The Claim Game

Microsoft sued Motorola for violating a licensing agreement (reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing agreement). Microsoft was a third party beneficiary of this agreement.  While this litigation was going on in the U.S., Motorola claimed that Microsoft infringed upon its patents in Germany. A German district court ended up granting Motorola an injunction against Microsoft's production of products that infringed

WARF sued Apple for patent infringement on microprocessor technology patent for $400M. The patent protected claims regarding processor chip design that improved microprocessor performance. WARF claimed that this patent was infringed upon by Apple's A7 processors for its iphone 5s and ipad. A jury in Madison found that Apple did indeed infringe upon the patent, determining that it

Glatt's invention applies coats to particles such as pharmaceutical ingredients. This case involves the Federal Circuit reversing the U.S. Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences decision that claim 5 of US5236503 was obvious. Claim 5 follows as: In a fluidized bed coater having a product container opening upwardly into an expansion chamber and downwardly into a lower plenum

Background: This case involves Caraco's alleged infringement of one of Novo Nordisk's patents on Prandin, and anti-diabetic drug. Caraco filed for an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) in 2005, in regards to a Prandin generic. In its ANDA, Caraco notes that it would not be infringing upon Novo Nordisk's patent on the grounds of invalidity and unenforceability. Novo