Patent & IP news for August 9, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Grail Semiconductor v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc. filed 2011-08-04 in California Northern
- Allied Machine & Engineering Corporation v. Jewell Machine & Fabrication, Inc. filed 2011-08-08 in Iowa Southern
- Transdata Inc v. Georgia Power Company filed 2011-08-08 in Georgia Middle
- Paducah River Painting, Inc v. McNational, Inc et. al. filed 2011-08-05 in Kentucky Western
- Walker Digital LLC v. Microsoft Corp. et. al. filed 2011-08-08 in Delaware
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc. v. Paddock Laboratories, Inc. filed 2011-08-08 in New Jersey
- Purdue Pharmaceutical Products L.P. et. al. v. Hikma (Maple) Ltd. et. al. filed 2011-08-08 in Delaware
- Resonant Biotechnologies, LLC v. Sru Biosystems, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-08-05 in New Jersey
- Technology Innovations LLC v. Amazon.com Inc. filed 2011-08-08 in Delaware
- Mosaid Technologies Inc. v. Adobe Systems Inc. et. al. filed 2011-08-09 in Delaware
- 24P LLC v. Casio Computer Co Ltd et. al. filed 2011-08-08 in California Central
- Butamax(TM) Advanced Biofuels LLC v. Gevo Inc. filed 2011-08-09 in Delaware
- Caminoverde II LP v. Three D Plastics Inc filed 2011-08-09 in California Central
- Financeware, Inc. et. al. v. UBS Financial Services, Inc. filed 2011-08-08 in New York Southern
- Relief-Mart Inc v. MerchSource LLC et. al. filed 2011-08-08 in California Central
- Technology Licensing Company, Inc. v. Skyworth Electronics Inc. filed 2011-08-05 in California Northern
- Human Genome Sciences Inc. v. Genentech Inc. et. al. filed 2011-08-09 in California Central
- Technology Licensing Company, Inc. v. Naxa Electronics, Inc. filed 2011-08-05 in California Northern
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Divorced Father Challenges Judge’s Order to Shut Down His Blog from blawgit.com ThePsychoExWife.com 42 year-old father of two, Anthony Morelli writes a blog called The Psycho Ex-Wife. The blog, which receives 200,000 visitors a month, does not mention Morelli’s name, the name of his ...
Wolfram Alpha sues Lodsys to defend its iPad app from fosspatents.blogspot.com Wolfram Alpha and Wolfram Research jointly filed a declaratory judgment action against Lodsys. It's the eighth one so far. I had mentioned the first six "DJ" actions on this blog. The seventh one was ...
Patent Study Research Process from info.articleonepartners.com Article One Partners has released a new, three-step process designed to guide Researchers through the procedure of searching for prior art. We feel that Researchers can utilize this as a “cheat sheet” to create the ...
Blawg Review: LawLawpalooza Edition from www.patentbaristas.com Sarah Randag of the ABA Journal is hosted Blawg Review #314 in an edition she calls LawLawpalooza! ABAJournal.com hosted this week’s Blawg Review in conjunction with the 2011 ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto ...
BIO: Unleashing the Promise of Biotechnology (pt.3) from www.patentbaristas.com The Biotechnology Industry Organization believes that fully realizing the promise of biotechnology requires a comprehensive national strategy that fine-tunes some policies and overhauls others. BIO’s set of policy proposals address two vital needs: 1 ...
Jif Lemon comes to Australia from ipwars.com Would you mistake this: for this: If not, you’re too sophisticated. The Full Court (Greenwood and Tracey JJ, Buchanan J dissenting) has upheld Bodum’s appeal from Middleton J’s finding that the Euroline ...
Horn of Africa Drought and Famine 2011 from www.patentbaristas.com According to The Wall Street Journal, Mark Bowden, the U.N.’s top official in charge of humanitarian aid in Somalia, said the country “is facing its worst food security crisis in the last 20 ...
