Patent & IP news for May 5, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Roxane Laboratories, Inc. filed 2011-05-02 in New Jersey
- Promote Innovation LLC v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company filed 2011-05-04 in New Jersey
- Schrader-Bridgeport International, Inc. et. al. v. Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc. filed 2011-05-04 in Virginia Western
- GT Nexus, Inc. v. Inttra Inc. filed 2011-05-02 in California Northern
- Jet Imports LLC v. Hjc I, LLC filed 2011-05-04 in Nevada
- Fourthwall Media Inc. v. Submedia Europe et. al. filed 2011-05-03 in DC
- TOJO Sea Below, LLC v. Oceanled USA, LLC filed 2011-05-04 in Florida Southern
- Novartis Ag et. al. v. Kappos filed 2011-05-03 in DC
- San Francisco Technology, Inc. v. Mommy's Helper, Inc filed 2011-05-04 in California Northern
- Kirker Enterprises, Inc. v. Expression Beauty Works, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-05-03 in New Jersey
- TOJO Sea Below, LLC v. Ocean Led USA, LLC filed 2011-05-05 in Florida Southern
- Ghj Holdings, LLC v. Grindmaster-Cecilware Corporation filed 2011-05-05 in Texas Eastern
- Cherdak v. Crocs, Inc. filed 2011-05-04 in Virginia Eastern
- William J Thompson v. Mason West Inc et. al. filed 2011-05-05 in California Central
- Millipore Corporation et. al. v. I.W. Tremont Co. Inc. filed 2011-05-05 in Massachusetts
- Gerry L Thompson v. ATandT filed 2011-04-29 in California Central
- Prodyne Enterprises v. Kohl's Department Stores Inc filed 2011-05-03 in California Central
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Patent & IP Blogs
Letter from AmeriKat: Happy Cinco de Mayo! from ipkitten.blogspot.com The AmeriKat is currently enjoying a fridge stocked full of proper lemonade, paper cartons of milk, and chile rellenos. This can mean only one thing - she is back in the land of the free ...
The Road to Somewhere from www.ipadrblog.com
Prof. Michael Moffit, in last Friday's Indisputably blog, posted a piece about a mediated settlement between former Governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, and Talking Heads leader, David Byrne over the unauthorized use of the ...
Meetings of great minds ...? from ipkitten.blogspot.com 
Swig expectantly awaits the INTA The IPKat is elated to report that, at long last, details have emerged of this year's "Meet the Bloggers" (MTB) meeting, an informal and off-programme which takes place during ...
FTC Releases Report on Paragraph IV Litigation Settlements for FY 2010 from www.orangebookblog.com On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released its report on Paragraph IV litigation settlements filed in Fiscal Year 2010 (Oct. 2009 through Sept. 2010). The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA ...
International Patent Application and Prior Art Search: India from info.articleonepartners.com India has a culture steeped in tradition and is taking advantage of technology to make public both traditional and computer-based prior art. The main goal is to prevent its medicines, culture and economy from being ...
Return of the Chocolate Bunnies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the confectioners, Europe's chocolate bunnies have announced their return. The Curia website brings news of the appeal which has been lodged by Chocoladefabriken ...
Odom's patent confirmed invalid by Federal Circuit from www.patentlyo.com Gary Odom v. Microsoft (Fed. Cir. 2011) Gary Odom runs his own patent search firm as well as his own patent law blog – the Patent Prospector – where he provides piquant comments on patent law and ...
Something else to read: International Copyright (2nd edn) from ipkitten.blogspot.com Back in 2000, the first edition of Prof Paul Goldstein’s (Stanford) famous work International Copyright: Principles, Law and Practice was ground-breaking for providing a complete analysis of copyright worldwide. The text was well-structured, knowledgeable ...
Artists in court: a snapshot of current developments in Europe from ipkitten.blogspot.com In "Iconic IP and freedom of expression: the battle lies ahead", the IPKat reported on the tussle between the famous fashion accessory house Louis Vuitton and Dutch artist Nadia Plesner over the incorporation by the ...
U.S. Trade Representative Releases Special 301 Report on Global IPR from www.patentdocs.org
By Kevin E. Noonan -- At the end of last month, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Ronald Kirk, issued the 2011 Special 301 Report. According to the USTR website "[f]ighting [intellectual property rights, i ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- At the end of last month, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Ronald Kirk, issued the 2011 Special 301 Report. According to the USTR website "[f]ighting [intellectual property rights, i ...
Data points on US patent litigation and the huge patent assertion business from fosspatents.blogspot.com
Yesterday's IPO of patent aggregator RPX Corp. took the three-year-old company to a billion-dollar market capitalization. I don't mean to comment at this point on the business model of RPX (or on that ...
Cease-and-Desist Letter Alone Ruled No Basis for Jurisdiction from www.infringementupdates.com
The following is excerpted from a May 2, 2011 article by Sheri Qualters published by The National Law Journal: A patent owner's cease-and-desist letter to an alleged infringer isn't enough to subject it ...
