Patent & IP news for August 13, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Pfizer Inc. et. al. v. Actavis Group hf et. al. filed 2010-08-11 in Delaware
- Schonbeck Worldwide Lighting Inc. v. Mai et. al. filed 2010-08-10 in New York Southern
- Webloyalty.com, Inc. v. Source, Inc. filed 2010-08-11 in Connecticut
- Purdue Pharma L.P. et. al. v. Varam, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-08-11 in New York Southern
- Real Simple Ideas, LLC v. Incase Designs Corp. filed 2010-08-11 in Florida Middle
- Delavan Limited v. Boyer et. al. filed 2010-08-12 in Alabama Northern
- Quark Images LLC v. Adidas AG et. al. filed 2010-08-12 in Texas Eastern
- Texas Data Co., L.L.C. v. Bayer HealthCare LLC filed 2010-08-12 in Texas Eastern
- Purdue Pharma L.P. et. al. v. Varam, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-08-11 in Pennsylvania Eastern
- E.I. Products, Inc. v. Molenaar, LLC filed 2010-08-12 in Texas Western
- Herbert Hoeptner III et. al. v. Matco-Norca, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-08-11 in California Central
- Clip Ventures LLC v. Flex-O-Glass, Inc. filed 2010-08-10 in California Northern
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Inherent from www.patenthawk.com King Pharmaceuticals sued Eon Labs for infringing 6,407,128 & 6,683,102 after Eon filed an ANDA to make a generic version of the muscle relaxant claimed, metaxalone, which was first patented in 1962 ...
Can Media Owners Save Themselves By Blaming Others? from www.ipadrblog.com
Ken Cloke in his book Mediating Dangerously asks: how can we transform conflict so other options emerge that do not require winners and losers? As mediators, we are asked to guide people through conflicts, shedding ...
Green Patent Acquisitions: BP Buys Verenium’s Biofuels Business from greenpatentblog.com 
Last month Verenium announced that BP Biofuels North America would acquire its cellulosic biofuels business for $98.3 million.
Verenium will retain its commercial enzyme business and maintain rights to its biofuels enzyme products. In ...
Inherent Anticipation and Inherent Obviousness? By Andrew Williams -- Last week, in King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Eon Labs, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a grant of summary judgment of invalidity of U.S. Patent Nos. 6 ...
In a case that did not present the issue, Judge Dyk wrote a separate opinion to express his views that a claim directed to “[a]n isolated DNA molecule” “raises substantial issues of patentable subject ...
The Tamagotchi®, the handheld virtual pet, has sold well over 70 million since Bandai put it on the market in 1996. Initially it was so popular that school children were mugged in the streets....
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Thanks to the untiring efforts of Sai Vinod Nayani, an enthusiatic third year student at NUJS, a few more provisions of the the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010 are now up on the CLAM website. As ...
The Indian Journal of Law and Technology has put out the following 'call for submissions'.
Call for Submissions
The Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) is an annual law journal published by the Law ...
Summer is almost over, but the Practising Law Institute still has some great Intellectual Property courses that all come with CLE credits. So whether you are looking for an excuse to take a trip to ...
It is great to know that settlement has been achieved, and incredibly newsworthy to learn that the victorious party was "pleased with the outcome." But really, sometimes I do stumble across rather interesting press releases ...
Target has discovered interesting angles to making campaign donations now allowed under Citizens United.
AP reports:
Target's $150,000 donation to a business-oriented group supporting Republican Tom Emmer, an outspoken opponent of gay marriage ...
InsideTrack/NewsBreak brings up the 1999 Arokiaswamy case in the context of the current Supreme Court plagiarism case:
This is from a decision the highest court in the land made more than a decade ago ...
AP reports: Oracle says Google's Android system for mobile phones infringes on its patented Java technology.
The Oracle complaint, filed in ND Cal, asserts patent infringement of claims of US 6,125,447; 6 ...
A recent study (funded by PhRMA) suggests that the savings from a proposed ban on "reverse payment" were "significantly overstated." In particular, the study says both the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Federal Trade ...
In a nonprecidential opionion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal by Biopolymer Engineering (Biothera) as moot after it appealed a District Court order granting summary judgment of noninfringement ...
The other day as I was sitting at breakfast eating my English Muffin, I came across a fascinating story on trade secrets featuring -- my English Muffin. The NY Times article -- A Man With Muffin Secrets ...
Here is an interesting story from Bloomberg News -- M&A; Losers in $10 Trillion Deal Binge :
More than half of the 100 biggest takeovers made during the last mergers-and-acquisitions boom have something in common: By ...
Jacob Schmookler, an economist and author of Invention and Economic Growth, developed a financial analysis of the invention process.[1] The main point of this mathematical modeling of the invention process was to show that ...
The USPTO recently issued a notice modifying the procedure for registered practitioners to show authorization to conduct an examiner interview. Now, in addition to the submission of an executed power of attorney, the signing and ...
Patent Resource Group’s “Patent Law in Palm Springs Sweepstakes” has been a great success thus far. With the help of your input we’re about to make it even better!
Is LinkedIn more your ...
Is your business taking advantage of the value of all its intellectual property? In this recent presentation from the Software Industry Conference, attorney Erik M. Pelton provides tips for creating, identifying, protecting, and leveraging intellectual ...
Last week inovia had the opportunity to participate in an audioconference sponsored by Technology Transfer Tactics entitled: International Patenting Strategies – Cost-Effectively Expand Your Market and Boost Your TTO’s Revenues.
During the 90-program, Jeff Sweetman ...
The above-titledseminar and live webcastis scheduled for September 16, 2010 in NYC and is sponsored by the Practising Law Institute.
This year’s program is totally new! Pharmaceutical and biotech patent law is ...
Introduction to the Doctrine of Prosecution Disclaimer
In the U.S., statements made by a patent applicant during the examination process at the Patent and Trademark Office (which patent lawyers refer to as prosecution), can ...
IPilogue (www.iposgoode.ca) is an innovative online review featuring commentary by its student editors as well as scholars and practitioners from around the world. Providing a forum for discourse on legal, commercial, and ethical ...
The horse collar is used to distribute load around a horse's neck and shoulders when pulling a device, such as a wagon or plow. The horse collar originated in China and migrated to Europe ...
The Federal Circuit heard oral argument in Duratech Ind. v. Bridgeview Mfg. on August 2, 2010. I’ve commented a couple of times in recent days on the Becton Dickinson v. Tyco decision where the ...
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