Patent & IP news for April 30, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Brooks Instrument LLC et. al. v. MKS Instruments, Inc. filed 2010-04-29 in Massachusetts
- Shionogi Pharma Inc. et. al. v. Impax Laboratories Inc. filed 2010-04-28 in Delaware
- Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation v. Taro Pharmaceutical USA Inc. et. al. filed 2010-04-28 in Delaware
- Pfizer Inc. et. al. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. et. al. filed 2010-04-28 in Delaware
- Abbott Laboratories et. al. v. Watson Laboratories, Inc.-Florida et. al. filed 2010-04-27 in New Jersey
- Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation v. Taro Pharmaceutical U.S.A., Inc. et. al. filed 2010-04-28 in New York Southern
- Stragent, LLC et. al. v. Match.com, LLC et. al. filed 2010-04-29 in Texas Eastern
- Stragent, LLC et. al. v. Audi AG et. al. filed 2010-04-29 in Texas Eastern
- Stragent, LLC et. al. v. Amazon.Com, Inc., et. al. filed 2010-04-29 in Texas Eastern
- Stragent, LLC et. al. v. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-04-29 in Texas Eastern
- Blinder International v. Laser Interceptor USA et. al. filed 2010-04-29 in Florida Middle
- True Fitness Technology, Inc. v. Spirit Manufacturing, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-04-29 in Missouri Eastern
- Olympic Controls Corp v. Henge Docks, LLC filed 2010-04-29 in Illinois Northern
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP et. al. v. Apotex Inc. et. al. filed 2010-04-27 in Florida Southern
- Abbott Laboratories et. al. v. Watson Laboratories, Inc.-Florida et. al. filed 2010-04-29 in Florida Southern
- Hildebrand v. Auto Zone filed 2010-04-28 in Colorado
- Pfizer Inc. et. al. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-04-29 in Florida Southern
- RTC Industries, Inc. v. Fasteners for Retail, Inc. filed 2010-04-29 in Illinois Northern
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Patent & IP Blogs
Update on Patent Pendency from www.patentlyo.com Average Pendency of Utility Patents Issued April 27, 2010 (Filing Date to Issue Date, Not Including Priority Claims)
Claim Priority to Foreign Application
Yes
No
Claim Priority to US Non-Provisional Application
Yes
2.8 years ...
Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Don't forget to check out the IPKat's side bar for the current list of Forthcoming Events. Newly-added events include this summer's 10th Annual IP Law Summer School, organised by Informa and held ...
Guest Post: R for Ranking from spicyipindia.blogspot.com 
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Suchita Saigal, a name familiar to the Spicy IP readers, brings yet another bit of 'spicy' IP news tid-bit to the fore for us, that has been presented as follows:
A recent ...
Breaking News: Google win in Rosetta Stone Adwords case from ipkitten.blogspot.com 
Google's motion for summary judgment was granted by US District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee of the Eastern District of Virginia (4th Circuit) in the trade mark infringement and AdWords litigation brought against them by ...
Brands Make Mistakes Too- remember ‘New Coke’? from ipelton.wordpress.com Brands are controlled and managed by humans. As a result, brands make mistakes. Remember Pepsi Clear and Crystal Pepsi? McDonald’s Arch Deluxe? Microsoft Zune? The XFL? But the most notorious brand failure was New ...
Sources of growth - Part 2 from intellectualprofit.blogspot.com In Part 1 of this series on sources of growth, I mentioned that if licensing business is not managed well, the stream of income could fall through such factors as natural attrition, royalty erosion, underreporting ...
What Should We Do With Brand Rankings? from ipfinance.blogspot.com How qauntifiable are brands? I sometimes hear from MBA students the lament that, after courses in finance, operations research, micro-economics and the like, their branding course can seem a bit too touchy-feely, more art than ...
Pre and Pixi smartphones to go to HP from ipfinance.blogspot.com Another challenge seems to come up for Microsoft with the news this week that Hewlett-Packard intends to acquire Palm for US$1.2 billion - a decision for Palm's operating system WebOS as the basis ...
Patent Reform by Memorial Day? from www.patentspostgrant.com The March 4, 2010 Manager’s Amendment to S. 515, known as the Patent Reform Act of 2010 may be substituted for the Senate Judiciary Committee-passed version of S. 515, and then be considered by ...
Aussies to drive logos, imagery from ciggie boxes? from ipkitten.blogspot.com Writing from Sydney, Australia, for The Independent, Kathy Marks ("Australia to ban logos on cigarette packets") explains that Australia is poised to introduce the world's harshest anti-smoking laws, with tobacco companies forced to sell ...
Ernst & Young Report: Biotech Industry Reaches Profitability for the First Time from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- On Wednesday, less than a week before the industry congregates in Chicago for the 2010 BIO International Convention, Ernst & Young issued its 24th annual report on the biotech sector. In the report ...
