Litigation Updates
District Court ordered a patent infringement lawsuit filed against operators of an online gambling platform be dismissed
July 11, 2024
The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware recently ordered that a patent infringement lawsuit filed against operators of an online gambling platform should be dismissed as all four of patents asserted failed to claim patent eligible subject matter…
Read MoreIN Southern District awards $15M in attorney fees, expenses in MDL patent case
May 9, 2022
On Tuesday, Senior Judge Robert L. Miller Jr., presiding in the Indiana Southern District Court, granted the motion for attorney fees in In Re: Method of Processing Ethanol Byproducts and Related Subsystems (‘858) patent litigation, 1:10-ML-2181. The case started more…
Read MoreDistrict Court Awards $15 Million in Attorney Fees in Multi-Defendant and Multi-District Litigation
May 5, 2022
On May 3, 2022, Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., United State District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, granted defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees and expenses. In this 15 law firm major MDL patent litigation in Indianapolis, Woodard Emhardt…
Read MoreFederal Circuit affirms judgment that CleanTech's patents are unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.
March 2, 2020
GS CleanTech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC, No. 16-2231 (Fed. Cir. 2020) Woodard Emhardt attorney, Spiro Bereveskos, was on the trial team and cross examined the Cantor Colburn, LLP attorney who admitted “it sent a chill up his spine” to…
Read MoreBill McKenna quoted in The Information, "Amazon Tests Program to Combat Patent Infringement"
April 25, 2019
Bill McKenna quoted in The Information, “Amazon Tests Program to Combat Patent Infringement.” Amazon is testing a new program that allows merchants on its marketplace who are victimized by cheap, patent-violating knockoffs to get them removed in a few months…
Read MoreAmazon Debuts New Pilot Program to Combat Utility Patent Infringement
February 12, 2019
It has become more and more routine in the past few years for a client to call Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner, LLP regarding an infringing item being sold on Amazon. Often the seller is new and/or located overseas. …
Read MoreWoodard Emhardt Obtains Order Finding Exceptional Case and Awarding Fees in Litigation of Patent for Processing Ethanol Byproducts
December 18, 2018
In a multi-district case involving 26 defendants, Judge Miller of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, granted the defendants’ motion for an order declaring the case exceptional and awarded attorneys’ fees. The original suit alleged that…
Read MoreWoodard Emhardt Obtains Dismissal of Trademark Infringement Complaint
May 19, 2016
Judge Stivers of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky recently ordered that a trademark infringement lawsuit filed against operators of historical horse racing games by numerous prominent race tracks should be dismissed. The suit alleged that…
Read MoreWoodard Emhardt Obtains Dismissal of Patent Infringement Complaint Under Section 101
May 12, 2016
Judge Stivers of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky recently ordered that a patent infringement lawsuit filed against operators of historical horse racing games should be dismissed as the three patents asserted failed to claim patent…
Read MoreWoodard Emhardt Obtains Order Transferring Patent Case out of the ED of Texas
September 28, 2012
Judge Leonard Davis of the Eastern District of Texas recently ordered that a patent infringement lawsuit filed against an Indianapolis based company be transferred to the Southern District of Indiana. The lawsuit was filed following the effective date of the…
Read MoreSeventh Circuit Court of Appeals Proposes New Standards For Awarding Attorneys’ Fees in Trademark Infringement Suits
May 4, 2011
15 U.S.C. §1117(a) allows attorneys’ fees to be awarded to prevailing parties in federal Lanham Act suits (brought primarily for trademark infringement) — but only in “exceptional cases.” So what constitutes an exceptional case? Are the various Circuit courts in…
Read MoreIrreparable Harm in Preliminary Injunctions and Inevitable Disclosure
December 3, 2010
This presentation includes a discussion of the state of the law regarding preliminary injunctions in trademark infringement cases. It also examines similar issues with respect to trade secret infringement, particularly as they relate to the doctrine of inevitable disclosure. Click…
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