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Moderna sues Pfizer for mRNA Patent Infringement: when optics and profits reveal real issues in modern IP law usage

Google sues Sonos for Patent Infringement – Again

Airing their Dirty Diapers: Final decision in Angelcare v Munchkin

Peloton, Lululemon and Nike Patent Infringement Lawsuits: Practical Intellectual Property Considerations

Gilead and ViiV Healthcare Settle Global Patent Dispute for Over $1B USD

Little Guy Fighting Goliath—Sonos’s Victory Against Google in Patent Infringement

The Implications of Commercializing IP: How Patent Rights Get Compromised in Big Tech

Patent protection is a crucial consideration for inventors with new innovations. It ensures that innovation persists in the marketplace, and also guarantees some form of monopoly and profit for inventors who invest in engineering new solutions. However, the recent tension between Google and Sonos forces us to consider: how useful are patents to start-up companies […]

Advances in Securing the Bridge to Innovation: Recent Progress on Combating Patent Trolls

Over the last decade, patent trolls have become a prominent intellectual property (IP) issue. Patent trolls are companies that exploit IP as tools for litigation instead of innovation, using purchased patents to threaten other companies to enter into a licensing deal or face a patent infringement lawsuit.  Companies targeted by patent trolls can face huge […]

A Dose of Consistency: SCOTUS Settles the Controversy in Teva v Sandoz for Patent Litigation

In Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc  v Sandoz Inc, a patent infringement case evolved into an opportunity for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to settle a decades-long controversy regarding how the Federal Circuit should review patent construction claims. By convention, the Federal Circuit has reviewed such claims de novo, ignoring Rule 52(a) of […]