Patent & IP news for January 3, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Nuvoton Technology Corporation et. al. v. Phillip M. Adams & Associates, LLC et. al. filed 2010-12-30 in California Northern
- Applica Consumer Products, Inc. v. Lucky Litter LLC filed 2011-01-03 in Texas Eastern
- Wi-Lan Inc. v. Calix, Inc. filed 2011-01-03 in California Northern
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IPWatchdog 2010: ABA Blawg Tops + Over 2 Million Visits from ipwatchdog.com It has been an interesting year for us at IPWatchdog.com, from getting sued in January 2010, to exclusive interviews with the likes of Chief Judge Randall Rader, Chief Judge Paul Michel, Former U.S ...
The Princess and the Personal Name: a reader comments from ipkitten.blogspot.com "Here comes that
Landeshauptmann :
now where shall
I hide my title?" In "A tale for our time: Princess Ilonka and the Landeshauptmann" (here), the IPKat reviewed in fairly critical terms the litigation in which the ...
Trash from www.patenthawk.com Reader of minds Sigmund Freud once observed, "most people are trash." So it is with litigators, sworn officers of the Court, that practice character assassination, and judges, the Court incarnate, that buy into it. Fortunately ...
When Rodney Dangerfield Meets the Naked Trade Mark Licence from ipkitten.blogspot.com 
The late American comedian Rodney Dangerfield was closely identified with his tagline -- "I don't get no respect." He would then go on to offer one of his famous monologues that would recount his recent ...
2010-at-the-IPO-An analysis of the controller's decisions from spicyipindia.blogspot.com The Controller's Office provided 115 decisions on its website decided between 1/1/2010 and 31/12/2010. A large number of these decisions were not linked to the relevant file and therefore could ...
Licensee buys Licensor in advance of IPO from ipfinance.blogspot.com 
New Year’s Day finally saw the acquisition of Smith Electric Vehicles UK by its US counterpart and licensee, Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEVUS). Founded in the 1920’s, Smith UK is the world’s ...
Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com Paul the Octopus: great
at predicting, but not much use
as a lobbyist for big business Can you predict the future? SOLO IP arch-blogger Filemot has posted her IP Predictions for 2011 here; she challenges ...
Court Grants Summary Judgment Of Copyright Non-Infringement In Flushed Away Movie Lawsuit from www.iptrademarkattorney.com Los Angeles, CA – Yolanda Buggs accused Dreamworks’ animated movie “Flushed Away” of infringing her copyrighted screen play “Critter Island.” Details blogged here. At summary judgment, the Court applied only the “extrinsic test,” an objective comparison ...
January 5, 2011 - Patent Infringement Claims, Opinions of Counsel and Attorney-Client Privilege (Technology Transfer Tactics and Strafford) - 1:00 - 2:30 PM (EST) January 12, 2011 - New USPTO Guidelines and the Obviousness Standard for Patents ...
By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Main Hastings LLC v. Pfizer, Inc. 2:10-cv-00599; filed December 29, 2010 in the Eastern District ...
By Donald Zuhn -- Reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its fourth annual list of top biotech/pharma patent stories. For 2010, we identified a dozen stories that were covered ...
Recently I met with Fred Landers with Paragon Model Makers Inc. and we had a nice conversation about how he can help inventors build working prototypes and models. Having a prototype is important in ...
While a picture may be worth a thousand words, words are quite powerful. A few short words can capture major ideas, like these words from the list of the Words of Year from the Wall ...
Plaintiff's motion for a new trial on indirect infringement and damages was granted based on statements made by defense counsel during trial regarding the Jewish faith of one of plaintiff's owners and its ...
In a previous post I listed my Top 10 Mistakes in Arguing on Appeal to the BPAI. Now I'll provide some explanation about Mistake #1: Conclusory assertion rather than argument with explanation.
Perhaps the ...
Let us begin this New Year with an old debate. One of the ongoing debates in economics right now concerns the nature (and causes) of the persistently high rate of unemployment. The question is whether ...
The International Trademark Association today announced the appointment of its 2011 president, the first INTA president from a non-English speaking country. Related Articles:
By Jason Rantanen
The coming year is certain to bring a host of interesting and important changes to patent law that we will continue to write about, and I wish all of Patently-O's readers ...
As the Patents organization moves toward its goal of reducing the average total pendency of patent applications to 20 months by 2015, it is important to streamline all components of the examination process. Everyone plays ...
Question 1.
On May 1, 2005, Mr. Suresh received an e-mail from a friend warning against eating with disposable bamboo chopsticks. The problem, according to the e-mail, was that bamboo chopsticks were saturated with cariogenic ...
In the past year, several court decisions have highlighted the risks associated with using “boilerplate” intellectual property assignment clauses in employment and independent contractor agreements. The latest case is Gellman v Telular Corporation, a December ...
By Scott Nyman Back in August, Interval Licensing LLC (“Interval”) initiated patent infringement litigation against tech giants Apple, Google, Facebook, Netflix, YouTube, Yahoo, eBay, AOL, and others in the U.S. District Court for the ...
An official who is has been an active voice in access to medicines policymaking in Geneva has taken over as the new permanent representative of Kenya to the United Nations Office at Geneva. Related Articles ...
See the press release on the book Constructing and Deconstructing Patents by Irah H. Donner.
The book is $255.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814.
In a non-precedential decision dated December 3, 2010 in U.S. patent application no. 10/286,314, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI, or “the Board”) reversed the findings of the examiner on ...
An internet civil liberties group in Hungary has warned that the country's new media law gives the government censorship authority, threatening freedom of speech and independent journalism. The law took effect on 1 January ...
2010 was a year filled with many noteworthy legal developments in the realm of intellectual property and technology. Out of the hundreds of stories that we featured through our events and online at IPilogue this ...
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