Patent & IP news for January 18, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Union Properties, LLC v. Cauthorn filed 2011-01-17 in Texas Western
- Advanced Processor Technologies LLC v. Analog Devices, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-01-18 in Texas Eastern
- Lantiq North America, Inc. et. al. v. Ralink Technology Corporation et. al. filed 2011-01-14 in California Northern
- Effectively Illuminated Pathways LLC v. Aston Martin Lagonda of North America, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-01-18 in Texas Eastern
- Prometheus Laboratories Inc. v. Roxane Laboratories, Inc. filed 2011-01-14 in New Jersey
- Thermapure, Inc. v. Coast to Coast Water Damage and Restoration, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-01-14 in California Central
- Western Digital Technologies, Inc. et. al. v. The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System et. al. filed 2011-01-18 in Texas Eastern
- Symantec Corporation et. al. v. Uniloc USA Inc et. al. filed 2011-01-18 in Texas Eastern
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Lammy double whammy from ipkitten.blogspot.com Left to right: Lavinia Carey (British Video Association),
IPKat team member Jeremy and ex-IP Minister David Lammy MP To refresh the memories of the IPKat's readers, the photo above was taken at the All ...
KtMINE Intellectual Property Royalty Rate Data & Documents Added to Zephyr from www.infringementupdates.com The following is excerpted from the Winter 2011 Bureau van DijkNewsletter:
ktMINE intellectual property (IP) royalty rate data and licensing agreement documents have been integrated with Zephyr, our global M&A; deals and rumors ...
Patents in Hollywood from www.patentlyo.com Here are the opening lines of the new NBC show "Harry's Law.”
Partner: In less than a month, you have gone from being one of the best patent lawyers in the country, much less ...
EU-India closer to FTA-hampered public health regime? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com 
Draft IP chapter made availableThe chapter on IP in the draft EU-India FTA has been made publicly available for the first time. As Malini Aisola of CIS has pointed out, the draft shows India ...
Neuschwanstein Castle trade mark dispute from ipkitten.blogspot.com Germany is a country of many castles (see recent IPKat posts here and here) and one of the most famous of these castles is Neuschwanstein Castle (literally: new swan stone, depicted top left). Neuschwanstein was ...
EU Commission looking at Generics and Patents from ipfinance.blogspot.com There's a detailed report emanating from Bloomberg Businessweek which explains a little bit about the EU's current investigation into the branded and generic drug markets. The European Commission has been looking into the ...
Don’t File a Patent: A Book by John Smith from www.patentlyo.com John Smith starts his book thanking "Examiner Ms. E.P." of the USPTO for giving him inspiration for his book. "Without your three absurd Office Action rejections, this book would not have been possible." Smith ...
My Secret Weapon: The Open Directory Project from intellogist.wordpress.com Recently I was attempting to find spot-on sources for a literature search in a subject area related to materials science. The first place I checked was the Intellogist Resource Finder, which contains a collection of ...
Don’t File A Patent: A Reprise–Who Needs It? from gametimeip.com So, awhile back I promised an update to my post about John Smith (who, incidentally, called me to confirm that John Smith is, in fact, his real name). Good to meet you John. John runs ...
Read This to Become a Better Patent Attorney or Agent (Crosspost from GameTime IP Blog) from ipassetmaximizerblog.com (Editorial note: My friend Patrick Anderson, proprietor of the great GameTime IP blog, recently met someone who wrote the Don’t File a Patent book. As a patent attorney, Patrick was greatly affected by what ...
Reciprocal Recordings: Copyright Charity Must End at Home from spicyipindia.blogspot.com In our submissions to the Parliamentary Standing Committee (tasked with examining the recent copyright amendment bill), we argued strongly in favour of strengthening our "reciprocity" provisions, an aspect first brought to light on this blog ...
Removing Terminal Disclaimers by Patent Reissue from www.patentspostgrant.com Expanded BPAI Panel Divided on Proper Reissue Practice
The proper interpretation of the patent reissue statutes was explored rather frequently at the Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences (BPAI) in 2010. Several important BPAI decision relating ...
New Patent Litigation Survey Confirms NPE Growth from ipinsider1.wordpress.com What’s Fueling Higher Awards?
Damages awards for NPEs (non-practicing patent owning entities) are on average triple those of practicing entities, according to handy 2010 Patent Litigation Study from PwC, recently made available.
For some ...
Patents, Innovation and Job Creation: A Virtuous Circle from ipwatchdog.com The Freshman Class of the 112th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives
Yesterday was the day that we remember Martin Luther King, Jr., which unofficially seems to typically be the start of the ...
A seemingly overworked and impoverished World Health Organization opened its Executive Board session today with calls for reform amid deep concerns about its financial future. Meanwhile, dissension arose over an industry representative named by the ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- An enduring trope in literature from all civilizations is the efforts of one generation to make conditions and prospects better for the next generation. That parents care for their children has ...
Santa Ana, CA ��� This case should serve as a warning to all domain name owners: TIMELY RENEW YOUR DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION AND DON���T LET IT LAPSE! The Valaskantjis family trust, owner of the Tom ...
In Warrior Sports, Inc. v. Dickinson Wright, P.L.L.C., the Federal Circuit examined the circumstances under which a charge of malpractice against a patent attorney raises substantive issues of patent law sufficient to ...
Prof. David C. Berry (Cooley) is researching how In re Seagate Technology, LLC, 497 F.3d 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2007)(en banc) has altered the practical landscape of willful patent infringement. One goal of the ...
A patentee can seek money damages and/or an injunction against companies that infringe their patent. Damages are calculated as the dollar value that the patentee suffered due to the infringement. However, in certain situations ...
With Steve Job's surprise announcement that he is taking medical leave, we get a stark look at what really drives value in I-Cubed companies such as Apple. One quote in the Washington Post story ...
Defendant's motion for summary judgment of invalidity for lack of written description of plaintiff's encryption patent was denied. "[Defendant's] argument rests exclusively on the fact that [the claims] refer . . . to 'another Extensible ...
By: Mark R. Malek My good friend, Matt Yubas, will be hosting a seminar for inventors in Orlando on Saturday February 26, 2010. Please click here for some information on the seminar. I have been ...
The EU is not going to intervene against the Novell patent deal about which the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) recently complained. European Commission vice president and competition commissioner Joaquín ...
With the World Health Organization director general’s term of office ending next year, WHO members today set up a drafting group to try to reconcile divergent views on the process leading to the election ...
The Scientist discusses the Silvia Bulfone-Paus matter. In July, 2010, around the time a formal investigation of possible science fraud began, accusatory emails distributing information about Bulfone-Paus and details about suspect papers, such as evidence ...
PCWorld includes text from a 17 Jan 2011 posting:
"The Commission is aware of the proposed acquisition by CPTN Holdings," states the message from European Commission Vice President Joaquin Almunia. "On the basis of the ...
ERIK M PELTON & ASSOCIATES LAUNCHES TRADEMARK LAW TELECONFERENCE SERIES
Attorneys from Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC (“EMP&A;”), will host the first in a new series of trademark law teleconferences on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 ...
The lead story on Katie Couric on 18 January 2011 was on insurance fraud costing customers $30 billion/year. 2010 may be a record year for slip and fall cases. NICB [National Insurance Crime Bureau ...
Stuart Freen is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In a strongly-worded letter leaked on Michael Geist’s website, the CRTC has accused Rogers with failing to live up to its net ...
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