Patent & IP news for July 2, 2011

Kurian’s parting gift to the Trade Marks office – a CBI probe from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

Unnikrishnan of the Mint has recently reported that the outgoing Controller General of India’s IP offices – Mr. P.H. Kurian, has requested the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a criminal investigation into ...

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Consortium of six acquire Nortel's patent portfolio from spicyipindia.blogspot.com


Google today missed out on acquiring bankrupt Nortel's patent portfolio that was up for grabs.  Microsoft, Apple, RIM, EMC Corp., Ericsson and Sony edged out Google and bid $4.5BILLION to win the assets ...

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It’s Kinda Like Dating, Part 3: The Breakup from tacticalip.com

Danie Roy A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the EPO’s trouble with ladies Italy and Spain, and then again when the ladies cried foul. Today, I have another update for you! It seems ...

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Google takes a pass on Nortel patents: Larry Page and Sergey Brin got the pleasure of proving that they still remember their number theory. from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Philip Elmer-DeWitt concluded a post titled Apple takes the patent wars seriously. Google not so much with the text:

Larry Page and Sergey Brin got the pleasure of proving that they still remember their number ...

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IPO to file amicus brief in Unique Product v. Hy-Grade Valve from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The Northern District of Ohio had held that the qui tam provision of 35 U.S.C. § 292(b) violated the Take Care Clause of the Constitution because it does not provide the Department of ...

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CAFC denies injunction in Celsis case from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The CAFC (again) cited Hilton v. Braunskill. This is a 1987 Supreme Court case originating out of New Jersey, and was a habeas case.

Celsis did not get an injunction against Invitrogen and CellzDirect.

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ITC finds infringement by Apple in S3 Graphics Co. case from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Note that Apple is especially vulnerable to ITC actions:


The ITC complaint targets Apple's Macintosh computer, iPhone, iPad tablet and iPod Touch as well as video games for those devices. California-based Apple makes its ...

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OpenFeint sued in ND Cal over privacy concerns from ipbiz.blogspot.com

A lawsuit filed in ND Cal asserts OpenFeint (and Japanese parent Gree International) violated federal anti-hacking and electronic-privacy laws by using unique phone identifiers to keep track of users. The plaintiffs are Texas residents Matthew ...

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Leahy backs HR 1249 fee diversion language from ipbiz.blogspot.com

MassHighTech quotes Senator Leahy:

“The House-passed bill differs slightly from what the Senate approved overwhelmingly in March, but the core reforms are consistent. We should come together and approve this bill once again, and send ...

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