January 04, 2017
A New York federal judge on Wednesday allowed a nonpracticing entity to hold off on honoring another judge's order that it pay crowdfunding company Gust Inc. $553,891 in attorneys' fees in a patent suit, giving the court time to consider the NPE's counter-motion for $117,370 in attorneys' fees.
December 20, 2016
A New York federal judge on Monday ordered a nonpracticing entity and its law firm, Gutride Safier LLP, to pay crowdfunding company Gust Inc. $553,891 in attorneys' fees and costs, ruling that the suit was "frivolous" because the patents were clearly invalid under the Alice ruling.
August 07, 2015
The week in intellectual property complaints saw Key & Associates client Wilson Sporting Goods Co. blitzing a rival equipment manufacturer for infringing a patent for manufacturing footballs and White & Williams LLP saying its crowdfunding client Gust Inc. was improperly targeted by a nonpracticing entity that knew its patents couldn't pass muster under Alice — all part of the nearly 250 IP actions filed in federal court.