Patent & IP news for March 29, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. v. Kappos filed 2011-03-25 in DC
- International Business Corporation v. The Brinkmann Corporation filed 2011-03-25 in Georgia Northern
- Elan Corporation PLC et. al. v. Intellipharmaceutics Corporation et. al. filed 2011-03-28 in Delaware
- Orange 21 North America Inc. v. Dickie Williamson Manufacturing Company et. al. filed 2011-03-28 in California Southern
- Abbott Laboratories et. al. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. et. al. filed 2011-03-25 in Delaware
- Voice Domain Technologies, LLC v. Zoom Corporation filed 2011-03-28 in Massachusetts
- Certainteed Corporation v. Knauf Insulation, Sprl filed 2011-03-25 in DC
- Purdue Pharma L.P. et. al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. filed 2011-03-23 in New York Southern
- Prime Fabrication, Inc. v. National Systems Integrator, Inc. filed 2011-03-28 in Nebraska
- Hydroflame Production, L.L.C. et. al. v. Hydroflame Technologies, L.L.C. et. al. filed 2011-03-28 in Louisiana Eastern
- Purdue Pharma L.P. et. al. v. Actavis Elizabeth LLC filed 2011-03-23 in New York Southern
- Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Microsoft Corporation filed 2011-03-29 in Delaware
- Nokia Corporation et. al. v. Apple Inc. filed 2011-03-28 in Delaware
- Team Cycad, LLC v. Myadsonbikes, LLC et. al. filed 2011-03-28 in New York Southern
- Fasteners for Retail, Inc. v. Gerald Andersen et. al. filed 2011-03-29 in Illinois Northern
USPTO Stats
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Patent & IP Blogs
Search Yahoo! for Elly? Not on your Nellie from ipkitten.blogspot.com This is the film that has got
Yahoo! into so much trouble All sorts of exciting things have been going on in Rome, if the IPKat's Italian eyes do not deceive him. Of particular ...
Of access and excess: security for wizard costs from ipfinance.blogspot.com What better way to consume money? No-one said that copyright infringement litigation in England and Wales comes cheap, but on 18 March 2011, in Allen (trustee of Adrian Jacobs) v Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd and J ...
Crowdsourcing Series: Modern Politics and Academics from info.articleonepartners.com This is the seventh and final post in our seven-part series titled “The Invaluable Contribution of Crowdsourcing.” We’ve learned about everything from the history of crowdsourcing, to its incorporation into popular culture, to its ...
Analysis of the Google Books Settlement from spicyipindia.blogspot.com (Warning: Long post!)
I provided a brief overview of the decision in the Google Books Search settlement case, wherein Justice Chin of the United States District Court rejected the proposed settlement entered into between Google ...
"Making"? It's Open and Schütz... from ipkitten.blogspot.com There are days when it rains and, for a Kat at least, others when it paws… Today is definitely one of the latter. In an avalanche of activity, the Court of Appeal has handed down ...
Is that AFACT? Copyright federation pursues its quarry to High Court from ipkitten.blogspot.com Secondary liability on the internet is definitely the flavour of the month. Yesterday night the IPKat reported on the liability of a search engine for contributory infringement of copyright -- and this morning the spotlight turns ...
Global dispute with only local significance from ipkitten.blogspot.com "Where there's life ... there's Bud" --
but who, or what, is Bud in Europe? Every few weeks there seems to be another giant-sized decision in the Battle of the Buds -- and here's the ...
Damages on a cross-undertaking -- it's payback time from ipfinance.blogspot.com Les Laboratoires Servier & Another v Apotex Inc & Others [2011] EWHC 730 (Pat) was decided today by Mr Justice Arnold in the Patents Court, England and Wales. IP Finance thanks Bristows, which acted for Servier, for ...
High Rate of Patent Issuance Continues in 2011 from www.patentlyo.com By Dennis Crouch The chart above shows the number of original utility patents issued each calendar year. Reissue, design, and patent patents are excluded. The figures for 2011 go through March 29, 2011 and the ...
Not acte clair, but easy as A, B ... see! from ipkitten.blogspot.com Acte Clair, Cat Claire or Claire de Lune? We have another A and B situation today, but this time it's not Anheuser-Busch and Budvar. Back in November Mr Justice Floyd gave judgment in Football ...
In re Verizon Business Network Services Inc. from www.patentlyo.com
By Jason Rantanen In re Verizon Business Network Services Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2011) Download 10-m956 order Panel: Lourie, Gajarsa, and Linn (author) The Federal Circuit continues to grant mandamus petitions requesting transfer to a more ...
By Jason Rantanen In re Verizon Business Network Services Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2011) Download 10-m956 order Panel: Lourie, Gajarsa, and Linn (author) The Federal Circuit continues to grant mandamus petitions requesting transfer to a more ...
Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Watson Laboratories, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2011) from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- On Friday, in Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Watson Laboratories, Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed a decision by the District Court for the District of Nevada on summary judgment that the asserted claims ...
By Donald Zuhn -- On Friday, in Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Watson Laboratories, Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed a decision by the District Court for the District of Nevada on summary judgment that the asserted claims ...
Revising U.S. Patent Regulations from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
If Director Kappos would grant you three wishes to revise the USPTO's regulations (37 CFR), what would they be? This is not a fairy tale. Last week, the USPTO announced its "preliminary plan to ...
If Director Kappos would grant you three wishes to revise the USPTO's regulations (37 CFR), what would they be? This is not a fairy tale. Last week, the USPTO announced its "preliminary plan to ...
More on In re Jung and Wood from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Concerning the CAFC decision In re Jung and Wood of 28 March 2011, if one looks up application 10/770,072 (published application 20050167572 ) on the USPTO database, one finds the correspondence address to be ...
Concerning the CAFC decision In re Jung and Wood of 28 March 2011, if one looks up application 10/770,072 (published application 20050167572 ) on the USPTO database, one finds the correspondence address to be ...
Citigroup v. Capital City Bank: the DuPont factors from ipbiz.blogspot.com
In the "patent reform" business of 2011, there is advocacy of post-grant review (aka opposition). To see how a bigger entity can use such a procedure against a smaller entity, see the trademark case of ...
In the "patent reform" business of 2011, there is advocacy of post-grant review (aka opposition). To see how a bigger entity can use such a procedure against a smaller entity, see the trademark case of ...
Kodak prospering from ipbiz.blogspot.com
In a post titled Kodak Advances After Winning Latest Round in Patent Dispute, Bloomberg notes:
A victory may allow Kodak to extract $1 billion from Apple and RIM should it win the case, Chairman and ...
In a post titled Kodak Advances After Winning Latest Round in Patent Dispute, Bloomberg notes:
A victory may allow Kodak to extract $1 billion from Apple and RIM should it win the case, Chairman and ...
Escalation: Nokia files new ITC complaint against Apple (plus a corresponding federal lawsuit) from fosspatents.blogspot.com
Two days ago I just reported on an ITC judge's "final initial determination" (not a definitive ruling) to dismiss a complaint filed by Nokia against Apple over 7 patents back in December 2009. I ...
Response to competitiveness RFI - manufacturing and services from www.athenaalliance.org
Following on yesterday's posting, I would like to take up some of those intriguing questions posed by the Commerce Department's Competitiveness study RFI (see earlier posting). Let's start with something I have ...
Following on yesterday's posting, I would like to take up some of those intriguing questions posed by the Commerce Department's Competitiveness study RFI (see earlier posting). Let's start with something I have ...
Professor handout material as 102(b) prior art from ipbiz.blogspot.com
In a post titled Patentee loses argument about "printed publication" in reexam appeal, AllThingsPros brings up the BPAI case of Ex parte i2 Technologies
The invalidating reference in question was handout material that was freely ...
In a post titled Patentee loses argument about "printed publication" in reexam appeal, AllThingsPros brings up the BPAI case of Ex parte i2 Technologies
The invalidating reference in question was handout material that was freely ...
Google Doesn’t Need Patents, It Has Mister Verhoeven from gametimeip.com
It’s been suggested that Google possess a somewhat lackluster patent portfolio, amassing less than 600 patents in its 12 year existence. Even when you count patents added through corporate acquisition, the total is still ...
It’s been suggested that Google possess a somewhat lackluster patent portfolio, amassing less than 600 patents in its 12 year existence. Even when you count patents added through corporate acquisition, the total is still ...
Committee Nears Final Review Of WHO Performance On H1N1 Pandemic from www.ip-watch.org
The committee reviewing the World Health Organization’s response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and whether the international organisation was unduly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry in its response is working this week to formulate ...
The committee reviewing the World Health Organization’s response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and whether the international organisation was unduly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry in its response is working this week to formulate ...
Intellectual Property Creates Space For Competition In Innovation, WIPO Head Says from www.ip-watch.org
Intellectual property is an available space in which any country can compete, but certain policies are helpful, the head of the World Intellectual Property Organization said today. And he described a global geographic shift in ...
Intellectual property is an available space in which any country can compete, but certain policies are helpful, the head of the World Intellectual Property Organization said today. And he described a global geographic shift in ...
MBHB Snippets from www.patentlyo.com
My former law firm MBHB just released its quarterly snippets Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law. A group of new associates started snippets around the time I started at the firm nine years ago ...
My former law firm MBHB just released its quarterly snippets Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law. A group of new associates started snippets around the time I started at the firm nine years ago ...
