Patent & IP news for May 7, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Pieczenik v. Astellaspharma, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-05-05 in New Jersey
- RTC Industries, Inc. v. Display Specialties, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-05-06 in Illinois Northern
- Purdue Pharma L.P. et. al. v. Ranbaxy Inc. et. al. filed 2010-05-05 in New York Southern
- Patect, LLC v. Nisus Corporation filed 2010-05-06 in Texas Eastern
- Fastek, LLC v. Steco et. al. filed 2010-05-05 in California Southern
- Stragent, LLC et. al. v. Classmates Online, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-05-06 in Texas Eastern
- Patect, LLC v. Veritec, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-05-06 in Texas Eastern
- Stragent, LLC et. al. v. HTC Corporation et. al. filed 2010-05-06 in Texas Eastern
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Patent & IP Blogs
Book Review: "Patent Law for Computer Scientists" from ipkitten.blogspot.com How much information does a patent application have to disclose for it to be patentable? Usually this question is about whether an invention is sufficiently 'enabled', i.e. whether it provides enough information for a ...
Political Posturing & Patent Reform from www.patentspostgrant.com With the Senate momentum on Patent Reform Bill S.515 seemingly leading to a vote before Memorial Day, House members seeking a voice in the final bill have focused opposition efforts on the PTO funding ...
In Hybrid Patent Case Toyota Argues Preclusion to Avoid Exclusion from greenpatentblog.com
In previous posts (here, here and here), I’ve discussed the patent litigation between hybrid vehicle technology company Paice and Japanese automaker Toyota in the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
This case centers on ...
Swept Away from www.patenthawk.com Rolls-Royce's 6,071,077 and United Technologies (UTC) reissue application 09/874,931 had a head-on collision in the PTO that bounced into court under 35 U.S.C. § 146. The patents go to ...
Diary: Reporting Live from the 2010 BIO International Convention from www.ipwatchdog.com Exhibit Hall at BIO International Convention; showing about 5% of the square footage.
On Sunday, May 2, 2010, I left home for Dulles International Airport, abbreviation IAD. It has always seemed strange to me that ...
Can Craftsman, Diehard and Kenmore Come to the Rescue? from ipkitten.blogspot.com It is always engaging to observe the strategic role that trade marks play for a struggling company. A particularly notable example is the changing strategic role of trade marks owned by Sears, the giant U ...
Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com The IPKat's side bar contains news of lots of forthcoming events, so please remember to check them out! One such event is the 24th Annual MARQUES Conference in Berlin, which is now open for ...
IP valuation courses: a reader asks ... from ipfinance.blogspot.com A reader has emailed IP Finance to ask if it knows of any courses on intellectual property valuation that are (i) general, in the sense of not being specific to any one type of IP ...
Delhi HC rules in favour of Havells India - finds Asian Electronic's patent to be anticipated and lacking in an inventive step from spicyipindia.blogspot.com The Delhi High Court in a crisp, well reasoned, 13 page Order dated 19th April, 2010, has dismissed an interim injunction application in a patent infringement suit filed by Asian Electronics Ltd. v. Havells India ...
Have a Pending Patent Application? There’s Never Been a Better Time to Make a Deal with the Patent Office from ipassetmaximizerblog.com 
The US Patent Office is in a deal-making mood.
The US Patent Office is in a deal-making mood. Really. Ever since Director Kappos told his examiners last Fall that “patent quality does not equal rejection ...
By Sarah Fendrick -- Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (75 Fed. Reg. 22120) regarding two roundtables that the Office will be holding to obtain public ...
The "M. Allison Hart" character on NCIS, initially introduced as a patent lawyer, reappeared on May 4 in the "Obsessed" episode, as a temporary employee of NCIS representing a Mexican drug agency. This patent lawyer ...
Previews of the Mentalist episode "18-5-4", which aired May 6, suggested a possible link to the classic movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space [which included Royal Dano], but the clown/outer space connection was not ...
The following is excerpted from the May 4, 2010 decision: Allegra D. Hemphill appeals from an order issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia enjoining her from filing any new ...
In a post on govexec.com on May 5, 2010, we see that the House is not going along passively with S.515:
During a hearing on the PTO, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John ...
What Inventors Need to Know...
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We are pleased to welcome the law firm of Arnason Faktor as our new Icelandic agent, expanding our global agent network to 63 countries now.
Sigurour Ingvarsson of Arnason Faktor said, "We are delighted to ...
A World Intellectual Property Organization committee tasked with finding an international instrument to prevent the misappropriation of traditional knowledge, folklore, and genetic resources has begun in earnest text-based discussions and is now working to find ...
For the second month in a row, the news from the BLS on employment was basically good news. Employment increased by 290,000. Economist has expected job growth of 180,000 (according to the Dow ...
Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Andrew Weaver, a prominent University of Victoria climate researcher, has claimed that he has been defamed in a series of articles published by The ...
The New York Times notes that the American Cancer Society has criticized the recent federal government report on cancer risks:
Dr. Michael Thun, an epidemiologist from the ACS, said in an online statement that the ...
Just before the launch of the product, Apple successfully acquired the rights to the ‘iPad’ trademark from Fujitsu. The USPTO Assignment database shows recording a change of ownership of the trademark to Apple through a ...
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27. The method according to claim 25, further comprising the step of controlling an alcohol concentration in the beverage by adjusting a yeast fermentable fraction remaining after lactic acid fermentation.
28. The method according to ...
There is an interesting article at Politico by Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce, on the reasons that patent law reform should be enacted. Most notable, in our opinion, are the portions of the current reform ...
Boehringer Ingelheim International GMBH v. Barr Laboratories, Inc.(Fed. Cir. 2010) (denial of en banc rehearing)
In January 2010, the Federal Circuit expanded the scope of the safe-harbor created by 35 USC 121 against double ...
A meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization committee on traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions and genetic resources drew to a close today with an unusual ending: applause, and an agreement. Related Articles:
For patent defendant Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, it was the best of times on March 30, when it read the opening paragraph of a district court order granting its request for a fee award: “When ...
Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding its Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2010: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing seminar on June 16-18, 2010 in New York, NY and on July 7-9, 2010 ...
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