Patent & IP news for March 10, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Ameristep, Inc. v. BGHA, Inc. filed 2010-03-09 in Michigan Eastern
- Public Patent Foundation, Inc. v. Adobe Systems, Inc. filed 2010-03-09 in New York Southern
- Biovail Laboratories International SRL v. Paddock Laboratories Inc. filed 2010-03-08 in Delaware
- Kroger Co. et al v. Excentus Corporation filed 2010-03-09 in Ohio Southern
- Molino's Diamonds Inc. v. Quality Gold, Inc. et al filed 2010-03-08 in New York Southern
- Biovail Laboratories Intrenational SRL v. Paddock Laboratories, Inc. filed 2010-03-09 in Minnesota
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Patent & IP Blogs
Amazon One-Click Patent Slides Through Reexamination from www.patentlyo.com After four-years of reexamination, Amazon's much-maligned 1-click patent is emerging from reexamination largely unscathed. In a recent notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate, the USPTO confirmed the patentability of original claims 6-10 ...
Cheese, wine and celebrity rhyme mark World IP Day from ipkitten.blogspot.com As regular readers will by now surely know, World Intellectual Property Day is Monday, 26 April. To celebrate it, the IPKat is holding a special event -- a Cheese and Wine Celebrity Poetry Reception. This is ...
Guest Post by Feroz Ali: Making Patents Work from spicyipindia.blogspot.com It gives me great pleasure to bring our readers a thought provoking piece by one of India's legal IP practitioners' - Feroz Ali Khader. Feroz Ali is an advocate practising at the Madras High Court ...
Door Number One? Door Number Two? Or Door Number 3?: Choosing the "Right" Mediator? from www.ipadrblog.com How do you select a mediator in an IP-related dispute?
In 2009, better than 96% of federal cases filed never went to trial. Roughly 12% of those were withdrawn or dismissed on motion. Conclusion: some ...
i4i Review Redux from www.patenthawk.com Microsoft has prevailed upon the CAFC to rehear, en banc, only the willfulness portion of its affirmation of the district court ruling in i4i v. Microsoft. In other words, the CAFC cut Microsoft a break ...
Let's celebrate! Two breaking newses and one special treat from ipkitten.blogspot.com The IPKat is all agog with the breaking news that the UK and US governments have agreed today to develop an action plan for reducing patent processing backlogs in each country's patent office.
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GIIP Program on Patent Protection, Enforcement and Management from spicyipindia.blogspot.com 
Global Institute of Intellectual Property is a leading Intellectual Property (IP) training company, co-headquartered at New Delhi, India and San Jose, USA. GIIP, a pioneer in IP education has been involved in capacity building for ...
AUTM Survey Shows Drop in Issued Patents from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- Last month, the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) released its U.S. licensing survey for FY2008. According to a GenomeWeb Daily News report, a majority of the academic and research institutions ...
By Donald Zuhn -- Last month, the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) released its U.S. licensing survey for FY2008. According to a GenomeWeb Daily News report, a majority of the academic and research institutions ...
Mexican Supreme Court Decides on Broad Interpretation of Linkage Regulations from www.patentdocs.org
By Juan Serrano -- Back in 2003, Mexico enacted linkage regulations to avoid the granting of marketing authorizations in violation of patent rights. The system created by these regulations is far less elaborate than the one ...
By Juan Serrano -- Back in 2003, Mexico enacted linkage regulations to avoid the granting of marketing authorizations in violation of patent rights. The system created by these regulations is far less elaborate than the one ...
Door Number One? Door Number Two? Or Door Number 3?: Choosing the "Right" Mediator? from feeds.lexblog.com
How do you select a mediator in an IP-related dispute?
In 2009, better than 96% of federal cases filed never went to trial. Roughly 12% of those were withdrawn or dismissed on motion. Conclusion: some ...
Interview With Bill Pollock, Founder Of No Starch Press from www.ip-watch.org
Bill Pollock is the president and founder of No Starch Press, which publishes books on computing. Known to offer the “finest in geek entertainment,” the publishing house has released such titles as “Steal This Computer ...