Election Drum Beats the Life Out of Access to Medicines Bill from www.iposgoode.ca
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Among the nearly 500 bills that died with the end of the 40th Canadian Parliament last Friday was Bill C-393, Canada’s Act to ...
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Among the nearly 500 bills that died with the end of the 40th Canadian Parliament last Friday was Bill C-393, Canada’s Act to ...
Diverse Group Of Patent Stakeholders Urge Congress Not To Devalue Valid Patents from gametimeip.com
I’ve received a letter that was sent on behalf of “innovators, patent holders, patent users, venture capitalists, small businesses, universities, and associations representing literally thousands of entities who care deeply about keeping America the ...
I’ve received a letter that was sent on behalf of “innovators, patent holders, patent users, venture capitalists, small businesses, universities, and associations representing literally thousands of entities who care deeply about keeping America the ...
Registration Still Open For WHO Sessions On R&D Financing from www.ip-watch.org
The expert group at the World Health Organization looking for ideas to fund research into diseases disproportionately affecting poor populations will open up its first meeting next week to public input. Participants can register for ...
The expert group at the World Health Organization looking for ideas to fund research into diseases disproportionately affecting poor populations will open up its first meeting next week to public input. Participants can register for ...
MPAA Head Criticises China, ‘Rogue’ Websites from www.ip-watch.org
A week into his new job as CEO and Chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), former Senator Chris Dodd gave his "inaugural" speech salted with jabs at China and websites that carry ...
A week into his new job as CEO and Chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), former Senator Chris Dodd gave his "inaugural" speech salted with jabs at China and websites that carry ...
CAFC notes that "legal argument" should not be deemed confidential from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Within the decision:
The marking as confidential of legal argument con-
cerning the propriety of a decision by the court is gener-
ally inappropriate given the strong presumption of public
access to court proceedings and ...
Within the decision:
The marking as confidential of legal argument con-
cerning the propriety of a decision by the court is gener-
ally inappropriate given the strong presumption of public
access to court proceedings and ...
Join Me In a Telebriefing Seminar on Centocor from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
On Thursday, March 31, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time (12:00 PM Pacific Time), I will be speaking during a Law Seminars International TeleBriefing titled "Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories," discussing the ...
On Thursday, March 31, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time (12:00 PM Pacific Time), I will be speaking during a Law Seminars International TeleBriefing titled "Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories," discussing the ...
Searching for Patent Trolls from intellogist.wordpress.com
During the past few weeks, I’ve heard the term “patent troll” repeated over and over again in patent-related blog posts and news articles. At the beginning of March, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released ...
During the past few weeks, I’ve heard the term “patent troll” repeated over and over again in patent-related blog posts and news articles. At the beginning of March, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released ...
Beyond STEM from www.athenaalliance.org
New America Foundation has been publishing a series of pieces on America's growth strategy. All of the pieces are worth reading. But I want to highlight one particular comment by Jamie Galbraith in his ...
New America Foundation has been publishing a series of pieces on America's growth strategy. All of the pieces are worth reading. But I want to highlight one particular comment by Jamie Galbraith in his ...
Its Always Casual Friday At Teh Epo-Informal Clarification from tacticalip.com
By Daniel Davidson In an effort to better the quality of searches as the International Searching Authority, the European Patent Office is stepping out of their Sunday’s best and into their Tom Selleck’s ...
By Daniel Davidson In an effort to better the quality of searches as the International Searching Authority, the European Patent Office is stepping out of their Sunday’s best and into their Tom Selleck’s ...
Jeanne Fromer: Patentography from writtendescription.blogspot.com
Would stricter venue rules improve patent law? In Patentography (NYU L. Rev. 2010), Professor Jeanne Fromer (Fordham Law) argues that considering the "geography of patent disputes" by "making patent venue proper only in the district ...
Would stricter venue rules improve patent law? In Patentography (NYU L. Rev. 2010), Professor Jeanne Fromer (Fordham Law) argues that considering the "geography of patent disputes" by "making patent venue proper only in the district ...
Interview with Inventor Joe Iannello from www.lotempiolaw.com
Inventor Joe Iannello came up with an idea of how to easily clean the underside of a lawnmower and he developed a new product called the Spray–n-Mow.
He designed it, he received United States ...
Web Functionality Software and Tools - Patent Infringement Risk Management from www.infringementupdates.com
The following is excerpted from a March 29, 2011 Guidance Directive from the American Association of Advertising Agencies: In quantitative terms, the number of patent applications filed in the United States over the past 15 ...
The following is excerpted from a March 29, 2011 Guidance Directive from the American Association of Advertising Agencies: In quantitative terms, the number of patent applications filed in the United States over the past 15 ...
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