Peloton s revolutionary technology faces test in patent wars
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Spinning wheels arenât the only things that keep Peloton Interactive Inc. moving the home-exercise company is also waging patent wars with its rivals.
Already a market leader, Peloton benefited spectacularly from the pandemic, minting founder John Foley as a billionaire.But it still has unfinished business: fending off competitors with lawsuits accusing them of copying the technology built into its US$2,000-plus stationary bikes.
This kind of litigation is common in rapidly evolving industries with several players jostling for dominance. But legal experts say Pelotonâs offensive puts its own patents in jeopardy once they are scrutinized in court â despite the companyâs claim to be a pioneer of ``revolutionaryââ technology. If these patents are declared invalid by early next year, when the battles are expected to play
Haley Guiliano Announces 2021 Partner and Counsel Promotions
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NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ International intellectual property boutique Haley Guiliano has announced the promotion of three attorneys. These promotions recognize their legal and technical acumen, as well as their dedication to delivering results to clients in high-stakes patent and technology matters.
Maxim Rapoport and Kevin Hanson - Counsel
A member of the firm s Life Sciences practice group, Brian Gummow has been promoted to Partner in the firm s New York office. Brian is an extremely talented lawyer with a diverse technical background from his Ph.D. research and post-doctoral studies, said Jim Haley, head Partner of HG s Life Sciences group. He has been representing leading life science companies for over a decade in worldwide prosecution and strategy, litigation, and contested proceedings. We are excited to have Brian continue to assist our l
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December 20, 2020
Law Street Media’s November 29 article examining patent litigation analytics focused on the district court system, just one part of a complex system of patent litigation. This article examines a similar premise; a deep dive into the companies that have had their patents challenged the most in recent years before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, using Docket Alarm’s cutting-edge PTAB analytics.
As 2020 comes to a close, it is apparent that total filings at PTAB have remained steady despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of
inter partes review (IPR) filings from January 1, 2019, to October 31, 2020 (the same time period as the prior article), reveals a consistent pattern. A dip in March and April 2020 was likely caused by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but other fluctuations in the above time period are more dramatic. In fact, by May 2020 there was an uptick in filings, which could suggest a bounce back from the delays of