Bill Pollock is the president and founder of No Starch Press, which publishes books on computing. Known to offer the “finest in geek entertainment,” the publishing house has released such titles as “Steal This Computer ...
PubPat hits Adobe with the False Marking stick from 37thoughts.wordpress.com
On March 9, the Public Patent Foundation (PubPat) sued Adobe Systems, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over false marking of various Adobe Reader products. I thought ...
On March 9, the Public Patent Foundation (PubPat) sued Adobe Systems, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over false marking of various Adobe Reader products. I thought ...
Nanotechnology: Beyond the Blockbuster from www.iposgoode.ca
Patrick Hui is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Patent Law course. Innovator companies have long founded their business plans on the search for blockbuster drugs. Blockbuster drugs are products ...
Patrick Hui is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Patent Law course. Innovator companies have long founded their business plans on the search for blockbuster drugs. Blockbuster drugs are products ...
File-Wrapper Estoppel or Doctrine of Equivalence: Which Way to Err? from www.iposgoode.ca
Abolade Owoeye is at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Patent Law Course. Prosecution history estoppels also known as File-wrapper estoppel is a term used when an inventor has filed a patent application, but during ...
Abolade Owoeye is at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Patent Law Course. Prosecution history estoppels also known as File-wrapper estoppel is a term used when an inventor has filed a patent application, but during ...
Best Mode Requirement Strikes Down Biotech Patent from www.patentlyo.com
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. v. International Trade Commission (Fed. Cir. 2010) The ITC held that Ajinomoto's patents were invalid for failure to satisfy the best mode requirement of 35 U.S.C. 112. On appeal ...
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. v. International Trade Commission (Fed. Cir. 2010) The ITC held that Ajinomoto's patents were invalid for failure to satisfy the best mode requirement of 35 U.S.C. 112. On appeal ...
In Determining Proper Venue, Court Will Not Scrutinize Plaintiff's Reason For Relocation To The Eastern District of Texas from docketreport.blogspot.com
Defendants' motion to transfer venue was denied. "[Defendant] argues that [plaintiff] moved its location from Ann Arbor to Longview as a sham concocted simply in anticipation of this litigation. . . . [A] business opens its doors in ...
Defendants' motion to transfer venue was denied. "[Defendant] argues that [plaintiff] moved its location from Ann Arbor to Longview as a sham concocted simply in anticipation of this litigation. . . . [A] business opens its doors in ...
The cause of public hostility to science research from ipbiz.blogspot.com
George Monbiot, in looking for scapegoats for ClimateGate, writes of science journals:
Distrust has been multiplied by the publishers of scientific journals, whose monopolistic practices make the supermarkets look like angels, and which are long ...
George Monbiot, in looking for scapegoats for ClimateGate, writes of science journals:
Distrust has been multiplied by the publishers of scientific journals, whose monopolistic practices make the supermarkets look like angels, and which are long ...
Education's common core from www.athenaalliance.org
This morning the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers released their draft K-12 Common Core State Standards for comment. The standards are the latest attempt to set ...
This morning the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers released their draft K-12 Common Core State Standards for comment. The standards are the latest attempt to set ...
Best Mode Patent-Raptor Devours Another Victim in Ajinomoto from www.ipwatchdog.com
In the end, Ajinomoto, and especially the ‘698 and ‘160 patents, were unable to outrun the “best mode” patentraptor. And like the sequels to Jurassic Park, there are likely to be future instances where this ...
In the end, Ajinomoto, and especially the ‘698 and ‘160 patents, were unable to outrun the “best mode” patentraptor. And like the sequels to Jurassic Park, there are likely to be future instances where this ...
Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick: Copyright Registration is Not a Jurisdictional Requirement from www.iplawalert.com
Last week, the Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated decision in Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick. The decision arose out of a class action settlement between publishers and authors following the Supreme Court’s holding affirming copyright ...
iPhone vs. Droid from www.gonzagaip.org
With ever-advancing technology, Apple is pulling out all the stops to protect its iPhone-related intellectual property. Thus far, Apple has engaged in corporate level discussions with first tier handset makers regarding those makers’ infringements. Apple ...
