Patent & IP news for March 18, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Mannatech, Inc v. Country Life, LLC et. al. filed 2010-03-16 in Texas Northern
- John B Adrain v. Edge Products LLC et. al. filed 2010-03-17 in Texas Southern
- Alexsam, Inc. v. Best Buy Co., Inc. et. al. filed 2010-03-17 in Texas Eastern
- Verizon Communications Inc. et. al. v. Cablevision Systems Corp. filed 2010-03-16 in Delaware
- Microunity Systems Engineering Inc v. Acer Inc et. al. filed 2010-03-16 in Texas Eastern
- ArivalStar S.A. et. al. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority filed 2010-03-17 in Massachusetts
- People Protecting Patents, LLC v. The Clorox Company et. al. filed 2010-03-16 in Texas Northern
- SmartMetric Inc. v. MasterCard Incorporated et. al. filed 2010-03-15 in California Central
- VirnetX Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation filed 2010-03-17 in Texas Eastern
- Personal Audio, LLC v. XM Satellite Radio, Inc. filed 2010-03-16 in Texas Eastern
- Cephalon Inc. et. al. v. Lupin Limited et. al. filed 2010-03-16 in Delaware
- Island Intellectual Property LLC et. al. v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas et. al. filed 2010-03-16 in New York Southern
- Agraria San Francisco, Inc. v. Clark D. Gross et. al. filed 2010-03-16 in California Central
- Computer Stores Northwest, Inc. et. al. v. Dunwell Tech, Inc. filed 2010-03-16 in Oregon
- Sealing Systems, Inc. v. Adaptor, Inc. filed 2010-03-17 in Minnesota
- 3M Innovative Properties Company et. al. v. E.I. Du Pont de Numours and Company filed 2010-03-17 in Minnesota
- North States Industries, Inc. v. Patent Compliance Group, Inc. filed 2010-03-16 in Minnesota
- Hirschhorn v. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. filed 2010-03-17 in Pennsylvania Eastern
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SMEs and patent litigation: are we asking the right questions? from patlit.blogspot.com The April 2010 issue of Sweet & Maxwell's monthly European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR) leads with an Opinion by Dr Sivaramjani Thambisetty (right), who lectures in IP law at the London School of Economics. Entitled ...
Eighth Circuit: Federal Circuit Does Not Hold Appellate Jurisdiction over a Refusal to Compel Arbitration in a Patent Case from www.patentlyo.com Industrial Wire Products, Inc. (IWP) v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 576 F.3d 516 (8th Cir. 2009). On appeal, Costco asked the court to determine whether the mandatory arbitration clause of its supply agreement with IWP ...
Dutch see Orange Book differently; Philips prevails again from ipkitten.blogspot.com The relationship between IP and competition law is one of the hottest topics in IP law. It now seems that two respected European courts have come to different conclusions on the applicability of the "competition ...
Reevu and its rear view motorcycle helmets from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk A small story in today's Metro caught my eye, and I've done a little research into the topic. Reevu is a company in Washington, in Tyne and Wear, which has been marketing the ...
Licensee and Equity from ipfinance.blogspot.com Two UK technology licensing companies have recently announced deals in which they have sold both a technology licence and a stake in the company to an overseas manufacturer.
Automotive transmission company Torotrak plc have received ...
Update on the UNCITRAL secured transaction project from ipfinance.blogspot.com It has been a while since we last reported on where things stand with the proposed IP Supplement to the 2007 UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions setting out recommendations for a uniform legal regime ...
Spinner dispute hits dizzying new heights from ipkitten.blogspot.com A little bit of soon-to-be-forgotten history was made today when the European Union's General Court handed down its first decision on Community design law in a dispute involving PepsiCo and a Spanish manufacturer of ...
First False Marking Declaratory Judgment Action Filed from www.grayonclaims.com North States Indus., Inc. v. Patent Compliance Group, Inc. (D. Minn., complaint filed Mar. 16, 2010)
North States Industries, Inc. was sued for false patent marking by the Patent Compliance Group in the Northern District ...
No abuse to sue company chairmen in second action from ipkitten.blogspot.com Abuse of process is all the rage these days. Only a few short hours ago the IPKat was reflecting as to whether an appeal by a successful party in trade mark opposition proceedings against a ...
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2010) from www.patentdocs.org
Federal Circuit Transfers "Hot Potato" Diagnostic Method Case By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Federal Circuit's majority decision in Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings ("LabCorp") v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., and Judge Dyk's dissent, illustrate ...
Federal Circuit Transfers "Hot Potato" Diagnostic Method Case By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Federal Circuit's majority decision in Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings ("LabCorp") v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., and Judge Dyk's dissent, illustrate ...
Patents and Tax Planning in Benelux from www.ipeg.eu
In financial difficult years every CFO is eager to listen to ideas to turn IP in their companies’ intangible assets into savings or better, cash. Of course monetization of unused patent portfolios is an option ...
In financial difficult years every CFO is eager to listen to ideas to turn IP in their companies’ intangible assets into savings or better, cash. Of course monetization of unused patent portfolios is an option ...
5 reasons not to do that Merger deal and 1 reason to do it anyway from thinkipstrategy.com
You don't have to be very cynical to suggest that mergers and acquisitions often only make bankers, consultants and lawyers happy or rich.
We've all seen it before, but just in case...
When ...
What is a "sample"? CJ opinion next month from ipfinance.blogspot.com
The Advocate General's Opinion in Case C-581/08 EMI Group Ltd v The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, a reference to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling, will be delivered ...
The Advocate General's Opinion in Case C-581/08 EMI Group Ltd v The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, a reference to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling, will be delivered ...
