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trinamiX asserts seven face-authentication patents against Apple, BMW seeks a declaration of non-infringement against Broadcom, and the Federal Circuit reverses the dismissal of an exclusive licensee's suit
trinamiX asserts seven face-authentication patents against Apple; BMW seeks a declaration of non-infringement against Broadcom after suits on counterpart patents in Munich; Takeda sues Alvotech under the BPCIA over a proposed vedolizumab biosimilar; MimirIP asserts four semiconductor patents against MediaTek; and Viken Detection sues Videray over handheld X-ray scanners. At the Federal Circuit, Constellation Designs v. LG on eligibility and standards-based infringement proof, TexasLDPC v. Broadcom on an exclusive licensee's standing, and T-Mobile v. Kaifi on appellate jurisdiction over a settlement-payment dispute; plus Maxell's ITC investigation of Samsung devices, VideoLabs' acquisition of an Ericsson portfolio, and SIM IP's insurance-backed financing.
Nine new filings and campaigns, a marking requirement that reaches licensees, and a dismissal for lack of standing
Headwater sues Google over Google Cloud; Takeda brings a BPCIA action against Polpharma Biologics over a vedolizumab biosimilar; QuickVault asserts six patents against IBM Guardium; Outleads sues Salesforce on seven patents in a case the docket miscodes as declaratory judgment; Malikie asserts BlackBerry-derived patents against Sercomm and Fenix; and Convergence, Storage Vectors and InnoMemory each file multi-defendant campaigns in the Eastern District of Texas. At the Federal Circuit, VDPP v. Volkswagen ties pre-suit damages to a patentee’s licensees’ compliance with §287(a), and US Inventor v. Squires affirms dismissal of an APA challenge to the patent grant language for lack of standing.
Three spatial-audio suits, two mirror-image filings, and a narrower route to provisional-dated prior art
Boomcloud 360 sues Apple, Google and Samsung over spatial-audio patents, eight days after Apple filed for a declaratory judgment on three different patents; Micron and Netlist file against each other the same day in Delaware and California; the Federal Circuit holds that AIA prior art dated to a provisional application requires §112(a) written description support, and denies rehearing en banc on the design patent infringement test; plus the Netlist–Samsung settlement and the UK Supreme Court on Avanci and FRAND.
Four campaigns filed, and three decisions from the Federal Circuit
Crestone IP sues Samsung, HP and Apple over the same four patents; VB Assets sues IBM in Delaware over eight; the Federal Circuit rules on an IPR remand, a preliminary injunction, and the limits of the “book of wisdom” in damages; plus litigation funding, PERA, reexamination practice, and a $229M flash-memory verdict.
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