Clouding IP lacked standing to sue to enforce a set of patents it had purportedly purchased under a “Patent Assignment Agreement” because rights retained by Symantec, the seller, prevented Clouding from obtaining “substantially all rights” in the patents. Clouding IP LLC v. AT&T Inc., No. 1:13-cv-01342 (D. Del. Jul 28, 2014). The Court’s consideration of […]
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Date of Assignment Limits Standing for Patent Plaintiff
A defendant was entitled to summary judgment limiting the plaintiff to damages only for infringing acts that occurred after the date of the assignment. CSB-System Int’l., Inc. v. SAP America, Inc., No. 10-2156 (E.D. Pa. April 30, 2012). The holding in this software/hardware patent case was based on the principle that, ordinarily, a plaintiff has […]