Caldwell represents Solos Technology Ltd. in a patent infringement lawsuit filed in federal court concerning smart eyewear technologies. The lawsuit alleges unauthorized use of Solos' patented technologies and names Meta Platforms Inc. and EssilorLuxottica SA as defendants. The Bloomberg article below provides an overview of the claims, and a PDF of the court filing is linked below. Bloomberg article:  Meta, EssilorLuxottica Sued in Smart Glasses Patent Case Complaint: Solos Technology Limited v. Meta Platforms, Inc., Meta [...]

In 2022, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program (CCMPP) to enable accelerated examination of eligible utility patent applications that, as of June 2023, involved technologies directed to mitigating climate change by reducing, removing, preventing, and/or monitoring greenhouse gas emissions.1 The CCMPP provided accelerated examination benefits similar to that of the USPTO's "Track One" Prioritized Examination program,2 wherein participating patent applications were advanced out of turn (made special) [...]

Instead of decking the halls for Christmas, the Federal Circuit decked Longhorn by dismissing its appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Idaho, and over 30 other states , have taken patent law conduct into their own hands, enacting legislation to punish bad faith patent litigation. Recently, the Federal Circuit rejected a patentee's appeal of denial of a motion to dismiss a counterclaim and imposition of a bond based on Idaho's law because it did not have [...]