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Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending October 3, 2025
10 Oct 2025 18:11 GMT
… Intuitive for infringement of patents generally relating to surgical … in Apple Inc. v. Wi-LAN, Inc., the Federal Circuit … for infringement of several patent, trademark, and trade dress rights … Circuit next considered the trademark and trade dress issues. …
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Federal Circuit Provides Important Guidance on Patent Damages in Rex Medical v. Intuitive Surgical
08 Oct 2025 23:03 GMT
… several important holdings regarding patent damages law that will … Wi-LAN Inc., 25 F.4th 960, 971 (Fed. Cir. 2022). Because patent … the license’s other patents and patent applications. The Federal … in the most valuable patent or patents,” because these “general …
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Patent Apportionment: Anything You Say in a License Agreement May Be Used Against You in a Court of Law - UPDATED May 2025
02 Jun 2025 21:04 GMT
… accused technology) and included other patents in the patentee’s portfolio.[77] To … value of the “key patents” from the remaining patents, the expert “reduced the … found that Wi-LAN’s expert determination that the asserted patents were key patents was …
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Patent Apportionment: Anything You Say in a License Agreement May Be Used Against You in a Court of Law
08 Apr 2025 17:31 GMT
… accused technology) and included other patents in the patentee’s portfolio.[56] To … value of the “key patents” from the remaining patents, the expert “reduced the … found that Wi-LAN’s expert determination that the asserted patents were key patents was …
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Ventures in Venue: Selecting the Proper Patent Venue
22 Nov 2024 22:53 GMT
… . The governing statute limits patent venue to (i) the … chosen venue. Whether asserting patent infringement allegations or defending … important because in many patent cases defendants seek guidance … raised (whether reasonable or not). Wi-LAN Inc. v. LG Elecs., …
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Microsoft to pay $242 million fine in Cortana patent lawsuit
13 May 2024 14:17 GMT
… a patent owned by IPA Technologies, a subsidiary of Wi-LAN. … assistant infringed on a patent acquired from SRI International … alleged infringements of similar patents. While Amazon successfully defended … suggests a trend of patent enforcement within the virtual …
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Microsoft Ordered To Pay USD 242 Million to IPA Technologies for Cortana Patent Infringement
13 May 2024 08:06 GMT
… for infringing on a patent related to voice … a subsidiary of Wi-LAN, acquired the patent from SRI International… subsidiary of Wi-LAN which is a reputable patent-licensing entity … navigation. Many different IPA patents were initially challenged, but …
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Microsoft ordered to pay $242m in Cortana patent lawsuit verdict
13 May 2024 08:55 GMT
… technology violated a specific patent held by IPA concerning … , a subsidiary of Wi-LAN, a patent licensing company, had originally … of infringing on multiple patents related to personal digital … -exclusive licence to its patents.
Apple, recognising the potential …
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Jury Hammers Microsoft with $242 Million Patent Fine for Cortana Tech
13 May 2024 03:42 GMT
… infringed on IPA’s patent for voice recognition technology … a subsidiary of Wi-LAN, acquired the patent in question from … spokesperson said. IPA and Wi-LAN haven’t commented publicly yet … and Amazon over similar patents. Amazon successfully defended itself …
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Microsoft Directed to Pay IPA Technologies $242 Million in Cortana Patent Lawsuit
11 May 2024 07:22 GMT
… violates IPA's patent rights in computer-communications … a subsidiary of patent-licensing company Wi-LAN, which is jointly … Representatives for IPA and Wi-LAN did not immediately respond … accusing Microsoft of infringing patents related to personal digital …