As the legal landscape continues to evolve in terms of intellectual property law, the Los Angeles Business Journal once again turned to some of the leading IP attorneys and experts in the…

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP has scored a $466.7 million verdict for its client, Irvine-based medical technology company Masimo Corp., in a patent infringement case against Philips Electronic North…

The AIA sets a one-year deadline to file a petition for IPR of a patent from the date a complaint for patent infringement is served.  35 U.S.C. § 315(b).  There is…

In January 2013, Petitioner IBS filed a petition for IPR.  Five months later, IBS filed a second petition for IPR on the same patent claims.  The follow-on petition relied on…

Petitioner Unilever filed an earlier petition for IPR of 33 claims of a patent.  In the Decision on Institution, the Board denied review of 11 claims and granted review of…

Petitioner Unified filed a petition for IPR of 11 claims of a patent.  Unified acknowledged that the patent was already subject to three other petitions for IPR and that the…

Petitioner Medtronic had previously filed two other petitions for IPR of a patent. The Board instituted trial on one of the petitions and denied the other. Medtronic then filed a…

Alios BioPharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing proprietary therapeutics for viral diseases, announced on September 30, 2014 a definitive agreement with Johnson & Johnson whereby Alios will be acquired for…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, consistently ranked among the top intellectual property law firms worldwide, has been named the 2014 Top Intellectual Property Law Firm in the nation by…

In this inter partes review proceeding, the challenged patent, filed in July 2011, purported to be a continuation of a parent application filed in September 2009.  Petitioner PRISM argued the…