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

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