Tag: Patent
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Intellectual Property Expert Witness’ Testimony Admitted Because it Does Not Invoke the Entire Market Value Rule
Plaintiff Wireless Alliance, LLC (“Plaintiff” or “Wireless Alliance”) brought allegations against Defendants AT&T Mobility LLC, AT&T Services, Inc., and AT&T Corp. (“Defendants” or “AT&T”). Wireless Alliance asserted that AT&T infringed on several United States patents concerning enhancements to cellular networking systems. The patents in question include United States Patent No. 9,144,106 (the “‘106 patent”), Patent…
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Intellectual Property Expert Witness Cannot Cloak her Testimony on Validity with her Experience
EPP and Paveloc both construct and sell “erosion prevention” systems that are used in retaining walls. The systems are made up of interlocking hiocks. EPP has a patent on its “Channel Lock II block” (US Patent No. 8,123,435) (“the 435 patent”). At some point the business relationship soured. Paveloc stopped making the EPP product and began…
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Testimony of Music Engineering Expert Witness held to be based on Adequate Testing of Accused Products
This case was a patent dispute about electronic drum kits. The patents at issue involved technology that allowed electronic drums and cymbals to mimic the material and sensation of the drums and cymbals on an acoustic drum kit. The Plaintiff, inMusic Brands, Inc. (“inMusic”), sued the Defendant, Roland Corporation (“Roland”), alleging infringement of three of…
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Royalty Analysis Conducted by Finance Expert Witness Deemed Reasonable
On June 11, 2021, Utherverse filed a patent infringement complaint against Epic, alleging that four Fortnite events (the “Accused Events”) violated the ‘071 Patent and the ‘605 Patent, collectively known as the “Asserted Patents.” These patents relate to enabling numerous participants to connect in a virtual computer-generated environment for shared virtual experiences. The current issue…
