Samsung Paid $25M—Now This Patent Targets Other Chipmakers. Are You Next?
December’s patent deals have set the stage for major legal battles in the semiconductor and telecom industries. Oak IP’s purchase of 36 semiconductor patents has already led to a lawsuit against GlobalFoundries. These very patents cost Samsung $25 million in a past lawsuit. With Oak IP now asserting them other chipmakers face similar risks. Meanwhile, […]
Samsung Faces a Lawsuit Every 5 Days, Pharma Litigation Booms, and NPEs Stay Highly Active
Imagine being sued every 5 days! For Samsung Group, that became a reality in 2024. The tech giant became the most sued company in the US, with 69 patent infringement lawsuits involving 208 patents. However, Samsung was not alone in this struggle. Tech giants like Amazon and Google were right behind Samsung in the list. […]
Power of Patent Infringement Analysis to get Higher Value for your IP-Assets
The Richardson Oliver Patent Market Report 2023 found that patents with documented evidence of use can command significantly higher prices. These premiums range from a staggering 32% to a whopping 108% compared to patents without such evidence. Such data highlights the importance of patent enforceability, which translates to stronger negotiating power during licensing or patent sales. This […]
Detecting AI Patent Infringement: No Product Will Stay Hidden
Unlike traditional inventions with clear descriptions, AI patents, especially those with complex neural networks, are difficult to understand. Additionally, the lack of detailed explanations in AI patents and the difficulty of finding truly relevant information makes it challenging to identify product overlap effectively. This necessitates the development of adaptive strategies for detecting AI patent infringement. […]
The Power of Market Research in Increasing Damages in Patent Infringement
Securing a ruling in your favor in an infringement case is a win, but translating that into a fair financial recovery is the real challenge. This scenario is all too common. You’ve built a winning claim chart and proven infringement, yet the proposed damages for patent infringement fall far short of reflecting the true value […]
Going beyond online literature to verify the true patent infringement potential
Online resources such as product manuals and company websites are a good starting point for patent infringement analysis. However, these sources can often be inconclusive, making it difficult to determine if a target company is actually infringing on a particular patent. A similar challenge arose when a client approached our team with a specific request […]
Confirming Product Overlap in Patent Infringement Analysis with Limited Online Resources
The standard approach to prove product overlap during patent infringement analysis involves researching online resources such as product manuals, datasheets, and FAQs. However, online literature won’t always provide conclusive evidence for technology overlap in certain high-tech sectors such as LiDAR (Light Detection and ranging) and semiconductors. This issue is compounded by the complexity of the […]
Patent Litigation Funding: 8 Mistakes you can’t afford to make
This year, Colibri Heart Valve, a medical device start-up, went into a legal battle against the industry giant Medtronic CoreValve. This case not only earned its place among the top US patent awards of the first quarter of 2023 but also put a litigation funder – Burford Capital, in the forefront. The litigation funding from […]
Google Sued Over US9420075B2: Will it Survive DDC Technology’s Legal Fight?
Virtual Reality (VR) technology rapidly transforms how we experience the world, from immersive gaming to advanced training simulations. However, as with any burgeoning field, legal battles over intellectual property rights have become common in VR as well. One interesting case is the ongoing patent infringement against Google’s VR headset filed by DDC Technology. As experts […]
Why do GreyB Analysts add manual Data Cleaning and Validation over the automatic ones?
Once a patent is filed, it is out there in the open for everyone to see. However, many companies wish to keep their important inventions hidden. So at times, they do this by performing conscious mistakes in the patent document. Additionally, clerical or database error also eliminates important information in the patent. When companies request […]
Top 10 US Patent Infringement Cases with Largest Patent Damages
Recently in March 2021, Intel Vs. VLSI made the news when the Texas court asked Intel to pay $2.18 billion to VLSI for infringing two of their patents. The amount was the second highest patent damages award in US History. In the history of initial patent damages awarded in the US, there were few cases […]
14 Famous Patent Infringement Cases that changed US Patent Law
The patent system that exists today in the US is a result of multiple decisions and verdicts that shaped the course of history for patent laws. Some decisions were minorly significant, while others had a major impact and changed laws on patentability and how patents were perceived. Every verdict changed some aspects of patent law […]
93 Famous Patent cases that can help identify USPTO Abstract ideas
How do you tell apart an abstract idea from another? More importantly, in this post-Alice era, how do you identify patent abstract ideas which determine the subject matter eligibility for claims? Ever since the Alice verdict, it has become increasingly important to assess the patent-eligible subject matter in consonance with section 101 (§101) of the […]
Patent Preliminary Analysis – Which Patents Can be Invalidated?
Almost every day, multiple patent litigations suits are filed. The increasing frequency of these cases indicates companies are now more inclined to stop competition or get value over their claimed invention. But what if these claimed inventions are not new/valid – Is this deal fair? As per recent statistics, In 764 out of 1086 IPR […]
Is DivX compression tech really a trouble for Netflix and Hulu?
On March 5 this year, DivX LLC again made it to the headline, as it asserted a patent lawsuit against Hulu and Netflix for infringing their multiple video compression, encryption, and streaming patents. DivX is easily one of the most famous names in video technology domain with over 1 billion devices licensing their video processing […]
11 Supreme Court Decisions That Have Affected US Patent Laws In Past Decade
In the dispute between Helsinn Healthcare v Teva Pharmaceutical, the Supreme court unanimously decided and affirmed the Federal Circuit decision to consider a secret sale as prior art. The decision led the case to become one of the famous Supreme Court patent cases. It all started when Helsinn began developing a drug-using palonosetron to treat […]
