Klarquist News & Insights

How an issued patent claim is construed depends on which judge construes it. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) judges give patent claims their “broadest reasonable interpretation” while trial judges give claims their “plain and ordinary meaning.” Petitioner asks the Supreme Court to force the PTAB to instead use the same “plain and ordinary meaning” […]

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On February 29, 2016, Judge Robert L. Pitman of the Western District of Texas granted judgment on the pleadings to Klarquist client eBay, Inc., finding U.S. Patent No. 7,010,572 invalid under 35 USC § 101 for failing to claim patent-eligible subject matter. Judge Pitman held that the asserted claims failed the Supreme Court’s two-part Alice […]

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On January 29, 2016, Klarquist obtained a permanent injunction for its client Capsugel in a case asserting two patents and false advertising claims relating to pullulan-based capsules. The team defended parallel PTAB challenges to the asserted patents. Judge Paul Papak granted a permanent injunction for patent owner Capsugel against all four defendants, including the manufacturer […]

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Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, one of the largest and oldest intellectual property law firms in the Pacific Northwest, is proud to announce it is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The firm’s history began in 1941 with a solo practitioner, Elmer A. Buckhorn. His first year of part-time solo practice in 1941 brought a total of […]

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This term, the Supreme Court of the United States will decide when trial judges may award increased damages in patent suits and the role of “willfulness” of infringement in that determination. Today, December 14, 2015, a group of three Amici Curiae—Mentor Graphics Corp., Microsoft Corp., and SAP America, Inc.—filed a brief making the following points. […]

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Some 40% of patent suits this year have been filed in a single district where most of the defendants are neither incorporated nor have a place of business. Today, November 6, 2015, a diverse group of 24 Amici Curiae submitted a brief to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit supporting TC Heartland’s petition […]

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On October 29, 2015, Klarquist co-sponsored a panel discussion on patents and patent litigation, in the first of EDAC’s new legal series. Klarquist litigator Salumeh Loesch moderated the panel, and John Vandenberg provided guidance on how to efficiently manage patent litigation. Other speakers included Sam Liccardo, Mayor of San Jose, and John Cabeca, director of the Silicon […]

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On Friday, July 24, 2015, Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, dismissed with prejudice nine lawsuits asserting seven related patents against multiple travel web-site providers. The dismissal was based on the successful challenge to selected claims of two of those seven patents, by the defendants in six of […]

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