Professional within the Artwork With Scott Graham: Do not Say ‘Invalid.’ Apple Faces Gag in $576M Patent Attraction + If an RFID Patent Is going Down, Will a $20M Discovery Sanction Move With It?

Welcome to Professional within the Artwork. I’m Regulation.com IP reporter Scott Graham.

The Federal Circuit is again in motion subsequent week. Despite the fact that it’s nonetheless a summer-style mild calendar—simply 3 days of arguments—Thursday’s lineup appears to be like tantalizing. First, the Federal Circuit will make a decision if Apple will have to, for a 2nd time, pay VirnetX masses of tens of millions in damages for patents the PTO has invalidated. The second one case comes to a $62 million judgment for patent infringement that incorporates $20 million in discovery sanctions. Get started microwaving the popcorn!

(L-R) WilmerHale’s William Lee, MoloLamken’s Jeff Lamken and Paul Hastings’ Stephen Kinnaird. (Courtesy footage)

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