How much motivation do you need to combine references to make something obvious? According to the Federal Circuit, enough to reasonably discern a proper path to combine the references. In Cablz, Inc. v. Chums, Inc., No. 2016-1823…
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The question of whether claims from 23 different patents were “essential” to the IEEE 802.11 standard (popularly known as Wi-Fi) was presented to the court in In re Innovatio Ip Ventures, MDL Docket No. 2303, Case No. 11 C 930…
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A lawsuit brought against a patent owner based on an alleged failure to offer a patent license on reasonable and nondiscriminatory (RAND) terms has largely survived the patent owner’s motion to dismiss. Realtek Semiconduct…
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What does a patent owner have to do to meet a requirement of a standards setting organization (SSO) that license terms be reasonable and non-discriminatory (RAND)? Does the patent owner simply need to be willing to license on RA…
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