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The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an Ontario dairy business’s appeal against findings of willful patent infringement related to a rapid cooling ventilation system patented by French company Fromfroid S.A. The appeal court confirmed punitive damages and compensatory awards and assessed appeal costs totaling $8,…
Wolfspeed (NYSE:WOLF) has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Navitas Semiconductor concerning silicon carbide technology used in power semiconductor products. The case underscores the critical role of intellectual property rights in the semiconductor sector, particularly for technologies enabling efficient el…
Adeia Inc., a leader in media and semiconductor technology innovations, has initiated patent infringement litigation against FuboTV Inc. and its subsidiaries in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The lawsuit centers on four U.S. patents related to advanced media delivery and streaming technologies.…
Erasca, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERAS), a precision oncology company developing the pan-RAS molecular glue ERAS-0015, faces a securities class action after its stock plunged 48% following disclosures of a patient death and patent infringement allegations by Revolution Medicines. The lawsuit targets investors who acquired Erasca…
A US jury has ruled that Amgen must pay $20.2 million in damages for infringing an antibody patent. The verdict underscores ongoing patent enforcement challenges in the biopharmaceutical sector, highlighting the high stakes involved in antibody-related intellectual property disputes.
The Delhi High Court ruled in favor of GSP Crop Science Pvt. Ltd. in a patent infringement case involving its patented agrochemical formulation combining Pyriproxyfen and Diafenthiuron. The court held BR Agrotech Limited and a marketing defendant liable, awarding ₹50 lakh in damages and issuing a permanent injunction.…
In a decisive patent infringement trial, Mayer Brown obtained a $111.7 million jury verdict for Maxell Ltd. against Samsung Electronics in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The jury found Samsung willfully infringed three patents covering unlocking methods, recording location, and digital data…
Canon has successfully resolved its patent infringement lawsuit against Shanghai Sinocopy Industrial Co., Ltd. and Zhongshan Sinocopy Electronic Co., Ltd. The dispute centered on Canon's Chinese invention patent No. ZL200780002318.1, relating to toner cartridge technology. After a 2024 judgment in Canon's favor, Sinoc…
In a significant ruling on patent infringement, the Madras High Court dismissed a suit filed by an independent inventor against Ashok Leyland and others, finding no infringement of a patent related to an electrically operated vehicle with wind-powered battery charging. The Court held that the defendants’ battery swapp…
In its landmark ruling in BSH v Electrolux (C-339/22), the CJEU delineated the jurisdictional limits of EU national courts in patent infringement cases when validity defenses are raised, particularly under Article 24(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (Brussels I bis). The decision affirms that infringement courts ret…
Dolby Laboratories has filed a lawsuit against Indian smartphone manufacturer Lava at the Delhi High Court, alleging infringement of eight advanced audio coding (AAC) standard-essential patents. The suit, lodged on April 29, 2024, follows a recent ₹244 crore damages award Ericsson secured against Lava for telecom SEP…
A U.S. District Court jury in Delaware has unanimously ruled in favor of 10x Genomics, awarding over $31 million in damages after finding that NanoString Technologies willfully infringed seven patents related to RNA and protein detection technology. This decision follows two other recent rulings against NanoString in…
Seagate Technology secured a complete defense verdict in a patent infringement case brought by a former Carnegie Mellon University professor. After a two-week trial in the Western District of Pennsylvania, the jury ruled in under a day that Seagate did not infringe any of the 10 asserted patent claims related to micro…
In a notable decision on January 26, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held that patent infringement claims and injunctive relief are available to reference product sponsors during the second phase of Biosimilar Price Competition and Innovation Act litigation. The ruling clarifies tha…
Allele Technologies has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech, claiming unauthorized use of its patented fluorescent protein mNeonGreen in COVID-19 vaccine development. Pfizer has moved to dismiss the case, invoking the Hatch-Waxman safe harbor exemption and describing the litigation as a pot…
ViiV Healthcare, majority-owned by GSK, has commenced patent infringement proceedings against Gilead Sciences Inc. in both the United States and Canada. The litigation concerns Gilead’s triple combination HIV drug containing bictegravir, which ViiV alleges infringes its patents covering dolutegravir and related chemic…
Honeywell has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota against Nest Labs, Inc., accusing the smart thermostat maker of infringing seven patents related to thermostat operation, programming, and energy-saving technologies. The suit also names Best Buy Co., Inc., a ret…
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