Patent & IP news for June 3, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Medicines Company v. APP Pharmaceuticals LLC et. al. filed 2010-06-01 in Delaware
- RM Equipment, Inc., a Florida corporation v. EVIKE.COM, Inc. d/b/a Airsoftpost.com, a foreign corporation filed 2010-06-02 in Florida Southern
- Hallstrom v. Arthur Middleton Capital Holdings et. al. filed 2010-06-01 in California Southern
- Muth Pump LLC v. Eagle Innovations Inc. filed 2010-06-01 in Colorado
- Omix-Ada, Inc. v. Olympic 4x4 Products filed 2010-06-01 in Georgia Northern
- QSC Holdings Inc et. al. v. Eastern Acoustic Works Inc filed 2010-06-01 in California Central
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The "Fishy" Trademark Handover from spicyipindia.blogspot.com In a wonderful piece of investigative journalism, CH Unni reports on the rather "fishy" move to divest the current Controller General, PH Kurian of his "trademark" portfolio.
Some see this as an attempt to reinstate ...
MIT: A Clear Correlation Between IP and Capital Market Success from www.ipprospective.com Here is a talking point that every IP strategist and professional in the IP monetization business has been waiting to put in their arsenal of persuasion efforts: MIT agrees. I was put on to this ...
The Risk of Delaying Your Request For Patent Reexamination from www.patentspostgrant.com As noted in our post yesterday, prior to their Memorial Day break, the Federal Circuit issued two decisions touching upon patent reexamination practice, the second decision is discussed below.
PTO Proposes Major New Patent Application Processing Rules from www.ipwatchdog.com Kappos speaking at Center for American Progress, 6/2/2010, hinted of a major rulemaking announcement.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is seeking public comment on a major new patent examination initiative that ...
Hasbro v. Buzz Bee: Nerf Wars and Super-Soaker Nausicaans from patent-warrior.blogspot.com 
In a patent litigation development that I applaud, Hasbro sued two of its competitors -- Buzz Bee Toys and Lanyard Toys -- for what appears to be flat out copying of its Nerf-N-Strike and Super Soaker products ...
German Piratenpartei: The Hype Is Over from www.ipjur.com Google Trends for 'Piratenpartei'
The various Pirate Parties which now are active in a large number of countries demand - specific for every country - various modifications of the current system of Intellectual Property law. Hence, they ...
"Justice must be seen to be Danone" from ipkitten.blogspot.com Posted online only yesterday was the decision of the Irish Supreme Court (Hardiman J, Fennelly J and, giving judgment for the court, Macken J) of 19 May 2010 in Compagnie Gervais Danone v Glanbia Foods ...
Corporations Have the Rights of a Person? from hallingblog.com There has been a lot of anger at corporations lately and many people are wondering when and why the courts ever stated that corporations have the rights of a “legal person.” The case Citizens United ...
If it's not for sale, it's not put on the market. Duh. from ipkitten.blogspot.com Article 7(1) of the First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks in its original version provided:
‘The trade mark ...
Ford and Paice Collide in Hybrid Vehicle Patent Dispute from greenpatentblog.com 
Last month, Ford Motor Company (Ford) and hybrid vehicle technology company Paice LLC (Paice) each sued the other over allegations that Ford’s Fusion hybrid infringes Paice’s U.S. Patent No. 5,343,970 ...
A USPTO Ombudsman Pilot Program, Now That's Using ADR in IP! Or is it? from www.ipadrblog.com On April 6th of this year, the Patent and Trademark Office announced its new Ombudsman Pilot Program for patent examinations. David Kappos, the USPTO’s Director, states in his that the program was established to ...
Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: A Multi-Track Patent Examination System from www.patentlyo.com The USPTO is in the midst of considering a new multi-track examination system that would offer patent applicants options to choose between fast-track “prioritized” examination, ordinary examination, and delayed examination. It is expected that applicants ...
By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, a post on Patently-O presented some interesting results regarding the percent of utility applications that had issued as patents as compared to the total number of issued patents and abandoned ...
In Haemonetics v. Baxter Health Care, the term in question was "centrifugal unit,"
and the CAFC was emphatic about the need for the term to mean
the same thing throughout the claim:
In this case ...
Mary Niederberger of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gives a summary of matters in the plagiarism case against Terry Kinavey, the suspended West Jefferson Hills superintendent-->
In addition to accusing Mrs. Kinavey of acting inappropriately regarding the ...
