patent infringement

How Important is Compliance with the Marking Statute? The Federal Circuit Continues to Say It Is Pretty Important.

When an accused infringer admits to knowledge of potential infringement, but the commercial embodiment of the patent fails to comply with the marking statute, 35 U.S.C. § 287, what date should be used for calculating damages?  T… Read More

District Court Finds Amazon Lockers Qualify as a Regular and Established Place of Business

Introduction Recently, in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute et al v. Amazon.com, Inc., a district court weighed in on whether Amazon’s lockers constituted “a regular and established place of business” for the purposes of dete… Read More

Few Factual Allegations Enough to Allege Patent Infringement

Only a few factual allegations are required to survive a Motion to Dismiss a complaint alleging patent infringement, held the Southern District of Florida in Raptor, LLC. and Concrete Services, LLC. v. Odebrecht Construction, Inc.… Read More

Indirect Patent Infringement Requires Direct Infringement

Because “a finding of direct infringement is a predicate to any finding of indirect infringement,” the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s findings of indirect patent infringement where the evidence did not support a… Read More

Defendant Controlled Information Not Required in Pleadings

Does the fact that relevant information is “arguably within [the defendant’s] sole possession” affect the plaintiff’s burden in pleading a claim for patent infringement?  In Prowire, LLC v. Apple, Inc. , the United States… Read More

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