - notch global firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, which also defends certain Android device makers (such as Motorola and HTC) against Android - related patent infringement allegations.

He handles copyright, trademark, right of publicity, false advertising, trade secret and patent disputes, protecting valuable intellectual property rights from would - be infringers and defending clients against wrongful accusations of infringement.

We defended Karsten Manufacturing against patent infringement allegations relating to golf clubs.

Defended 3D Systems in a patent infringement suit brought by EOS, a licensee of 3D, against DTM Corporation, a corporation 3D acquired after EOS brought suit, and one of DTM's customers.

We defended Karsten Manufacturing against patent infringement allegations in the Northern District of Illinois relating to certain of its PING brand golf clubs.

When ContentGuard, a Xerox spinoff and owner of more than 290 DRM patents worldwide, was faced with defending six of its patents against an inter partes review attack, it called on Sterne Kessler.

Obtained orders upholding the validity and enforceability of various patents and defended against monopolization and attempt to monopolize claims for a client in the packaging industry.

I have been contacted on Twitter and via my contact form by patent lawyers who have sent me information on possible prior art to use against Lodsys or Macrosolve, and by some who have made general recommendations for how you (the app devs) might defend yourselves.

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced that it has successfully defended a false patent marking claim made against its client Manhattan Group LLC (more...)

Represented leading footwear company in defending against federal trademark, trade dress, and design patent infringement claims brought by competing footwear manufacturer.

(won patent infringement judgment involving virtual storage systems and successfully defended against antitrust claims) Waner v. Ford Motor Co. (defended patent infringement case involving heavy - duty trucks) Palmer v. Fox Software (successfully defended breach of fiduciary duty claims) Expeditors v. Vastera (successfully defended trade secret claim involving import / export regulations and logistics)

We are frequently engaged by clients to file or defend against oppositions on commercially important patents.

Advising and representing a global technology company in a number of patent litigations, including defending it against standard - essential patent assertions and against the largest ever damages claim brought in patent infringement proceedings in Germany.

Part of team defending client in Ohio federal court against claims seeking hundreds of millions of dollars for patent infringement.

Successfully defended leading seller of home fitness equipment against patent infringement and state law claims relating its distribution of popular fitness equipment in which district court granted summary judgment and Federal Circuit affirmed.

We had previously successfully defended against another IPR covering an unrelated patent related to Abraxane, U.S. Patent No. 8,85patent related to Abraxane, U.S. Patent No. 8,85Patent No. 8,853,260.

Compared to anticipation, invalidity and inutility, insufficiency of disclosure has rarely been asserted successfully to invalidate patents or defend against infringement.

We have defended our clients against alleged liability resulting from unlawful patent prosecution and the tying of IP assets; price maintenance and resale distribution problems; antitrust claims associated with the inappropriate use of copyrights, patents and trademarks; and the failure to meet the requirements of licensing agreements.

The Wired GC wonders what happened to RIM's patent crusade against NTP and defending a principle?

That portfolio would allow Google to defend itself against foes like Apple and Microsoft in the legal arena, where billions of dollars in patent licensing fees can be indirectly negotiated through lawsuits and countersuits.

But many patent holders don't have the funds (or their time and energy are devoted to other enterprises) to defend them against corporations.

«My company, Capstone Photography, was sued for the infringement of three vague and overly broad patents relating to how event photos are posted online for searching, viewing and purchase... Our small business, without even a single line item in our budget for legal defense, spent $ 100,000 to defend against the suit.»

EFF's Patent Busting Project is one of a number of public - interest projects that use the reexamination process to defend the public against the most dubious patents.

Because Google was offering a chance to use those Motorola patents to defend against groups like Rockstar, and those particular patents were some of the most effective anti-troll ammo.

As we explained in the friend - of - the - court brief we filed, patent defendants and copyright defendants are in very different positions when it comes to defending against stale claims.

EFF, together with Durie Tangri LLP, is defending a photo hobbyist against an outrageous patent suit from a company that claims to hold the rights to online competitions on social networks where users vote for the winner.

When facing off against the AG, the patent troll won't be able to rely exclusively on a target's unwillingness, lack of wherewithal, or lack of funds, to engage in a lawsuit to defend itself.

Those more inclined to support Google pointed out that Motorola's patents helped Google defend Android against patent attacks (to some degree) and that Google's intervention likely prevented an iconic mobile phone maker from folding completely.