Patent & IP news for August 3, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc. et. al. v. Lupin Ltd. et. al. filed 2010-07-30 in Delaware
- Intellitech Coproration v. Altera Corporation et. al. filed 2010-07-30 in Delaware
- Berall v. Verathon Inc. et. al. filed 2010-07-30 in New York Southern
- PFizer Inc., et. al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. filed 2010-07-30 in New York Southern
- SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag et. al. v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC et. al. filed 2010-08-02 in Kentucky Western
- Moricz v. Google Inc filed 2010-08-02 in Washington Western
- Digi-Block, Inc. v. KP Mathematics, LLC filed 2010-08-02 in Massachusetts
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IPhone apps and trademarks – part III from ipelton.wordpress.com New York Times reports on a company that makes extra large coasters – featuring iPhone app logos – for your coffee table (http://www.iphoneappscoasters.com/).
As I previously blogged about twice, iPhone apps are a hot ...
The Pillsbury Doughboy rises to take on My Dough Girl from ipkitten.blogspot.com There is nothing this Kat loves more than bakery related IP stories, especially cupcake litigation (see post here). So this story especially caught her eye via a TechDirt tweet. But before delving into the IP ...
Damages: links to notes on two recent UK decisions from ipfinance.blogspot.com On the question of how generous a judge should be (not very generous, it seems) when making an interim award of damages for patent infringement, Alan Nuttall Ltd v Fri-Jado UK Ltd and another, Patents ...
Caution chills interim damages pay-out from patlit.blogspot.com Once liability for infringement was established in Alan Nuttall Ltd v Fri-Jado UK Ltd and another (see here for details of earlier litigation), the Patents Court for England and Wales still had to sort out ...
A Tax Free Zone for Every Need? from ipfinance.blogspot.com Dubai, one of seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates, is an oasis in the desert – a place that has built startlingly luxurious skyscrapers and beach front properties over sand dunes, as well as man-made ...
Pay up! Pay up! And play the game" from ipkitten.blogspot.com No, the IPKat didn't forget -- he has just been busy doing other things. But now he has got around to writing a few choice words on the surprisingly and pleasantly interesting case of Nintendo ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) filed an amicus curiae brief last week in the Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co. case. The brief, filed in support of neither of the ...
In previous presentations and postings, I've mentioned the fact that governments invest in the creation of intangible assets -- including brands and logos (trademarks). But government logos are a special case of trademarks which are ...
USPTO PAIR (the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Application Information Retrieval – boy that’s a mouthful) is a free site where users can check on the status of US patent applications and gain ...
On July 26, 2010, the Library of Congress ruled that “jailbreaking” of smartphones is a fair use under the Copyright Act. Under the Copyright Act, the Librarian of Congress is required to review classes of ...
In this final installment of my interview with Chief Judge Paul Michel we discuss Bilski v. Kappos and what he thought of the Supreme Court’s decision. Judge Michel talks about how only one of ...
In recommending that plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction be granted, the magistrate judge found that plaintiff had established a likelihood of irreparable harm. "[T]he court takes note of the unique nature of ...
Yesterday, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in King Pharms., Inc. v. Eon Labs, Inc. The patent at issue in King Pharms. related to a muscle relaxant for use in treating painful muscle conditions. The ...
Steven Zuccarelli is a 2012 J.D Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School In State Farm v. Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Federal Court was asked to decide whether an individual injured in a car ...
U of TX Return on IV is Off 73%
PE investor Chris Dixon unearthed some interesting news about returns on an investment in Intellectual Ventures funds held by the University of Texas Management Company. The ...
The U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota recently issued its opinion in Larson Mfg. Co. v. Aluminart Products Ltd., CIV 03-4344 (D.S.D. July 29, 2010). You might recall that ...
IP Osgoode is pleased to announce the 2010-11 Harold G. Fox Moot team. Anna Koppelman, Devin Doyle, Jonathan Park, Kimberly Lawton, and Leanna Yue will compete under the Osgoode banner. They will be coached by ...
The following is excerpted from an August 3, 2010 HARTINGpress releasepublished at Business Wire:
Patent infringements and plagiarism represent major problems in China, especially for the manufacturers of brand products. The HARTING Technology ...
Dr. Dev Gangjee lectures at the London School of Economics, with a primary research interest in intellectual property, including trademarks, geographical indications and domain names. Robert Burrell and Dev Gangjee have recently completed some research ...
Within the post:
(...)many students simply do not grasp that using words they did not write is a serious misdeed.
It is a disconnect that is growing in the Internet age as concepts of intellectual ...
Does squishing an eyeball qualify as "transforming an article"?
I recently discovered the Patently-unOBVIOUS blog. One of the older posts covers the BPAI decision Ex parte Roberts, which contained an interesting 101 rejection. The decision ...
In a decision that sent The Medicines Company’s stock prices soaring, the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia determined that the USPTO’s rejection of The Medicines Company’s application for Patent ...
In The Medicines Co. v. Kappos, 10cv286, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria), the drug company whipped the USPTO and Kappos with Judge Hilton finding the USPTO misinterpreted federal law ...
With an opportunity to render some order out of the Bilski chaos, the Federal Circuit instead completely ducked the patent-eligibility issue clearly presented in King Pharmaceuticals. The Federal Circuit then created (and I do mean ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- Last Friday, sanofi-aventis and Microsoft joined in filing an amicus curiae brief with the Federal Circuit in the Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co. case. The brief, filed in support of ...
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