Melissa Ritti

New Jersey

Chief IP Correspondent at MLex Market Insight

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InnetiQs, Oceaneering UK meetings in Texas not enough for US jurisdiction

1 week ago | mlex.com | Melissa Ritti

By Melissa Ritti ( May 9, 2025, 13:32 GMT | Insight) -- “High level” talks between InnetiQs GmbH and UK-based Oceaneering International Services Limited that took place in Texas at the global headquarters of Oceaneering's corporate parent cannot anchor US jurisdiction in a lawsuit over patented offshore energy technology.
Wesley Financial unentitled to jury trial in Diamond Resorts’ US false ad case

1 week ago | mlex.com | Melissa Ritti

By Melissa Ritti ( May 8, 2025, 13:50 GMT | Insight) -- A Tennessee federal court yesterday joined a long line of others in concluding there is no statutory right to a jury trial under the Lanham Act.
Torus Ventures launches US patent offensive against Alabama-Coushatta Tribe

1 week ago | mlex.com | Melissa Ritti

By Melissa Ritti ( May 6, 2025, 16:27 GMT | Insight) -- Prolific patent litigant Torus Ventures has added a 73rd case to its active caseload in Texas with a complaint filed yesterday against the oldest Indian reservation in the state. The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe’s economic wing stands accused of infringing a patent that has been asserted in 148 separate lawsuits in Texas since 2021, nearly half of which ended in settlement.
Conflation of dosing regimen with efficacy at issue in Bayer appeal in US

1 week ago | mlex.com | Melissa Ritti

By Melissa Ritti ( May 5, 2025, 20:55 GMT | Insight) -- Germany’s Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft and Mylan Pharmaceuticals are set to square off at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit tomorrow morning over findings by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a patent linked to the blood thinning drug “Xarelto” was inherently anticipated by a published discussion of its dosing regimen.
With record-setting Optis judgment, UK court chips away at dual criticisms

1 week ago | mlex.com | Melissa Ritti

By Melissa Ritti ( May 5, 2025, 15:00 GMT | Comment) -- An almost tenfold increase in damages owed to Optis for infringement by Apple seemingly posed little trouble for the UK Court of Appeal last week.
Laltitude denied reconsideration of order dismissing US design patent case

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Melissa Ritti

By Melissa Ritti ( May 1, 2025, 18:00 GMT | Insight) -- A California federal judge yesterday refused to revisit an August 2024 decision, entered by a different judge, that set aside a default judgment on design patent infringement claims against SoyeeGlobal. The court turned down plaintiff Laltitude LLC’s request to change the dismissal of its case to without prejudice.
Wilus, Sisvel move to dismiss 'unprecedented' Frand counterclaims by HP

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Melissa Ritti

By Melissa Ritti ( May 1, 2025, 13:56 GMT | Insight) -- Allegations by HP that the licensing practices by South Korea's Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology and patent pool Sisvel run afoul of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ IP policy fail as a matter of law on myriad grounds, including that the relief sought by HP would encompass foreign patents untouchable in the US, the duo told a Texas court yesterday.South Korea-based wireless research company Wilus...
US judge: Evidence Gilead ordered ex-employee to steal trade secret lacking

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Melissa Ritti

By Melissa Ritti ( May 1, 2025, 13:41 GMT | Insight) -- Gilead Sciences persuaded a Pennsylvania judge yesterday to reconsider his prior ruling that jurors should hear Blase Tucci’s claim he was instructed to steal a UPMC memo which potentially qualifies as a trade secret and terminated when his efforts came up short. Judge J.
Lufthansa’s UK award in seat charger patent case to grow by $5.74 million

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Melissa Ritti

By Melissa Ritti ( April 30, 2025, 14:22 GMT | Insight) -- The UK High Court said today courts of equity have jurisdiction to award interest in equity on an accounting of profits in intellectual property disputes.
With 'Florasis' launch, China's Yige Group takes on Indonesian trademark squatter

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Melissa Ritti

By Melissa Ritti ( April 28, 2025, 09:12 GMT | Comment) -- Zhejiang Yige Enterprise Management Group was mulling an expansion to Indonesia when it faced a familiar hurdle: a copycat already on the Indonesian trademark register.