The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has affirmed a $20.8 million dollar judgment for patent infringement against Home Depot (See 2010-1409, -1416, November 14, 2011). The judgment includes $15 million in damages for wilfulness, $3 million in enhanced damages, $2.8 million for attorney fees and pre-judgment interest. Home Depot competes with Lowe’s [...]
A lawsuit was filed on Monday in the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleging patent infringement by Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich for their use of Facebook business pages. Also included as defendants are unnamed does 1-10. The lawsuit alleges infringement of US Patents 6,671,714 and 7,644,122 (’714 [...]
Patent searches are conducted onsite at the US Patent and Trademark Office on the East Search System. The East Search System is the same system that is used by US Patent Examiners and includes a limited amount of foreign patents. We have been searching patents for over 20 years for purposes of determining patentability as [...]
In THE LARYNGEAL MASK COMPANY LTD. AND LMA NORTH AMERICA, INC., v. AMBU A/S, AMBU INC., AND AMBU LTD, 10-1028 (CAFC, September 21, 2010), the CAFC reversed the US District Court for the Southern District of California on Claim Construction and Satisfaction of Written Description Requirement. The Laryngeal Mask Company Ltd. and LMA North America, [...]
On April 16, 2010 the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) upheld the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia jury verdict that the asserted claims of two Verizon patents (US Patents 6,282,574 and 6,104,711) were invalid and the asserted claims of four Verizon patents (US Patents 6,430,275; 6,292,481; 6,137,869 and 6,636,597) [...]
