Tag: Patent Litigation
Federal Circuit affirms judgment that CleanTech's patents are unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.
March 2, 2020
GS CleanTech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC, No. 16-2231 (Fed. Cir. 2020) Woodard Emhardt attorney, Spiro Bereveskos, was on the trial team and cross examined the Cantor Colburn, LLP attorney who admitted “it sent a chill up his spine” to…
Read MoreBill McKenna quoted in The Information, "Amazon Tests Program to Combat Patent Infringement"
April 25, 2019
Bill McKenna quoted in The Information, “Amazon Tests Program to Combat Patent Infringement.” Amazon is testing a new program that allows merchants on its marketplace who are victimized by cheap, patent-violating knockoffs to get them removed in a few months…
Read MoreWoodard Emhardt Obtains Order Finding Exceptional Case and Awarding Fees in Litigation of Patent for Processing Ethanol Byproducts
December 18, 2018
In a multi-district case involving 26 defendants, Judge Miller of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, granted the defendants’ motion for an order declaring the case exceptional and awarded attorneys’ fees. The original suit alleged that…
Read MoreWoodard Emhardt Obtains Order Transferring Patent Case out of the ED of Texas
September 28, 2012
Judge Leonard Davis of the Eastern District of Texas recently ordered that a patent infringement lawsuit filed against an Indianapolis based company be transferred to the Southern District of Indiana. The lawsuit was filed following the effective date of the…
Read MoreAmazon.com Unable to Push Litigation Out of the Eastern District Of Texas
May 14, 2012
In a recent patent infringement case, Amazon.com asked to have the case transferred from the Eastern District to the Western District of Texas. That motion was denied by the Eastern District federal court judge. Amazon appealed to the Federal Circuit…
Read MoreWill the America Invents Act (AIA) Change Patent Litigation in the Eastern District of Texas?
December 15, 2011
This presentation examines whether the AIA will change patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas. The presentation explores aspects of the AIA, including changes to joinder, Post Grant Review and Inter Partes Review and how each of these changes…
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