On February 23, 2009, Saxon Innovations, LLC of Tyler, Texas filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to section 337. The complaint alleges that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd of Korea, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLP of Richardson, Texas (collectively, “Samsung”) imports into [...]

On February 20, 2009, LG Electronics, Inc. of Korea filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to section 337 against Eastman Kodak Company. This is the latest installment between Kodak and its Korean competitors concerning patent rights.  Kodak filed a 337 complaint against LG (and Samsung) on November 17, 2008 which resulted [...]

35 U.S.C. § 315(c) is the well known and oft-cited civil action estoppel provision of the codified inter partes reexamination laws (35 U.S.C. §311 et seq.).  Section 315(c) prevents an adverse party (i.e., a third party requester) from seeking district court review of the same validity questions presented in the inter partes reexamination proceedings.  Specifically, [...]