Patent & IP news for June 23, 2010
Patent Litigations
- PetEdge, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-06-22 in Massachusetts
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP et. al. v. Glenmark Generics Inc. USA filed 2010-06-21 in Delaware
- Quantum Labs, Inc. v. Dr. Fresh, Inc. filed 2010-06-22 in Minnesota
- Jackson v. Husky Corporation filed 2010-06-22 in Illinois Southern
- Frontier Communications Corporation v. Google Inc. filed 2010-06-22 in Delaware
- Apple Inc. v. High Tech Computer Corp. et. al. filed 2010-06-21 in Delaware
- Woodstream Corporation v. Southern Sales And Marketing Group, Inc. filed 2010-06-22 in Pennsylvania Eastern
- Woodstream Corporation v. Red River Commodities, Inc filed 2010-06-21 in Pennsylvania Eastern
- Innovative Office Products, Inc. v. Humanscale Corporation filed 2010-06-22 in Pennsylvania Eastern
- Primeware, Inc. v. Evergreen Enterprises, Inc. filed 2010-06-22 in Texas Northern
- ADC Technology Inc. filed 2010-06-22 in Illinois Northern
- Livjo, Inc. et. al. v. Deckers Outdoor Corporation et. al. filed 2010-06-21 in California Central
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YouTube Wins Case Against Viacom from blawgit.com In a landmark ruling, Judge Louis Stanton, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York, granted YouTube and Google summary judgment against Viacom, holding that YouTube qualified for “safe harbor” protection ...
Securitised trade marks: a quick question from ipfinance.blogspot.com A sudden and somewhat random thought occurred to me yesterday in the course of a conversation with Craig Bailey of Questel Edital.
We understand that the securitisation of trade marks is a convenient means by ...
IP And The Fight On Business Models from www.ipjur.com In my previous posting I had reported and commented on certain lobbying efforts of (newspaper) publishing companies. Those entities were used to run on a long-established business model which apparently is doomed to fail in ...
Odd Rods Cartoon Trading Cards And Stickers In Copyright and Trademark Dispute from www.iptrademarkattorney.com Los Angeles, CA – Cartoonist/illustrator B.K. Taylor created the Odd Rods group of trading cards and sticker series in 1969 for the Donruss company. The theme for the cartoons was monsters driving cars, hot ...
That Troll Session-slashdot, IOU an apology from www.tangible-ip.com I can’t leave Munich without a comment on that NPE session. Picture the scene. Have you ever seen the film the Fifth Element? Gary Oldman, the excellent Gary Oldman, plays the baddie, the ultimate ...
Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Dreadfully embarrassed the IPKat realises that, while his attention was elsewhere, Her Majesty the Queen announced her Birthday Honours on 12 June. Taking a belated peek, the Kat is delighted to see that at least ...
Even If from www.patenthawk.com "An annuity is a contract that guarantees the payment of money to an annuitant upon certain intervals. Annuities are typically used to provide individuals with long-term economic protection against the risk of outliving their assets ...
Of Catnic, clamps and catheters: the story of an ordinary word from ipkitten.blogspot.com "Judge gives word its ordinary meaning" was the striking headline of the IPKat's post last summer (here) on the decision of Mr Justice Mann (Patents Court, England and Wales) in Occlutech GmbH v AGA ...
Rick Ross Trademark Infringement Suit Against Def Jam and Jay-Z from patentlawip.blogspot.com 
Ricky Donnell Ross (or ‘Freeway’ Ricky Ross) was an L.A. drug kingpin who was arrested in 1996, and released from federal prison in May 2009. But most people know Rick Ross (sometimes Rick Ro ...
Boy Scouts Introduce “Inventing” Merit Badge from blawgit.com Working with the Lemelson-MIT program, The Boy Scouts of America are introducing a merit badge for Inventing. The requirements for obtaining the badge include defining the terms “invention,” “intellectual property” and “patent infringement,” explaining the ...
SpicyIP Tidbit: Expanded trademark classification from spicyipindia.blogspot.com A snippet for those tracking trademarks -- there are a couple of amendments to the Trade Mark Rules 2002 with effect from 20 May 2010.
The key change is the expansion of the Fourth Schedule to ...
Time to tackle the money mountain: what's YOUR opinion? from ipkitten.blogspot.com As readers of this weblog will know, the European Commission is in the middle of conducting a study on Europe's various trade mark systems. At the heart of this study lies the user survey ...
The Plot Thickens in Apple Patent Battle with HTC from www.ipwatchdog.com There has been yet another development in what is fast shaping up to be an epic patent battle between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and High Tech Computer Corp.(PINK: HTCCF) (aka HTC Corp.), HTC (B ...
The Obama administration’s release of its national intellectual property strategy yesterday was welcomed by many groups representing businesses and intellectual property holders who said it could serve as an example to other countries. Related ...
With all the controversy surrounding the trademark portfolio, currently in the hands of PH Kurian, the the current Controller General, news that the Intellectual Property Office has made available to the public, complete details relating ...
Here's a treat for PatLit readers: today's ruling by Mr Justice Arnold in KCI Licensing Inc and others v Smith & Nephew plc and others [2010] EWHC 1487 (Pat) -- all 214 paragraphs of it ...
AP reports: The widow of a World Wrestling Entertainment performer who died in a televised 1999 stunt filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Connecticut-based company and its leaders, including Republican U.S. Senate candidate ...
In yesterday's posting I made reference to a paper by Chuck Hulten, et al. on company investments in intangibles. That paper was written as part of a European research project on Competitiveness, Innovation and ...
The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's qui tam false marking claim where plaintiff failed to sufficiently plead an intent to deceive under Rule 9(b). "[T]he mere fact of mismarking ...
The following is excerpted from a June 23, 2010postby Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch:
The Obama administration’s release of its national intellectual property strategy yesterday was welcomed by many groups ...
During the week of 14 to 18 June 2010, PCT Member states considered proposals to improve the PCT potential contribution to higher quality and more efficiently granted patents at the national/regional level.
The recommendations ...
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. v. Transamerica Life Insurance Co. (Fed. Cir. 2010)
It is not unusual to see insurance companies in litigation. What is unusual here is that the context is patent infringement. Lincoln ...
BRUSSELS - Applicants for new top-level internet domains may face another round of discussions before the long-awaited application period for .nyc, .shop or .gay can happen. Related Articles:
District Court Judge Stanton has granted YouTube summary judgment in Viacom’s action for copyright infringement.
The judge’s opinion is here (pdf).
Prof. Goldman provides an initial summary here.
As Prof. Goldman notes, Viacom ...
from wsjonline:
But Judge [Louis] Stanton [in SDNY] said YouTube's "general" awareness of copyright infringement was not the same as "knowledge of specific and identifiable infringements of individual items." And when YouTube received "specific ...
In an absolutely fantastic effort to increase transparency at the Patent Office, Controller General of the Patents & Trademark Office Kurian has published on the patent office website details of the Prosecution History, Complete Specification and ...
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