Patent & IP news for November 29, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Fellowes, Inc v. Acco Brands Corporation filed 2010-11-26 in Illinois Northern
- Abbott Laboratories et. al. v. Impax Laboratories Inc. filed 2010-11-24 in Delaware
- Alza Corporation et. al. v. Impax Laboratories Inc. et. al. filed 2010-11-24 in Delaware
- Walker Digital LLC v. Facebook Inc. filed 2010-11-24 in Delaware
- Applied Food Sciences Inc. v. Dajomi Brands LLC filed 2010-11-29 in Texas Eastern
- InvestPic LLC v. Algorithmics (US) Inc. et. al. filed 2010-11-24 in Delaware
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Patent & IP Blogs
Supreme Court to Consider Arguments in Microsoft/i4i Dispute from www.patentspostgrant.com Cert Granted Today on Important Patent Matter
Seems my prognostication abilities are best left for NFL foootball…end even then, only games involving the woeful Washington Redskins
Today the Supreme Court agreed to consider the ...
"User" basis available for assessment of trade mark damages from ipfinance.blogspot.com A week or so ago IP Finance reviewed a Scottish decision on assessment of damages inflicted on a brand ("Damages for damaging a brand: Tullis Russell v Inveresk", here). Now here's news of another ...
IP departments feel pressure of economic downturn from ipfinance.blogspot.com The in-house patent team wished they'd asked for new computers instead of a pay rise It presumably isn't a big surprise, but it's good to know that someone is quantifying it: according ...
Early Christmas Present for LG’s Patent Lawyers from gametimeip.com Via PriorSmart‘s Daily Litigation Alerts, LG (makers of everything from HD TVs and mobile phones to refrigerators) has been sued by Industrial Technology Research Institute (“ITRI), not once, not twice, not thrice, but four ...
Scottish springboard leads to account of profits from patlit.blogspot.com PatLit sends its most grateful thanks to the invaluable Susan Snedden (Associate, IP & Technology, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP) for the following note on a piece of Scottish litigation that raises extremely interesting issues relating to ...
Lay That Burden Down from www.patenthawk.com The black-robed toads who feel beholden to uphold the powers that be are taking it upon themselves to look at a more open season for patent killing. i4i squeezed a $290 million jury award from ...
Policy on open standards for e-governance released from spicyipindia.blogspot.com India's Department of IT (DIT) recently finalized its policy on open standards for e-Governance. A write-up about a draft version of the policy and related discussion can be read here. The final version of ...
Communications Relating to Patent Reexamination are Privileged from www.patentspostgrant.com Inadvertent Disclosure of Reexamination Strategies Protected by Court
In Acer Inc., et al v. Technology Properties Limited LTD et al. (NDCA), the plaintiffs are seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of TPL patent ...
Legendary French Film Director Aids Music Pirate from ipinsider1.wordpress.com “There are no Copyrights,” says Godard
Few filmmakers have been more influential than Jean-Luc Godard. Godard directed such French New Wave classics as Breathless, Weekend and Band of Outsiders, and pioneered the jump cut, a ...
German Federal Patent Court decides in "POST II" from ipkitten.blogspot.com A slightly delayed delivery (to our readers) of some good news for Deutsche Post, Germany's equivalent of the Royal Mail. Several German websites recently reported that the German Federal Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) decided ...
Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com The only people to have colleges named after them in both
Oxford and Cambridge are Jesus, St John, Wolfson ...
and CATS! Holy Cats! IP scholar Justine Pila, much revered and respected by the IPKat, has ...
Costs order knocks spots off pimple patent from patlit.blogspot.com Pimpled ... but not
the finished product PatLit thanks Richard Kempner (Kempner & Partners) for drawing its attention to his firm's note on a recent Patents Court for England and Wales decision, Select Healthcare v Cromptons ...
Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org
November 30 to December 1, 2010 - 12th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents (American Conference Institute) - Boston, MA December 6, 2010 - 21st Annual Conference on USPTO Law and Practice (PTO Day) (Intellectual Property Owners Association and ...
November 30 to December 1, 2010 - 12th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents (American Conference Institute) - Boston, MA December 6, 2010 - 21st Annual Conference on USPTO Law and Practice (PTO Day) (Intellectual Property Owners Association and ...
Court Report from www.patentdocs.org
By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Alzheimer's Institute of America, Inc. v. Avid Radiopharmaceuticals et al. 2:10-cv-06908; filed November 24 ...
By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Alzheimer's Institute of America, Inc. v. Avid Radiopharmaceuticals et al. 2:10-cv-06908; filed November 24 ...
Pirate Bay prosecution: appeal results from ipkitten.blogspot.com
The IPKat has been keeping an eye on events in Stockholm, where there has been a good deal of excited discussion -- most of it in Swedish -- about the outcome of the Pirate Bay prosecution. The ...
The IPKat has been keeping an eye on events in Stockholm, where there has been a good deal of excited discussion -- most of it in Swedish -- about the outcome of the Pirate Bay prosecution. The ...
