Patent & IP news for August 12, 2010
Patent Litigations
- App Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Ameridose, LLC filed 2010-08-10 in New Jersey
- Mikityanskiy v. Cole Haan Holdings, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-08-10 in New York Southern
- Zions Bancorporation v. U.S. Ethernet Innovations LLC filed 2010-08-09 in California Northern
- Unique Product Solutions, Limited v. Markwort Sporting Goods Company filed 2010-08-11 in Ohio Northern
- Sociedad Espanola de Electromedicina y Calidad, S.A. et. al. v. Drgem Corp. filed 2010-08-11 in Florida Southern
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. v. Atrium Medical Corporation et. al. filed 2010-08-10 in Arizona
- Kruse Technology Partnership v. Ford Motor Company filed 2010-08-10 in California Central
- Patent Group, LLC v. William H. Harvey Co. filed 2010-08-11 in Texas Eastern
- Clip Ventures LLC v. Newell Operating Company filed 2010-08-10 in California Northern
- Kason Industries, Inc. v. Component Hardware Group, Inc. filed 2010-08-10 in Georgia Northern
- Network Signatures Inc v. Jetblue Airways Corporation filed 2010-08-10 in California Central
- Patent Group, LLC v. Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. and Moore Push Pin Co. filed 2010-08-11 in Texas Eastern
- Network Signatures Inc v. TD Ameritrade Inc filed 2010-08-10 in California Central
- VirnetX Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-08-11 in Texas Eastern
- GIW Industries, Inc. v S.P.I./Mobile Pulley Works, Inc. filed 2010-08-11 in Illinois Northern
- Network Signatures Inc v. Eli Lilly and Company filed 2010-08-10 in California Central
- Clip Ventures LLC v. Ronco Acquisition Corporation filed 2010-08-10 in California Northern
- Solar Agent v. Silicon Solar filed 2010-08-11 in Utah
- Miche Bag v. Thirty One Gifts filed 2010-08-11 in Utah
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Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com 
"Pussykat, pussykat, where have you been?"-- "I've been down to London to visit the Queen"."Pussykat, pussykat, what did you see?"-- "A conference full of the latest IP".Check out the IPKat's side ...
What is the Economic Impact of Start-ups? from hallingblog.com Another excellent study by the Kauffman Foundation shows that the jobs created by new start-ups are durable.
By 25 years after firms start, only about 20 percent of them still exist, but the employment numbers ...
Interview with an Article One Patent Researcher from info.articleonepartners.com AOP Featured Researcher: Minerva Rivero (engr009)
Minerva Rivero joins Article One from Puerto Rico, where she currently resides. Minerva is one of the Winning Researchers for the DSI 279 Study regarding speech recognition patents and ...
Announcing the IP Events page from spicyipindia.blogspot.com Among the many fantastic suggestions we have received over the past few weeks was one that caught our eye, and which we thought was easily and immediately implementable: an Events Calendar.
If you look carefully ...
The next "must-have" accessory: competition from ipkitten.blogspot.com The second of this week's two IPKat competitions (the first is here) relates to the forthcoming annual conference, Intellectual Property in the Fashion Industry: Handbags at dawn! This enjoyable event, held in Central London ...
Tracking & Waiving from www.patenthawk.com Enovsys sued Sprint Nextel for infringing 5,918,159 and 6,560,461, which claim tracking mobile phones. Undisputed claim construction led to disputed infringement. "After a nine-day trial, the jury found Sprint Nextel infringed ...
Burton Snowboards Sued For Patent Infringement from www.iptrademarkattorney.com Santa Ana, CA – Peter Van Bregmann is suing Burton Snowboards for infringing on a snowboard binding patent. Plaintiff alleges that in 1996 he met with Burton and after signing a confidentiality agreement, Plaintiff showed his ...
Federal Circuit Affirms Claim Construction That Excludes Embodiment From Claim from www.grayonclaims.com Baran v. Medical Device Technologies, Inc. (Fed. Cir. Aug. 12, 2010)
In this case, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's claim construction that excluded an embodiment from the claim. The patent at issue ...
Patent Reform, a Matter of Time from www.patentspostgrant.com Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines……
An interesting note appeared on one of the forums of Politico ...
Savage litigant sets sights on Flanimals from ipkitten.blogspot.com August must be the silly season, or at least the season for silly animals, says the IPKat. Recent posts have seen Stalking Horses and a re-enactment of Groundhog Day by the Danish Højesteret. Now it ...
