Baron Services, Inc., ( Baron ) appeals the orders of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama awarding summary judgment of noninfringement and attorney s fees to Media Weather Innovations, LLC ( MWI ). Because the district court s summary judgment order was ...   MORE>>

After a jury verdict of infringement with an award of damages in favor of Versata Software, Inc., Versata Development Group, Inc., and Versata Computer Industry Solutions, Inc. (collectively Versata ), SAP America, Inc. and SAP AG (collectively SAP ) appeal. Ultimately, the trial court fou...   MORE>>

Biosig Instruments, Inc. ( Biosig ) is the assignee of U.S. Patent No. 5,337,753 ( the 753 patent ), which is directed to a heart rate monitor associated with an exercise apparatus and/or exercise procedures. Biosig brought a patent infringement action against Nautilus, Inc. ( Nautilus ...   MORE>>

K-Tech Telecommunications, Inc. ( K-Tech ) appeals the district court s orders in K Tech Telecommunications, Inc. v. Time Warner Cable, Inc., CV11-09373 (May 9, 2012 C.D. Cal) and K Tech Telecommunications, Inc. v. DirecTV, CV11-09370 (May 9, 2012 C.D. Cal) dismissing KTech s First Amended C...   MORE>>

Defendants-Appellants, who collectively operated as a video game publisher, entered into a contract with Plaintiff-Appellee, a video game developer, to produce and market a new video game. When their business relationship deteriorated, the parties proceeded with arbitration, and the arbitrator award...   MORE>>

Mr. Steven Morsa ( Morsa ) appeals the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ( Board ) affirming the rejection of claims 181, 184, 188-203, 206, 210-25, 228, 232-47, 250, 254-68, 271, and 272. Substantial evidence supports the Board s factual determinations, and we agre...   MORE>>

This case is yet another concerning the application of established intellectual property concepts to new technologies. See, e.g., UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Shelter Capital Partners, LLC, F.3d (9th Cir. 2013); Perfect 10, Inc. v. Visa Int l Serv. Ass n, 494 F.3d 788 (9th Cir. 2007); Viacom ...   MORE>>

Real Estate Alliance Ltd. ( REAL ) appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the Central District of California granting summary judgment that Move, Inc. ( Move ) does not infringe claim 1 of REAL s U.S. Patent 5,032,989 (the 989 patent ). Move, Inc. v. Real...   MORE>>

In this patent case, Function Media, L.L.C. ( FM ) appeals the district court s invalidation of one of FM s patents as indefinite and the jury s verdict that two other FM patents are invalid and also not infringed. FM raises several other issues on appeal, including a claim that the distri...   MORE>>

In November 1999, Wyeth L.L.C. ( Wyeth ) entered into a nationwide class action settlement agreement (the Settlement Agreement ) with the users of certain diet drugs linked to various health problems. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania certified the ...   MORE>>