MPP faces licensing issues from spicyipindia.blogspot.com Image from Woody1778a We had earlier mentioned that the Medicines Patent Pool had gotten into an agreement with it's first pharmaceutical company. However, it appears that there are certain problems with the licensing agreement ...
Patent Wars: A Market Solution from hallingblog.com There have been numerous articles complaining about patent lawsuits such as those being filed against Google and the Andriod apps developers.[1] For instance, see Mobile Computing Giants in Patent Free-for-All, in the Silicon Valley ...
False Marking - Settlement Update from www.grayonclaims.com Since the beginning of May 2010, we have seen 427 false marking cases settled. Of those cases, the average total settlement amount (including payments to plaintiffs and payments to the government) is approximately $48,500 ...
USPTO Seeks Input on Implementation of Leahy-Smith America Invents Act from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently established a website to provide information and seek input on the implementation of the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act, which the House of Representatives passed ...
By Donald Zuhn -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently established a website to provide information and seek input on the implementation of the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act, which the House of Representatives passed ...
Castaway Damages: Robinson Sucroë v. Robinson Curiosité from www.iposgoode.ca
Andrew Baker is an LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. The Quebec Court of Appeal has recently ruled on the notorious Robinson Sucroë cartoon plagiarism case. The decision has greatly reduced the ...
Andrew Baker is an LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. The Quebec Court of Appeal has recently ruled on the notorious Robinson Sucroë cartoon plagiarism case. The decision has greatly reduced the ...
Weatherford: Patent Validity Attacks For Lack Of “Good Faith” Ruled Out In Canada from www.iposgoode.ca
Grant W. Lynds is a partner in the Ottawa office of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, whose practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution. This case analysis has been re-posted with his permission. In ...
Grant W. Lynds is a partner in the Ottawa office of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, whose practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution. This case analysis has been re-posted with his permission. In ...
Procuring By Brand Name: How Practical Is NAFTA? from www.iposgoode.ca
Mark Kohras is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. A recent case just out of the Federal Court of Appeal has posed an interesting question regarding the use of trademarks in procurement orders ...
Mark Kohras is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. A recent case just out of the Federal Court of Appeal has posed an interesting question regarding the use of trademarks in procurement orders ...
UK Courts Willing To Apply Foreign Copyright Laws In Lucasfilm v. Ainsworth from www.iposgoode.ca
Matt Lonsdale is a graduate of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. On July 27, 2011, the UK Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in Lucasfilm Limited v. Ainsworth. While Andrew Ainsworth is ...
Matt Lonsdale is a graduate of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. On July 27, 2011, the UK Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in Lucasfilm Limited v. Ainsworth. While Andrew Ainsworth is ...
Break-Ups Are Never Easy: York University Declines to Renew Blanket Copy Licence With Access Copyright from www.iposgoode.ca
Kalen Lumsden is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School York University, including Osgoode Hall Law School, has decided to opt-out of the interim copy tariff from Access Copyright, the copyright collective that manages ...
Kalen Lumsden is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School York University, including Osgoode Hall Law School, has decided to opt-out of the interim copy tariff from Access Copyright, the copyright collective that manages ...
Friendly Courts And Western Benefactors Support Chinese Piracy from www.iposgoode.ca
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Online file-sharing company Xunlei Limited recently announced that it has indefinitely postponed its initial public offering and NASDAQ listing due to unfavourable market conditions ...
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Online file-sharing company Xunlei Limited recently announced that it has indefinitely postponed its initial public offering and NASDAQ listing due to unfavourable market conditions ...
Celine Dion Takes On Satirical Blogger In David And Goliath Fight (Spoiler: Goliath Wins) from www.iposgoode.ca
Jennifer O’Dell is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall and Denise Brunsdon is a social media writer and researcher. Only one post remains on the Ridiculous Pictures of Celine Dion Tumblr and it is ...
Jennifer O’Dell is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall and Denise Brunsdon is a social media writer and researcher. Only one post remains on the Ridiculous Pictures of Celine Dion Tumblr and it is ...
