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Apple, Google, others lose court challenge to patent review policy

A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Tech companies said rule reducing reviews undermines patent system Court says PTO decisions on instituting review can’t be appealed (Reuters) – A federal judge in California tossed a lawsuit brought by big tech companies including Apple and Google over a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policy that reduced the number of patent disputes it considers. U.S. Supreme Court precedent… Source link

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Albright hits back at Federal Circuit while moving Google patent dispute

A logo is seen on the New York Google offices. New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kell Google asked Waco, Texas judge to move case to California Federal Circuit has criticized Albright decisions to keep cases Albright moves case, but says Federal Circuit “muddled” law Nov 9 – A federal judge who has been under fire for resisting requests to transfer cases granted Google LLC’s bid to move a patent dispute over its Pixel smartphones from his Waco, Texas court to California. In a… Source link

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Jury finds for Google against digital picture-frame patent claims

Google Nest Hub products don’t infringe Profectus Technology patent Relevant parts of patent are invalid, jury found Profectus previously lost cases against Apple, Samsung, others The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. (Reuters) – A jury in Waco, Texas found Wednesday… Source link

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Fed Circ. moves West Texas Google, Sonos patent dispute to Calif.

A logo is seen on the New York Google offices. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Dispute spans several jurisdictions, including California and ITC California has stronger local interest in the case Federal Circuit ordered Judge Albright to move similar case on Friday (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday moved Google LLC and Sonos Inc’s West Texas patent case in their global dispute over multi-room audio technology to California federal court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the… Source link

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Sonos scores big patent win over Google — stock surge may be just getting started

A big win for Sonos (SONO) on the patent front against Google may unlock more gains for the stock price than the initial 12% pop seen in pre-market trading on Monday.  A U.S. International Trade Commission judge ruled Friday that Google infringed on Sonos’ patents. The suit began in January 2020, with Sonos claiming Google infringed on five of its smart speaker patents by putting its technology in Google products. Sonos wanted a sales ban on several Google products such as Nest home… Source link

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Del. Court Orders New Trial On $749M Yahoo Patent Reserve

Law360 (July 30, 2021, 5:46 PM EDT) — Delaware Chancery Court on Friday ordered a new trial and directed former Yahoo owner Altaba Inc. to set aside a $749 million patent infringement suit cash reserve previously ruled unnecessary, citing post-trial disclosures and actions that “undermined” court confidence that the cash would be available if needed. The decision followed a motion for a new trial filed by software venture Droplets Inc., which has been battling Altaba and Yahoo since… Source link

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Yahoo Sale Spurs New Patent Holder Bid For $749M Reserve

Law360 (May 12, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT) — A patent holder that lost a bid this month to force former Yahoo owner Altaba to establish a $749 million infringement reserve asked the Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday to reconsider in light of Verizon’s recently revealed plans to sell Yahoo to Apollo Global Management. Earlier this month, the Chancery judge overseeing disputes over Altaba’s wind-down rejected patent holder Droplets Inc.’s push to create the reserve, since the former Altaba… Source link

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PTAB Axes Patent Involved In Google, Amazon WDTX Suits

Law360 (April 22, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT) — The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has struck down several claims of a communications patent involved in parallel infringement litigation against Google and Amazon in the Western District of Texas, finding the claims obvious over prior art. In a 79-page decision issued Wednesday, the PTAB invalidated each of the challenged claims in Hammond Development International Inc.’s communications systems patent for being obvious due to three published… Source link

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Jury finds in favor of Google in patent infringement trial over YouTube | News

Multinational information technology company, Google, was victorious in Marshall’s federal court, on Friday, after a jury concluded that Google’s web-based You Tube service did not infringe a series of patents related to adaptive video-streaming technology. The case began this past Monday in US District Court Judge Rodney Gilstrap’s courtroom before a jury… Source link

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