By Donald Zuhn -- On Wednesday, less than a week before the industry congregates in Chicago for the 2010 BIO International Convention, Ernst & Young issued its 24th annual report on the biotech sector. In the report ...
USPTO Announces Extension of Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program from www.patentdocs.org
By Sarah Fendrick -- The Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program, first implemented on October 20, 2009, was extended an additional six months beyond the original ending date of April 1, 2010. The program permits applicants ...
By Sarah Fendrick -- The Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program, first implemented on October 20, 2009, was extended an additional six months beyond the original ending date of April 1, 2010. The program permits applicants ...
Negotiators Begin To Find Common Ground In WIPO IP Development Talks from www.ip-watch.org
A coordination mechanism and a project on transfer of technology will dominate much of the last day of the World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property, but with two new projects approved ...
A coordination mechanism and a project on transfer of technology will dominate much of the last day of the World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property, but with two new projects approved ...
To License or Not to License? from www.iposgoode.ca
Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In a recent paper, Michael Jacobs and Alan Devlin discuss the debate in forcing monopolists to license their IP. By licensing their IP, monopolists ...
Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In a recent paper, Michael Jacobs and Alan Devlin discuss the debate in forcing monopolists to license their IP. By licensing their IP, monopolists ...
China Foreign Investor Beware. Patriotic Patent Plaintiffs Are Coming For You from www.infringementupdates.com
The following is excerpted from Stan Abrams April 29, 2010 post at his China Hearsay blog: Every once in a while, a big intellectual property case comes along in China that makes the foreign investment ...
The following is excerpted from Stan Abrams April 29, 2010 post at his China Hearsay blog: Every once in a while, a big intellectual property case comes along in China that makes the foreign investment ...
Canadian Inventor/Designer Robert Dickie from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com
The Globe and Mail's business magazine has an interesting profile of Canadian inventor and industrial designer Robert G. Dickie. ("The Business of Brainstorms", April 29) Dickie's firm, Spark Innovations, is responsible for designing ...
The Globe and Mail's business magazine has an interesting profile of Canadian inventor and industrial designer Robert G. Dickie. ("The Business of Brainstorms", April 29) Dickie's firm, Spark Innovations, is responsible for designing ...
ResQNet Distinguished -- Evidence of Litigation-Induced Licenses Excluded from docketreport.blogspot.com
Plaintiff's motion in limine concerning settlement licenses for patents other than the patents-in-suit was granted in part and the court rejected defendant's argument that ResQNet.com, Inc. v. Lansa, Inc., 594 F.3d ...
Plaintiff's motion in limine concerning settlement licenses for patents other than the patents-in-suit was granted in part and the court rejected defendant's argument that ResQNet.com, Inc. v. Lansa, Inc., 594 F.3d ...
US Annual IP Enforcement Report Released from www.ip-watch.org
An annual report from the Office of the United States Trade Representative on how well it considers other countries to be protecting and enforcing American intellectual property rights is now available. The so-called Special 301 ...
An annual report from the Office of the United States Trade Representative on how well it considers other countries to be protecting and enforcing American intellectual property rights is now available. The so-called Special 301 ...
Can I Sell or Assign My Trademark Application? from patents101.com
Like patents and copyright registrations, registered trademarks are concrete assets that can be sold, transferred, or licensed to others. A pending trademark application that has not yet matured into a registration can also be transferred ...
Special IP Courts in the offing? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
On World IP day this year (which we had blogged about here), several new initiatives, prgrammes, agenda were announced. Similarly, the Delhi High Court- which probably sees 30-35 IP cases or more each day- hosted ...
On World IP day this year (which we had blogged about here), several new initiatives, prgrammes, agenda were announced. Similarly, the Delhi High Court- which probably sees 30-35 IP cases or more each day- hosted ...
Brazil patents to expire 1 year early? from ipkitten.blogspot.com
According to this news item, which is in the process of being picked up elsewhere, a Brazilian Court has decided that, contrary to all conventional wisdom, a patent claiming priority to an earlier application expires ...
According to this news item, which is in the process of being picked up elsewhere, a Brazilian Court has decided that, contrary to all conventional wisdom, a patent claiming priority to an earlier application expires ...
Further developments on double patenting at the EPO from ipkitten.blogspot.com
Thanks to the excellent EPLaw patent blog, the IPKat has learned of a recent EPO decision, T 1423/07 (available from EPOline here), in which the technical board disagrees with the view taken in T ...
Thanks to the excellent EPLaw patent blog, the IPKat has learned of a recent EPO decision, T 1423/07 (available from EPOline here), in which the technical board disagrees with the view taken in T ...
US Trade Representative Issues Annual Report on Global IP Rights from www.ipwatchdog.com
Earlier today the Office of the United States Trade Representative released its annual “Special 301” Report on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ protection of intellectual property rights. The Report is an ...
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