Patent & IP news for June 13, 2011
Patent Litigations
- W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. v. Bard filed 2011-06-10 in Delaware
- Kenexa BrassRing Inc. v. Taleo Corporation filed 2011-06-10 in Delaware
- Kenexa BrassRing Inc. v. Taleo Corporation et. al. filed 2011-06-10 in Delaware
- Ogma LLC v. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc. filed 2011-06-13 in Texas Eastern
- Phoenix Licensing, L.L.C. et. al. v. Aetna Inc., et. al. filed 2011-06-13 in Texas Eastern
- Thermapure Inc v. Agurto Corporation filed 2011-06-10 in California Central
- Eset, LLC v. Lodsys, LLC filed 2011-06-10 in California Southern
USPTO Stats
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4,931
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Patent & IP Blogs
Omega: have we heard the last word on the last letter? from ipkitten.blogspot.com Next target for watchmakers?
Perhaps, if it makes cats go on time .. With so much exciting copyright and patent news flooding into his inbox and colouring his Outlook, the IPKat can forgive himself for neglecting ...
Who is scamming the hundreds of crores in ringtone royalties: IPRS or PPL? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com In February we had carried a post on how PPL’s revenue from mobile ringtones shot up by a record 1857% in a period of just 6 years to over Rs. 137 crores. In a ...
The role of Select Media Holdings Pvt. Ltd. in the IPRS controversy from spicyipindia.blogspot.com One of the questions asked by the Registrar of Copyrights in his notice to IPRS (available over here) pertained to the role of Select Media Holdings Pvt. Ltd. in the collection of royalties on behalf ...
Goodbye Cathy: Hello Kitty and Miffy settle copycat case from ipkitten.blogspot.com This Kat has been a fan of Hello Kitty since discovering her on a high school exchange trip to Japan many years ago. Therefore, she is most interested in the copyright proceedings involving Hello Kitty ...
PCC Page 30: Managing your tentacles from patlit.blogspot.com A Red Letter Day for
limitation of damages
claims in the PCC Suavely served up by the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA), the PCC Pages seek to explain how litigation works in the recently-revamped ...
Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com The Big Debate on whether we come to bury copyright or to praise it now (as of midnight on 12 June) has attracted 130 registrants. There's still a month to go and the IPKat ...
Jeffrey Campbell Sues Steve Madden For Copying Lita Shoe Design from www.iptrademarkattorney.com Los Angeles, CA – Jeffrey Campbell is taking an aggressive approach to protecting its shoe designs by recently suing Forever 21 for allegedly copying six of its shoe designs. Last week, Jeffrey Campbell filed a design ...
Congratulations from the Kats from ipkitten.blogspot.com
It has been a great time for royalty recently -- not the sort charged for use of an intellectual property right but for the sort you find on thrones and in packs of playing cards. Earlier ...
It has been a great time for royalty recently -- not the sort charged for use of an intellectual property right but for the sort you find on thrones and in packs of playing cards. Earlier ...
Skype-for sale and ripe for a troll suit from www.tangible-ip.com
IP360 reports this morning that Skype is being sued for patent infringement. Interesting timing given an impending $8bn merger. http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/250538?utm_source=newsletter&utm;_medium=email&utm;_campaign=ip As we’ve ...
IP360 reports this morning that Skype is being sued for patent infringement. Interesting timing given an impending $8bn merger. http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/250538?utm_source=newsletter&utm;_medium=email&utm;_campaign=ip As we’ve ...
France to launch a sovereign troll fund?-watch this space from www.tangible-ip.com
Slashdot tweet this morning reports the story. One we’ll research and comment further on. From our experience of French companies in the secor the engineering excellence is incredible. On the surface a fascinating evolution ...
Slashdot tweet this morning reports the story. One we’ll research and comment further on. From our experience of French companies in the secor the engineering excellence is incredible. On the surface a fascinating evolution ...
Lodsys v. App Developers, Part III: Apple to the Rescue from tacticalip.com
Aaron Thalwitzer Apple is trying to come to the rescue of app developers under attack by Lodsys, who is basically a patent troll. Big A filed a motion to intervene to assert defenses and counterclaim ...
Aaron Thalwitzer Apple is trying to come to the rescue of app developers under attack by Lodsys, who is basically a patent troll. Big A filed a motion to intervene to assert defenses and counterclaim ...
