May 23, 2023
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright ruled Tuesday he won't reconsider his decision to send a patent infringement suit against Google to California, saying that a recent Fifth Circuit ruling toughening the venue-transfer standard doesn't apply in cases like this one, which involves a licensing company that doesn't sell products.
May 19, 2023
A federal jury in Waco, Texas, on Friday cleared online file storage company Dropbox Inc. in a $35 million case alleging that it infringed patents picked up by a lawyer's licensing company from a one-time coder at IBM, and also found those patents invalid.
May 15, 2023
A federal jury in Waco on Monday heard allegations that file-sharing website Dropbox infringed patents that a licensing company bought from a one-time coder at IBM, and for that it owes around $35 million.
May 11, 2023
A federal jury in Chicago will review whether a drywall manufacturing giant can claim trademark rights to the color purple in a dispute with a rival that sells purple-colored waterproofing sealant and other color-coded construction materials. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.