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The plaintiff, Konecranes Global Corporation (“Konecranes”), licensed under the laws of Finland is a subsidiary of Konecranes Plc, “a publicly traded company that designs, manufactures, and sells [heavy-duty] lifting equipment” worldwide. The defendant, Mode Tech (Beijing) Co., Ltd (“ModeTech”), is a Chinese business entity. At the center of this dispute is United States Patent No. 8, 096, 528 (“528 Patent”), initially issued to the inventors Jurgen Weingartner, Manfred Finzel and Volker Deitrich on January 17, 2012, and eventually assigned to Konecranes, entitled “Chain Sprocket With Increased Capacity”. The 528 Patent “claims a chain sprocket for driving a link chain such…
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In this action, the plaintiff, Engineered By Schildmeier, LLC (“Schildmeier”) is suing the Defendants, Amazing Parts Warehouse (“APW”) and Wuhu Xuelang Auto Parts Co., Ltd (“Wuhu Xuelang”) for the latter’s allegedly “conscious, systematic, and willful pattern of patent infringement”. Schildmeier, formed under the laws of Indiana, after filing their application on December 2, 2015, were issued United States Patent No. D 816, 584 for the “Pair Of Bed Rail Stake Pocket Covers” on May 1, 2018. According to Schildmeier’s complaint, APW, organized under the laws of Kentucky, and Wuhu Xuelang, a business entity in the People’s Republic of China have…
Corning Inc. (“Corning”), an American glass technology pioneer founded in 1851 that leads innovation in glass science, and has developed the glass for extremely advanced high-tech devices, such as Hubble Space Telescope and U.S. space vehicles. In 2007, Corning developed the first “cover glass” to cover smartphones, called “Gorilla Glass,” which is allegedly durable, lightweight, thin and damage resistant. According to Corning’s complaint, in April 2016, to manufacture Gorilla Glass, Corning entered an agreement with Shenzhen Xinhao Photoelectric Technology Co., a Chinese photoelectric company (“Xinhao”), where Corning agrees to share its glass technology (“Corning Technology”) with Xinhao for it to…
The plaintiff, Dareltech, commenced this suit against Xiaomi, Inc. AND Beijing Xiaomi Technology Co. Ltd. (collectively, “Xiaomi”), two foreign corporations organized under the laws of the PRC. Dareltech, formed by the inventors, Jinrong Yang and Ramzi Khalil Maalouf (collectively, “the Inventors”), is the owner of all rights and interests in the following patents Xiaomi allegedly infringed. Specifically, on the application of the Inventors, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued: U.S. Patent No. 9,037,128 on May 19, 2015; U.S. Patent No. 9,055,144 on June 9, 2015; U.S. Patent No. 9,503,627 on November 22, 2016; and U.S. Patent No. 9,571,716…