The following is excerpted from a May 2, 2011 article by Sheri Qualters published by The National Law Journal: A patent owner's cease-and-desist letter to an alleged infringer isn't enough to subject it ...
RPX flotation: brilliant investment or bubble waiting to burst? from ipfinance.blogspot.com
I had the pleasure of a long discussion with Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) editor Joff Wild over lunch yesterday, in the course of which we discussed the initial public offering of RPX. I agreed with ...
I had the pleasure of a long discussion with Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) editor Joff Wild over lunch yesterday, in the course of which we discussed the initial public offering of RPX. I agreed with ...
James D. Smith Named New Chief Patent Judge from tacticalip.com
By: Mark R. Malek Director Kappos has announced that James D. Smith will take over as Chief Patent Judge of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI). Smith is expected to take the post ...
By: Mark R. Malek Director Kappos has announced that James D. Smith will take over as Chief Patent Judge of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI). Smith is expected to take the post ...
BBC's The Apprentice: Tom Pellereau, inventor from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk
Series 7 of the BBC's The Apprentice starts on 10 May and will include an inventor, Tom Pellereau, as one of the candidates. This show's mixture of business and, to be frank, entertainment ...
Series 7 of the BBC's The Apprentice starts on 10 May and will include an inventor, Tom Pellereau, as one of the candidates. This show's mixture of business and, to be frank, entertainment ...
PatentHawk shot down at CAFC in Odom v. Microsoft from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Gary Odom, aka PatentHawk, was a victim of obviousness, with the CAFC speaking of his patent:
Because we agree that the asserted claims of the patent in suit would have been obvious to a person ...
Gary Odom, aka PatentHawk, was a victim of obviousness, with the CAFC speaking of his patent:
Because we agree that the asserted claims of the patent in suit would have been obvious to a person ...
Patent Applications to Create Defensive Prior Art from inventivestep.net
I sometimes hear from inventors and companies that have come up with a new product and are worried that their competitors may get a patent on the product later. Perhaps one of their competitors has ...
I sometimes hear from inventors and companies that have come up with a new product and are worried that their competitors may get a patent on the product later. Perhaps one of their competitors has ...
Common Patent Classification Project from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com
Interesting story in IP Frontline about the development of a common classification scheme by the EPO and USPTO. The project is one of ten joint initiatives announced last year by the USPTO, EPO, JPO, KIPO ...
Interesting story in IP Frontline about the development of a common classification scheme by the EPO and USPTO. The project is one of ten joint initiatives announced last year by the USPTO, EPO, JPO, KIPO ...
Kara Swanson: Feminism, Corsets, and IP from writtendescription.blogspot.com
This is a guest post by Allison Tait, a Yale 3L with a Yale Ph.D. in French literature. Allison writes about women's property and marriage regulation and is the former Editor-in-Chief of the ...
This is a guest post by Allison Tait, a Yale 3L with a Yale Ph.D. in French literature. Allison writes about women's property and marriage regulation and is the former Editor-in-Chief of the ...
Expert Opinion Based on Erroneous Construction of "A" as Referring to a Single Item Was Excluded from docketreport.blogspot.com
Defendant's motion to exclude portions of plaintiff's noninfringement expert's testimony was granted where the court concluded the expert's opinions were based upon a mistaken construction that "a" referred to a single ...
Defendant's motion to exclude portions of plaintiff's noninfringement expert's testimony was granted where the court concluded the expert's opinions were based upon a mistaken construction that "a" referred to a single ...
SpicyIP Announcements: Fellowships for M. Phil/ Ph.D Scholars at CUSAT from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
The Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology is inviting applications for short term fellowships of Rs 5000/- ( Rupees Five Thousand only) for a maximum period of three months for ...
The Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology is inviting applications for short term fellowships of Rs 5000/- ( Rupees Five Thousand only) for a maximum period of three months for ...
Northeast Wisconsin Innovation Event: NEW END from sharpip.blogspot.com
Hundreds of Wisconsin entrepreneurs will attend NEW END:One day event for start-up businesses to focus on creativity and networking
On Wednesday, June 22, 2011, hundreds of entrepreneurs will join together in a one day ...
Hundreds of Wisconsin entrepreneurs will attend NEW END:One day event for start-up businesses to focus on creativity and networking
On Wednesday, June 22, 2011, hundreds of entrepreneurs will join together in a one day ...
US Busts Up Botnet from www.iposgoode.ca
Matt Londale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. On April 13, 2011, US authorities seized 29 domain names and 5 computers located in several US states in an attempt to break up a cybercriminal ...
Matt Londale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. On April 13, 2011, US authorities seized 29 domain names and 5 computers located in several US states in an attempt to break up a cybercriminal ...
Walker Digital Offering Freedom To Operate Through Ocean Tomo from gametimeip.com
Working on an article regarding this press release about Walker Digital using ICAP Ocean Tomo to negotiate FTO with its litigation defendants. If you have any thoughts to share (either privately or publicly), leave a ...
