My partner Jake Schneider wrote a very thoughtful and important article on his IP/Decode blog about the impact of the Patent Office’s rescinding former Director Vidal’s memo regarding discretionary denials of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings that are subject to parallel district court litigation. Removing the directives in that memo are likely to have significant
A Year in Review: PTAB Practice Updates, the Impact of COVID, and Lessons Learned Along the Way
The AIA Trials Committee of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (“IPLAC”) is hosting a fireside chat with Vice Chief Judge Michael Tierney and McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP partner George “Trey” Lyons, III on May 25, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. CT.
This event is free for IPLAC members. Please…
IPLAC 2020 ANNUAL IP SYMPOSIUM: AN AFTERNOON WITH THE JUDGES
On December 3, 2020, from 3:00 – 5:30 pm CT the IP Law Symposium Committee, including Co-Chairs Jim Muraff of McDonald Hopkins LLC and Matt Marrone of McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., and Vice Chair Viren Soni of the CME Group, are hosting a series of fireside chats and panels where you will hear directly…
Court Construes Audio-Conferencing Claim Terms
Shure, Inc. v. ClearOne, Inc., No. 17 C 3078, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 25, 2018) (Chang, J.).
Judge Chang construed the remaining claims in this patent case involving audio-conferencing equipment utilizing beam microphones.
Of particular interest, the Court held as follows:
- The Court construed “Each of the Plurality of Combined Signals Corresponding to
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Preliminary Injunction Denied Based Upon Likely Invalidity Despite PTAB IPR Decision of No Invalidity
Shure, Inc. v. ClearOne, Inc., No. 17 C 3078, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 25, 2018) (Chang, J.).
Judge Chang denied declaratory judgment defendant ClearOne’s motion for reconsideration of the Court’s denial of a preliminary injunction (PI) in this patent case involving audio-conferencing equipment utilizing beam microphones.
As an initial matter, the Court held…
Irreparable Harm Based Upon Difficulty to Ascertain Impact of Lost Sales
Shure, Inc. v. ClearOne, Inc., No. 17 C 3078, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 5, 2019) (Chang, J.).
Judge Chang granted declaratory judgment defendant ClearOne’s preliminary injunction and construed necessary terms of the patent, as the parties had already fully briefed claim construction, in this patent dispute related to in-ceiling beamforming microphone arrays.
Of…
Court Denies Leave to Add Substantively Identical Patent Claims to Suit
Fellowes, Inc. v. Acco Brands Corp., No. 10 C 7587 & 11 C 8148, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Apr. 22, 2019) (Leinenweber, J.).
Judge Leinenweber granted in part plaintiff Fellowes’ motion to amend its complaint adding a new patent and addressing the results of Patent Office proceedings in this patent case involving improved paper…
IPLAC: 2018 Supreme Court IP Review
The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) is hosting a 2018 Supreme Court IP Review on Friday, September 21, from 8:30am-6:15 pm at the Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech — 565 W. Adams St.
They are offering 6.5 hours of CLE credit for topics including:
- Reviews of last terms cases, including WesternGeco,
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The View from Alexandria: New Perspectives at the USPTO
In late May, I attended the sixteenth annual Rocky Mountain IP Institute. I also spoke at the Institute about best practices for communicating between in-house team and outside counsel (more on that later). The Rocky Mountain IP Institute has grown to be one of the largest two IP conferences in the country. More importantly than…
Lex Machina 2017 Patent Litigation Study — Patent Reform at Work
This analysis is being cross-posted at my [Chicago IP Litigation blog/Retail Patent Litigation blog].
Lex Machina recently published its comprehensive 2017 patent litigation year in review. As usual, it is full of fascinating data and charts, which I commend for your consideration.
Most of us in the space know the biggest…