Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Liquidia Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Oral arguments in appeal of ‘793 PTAB decision set for December 4, 2023

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  • Oral arguments in appeal of ‘793 PTAB decision set for December 4, 2023
    PDUFA goal date to add PH-ILD indication to YUTREPIA label is January 24, 2024
    MORRISVILLE, N.C., Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liquidia Corporation (NASDAQ: LQDA) (Liquidia or the Company) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  • ET to discuss the financial results and provide a corporate update.
  • Cash totaled $76.2 million as of September 30, 2023, compared to $93.3 million as of December 31, 2022.
  • Total other expense, net was $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared with $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022.

Heim, Payne & Chorush in Houston Earns National Best Law Firms Recognition

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

HOUSTON, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The experienced attorneys at Houston's Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP , have propelled the firm to national and local rankings on the 2024 Best Law Firms list from the publishers of The Best Lawyers in America.

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  • HOUSTON, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The experienced attorneys at Houston's Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP , have propelled the firm to national and local rankings on the 2024 Best Law Firms list from the publishers of The Best Lawyers in America.
  • Led by name partners Michael Heim , Leslie Payne , and Russell Chorush , Heim, Payne & Chorush is ranked among the nation's top firms for intellectual property and patent litigation and Tier 1 among Houston's best law firms for the same types of cases.
  • Heim, Payne & Chorush has successfully represented companies and individuals from various industries with significant intellectual property and patent disputes for nearly two decades.
  • The attorneys at Heim, Payne & Chorush are closing out 2023 with one of the best years in the firm's history.

Houston's Alavi Anaipakos Earns Tier 1 Rankings on 2024 Best Law Firms List

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

HOUSTON, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Houston trial law firm Alavi Anaipakos has earned three Tier 1 rankings in the recently released 2024 Best Law Firms list from the publishers of The Best Lawyers in America.

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  • HOUSTON, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Houston trial law firm Alavi Anaipakos has earned three Tier 1 rankings in the recently released 2024 Best Law Firms list from the publishers of The Best Lawyers in America.
  • Alavi Anaipakos is one of the rare firms to achieve Tier 1 selections on the annual Best Law Firms list in three practice areas.
  • Alavi Anaipakos recently helped Los Angeles-based GoTV Streaming, LLC, win a patent infringement verdict against entertainment giant Netflix, Inc.
  • Additional court wins by Alavi Anaipakos include successfully invalidating a patent that was wielded against an entire segment of the U.S. poultry industry.

USPTO Lead Administrative Patent Judge Kit Crumbley Joins Bracewell's IP Litigation Practice in Austin

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Monday, October 23, 2023

Austin, Texas--(Newsfile Corp. - October 23, 2023) - Bracewell LLP announced today that Christopher L. ("Kit") Crumbley has joined the firm's intellectual property litigation team as a partner in the Austin office.

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  • Austin, Texas--(Newsfile Corp. - October 23, 2023) - Bracewell LLP announced today that Christopher L. ("Kit") Crumbley has joined the firm's intellectual property litigation team as a partner in the Austin office.
  • Crumbley most recently was a Lead Administrative Judge at the United States Patent & Trademark Office's Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB).
  • "Kit's extensive experience and technical background, including his many years in PTAB leadership, bring additional depth and resources to our successful IP litigation team."
  • He joined the Patent Trial & Appeal Board in 2012, serving as an administrative patent judge before his promotion to a Lead Administrative Patent Judge in 2017.

Sterne Kessler Honored as US Post-Grant Firm of the Year at Global IP Awards

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Friday, October 20, 2023

The Global IP Awards, organized by leading intellectual property publications Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) and World Trademark Review (WTR), recognize the outstanding achievements of law firms and their lawyers in litigation, prosecution, and transactional work.

