Patent & IP news for April 4, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Arrivastar S.A. et. al. v. Next Generation Logistics, Inc. filed 2011-04-03 in Florida Southern
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. et. al. v. Anchen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed 2011-04-01 in California Northern
- Elan Corporation PLC et. al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed 2011-04-01 in Delaware
- GHJ Holdings, LLC v. WMS Gaming, Inc. filed 2011-03-31 in California Central
- Ceres Communications Technologies, LLC v. Cequel Communications LLC et. al. filed 2011-04-01 in Delaware
- DataTern, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories et. al. filed 2011-04-04 in Texas Eastern
- Ceres Communications Technologies, LLC v. Cequel Communications LLC et. al. filed 2011-04-04 in Delaware
- GHJ Holdings, LLC v. Igt filed 2011-03-31 in California Central
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Patent & IP Blogs
Historical Patents - Apple uses Solar Power to Boost iPhones from info.articleonepartners.com By Catherine Zielinski
Did you know that the first solar cell patent was granted all the way back in 1888? From the late 19th century to 2011, solar energy has made great leaps and ...
Residual Knowledge Clauses and Neural Prosthetics from ipfinance.blogspot.com David Wanetick (Managing Director, IncreMental Advantage) is no stranger to this weblog (see earlier posts here, here and here). Well, he's back again with "Residual Knowledge Clauses and Neural Prosthetics". As David explains:
"IP ...
Updated Apple vs. Nokia battlemap from fosspatents.blogspot.com 
After Nokia's two latest complaints against Apple (filed with the ITC and the US District Court for the District of Delaware) I had to update my Apple vs. Nokia "battlemap" again. You can see ...
Use of iconic toys in videos from ipkitten.blogspot.com Now here's an interesting question, posed this weekend by one of our readers:
"I work for a company that hosts film competitions online. Our community of film-makers competes to create short, branded films for ...
Unprecedented Opportunity from www.patenthawk.com While Nortel Networks ran its business into the ground, it amassed, and litigated, a formidable, if cracked, patent portfolio - around 6,000 U.S. patents and apps, as well as others, covering networking, wireless, and ...
Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com The Kat couldn't find any 800-FLOWERS marks
on an internet search, but he did find this
delightful transatlantic mark, which carries the
none-too-common 'SM' ("service mark") sign Last week, while the Kats joined in ...
Sholay strikes back – This time Vodafone is the victim from spicyipindia.blogspot.com 'Sholay is no longer just a film, its an event' Anupama Chopra
Sholay Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. the company which owns all rights to the epic 1970s blockbuster, Sholay (featuring Jai, Veeru, Basanti, Dhano, Gabar ...
Musician Sues Sesame Street For Copyright Infringement – 17 U.S.C. § 410(c) Issue from www.iptrademarkattorney.com Los Angeles, CA – Jose-Luis Orozco is accusing Sesame Workshop of using his copyrighted song in its Dragon Tales television program without authorization. According to the complaint, Orozco wrote the music and lyrics to the children ...
Waking a Sleeping Giant: Financing University Research from spicyipindia.blogspot.com We bring you a thought provoking guest post on the complex issue of financing University research from Dr Roya Ghafele, an Oxford academic.
This issue did crop up, albeit incidentally, during our discussions on the ...
BGH - Art exhibitions in an online archive from ipkitten.blogspot.com In a decision (I ZR 127/09) of October 2010 the German Bundesgerichtshof had to decide on the legality of the online archiving of reports about art exhibitions under Article 50 German Copyright Act (UrhG ...
The Time for Global Harmonisation is Now: so says David Kappos, Director of the USPTO from ipkitten.blogspot.com It’s Monday (as many of you will have already noticed. For those that have not, you’re probably late for work – at least the roads should be clear), and the IPKat has spent the ...
Teaching IP to undergraduates: a postgraduate asks ... from ipkitten.blogspot.com How best can the teaching of intellectual property law to undergraduates be justified? Carlos Conde asks just this question. He writes:
"I am a PhD student in Law at the University of Sheffield. My funding ...
Letter from AmeriKat: The Rite of Spring from ipkitten.blogspot.com Gone are the evenings when the AmeriKat had to activate her whiskers and night vision to illuminate the darkened journey from her office home. The days are getting longer, the afternoon sun is gliding through ...
