$27 Million IP Verdict: Texas Jurors Find Copycat Infringed Whirlpool's Patent
A Texas jury has awarded more than $27 million in damages and lost profits to Whirlpool Corp. after a Chinese manufacturer copied its KitchenAid mixer design in a patent infringement lawsuit.
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Avoiding the hindsight trap in the context of a patent obviousness analysis
While courts have often warned that hindsight bias should be avoided when assessing whether a patented invention would have been obvious to ...
Managingip.com17h
Circumstantial evidence: how two firms powered to ITC win
Susman Godfrey and Polsinelli secured victory for power systems manufacturer Vicor at the US International Trade Commission ...
Windpower Engineering & Development21h
RES secures US patent for turbine blade inspection technology
RES announced it has been granted a U.S. patent for a new method of inspecting wind turbine blades. It allows users to ...
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Personal Jurisdiction Considerations for International Biosimilars Companies
The Federal Circuit recently issued decisions in a pair of appeals that provide guidance about when international filers of abbreviated ...
The National Law Review1d
Draft of Decree for Patent Linkage by the Mexican Government.
On February 12, 2025, the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) and the Mexican Institute of ...
The National Law Review1d
Federal Circuit Clarifies § 101 Patent Eligibility for Composition-of-Matter Claims
In a significant decision, the Federal Circuit reversed the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) finding that claims ...