Jury Delivers $1.05B Verdict for Apple in Patent Case By Jeffery Habenicht – Edited by Jennifer Wong Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD., 11-CV-1846-LHK (N.D.Cal Aug. 24, 2012) Jury Verdict Form hosted by SB Nation After two-and-a-half days of deliberation, a nine-person jury returned a $1.05 billion verdict against Samsung for infringing six of seven Apple patents. The jury found that, in 24 of its phones and tablets, Samsung had infringed on all three utility patents and three of ... Read More...
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By Michael Hoven DOJ Seizes Domains for Alleged Piracy of Apps The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) seized the domains of three websites that allegedly offered illegal downloads of apps for Android mobile devices, reports the Wall Street Journal Law Blog. It was the first time that the DOJ had seized domains because of app piracy. Previous seizures (like the Megaupload seizure, previously reported on by the Digest) had focused on combating piracy of movies and music. Oakland’s Police Radio Problems ... Read More...
Federal Circuit Reaffirms Patent Eligibility of Isolated Human Genes By Jie Zhang – Edited by Jeffery Habenicht Ass’n for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO, No. 2010-1406 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2012) Slip opinion The Federal Circuit, on remand from the Supreme Court in light of the Court’s decision in Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., affirmed in part and reversed in part a decision by the Southern District of New York, which had held that isolated breast cancer genes and a ... Read More...
Sixth Circuit Approves Warrantless Tracking of Cell Phone Location By Michael Hoven – Edited by Andrew Crocker United States v. Skinner, No. 09-6497 (6th Cir. Aug. 14, 2012) Slip opinion The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a jury’s conviction of Melvin Skinner on two counts related to drug trafficking and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, rejecting Skinner’s argument on appeal that the district court had wrongly denied his motion to suppress evidence on the ... Read More...
Third Circuit Subjects Reverse Payments to Strict Antitrust Scrutiny By Jie Zhang – Edited by Charlie Stiernberg In Re: K-Dur Antitrust Litigation, No. 10-2077 (3d Cir. July 16, 2012) Slip opinion The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the summary judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, which had rejected an antitrust challenge to a reverse payment agreement between the K-Dur patent holder Schering-Plough Corporation (“Schering”) and the generic drug manufacturer Upsher-Smith Laboratories (“Upsher”) ... Read More...
