Patent & IP news for August 5, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Flowserve Management Company et. al. v. Valvitalia USA, Inc. filed 2011-08-04 in Texas Southern
- RightNow Technologies Inc v. Lodsys LLC filed 2011-08-04 in Wisconsin Eastern
- Lantech.Com, LLC v. Unisource Worldwide, Inc. filed 2011-08-03 in Kentucky Western
- Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc. filed 2011-08-05 in Illinois Northern
- Tristrata, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation et. al. filed 2011-08-01 in California Northern
- Irrevocable Trust Of Anthony J. Antonious v. Nike, Inc. filed 2011-08-03 in New Jersey
- Operating Systems Solutions, LLC v. Apple, Inc. filed 2011-08-05 in Florida Middle
- j2 Global Communications Inc et. al. v. Nextiva Inc filed 2011-08-05 in California Central
- Calibrait LLC v. Apple Inc filed 2011-08-04 in California Central
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Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Friday has come round again and, with it, a priceless moment to contemplate the array of future attractions -- so check out the IPKat's Forthcoming Events page here and see what takes your fancy!
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July employment from www.athenaalliance.org Surprise! What a difference (maybe) a day makes. Yesterday, the economic news was all gloom and doom. Today, the outlook looks a little brighter. The employment news from BLS this morning showed a gain of ...
Rear Wheels from www.patenthawk.com Albert Fairclough got 5,622,375 for a two-child push-chair. During earlier prosecution of the family, Fairclough found out about a couple of highly material prior art references, which he duly neglected to inform the ...
The Impact of Patent Reform on Filing Strategy (I) from www.patentlyo.com The new law defining prior art would become effective 18–months from the date of enactment of H.R. 1249. Patent applications filed after that date would be bound by the new first-to-file rules. The ...
A Small Step for Natco, a Giant Leap for Generic Drugs: India’s first Compulsory Licensing Application Filed from spicyipindia.blogspot.com 
In a landmark move, Natco Pharma has filed India’s first compulsory licensing application against Bayer’s patented drug Nexavar, which is used to treat liver and kidney cancer. The full ET Report which covers ...
Bratz Trade Secret Litigation $309 million from patentlawip.blogspot.com Bratz Dolls As an update to the Bratz litigation, the Court has ordered Mattel, Inc. to pay MGA Entertainment $309 million. In one of our prior posts which can be read here, Mattel initially sued ...
Biotech/Pharma Docket from www.patentdocs.org
By James DeGiulio -- Medicis and Lupin Settle Solodyn Infringement Dispute; Agree to Drug Development Collaboration Medicis has entered into multiple agreements with Lupin over the acne drug Solodyn, allowing the generic drugmaker to enter the ...
By James DeGiulio -- Medicis and Lupin Settle Solodyn Infringement Dispute; Agree to Drug Development Collaboration Medicis has entered into multiple agreements with Lupin over the acne drug Solodyn, allowing the generic drugmaker to enter the ...
AMP v. USPTO: Standing from www.patentdocs.org
By Kevin E. Noonan -- One of the many questions in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Myriad) case decided by the panel was whether the plaintiffs had standing to ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- One of the many questions in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Myriad) case decided by the panel was whether the plaintiffs had standing to ...
The IPKat challenge; when was a company formed? from ipbiz.blogspot.com
IPKat, noted "the celebrations of IBM occasioned reflections on the handful of companies that have succesfully remade themselves multiple times. How many such prominent companies are there and how far back do they reach in ...
IPKat, noted "the celebrations of IBM occasioned reflections on the handful of companies that have succesfully remade themselves multiple times. How many such prominent companies are there and how far back do they reach in ...
Sparring between Google and Microsoft as to Novell patent saga from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Nick Wingfield at blogs.wsj has some details on "how to interpret" communications between Google and Microsoft relating to the sale of patents once owned by Novell.
keywords: false ‘gotcha!', Google lawyer Kent Walker, Microsoft ...
Nick Wingfield at blogs.wsj has some details on "how to interpret" communications between Google and Microsoft relating to the sale of patents once owned by Novell.
keywords: false ‘gotcha!', Google lawyer Kent Walker, Microsoft ...
Treasuries still safe haven from www.athenaalliance.org
One of the "good" pieces of news from yesterday's market debacle is that Treasury bill and bonds are still seen as a safe haven - even after the debt ceiling debate. Investors rushed into the ...
One of the "good" pieces of news from yesterday's market debacle is that Treasury bill and bonds are still seen as a safe haven - even after the debt ceiling debate. Investors rushed into the ...
RPX Issues Second Quarter Results And Comments On The ‘Patent Bubble’ from gametimeip.com
Patent aggregator RPX's second quarter results showed $38.8 MM in revenue and total equity increasing to $250 MM. According to its earnings forecast, RPX expects to see about $150 MM in total revenue ...
Patent aggregator RPX's second quarter results showed $38.8 MM in revenue and total equity increasing to $250 MM. According to its earnings forecast, RPX expects to see about $150 MM in total revenue ...
Patent Reform: Quantity and Quality from tacticalip.com
Aaron Thalwitzer I’ve written previously about the U.S. Supreme Court case Microsoft v. i4i, which upheld the “clear and convincing” standard required to invalidate a patent. As we know, this is unusual. Civil ...
Aaron Thalwitzer I’ve written previously about the U.S. Supreme Court case Microsoft v. i4i, which upheld the “clear and convincing” standard required to invalidate a patent. As we know, this is unusual. Civil ...
