Patent & IP news for August 11, 2016

Apple v. Samsung: Justifying Profit Disgorgement from patentlyo.com

Apple has filed its merits brief defending the longstanding principle of profit-disgorgement as a remedy for design patent infringement. [AppleResponse] The statute states that an adjudged infringer “shall be liable to the owner to the ...

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U.S. District Court Limits So-Called “Piggyback” Discovery from www.iplawalert.com

The United States District Court for the District of Nevada recently issued an Order casting doubt on a litigant’s ability to obtain blanket discovery from an adversary’s prior patent litigation without a specific ...

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Question of Whether Court May Convert Jury’s Lump Sum Royalty to Running Royalty Via Remittitur Certified for Appeal from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted plaintiff's motion for an interlocutory appeal of an earlier order granting defendant's motion for remittitur or a new trial on damages. "[T]he Court agrees with the plaintiff that there ...

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GEA Process: Appealing IPR Termination Decision from patentlyo.com

Following Cuozzo, I largely wrote-off GEA Process (“GPNA”) v. Steuben as having any chance for certiorari. However, the petitioner’s newly filed reply brief offers an opportunity for revival. In its decision on an IPR ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. v. Lee 1:16-cv-00852; filed July 1, 2016 in the Eastern District ...

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