September 01, 2022
A Delaware federal judge partially cleared Magellan Midstream, and a joint venture it runs, of infringing some claims of gasoline blending patents, but backed a jury's finding the duo infringed other claims and also tacked on additional payments to damages the jury awarded.
June 16, 2022
Lawyers at Cooley LLP are scheduled next week to argue in front of Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright that he should reject an attempt to disqualify them from representing a software startup that is facing a patent suit by a former Cooley client. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
December 06, 2021
A jury in Delaware said Monday that Magellan Midstream and a joint venture that it runs with the Colonial Pipeline Co. together owe more than $12.2 million for infringing patents that are owned by the Sunoco brand and that cover a way of blending butane into gasoline.
October 14, 2021
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright next week will hear an Israeli kitchen technology startup's allegations that lawyers for Amazon played on Jewish stereotypes to bias a Texas jury into finding that the retail giant didn't infringe patents on voice-ordering technology. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
July 17, 2020
Even as a remote patent trial finishes up in New York, judges in Delaware are pushing dates back and Apple is asking for further delays in Texas. On the trademark end, 3M has reported back on its litigation campaign over N95 masks. Here are some recent intellectual property updates tied to the coronavirus outbreak that you may have missed.
July 13, 2020
Delaware's chief federal judge on Monday ordered a postponement in a jury trial planned for next month between Sunoco and Magellan Midstream over gasoline patents, scrapping an earlier, experimental plan to have jurors attend in-person with witnesses testifying remotely due to the pandemic.
July 10, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a drug patent trial in New York to go remote and again delayed a media streaming patent trial in Texas. Meanwhile, 3M settled a fraud suit tied to its N95 masks, and Jeff Dunham received pushback from a company selling face masks with his image. Here are some recent intellectual property updates tied to the outbreak that you may have missed.
July 06, 2020
Delaware's chief federal judge said Monday that he's still planning for an early August trial between Sunoco and Magellan Midstream over gasoline patents, though it will proceed as "an experiment" with jurors attending in person and witnesses testifying remotely.