Rating inventions and patents from www.ipeg.eu
We constantly rate things. A motion picture rating system is designated to classify films with regard to suitability for audiences in terms of issues such as sex, violence, substance abuse, profanity, impudence or other types ...
We constantly rate things. A motion picture rating system is designated to classify films with regard to suitability for audiences in terms of issues such as sex, violence, substance abuse, profanity, impudence or other types ...
The WIPO ePCT Pilot Program: The Present and Future from info.inovia.com
In January of 2011, WIPO launched the first pilot of the ePCT system. Though ePCT only contained test data at that time, it was the first step toward an online service capable of providing secure ...
Historical Patents: Bookmaking to eBook Readers from info.articleonepartners.com
Last week, we saw the changes in the way people listen to music. Continuing with that theme, this week we explore a different medium - books. Here, we’ll look at two patents that, despite both ...
New Brussels Lobbying Group Communia Works For A Stronger Public Domain from www.ip-watch.org
A new association is being launched this week in Brussels with the mission to promote the digital public domain. The move comes in the face of heavy lobbying for stronger copyright protection. Related Articles:
A new association is being launched this week in Brussels with the mission to promote the digital public domain. The move comes in the face of heavy lobbying for stronger copyright protection. Related Articles:
Defendant's Late Amendment of ANADA Warrants Extension of 30-Month Stay of FDA Approval from docketreport.blogspot.com
Plaintiff's motion to extend the 30-month FDA stay on defendants' ANADA approval was granted. "No doubt, [defendant's] actions -- in waiting four months after the close of discovery and only five months before trial ...
Plaintiff's motion to extend the 30-month FDA stay on defendants' ANADA approval was granted. "No doubt, [defendant's] actions -- in waiting four months after the close of discovery and only five months before trial ...
Enhanced Damages from gordononpatentcases.blogspot.com
SPECTRALYTICS, INC. V. CORDIS CORP.
SPECTRALYTICS, INC. V. CORDIS CORP.
- "Seagate removed the presumption of willful infringement flowing from an infringer’s failure to exercise due care to avoid infringement, but Seagate did not change the application of the Read ...
New Director For CISAC from www.ip-watch.org
The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), which claims representation of 3 million creators and publishers, has named a new director general. Interestingly, he comes from a career in broadcasting. Related Articles ...
The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), which claims representation of 3 million creators and publishers, has named a new director general. Interestingly, he comes from a career in broadcasting. Related Articles ...
Scassa Gives Rave Review for D’Agostino’s Book on Copyright from www.iposgoode.ca
Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. “Informing”, “well written”, “insight[ful]”, and “important contribution” (p. 93) are just a few of the words used by Professor Teresa Scassa (Canada Research ...
Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. “Informing”, “well written”, “insight[ful]”, and “important contribution” (p. 93) are just a few of the words used by Professor Teresa Scassa (Canada Research ...
Professor Kieff: Problems with First-to-File from www.patentlyo.com
Professor F. Scott Kieff (GWU) notes that debate over the constitutionality of a first-to-file patent system hides the major policy concerns associated with FTF and more specifically with the system proposed in the current patent ...
Professor F. Scott Kieff (GWU) notes that debate over the constitutionality of a first-to-file patent system hides the major policy concerns associated with FTF and more specifically with the system proposed in the current patent ...
Ontario Court of Appeal Opines On Technology Licences In Receivorship Case from www.iposgoode.ca
Renée Brosseau and Andrea Rush are partners at Heenan Blaikie LLP and were counsel for GeoDigital International Inc. in the appeal in Canrock Ventures LLC v. Ambercore Software Inc. and Terrapoint Canada (2008) Inc. The ...
Renée Brosseau and Andrea Rush are partners at Heenan Blaikie LLP and were counsel for GeoDigital International Inc. in the appeal in Canrock Ventures LLC v. Ambercore Software Inc. and Terrapoint Canada (2008) Inc. The ...
District Court Awards Tory Burch $164 Million in Anti-Counterfeiting Litigation from www.iplawalert.com
Tory Burch LLC (“Tory Burch”), the makers of women’s apparel, designer shoes and fashion accessories, recently obtained a $164 million damages award against forty-one defendants accused of selling counterfeit versions of its products through ...
Women@Play: Reconfiguring The Masculinized Culture And Spaces Of Digital Gameplay from www.iposgoode.ca
Jennifer Jenson is Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Technology in the Faculty of Education at York University. Suzanne de Castell is the Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser ...