Saregama's Lack of Standing to Sue from spicyipindia.blogspot.com In this post, I will examine the decision in the case of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, upholding a lower court's ruling that absolved music producer Timbaland and various record labels of illegally ...
Federal Circuit to Hear Argument in AMP v. USPTO from www.patentdocs.org
By Kevin E. Noonan -- On Monday, the Federal Circuit hears oral argument in Association of Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (aka the Myriad case). In addition to the parties (Appellant Myriad ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- On Monday, the Federal Circuit hears oral argument in Association of Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (aka the Myriad case). In addition to the parties (Appellant Myriad ...
Does Bank of America’s CEO Suck? from tacticalip.com
by Aaron Thalwitzer (of aaronthalwitzersucks.com fame!) According to Boston.com, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who told Forbes magazine that he will release documents from a US bank next year, said in 2009 that his ...
by Aaron Thalwitzer (of aaronthalwitzersucks.com fame!) According to Boston.com, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who told Forbes magazine that he will release documents from a US bank next year, said in 2009 that his ...
SpicyIP Tidbit: Parallel Import clause may be dropped from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
The Indian Express reports that the controversial amendment to Section 2(m) of the Indian Copyright Act may not be incorporated after all. We have blogged about this issue several times previously here, here and ...
The Indian Express reports that the controversial amendment to Section 2(m) of the Indian Copyright Act may not be incorporated after all. We have blogged about this issue several times previously here, here and ...
At least 9 Apple patents asserted against Nokia in UK and Germany are European software patents from fosspatents.blogspot.com
It's a common misconception that software patents are an exclusively American phenomenon and don't exist in Europe. There are different definitions of what constitutes a software patent. My definition of software patents certainly ...
Federal Circuit Hears Myriad Gene Patent Case from www.patentlyo.com
At 10 am this morning, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hear oral arguments in high profile gene-patent case of Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. USPTO. In a sweeping opinion ...
At 10 am this morning, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hear oral arguments in high profile gene-patent case of Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. USPTO. In a sweeping opinion ...
Oral arguments in Myriad. Standing. from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Oral arguments are heard in Myriad on April 4, 2011.
Will the CAFC accept the ruling on standing by Judge Sweet? If that remains, there could be a lot of patent challenges.
See
Ruling in ...
Oral arguments are heard in Myriad on April 4, 2011.
Will the CAFC accept the ruling on standing by Judge Sweet? If that remains, there could be a lot of patent challenges.
See
Ruling in ...
WIPO Slowly Advances Industrial Design Treaty, Eyes ISP Liability For Trademarks from www.ip-watch.org
Governments meeting last week to discuss a possible new treaty on industrial design harmonisation snagged slightly at the end over how to chart a course to a treaty negotiation, but otherwise reported a smooth week ...
Governments meeting last week to discuss a possible new treaty on industrial design harmonisation snagged slightly at the end over how to chart a course to a treaty negotiation, but otherwise reported a smooth week ...
Reference numbers for drawings in patent applications from ipbiz.blogspot.com
AllThingsPros wonders if including reference numbers in a claim can narrow claim scope?
Apple in US published application 20110078624 titled Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Workspace Views apparently forgot to include some ...
AllThingsPros wonders if including reference numbers in a claim can narrow claim scope?
Apple in US published application 20110078624 titled Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Workspace Views apparently forgot to include some ...
Alguronic acid from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Note text on the website:
Alguronic acid® is a never-before-seen biotechnology discovery from a team of scientists in San Francisco. Alguronic acid is a powerful regenerative compound produced by a specific and unique strain of ...
Note text on the website:
Alguronic acid® is a never-before-seen biotechnology discovery from a team of scientists in San Francisco. Alguronic acid is a powerful regenerative compound produced by a specific and unique strain of ...
What's in your NDA? from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Attorney Melissa C. Marsh writes:
As a business attorney for over 10 years, I have seen my fair share of useless, unenforceable nondisclosure agreements and confidentiality agreements. Generally this seems to occur when individuals select ...
Attorney Melissa C. Marsh writes:
As a business attorney for over 10 years, I have seen my fair share of useless, unenforceable nondisclosure agreements and confidentiality agreements. Generally this seems to occur when individuals select ...
