Vectura v. GlaxoSmithKline was decided on November 19, 2020 on appeal from the District of Delaware. At trial, Plaintiff Vectura prevailed on the issues of validity, infringement, and willful infringement, and the “jury awarded Vectura a royalty of 3% on a royalty base of $2.99 billion in sales for the …
Exmark Manufacturing v. Briggs & Stratton is a nonprecedential case decided on October 6, 2020, on appeal from the District of Nebraska. Following grant of summary judgment of infringement and no invalidity, the case proceeded to a jury trial, where the jury found that Defendant Briggs willfully infringed Plaintiff Exmark’s …
Khan v. Hemosphere is a nonprecendential case decided on August 13, 2020, on appeal from the Northern District of Illinois. Pro se plaintiffs Khans “alleged that the defendant corporations, hospitals, and physicians directly and indirectly infringed” their patent. The Khans sued “three hundred defendants.” The district court dismissed without prejudice …
Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 v. TCL Communication was decided on August 4, 2020, on appeal from the District of Delaware. At trial, Plaintiff IP Bridge argued that the asserted patents are essential to a standard and that Defendant TCL’s accused devices are compatible with the standard. The jury found …
Bio-Rad Labs. v. 10X Genomics was decided on August 3, 2020, on appeal from the District of Delaware. The jury found that Plaintiff Bio-Rad’s three asserted patents were valid and willfully infringed, and “awarded damages in the amount of $23,930,716.” Post-trial, the district court denied Defendant 10X’s motion for JMOL, …
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 …
Packet Intelligence v. NetScout was decided on July 14, 2020, on appeal from the Eastern District of Texas. Plaintiff Packet Intelligence sued Defendant NetScout on two method-claims patents and one apparatus-claims patent. The jury found all claims willfully infringed, rejected NetScout’s invalidity defenses under § 102, awarded $3.5 million in …
Medinol v. Cordis is a nonprecedential case decided on June, 12, 2020, on appeal from the Southern District of New York.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 …
Munchkin v. Luv N’ Care was decided on June 8, 2020, on appeal from the Central District of California. Plaintiff Munchkin sued Defendant Luv N’ Care for unfair competition, trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, and patent infringement. Subsequently, Luv N’ Care filed an IPR petition at the PTAB, which was …
Iron Oak Techs. v. Microsoft is a nonprecedential case decided on June 8, 2020, on appeal from the Northern District of Texas. In 2016 and 2017, Iron Oak sued various electronics manufacturers. Because those lawsuits implicated Microsoft’s products, Declaratory Plaintiff Microsoft sued Iron Oak “seeking a declaratory judgment action that …