On July 2nd, the Ninth Circuit in Johnson v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al., No. 25-2101, affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit filed in 2024 by pro se plaintiff Sheri C. Johnson against Amazon.com, Inc. and Megan Pete (dba Megan Thee Stallion) in the Western District of Washington (Case No. 2:24-cv-01070-JNW). The panel agreed that Ms. Johnson […]
Klarquist successfully represented local, family-owned Superior Fence & Construction against a franchisee and the national franchise for Superior Fence & Rail in a trademark, service mark, unfair competition, and trade name dispute. Within two weeks of Klarquist obtaining dismissal with prejudice of counterclaims asserted against its client, the cases settled just 10 days before trial. […]
On March 13, 2026, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a Final Written Decision in SAP America, Inc. v. Cyandia, Inc., IPR2024‑01433, finding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,751,948 B2 unpatentable. The Board held that Cyandia’s claims are not entitled to the priority date of the 2009 parent application because the earlier […]
On February 5, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon entered judgment in favor of Home Certified, Inc. in Savannah Intellectual Property LLC v. H2OME Certified, Inc., Case No. 3:24‑cv‑00316‑AR. The Court granted summary judgment that all asserted claims of Savannah’s three patents directed to preventative moisture reduction systems in construction are […]
At a hearing on October 23, the Benton County Circuit Court granted Klarquist’s motion to dismiss with prejudice a Complaint filed against its client Oregon State University, on the grounds that the Plaintiff, Vinoculate Inc., a California corporation, had its corporate powers suspended for failure to pay taxes about 8 months before it filed its […]
Yesterday, the Federal Circuit affirmed, in a summary affirmance, Klarquist’s prior IPR win at the PTAB for client Motorola, where the PTAB determined that all challenged claims of Largan’s U.S. Patent No. 9,784,948 were unpatentable. Klarquist attorneys Sarah Jelsema, John Vandenberg, Frank Morton-Park, and Andy Mason worked on the appellate brief, and Sarah argued the case at the Federal Circuit. […]
On August 13th, Magistrate Judge Jeff Armistead recommended granting Home Certified’s motion for summary judgment in a patent infringement case brought by Savannah Intellectual Property LLC. The court found that the three asserted patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 8,567,688, 9,213,023, and 10,234,200) are invalid for being directed to natural phenomena and abstract ideas and lacked an […]
On July 21st, the Federal Circuit affirmed Klarquist’s prior IPR win at the PTAB for client Motorola, where the PTAB determined that all challenged claims of Largan’s patent U.S. 8,514,499 were obvious. The Federal Circuit issued an opinion finding that substantial evidence supports the Board’s finding that a person of ordinary skill in the art […]
Klarquist Secures Win for Client Amazon in Likeness Case Klarquist helped Amazon.com. Inc. win dismissal of a suit claiming that a video advertising Amazon Prime Day and featuring Megan Pete (professionally known as Megan Thee Stallion) misappropriated the plaintiff’s likeness and intentionally inflicted emotional distress. The suit, entitled Johnson v. Amazon.com, Inc. and Megan Pete, […]
On January 28th, the Federal Circuit ruled in Amazon’s favor in Xiaohua Huang v. Amazon.com, Inc. No. 5:23-cv-04679. The Court affirmed the district court’s ruling granting Amazon’s motion to dismiss Huang’s complaint, finding that Huang had failed to adequately explain his EEPROM chip infringement theory or identify how the chips were used in the accused […]