Jennifer Jenson is Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Technology in the Faculty of Education at York University. Suzanne de Castell is the Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser ...
Beach Chair Breaks New Ground from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com
The first rule of inventing might be: no matter how commonplace a device is, someone will always think of a way to improve it. Take, for example, award-winning industrial designer Larry Laske's new beach ...
The first rule of inventing might be: no matter how commonplace a device is, someone will always think of a way to improve it. Take, for example, award-winning industrial designer Larry Laske's new beach ...
All four Lodsys patents now also challenged in Southern California by anti-virus software maker ESET from fosspatents.blogspot.com
There are now five Lodsys-related lawsuits. Lodsys itself has already filed three infringement lawsuits against a total of 27 defendants (against Brother, HP, Samsung others in February; then against seven mobile app developers; and most ...
IGNOU and Rainmaker's MIPL Program gears up for Intake from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
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Given the increasing degree of attention that IP is getting these days in India, as the readers of this blog must be aware of, it is not surprising that developing knowledge-driven ...
(Image taken from here)
Given the increasing degree of attention that IP is getting these days in India, as the readers of this blog must be aware of, it is not surprising that developing knowledge-driven ...
Apptorney® iPhone app “most comprehensive app available for IP owners and counsel” from ipelton.wordpress.com
A World Trademark Review online article/blog this week discusses intellectual property iPhone apps. In reviewing my Apptorney app, it says: Perhaps even more practical is Apptorney, through which counsel can search or monitor the ...
A World Trademark Review online article/blog this week discusses intellectual property iPhone apps. In reviewing my Apptorney app, it says: Perhaps even more practical is Apptorney, through which counsel can search or monitor the ...
2011 Patent Update @ Chemistry Librarians' Workshop from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com
A couple of weeks ago I gave a brief update on patent search tool developments at the Chemistry Librarians' Workshop at the University of Toronto. One of the topics I covered was the recent addition ...
A couple of weeks ago I gave a brief update on patent search tool developments at the Chemistry Librarians' Workshop at the University of Toronto. One of the topics I covered was the recent addition ...
Time For A Positive Agenda, WIPO’s Gurry Tells Copyright Crowd from www.ip-watch.org
In remarks that have raised questions among libraries and the information technology industry, World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Francis last week told a copyright industry gathering that it is time to move away from ...
In remarks that have raised questions among libraries and the information technology industry, World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Francis last week told a copyright industry gathering that it is time to move away from ...
Inventor / Patent Owner Claudio Ballard Speaks Out Against Patent Reform from gametimeip.com
Ballard is the inventor behind a series of patents claiming a process believed to be essential to electronic check processing and storage used by the banking industry on a daily basis. In Ballard’s own ...
Ballard is the inventor behind a series of patents claiming a process believed to be essential to electronic check processing and storage used by the banking industry on a daily basis. In Ballard’s own ...
All Things Pros from allthingspros.blogspot.com
Takeaway:
The Federal Circuit doesn't reverse many BPAI decisions, but last week's In re Klein decision reversed all five obviousness rejections. The Federal Circuit based its reversal solely on the Board's findings ...
Takeaway:
The Federal Circuit doesn't reverse many BPAI decisions, but last week's In re Klein decision reversed all five obviousness rejections. The Federal Circuit based its reversal solely on the Board's findings ...
Two more lawsuits against Lodsys: by The New York Times Company and OpinionLab from fosspatents.blogspot.com
What goes around, comes around. There can be no more doubt that Lodsys sent out vast numbers of patent assertion letters, but some of the recipients fight back and ensure they sue Lodsys before Lodsys ...
Spectalytics v. Cordis from ipbiz.blogspot.com
The conclusion of the case:
The judgment of validity, infringement, and the royalty
rate for measurement of damages is affirmed. The denial of
enhanced damages and attorney fees is vacated, and the
case is remanded ...
The conclusion of the case:
The judgment of validity, infringement, and the royalty
rate for measurement of damages is affirmed. The denial of
enhanced damages and attorney fees is vacated, and the
case is remanded ...
"They're always harping on us to follow those rules." from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Of an incident from a graduation speech by Dr. Philip Baker at the University of Alberta:
The dean wrote that when he was researching his own speech, he was inspired by the text of a ...
Of an incident from a graduation speech by Dr. Philip Baker at the University of Alberta:
The dean wrote that when he was researching his own speech, he was inspired by the text of a ...
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