David Kappos recently discussed in his blog, "Director's Forum," an article published by IPLaw 360 titled, "Five Things Patent Examiners Wish You Would Do." The five tips are:
1. Set up an interview
2 ...
According to a report by Bloomberg, there’s a new shake–up in the world of patent–holding companies. A former Kirkland & Ellis partner, who spent a number of years defending corporations in patent infringement ...
Editor Tom M. Schaumberg offers the above-titled book available through American Bar Association Book Publishing (publication date - February 16, 2010).
Get expert analysis and explanation of the participants in Section 337 investigations and the unique ...
The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's contributory infringement claim for failure to state a claim. "Plaintiff alleges that the Infringing Toy is sold in the form of kits that require assembly ...
From the Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office chief David Kappos is proposing a new three-track system for patent applications that would allow applicants to pay an undisclosed amount on top of ...
The World Cup in football/ soccer is almost upon us, and I've been having a look at patents related to the "beautiful game". The International Patent Classification provides a number of classes for...
(From ...
Tomorrow and Saturday, the Finance ministers of the G20 nations will meet in South Korea. This morning's Wall Street Journal blog Real Time Economics has the highlights of a pre-meeting interview with Treasury Secretary ...
In the past two years, China has acted to improve the protection of intellectual property rights with a need for continuing effort, a World Trade Organization report has found, but the country came under criticism ...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the PTO is proposing a three-track patent application system that would allow applicants to pay an increased fee to have their applications examined on a fast track. The ...
It's June 2010, and with unemployment around 10%, there is plenty of internet advice on how to get a job. One that recently showed up is titled Why Do They Ask That in an ...
Various news entities are picking up on the fact that Steven E. Koonin, currently the Under Secretary of Energy for Science at the United States Department of Energy, was previously the Chief Scientist for BP ...
The US Patent and Trademark Office is seeking comments on a proposed new patent examination initiative aimed at providing applicants with greater control over the speed with which their applications are examined and promoting greater ...
Evalueserve, a global research and analytics firm, conducted a study on the state of the Legal Process Offshore outsourcing (LPO) industry, forecasting the industry’s revenue and growth potential in its white paper titled “Legal ...
According to a Wall Street Journal article, a potential new fast track system for expedited examination of patents was proposed by David Kappos. The new system would have three different tracks available to applicants. One ...
In a decision last week, the Ninth Circuit held the filing of an application for registration with the copyright office is sufficient to meet the requirement that a copyright be "registered" before suit is brought ...
In a press release today, the USPTO has proposed a tiered examination system where applicants could choose to pay a higher fee in exchange for quicker examination of an application or could opt for a ...
China and India, two increasingly potent players on the global economic stage, next week plan to voice concerns at the World Trade Organization about efforts by developed countries to push poorer trading partners beyond their ...
Apart from the Coty Lancaster ruling of the European Court of Justice, there was another important trade mark case from the same court today -- but it seems to have been missed. It's Case C ...
The USPTO and Google have entered a two-year agreement to allow Google to provide bulk patent and trademark data to the public, according to a USPTO press release dated June 2.
The agreement requires Google ...
The Innovation Economy: Unleashing Intellectual Property to Fuel Growth and Create Jobs
Under Secretary Kappos
June 2, 2010
Thank you, Sarah, for that kind introduction. I would like to thank the Center for American Progress ...
Michael John Long is an LLM Candidate advancing to the PhD at Osgoode Hall Law School Lord Justice Jacob, sitting for the England and Wales Court of Appeal, recently stated in his ruling that he ...
Professor Kristen Osenga (Richmond) has written a new essay for the Patently-O Patent Law Journal entitled The Patent Office's Fast Track Will Not Take Us in the Right Direction, 2010 Patently-O Patent L.J ...
WISH-TV reports on a plagiarism scandal at Hamilton Southeastern High School involving students who were in ACP classes that were given in conjunction with Indiana University [IU].
The rub as to students that were planning ...
The press is reporting that a Federal Magistrate has allowed a child support application to be served on a “Mr Howard” by Facebook.
Following service, “Mr Howard” shut down his Facebook and MySpace accounts.
See ...
By James DeGiulio -- Celgene, Barr Resolve Patent Dispute over Generic Thalomid Celgene Corp. and Barr Laboratories Inc. have resolved their patent dispute over the multiple myeloma cancer drug Thalomid, with Celgene agreeing to drop its ...
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