Patent & IP news for August 13, 2009
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Summary of Local Patent Rules Affecting Claim Construction Practice (Part 1 of 5) from www.grayonclaims.com Presently, eleven federal district courts have enacted local patent rules. The rules are generally used to help streamline what can be very complicated disputes. Among these rules are rules that affect claim construction practice in ...
Suspended injunctive relief, Texas-style from patlit.blogspot.com News of the East Texas Federal Court's injunction against Microsoft, ordering the software giant to cease sales of "any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML ...
No Bites from www.patenthawk.com Wedgetail sued Huddleston for infringing its fishing lure patent 6,857,220 B2 ('B2' being USPTO technical designation for "bait too"). After claim construction, Wedgetail concluded snagging Huddleston for infringement could be fishy. "Wedgetail thus ...
Reach-though claim goes somewhat lame from ipkitten.blogspot.com Still recovering from an eye infection that left him unable to blog for several days, IPKat team member Jeremy is still playing catch-up with both his incoming mail and that of the Kat -- so if ...
Dr Vivekanandan appointed as New Dean at IIT Kharagpur Law School from spicyipindia.blogspot.com 
Dr VC Vivekandandan, a leading IP academic from India was recently appointed as the Dean of the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL), IIT Kharagpur. RGSOIPL was established in the year 2006 ...
Pirate Party reaches the UK from ipkitten.blogspot.com Following the European trend set by Sweden and Germany, the United Kingdom now has its very own Pirate Party. The message that greets visitors to its website reads as follows:
"The world is changing [well ...
Lawyer and Neutral David Allgeyer on Arbitrating Patent Disputes from www.ipadrblog.com In Search of Lower Cost Resolution: Using Arbitration to Resolve Patent Disputes
Patents and other forms of intellectual property are extremely important to most businesses. Companies have come to realize that ...
“Hotel” is a generic word from www.iposgoode.ca
Thanks to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, it is now clear that “hotel” is a generic word. Hotels.com attempted to register the mark for the services of “providing information ...
Thanks to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, it is now clear that “hotel” is a generic word. Hotels.com attempted to register the mark for the services of “providing information ...
Jury Argument Equating Non-Practicing Patent Owner to "Banker Seeking a Bailout" Supports Award of Enhanced Damages from docketreport.blogspot.com
In granting plaintiff's motion for enhanced damages, the court noted that "also favoring enhancement is [defense] counsel’s litigation conduct, specifically during trial. Throughout the course of trial [defendant's] trial counsel persisted in ...
In granting plaintiff's motion for enhanced damages, the court noted that "also favoring enhancement is [defense] counsel’s litigation conduct, specifically during trial. Throughout the course of trial [defendant's] trial counsel persisted in ...
Jury Argument Equating Non-Practicing Patent Owner to "Banker Seeking a Bailout" Supports Award of Enhanced Damages from docketreport.blogspot.com
In granting plaintiff's motion for enhanced damages, the court noted that "also favoring enhancement is [defense] counsel’s litigation conduct, specifically during trial. Throughout the course of trial [defendant's] trial counsel persisted in ...
In granting plaintiff's motion for enhanced damages, the court noted that "also favoring enhancement is [defense] counsel’s litigation conduct, specifically during trial. Throughout the course of trial [defendant's] trial counsel persisted in ...
Patent Ruling Against Microsoft from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com
The big news today is the patent dispute between software leviathan Microsoft and i4i, a small (30 employees) Toronto-based software developer. Two years ago i4i sued Microsoft for using its patented technology in Microsoft Word ...
The big news today is the patent dispute between software leviathan Microsoft and i4i, a small (30 employees) Toronto-based software developer. Two years ago i4i sued Microsoft for using its patented technology in Microsoft Word ...
Former grad student Sclimenti still moving against Stanford from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Joyce Liu and Eugenah Chou of The Stanford Daily provide new information on the lawsuit by former graduate student Christopher Sclimenti Ph.D. ‘02 against Stanford University and his former professor Michele Calos in an ...
