Patent & IP news for August 4, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Mathilda and Terence Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Trust v. UCB Inc. filed 2010-08-03 in Delaware
- Walter R. Tucker Enterprises, LTD. v. Cobra Electronics Corporation filed 2010-08-03 in New York Northern
- Eastman Outdoors, Inc. v. The Allen Company, Inc. filed 2010-08-03 in Michigan Eastern
- Bajer Design & Marketing, Inc v. Target filed 2010-08-03 in Illinois Northern
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BPAI Applies an Implied Claim Construction in Patent Reexamination Appeal from www.patentspostgrant.com BPAI Affirms Claims of Expired Patent in Ex Parte Reexamination
The rejection of all claims (save 25, which was confirmed) of expired Patent 4,925,294, (hereinafter, “‘294 Patent”) owned by Three-Dimensional Media Group LTD ...
Berenika Depo from ipkitten.blogspot.com The IPKat is shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden and unexpected passing of his very good friend Berenika Depo earlier today.
A partner in the Warsaw-based intellectual property practice of LDS Łazewski Depo ...
Corporate Business Leaders: Want to Create Value from Your IP? Stop Making it Your Lawyer’s Problem. from ipassetmaximizerblog.com 
IP lawyers should provide their business teams with guardrails, not roadblocks.
One of the biggest complaints I get from corporate innovation and product development professionals is how risk averse their lawyers tend to be about ...
Rogue seal runs rampant in wiki world: FBI on the case from ipkitten.blogspot.com The IPKat has probably blighted his standing among US law enforcement officers forever by reporting this, but the BBC got there first with "Wikipedia and FBI in logo use row", posted yesterday on that august ...
Breaking news: Google keyword policy change from ipkitten.blogspot.com The IPKat has learned from impeccable sources that internet search-and-advertise giant Google is to change its keyword policy for all of Europe, taking the opportunity to harmonise practice, aligning the United Kingdom and Ireland with ...
Are Patents Relevant? from hallingblog.com The more fundamental question in economics is whether inventions have any economic impact. There is no role for inventions in classical economics[1], which focuses mainly on disruptions in supply and demand. Marxist believe that ...
Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Appointment of an IP Tsar: is this a meaningless gesture or a vital step towards resolving IP problems at national level? Monday's post on the subject has sparked off quite a bit of debate ...
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Confessions of a Trademark Junkie from dunlapcodding.com It’s been awhile since I’ve provided commentary on the blog but after attending a local marketing presentation, I just had to share my two cents about the event.
“Hey Emily! What are you ...
Enovsys v. Nextel (Fed. Cir. 2010)
Mundi Fomukong is a co-inventor of the patents-in-suit. At the time of the invention, Fomukong was married to Fonda Whitfield. Sometime after the first patents issued, Fomukong and Witfield ...
After years of neglect, manufacturing has become a hot topic in policy making circles. Today's Washington Post notes how the jobs debate has attention (New Democratic strategy for creating jobs focuses on a boost ...
Defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's false marking action under the first-to-file rule where defendant had been sued six weeks earlier in another forum was denied. "While the Pennsylvania Action also alleges mismarking of ...
Mattel employee, Carter Bryant, developed Bratz dolls,
which seemed similar to Mattel's Barbie. While still employed by Mattel,
Bryant pitched his idea for the Bratz line of dolls to two employees of MGA
Entertainment ...
On July 19, 2010, I was granted behind the scenes access to observe the United States Patent and Trademark Office. From 11am to 7pm I trailed David Kappos, the Undersecretary for Commerce for Intellectual Property ...
INTERVERT INC. V. MERIAL LTD.
- Where an amendment narrows the scope of the claims, and that amendment is adopted for a substantial reason related to patentability, the amendment gives rise to a presumption of surrender ...
from the case:
Limitations clearly adopted by the applicant during
prosecution are not subject to negation during litigation, on
the argument that the limitations were not really needed in
order to overcome the reference. When ...
The “Taco Tuesday” battle exploded on Twitter, NewsOK, Fox 25 News, and even Facebook and continues to do so today. Taco John’s owns U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,572,589 for the mark ...
U.S. Pat. No.5,904,268: Mug incorporating a simulated artificial horizon.
JW Note: For those aviation enthusiasts in our readership.
I claim:
1. A novelty drinking vessel comprising:
a liquid receptacle having a ...
IncreMental Advantage is hosting the above-titledseminar:
Patent assertion is a high stakes game. When tens or hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake, you must make the most powerful argument possible in seeking ...
Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) v. United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Myriad Genetics (Myriad) (Fed. Cir. 2010)
In a May 2010 decision, Judge Sweet of ...
Judge Dyk acknowledged the role of Liebel Flarsheim v. Medrad when construing patent claims. Judge Dyk’s dissenting opinion today in Intervet, Inc. v. Merial Ltd., 2009-1568 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 4, 2010) stated in-part:
I ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- Yesterday, Judge Claude M. Hilton, District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, handed The Medicines Company (MDCO) a victory in its long-standing dispute with the U.S. Patent and ...
The outcome, in summary-->
Because we agree with Merial that the district court
erred in its construction of two disputed claim terms, we
reverse the district court’s claim construction, vacate the
judgment of noninfringement ...
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