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INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC v. TREND MICRO INCORPORATED December 19, 2019

Intellectual Ventures filed a complaint for patent infringement against Trend Micro and others for infringement of claims in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,987,610, 6,073,142, 6,460,050, and 7,506,155 relating to systems and methods for filtering data files (such as email messages) based on their content. The jury found that Symantec did not infringe the asserted claims of the ’050...

Intellectual Ventures filed a complaint for patent infringement against Trend Micro and others for infringement of claims in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,987,610, 6,073,142,...

SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC v. WILLOWOOD, LLC December 18, 2019

Syngenta sued Willowood for copyright infringement and patent infringement, asserting four patents directed to a fungicide compound and its manufacturing processes. Prior to trial, the district court dismissed the copyright infringement claims, determining them to be precluded by the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Syngenta appeals, inter alia, the district court’s dismissal of its copyright...

Syngenta sued Willowood for copyright infringement and patent infringement, asserting four patents directed to a fungicide compound and its manufacturing processes. Prior to...

FOX FACTORY, INC. v. SRAM, LLC

FOX appeals the decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) in two inter partes reviews (“IPRs”) of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,182,027 relating to improved bicycle chainring structures. The Board found that the prior art references asserted by FOX disclose all the limitations of the ’027 patent’s independent claims and that a skilled...

FOX appeals the decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) in two inter partes reviews (“IPRs”) of certain claims of U.S....