Jeffrey M. Gross entity Callstat Solutions patent challenged — Unified Patents

On December 17, 2021, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 6,236,983 , owned by Callstat Solutions LLC, an NPE and an entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The ‘983 patent relates to collecting information about a...

Judge Albright Names Lawyer For Patent Trolls As New Magistrate Judge For Waco

With the transformation of his Waco courtroom into the venue for more than 25% of all patent cases in the United States, Judge Albright can’t keep up with all the business he’s “drummed up” for his courtroom...

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

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.

BGI Units Lose Appeal Over Illumina DNA Sequencing IP - Law360

The Court of Appeal on Friday rejected a bid by BGI Group subsidiaries to overturn findings that they infringed valid patents for rapid DNA sequencing held by Illumina Cambridge Ltd., holding the inventions were not obvious in light of prior...

PTAB Discretionary Denials Are Unpredictable And Illegal - Law360

Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions from the past year reveal that the policy of discretionarily denying inter partes review based on copending litigation is a chaotic mess that is undependable for companies' licensing decisions and...

$2,000 for Xperi entity Rovi Guides prior art — Unified Patents

On December 14, 2021, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 11,012,720 . The patent is owned by Rovi Guides, Inc., an NPE and subsidiary of Xperi Holding...

Joao entity NavBlazer's patent held invalid — Unified Patents

On December 13, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. NavBlazer, LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,885,782 invalid. NavBlazer is associated with patent...

Patents for Humanity: The USPTO Recognizes Innovation Relating to COVID-19

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced the final deadline for submission of applications for its Patents for Humanity COVID-19 award: The submission deadline i

The EPO is in 'Damage Control' Mode (and It Shows)

The regime of Team Battistelli/Campinos has issued some interesting statements during the ‘meeting’ and right after the ‘meeting’ (or this week’s ‘webchat’) of the Administrative Council

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USPTO IP Attaché Roundtable

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) will be offering its 15th Annual USPTO IP Attaché Roundtable with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's IP Attachés on December 14, 2021 from 8:30 am to 10:30 am (ET). The...

Arigna Technology patent challenged — Unified Patents

On December 9, 2021, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,049,850 , owned by Arigna Technology Limited, an Atlantic IP Services Limited subsidiary. Formerly owned by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. , the...

$6,000 for Cine Graphic Solutions prior art — Unified Patents

On December 8, 2021, Unified Patents added three separate PATROLL contests with an opportunity to collect up to $6,000 in cash for prior art on at least claim 1 of three patents - U.S. Patent 7,388,587 ; U.S. Patent 7,629,977 and U.S. Patent...