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American Express handed win in loyalty program patent infringement dispute
Read more: American Express handed win in loyalty program patent infringement disputeA U.S. district court has granted a motion to dismiss a complaint filed by Loyal-T Systems LLC against American Express for failing to state a claim for relief.
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Moderna, Alnylam settle U.S. COVID vaccine patent infringement dispute
Read more: Moderna, Alnylam settle U.S. COVID vaccine patent infringement disputeAlnylam has settled its three-year dispute against Moderna in the District of Delaware, after a precedential Federal Circuit decision found the patentee had acted as its own lexicographer in defining a key patent specification term, foreclosing its infringement allegations.
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UPC’s Milan Local Division hears Progress Maschinen v. AWM two years after erroneous dismissal
Read more: UPC’s Milan Local Division hears Progress Maschinen v. AWM two years after erroneous dismissalThe UPC’s Milan LD now has to decide a lattice girder welding machine patent case, whereas the defendant claims the alleged infringing machines use technology it had already discovered as far back as 2008 (before the patent-in-suit was issued).
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HP unlikely to defend against Huawei in UPC due to Munich’s intra-district assignment tradition: same WiFi patent defeated Netgear
Read more: HP unlikely to defend against Huawei in UPC due to Munich’s intra-district assignment tradition: same WiFi patent defeated NetgearThe UPC’s Munich LD applies a long-standing rule it adopted from the Munich I Regional Court when a patent was previously litigated in the same division.
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Interview with IP dealmaker Arvin Patel (of Nokia, TiVo, Technicolor fame), who just became managing director at Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP
Read more: Interview with IP dealmaker Arvin Patel (of Nokia, TiVo, Technicolor fame), who just became managing director at Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IPTop-notch IP dealmaker Arvin Patel is now a managing director at Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP.
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Doctrine of equivalents removes painkiller from German market: Grünenthal wins preliminary injunction on appeal
Read more: Doctrine of equivalents removes painkiller from German market: Grünenthal wins preliminary injunction on appealA pharma patent and unfair competition dispute has taken a remarkable turn as the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court granted a preliminary injunction based on infringement by equivalents.
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UPC’s Paris Local Division may have to choose or design test for infringement by equivalence in gutter patent case
Read more: UPC’s Paris Local Division may have to choose or design test for infringement by equivalence in gutter patent caseThe UPC’s Paris LD now has to decide a gutter patent case, whereas the word “gutter” is meant literally and not meant to disparage the patent or the case.
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UPC enabled Ecovacs’s inspection of Roborock household robots at last week’s IFA Berlin trade show; infringement suit pending
Read more: UPC enabled Ecovacs’s inspection of Roborock household robots at last week’s IFA Berlin trade show; infringement suit pendingThe Dusseldorf LD authorized evidence-gathering, but declined an invitation to allow an unfettered fishing excpedition. It may be the lengthiest operative part of a UPC order to date.


