Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Litigation

Attorney Tracea Rice attended the 2024 ChIPs NextGen Summit, which brings together female attorneys in their first 15 years of their practice and provides opportunities to bring together colleagues from different office locations for team building and business development. This year, the conference featured insightful discussions on career advancement and leadership, emphasizing diverse themes for personal and professional growth. https://bit.ly/3RCzJsf ChIPs Network #NextGenSummit #CHIPSNetwork 

Defendant Tableau Software, LLC filed an opposed motion to transfer venue to the Northern District of California. On May 21, 2024, Judge Pitman granted Tableau’s motion and transferred the proceeding between Tableau and iCharts LLC. https://bit.ly/4bWLtOx Thomas Walsh | Danielle Williams | Tyler Boyce | #patentlitigation #NorCal

Judge Albright granted Micron Technology, Inc.’s request to amend its invalidity contentions with the addition of three patents, despite Sonrai Memory Limited’s contentions. Learn more in the latest WacoWatch blog post: https://bit.ly/45fDtFv Natalie Arbaugh | Thomas Walsh | Zachary Alexander | #patentlitigation 

In a bombshell ruling in SnapRays v. Lighting Defense Group, an appellate panel from the U.S. Federal Circuit determined that an accused infringer could haul its accuser—the patentee—into the federal district court of the infringer’s home state, despite the patentee not having initiated any contact with the accused or any contacts with that state. https://bit.ly/3JQKrXL Gino ジーノ Cheng チェン | #patentinfringment

Judge Prost finds that lender’s option to assign does not divest patentee of all other legal interests in an asserted patent, reversing and remanding Judge Albright’s dismissal for lack of standing. Learn more in Michael Bittner, Kelly Hunsaker, and Steven Laxton’s latest WacoWatch blog post: https://bit.ly/44BxZ84 #patentlitigation #patents

Judge Pitman granted defendants’ motion to stay pending resolution of ex parte reexamination filed by a non-party and inter partes review filed by defendants. In their latest WacoWatch blog, Dustin Edwards, Danielle Williams, and Tyler Boyce break down the three factors Judge Pitman examined to determine whether to stay the case pending the post-grant proceedings. https://bit.ly/3wkTj4T

Winston & Strawn LLP partner Ivan Poullaos recently spoke on “Jury Trial Preparedness in ANDA Cases” at the 20th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Conference. Read his key takeaways from the discussion here: https://bit.ly/494fv0c #patentlitigation #anda #jurytrial

Judicial economy considerations could impact future litigation-timing decisions for patent holders seeking to assert the same or overlapping patents against multiple defendants. Learn more in Danielle Williams and Rick Quarles’ latest WacoWatch blog post: https://bit.ly/4baVOWd #patentlitigation

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We were a proud sponsor of The Sedona Conference in Munich, Germany. Partner Brian Ferguson served as conference co-chair and moderated the in-house counsel panel. Learn more about the event here: https://bit.ly/43hxBur #intellectualpropertylaw #iplitigation