A California federal judge denied an attempt by the Regents of the University of California to dismiss Epistar Corp.’s contract suit over patent licensing Monday, finding the Taiwanese manufacturer’s arguments are specific enough to proceed. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White ruled that Epistar sufficiently alleged that the Regents breached […]
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Law360 (July 18, 2019, 10:40 PM EDT) — A Massachuse”s federal judge on Thursday shut down Boston University’s bid to reinstate a $14 million patent infringement verdict against three LED manufacturers that was overturned by the Federal Circuit last year. U.S. District Judge Pa# B. Saris cited “several” reasons for […]
A group of employment and civil rights attorneys, including former federal Judge U.W. Clemon, secured this week’s top legal lions spot after the Eleventh Circuit sided with them in a fight over a “discriminatory” Alabama minimum wage law, while Covington & Burling LLP and its co-counsel landed on the lambs […]
The Federal Circuit overturned a nearly $14 million infringement verdict against three LED manufacturers on Wednesday, finding that the claim in Boston University’s patent that they allegedly infringed describes something physically impossible, making it ineligible for patent protection. The claimatissue in U.S. Patent Number 5,686,738, which covers a certain way […]
A Texas federal jury awarded an inventor and the family of his late partner $20 million in damages Friday, after finding Google had infringed on three of their patents for malware protection software. After a four-day trial, the jury found Google had infringed on all three patents at issue in […]