Two PV Law Attorneys Named to Lawdragon’s List of 500 Leading Litigations in America, 2025
PV Law congratulates Bradford Cangro and Jacob Snodgrass for being named to Lawdragon’s list of 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2025.
Intellectual Property Law Representation
Court Rejects Argument that China’s Counterespionage Law Bars Discovery
A district court in Missouri is the latest U.S. court to reject a party’s effort to resist discovery on the basis that a foreign law allegedly prohibits the requested disclosure. In Nidec Motor Corp. v. Broad Ocean Motor, LLC, Case No. 4:13-cv-1895, 2024 WL 4332057...
Shoals Technologies’ Patents on Connecting Solar Panels Asserted at the ITC
On August 30, 2024, the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) issued a Notice of Final Initiation Determination, finding that defendants Voltage, LLC and Ningbo Voltage Smart Production Co. violated certain claims in U.S. Patent No. 11,689,153, assigned...
Soelect v. Hyundai And Soelect’s Patents on Lithium Anode Battery Technology
On September 24, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California threw out a trade secret suit brought by startup company Soelect Incorporated (“Soelect”) against Hyundai Motor Company (“Hyundai”). The court granted Hyundai’s motion to...
Two PV Law Attorneys Named to Lawdragon’s List of 500 Next-Generation Lawyers, 2024
PV Law congratulates Ghee Lee and Jing Zhao for being named to Lawdragon’s list of 500 Next-Generation Lawyers, 2024.
Recent Rulings on Collateral Estoppel at the Federal Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) recently reviewed a new issue not previously before it regarding whether a party was estopped from presenting invalidity arguments in district court after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board...
Jing Zhao Named a Best Lawyers Ones to Watch, 2024
PV Law LLP congratulates Jing Zhao on being named a Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch, 2024.”
Federal Circuit Clarifies When Patents May Be Invalid Under the Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Doctrine
In its precedential decision in August, the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s ruling which found certain claims of patents covering Allergan’s Viberzi drug invalid for obviousness-type double patenting (“ODP”). Allergan USA, Inc. v. MSN Laboratories...
In Re: Cellect – Invalidity Under the Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Doctrine
In In re Cellect, LLC, the Federal Circuit held that obviousness-type double patenting ("ODP") for a patent that has received a patent term adjustment (PTA), whether or not a terminal disclaimer is required or has been filed, must be based on the expiration date of...
WDTX Denies Motion to Stay Discovery While Motion to Dismiss Is Pending
Defendant filed a motion to stay discovery while its motion to dismiss is pending. Defendant argued in its motion that it will suffer undue burden or expense if discovery is allowed to continue in this case because its pending motion to dismiss may dispose of...