BPAI gives expert testimony little weight, for discussing state of the art before filing date and admitting no knowledge of reference before litigation from allthingspros.blogspot.com
Takeaway: In an appeal from an ex parte reexamination, the patentee submitted a number of expert depositions from related litigation in support of various non-obviousness arguments. In affirming the Examiner's obviousness rejections, the BPAI ...
Takeaway: In an appeal from an ex parte reexamination, the patentee submitted a number of expert depositions from related litigation in support of various non-obviousness arguments. In affirming the Examiner's obviousness rejections, the BPAI ...
Failure to Establish Nexus Between Alleged Misconduct and Prosecution of Patent Rights Sinks Unclean Hands Defense from docketreport.blogspot.com
The court granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on defendant's unclean hands defense. "[Defendant] has shown neither a 'direct nexus' between stock options backdating and prosecution of the relevant patents, nor that any ...
The court granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on defendant's unclean hands defense. "[Defendant] has shown neither a 'direct nexus' between stock options backdating and prosecution of the relevant patents, nor that any ...
What happens at the Patent Office after you file your patent application? from ocpatentlawyer.com
Once a patent application is filed, you can expect to wait. The Patent Office typically takes about fourteen (14) months or more to examine your patent application on the merits. If the patent application is ...
Once a patent application is filed, you can expect to wait. The Patent Office typically takes about fourteen (14) months or more to examine your patent application on the merits. If the patent application is ...
Will Gene Patents Impede Whole Genome Sequencing?: Deconstructing the Myth That 20% of the Human Genome Is Patented from holmansbiotechipblog.blogspot.com
I am in the process of finalizing an article entitled “Will Gene Patents Impede Whole Genome Sequencing?: Deconstructing the Myth That 20% of the Human Genome Is Patented,” which I think many readers of this ...
I am in the process of finalizing an article entitled “Will Gene Patents Impede Whole Genome Sequencing?: Deconstructing the Myth That 20% of the Human Genome Is Patented,” which I think many readers of this ...
Dragons' Den: sunglasses for dogs from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk
The episode of Dragons' Den shown last Sunday featured among other ideas sunglasses and other accessories for dogs. They were being marketed by Elizabeth Chance and Colin Halfpenny of Cornwall, with...
(From Steve van Dulken ...
The episode of Dragons' Den shown last Sunday featured among other ideas sunglasses and other accessories for dogs. They were being marketed by Elizabeth Chance and Colin Halfpenny of Cornwall, with...
(From Steve van Dulken ...
More On Myriad: The Chemical Divide--Judge Bryson from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
As I wrote previously, one interesting aspect of the recent Federal Circuit decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO, is the apparent scientific basis for the differing opinions of Judge Lourie and Judge Bryson ...
As I wrote previously, one interesting aspect of the recent Federal Circuit decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO, is the apparent scientific basis for the differing opinions of Judge Lourie and Judge Bryson ...
Nexeon and its use of silicon for lithium-ion batteries from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk
The BBC website has a story about Nexeon, a company based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, raising £40 million from investors to scale up dramatically production of a much improved battery. The technology...
(From Steve van Dulken ...
The BBC website has a story about Nexeon, a company based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, raising £40 million from investors to scale up dramatically production of a much improved battery. The technology...
(From Steve van Dulken ...
Plaintiff's Failure to Produce Invalidating Documents Warrants $800,000 Award of Attorneys' Fees and Costs From Date of Misconduct to Judgment from docketreport.blogspot.com
Following summary judgment of invalidity, the court granted defendants' motion for attorneys' fees and costs of over $800,000 due to plaintiff's failure to produce documents showing the patent-in-suit was invalid. The court rejected ...
Following summary judgment of invalidity, the court granted defendants' motion for attorneys' fees and costs of over $800,000 due to plaintiff's failure to produce documents showing the patent-in-suit was invalid. The court rejected ...
Preliminary injunction granted by German court: Apple blocks Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in all of Europe except for the Netherlands from fosspatents.blogspot.com
The leading German news agency, dpa, just reported that Apple has been granted a preliminary injunction against Samsung's Android-based Galaxy Tab 10.1, barring distribution of the product in the entire European Union except ...
