Patent & IP news for January 11, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Back In Five, LLC et. al. v. Infinite International Inc. et. al. filed 2011-01-07 in California Central
- Nodd et. al. v. Craftmade International, Inc. filed 2011-01-10 in Alabama Southern
- American Superconductor Corporation v. S&C Electric Company filed 2011-01-06 in Massachusetts
- Tadayon et. al. v. Saucon Technologies, Inc. filed 2011-01-07 in Maryland
- Foothills Creations LTD v. Billy Bob Teeth, Inc. filed 2011-01-09 in Colorado
- Apotex Inc. v. Forest Laboratories, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-01-10 in Michigan Eastern
- GHJ Holdings, LLC v. Belk, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-01-11 in Texas Eastern
- Media Technologies Licensing LLC v. Qualex Inc. et. al. filed 2011-01-10 in Delaware
- Kilts Resources LLC v. Dwyer Instruments, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-01-11 in Texas Eastern
- Patent Group, LLC v. Walls Industries, LLC filed 2011-01-11 in Texas Eastern
- GHJ Holdings, LLC v. Heatmax, Inc. filed 2011-01-11 in Texas Eastern
- Patent Group, LLC v. Discraft, Inc. filed 2011-01-11 in Texas Eastern
- GHJ Holdings, LLC v. BRK Brands, Inc. filed 2011-01-11 in Texas Eastern
- GHJ Holdings, LLC v. True Food Service Equipment, Inc. filed 2011-01-11 in Texas Eastern
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CAFC Appointments from hallingblog.com According to IPWATCHDOG President Obama has renominated Edward C. DuMont and Jimmie Reyna to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Neither of them are patent attorneys. As I pointed ...
IP Associate Position Available from www.patentbaristas.com We’ve been quite busy these days and so I wanted to pass along that my firm is currently looking to hire an IP attorney.
The Position:
Patent Associate with at least 3 years of ...
Letter from AmeriKat I: Viacom v YouTube - The Viacom Appeal from ipkitten.blogspot.com The past three Sundays the Amerikat has found herself engaged in many battles. First she was battling London Heathrow's snow incompetency, which delayed her flight home by four days. Then she was left battling ...
Letter from AmeriKat II: Viacom v YouTube - The Viacom Appeal from ipkitten.blogspot.com Willfull Blindness cannot save you now
Viacom argues that, even if Section 512(c) excludes from liability those that do no not have URL-specific knowledge of infringement, the district court erred by finding for YouTube ...
Mobile Business Tools for Apple iPad, iPhone & iPod, Pt. 2 from ipwatchdog.com In early September of 2010, I was given my new favorite toy, an Apple iPad, as a gift. I originally used the iPad to read books, play games and to surf the Internet. However, I ...
IFI CLAIMS Update and Probable Patent Assignees from intellogist.wordpress.com IFI CLAIMS® Patent Services has updated the IFI CLAIMS®/U.S. Patents, Uniterm and CDB files, with new assignee name changes, probable assignees, class code revision, and indexing terms. Not familiar with IFI CLAIMS or ...
They Invented What? (No. 192) from anticipatethis.wordpress.com U.S. Pat. No. 1,749,090: Apparatus for obtaining criminal confessions and photographically recording them.
Having thus described my method of obtaining confessions from those criminally suspected and photographically recording these confessions, together with ...
Patent Blog Content - We Want You! from info.articleonepartners.com Looking for Ideas:
The Article One blog, Patent Quality Matters, has assumed a variety of roles over the past two years, and now we want your opinions for where we should go in the future ...
Yet Another Trouble For Britannia from spicyipindia.blogspot.com ET and other business dailies including Business Standard reported yet another trouble for Britannia. According to news reports, US based Kraft Foods sued Nusli Wadia-owned Britannia industries for trademark infringement of its popular “Oreo” cookies ...
