Patent & IP news for March 29, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Accord Patents, LLC v. Aerobie, Inc. filed 2010-03-25 in Georgia Northern
- Hubbardton Forge, LLC v. Artcraft Electric LTD. et. al. filed 2010-03-25 in Vermont
- Accord Patents, LLC v. Industrial Revolution, Inc. filed 2010-03-25 in Georgia Northern
- ESCO Corporation v. GS Equipment, Inc. filed 2010-03-26 in Florida Southern
- Accord Patents, LLC v. Alden Corporation filed 2010-03-25 in Georgia Northern
- Accord Patents, LLC v. Superfeet Worldwide, Inc. filed 2010-03-25 in Georgia Northern
- Accord Patents, LLC v. Onkyo USA Corporation filed 2010-03-25 in Georgia Northern
- Smarter Agent LLC v. Boopsie Inc. et. al. filed 2010-03-26 in Delaware
- Goodman Ball, Inc. et. al. v. Mach II Aviation, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-03-25 in California Northern
- Munchkin, Inc. v. The First Years, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-03-26 in California Central
- Heathcote Holdings Corp., Inc. filed 2010-03-26 in Illinois Northern
- Sealing Systems, Inc. v. Adaptor, Inc. filed 2010-03-26 in Minnesota
- Finelite, Inc. v. Ledalite Architectural Products filed 2010-03-25 in California Northern
- The PACID Group, LLC v. Asustek Computer Inc. et. al. filed 2010-03-26 in Texas Eastern
- O & G SearchQuest, Inc. v. McNeil-PPC, Inc. filed 2010-03-26 in Texas Southern
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Patent & IP Blogs
Panel Disagrees Regarding Use of Incorporation by Reference to Identify Structure for Means-Plus-Function Claims from www.grayonclaims.com Pressure Products Medical Supplies, Inc. v. Greatbatch Ltd. (Fed. Cir. Mar. 24, 2010)
In this case, a split Federal Circuit panel reversed a district court's claim construction that was amended during trial. The patent ...
Apple Buys iPad Trademark From Fujitsu from www.iptrademarkattorney.com Only days away from Apple's launch of its new iPad product, it has purchased the iPad trademark from Fujitsu. When Apple announced the product's iPad mark, Fujitsu quickly laid claim to the trademark ...
Definitely Woolly Bully from www.patenthawk.com Enzo sued Applera (and Tropix) for infringing six patents "directed to various techniques for labeling and detecting nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA." Enzo conceded non-infringement of 5,082,830 based upon claim construction ...
DRMs in the draft Copyright Amendments from spicyipindia.blogspot.com 
Recently, we’ve had a well written guest post by Amlan Mohanty, wherein he discusses several conceptual and practical problems with laws for the anti-circumvention of technological measures. As pointed out in the post, India ...
A fable for modern times: the Fox and the Newzbin from ipkitten.blogspot.com Hot off the press this morning is a seminal judgment of Mr Justice Kitchin, of the Chancery Division of the High Court for England and Wales, in Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and others v ...
Pat Lit Weekly: FedEx Sends Scott Harris Patent Packing from thepriorart.typepad.com This week, a Scott Harris patent bites the bar-code dust, for now. And a close look at how it made its way from application to the courtroom shows how a lawyer-inventor was able to claim ...
"Advantage Becker ..., er, Barbara, that is ..." from ipkitten.blogspot.com Having been quite puzzled both by the reasoning and the result of the Court of First Instance's decision in Case C‑51/09 P Barbara Becker, the IPKat is heartened by the Advocate General ...
Communicate Your Value: Weekly Update from intellogist.wordpress.com Recently the Intellogist crew has been pondering social media with relation to what we (and you, gentle reader) do for a living: searching and analyzing patent data. Everyone who maintains a professional social media presence ...
The Relevance of Invention Date in Patent Prosecution: Part VI (BPAI Decisions) from www.patentlyo.com This is Part VI of my series on the relevance of the invention date in patent prosecution. You may download my entire paper here. * * * * * Measuring the Success of Attempts to Swear Behind Prior Art: BPAI...
In re Arora (Fed. Cir. 2010) from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit, in In re Arora, affirmed a decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences affirming the rejection of claims 11-16 of Appellant Arun Arora's ...
By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit, in In re Arora, affirmed a decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences affirming the rejection of claims 11-16 of Appellant Arun Arora's ...
Federal Circuit’s Ariad case offers cautionary words for the use of broad terms in patent claim from ipspotlight.com
The Federal Circuit’s recent opinion in Ariad Pharmaceuticals v. Eli Lilly & Co. held that the Patent Act’s written description and enablement requirements are separate and distinct requirements. In particular, the court stated that ...
