Patent & IP news for December 17, 2010
Patent Litigations
- Effectively Illuminated Pathways LLC v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. et. al. filed 2010-12-16 in Texas Eastern
- Joao Control and Monitoring Systems of California LLC v. ACTI Corporation Inc et. al. filed 2010-12-15 in California Central
- Russell Cave and Partners, LLC v. UTF Fire and Security Corporation filed 2010-12-16 in California Central
- Atkins v. Magic Sliders L.P. filed 2010-12-16 in New York Southern
- R/M Equipment, Inc. v. Sage International, Ltd. filed 2010-12-16 in Florida Southern
- Fitness IQ, LLC v. TV Products USA, Inc. filed 2010-12-15 in California Southern
- Nibco Inc v. ERICO International Corporation filed 2010-12-15 in Indiana Northern
- Bow Jax, Inc. v. Cabelas, Inc. et. al. filed 2010-12-16 in Idaho
- GHJ Holdings, LLC v. Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. filed 2010-12-17 in Texas Eastern
- Geotag, Inc. v. Georgio Armani S.P.A. et. al. filed 2010-12-17 in Texas Eastern
- Kraft Foods Global, Inc. v. Dairilean, Inc. filed 2010-12-17 in Illinois Northern
- Global Sessions LP v. Travelocity.com LP et. al. filed 2010-12-17 in Texas Eastern
- GHJ Holdings, LLC v. Mag Instrument, Inc. filed 2010-12-17 in Texas Eastern
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Strengthening the Indian Bayh Dole bill: A provision for recovery in case of fraud? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com Shamnad had recently discussed the presentation of the report of the standing committee to both houses of the Parliament on the Indian version of the Bayh Dole Act. Recent case law in the U.S ...
Lindt bunnie shapes "not distinctive" from ipkitten.blogspot.com The spokesman for Lindt was
not available for comment Friday is said by some to be a good day for leaving Luxembourg, in any direction, in search of fun. But today is different: the tiny ...
Judge applies One in a Million principle against CyberScot from ipkitten.blogspot.com If you've seen this movie, you
probably ARE one in a million It's not often that the IPKat ventures into the remote and exotic surroundings of the Queens Bench Technology and Construction Court ...
Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Fed up with webinars? Happy to meet other IP-ers face to face? If so, why not check out the IPKat's Forthcoming Events list. 2011 is just around the corner, so why not book for ...
297! Who owns the right to profit from Brett Favre’s streak? from ipelton.wordpress.com Apparently the Minnesota Vikings believe that they own the rights to profit from the streak – or at least from the marketable number it created – 297. On Monday evening earlier this week, while Brett Favre watched ...
Is Jack the new Paul? from ipkitten.blogspot.com Jack Readers may recall the meteoric rise to fame and subsequent tragic death of Paul the octopus, the much-vaunted predictor of the outcome World Cup football matches (you can read his obituary here). A natural ...
Resurrection from www.patenthawk.com Medical treatment patents 6,355,623 and 6,680,302 were flogged to death by the district court using §101. Resurrection came at the CAFC under Bilski, applying the solitary machine-or-transformation (m-o-t) test of the ...
Patent “Expert” Opinion on Reasons for Google Tender Offer for Groupon Reveals Fundamental Problems with IP Professionals from ipassetmaximizerblog.com 
IP Experts think it's all about them which allows business to marginalize IP issues
After several years of writing about how business leaders need to wrest control of their IP matters from lawyers, today ...
Federal Budget Deficit: Omnibus Spending Bill Killed from hallingblog.com The federal budget deficit is $14 trillion not including unfunded liabilities. Presently, the US is planning on having budget deficits of around $1 trillion for at least the next ten years. This means that by ...
USPTO Officially Announces Detroit Regional Office from inventivestep.net 
As reported by IP Watchdog, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke announced yesterday that the first PTO satellite office will be opening in Detroit, Michigan during 2011. The plan is to intially hire about 100 patent ...
Post Grant Expectations For 2011 from www.patentspostgrant.com Change on the Horizon for 2011
With 2010 coming to a close, we can look back and see many positive changes at the USPTO. Ex parte and inter partes appeal brief processing has been streamlined ...
USPTO to Open Satellite Office in Detroit from www.patentspostgrant.com In a teleconference with reporters on Thursday, December 16, 2010, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke – whose department includes the Patent Office – announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will open its first-ever satellite office ...
