Monthly Archives: October 2022

Patent Filings Roundup: Light Week in District Court Buoyed by IV-Selloff Assertions; Vidal Grants Second Sua Sponte Review of Second Institution in OpenSky/VLSI Case

This week saw 26 Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) filings (all inter partes reviews [IPRs]) and just 28 new district court complaints—and notably and unusually, no new IP Edge filings. Most of the filings were related to three entities, the now-sprawling Bell Semiconductor campaign added a slew of new defendants, and Cedar Lane and…

Fish populations thrive near marine protected areas—and so do fishers

A school of bigscale soldierfish on a deep reef at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Greg McFall/NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Fifty years ago today, Congress passed the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), a law that set the global benchmark for conserving marine mammals. It was the first piece of…

Google says Indian competition regulator’s order ‘major setback’ for consumers and businesses

Google says the Indian competition regulator’s order is a “major setback for Indian consumers and businesses” and it is reviewing the decision to evaluate “next steps.” The Competition Commission of India fined Google $161.9 million on Thursday for anti-competitive practices related to Android mobile devices and ordered a number of redressal measures that could force…