(Originally published in Los Angeles Daily Journal 9/28/2015)  On Sept. 18, in SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag SCA Personal Care Inc. v. First Quality Baby Products LLC, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an en banc decision, holding that the equitable defense of laches remains a permitted defense to a damage

By Rick Neifeld, of Neifeld IP Law, and Ben Davidson, of the Davidson Law Group 1 I. INTRODUCTION In the short time since it was created by the America Invents Act, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") has become one of the busiest venues for challenging issued U.S. patents. Companies accused of infringing patents

PDF (link opens in new window)         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 Technologies Inc., 12-786, the

By Rick Neifeld, of Neifeld IP Law, and Ben Davidson, of the Davidson Law Group 1 I. INTRODUCTION In the short time since it was created by the America Invents Act, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") has become one of the busiest venues for challenging issued U.S. patents. Companies accused of infringing patents

(Originally published in Los Angeles Daily Journal (May 27, 2015) On Tuesday, in Commil USA LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant's good faith belief that a patent is invalid is not a defense to a claim of induced infringement. The case involves a patent holding company's lawsuit against

Ben Davidson explains the Supreme Court’s rejection of the short-lived “good faith” defense to inducement infringement in Commil USA LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc.  Los Angeles Daily Journal (May 27, 2015). More…