Best Gifts for Patent Attorneys 2010 from www.patentbaristas.com I know I preach that over-consumerism is a bad thing (see: simplify | the benefits of minimalism) but we’re back again this year with a list of the best gifts for patent geeks and entrepreneurs ...
Costco shoot-out ends in 4-4 draw from ipkitten.blogspot.com Here's just a quick note on Monday's US Supreme Court ruling in Costco Wholesale Corp v Omega SA, which ended in a 4-4 draw (Justice Kagan sat this one out). The IPKat is ...
By James DeGiulio -- Former Professor Fails to Dismiss St. John's Patent Research Suit Sanford Bolton, a former professor at St. John's University, and graduate student Spiridon Spireas have failed to dismiss a fraud ...
By Donald Zuhn -- Last week marked the deadline for the submission of amicus curiae briefs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees or in support of neither party in the Association of Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent ...
I have addedSiNApSE, a popular and very active intellectual property blog in India, to my Blogroll. This blog is the "brainchild" of Brain League, an Intellectual Property services company providing end to end services ...
My latest edition of Patent Connections published this week, after a much-needed week off with the family. This week’s column deals with university research and patent litigation. The timing is appropriate, given the upcoming ...
I was interviewed by Ed Poll of LawBiz® about iPhone apps for lawyers and law firms. I discussed the circumstances when a firm could benefit from launching an app, some of the mechanics for planning ...
I recently posted on the UK's new Independent Review of IP and Growth. A "Call for evidence" has now been made. Ian Hargreaves, who is leading the review, explains in it that there are ...
The United States Supreme Court’s recent grant of certiorari in Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. raises the issue of whether patent law requires clear and convincing evidence of invalidity to invalidate a patent. The ...
The court denied in part defendant's motion for summary judgment of noninfringement based on a divided infringement theory even though the third party performing a step of the claimed method was not defendant's ...
The court denied defendants' motion to preclude the testimony of plaintiff's damages expert on the issue of a reasonable royalty even though the expert's royalty exceeded defendant's profits and, in some cases ...
Strategies may be failing to ensure developing countries’ implementation of global trade rules for intellectual property protection does not squelch access to affordable medicines worldwide, according to a study presented this week. Related Articles:
By Daniel Davidson It’s the Saturday after a great party at the The Pit and there isn’t much you can remember except for a funky beat that keeps playing in your head, or ...
Last year, prior to the Supreme Court’s decision in Bilski v. Kappos, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court holding that Prometheus’s claims to methods of calibrating drug dosages were invalid as not ...
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva this week offered a frank assessment of the UN system of dealing with pandemic diseases, and defended the need for governments to negotiation in secret ...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office today announced that USPTO Deputy Director Sharon Barner will leave office on 14 January. Related Articles:
Today a panel of the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Prometheus v. Mayo, an important case involving the application of the patent eligibility doctrine to biotechnology, and more particularly molecular diagnostic testing and personalized ...
The World Intellectual Property Organization is headed in a controversial direction, and a focus on development at the expense of protection of intellectual property rights will mean the end of the agency, the United States ...
The United States State Department today released information about 15 projects worldwide this year aimed at training officials and prosecutors in intellectual property rights protection. The full press release follows. Related Articles:
As the typically reluctant “participants” in NPE* patent litigation rejoice, Law.com proclaims “Federal Circuit Upholds $631,000 in Fees, Sanctions Against Patent Lawyer, Company.” According to Sheri Qualters,
The U.S. Court of Appeals ...
The USPTO has finally made an official announcement of its plans to open a satellite office in Detroit, Michigan. The USPTO hopes to open its "first ever" satellite office in early 2011. As set forth ...
Earlier this week, I posted an item on how knowledge intensive sectors -- professional, scientific & technical services, information industries and the educational services -- grew during the recession but have declined in the "recovery."
A couple of ...
OK - no, this really isn't an intellectual history of intellectual capital and intangible assets. But it is a fun look at how those terms (and the term "intellectual property") has appeared in the past ...
Any change in the ownership of a registered trademark should be recorded with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Ownership frequently changes due to corporate restructuring (e.g., merger into a new entity ...
The House of Representatives passed the bill for the US District Court Patent Pilot program today by a vote of 371-1. The bill was previously passed by the Senate. Here are some of the comments ...
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