Money for Nothing: Is the INR Logo a Copy? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com 
Gautam Banerjee, Head, IPR, Panacea Biotech asks whether the below facts call out for a case of copyright infringement.
Apparently, whilst travelling by train recently, he came across the logo of a company named Railtech ...
By Sarah Fendrick -- Last fall, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office implemented a procedure that allowed small entities to have an application accorded special status examination if the applicant expressly abandoned another co-pending unexamined ...
By Donald Zuhn -- In Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. v. Perrigo Co., decided last Thursday, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a determination by the District Court for the Western District of Michigan that the guaifenesin ...
In the continuing mess over the "comfort women" case in the Phillipines, the ManilaStandardToday (Jojo A. Robles) reports that the University of the Philippines College of Law has condemned the actions of Justice Del Castillo ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- In the otherwise unremarkable case of Intervet Inc. v. Merial Ltd., the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court's claim construction on two terms and remanded for further consideration. What has ...
The following is excerpted from an 8/11/2010postby Lindsay J. Kile and Robert C. Mattson at Patents Post-Grant:
In the recent Supreme Court case ofMonsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, the ...
As so many run to condemn patent trolls and would like to compromise the integrity and strength of all patent rights to combat what they perceive as bad actors, I wonder whether patent trolls are ...
Classic Ink, Inc., owner of Classic Sports Logos brand apparel line and rapidly growing trademark licensing firm, secured a major legal victory in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against ...
Above: The Kats of Justice of the European Union know the answers ... but they're not telling.
European copyright enthusiasts will already know all about Case C-5/08 Infopaq International A/S v Danske Dagblades ...
As if things weren't complicated enough already, what with all the rule changes this year and the looming 1 October deadline for divisional applications, the EPO will be making things a little bit more ...
Takeaway: The reexam decision Ex parte Port-A-Cool, LLC shows that to rebut a prima facie case of obviousness, you need to do more than merely assert that the combination of features represents more than the ...
In a posting a couple of months ago, I noted that IBM was suing a former employee -- Joanne Olsen -- for violated a one year noncompetition agreement when she took a senior position with Oracle. Today ...
by Mark Malek Although this happened a few weeks back, I still get a kick out of this story, and I’ve been hearing more and more about it. The Naked Cowboy (Robert Burck) has ...
David Wessel's column today was about how "The Demographics Driving Nations' Wealth". But he includes this great throwaway line: "Belgium is rich not because it is big or has invented a lot, but because ...
Guest Post: The Great Haste and Less Milling of Beer v. United States (Fed. Cir. 2010, cert. pet. pending)
By Andrew Dhuey
When patent litigators hear the term “rocket docket”, they usually think of the ...
Michael John Long is an LLM candidate advancing to the PhD at Osgoode Hall Law School In a recent blog posted on the IP Osgoode website I considered the ruling in City of Ontario v ...
Imagine escaping to Palm Springs, California and staying in style at a beautiful sanctuary in the desert with amazing views of the Santa Rosa Mountains. Playing a round of championship golf, enjoying a few sets ...
The following is excerpted from an August 11, 2010articleby J.K. Wall published at Indianapolis Business Journal:
Roche Diagnostics Corp. has been hit with a new kind of patent lawsuit that attorneys are ...
At the end of the opinion in the Baran case, the CAFC upheld
the striking of portions of Baran's declaration in opposition to summary judgment:
We also find no merit in Dr. Baran’s ...
Following criticism of Supreme Court Justice del Castillo, there has been a backlash, including text:
“The ratio decidendi of the decision can stand legal scrutiny sans references to the articles plagiarized. The alleged plagiarism uploaded ...
The following are highlights from my recent presentation on “The Patent Marketplace: Past and Present,” at the National Bar Association’s 85th Annual Convention in New Orleans, LA on August 11, 2010.
I have ...
TruePosition, Inc. v. Andrew Corp., 2009-1389 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 12, 2010) was decided today via a Rule 36 affirmance. The curious thing about this case is that the oral argument took place back on February ...
Kevin Collins has written a new Patently-O Patent Law Journal essay discussing the recent decision in King Pharmaceuticals. [Read the full essay]
On August 2, 2010, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s summary ...
By Sarah Fendrick -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently launched an official page on Facebook that will provide regular updates from the Office and provide a public forum for comments, feedback, and discussion ...
By James DeGiulio -- Cephalon and Mylan Pharmaceuticals Agree to Drop Two Patents from Nuvigil Patent Suit Cephalon Inc. and Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. have agreed to drop two of the three patents originally involved in their ...
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