This post, authored by Kirk Watkins and Christy Dupriest, was first published here on June 3 as a Womble Carlyle Case Alert. In two decisions with immediate and potentially far-reaching consequences, the Supreme Court yesterday unanimously overturned two Federal Circuit decisions. These decisions continue the trend of the Roberts […]
On December 13, 2013, Bruder Healthcare Company (“Bruder”) of Alpharetta, Georgia filed a complaint against Walgreen Company (“Walgreens”), an Illinois corporation with offices located in Deerfield, Illinois, and BigWall Enterprises Incorporated (“BigWall”), a Texas corporation with offices located in Dallas, Texas. The complaint was filed in the United […]
In an order entered on February 8, 2013, the Northern District of Georgia followed recent Federal Circuit precedent holding that the Supreme Court’s decisions in Twombly and Iqbal[1] apply to allegations of indirect patent infringement (i.e., inducement of infringement and contributory infringement). However, disagreeing with the defendant that […]
On January 15 and 16, 2013, Yonkers, New York-based Joao Bock Transactional Systems, LLC (“JBTS”) filed complaints initiating the following lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia: 1) Joao Bock Transaction Systems, LLC v. Georgia’s Own Credit Union, No. 1:13-cv-0147- RWS, filed 01/15/13 […]
VitalStim, LLC (VitalStim), ESD, LLC (ESD), DJO, LLC ((DJO), and Empi, Inc. (Empi) filed suit on December 3, 2012, against eSwallow USA, LLC (eSwallow) asserting infringement of four patents: U.S. Patent 5,725,564 (the ‘564 Patent), U.S. Patent 5,987,359 (the ‘359 Patent), U.S. Patent 6,104,958 (the ‘958 Patent), and […]
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