On April 3 Facebook answered Yahoo’s patent infringement complaint in the pending lawsuit in the Northern District of California. As many people predicted, Facebook also alleged patent infringement claims against Yahoo based on 10 of Facebook’s patents. We discussed Yahoo’s patents and
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Forcing patent holders to commit to their positions as early as possible is critical for successfully defending a patent case. There is often tension between the patent holder’s infringement case and its validity case, and it is important to force and pin
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“How can they get a patent on that”? This is a question I’ve heard countless times from clients after receiving a cease and desist letter threatening to sue them for patent infringement. Patent examination is ex parte, so only the applicant and
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Patent litigation is unlike any other civil litigation. Most civil litigation involves a cause of action, such as negligence or fraud, with a series of elements that must be met in order to win. Patent litigation can be thought of in these
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