A federal jury in Delaware awarded Apple Inc. $250 on Friday, finding the original designs of Masimo Corp.’s smartwatches infringed Apple Watch design patents. The jury’s mixed verdict marks the latest chapter of a long-running clash over smartwatch patents pitting Apple, a tech giant worth more than $3.5 trillion, against Masimo valued at $7.5 billion. The dispute led to an import…

Western Digital must pay SPEX Technologies nearly $316 million in damages for infringing its patent related to hardware encryption technology in Western Digital’s Ultrastar and My Book data storage devices, a California federal jury decided on Friday. Read more at: https://www.law360.com/articles/1891684/western-digital-hit-with-315-7m-verdict-in-patent-suit?copied=1

A California federal jury found Friday that hard drive behemoth Western Digital owes MR Technologies more than $262 million in royalties for infringing its patents for increasing storage capacity on disk drives, after nearly two weeks of trial and four hours of deliberations. Read more at: https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1862800?nl_pk=b0fcc7ae-55da-42f0-b275-5d7564401103&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ip&utm_content=2024-07-30&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1&detected=1?copied=1

June 14 (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab must pay nearly $122 million for violating another company’s rights in targeted internet advertising technology, a Texas federal jury said on Friday. After a week-long trial, jurors in Waco, Texas, agreed with patent owner AlmondNet Inc, opens new tab that elements of Amazon’s advertising platform infringe two AlmondNet patents related…

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) gave a favorable ruling to Biogen who holds a market exclusivity in the United States until 2028 on their ’514 patent covering the treatment for multiple sclerosis with 480mg dose of dimethyl fumarate. Tecfidera represents 39% of the company’s total…

DEG supported Sterne Kessler and their client, vaping giant, JUUL Labs Inc. in Certain Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Components Thereof, investigation number 337-TA-1139, before the U.S. International Trade Commission. The commission partly affirmed Judge David P. Shaw’s initial determination that Eonsmoke LLC infringed patents for Juul’s electronic nicotine delivery systems. In his November determination,…

DEG is proud to have supported the trial teams of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Ford O’Brien in their defense of Mark Nordlicht and David Levy accused of defrauding bondholders of an oil exploration company. In July, following a nine-week trial both were convicted.  but sought acquittal or a new trial on the…

The U.S. District Court of New Jersey upheld the validity of Bausch Health Companies Inc.’s patent protecting Relistor (methylnaltrexone bromide) tablets and determined Actavis’ infringement of the patent for opioid-induced constipation in patients with chronic non-cancer pain. The case is Bausch Health Cos. Inc. et al., v. Actavis Laboratories FL Inc., case number 16-cv-9038, in…

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board said Caterpillar failed to prove that a Wirtgen America Inc. patent covering a lifting column for road construction machine is invalid. PTAB Upholds Wirtgen Patent in Loss For Caterpillar – Law360

DEG assisted Sterne Kessler on their 337-TA-1067 win before the U.S. International Trade Commission for their client Wirtgen providing depositions, videographers, 2D/3D graphics and hot seat support. Sterne Kessler secured a victory at the ITC striking down Caterpillar Inc.’s effort to invalidate one of the patents held by the German company. In 2017, Wirtgen accused…