Sorokin | New England IP Blog

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First-Filed Rule Prompts Dismissal of Heated Products Case in Favor of Warmer Venue

In a recent order allowing a defendant’s motion to dismiss a case involving heated products and heat pack technology, Judge Sorokin clarified a specific application of the first-filed rule. In the case at hand, Schawbel Technologies LLC v. The Heat Factory USA, Inc., the plaintiff Schawbel alleged breach of an asset purchase agreement (Count I); alleged patent infringement … Continue Reading

Another Patentee’s Infringement Case Zapped Pending Inter Partes Review

By Tom Hoehner on August 5, 2014 Posted in Inter-Partes Review, Manufacturing, Massachusetts, Procedure/Jurisdiction, Semiconductors, Stays

Newly minted District Judge Leo T. Sorokin wasted no time halting Zond, LLC’s patent infringement suit against Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc., as well as various related foreign entities, in Massachusetts federal court, staying the case pending inter partes review of the asserted patents in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The case involves … Continue Reading

The District of Massachusetts Welcomes Three New Judges

By Tom Hoehner on July 7, 2014 Posted in Current Affairs, Massachusetts

Three newly minted district judges recently took the oath of office to serve on the bench for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Judge Indira Talwani, who will serve out of Boston, received a B.A. degree from Harvard-Radcliffe College in 1982 and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School … Continue Reading