Working on an article regarding this press release about Walker Digital using ICAP Ocean Tomo to negotiate FTO with its litigation defendants. If you have any thoughts to share (either privately or publicly), leave a ...
Computers monitoring users from ipbiz.blogspot.com
from news.yahoo:
Computer privacy experts said Aaron's, a major furniture rental chain, has the right to equip its computers with software it can use to shut off the devices remotely if customers stop ...
from news.yahoo:
Computer privacy experts said Aaron's, a major furniture rental chain, has the right to equip its computers with software it can use to shut off the devices remotely if customers stop ...
Eating Our Seed Corn for Job Creation from ipwatchdog.com
Everywhere I go, I meet entrepreneurs whose ventures either failed or are slowly dying on the vine because of the outrageous delays they suffered in getting patents. Who would invest the huge sums needed to ...
Everywhere I go, I meet entrepreneurs whose ventures either failed or are slowly dying on the vine because of the outrageous delays they suffered in getting patents. Who would invest the huge sums needed to ...
The Gibbons Institute Presents, "Cybersecurity Law and Policy: Changing Paradigms and New Challenges" - June 8, 2011 from www.iplawalert.com
“Cybersecurity Law and Policy: Changing Paradigms and New Challenges” is an all-day conference featuring seven break-out sessions and over 35 speakers and panelists. This seminar is part of the Cybersecurity Law Project, a collaboration between ...
More than 1,500 US trademark registrations received by Erik M Pelton and Assoc clients from ipelton.wordpress.com
The number of USPTO trademark registrations received by clients of our firm has topped 1,500! Thank you to all of our clients over the last 11 years – without you it would not be possible ...
The number of USPTO trademark registrations received by clients of our firm has topped 1,500! Thank you to all of our clients over the last 11 years – without you it would not be possible ...
USPTO announces 2011 Trademark Expo from ipelton.wordpress.com
The USPTO website has announced that the 2011 Trademark Expo will be held October 14 and 15 on the USPTO campus in Alexandria, Virginia. Applications to participate in the Expo are due by June 15 ...
The USPTO website has announced that the 2011 Trademark Expo will be held October 14 and 15 on the USPTO campus in Alexandria, Virginia. Applications to participate in the Expo are due by June 15 ...
Cinco de Mayo trademarks from ipelton.wordpress.com
Today is Cinco de Mayo. Here are some fun related trademark records from the USPTO (click trademark or logo for USPTO records): CINCO DE MAYO – Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use, namely, laundry ...
Today is Cinco de Mayo. Here are some fun related trademark records from the USPTO (click trademark or logo for USPTO records): CINCO DE MAYO – Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use, namely, laundry ...
PaymentOne Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Zong from www.infringementupdates.com
The following is excerpted from a May 4, 2011 PaymentOne press release published by Marketwire: PaymentOne Corporation a global leader in mobile payments and carrier billing, announced today that it has filed a patent infringement ...
The following is excerpted from a May 4, 2011 PaymentOne press release published by Marketwire: PaymentOne Corporation a global leader in mobile payments and carrier billing, announced today that it has filed a patent infringement ...
Leave Granted to Appeal to SCC on K-12 Decision from www.iposgoode.ca
Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. Leave has been granted to, essentially, the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada on the K-12 Tariff ...
Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. Leave has been granted to, essentially, the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada on the K-12 Tariff ...
Non-Lawyer Legal Services : You Get What You Pay For – Part 2 – The Work Product from tacticalip.com
Scott Nyman When speaking with potential client, I often get asked, “So why shouldn’t I just use a service like LegalZoom?” This is a big question, and requires a big answer. So big, in ...
Scott Nyman When speaking with potential client, I often get asked, “So why shouldn’t I just use a service like LegalZoom?” This is a big question, and requires a big answer. So big, in ...
5 Common and Correctable Patent Application Mistakes from intellogist.wordpress.com
Introductory Note: Welcome back to “Gear Grinder with Danny Rooney.” We aim to bring this series to you on the first and third Thursdays of the month. Here are our previous installments: #1, #2, #3 ...
Introductory Note: Welcome back to “Gear Grinder with Danny Rooney.” We aim to bring this series to you on the first and third Thursdays of the month. Here are our previous installments: #1, #2, #3 ...
Celebrating Heroes of Invention at the Temple of Innovation from ipwatchdog.com
It would have done Members of Congress good to see the stories of these extraordinary individuals who researched, developed, innovated and succeeded beyond the wildest dreams of what anyone could ever reasonably hope to accomplish ...
It would have done Members of Congress good to see the stories of these extraordinary individuals who researched, developed, innovated and succeeded beyond the wildest dreams of what anyone could ever reasonably hope to accomplish ...
Employee Inventions from www.ipeg.eu
The most important source of “raw material” for any Patent Department is the inventor community and so, improving the quantity and quality of ideas that are coming from this community should be a role of ...
The most important source of “raw material” for any Patent Department is the inventor community and so, improving the quantity and quality of ideas that are coming from this community should be a role of ...
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