Top 5: TED Talks about Crowdsourcing and Innovation from info.articleonepartners.com
TED, or Technology Entertainment and Design, is a "non-profit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading." TED is known for their conferences featuring some of the world's most innovative speakers. Many of the presentations driven by ...
The UK's Technology Strategy Board from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk
In 2007 the UK government created the Technology Strategy Board. its remit is to be the national innovation agency and to "accelerate economic growth by stimulating and supporting business-led...
(From Steve van Dulken's Patents ...
In 2007 the UK government created the Technology Strategy Board. its remit is to be the national innovation agency and to "accelerate economic growth by stimulating and supporting business-led...
(From Steve van Dulken's Patents ...
Oracle v. Google: NDCA Judge Alsup Rejects Nash Bargaining Solution and Grants Google’s Motion to Exclude Oracle’s Expert’s Report and Testimony Advocating $1.4B to $6.1B in Damages from patent-damages.com
The battle between Oracle and Google, concerning patent and copyright infringement relating to features of Java and Android, is approaching an October trial date. Damages is a huge issue in the case—in fact, in ...
The battle between Oracle and Google, concerning patent and copyright infringement relating to features of Java and Android, is approaching an October trial date. Damages is a huge issue in the case—in fact, in ...
Twombly and Iqbal, Not Form 18, Dictate Pleading Standard for Indirect Infringement from docketreport.blogspot.com
In ruling on defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's indirect infringement claims, the court found that Twombly and Iqbal, not Form 18, controlled. "Since [Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007 ...
In ruling on defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's indirect infringement claims, the court found that Twombly and Iqbal, not Form 18, controlled. "Since [Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007 ...
Friday Foreign Filing Roundup from info.inovia.com
Here's a recap of the foreign filing/patent law news from this week:
- New PCT member: Qatar is now a member of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (as of August 3).
- US Patent Reform ...
USPTO to Hold California Independent Inventors Conference from ipwatchdog.com
If you are a serious inventor you need to go to this Conference. Last year there were inventors who came to the USPTO campus for the two-day event from all over the East Coast, and ...
If you are a serious inventor you need to go to this Conference. Last year there were inventors who came to the USPTO campus for the two-day event from all over the East Coast, and ...
ACI Maximizing Pharmaceutical Patent Lifecycles Conference from www.patentdocs.org
American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 12th Annual Maximizing Pharmaceutical Patent Lifecycles conference on October 4-5, 2011 in New York, NY. The conference will allow attendees to: • Understand how the patent cliff will ...
American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 12th Annual Maximizing Pharmaceutical Patent Lifecycles conference on October 4-5, 2011 in New York, NY. The conference will allow attendees to: • Understand how the patent cliff will ...
Facebook v. Shagbook from tacticalip.com
By: Rene Dial We have seen this time and time again as companies try to use some variation of the Facebook name to bolster their websites. Facebook continues to defend the Facebook trademark from various ...
By: Rene Dial We have seen this time and time again as companies try to use some variation of the Facebook name to bolster their websites. Facebook continues to defend the Facebook trademark from various ...
Guest Post: What We Said (and Didn’t Say) in the Berkeley Patent Study from www.patentlyo.com
Guest Post by Robert Merges, Pam Samuelson, and Ted Sichelman In 2008, along with Stuart Graham (now Chief Economist at the USPTO) and Robert Barr (Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law &Technology;), we ...
Guest Post by Robert Merges, Pam Samuelson, and Ted Sichelman In 2008, along with Stuart Graham (now Chief Economist at the USPTO) and Robert Barr (Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law &Technology;), we ...
Contempt Process: Fast-Forward from www.infringementupdates.com
The following is excerpted from an August 1, 2011 article on how the Federal Circuit has made it easier to enforce injunctions in patent cases by Steven Seidenberg published by the ABA Journal: The U ...
The following is excerpted from an August 1, 2011 article on how the Federal Circuit has made it easier to enforce injunctions in patent cases by Steven Seidenberg published by the ABA Journal: The U ...
In dispute with Google, Oracle asks Chicago court to compel deposition of Motorola Mobility from fosspatents.blogspot.com
Oracle's lawsuit against Google has been going on for almost exactly a year before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco), and one particular element of the dispute ...
Association of Molecular Pathology v. USPTO from hallingblog.com
The CAFC opinion in this case was issued on July 29, 2011. This case has alternatively been known as ACLU v. Myriad or the Myriad gene patent case. In a 2-1 decision, the Court of ...
The CAFC opinion in this case was issued on July 29, 2011. This case has alternatively been known as ACLU v. Myriad or the Myriad gene patent case. In a 2-1 decision, the Court of ...
Federal Circuit Affirms Validity of Argatroban Patent from www.orangebookblog.com
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. v. Barr Labs., No. 2010-1432 (Fed. Cir. 2011) Mitsubishi Chemical owns U.S. Patent No. 5,214,052, which claims a "method for dissolving an arginineamide, comprising dissolving [argatroban] and/or its ...
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. v. Barr Labs., No. 2010-1432 (Fed. Cir. 2011) Mitsubishi Chemical owns U.S. Patent No. 5,214,052, which claims a "method for dissolving an arginineamide, comprising dissolving [argatroban] and/or its ...
Recess Appointments? from www.717madisonplace.com
One might wonder if the Senate Judiciary Committee is daring the Obama Administration to make some judicial recess appointments (or complicit in him doing so). On its website, the Senate Judiciary Committee currently has this ...
One might wonder if the Senate Judiciary Committee is daring the Obama Administration to make some judicial recess appointments (or complicit in him doing so). On its website, the Senate Judiciary Committee currently has this ...
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