Chinenye Okafor
Head of Intellectual Property and Patents | Fluence – A Siemens and AES Company | USA
Lighting Co. Signify Nets $411K Verdict In Patent Case
Lighting Co. Signify Nets $411K Verdict In Patent Case By Editorial Team A Nevada federal jury recently ruled in favor of lighting company Signify in a patent infringement case against rival Lepro. The jury found that Lepro owes nearly $411,000 to Signify for infringing on LED technology patents. The jury determined that three out of […]
CoStar Group Seeks Disqualification of Quinn Emanuel in CREXi IP Lawsuit
CoStar Group Seeks Disqualification of Quinn Emanuel in CREXi IP Lawsuit By Editorial Team CoStar Group is intensifying its efforts to disqualify Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP from representing rival CREXi in an antitrust lawsuit in California federal court. The company is contesting a conflict waiver signed by a firm that CoStar later acquired. […]
Judge Seeks Clarity On OpenAI’s ‘Project Giraffe’ For IP Suit
Judge Seeks Clarity On OpenAI’s ‘Project Giraffe’ For IP Suit By Editorial Team A New York federal magistrate judge has ordered OpenAI to provide clarification on its “Project Giraffe” in response to questions raised by plaintiffs in an intellectual property lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI used copyrighted material in its ChatGPT training and that […]
GoDaddy Challenges $170M Loss, Patent Owner Seeks $370M
GoDaddy Challenges $170M Loss, Patent Owner Seeks $370M By Editorial Team GoDaddy is fighting against a $170 million verdict loss in a lawsuit filed by Express Mobile, accusing the website hosting platform of willfully infringing patents related to website creation. In response, Express Mobile is pushing for an increase in damages to $370 million, as […]
Fed. Circ. Backs $85M Patent Antitrust Verdict Against Ingevity
Fed. Circ. Backs $85M Patent Antitrust Verdict Against Ingevity By Editorial Team The Federal Circuit upheld a $85 million antitrust verdict against Ingevity, rejecting the company’s appeal regarding patent misuse. The case involved Ingevity tying patent licenses to purchases of its automobile carbon filtering technology. The Federal Circuit’s decision on Wednesday affirmed the Delaware jury’s […]
