Patent & IP news for May 28, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Imes v. Galasso et. al. filed 2010-05-27 in Texas Western
- Rexnord Indistries, LLC v. Eaton Corporation filed 2010-05-27 in Rhode Island
- Ascio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals, LLC filed 2010-05-25 in Georgia Northern
- EMD Crop Bioscience Inc. v. EMD Crop Bioscience Canada Inc. et. al. filed 2010-05-27 in Wisconsin Western
- Tadayon et. al. v. Coach Usa, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-05-27 in D.C.
- Sun Products Corporation v. US Nonwovens Corporation et. al. filed 2010-05-26 in Delaware
- Telebrands Corp. v. Grace Manufacturing, Inc. filed 2010-05-26 in New Jersey
- Daniels Manufacturing Company v. MS Distributing filed 2010-05-27 in Nebraska
- Atwater Partners of Texas LLC v. AT&T, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-05-27 in Texas Eastern
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When Making Accusations of Infringement, Be Ready to Assert Patent from inventivestep.net Earlier this week, in Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Clariti Eyewear, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that an allegation of infringement, followed by three years of silence, equitably estopped the patentee from suing the defendant for ...
Patent Attorney Arrested for Threatening President Obama from www.ipwatchdog.com On Tuesday, May 25, 2010, Adam Albrett, a patent attorney (Reg. No. 50514) who lives in Fairfax, Virginia, was arrested and charged with making threats on the life of the President of the United States ...
Failure to Identify Specification Structure a Non-Starter for BPAI from www.patentspostgrant.com Rejection in Ex Parte Patent Reexamination Flawed as to Means-Plus-Function Claim Analysis
On May 26, 2010 the BPAI affirmed-in-part the final rejection of certain claims in the ex parte reexamination of U.S. Patent 6 ...
Nortel Patents Sale: The difficulty of putting a pricetag on a large portfolio from www.ipprospective.com The insolvent Nortel Networks Corp. has a very valuable patent portfolio. But because so many suiters may be in the market to purchase the portfolio, the question has become how valuable? Bloomberg ran a report ...
Alternative Programming from www.patenthawk.com On a typical day, Adam Albrett, aka Muhannad Almahmoudi, prosecutes patents in Fairfax Virginia. Also an inventor, Mr. Albrett was granted 7,610,011, titled "Providing alternative programming on a radio in response to user ...
“Tips on Prosecuting a Trademark Application at the USPTO” from ipelton.wordpress.com I have just returned this week from International Trademark Association annual conference in Boston. It was a great meeting with informative panels, networking, meeting other trademark attorneys, and meeting with a few clients. One of ...
Threats, Bullying and Big: "Once You Are Big You Are Not Cute Anymore" from www.ipadrblog.com In reading the NYT this past Sunday, I pondered the article by Brad Stone, targeting Google’s “monopoly” in online search and advertising, posing the question: Sure It’s Big. But is That Bad?
Increasing ...
Patent enforcement companies speak at SF conference from thepriorart.typepad.com Earlier this month, MDB Capital Group--anIP-focused investment bankthat promises to help investors understand "the hidden value of intellectual property assets and future technological leadership"--held what it billed as its first annual "Bright ...
Brands and INTA: Going Where No Annual Meeting Has Gone Before? from ipkitten.blogspot.com This Kat just finished nearly a week in 24/7-like mode in connection with the INTA annual meeting in Boston (on which, see this week's postings, passim). Upon reflection, the event that most sticks ...
Custom Casket from www.patenthawk.com In offering a license, Ablaise accused Dow Jones of infringing 6,961,737 & 6,295,530, claiming web page personalization. Dow Jones replied with a DJ. Realizing that validity was in jeopardy, Ablaise offered a ...
I love Professor Joseph Hadzima Jr. …well I sort of half love him. from www.tangible-ip.com 
Omigosh what a big IP news week. So much to talk about all condensed in one week. If I didn’t know the IP market better I’d almost call it a wave.
Thanks to ...
Federal Circuit Affirms Claim Construction and Rejects Indefiniteness Argument from www.grayonclaims.com Honeywell Int'l, Inc. v. United States (Fed. Cir. May 25, 2010)
In this case, the Federal Circuit affirmed the claim construction from the Court of Federal Claims but also found that the Court of ...
