PDF (link opens in new window) By Ben M. Davidson Monday was a good day for companies facing allegations of patent infringement. The U.S. Supreme Court issued two major decisions that reverse rulings by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that had favored patent owners. In Limelight Networks Inc. v. Akamai…
(Originally Published in Los Angeles Daily Journal (4/03/2014)) On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp., No. 13298, a case that could decide the extent to which software can be patented. The court reviewed the case after an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
Originally published in Los Angeles Daily Journal, March 6, 2014 The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in two patent cases that could make it much easier for prevailing defendants to recoup their attorney fees from losing plaintiffs. Unlike the rule applied in English courts, which require losing parties to pay their opponent’s attorney fees,…
Ben Davidson interviewed by Los Angeles Daily Journal on strategies for invalidating patents through inter partes reviews at the PTAB.
Los Angeles Daily Journal (November 20, 2013) Are administrative judges of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board going to be “acting as death squads, killing [intellectual] property rights”? That is how Chief Judge Randall Rader of the Federal Circuit characterized the PTAB in informal remarks at an annual meeting of IP professionals in Washington, D.C….
“Lessons Learned From Trademark Infringement Trial,” Los Angeles Daily Journal (November 27, 2012) Link
On November 5, 2012, Davidson Law Group, together with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, obtained on behalf of Spin Master Ltd., Justin Heimberg, and David Heimberg, a unanimous jury verdict of trademark infringement against Zobmondo! Entertainment LLC. After cross examination of the Defendants’ fact and expert witnesses by Mr. Davidson, the jury found that Plaintiffs’ WOULD…
“New Judge Tested In Apple-Samsung Trial”, Los Angeles Daily Journal (August 3, 2012)
Davidson Law Group, serving as counsel for Daimler AG and Mercedes Benz USA LLC with Shearman & Sterling, obtained summary judgment of non-infringement of patents covering technology for operating internal combustion engines. (March 22, 2012)
“Lego Called a Ruthless Monopolist”, Courthouse News Service (January 18, 2012)
