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Court Orders Patent Reassignment as Trade Secret Misappropriation Remedy in Insulet Case

A federal court in Massachusetts has granted in part a motion for permanent injunction against defendants found liable for misappropriating trade secrets related to an insulin patch pump, imposing several significant remedies including the reassignment of patent applications that incorporate the intellectual property. The case centered on Insulet Corporation’s Omnipod…

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Court Denies Abbott’s Summary Judgment Motion in Patent Infringement Case: A Lesson in Joinder Rules

In a recent decision from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the district court denied Abbott Laboratories’ motion for summary judgment in a patent infringement case involving multiple pharmaceutical companies. This ruling offers valuable insights into the application of Rule 19 joinder requirements in patent litigation.…

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District Court Denies Motion to Compel Production of Inventor Emails in Patent Infringement Case

In a recent discovery dispute in a patent infringement case, the district court denied the defendant’s motion to compel the plaintiff to produce certain inventor emails that were withheld on the basis of the work product doctrine. The key issue was whether the plaintiff demonstrated that the emails, exchanged between…

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Inmar Brand Solutions, Inc. v. Quotient Technology Inc.: District Court Denies Quotient’s Motion to Dismiss Under Step One of Alice

In the ongoing case of Inmar Brand Solutions, Inc. v. Quotient Technology Inc., the district court was tasked with conducting an analysis under the Supreme Court’s two-step test in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International to determine whether Inmar’s patented coupon-processing system, exclusively licensed from Intelligent Clearing Network, Inc. (ICN),…

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District Court Grants Motion to Compel Documents That Were Clawed Back Finding that Defendant Waived Work Product Protection by Voluntarily Producing the Documents

The crux of this case revolves around a dispute over patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and unfair competition filed by Nielsen (or Plaintiff) against Hyphametrics (or Defendant). At the heart of the issue in this motion were specific documents – experimental reports. These reports were initially produced by Hyphametrics to…

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GoTV Streaming, LLC v. Netflix, Inc.: District Court Denies Netflix’s Motion to Compel Plaintiff’s Third-Party Funding Documents

The legal battle between GoTV Streaming, LLC and Netflix, Inc. continues to unfold, captivating the streaming industry and legal observers alike. In a recent development in the case, the district court issued an order denying Netflix’s motion to compel GoTV Streaming to disclose its third-party funding related documents. This ruling…

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Discovering the Precise Financial Stake of LLC Plaintiff’s Members and Litigation Funder: Court Rules in Favor of Defendants’ Motion to Compel Disclosure

In the case of Speyside Medical, LLC v. Medtronic CoreValve LLC et al, the district court recently granted the defendants’ motion to compel the plaintiff, Speyside Medical, to produce information regarding its members and litigation funder. The district court found such information relevant, emphasizing the importance of understanding the precise…

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District Court Denies Motion to Exclude Expert Where Conjoint Consumer Research Survey Was Appropriately Tied to Asserted Patents

In this patent infringement action, defendant Carvana sought to exclude the plaintiff Estech’s expert report and opinions regarding a conjoint survey. Carvana moved to exclude the expert’s opinion asserting that the survey failed to satisfy the reliability requirements of Rule 702 and Daubert. As explained by the district court, Estech…

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District Court Excludes Technical Expert’s Infringement Opinion Based on Sales and Offers to Sell Method Claims as Contrary to Law

In this ongoing patent infringement action, the District Court continued to issue rulings on the Daubert motions filed by the defendant, Labcorp.  Ravgen’s technical expert, Brian Van Ness, offered two opinions: (1) the asserted claims, which are all method claims, are infringed by offering to sell and/or sale; and (2)…

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District Court Permits Damage Expert to Testify Regarding Comparable Licenses That Contained “Built-In Apportionment” of Royalties

In this patent infringement action, Ravgen asserted that Labcorp infringes claims of its 727,720 and 7,332,277 patents (the “’720” and “’277” patents through four cell-free DNA-based tests, each of which are non­invasive prenatal tests (“NIPT”)) and Resolution ctDx Lung Assay (“ctDx”) (a liquid biopsy test for cancer). Labcorp moved to…

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