Get Free PDFs Through Pubget.com from intellogist.wordpress.com
When downloading academic or research papers for non-patent literature searches, PDF is an incredibly useful format. Users can often keyword search the document (as long as it isn’t an image-only PDF) while still viewing ...
When downloading academic or research papers for non-patent literature searches, PDF is an incredibly useful format. Users can often keyword search the document (as long as it isn’t an image-only PDF) while still viewing ...
Beware of Invention Promoter and Private IP Registration Service Scams from www.iplawalert.com
While invention promoters and IP registration firms claim to assist present and future IP holders, some have been found to offer little or nothing of value in exchange for the thousands of dollars paid to ...
The BRIC countries: a safe haven for Android? from fosspatents.blogspot.com
Following the expected decision that Apple's second ITC complaint against HTC will be investigated, HTC's stock price fell to an eight-month low according to Bloomberg. Despite HTC's fast growth in day-to-day business ...
What Experience Is Necessary To Write Good Patent Scholarship? from writtendescription.blogspot.com
Between taking the patent-law-less bar exam and moving, I haven't had much time for reading scholarship in the past few weeks, so I am looking forward to two full days of IP scholarship at ...
Between taking the patent-law-less bar exam and moving, I haven't had much time for reading scholarship in the past few weeks, so I am looking forward to two full days of IP scholarship at ...
U.S. Patent Office Closing in on Patent No. 8,000,000 from ipwatchdog.com
Yesterday the United States Patent and Trademark Office profiled U.S. Patent No. 1,000,000, which was issued on August 8, 1911. Under the current numbering system for patents, U.S. Patent No. 1 ...
Yesterday the United States Patent and Trademark Office profiled U.S. Patent No. 1,000,000, which was issued on August 8, 1911. Under the current numbering system for patents, U.S. Patent No. 1 ...
An Update on the Law of Patent Infringement in the U.S. from www.infringementupdates.com
The American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, ABA-IPL Young Lawyers Action Group, Young Lawyers Division and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education are sponsoring the above-titled, live webinar on September 7, 2011 ...
The American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, ABA-IPL Young Lawyers Action Group, Young Lawyers Division and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education are sponsoring the above-titled, live webinar on September 7, 2011 ...
Another Interesting Use Of The IP Auction Marketplace from gametimeip.com
ICAP announced an offer a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) from MOSAID Technologies during a sealed-bid auction on September 27, 2011. The CNS covers U.S. patents 5,650,770, 6,198,390, 6,518 ...
ICAP announced an offer a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) from MOSAID Technologies during a sealed-bid auction on September 27, 2011. The CNS covers U.S. patents 5,650,770, 6,198,390, 6,518 ...
Dr. Gary Michelson – A True Hall-Of-Famer from tacticalip.com
By Daniel Davidson It is no secret that many inventors are intelligent people but could they be something else? One inventor that I just recently found out about once said, “When one door closes another ...
By Daniel Davidson It is no secret that many inventors are intelligent people but could they be something else? One inventor that I just recently found out about once said, “When one door closes another ...
Brian Williams on Culp Hill at Gettysburg from ipbiz.blogspot.com
On August 9, 2011, Brian Williams talked about bullets found within a fallen tree at Culp Hill [sic] at Gettysburg.
Cumberlink had reported:
Maintenance employees at Gettysburg National Military Park got a surprise when their ...
On August 9, 2011, Brian Williams talked about bullets found within a fallen tree at Culp Hill [sic] at Gettysburg.
Cumberlink had reported:
Maintenance employees at Gettysburg National Military Park got a surprise when their ...
UN Highlights IP Rights For Indigenous Peoples’ Day from www.ip-watch.org
In recognition of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, the secretary of the United Nations on 9 August raised the complex issue of intellectual property rights and indigenous knowledge. The Director General ...
In recognition of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, the secretary of the United Nations on 9 August raised the complex issue of intellectual property rights and indigenous knowledge. The Director General ...
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