What Is A “Software Patent”? from gametimeip.com
Earlier I mentioned that I would explain why I sometimes put the term software patent in quotes. The reason is, quite simply, that the term is an oversimplification that is both too over-inclusive, and too ...
New Duty of Disclosure for European Patent Applications from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
European patent applications filed on or after January 1, 2011 will be subject to a new disclosure requirement designed to support international worksharing efforts. The new rule will require applicants to submit copies of search ...
European patent applications filed on or after January 1, 2011 will be subject to a new disclosure requirement designed to support international worksharing efforts. The new rule will require applicants to submit copies of search ...
UN Biodiversity Convention Seeks Expedited Entry Into Force Of Benefit-Sharing Protocol from www.ip-watch.org
As the end of 2010 nears, bringing with it the end of the otherwise unremarkable international year of biodiversity, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is calling for countries to ratify the newly agreed protocol ...
As the end of 2010 nears, bringing with it the end of the otherwise unremarkable international year of biodiversity, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is calling for countries to ratify the newly agreed protocol ...
"Simple User Involvement" With Software is Not Sufficient to Trigger Divided Infringement from docketreport.blogspot.com
In granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment of infringement the court rejected defendant's argument that it did not infringe a method claim because the step of "supplying digital data representing each of a ...
In granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment of infringement the court rejected defendant's argument that it did not infringe a method claim because the step of "supplying digital data representing each of a ...
UN Climate Change Talks Start With Little Faith From Observers from www.ip-watch.org
Today in Cancun, Mexico, the United Nations climate change conference opened with hopes of finding consensual solutions for the global environmental threat and its consequences. After the disappointing results of last year’s conference in ...
Today in Cancun, Mexico, the United Nations climate change conference opened with hopes of finding consensual solutions for the global environmental threat and its consequences. After the disappointing results of last year’s conference in ...
Supreme Court Review of i4i v. Microsoft from www.717madisonplace.com
The Supreme Court has granted Microsoft’s petition for certiorari in the I4I v. Microsoft case. The Federal Circuit’s revised opinion is available here: [Read].
You can listen to the oral argument at the ...
UK: reform of IP taxation - consultation underway from ipfinance.blogspot.com
HM Treasury have published the consultation document on IP tax reform, including R&D; tax credits – quick thoughts below, more details when I get back from the US next week.
There are some interesting points ...
HM Treasury have published the consultation document on IP tax reform, including R&D; tax credits – quick thoughts below, more details when I get back from the US next week.
There are some interesting points ...
Economic policy - IP commercialization as a stand-alone discipline from intellectualprofit.blogspot.com
Below is my opinion piece from Innovation Magazine published by the Irish Times, reproduced with permission:
We need to develop a specialised competency in commercialisation to build this route to the market
HOLLYWOOD has perpetuated ...
Below is my opinion piece from Innovation Magazine published by the Irish Times, reproduced with permission:
We need to develop a specialised competency in commercialisation to build this route to the market
HOLLYWOOD has perpetuated ...
US Counterfeit Crackdown Has Industry Beaming from www.ip-watch.org
In another move to protect intellectual property rights, the United States Justice Department today announced the suspension of 82 internet domain names on suspicion of selling counterfeit sports equipment, clothes and DVDs, music and software ...
In another move to protect intellectual property rights, the United States Justice Department today announced the suspension of 82 internet domain names on suspicion of selling counterfeit sports equipment, clothes and DVDs, music and software ...
What is Mine is Not Yours and What is Yours is in Fact Mine: Copyright, Consumers and First Sale from www.iposgoode.ca
Pascale Chapdelaine is a member of IP Osgoode, Ph.D. (candidate) Osgoode Hall Law School and is Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. My current research work to substantiate and better ...
Pascale Chapdelaine is a member of IP Osgoode, Ph.D. (candidate) Osgoode Hall Law School and is Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. My current research work to substantiate and better ...
Canada’s “Orphan Works” Regime: Unlocatable Copyright Owners and the Copyright Board from www.iposgoode.ca
The issue of orphan works is one of increasing significance, and has received global attention. Since 1989, the Copyright Board has been empowered to issue non-exclusive licences for the use of unlocatable owners’ works and ...
The issue of orphan works is one of increasing significance, and has received global attention. Since 1989, the Copyright Board has been empowered to issue non-exclusive licences for the use of unlocatable owners’ works and ...
Deficits and investment from www.athenaalliance.org
All of the talk in Washington right now is about deficit reduction. I don't question the need to bring the deficit down. I do question the means of how to do that. Done right ...
Supreme Court Prepares to Chop Down "Clear and Convinving" Standard for Patent Invalidity from 271patent.blogspot.com
In the case of Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd., patentee i4i was awarded a $290M judgment against Microsoft and an order barring the infringing sale of Word in the U.S. The patent was directed ...
In the case of Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd., patentee i4i was awarded a $290M judgment against Microsoft and an order barring the infringing sale of Word in the U.S. The patent was directed ...
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