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Tag: patent infringement

Taking the Offensive: Declaratory Judgment Actions About Potential Patent Infringement

June 6, 2025 |  By: Mark Magas   You are an inventor fed up with third-party patent infringement. You take your stand because they are using your technology to compete against you. Your attorney sends an infringer a cease-and-desist letter. Days later a process server hands you a stack of papers. The infringer sued you,… Continue reading Taking the Offensive: Declaratory Judgment Actions About Potential Patent Infringement

Leveraging the ITC for Patent Protection Against Foreign Infringers

Leveraging the ITC for Patent Protection Against Foreign Infringers

May 22, 2025 |  By: Anna Kinney and Daniel Finnegan   Congratulations on being awarded a patent in the United States! If someone infringes on your patent, you can pursue litigation for damages or an injunction. Or you can opt for non-litigation options like sending a cease-and-desist letter or negotiating a licensing agreement. Dunlap Bennett… Continue reading Leveraging the ITC for Patent Protection Against Foreign Infringers

Nintendo Finally Sues Palworld Developer, but Not for Copyright Infringement

Nintendo Finally Sues Palworld Developer, but Not for Copyright Infringement

December 20, 2024 |  By: Mark Magas and Wil Flachsbart   When the Palworld video game was released in January 2024, many commentators were quick to point out the game’s striking similarities to the well-known Pokémon series.[1] Both games are considered part of the “monster tamer” genre, where players capture creatures, train them, and then… Continue reading Nintendo Finally Sues Palworld Developer, but Not for Copyright Infringement

DBL Short Circuits Lite-Netics’ Case Against Holiday Bright Lights

DBL Short Circuits Lite-Netics' Case Against Holiday Bright Lights

TYSONS CORNER, VA (September 12, 2024) –- Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig (DBL), a renowned veteran-owned law firm, is proud to announce a significant legal victory. In a rare and decisive move, DBL successfully invalidated Lite-Netics’ patents during the early claim construction phase, a critical moment in the case.   In a 121-page judicial opinion –… Continue reading DBL Short Circuits Lite-Netics’ Case Against Holiday Bright Lights

Situational Morality And Pulse Oximetry: Apple Watch Infringement And Human Nature

Few Apple fans realize how much of the Masimo infringement Apple admitted (“no dispute”), nor the strained nature of Apple’s remnant advocacy

January 9, 2023 |  By: Robert Greenspoon First published at InnovationGadfly.com, reposted with permission.   As a nerdy kid, I used to read popular science magazines in the checkout line, waiting for my mom to finish buying groceries. It was the early 1980’s. I remember picking up the latest Psychology Today issue and flipping through… Continue reading Situational Morality And Pulse Oximetry: Apple Watch Infringement And Human Nature

Apple Watch Imports (Possibly) Banned by the ITC: What Patent Owners Need to Know

Apple Watch Imports (Possibly) Banned by the ITC: What Patent Owners Need to Know

January 2, 2024 |  By: Mark Magas and Robert Greenspoon   You may have a tough time buying a new Apple Watch this year.   What’s Happening with the Apple Watch?   Regular consumers now enjoy a front-row seat to the long-running intellectual property dispute between Apple, the tech giant based in Cupertino, California, and… Continue reading Apple Watch Imports (Possibly) Banned by the ITC: What Patent Owners Need to Know

What Are the Grounds for a Cease-and-Desist Letter?

November 3, 2023 |  By: David Ludwig If someone is hurting you or your business, one option is to send a cease-and-desist letter (also known as a “demand letter”). What is it, and what are the grounds for a cease and desist letter? This letter informs the recipient of their harmful action and warns them… Continue reading What Are the Grounds for a Cease-and-Desist Letter?

The Case for Allowing AI-Assisted Inventions

April 14, 2023   |   By: Mark Magas   Patentability of AI-assisted Inventions DBL’s Managing Partner Tom Dunlap recently wrote an interesting article about the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) inventorship. Mr. Dunlap detailed the patenting efforts surrounding DABUS, an AI system developed by Dr. Stephen Thaler that autonomously created certain inventions. In Thaler v. Vidal, The Federal… Continue reading The Case for Allowing AI-Assisted Inventions

Navigating Patent Infringement: Do I Need an Attorney?

March 29, 2023   |   By: Tom Dunlap Anyone who makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any patented invention or imports a patented invention into the United States can be liable for patent infringement under U.S. patent law, codified at 35 U.S.C. § 271. If you discover someone is using your intellectual property without a… Continue reading Navigating Patent Infringement: Do I Need an Attorney?

Supreme Court to Consider Reviewing World Champion Rope Jumper’s Patent Case

We have a fascinating case that is expected to be reviewed by the Supreme Court this month. It involves a jump rope.  The Justices will consider whether to hear Jump Rope Sys., LLC v. Coulter Ventures, LLC, Appeal 22-298, a case involving a Colorado inventor who claimed that a global manufacturer of strength and conditioning… Continue reading Supreme Court to Consider Reviewing World Champion Rope Jumper’s Patent Case

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