Litigation

Lone Star SCM Systems, LP v. Becton, Dickinson and Company

Terminated

6:21-cv-00844

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Court: Texas Western District Court
Filed: 2021-08-11
Terminated: 2022-10-18

Patents at issue (1)

9646182 PTAB: final decision

Plaintiffs (1)

π Lone Star SCM Systems, LP

Defendants (1)

Δ Becton, Dickinson and Company

Summary

This case was filed by Lone Star SCM Systems, LP against Becton, Dickinson and Company in the Texas Western District Court and was terminated on October 18, 2022.

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Further reading

Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories (2012)
The two-step framework defendants now recite from memory comes from Mayo, not Alice. Mayo is the often-overlooked but doctrinally essential ancestor of every modern § 101 motion.
What it costs to get a patent (AIPLA Economic Survey)
A US utility patent costs a median of $8,000-$12,000 in attorney fees to draft and file, depending on the technology — before USPTO fees, before drawings, and before the first office action. Here's the full bill, and why it's a rounding error next to enforcing the thing.
How to read a patent claim chart
The claim chart is where the plaintiff's case actually lives. The complaint is a pitch deck; the chart is the homework — and most patent troll homework doesn't survive a careful read.
What is a patent?
A patent is a deal between an inventor and the government — a 20-year monopoly in exchange for public disclosure. Most patents that get litigated would not survive serious scrutiny.
Patent reviews: IPR, PGR, and reexamination
Suing in district court to invalidate a patent costs $3-5M and takes years. The USPTO's post-grant review system does it for $200-500k and 12-18 months. For a defendant facing a weak patent, the choice is usually obvious.

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