Supplemental damages and ongoing royalty vacated for relying almost exclusively on expired patent

EcoServices v. Certified Aviation is a nonprecedential case decided on October 8, 2020, on appeal from the Central District of California. Plaintiff EcoServices sued Defendant Aviation for infringement of two patents. One patent expired before trial. Following trial, the jury returned a verdict that Aviation infringed both patents, that the …

Injunction denied, despite irreparable harm provision, because Plaintiff is not likely to show breach of contract

Takeda v. Mylan was decided on July 31, 2020, on appeal from the District of Delaware. In 2016, Plaintiff Takeda sued Defendant Mylan for patent infringement. The parties ultimately settled. The license agreement allows Mylan to sell a generic product in the event that a court decision “hold[s] that all …

Denial of fees vacated where plaintiff filed multiple suits to obtain low-value settlements

Electronic Communication Technologies v. ShoppersChoice.com was decided on July 1, 2020, on appeal from the Southern District of Florida. The district court granted Defendant ShoppersChoice’s motion for judgment on the pleadings invalidating independent claim 11 of Plaintiff ECT’s asserted patent. The Federal Circuit affirmed. Subsequently, the district court denied ShopperChoice’s …

Sample Motions To Dismiss Patent Infringement Complaints

Below are sample motions to dismiss patent infringement litigation claims in federal court. The motions to dismiss examples are divided by issue. These are publicly filed in the respective lawsuits. The motions to dismiss were all filed in 2010 or later. This post says nothing of the legal or factual …

Sample Declaratory Judgment Complaints For Patent Infringement Litigation

Below are sample federal declaratory judgment complaints related to patent infringement cases. The complaints are divided by issue. The complaint examples are publicly filed in the respective lawsuits. The complaints were all filed in 2010 or later. This post says nothing of the merits, truthfulness or falsity of the alleged …

Failure to appeal laches dismissal supports denial of relief from judgment despite change in law

Medinol v. Cordis is a nonprecedential case decided on June, 12, 2020, on appeal from the Southern District of New York. After dismissing Plaintiff Medinol’s patent infringement claim as barred by laches, the district court denied Medinol Rule 60(b)(6) relief from the judgment. Medinol did not appeal the original judgment …

On appeal, a party cannot recover fees incurred at the PTAB under Section 285

Amneal Pharm v. Almirall was decided on June 4, 2020, on appeal from the PTAB. After Amneal filed a petition for an IPR challenging Almirall’s patent, Almirall sued Amneal in the district court on a different patent. The parties engaged in settlement discussions, in which Almirall offered to enter into …

Denial of preliminary injunction and dismissal with prejudice for defective contentions affirmed

Xiaohua Huang v. MediaTek U.S. is a nonprecedential case decided on June 3, 2020 on appeal from the Northern District of California. After denying Plaintiff Huang’s motion for sanctions, a TRO, and a preliminary injunction, the district court struck Huang’s fourth set of infringement contentions for failing to comply the …

No irreparable harm where plaintiff licenses the patent and defendant competes with the licensees

Verinata Health v. Ariosa Diagnostics is a nonprecendential case decided on April 24, 2020, on appeal from the Northern District of California. The asserted patents concern DNA sequence testing. After trial, the jury found two patents owned by Plaintiffs Verinata and Illumina valid and infringed, and awarded “approximately $27 million …

Defendant was prevailing party for fees after invalidating asserted claims at the PTAB

Dragon Intellectual Property v. DISH Network was decided on April 21, 2020 on appeal from the District of Delaware. After plaintiff Dragon sued defendant DISH for patent infringement, Dish filed a petition seeking inter partes review of the asserted patent. Following a claim construction hearing at the district court, the …