The Relevance of Invention Date in Patent Prosecution: Part VI (BPAI Decisions) from www.patentlyo.com
This is Part VI of my series on the relevance of the invention date in patent prosecution. You may download my entire paper here. * * * * * Measuring the Success of Attempts to Swear Behind Prior Art: BPAI...
This is Part VI of my series on the relevance of the invention date in patent prosecution. You may download my entire paper here. * * * * * Measuring the Success of Attempts to Swear Behind Prior Art: BPAI...
Eastern District of Texas Limits Number of Patent Claims and Prior Art References Asserted in Case from docketreport.blogspot.com
Defendants' motion to limit the number of claims was granted in part and plaintiff was ordered to reduce its claims from 183 to 50 despite plaintiff's argument that claim construction had not yet occurred ...
Defendants' motion to limit the number of claims was granted in part and plaintiff was ordered to reduce its claims from 183 to 50 despite plaintiff's argument that claim construction had not yet occurred ...
Revisiting the Blair Affair at the Times from ipbiz.blogspot.com
In a piece titled Boyd's tragic, turbulent Times, Howard Kurtz re-visits the Jayson Blair Affair, as adjusted through the posthumous book of Gerald Boyd, "My Times in Black and White." Boyd was managing editor ...
In a piece titled Boyd's tragic, turbulent Times, Howard Kurtz re-visits the Jayson Blair Affair, as adjusted through the posthumous book of Gerald Boyd, "My Times in Black and White." Boyd was managing editor ...
Despite Low Participation, PTO Set to Expand Peer-to-Patent Program from inventivestep.net
In a somewhat bizzare announcement last week, PTO Director David Kappos announced that the PTO is set to expand the Peer-to-Patent Program that has not been accepting new applications for about 9 months. At a ...
Losing solar? from www.athenaalliance.org
On Friday, BP (formerly British Petroleum) announced it would be closing its solar panel manufacturing plant in Fredrick Maryland, while leaving its sales office, project development and R&D; facilities in place. At first glance ...
On Friday, BP (formerly British Petroleum) announced it would be closing its solar panel manufacturing plant in Fredrick Maryland, while leaving its sales office, project development and R&D; facilities in place. At first glance ...
Incomplete account of Sikes' Prius event from ipbiz.blogspot.com
On March 24, Eric Loveday wrote:
However, his account of the events has not been confirmed yet. Indeed, Toyota and the NTHSA have said that the facts appear to be leaning against his story, as ...
On March 24, Eric Loveday wrote:
However, his account of the events has not been confirmed yet. Indeed, Toyota and the NTHSA have said that the facts appear to be leaning against his story, as ...
USTR Names New Ambassador To WTO; Ag Negotiator from www.ip-watch.org
Two officials have been appointed to the Office of the United States Trade Representative: Michael Punke as deputy USTR and permanent representative to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, and Isi Siddiqui as the new ...
Two officials have been appointed to the Office of the United States Trade Representative: Michael Punke as deputy USTR and permanent representative to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, and Isi Siddiqui as the new ...
Aligning Unions with the Knowledge Economy from hallingblog.com
The importance and influence of unions has declined dramatically over the last thirty years. W Is there a way that unions, especially blue collar traditional unions, can increase their membership, align themselves with the knowledge ...
The importance and influence of unions has declined dramatically over the last thirty years. W Is there a way that unions, especially blue collar traditional unions, can increase their membership, align themselves with the knowledge ...
Software Patents and Murphy’s Law: Uncertainty is Where Patentability Resides from www.ipwatchdog.com
When embarking on a software development project it is critical to understand that in order to maximize the chance of obtaining a patent you need to approach the task with an engineering mind set, as ...
When embarking on a software development project it is critical to understand that in order to maximize the chance of obtaining a patent you need to approach the task with an engineering mind set, as ...
Google AdWord Rapid Response seminar: the video! from ipkitten.blogspot.com
Following the IPKat's Rapid Response seminar on the ruling last week of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Google France v Louis Vuitton etc (reported here), the Kats are pleased to ...
Following the IPKat's Rapid Response seminar on the ruling last week of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Google France v Louis Vuitton etc (reported here), the Kats are pleased to ...
Demonstrating a dumb invention to a US President? from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Previously, IPBiz discussed an episode of NCIS involving jet packs, and patents on jet packs:
The Jan 5, 2010 episode of NCIS (titled "Ignition") introduces a lawyer character named M. Allison Hart (played by Rena ...
Previously, IPBiz discussed an episode of NCIS involving jet packs, and patents on jet packs:
The Jan 5, 2010 episode of NCIS (titled "Ignition") introduces a lawyer character named M. Allison Hart (played by Rena ...
Pat Lit Weekly: FedEx Sends Scott Harris Patent Packing from thepriorart.typepad.com
This week, a Scott Harris patent bites the bar-code dust, for now. And a close look at how it made its way from application to the courtroom shows how a lawyer-inventor was able to claim ...