Top sites for fakes mainly "located in Western Europe and North America" from ipkitten.blogspot.com The MarkMinotaur ... The IPKat likes to bring the best and most positive news to his readers, but alas this isn't always possible. Breaking news is that, following KPMG's revelation last month that London ...
Repeal of Financial Reform? from hallingblog.com Michele Bachmann has introduced a bill repeal the massive and widely criticized Dodd-Frank financial (see Newsmax story and Stillwater Gazette story). This is a good first step, but she should have also included the repeal ...
Extension of Patent Term for Pharmaceuticals in Australia from www.patentbaristas.com In September 2009, we reported on an Australian Patent Office (APO) decision relating to an application for an extension of patent term for a trans-dermal patch. The application for an extension of patent term was ...
Damages in France: is there a sign of an upward trend? from ipfinance.blogspot.com SNCF: from chemin de fer
to information highway Last October Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris ruled in favour of French national railway operator Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) in a dispute ...
How to Bamboozle A Judge from www.patenthawk.com Claim construction ought to be formulaic: take the plain meaning of crucial claim terms, in view of the specification and prosecution history, absent prosecution disclaimer (which would narrow claim scope). "Courts must not import limitations ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- George Will, conservative icon, wrote an Op-Ed piece in The Washington Post last week extolling the virtues (and the necessities) of innovation and government support for it ("Rev the scientific engine ...
In a recent post on his blog, Director Kappos discussed the progress the USTPO has made towards improving patent processes. He reports that in fiscal year 2010 the USPTO "[e]ntered more than 2.9 ...
I was in my local Sainsbury's when I noticed bottles of expensive drinks which had a grey plastic device over their necks, clearly meant to prevent theft. The wording on them said that it ...
Over at Jane Lambert’s NIPC Law blog, a recent post about IP strategists quotes from Jackie Hutter’s earlier post about what it means to be an IP strategist:
An IP Strategist does not ...
the accused interface "from the user’s standpoint . . . remains continuously responsive"
Defendants' motion for summary judgment of noninfringement of plaintiff's internet search patent was granted because the accused software -- Microsoft Word -- was not "continuously ...
by Aaron Thalwitzer In a filing made public on January 6, 2011, Microsoft is seeking a patent for something it calls “One-Way Public Relationships” in social networks and other online properties. That’s a slightly-depressing ...
With the new Congress sworn in, reporters are turning to trade group leaders to see what their views are on upcoming legislation. While certain "tech-related" bills (e.g. updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act) are ...
By Jason Rantanen
In Global-Tech v. SEB, the Supreme Court is addressing the state of mind requirement for inducement of infringement. The petitioner, along with several amicus briefs filed in support, argues that inducement should ...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano. Technically, the case is about whether a drug company must disclose reports of adverse patient reactions even though number ...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has posted several examples of benefits to the public of disclosures of confidential documents by Wikileaks. Details here. Related Articles:Wikileaks Creator, In Geneva, Denounces US Abuse Of Human Rights EFF ...
Although attempts to repeal last year’s healthcare reform bill and efforts to get the deficit under control may take up much of the United States Congress’ time this year, lawmakers are expected to tackle ...
By Scott Nyman So what is the price of love these days? If you ask Intel, the price is $1.5 billion ($1,500,000,000.00 for those of you who like zeros) for ...
World Trade Organization members are scheduled to meet this week to discuss a geographical indications register as part of the intensifying negotiations under the Doha Round. Related Articles:
A new private sector report shows that billions of visitors are going to websites selling products and services worldwide, but accentuates the fact that most of these visits involve transactions not controlled by the intellectual ...
By Jason Rantanen
iLOR, LLC v. Google, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2011)
Panel: Rader, Linn, Dyk (author)
This case involved a district court exceptional case determination based on its finding that the patent holder's proposed ...
In this second week of the new year, I'll continue with my list of Top 10 Mistakes in Arguing on Appeal to the BPAI. (See the full list here.) Today is Mistake #4: Not ...
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