VirnetX Obtains $105M Verdict against Microsoft and Files Another Suit the Next Day Alleging Infringement by Windows 7 from docketreport.blogspot.com
On March 16, 2010, a jury rendered a verdict in favor of VirnetX, Inc., finding that Microsoft infringes eight claims of Patent Number 7,188,180 and three claims of Patent Number 6,502,135 ...
On March 16, 2010, a jury rendered a verdict in favor of VirnetX, Inc., finding that Microsoft infringes eight claims of Patent Number 7,188,180 and three claims of Patent Number 6,502,135 ...
Are non-compete clauses enforceable in India? from ipspotlight.com
My colleagues Valerie Demont and Janaki Catanzarite recently answered this question in an article that discusses a recent, relevant decision by the New Delhi High Court. As they state in the article: [F]oreign companies ...
My colleagues Valerie Demont and Janaki Catanzarite recently answered this question in an article that discusses a recent, relevant decision by the New Delhi High Court. As they state in the article: [F]oreign companies ...
Eighth Circuit: Federal Circuit Does Not Hold Appellate Jurisdiction over a Refusal to Compel Arbitration in a Patent Case from www.patentlyo.com
Industrial Wire Products, Inc. (IWP) v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 576 F.3d 516 (8th Cir. 2009). On appeal, Costco asked the court to determine whether the mandatory arbitration clause of its supply agreement with IWP ...
Industrial Wire Products, Inc. (IWP) v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 576 F.3d 516 (8th Cir. 2009). On appeal, Costco asked the court to determine whether the mandatory arbitration clause of its supply agreement with IWP ...
USPTO to Host Independent Inventors Roundtable from dailydoseofip.blogspot.com
On Monday, March 29, 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be hosting a roundtable for independent and small entity inventors at the USPTO campus in Alexandria, VA. This roundtable, hosted by USPTO ...
On Monday, March 29, 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be hosting a roundtable for independent and small entity inventors at the USPTO campus in Alexandria, VA. This roundtable, hosted by USPTO ...
Classified Information: Patent Searching by Classification Part 1 from intellogist.wordpress.com
Classification searching is the original method of patent searching. Physically housed in “shoe boxes,” copies of US patents are organized by class and sub-class at the US Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, VA as ...
Classification searching is the original method of patent searching. Physically housed in “shoe boxes,” copies of US patents are organized by class and sub-class at the US Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, VA as ...
No more Director-ordered patent re-examinations? from ipbiz.blogspot.com
In a comment to a post at patently-o, The Gooch writes on the subject of Director-ordered re-examinations:
The Director hasn't initiated a reexaminaton in 4 or 5 years, the PTO dropped that practice when ...
In a comment to a post at patently-o, The Gooch writes on the subject of Director-ordered re-examinations:
The Director hasn't initiated a reexaminaton in 4 or 5 years, the PTO dropped that practice when ...
Patent Reform Should Preserve a Real 1 Year Grace Period from www.ipwatchdog.com
There is absolutely no reason why we cannot change from a first to invent system to a first inventor to file system that would still retain a real and substantial grace period and still retain ...
There is absolutely no reason why we cannot change from a first to invent system to a first inventor to file system that would still retain a real and substantial grace period and still retain ...
Rader in ED Texas: Alice in Wonderland? from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Lawyers-law.com has a post titled Federal Circuit Judge Rader Takes Tech Suits in Texas on five cases Judge Rader is taking in ED Texas.
The article had a quote from Judge Rader: "It's ...
Lawyers-law.com has a post titled Federal Circuit Judge Rader Takes Tech Suits in Texas on five cases Judge Rader is taking in ED Texas.
The article had a quote from Judge Rader: "It's ...
Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 326 from www.patentlyo.com
Two Queries: Intervening: I previously wrote about the case of Block Financial v. LendingTree (W.D. Mo. Feb 23, 2010) where the district court agreed to vacate is summary judgment holding of invalidity in order ...
Two Queries: Intervening: I previously wrote about the case of Block Financial v. LendingTree (W.D. Mo. Feb 23, 2010) where the district court agreed to vacate is summary judgment holding of invalidity in order ...
Lawsuit against Allied Security Trust from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Joff Wild at IAM has a post describing an action AGAINST Allied Security Trust, which post begins:
Limelight, a company that provides internet content delivery services, has filed a request for a declaratory judgment in ...
Joff Wild at IAM has a post describing an action AGAINST Allied Security Trust, which post begins:
Limelight, a company that provides internet content delivery services, has filed a request for a declaratory judgment in ...
Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 326 from www.patentlyo.com
Two Queries: Intervening: I previously wrote about the case of Block Financial v. LendingTree (W.D. Mo. Feb 23, 2010) where the district court agreed to vacate is summary judgment holding of invalidity in order ...
Two Queries: Intervening: I previously wrote about the case of Block Financial v. LendingTree (W.D. Mo. Feb 23, 2010) where the district court agreed to vacate is summary judgment holding of invalidity in order ...
Revising the Examiner PAP from www.uspto.gov
I am pleased to report that a new joint labor and management project is now officially under way to update the patent examiner performance appraisal plan (PAP) and to evaluate the existing processes for addressing ...
Efficacy of TRIPS public health amendment raises concern at the WTO from www.iposgoode.ca
Nirav Bhatt is an LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. WTO members on 2 March 2010, debated the question of whether a 2003 decision designed to improve access to medicines is working. Although opinions ...
Nirav Bhatt is an LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. WTO members on 2 March 2010, debated the question of whether a 2003 decision designed to improve access to medicines is working. Although opinions ...
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