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It's been many, many years since we were regularly covering what we referred to as the ITC loophole in patent enforcement. The issue was that patent holders could get two totally separate at bats to try to force a company that was actually innovating to pay up over dubious patents. They could go to court,…

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Limited Exclusion Order would bar Apple from importing infringing Apple Watches 

With the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling, the U.S. International Trade Commissions (ITCs) ruling yesterday stated that it would not enforce a ban until appeals were finished in a separate dispute before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

In early December 2020, Patently Apple posted a report titled "Apple has been sued by EKG Device Maker AliveCor for Patent Infringement." In late June 2022 we posted another report titled "An Initial Determination from an International Trade Commission Judge Finds that Apple Infringed AliveCor’s Patented ECG related Technology." Late yesterday, Apple filed a 4-count counter patent infringement lawsuit against AliveCor in California.

The U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC” or “Commission”) has the authority to issue exclusion orders barring the importation of articles that infringe U.S. intellectual property...

Parties found in violation of Section 337 can be barred from importing goods found to infringe into the United States.

When a patent owner loses at the International Trade Commission ("ITC"), can it hire new counsel and try again in district court? That question will be answered in Gamevice...

AliveCor, Inc., a company focused on cardiac data and remote medicine, successfully convinced an International Trade Commission (ITC) judge that Apple, Inc. infringed multiple AliveCor...