Joyce Liu and Eugenah Chou of The Stanford Daily provide new information on the lawsuit by former graduate student Christopher Sclimenti Ph.D. ‘02 against Stanford University and his former professor Michele Calos in an ...
Obscure Patent: Squirrel Teasing Bird Feeder from www.ipwatchdog.com
Squirrel teasing hanger assembly for a bird feeder [PDF ] [ HTML ] US Patent No. 6,619,229 Issued September 16, 2003 The patent explains that several types of bird feeders have been designed for preventing unwanted ...
Squirrel teasing hanger assembly for a bird feeder [PDF ] [ HTML ] US Patent No. 6,619,229 Issued September 16, 2003 The patent explains that several types of bird feeders have been designed for preventing unwanted ...
Odom Weighing In On Bilski for Oregon? That's News to Oregon from thepriorart.typepad.com
The Bilski case is heading towards a resolution at the Supreme Court, and 44 amicus briefs already await the justices—with more to come. One of those briefs is from Gary Odom. Odom is a ...
The Bilski case is heading towards a resolution at the Supreme Court, and 44 amicus briefs already await the justices—with more to come. One of those briefs is from Gary Odom. Odom is a ...
Nude litigants head for Chancery Division from ipkitten.blogspot.com
The Press Association has reported that fashion designer Stella McCartney's company is facing legal action from Nude Skincare following a dispute over the use of the word "nude".
Stella McCartney Ltd had planned to ...
The Press Association has reported that fashion designer Stella McCartney's company is facing legal action from Nude Skincare following a dispute over the use of the word "nude".
Stella McCartney Ltd had planned to ...
Questionable news coverage of i4i and Microsoft from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Tony Bradley writes about i4i and Microsoft and MS Word in a post titled: 5 Reasons Word Will Weather the Patent Challenge:
** 1. The i4i patent is vague. Have you seen the patent in question ...
Tony Bradley writes about i4i and Microsoft and MS Word in a post titled: 5 Reasons Word Will Weather the Patent Challenge:
** 1. The i4i patent is vague. Have you seen the patent in question ...
They Invented What? (No. 146) from anticipatethis.wordpress.com
U.S. Pat. No. 6,681,419: Forehead support apparatus. What is claimed is: 1. A forehead support for resting a standing user’s forehead above a wall mounted urinal comprising: a mounting member adapted ...
U.S. Pat. No. 6,681,419: Forehead support apparatus. What is claimed is: 1. A forehead support for resting a standing user’s forehead above a wall mounted urinal comprising: a mounting member adapted ...
Strategically Challenging Transit Drug Seizures at the WTO: EC vs Netherlands? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
Pursuant to our post highlighting a UK decision involving Nokia and its impact on the current controversy involving the seizure of transit drugs from India, Joe Mathew of the Business Standard ran an interesting piece ...
Pursuant to our post highlighting a UK decision involving Nokia and its impact on the current controversy involving the seizure of transit drugs from India, Joe Mathew of the Business Standard ran an interesting piece ...
Truth in advertising? from ipbiz.blogspot.com
The US News and World Report has an article on "bad" tactics by potential employers, which article begins
When it comes to hiring, some employers act like they hold all the cards--and they can treat ...
The US News and World Report has an article on "bad" tactics by potential employers, which article begins
When it comes to hiring, some employers act like they hold all the cards--and they can treat ...
Microsoft Word at the receiving end of Patent Infringement suit from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
A ‘landmark’ injunction was granted against Microsoft on Tuesday, Aug 11th, when the District Court of Eastern Texas granted an injunction against the buying, selling, importing and/or marketing of copies of Microsoft Word ...
Les Paul, 1915-2009 from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com
World-renowned musician Les Paul, whose invention of the solid-body electric guitar transformed popular music in the 1950s and 60s, died today at the age of 94. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of ...
World-renowned musician Les Paul, whose invention of the solid-body electric guitar transformed popular music in the 1950s and 60s, died today at the age of 94. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of ...
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