IPNews® – The Federal Circuit ruled Friday that even when many different parties perform the different steps of a patented method, induced patent infringement can still exist.
The decision means Akamai Technologies Inc. will now be able to again pursue its online content delivery system patent claims against Limelight Networks Inc. McKesson Corp.’s doctor-patient electronic
IPNews® – The Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that Marilyn Monroe’s estate cannot claim a posthumous California state law right of publicity for the famed actress’s likeness.
The estate has argued for decades in various other proceedings that Monroe was living in New York when she died, not California, so New York law must govern based
IPNews® – An inventor smacked Ford Motor Co. with a patent infringement lawsuit Wednesday alleging the auto maker’s F-150 pickup truck includes his patented fuel injection system.
TMC Fuel Systems LLC gave Ford multiple opportunities to license the technology, but Ford chose not to do so and is now infringing the patent as a result
IPNews® – A federal judge on Thursday shot down Ashley Furniture Industries Inc.’s bid to defeat the estate of Humphrey Bogart’s claims that the furniture maker had violated the late actor’s trademark rights.
Ashley sold a line of furniture called “Bogart Ocean” without authorization from 2008 to 2009, according to the estate. The judge found
IPNews® – LivingSocial Inc. was smacked with a patent infringement lawsuit on Friday at the hands of Blue Calypso Inc., a digital word-of-mouth marketing company.
Blue Calypso alleges the popular online deal company is infringing two patents related to peer-to-peer advertising. Blue Calypso also sued Groupon over the same two patents last month. To continue
IPNews® – Amazon.com, Samsung Electronics, Nintendo Co. and several other companies are the targets of a new U.S. International Trade Commission patent infringement investigation regarding microprocessors used in wireless devices.
Technology Properties Ltd. LLC, Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC and Patriot Scientific Corp. filed the complaint that is the basis of the investigation in July. The
IPNews® – Google has failed to comply with a court order demanding that it list the names of anyone who has written about its patent infringement struggle with Oracle Corp. and received money from Google, a California federal judge said Monday.
Google has until Friday to produce the names, he said. The two companies have
IPNews® – Over the weekend, Google owned Motorola Mobility LLC fired two more shots in its patent war with Apple.
Motorola accuses Apple of infringing seven Motorola patents for mobile phone features such as the Siri voice assistant feature, email notifications, and location reminders. Motorola is attempting to prevent the entry of the allegedly infringing
IPNews® – Lorillard announced last week that it was successful in its trademark infringement lawsuit against the makers of a synthetic cannabis product sold under the name Newprot.
The owners of the Newport trademark filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Majdi and Mohammad Adujamous, who own three Tobacco Zone stores in Richmond Virginia.
IPNews® – Canadian yoga pants maker Lululemon has recently filed a complaint against clothing giants Calvin Klein and G-III Apparel for patent infringement.
Lululemon is known for its high quality clothing made with unique fabric choices, proprietary blending of signature fabrics, moisture wicking and 4-way stretch materials. The athletic apparel company currently holds at least