Patent & IP news for May 4, 2010
Patent Litigations
- v. Graphics Packaging International, Inc. filed 2010-05-03 in Ohio Southern
- Becka v. Industrial Juguetera, SA et. al. filed 2010-05-03 in Ohio Northern
- DenTek Oral Care, Inc. v. Hayloft Enterprises, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-04-30 in New York Southern
- GS Cleantech Corporation v. Bushmills Ethanol, Inc. filed 2010-05-03 in Minnesota
- GS CleanTech Corporation v. United Wisconsin Grain Producers, LLC filed 2010-05-03 in Wisconsin Western
- Reshare Commerce, LLC v. Close to My Heart, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-04-30 in Minnesota
- Leutenegger, Larry et. al. v. Foiles Migrators, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-05-03 in Wisconsin Western
- GS Cleantech Corporation v. Center Ethanol, LLC et. al. filed 2010-05-03 in Illinois Northern
- Alford Safety Services, Inc. v. Hot-Hed Inc et. al. filed 2010-05-03 in Louisiana Eastern
- GS CleanTech Corporation v. Amaizing Energy Atlantic, LLC et. al. filed 2010-05-03 in Iowa Northern
- WCM Industries, Inc. v. American Brass & Aluminum Foundry Company filed 2010-04-30 in Colorado
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Patent & IP Blogs
Removable Features of Operating Systems from ipkitten.blogspot.com The IPKat is no expert when it comes to the software industry but, like many IP enthusiasts, he tries to keep up with the major issues and thought-trends as and when they crop up. One ...
Black Hole Swab from www.patenthawk.com Allegra D. Hemphill was granted 4,557,720 for a "vaginal swab." "Ms. Hemphill has prosecuted a number of actions and appeals based on the '720 patent, none of which has been successful." She tried ...
Gary Locke: Patent Office Needs Self-Control of Funding and Enhanced Post-Grant Review from www.patentlyo.com The following essay was written by Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and originally published in Politico. Locke is the former Governor of Washington and former partner at Davis Wright Tremaine. As you may know, the ...
Two new IP references for CJEU: any news? from ipkitten.blogspot.com The IPKat and his colleagues are buzzing with excitement at the chance to read the questions contained in a fresh reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminary ruling from ...
Director Kappos Pushes “First to File” from hallingblog.com Director of the Patent Office, David Kappos, provided the following explanation for why we should convert from a “first to invent” to a “first to file” system at the BIO International Convention.
Happy Star Wars Day! from anticipatethis.wordpress.com May 4th is apparently Star Wars Days. Who knew? An interesting article on the unofficial holiday can also be read at Wikipedia here.
Probably a worthy holiday to bring to the attention of our readership ...
Brand Recalls: How Can We Measure Their Effects? from ipfinance.blogspot.com Product recalls are a common enough feature of modern life. More rare, however, are those product recalls that seem to pose a risk to the value of the underlying product brand. In this vein, the ...
An Exclusive Interview with Francis Gurry, WIPO Director General from www.ipwatchdog.com Francis Gurry, WIPO Director General at BIO Convention
Yesterday I had the honor of spending 30 minutes interviewing Francis Gurry, the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The interview was conducted on ...
Recent Trademark Registrations from ipelton.wordpress.com Here is another sampling of recent registrations our clients have received from the USPTO, so readers can see real examples of brands and marks which are being protected. (These are all public records – click on ...
She Negotiates Blawg Review #263 from www.ipadrblog.com She’s She Negotiates, the newest blawg on the block, taking the baton from The Public Intellectual’s brilliant Blawg Review #262, and getting ready to host Blawg Review #263 for Mother’s Day 2010 ...
Where to sue and be sued in the US: some real research from patlit.blogspot.com Thank you, Natalie Nathon, for news of this draft article which has recently been posted on the SSRN website, Mark A. Lemley's "Where to File Your Patent Case" (April 29, 2010). This 39-page document ...
When we hear about China and intellectual property we like to think China is predominantly a source of counterfeit. China is still among the 5 countries where most seized counterfeited goods originate from[1]. More ...
An alternative initiative to promote access to medicine with a method mimicking market mechanisms means to create additional incentives for health innovation, authors of the proposal said yesterday. But other health actors have reservations. A ...
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According to two reports from Subhash K Jha which appear separately in the Bangalore Mirror and the Times of India, the producer of Housefull, which film's soundtrack included a controversial reworked version of a ...
In what promises to end the Montblanc-Gandhi dispute once and for all, we have news that the Centre has refused permission to MontBlanc to use the image of Mahatma Gandhi on their pens.
According to ...
Here's our latest close look into a recent patent litigation case.
Shire LLC et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. et al.
Case number 10-cv-00329- U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware ...
Professor Mark Lemley has released a draft of his new study on patent forum shopping titled "Where to File Your Patent Case." Professor Lemley suggests three primary factors that influence a patentees choice of forum ...
Gotham Media Ventures has announced the above-titled, day-long event on June 17, 2010 in production with GiantSteps Media Technologies. It will be the first event of what will be a major initiative for Gotham Media ...
The Commonwealth of Virginia has one of the more active technology-based economic development (TBED) programs. The Center for Innovative Technologies was an early leader in TBED. Universities, such as the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech ...
In an earlier posting, I described the National Economic Council's announcement Request for Information on Commercialization of University Research. Now comes word that the comment period has been extended until May 26, 2010 at ...
An Indian search engine Guruji.com’s CEO Mr Anurag Dod, along-with someother executives, were arrested on 29th April on charges of making available the copyrighted musical works owned by T-Series.
News reports quote ...
Intellectual property rights and access to medicines were on the agenda at the first day of a biotechnology industry group’s annual convention yesterday. The group held a panel on IP rights and also released ...
Osgoode has been invited to participate in a biannual international treaty negotiation competition hosted by The Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen. This year, the subject of the Copenhagen Competition is international IP ...
At Article One, we appreciate all perspectives relating to patents, and are grateful to Mark Webbink for writing this guest blog post on the free and open source software community. Enjoy his perpsective.
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A group of 100 startup companies sent a letter petitioning the U.S. Congress to support the current one-year grace period for filing a patent application. Current reform measures directed to a "first-to-file" regime arguably ...
Sticking to the theme of results–oriented analysis of jury verdicts, we read with interest a recent press release from Acacia Research Corporation. The press release announced that two Acacia subsidiaries, IP Innovation, LLC and ...
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch All the “noble announcements” made by EU and US officials about respect for the Doha Declaration on intellectual property trade and public health when negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade ...
Edward C. DuMont of WilmerHale is President Obama’s nominee to replace Chief Judge Michel. I posted previously that I had not been able to find any cases where Mr. DuMont had argued before the ...
Is the United States patent system broken and does it need to be fixed? Can our governmental leaders fix the patent system through legislation? Patent reform legislation has been introduced in each of past three ...
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