This blog was started in response to increased interest and litigation surrounding standard-essential patents (SEPs). That’s where this blog comes in with a goal of being the one-stop shop for all SEP litigation issues, hitting other “essential” patent law issues along the way.
Recent Blog Posts
- Federal Circuit provides guidance on implied waiver defense applied to failure to disclose foreign patent application to SDO (Core Wireless v. Apple)
- Judge Mitchell rules there are factual issues whether patent is “essential” to a standard (Cellular Eqpt v. ZTE)
- Judge Orrick enjoins Huawei from enforcing injunction for infringing SEPs issued by China’s Shenzhen court (Huawei v. Samsung)
- Waiver and estoppel bar enforcement of undisclosed drug manufacturing patent (Momenta v. Amphastar)
- ALJ Lord dismisses SEP licensing-based patent misuse defenses (ITC Inv. No. 1081, Philips v. Feit Electric)