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LG Electronics Inc. urged a trio of appeals court judges to undo a $1.68 million data-transmission patent verdict it said prompted it to stop selling new televisions compatible with the Next Generation Broadcast TV technology standard in the US.

Verifone Sues Patent Owner to Halt Lawsuits Against Customers

Verifone Inc. asked a Delaware federal court for a judgment that its point-of-sale card-payment terminals don’t infringe five patents Near Field Electronics LLC has asserted against its customers in multiple lawsuits.

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Globus Medical Inc. urged a Delaware federal court to reject Life Spine Inc.’s bid to overturn a $9.5 million spinal-implant patent verdict, arguing it rehashes arguments jurors already rejected.

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Cupertino Electric’s $740,520 Data Breach Deal Gets Final Nod

Cupertino Electric Inc. will pay $740,520 to settle a proposed class action alleging the company failed to protect the personal information of nearly 25,000 people that was exposed in a 2023 data breach, under a deal given final approval in federal district court in California.

Zuckerberg Poised to Avoid Deposition Over Meta Tracking Pixel

Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared likely to escape, at least in the short term, having to testify in a privacy suit over the social media giant’s collection of personal health information via its tracking pixel after a Ninth Circuit panel favored the idea that executives are too busy to appear for depositions.

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Case: Patents/Procedure (S.D. Cal.)

The court granted Alphatec Spine Inc.'s motion to dismiss Globus Medical Inc. and NuVasive LLC’s action for willful and induced infringement of eight patents directed to methods and devices for performing spinal surgery. Globus Med. Inc. v. Alphatec Spine Inc., 2025 BL 433671, S.D. Cal., 3:25-cv-01522-CAB-DDL, 12/3/25

Case: Patents/Stays (C.D. Cal.)

The court granted Wybotics Co. Ltd. a stay pending resolution of proceedings in a federal district court in Texas action, in Zodiac Pool Systems LLC’s action for infringement of patents that disclose an apparatus for cleaning a submerged surface. Wybotics Inc. v. Zodiac Pool Sys. LLC, 2025 BL 433713, C.D. Cal., 2:25-cv-08526-MCS-AGR, 12/3/25

Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.)

Challenged claims of Trutek Corp.'s patent directed to electrostatically charged nasal application products that reduce the inflow of airborne contaminants to the nasal passages are unpatentable, the PTAB determined, in an inter partes review by Salvacion USA Inc. Salvacion USA Inc. v. Trutek Corp., P.T.A.B., IPR 2024-00711, 12/2/25

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