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... redefining its declaratory judgment jurisdiction jurisprudence ever since the Supreme Court's Medimmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. decision. These cases have included SanDisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Benitec Australia, Ltd. v. ... Corp. The trend continues, albeit in a nonprecedential opinion, in Merck & Co. v. Apotex Inc. In a per curiam decision from a panel made up of CAFC Judges Mayer and Linn and...

... purpose of the Patent Rules, which is to effectuate an orderly and efficient pretrial process. STMicroelectronics, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc., 307 F.Supp.2d 845, 849 (E.D.Tex.2004) (Davis ... loopholes through which parties may practice litigation by ambush." Finsar Corp. v. DirectTV Group, Inc., 424 F.Supp.2d 896, 901 (quoting IXYS Corp. v. Advanced Power Tech., Inc., 2004 WL 1368860 * 3 (N.D.Cal. June 16, 2004)). Allowing MASS to serve its untimely invalidity contentions would open the floodgates for ...

... attention to prior WIPO and NAF decisions. A case in point was the recent decision in Wilcox Associates, Inc. v. Xspect Solutions, E.D.Mich, Case No. 08-14695 (Sept. 24, ... , and (2) that the plaintiff's delay caused prejudice to the defendant. Natron Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc., 305 F.3d 397, 408 (6th Cir. 2002). In the 6th Circuit, if ... that the delay prejudiced Xspect. See Herman Miller v. Palazzetti Imports and Exports, Inc., 270 F.3d 298, 321-22 (6th Cir. 2001) (delay prejudices defendant ...

STMicroelectronics, Inc. v. Sandisk Corp., 2006 WL 1624534, E.D.Tex., June 12, 2006 Judge: Don Bush Holding: STM's Motion for Summary Judgment on Sandisk's Four Affirmative Defenses Recommended DENIED STM sought summary judgment on SanDisk's four affirmative defenses of inequitable conduct, patent misuse, laches and equitable estoppel. Judge Bush recommended that all four motions be denied.

Thanks again to our friends at Duane Morris we learn that one federal circuit court has lowered the threshhold for declaratory judgment jurisdiction in patent actions. SanDisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc., et al., No. 05-1300 On March 26, 2007, the...

Last Monday, the CAFC removed any doubt as to the status of its previous test for finding an Article III case or controversy in SanDisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc.

STMicroelectronics N.V. v. Agere Sys., Inc., C.A. No. 08C-09-099 MMJ (Del. Super. May 19, 2009) (applying New York law per choice of law provision) This case illustrates the series of events that may arise when a subsidiary is party to a licensing agreement, but its parent is not. Here, the licensor sued the parent company for patent infringement in the Eastern District of Texas and before the International Trade Commission. In response, the parent and subsidiary brought this ...

So we've officially got a patent reform bill in the 110th Congress (both Crouch and Zura have excellent summaries). Hearings are even underway. So now we've all got to watch Congress like a pot of water on the stove, right? I say no. Right now, Congress is last in line in the patent reform debate, in my eyes. Why's that, you ask? It's simple, really. The question we wanted to have answered by the first reform bill in the 110th Congress is this: How much progress has been made to overcome the ...

... - Antitrust counterclaim survives in flash memory patent suit brought by SanDisk against STMicroelectronics (Law360) Sony Electronics - Trans Video Electronics files patent infringement lawsuit against ... (Law360) Trade mark plaintiff must specifically plead confusion: Aller-Caire Inc v Am. Textile Co (Chicago IP Litigation Blog) TTAB precedential ... cigars made from Cuban seed tobacco: Corporacion Habanos SA v Anncas, Inc (The TTABlog) GOTHAM BATMEN strike out: TTAB finds fraud, sustains opposition ...

... June 19, 2006. Mr. Skippen will be leaving to take on the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of Wi-LAN Inc. 'Jim has made major contributions to MOSAID's success, particularly in the negotiation of patent licenses and in the assertion of our ... . Skippen. Mr. Galanthay has over 35 years of experience in managing intellectual property matters for premier global companies such as IBM, STMicroelectronics and Harris Corporation, and has served as a Director of MOSAID since September 2005."