Patent & IP news for June 21, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Case-Ari, LLC v. mStation, Inc. filed 2010-06-17 in Georgia Northern
- Progressive Casualty Insurance Company v. Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois et. al. filed 2010-06-18 in Ohio Northern
- Aer-Flo Canvas Products, Inc. v. Ervasti et. al. filed 2010-06-18 in Florida Middle
- Daikin Industries Ltd v. Arkema SA et. al. filed 2010-06-18 in Delaware
- Harder et. al. v. Asherman filed 2010-06-17 in Virginia Eastern
- Japan Tobacco, Inc. v. Kappos filed 2010-06-17 in D.C.
- Pfizer Inc. et. al. v. Mylan Inc. et. al. filed 2010-06-18 in West Virginia Northern
- WhitServe LLC v. Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aranoff LLP et. al. filed 2010-06-18 in Maryland
- SmartSignal Corporation filed 2010-06-18 in Illinois Northern
- KYE Systems America Corporation v. Primax Electronics Ltd. filed 2010-06-17 in California Central
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Monday June 21, Another No Bilski Day for the Supremes from www.ipwatchdog.com
Straight from the Broken Record department, the United States Supreme Court has again not issued a decision in Bilski v. Kappos. At this point it seems that not having a decision is anything but surprising ...
Today's UK emergency budget from ipfinance.blogspot.com Today the United Kingdom's new Coalition Government is delivering its emergency budget. If there is anything IP-related, the IP Finance weblog will endeavour to draw it to the attention of readers. Also, the Olswang ...
Forever 21 Sues Forever 26 For Trademark Infringement and 15 USC § 1125 Unfair Competition from www.iptrademarkattorney.com Los Angeles, CA – Forever 21 is the ubiquitous clothing and accessories retailer that began doing business in 1989. Forever 21 is the owner of numerous USPTO registrations for its “21” family of trademarks, including “Forever ...
Parallels, Paranova, packaging and paramnesia from ipkitten.blogspot.com People who complain about the European Union often grumble about its large and expensive bureaucracy. One thing it doesn't have is an official Department of Déjà Vu. Fortunately it doesn't need one since ...
Jury to Hear Evidence of Patent Reexamination Proceedings from www.patentspostgrant.com 
In our February series on the use of reexamination evidence in concurrent litigation, specifically “Is Evidence of a Concurrent Reexamination Admissible in Litigation? (Part III of IV),” we observed that some courts are, at best ...
Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com Buried treasure. The IPKat has learned from a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) press release that, following a round of discussions by Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) member states within the context of the PCT Working ...
Update from Intellectual Property Business Congress (IPBC) from info.articleonepartners.com Reporting from the 3d Annual IP Business Congress meeting here in Munich, sponsored by Intellectual Asset Management magazine.
Well attended by more than 400 delegates, speakers and sponsors.
Terrific plenary session this morning on the ...
Book Review Monday: Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotechnology from www.patentbaristas.com In Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology: Fundamentals of Global Law, Practice and Strategy, Philip Grubb and Peter R. Thomsen provide a solid introduction to patent law topics in some of the largest countries, with ...
In "New Business Models Proposed In Debate On EU Culture And Copyright", written earlier this month by David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch , both levies and microfees were again mooted as means of making internet ...
Andrew, Rob, and I are all in Munich for the IP Business Congress this week. Look out for Andrew on a panel with his fellow IAM 20 members Richard Buttrick and Joe Beyers together ...
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There is a good chance that the Supreme Court will issue a decision in Bilski v. Kappos later this morning. Supreme Court specialist Tom Goldstein writes hopefully: “The longest-outstanding case is Bilski, the business methods ...
Defendant's motion to transfer venue was denied. "The Court finds there will be significant overlap [with a co-pending case in this court] among the issues of claim validity, claim construction, and claim scope. This ...
From a businessweek blog:
The original post about this new service generated a lively debate about whether it’s ethical to “plagiarize” your own essays, or recycle them for multiple applications. I think the consensus ...
I'm catching up on an item from IP Watch last month on the importance of knowledge-building for development:
The widening gap in scientific and technological capabilities between some developing countries suffering persistent poverty and ...
This morning, yet another Supreme Court session went by without a decision in Bilski v. Kappos. With oral argument having occured on November 9, Bilski is now the oldest undecided case on the Supreme Court ...
A new patent infringement case seen in today’s Docket Report, WhitServe LLC v. Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aranoff LLP et al., 8-10-cv-01639 (MDD 2010), targets customers of Computer Packages, Inc., which includes several law firms ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Alpine Electronics of America, Case No 09-1544. (June 18, 2010)
Britannica alleged infringement of two patents relating to a multimedia database search system for retrieving textual and graphical information. Both patents stemmed ...
By Olivier A. Taillieu and Jeffrey J. Zuber || The Federal Circuit has held that the founder and president of a company that has submitted a patent application may owe a duty to disclose to the ...
WhitServe LLC v. Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aranoff LLP et al., 8-10-cv-01639 (D. Md. 2010).
WhitServe previously sued Computer Packages, Inc. (“CPI”) on patents relating to online patent annuity and trademark renewal payment service. WhitServe prevailed ...
I have the great opportunity to visit this years main IP event - the IP Business Congress held in Munich.The conference is doing a good job of bringing together "who's who" within the, seemingly ...
The case on appeal from the BPAI, IN RE PETER KITE AND DAVID HATTON , merited only a token per curiam affirmance at the CAFC.
Looking at the underlying BPAI case, one sees another obviousness rejection ...
The following is excerpted from a June 17, 2010 article at Reuters by Nivedita Bhattacharjee:
A federal court judge ruled that a patent infringement lawsuit filed by PaperPro stapler maker Accentra against Staples Inc (SPLS ...
Robert Dewald is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Online advertising is a growing and lucrative business. In 2009, $22.7 billion USD was spent on online advertising within the U.S. which ...
Within a New York Times article about grade inflation at law schools, one has the text:
“If somebody’s paying $150,000 for a law school degree, you don’t want to call them a ...
Takeaway: When using a foreign language reference in a rejection, the MPEP suggests that an Examiner should always provide a translation rather than relying on the English language abstract. However, BPAI case law interpreting this ...
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