Simplify | the benefits of minimalism from www.patentbaristas.com After having some new faces join our firm, I’ve been thinking about the inherent difficulties of balancing work with the rest of life. While I’ll leave the question of whether lawyers can achieve ...
Free speech versus trade mark rights at the Swiss Indoors from ipkitten.blogspot.com Trade mark parody cases always draw a lot of interest - maybe more than justified by their commercial (in)significance, but the boundaries of free speech imposed by trade mark law and unfair competition law are ...
Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Some bleary-eyed Kats and their friends are now sleeping off the worst effects of the INTA Meeting in Boston, but they could not in all conscience curl up in their baskets without first remembering to ...
Joff Wild at the IAM Blog http://www.iam-magazine.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?g=62e97da6-3b56-48a0-a853-044df49b0276 is reporting that the Nortel patent portfolio is up for sale. I’ve added a comment about the price and ...
Many IP agreements contain a clause referring disputes about the subject matter to mediation and/or arbitration instead of reliance on court action. There is often, however, an exception permitting court action in the case ...
In a thread about disposable cameras in 2005, one commenter wrote:
The Kodak empties don't necessarily go back to Kodak, they go back to whoever the photofinisher gets the best price from. As for ...
The stalled Doha Round trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization will become important again once the current economic stimuli wear off, Supachai Panitchpakdi, secretary-general of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), told ...
Of an earlier portion of the case, the CAFC wrote:
However, we vacated in part and remanded the
Commission’s decision based on a particular requirement
for recovery, under our recent decision in SKF USA ...
Steven Zuccarelli is a 2012 JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. It is often surprising for the newest generation of multimedia consumers to realize that making private copies of copyrighted work has been occurring ...
Plaintiff's motion to strike 25 of 31 newly-disclosed defense witnesses was granted as to all but 3 witnesses. "[The scheduling] order did not provide for automatic reopening of discovery after the claim construction ruling ...
As discussed in this post, the United States Patent and Trademark Office will not register your trademark until you begin using it in commerce. For a trademark used in connection with services (a service mark ...
Yesterday I attended the Dialog Customer Forum event, which was held at the USPTO’s Madison building in Alexandria, Virginia. As always happens at these events, there was far more information presented than I can ...
Negotiators trying to find a solution for the world’s print disabled, who have said copyright law is limiting their access to an already meagre supply of reading material in usable formats, began discussing a ...
In a number of earlier postings, I discussed the role of IP in fashion. Here is a new TED talk on from Johanna Blakley, arguing for the open creative system, user-driven and the "culture of ...
[JOTWELL] Many of us enjoy legal theory of all sorts (even that outside of patent law) but we do not have time to sift through the several thoursand law review articles published each year.
A ...
Yesterday, Greg McKallagat and I attended an excellent webinar by Southwest's Linda Rutherford (who is VP of Communications and Strategic Outreach and is active on their Twitter account). In this webinar, she talked about ...
A few weeks ago, IPLaw 360 published an article titled, “Five Things Patent Examiners Wish You Would Do.” The article—aimed at patent practitioners—featured sound suggestions on things attorneys could do to help the ...
The above-titled seminar co-sponsored by Analysis Group, Georgetown University's Center for Business and Public Policy, and McKool Smith will take place on June 15, 2010 at The Newseum in Washington, D.C. One of ...
Transition: May 31 is Chief Judge Paul Michel’s last day on the bench. Judge Randall Rader will become the next Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The Court today ...
In an earlier post, Kruttika initiated a thought-provoking discussion on certain lesser discussed aspects of Justice Murlidhar’s decision on appealability of pre-grant decisions. In the comments, the discussion ultimately veered towards the distinction between ...
The Analysis Group, Georgetown University's Center for Business and Public Policy, and McKool Smith will be offering a seminar entitled "Patent Reform 2010: What Shape Will It Finally Take?" on June 15, 2010, 2010 ...
The American Bar Association (ABA) Center for Continuing Legal Education and ABA Section of Science & Technology Law will be offering a teleconference and live audio webcast entitled "Navigating the U.S. Biosimilar Pathway" on June ...
The American Bar Association (ABA) Center for Continuing Legal Education and ABA Section of International Law will be offering a teleconference and live audio webcast entitled "Regulatory and Intellectual Property Opportunities and Challenges for Life ...
Intellectual Property Rights Division at FICCI is intensively involved in issues pertaining to protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. It has taken a lead role in raising awareness on Intellectual Property Rights amongst the ...
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