Wipe Out: The Tipline for 30 August 2023

Pacific Surf Designs had dreams of securing treble damages from a rival it accused of monopolising the market for wave-making technology. It can wave those dreams goodbye. Earlier this week a jury in San Francisco found that WhiteWater West had not initiated baseless patent infringement claims to corner the market. Also in Tipline, the Federal Trade Commission pitches its Microsoft/Activision appeal and JetBlue wants sanctions against a plaintiffs’ firm for what it describes as redaction hijinks.