This week, a Scott Harris patent bites the bar-code dust, for now. And a close look at how it made its way from application to the courtroom shows how a lawyer-inventor was able to claim ...
Book Review Monday: The Secrets to Winning Trade Secret Cases from www.patentbaristas.com
Trade secrets often represent the most valuable assets of certain companies. The value of trade secrets continues to grow in our information-age economy as does the mobility of the work force. Both forces are increasing ...
Word density from leethomason.com
Why is that parties are limited to only so many words or pages, or density of type when pleading a cause, but courts can use unlimited pages to set out their decisions. Presumably, the pleader ...
Callaway Loses Bid for $246 Million Patent Damages from www.infringementupdates.com
The following is excerpted from an article by Phil Milford and Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News in the March 29, 2010 San Diego Daily Transcript: Callaway Golf Co. (NYSE: ELY), the maker of Big Bertha ...
The following is excerpted from an article by Phil Milford and Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News in the March 29, 2010 San Diego Daily Transcript: Callaway Golf Co. (NYSE: ELY), the maker of Big Bertha ...
Jaron Lanier: the Father of Virtual Reality technology speaks at Canadian Music Week from www.iposgoode.ca
Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. At this year’s Canadian Music Week International Breakfast event, Jaron Lanier had a few moments to call upon his audience of fellow music ...
Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. At this year’s Canadian Music Week International Breakfast event, Jaron Lanier had a few moments to call upon his audience of fellow music ...
Workshop on Media Suppression from www.iposgoode.ca
Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On Tuesday, March 16, IP Osgoode and the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security jointly hosted the Workshop on Media Suppression ...
Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On Tuesday, March 16, IP Osgoode and the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security jointly hosted the Workshop on Media Suppression ...
Judge rules that genetic patents are invalid in ACLU lawsuit against Myriad from thepriorart.typepad.com
Last year, several doctors' groups, together with the ACLU and Public Patent Foundation, filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate patents on two genes related to breast cancer, owned by Utah-based Myriad Genetics. The lawsuit is ...
Last year, several doctors' groups, together with the ACLU and Public Patent Foundation, filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate patents on two genes related to breast cancer, owned by Utah-based Myriad Genetics. The lawsuit is ...
DataTreasury Gets $27M Jury Verdict on Joint Infringement Theory from 271patent.blogspot.com
On Friday, the first of three infamous DataTreasury patent litigations concluded with the jury returning a verdict in favor of DataTreasury for $27 million dollars. The jury found that none of the claims of the ...
On Friday, the first of three infamous DataTreasury patent litigations concluded with the jury returning a verdict in favor of DataTreasury for $27 million dollars. The jury found that none of the claims of the ...
Statistics on how often BPAI finds swear-behind declaration sufficient from allthingspros.blogspot.com
Yesterday I mentioned a new post on PatentlyO discussing some pro's and cons of swear-behind practice. More relevant stuff at PatentlyO: a new post (here) with statistics showing how often BPAI finds swear-behind declaration ...
Yesterday I mentioned a new post on PatentlyO discussing some pro's and cons of swear-behind practice. More relevant stuff at PatentlyO: a new post (here) with statistics showing how often BPAI finds swear-behind declaration ...
Effect of arguing claims as a group on prosecution estoppel from allthingspros.blogspot.com
Takeaway: Arguing claims as a group can be risky, inviting the court to find that those arguments apply to all claims in the group, even when the claim language differs. But in Seachange International, Inc ...
Takeaway: Arguing claims as a group can be risky, inviting the court to find that those arguments apply to all claims in the group, even when the claim language differs. But in Seachange International, Inc ...
Not a Sweet Result for Myriad Genetics from 37thoughts.wordpress.com
In Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [PDF], Judge Robert Sweet of the Southern District of New York was asked to rule certain claims from Myriad Genetics’s patents invalid ...
In Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [PDF], Judge Robert Sweet of the Southern District of New York was asked to rule certain claims from Myriad Genetics’s patents invalid ...
False Patent Marking Bill Introduced in the House from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- On Thursday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) introduced a bill in the House (H.R. 4954) that would amend 35 U.S.C. § 292(b) to permit "[a] person who has suffered a ...
By Donald Zuhn -- On Thursday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) introduced a bill in the House (H.R. 4954) that would amend 35 U.S.C. § 292(b) to permit "[a] person who has suffered a ...
EPO Search Fees Set to Decrease on April 1, 2010 from www.patentdocs.org
By Christopher P. Singer -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sent out an e-mail alert on March 26, 2010 advising that it has been informed by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property ...
By Christopher P. Singer -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sent out an e-mail alert on March 26, 2010 advising that it has been informed by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property ...
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