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• March 06, 2026

  Samsung's $303M Loss Looms Over PTAB, Trial Appeals

  The Federal Circuit heard back-to-back-to-back-to-back arguments Friday in Netlist's patent litigation with Samsung, with Netlist trying to revive its server memory patents from Patent Trial and Appeal Board losses, and Samsung trying to lessen a jury's $303 million infringement verdict.

• March 06, 2026

  Inventor Calls On Justices To End Prosecution Laches

  Prolific inventor Gilbert Hyatt wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take up his challenge to a doctrine that can render a patent unenforceable based on delays by the owner during prosecution, saying the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is wrongly using the principle to kill applications.

• March 06, 2026

  Gilstrap Rules Patent Covers Basic Conversation

  A Texas federal judge dismissed a patent infringement suit by Random Chat LLC against Altra Federal Credit Union on Friday, saying the asserted patent claim merely covers the "concept of striking up a random conversation in the real world."

• March 06, 2026

  Actelion Pays $65M To Settle Tracleer Antitrust Class Suit

  Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. agreed to pay $65 million to resolve antitrust claims from a certified class accusing it of illegally denying generics companies the samples they need to produce generic versions of its hypertension drug Tracleer, according to a brief in Maryland federal court seeking preliminary approval of the settlement.

• March 06, 2026

  Judge Says Palantir Noncompete Language Is Too Restrictive

  A Manhattan federal judge who ruled last month that three former Palantir employees could keep working at a rival artificial intelligence business has said in his unsealed opinion that while evidence showed the defendants may have solicited colleagues and mishandled company files, Palantir's noncompete restrictions were overbroad.

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