Patent & IP news for May 19, 2011

Patent Litigations

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post image Ipbc 2011 from www.ipprospective.com

The Intellectual Property Business Congress (IPBC) 2011 is fast approaching, June 19-21 in San Francisco.  This is one of the premier IP market events of the year.  IPXI is one of the event’s sponsors ...

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post image Going Blind from www.patenthawk.com

Allergan sued Apotex and Exela for infringing 5,424,078 and related patents, claiming eye drops to treat glaucoma. The litigations were prompted by the would-be infringers exposing their intentions by filing ANDAs. The generic ...

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post image Will There Be A "Virtual Schengen Border" Justified By Intellectual Property Enforcement? from www.ipjur.com

Michel Barnier, EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services


Mr Michel Barnier is EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services. The Commission department under his political responsibility is the Internal Market and Services Directorate General ...

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post image Alicante set for West Coast battle over AppStore from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It's not the logo that causes
the problem -- it's the word
So preoccupied has this Kat been with the intense trade mark activity on the US West Coast that he has neglected to ...

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post image The Next Big Thing in Monetizing IP: A Natural Progression to Exchange-Traded Units from www.ipprospective.com

The 1990s was the decade of information technology (IT) - a decade where information was important, but the use, disposition, and security of information became paramount.  The 2000s was the decade of intellectual property (IP) - a ...

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post image Sholay scores interim victory in landmark ‘ringtones’ litigation from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

The Delhi High Court has recently passed interim orders in the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Sholay Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. against Vodafone over the sale of ringtones of songs and dialogues from the super-duper ...

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The BBC's "Britain's next big thing" TV series from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk

I've been watching the BBC TV series Britain's next big thing. It's about inventors and designers trying to get their ideas accepted as products by retailers. The retailers are Liberty, the arts ...

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Is Apple winning or losing the patent game? from fosspatents.blogspot.com

I'm sure many Apple stakeholders (shareholders, employees, partners, app developers) are asking themselves the above question. There's news about Apple and patents all the time. Most of the time it's about litigation ...

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How Useful is Facebook's "Download Your Information" Feature in E-Discovery? from www.iplawalert.com

In October 2010, Facebook announced a new Download Your Information (“DYI”) feature, billed as “an easy way to quickly download to your computer everything you've ever posted on Facebook and all your correspondences with ...

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How Article One Relates to Patent Quality and Reform from info.articleonepartners.com

The US patent system is complex, and there is much to learn as a new Article One Researcher. It is good to start with a solid understanding of what patents are and why they are ...

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Microsoft Splurges with $8.5 Billion Acquisition of Skype from www.iposgoode.ca

Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. Software giant Microsoft has acquired Internet telephony firm Skype for a cool $8.5 billion. Microsoft’s purchase comes in the wake of Skype filing to ...

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Government's Approval of False Marking Settlement Precludes Later Challenge That Settlement was "Staged" and Therefore Lacks Preclusive Effect from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court dismissed plaintiff's qui tam false marking action on the basis of the settlement of an earlier filed false marking case involving the same patents and products and rejected plaintiff's argument that ...

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The Intellectual Ventures Investment List — An Unwelcome Revelation? from gametimeip.com

By now you’ve heard, from both PatentlyO, and now IAM, that the a fairly comprehensive list of investors in Intellectual Ventures has been published.  Rather than re-hash the list, I’ve just embedded the ...

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Yet Another Despicable Trademark Move from tacticalip.com

By: Mark R. Malek Living in Central Florida, the story of the death of young Caylee Anthony, allegedly at the hands of her mother, has really taken over news.  The local media loves the case ...

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Who is the Client?: Advising Inventors, their Spouses, and their Start-Up Companies from www.patentlyo.com

James Joyce v. Armstrong Teasdale (8th Cir. 2011) Joyce invented a heuristic computer firewall system and exclusively licensed the patent rights (“royalty free”) to his newly formed company, TechGuard. TechGuard was primarily owned by Joyce ...

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Same Bat Marks, Same Batmobile – And That’s the Problem from www.iposgoode.ca

Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. DC Comics, owner of the Batman character, filed a lawsuit on May 6, 2011, alleging infringement of its copyright and trade-mark rights over the ...

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How Sports Are Like the Patent Industry 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 ...

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Offloading A Step In A Method Claim Avoids Patent Infringement from ocpatentlawyer.com

The scope of patent protection afforded under a patent is defined by the claims. As a general rule, a claim can only be infringed by a single party that practices all of the limitations of ...

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Do Not Track Kids’ Bill Introduced in US Congress from www.iposgoode.ca

Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta Online tracking of children has become an increasingly hot topic as concerned parents and privacy advocates push for greater protection of children’s online ...

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WHO Reform Mandate, Pandemic Report Clear Hurdles from www.ip-watch.org

A committee of member governments of the World Health Organization this week adopted a resolution on the future financing of the organisation and a broad set of reforms, as well as a resolution on the ...

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In re Brimonidine Patent Litigation: Reviewing Nonobviousness Determinations from www.patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen In re Brimonidine Patent Litigation (Fed. Cir. 2011) Download 10-1102-1103 Panel: Bryson (author), Dyk (dissenting in part), Prost Appellate review of obviousness assessments is highly fact-intensive. Although there are several viable legal ...

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DOJ Files Amicus Brief in K-Dur Reverse Payments Case from www.infringementupdates.com

Catherine G. O'Sullivan and David Seidman, attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice, filed an amicus brief yesterday, May 18, 2011, supporting the plaintiffs in Re K-Dur Antitrust litigation in the U.S ...

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In Re Brimonidine Patent Litigation from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The Excela portion of the case:

Exela is in a different position. Unlike Apotex, Exela
appeals the district court’s finding that the product pro-
posed in its ANDA infringes Allergan’s patent rights.


The ...

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ACI Life Sciences Collaborative Agreements and Acquisitions Conference from www.patentdocs.org

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding the West Coast Edition of its Advanced Forum on Life Sciences Collaborative Agreements and Acquisitions from July 20-21, 2011 in San Francisco, CA. The conference will allow attendees ...

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BIO International Convention from www.patentdocs.org

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will be holding its annual BIO International Convention on June 27-30, 2011 in Washington, DC. Founded in 1993, BIO is a nonprofit association seeking supportive biotechnology policies on behalf of ...

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CAFC reverses ND Ga in Arris case; MedImmune interpreted from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The CAFC found there was a controversy in the case:

The United States
District Court for the Northern District of Georgia dis-
missed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, finding that
there was no Article ...

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