Rethinking Innovation Policy - response to RFI from www.athenaalliance.org
As readers of this blog will notes, last week I posted a series of comments on the questions posed by the Commerce Department's Competitiveness study RFI (see here, here, here, here, here, and here ...
As readers of this blog will notes, last week I posted a series of comments on the questions posed by the Commerce Department's Competitiveness study RFI (see here, here, here, here, here, and here ...
The Thesaurus of Claim Construction from www.patentlyo.com
Several years ago, Stu Soffer told me about his claim construction thesaurus project. At the time, I thought that the result would be amazing, but that the project was clearly too ambitious. I was both ...
Several years ago, Stu Soffer told me about his claim construction thesaurus project. At the time, I thought that the result would be amazing, but that the project was clearly too ambitious. I was both ...
Google bids for Nortel portfolio from www.tangible-ip.com
Techcrunch reports this afternoon that Google has bid $900 million as the stalking horse bid for the Nortel patent portfolio. The bid is officially reported on Google’s own blog. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011 ...
Techcrunch reports this afternoon that Google has bid $900 million as the stalking horse bid for the Nortel patent portfolio. The bid is officially reported on Google’s own blog. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011 ...
Prioritized Patent Examination — Final Rule from www.717madisonplace.com
Hal Wegner reported yesterday in his daily listserv that the final rule for prioritized patent examination would be published in the Federal Register today. Here is the Federal Register notice for the final rule prioritized ...
Hal Wegner reported yesterday in his daily listserv that the final rule for prioritized patent examination would be published in the Federal Register today. Here is the Federal Register notice for the final rule prioritized ...
Google Reluctantly Joins Patent Craze from www.ip-watch.org
Internet giant Google today announced it is taking an "if-you-can't-beat-'em, join 'em" attitude on patents and innovation by moving defensively to boost its patent portfolio. Related Articles:
Internet giant Google today announced it is taking an "if-you-can't-beat-'em, join 'em" attitude on patents and innovation by moving defensively to boost its patent portfolio. Related Articles:
Federal Circuit Hears Arguments in Myriad Case from thepriorart.typepad.com
Oral arguments were under way at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Monday morning in the closely watched Myriad Genetics appeal (Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. USPTO, et al ...
Oral arguments were under way at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Monday morning in the closely watched Myriad Genetics appeal (Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. USPTO, et al ...
Ericsson Files Patent Suits Against China's ZTE from www.infringementupdates.com
The following is excerpted from an April 2, 2011 article published at Yahoo! Finance: Swedish mobile network giant Ericsson has filed three lawsuits in Europe against Chinese rival ZTE for patent infringement, a spokesman said ...
The following is excerpted from an April 2, 2011 article published at Yahoo! Finance: Swedish mobile network giant Ericsson has filed three lawsuits in Europe against Chinese rival ZTE for patent infringement, a spokesman said ...
Covenant not to sue sells for $38.5 million at intellectual property auction from www.postgrant.com
On March 31, 2011, Round Rock Research sold a covenant not to sue to an unnamed buyer for $38.5 million. The covenant was sold at the Spring 2011 Live IP Auction presented by intellectual ...
On March 31, 2011, Round Rock Research sold a covenant not to sue to an unnamed buyer for $38.5 million. The covenant was sold at the Spring 2011 Live IP Auction presented by intellectual ...
IP Law and Fashion Week: Is Canada Un-Fashionably Late? from www.iposgoode.ca
Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. As any Fashionista will know, over the last two weeks Toronto has been shining ...
Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. As any Fashionista will know, over the last two weeks Toronto has been shining ...
Federal Circuit Hears Oral Arguments in Myriad from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
On April 4, 2011, Judges Lourie, Bryson and Moore at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO, also known as the ACLU ...
On April 4, 2011, Judges Lourie, Bryson and Moore at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO, also known as the ACLU ...
A Thriving IP Business Model: The Institutional IP Aggregator from dcipattorney.com
As I mentioned in my last post, it has been three years since I co-authored the article “Meet the Middlemen” with Ron Laurie, which was published in the February/March 2008 issue of Intellectual Asset ...
As I mentioned in my last post, it has been three years since I co-authored the article “Meet the Middlemen” with Ron Laurie, which was published in the February/March 2008 issue of Intellectual Asset ...
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