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  • The Global IP Awards, organized by leading intellectual property publications Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) and World Trademark Review (WTR), recognize the outstanding achievements of law firms and their lawyers in litigation, prosecution, and transactional work.
  • The firm also earned top tier recognition in Managing IP 2023 "IP Stars" guide , which ranked the firm in "Tier 1" for PTAB litigation.
  • I am extremely proud of our PTAB trials team for their accomplishments and for winning this and other recent awards.
  • We have a deep bench of talent poised for ongoing success in the years ahead," added Sterne Kessler Managing Director Michael B. Ray .

VoIP-Pal Receives Another Favorable IPR Decision from the USPTO

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

Since 2016 there have been a total of 36 IPR petitions filed against VoIP-Pal.

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  • Since 2016 there have been a total of 36 IPR petitions filed against VoIP-Pal.
  • As a result of this latest action all IPR petitions against the Company have now been terminated and brought to a favorable conclusion.
  • Emil Malak, CEO of VoIP-Pal, said, “We are extremely pleased with this recent decision by the USPTO.
  • Patience is a virtue.”
    List of all IPR challenges filed since 2016:

Attorneys from Houston's Heim, Payne & Chorush Earn National Trial Lawyer Rankings

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

HOUSTON, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of attorneys from Houston-based Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP , are recognized for their trial skills in The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America listing.

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  • HOUSTON, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of attorneys from Houston-based Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP , are recognized for their trial skills in The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America listing.
  • Firm leaders Michael Heim , Leslie Payne , and Russell Chorush are included in the exclusive listing for intellectual property law and patent disputes.
  • Mr. Chorush is additionally recognized for his expertise in antitrust law.
  • Fellow firm partners Allan Bullwinkel and Eric Enger earned spots on the Lawdragon roster of the country's top trial lawyers based on their work in patent cases.

Robocast Defeats Google/YouTube's Attempts to Invalidate Robocast Smart Playlist Patents

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

Robocast Inc., a leading innovator in playlist technology, announced today that it has successfully defended its U.S. Patent No.

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  • Robocast Inc., a leading innovator in playlist technology, announced today that it has successfully defended its U.S. Patent No.
  • Google and YouTube join Netflix and Unified Patents in having institution denied in each of their IPRs.
  • All together, the PTAB denied institution on the merits of all eight IPR challenges against Robocast’s patents.
  • Robocast is represented by McKool Smith and Cantor Colburn in the IPR proceedings and the related district court litigation.

Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP: Jury Awards $12.8 Million to WOW Tech in IP Dispute

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Monday, September 18, 2023

HOUSTON, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A four-year legal battle over sexual stimulation device technology for women has led to a federal-court jury verdict of $12.8 million for a group of businesses collectively known as WOW Tech, its lawyers at Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP (OBWB) said today.

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  • HOUSTON, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A four-year legal battle over sexual stimulation device technology for women has led to a federal-court jury verdict of $12.8 million for a group of businesses collectively known as WOW Tech, its lawyers at Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP (OBWB) said today.
  • The jury also confirmed the validity of all five of the WOW Tech group's patents and entered findings of willful patent infringement against EIS, Inc, EIS GmbH, Triple A Marketing GmbH, and Triple A Import GmbH.
  • The WOW Tech group is represented by lead counsel Tammy Terry , and OBWB attorneys Lisa Margonis, Califf T. Cooper, and Gopal Rao Gannamraj.
  • Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP Partner Tammy Terry said, "We're grateful for the jury's decisive ruling in favor of the WOW Tech group.

Patent Litigation Firm Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP Opens Tokyo Office

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230912254273/en/
    Photo is of prominent Japan-based patent litigator Maxwell "Mac" Fox, partner in charge of the newly launched Tokyo office of leading patent boutique law firm Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP.
  • Groombridge Wu was formed late last November by four preeminent patent litigators who had previously worked together for many years at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
  • Groombridge Wu’s Tokyo office will focus on a single area of practice for which there is a great deal of demand.
  • The partners’ track record of success has already led to industry recognition: after only nine months, the firm has been ranked and recommended in key industry publications such as Chambers and IAM, and repeatedly identified as a 2023 “firm to watch.”
    Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP is a patent litigation firm.