Davidson Law Group, together with Ergonic LLC, prevailed at trial before Patent Trial and Appeal Board in inter partes review of DMF patent on compact recessed lighting system in Amp Plus Inc., dba Elco Lighting v. DMF Inc. (IPR2019-01094). This was the latest victory by DMF in a lawsuit regarding ELCO’s improper copying of DMF’s lighting system, which is covered…
Davidson Law Group’s Payam Moradian and Ben Davidson were quoted by the Daily Journal on a lawsuit filed against Pfizer Inc. by Allele Biotechnology regarding the company’s patented protein tool used to speed up COVID-19 vaccine testing. The case raises novel questions regarding the experimental-use defense to patent infringement, including whether Pfizer’s uses were solely…
The Daily Journal asked Ben Davidson to explain constitutional law questions raised in three petitions seeking review of a Federal Circuit decision regarding the constitutionally of PTAB panels that decide issues of patent validity. The Supreme Court agreed to review Arthrex Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, which held that all administrative patent judges (APJs) hired by the…
An article by Ben Davidson in the Los Angeles Daily Journal explains the U.S. Supreme Court’s April 20, 2020 decision in Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, which limited review of PTAB decisions to institute Inter Partes Review proceedings. The 7 to 2 decision written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg held that the Court of Appeals for…
Ergonic LLC and Davidson Law Group convinced the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to not institute an inter partes review (IPR) requested by AMP Plus, Inc. dba ELCO Lighting against U.S. Patent No. 9,964,266. The patent is owned by Davidson Law Group’s client DMF Lighting and relates to a recessed lighting system. The case number is…
Davidson Law Group, together with Ergoniq LLC, obtained a preliminary injunction on behalf of DMF Lighting against AMP Plus Inc. dba ELCO Lighting in, DMF Inc. v. AMP Plus Inc. et al., Case No. 2:18-CV-07090. DMF is a leader in the LED lighting industry. Its innovative recessed downlighting solution is protected by U.S. Patent No….
On December 11, 2018, the Los Angeles Times covered the racketeering trial involving the notorious Mongols biker gang. The U.S. Attorneys’ office has asked the Central District of California turn over control of the Mongols trademark to the government as part of the remedy for the gang’s racketeering activities. The Times’ Joel Rubin interviewed attorney…
On December 21, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit awarded over $224,000 to Davidson Law Group’s client Melli Yellow Pages for the firm’s successful defense of a judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of trademarks relating to directory services. The Ninth Circuit noted that the appellant’s arguments raised a number of…
On May 8, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the District Court for the Central District of California, which had found after a bench trial that Melli Yellow Pages did not infringe three alleged trademarks asserted by a competing yellow pages company, Ketab Corporation. Affirming the District…
Daily Journal Weekly Appellate Report Podcast interviews Ben Davidson to explain how the Supreme Court is likely to consider of the constitutionality of inter partes reviews. (Daily Journal Dec 1, 2017) More…