With ever-advancing technology, Apple is pulling out all the stops to protect its iPhone-related intellectual property. Thus far, Apple has engaged in corporate level discussions with first tier handset makers regarding those makers’ infringements. Apple ...
Cotton, The Fabric of Economy? from www.gonzagaip.org
Cotton subsidies are not typically entwined with intellectual property disputes, but they are precisely the trigger for intellectual property rights infringement in Brazil. As a protest of the United States’ cotton subsidies, the Brazilian government ...
Cotton subsidies are not typically entwined with intellectual property disputes, but they are precisely the trigger for intellectual property rights infringement in Brazil. As a protest of the United States’ cotton subsidies, the Brazilian government ...
Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick: Copyright Registration is Not a Jurisdictional Requirement from www.iplawalert.com
Last week, the Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated decision in Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick. The decision arose out of a class action settlement between publishers and authors following the Supreme Court’s holding affirming copyright ...
List of Top Intellectual Property Law Firms for 2010 released from www.postgrant.com
The monthly magazine Intellectual Property Today has again released itsannual list of the top patent law firms. The 2010 list includes a total of256 firms, and this complete list may be downloaded in PDF format ...
The monthly magazine Intellectual Property Today has again released itsannual list of the top patent law firms. The 2010 list includes a total of256 firms, and this complete list may be downloaded in PDF format ...
European Parliament Votes To Rein In Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty from www.ip-watch.org
The European Parliament today voted overwhelmingly in favour of a demand to be kept fully informed about the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement under negotiation by the European Commission and about a dozen countries outside Europe ...
The European Parliament today voted overwhelmingly in favour of a demand to be kept fully informed about the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement under negotiation by the European Commission and about a dozen countries outside Europe ...
Analyzing Patent Reform Chances and First to File Provisions from www.ipwatchdog.com
Patent reform could be of sufficiently low political importance that Democrats and Republicans can get something done. If health care dies the Democrats will need to pass something desperately, perhaps many things, to show they ...
Patent reform could be of sufficiently low political importance that Democrats and Republicans can get something done. If health care dies the Democrats will need to pass something desperately, perhaps many things, to show they ...
Federal Circuit Judge Kathleen O'Malley from www.patentlyo.com
The White House today announced that Judge Kathleen (Kate) O’Malley (N.D.Ohio) is the nominee to fill the empty judgeship position on the twelve-member Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The position ...
The White House today announced that Judge Kathleen (Kate) O’Malley (N.D.Ohio) is the nominee to fill the empty judgeship position on the twelve-member Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The position ...
Patent Job Vacancies in Bangalore from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
Great job opportunities at a leading law firm in Bangalore. If interested please mail your CV to .
Position Title: Trademark Attorney
Firm Profile: One of India’s leading law firms
Location: Bangalore
Roles and Responsibilities ...
Great job opportunities at a leading law firm in Bangalore. If interested please mail your CV to .
Position Title: Trademark Attorney
Firm Profile: One of India’s leading law firms
Location: Bangalore
Roles and Responsibilities ...
Judge Kathleen O’Malley Nominated to Federal Circuit from www.717madisonplace.com
The White House has nominated Judge Kathleen O’Malley from the Northern District of Ohio to fill the vacancy on the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge O”Malley sat by designation with the Federal ...
The White House has nominated Judge Kathleen O’Malley from the Northern District of Ohio to fill the vacancy on the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge O”Malley sat by designation with the Federal ...
Does a claim to "circuitry" cover a software implementation of the same function? from allthingspros.blogspot.com
Takeaway: Kernius v. International Electronics, Inc., 2007 WL 1040571 (D.Md., 2007), which is a claim construction opinion, found that a claim to "circuitry" performing a specific function did cover a software implementation of the ...
Takeaway: Kernius v. International Electronics, Inc., 2007 WL 1040571 (D.Md., 2007), which is a claim construction opinion, found that a claim to "circuitry" performing a specific function did cover a software implementation of the ...
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