Patent & IP news for July 29, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Cima Labs, Inc. et. al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed 2010-07-28 in West Virginia Northern
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited et. al. v. Wockhardt Limited et. al. filed 2010-07-28 in New York Southern
- Winkelpleck v. Holmes et. al. filed 2010-07-28 in Iowa Northern
- Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation v. Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. filed 2010-07-28 in Texas Western
- Thermapure, Inc. v. Temp-Air, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-07-28 in Illinois Northern
- Cirrex Systems LLC v. Oz Optics, Inc. filed 2010-07-27 in Georgia Northern
- Buehlhorn et. al. v. Universal Valve Company, Inc. filed 2010-07-28 in Illinois Southern
- Euro-Pro Operating LLC v. Prosource Discounts et. al. filed 2010-07-27 in California Central
- Sewer Equipment of America Inc v. Serco Flexible Inc et. al. filed 2010-07-28 in Wisconsin Eastern
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Case Stayed 5 years in Favor of Inter Partes Patent Reexamination to Restart? from www.patentspostgrant.com Back on September 25, 2005, Judge Farnan of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware stayed the litigation between Hasbasit Belting, Inc. v. Rexnord Industries, Inc. (Civil Action 03-185) relating to U ...
Inbev loses Budweiser CTM appeal from ipkitten.blogspot.com Just when the IPKat thought it was safe to redirect his lynx-like ears away from Luxembourg and towards the ball-by-ball commentary on the cricket match between England and Pakistan, the Court of Justice -- which has ...
Access to Medicine groups call for a halt on USTR's 301 Process from spicyipindia.blogspot.com Since 1988, the USTR has been coming out with its "Special 301" report, a unilateral measure which essentially patronises the rest of the world by ranking countries based on how much the USTR appreciates their ...
IP attorney litigators: will they fly or die? from patlit.blogspot.com Writing in the current issue of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (2010) 5(8):602-607 (JIPLP), British patent attorney David Musker (a partner in Jenkins and blogmeister of the Class 99 weblog), asks ...
Problems, solutions, 'tis and 'tisn't: Schlumberger on appeal from patlit.blogspot.com The Case of the Appeal-Proof Metaphor has just been the subject of a successful appeal, as can be seen from a perusal of Schlumberger Holdings Ltd v Electromagnetic Geoservices AS [2010] EWCA Civ 819, a ...
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Plunger from www.patenthawk.com Becton tried to stick Tyco with infringing syringe patent 5,348,544. It did. But Tyco got the district court judge to grant a new trial on infringement, because Becton changed its infringement theory at ...
A press-ing problem from ipkitten.blogspot.com This Kat receives a lot of press releases (this seems to be the old-fashioned name for what many folk have now 'rebranded' as media releases) from many sources -- public sector bodies, IP-owning businesses, companies that ...
Schlumberger v EMGS: A Non-Obvious Marriage of Skills from ipkitten.blogspot.com Who (or what) is the "person skilled in the art"? This was the main question posed in the case of Schlumberger Holdings Ltd v Electromagnetic Geoservices AS [2010] EWCA Civ 819, the judgment of which ...
By Sydney Kokjohn -- Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office celebrated the one-year anniversary of its e-Office Action (e-OA) program. So far, the program has electronically notified patent applicants on more than 850 ...
Just because this is so interesting, take a look at this just posted on Twitter via Hunch founder Chris Dixon. http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/28/intellectual-ventures-negative-return/
I think we will be watching this one ...
Patent Baristas has a guest post from Bill Bennett at Pizzeys on the Deputy Commissioner’s rejection of a patent application for (as described by the Deputy Commissioner):
“a method for commercialising inventions that includes ...
In a surprising order, the Rajasthan High Court has refused to stay the order of the Additional District Judge, restraining Hilton from using its name in relation to the hospitality sector. The story has been ...
A recent US court decision introduces entirely new questions about the balance between a transformative work and a copyright infringement. Furthermore, it places the responsibility of balancing the public interest in freedom of expression against ...
Plaintiff's motion for a permanent injunction following a jury verdict of infringement was denied because plaintiff failed to establish that the infringing activity irreparably harmed plaintiff's business. "Cordance has neither provided the court ...
The USPTO has been a leader in federal teleworking programs. The work-at-home program for trademark examiners is nearly 15 years old, and has received numerous awards. The first 500 patent examiners began teleworking in 2006 ...
Yesterday, the House passed H.R. 5874 that provides $129 million in additional funding for the PTO during FY2010. The funds are transferred from the Census Department. These funds should provide some much needed help ...
An international set of civil society groups today sent a letter to the European Union trade commissioner outlining concerns that the latest, leaked, version of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement under negotiation will introduce “new and ...
German biotechnology company Bayer has met resistance in Brazil where the Paraná Federal Court revoked the authorisation for the commercial release of the company’s “Liberty Link” genetically modified maize on 27 July, according to ...
As a proud resident of Appleton, Wisconsin in the beautiful Fox Valley, I'm happy to report that this area has a surprisingly rich history of invention and innovation. In fact, the Fox Valley is ...
AbsolutelyNew, Inc., a next generation consumer products company that develops and launches the best ideas from independent inventors, has added former Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Jon Dudas to its ...
Here is some new grist for the IPR debate mill --Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: Evidence from the Human Genome by Heidi L. Williams, NBER Working Paper No. 16213
This paper provides empirical evidence on ...
Keyword highlighting is a very useful feature of many patent search systems allowing users to easily find relevant parts of a patent document. With highlighting, users can scan and see clusters of certain colors together ...
- Congratulations: The Administration (and its supporters) have successfully lobbied the House of Representatives to allow the PTO to keep $129 million of its funds collected over-budget. Because the CBO had already accounted for that money ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- The idea of a "golden age," almost always some time in the past, is a recurrent theme in history, literature, and myth. It is also the unspoken theme in Abbott's ...
On July 19, 2010, I was granted back stage pass of sorts, for a behind-the-scenes look at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. I had, initially requested an interview with Director David Kappos and ...
Ten suggestions for the better functioning of the IPOs website/workings
Don't get us wrong-we love our IPO but there are at least few things that the IPO can do better in order to ...
Mr. Deepak Kapoor of Manupatra.com, one of India's leading online legal portals, has been kind enough to, promptly, share with us, his copy of the Hilltone judgment rendered by the Additional District Court ...
Today in Becton Dickinson and Co. v. Tyco Healthcare Group, LP, 2009-1053 (July 29, 2010), Judges Linn and Mayer reversed Chief Judge Sleet of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Judge ...
Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) prohibits circumvention of technical measures that copyright holders use to to control access to their copyrightable works. Anti-circumvention technologies may include items such as encryption and ...
By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed the "2010 Supplemental Appropriations Act" (H.R. 4899) after tacking an additional $22.8 billion onto the Senate version of the bill, which called ...
By James DeGiulio -- Medicis Pharmaceuticals Settles Solodyn Litigation with Mylan Medicis Pharmaceuticals Corporation has reached settlement and license agreements with Mylan, Inc., thus resolving the patent litigation over Solodyn. In 2009, Medicis brought suit against ...
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