Patent & IP news for July 23, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Wimberly et. al. v. Invent Help et. al. filed 2010-07-20 in Indiana Southern
- Vlingo Corp v. Nuance Communications Inc. filed 2010-07-21 in Delaware
- Arkansas County Seed Co Inc v. Williams et. al. filed 2010-07-22 in Illinois Central
- Twilight Teeth, Inc. v. ANT G Enterprises, Inc. filed 2010-07-21 in Florida Middle
- Porritt et. al. v. Erico International Corporation filed 2010-07-22 in Illinois Southern
- Liquid Precision, Inc. v. Philadelphia Scientific, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-07-21 in Pennsylvania Middle
- Positive Technologies Inc. v. Sony Electronics Inc et. al. filed 2010-07-22 in Texas Eastern
- Tech Pharmacy Services, Inc. d/b/a Advanced Pharmacy v. Advanced Pharmacy Services et. al. filed 2010-07-22 in Texas Eastern
- Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co. Ltd. et. al. v. Top Victory Electronics (Taiwan) Co LTD et. al. filed 2010-07-22 in Texas Eastern
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Sources of growth - Part 4 from intellectualprofit.blogspot.com (This is part 4 of a 4-part series. If you want to view the series from the start, click here.)
In previous parts, I have described 2 sources of growth from IP commercialisation activity, namely ...
How Long Does Patent Reexamination Really Take? from www.patentspostgrant.com (click to enlarge)
One of the threshold questions in considering patent reexamination, whether a patent owner, or third party is:
How long will it take?This question is also the subject of significant debate when ...
Former Judge Paul Michel Discusses Proposed Changes to US Patent System from www.iplawalert.com A Message from the Chair, David E. De Lorenzi:
"Congress Needs to Act" is the first article published by Judge Paul R. Michel since his retirement from the Federal Circuit, where he served as the ...
Wyers v. Master Lock from www.patentlyo.com Is "obviousness" a question of law or fact? The rote answer is that it's both: it's a question of law based on underlying findings of fact. Drawing that line, however, can be tricky ...
O Canada: The Canadian Patent Act Contains No Reference to Invalid Selection Patents from www.patentbaristas.com
O Canada
Lilly sued Novopharm for infringement under Canadian Patent No. 2,041,113, a selection patent for the compound olanzapine (sold under the brand name Zyprexa), owned by Lilly. Olanzapine is used to treat ...
Patents in the Supreme Court: Bilski v. Kappos – Podcast from www.patentbaristas.com
On the final day of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court released its long-anticipated decision in Bilski v. Kappos. Experts discuss the implications of the decision, and give keen insight into the case.
To ...
2010 National Trademark Expo from www.lotempiolaw.com The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting the 2010 National Trademark Expo.
The deadline for trademark owners to apply for exhibit space at the Trademark Expo has been extended to August 16 ...
Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Friday comes but once a week,
The day all readers take a peek
And check the list of days ahead
For "Forthcoming events", it's said.
The wise ones come from near or far
For ...
By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a trade association representing the U.S. venture capital industry, released the results of its MoneyTree Report on venture funding for the second quarter ...
By James DeGiulio -- Teva and Novartis Settle Patent Dispute over Zometa Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. and Novartis Corp. have reached an agreement to settle their patent suit over a generic version of Zometa, a drug ...
By Jason Rantanen
During the summer, the Federal Circuit is a relatively quiet place. The judges often take their non-sitting months during this time, and the pace of opinions tends to drop. Thus, for the ...
Defendants' motion to stay execution of judgment, to stay post-judgment discovery, and to terminate a permanent injunction was granted where the judgment in the case was on appeal and the PTO issued a post-judgment Advisory ...
U.S. Pat. No. 4,656,917: Musical instrument support.
JW Note: We make note of the inventor named on the patent – Mr. Edward L. Van Halen. Rock on!
What is claimed is:
1. A ...
The .CO domain is now live. I recommend protecting your major brand and domain names by registering the corresponding .CO domains. Yes, this is highway (internet superhighway) robbery, but it is better than losing traffic ...
by Mark Malek The lawsuit between Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi over the Black Sabbath trademark has been “amicably resolved” (source). Ozzy filed a lawsuit in May of 2009 after finding out that Iommi filed ...
Following a bench trial, the court found that defendant did not violate the false marking statute, 35 U.S.C. § 292 by marking the "primary packaging and outer packaging" of a contact lens cleaning system ...
Kenneth Yip at Apsator e-mailed me to point out that they have a new version of their FireFox plugin available. See: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3142/. He notes:
…the new version introduces ...
The Ninth Circuit yesterday decided the appeal in the Mattel v. MGA Entertainment case concerning a dispute over the Bratz line of dolls. While not a Federal Circuit case, I thought the oral argument might ...
A couple post-Bilski podcasts to link to:
- Patents in the Supreme Court: Bilski v. Kappos – A “panel podcast/debate” between Professor John Duffy (George Washington Law School) and David Olson (Boston College Law School), moderated ...
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