Patent & IP news for August 12, 2011

Top 5: Clothing Patents and Innovations from info.articleonepartners.com

Every morning when you choose what clothes to wear for the day, it’s easy to forget that your whole wardrobe is shaped by patents.  Clothing patents provide some of the best stories about innovation ...

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Help Select the Blawg 100 from www.patentbaristas.com

The ABA is once again working on their list of the 100 best legal blogs and they want your advice on which blawgs you think they should include and / or what practice areas you’d ...

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Samsung pleaded unsuccessfully against Apple's motion for preliminary injunction, will try again at hearing on August 25 from fosspatents.blogspot.com

I have just obtained a copy of a press release issued today by the Landgericht (district court) Düsseldorf. The court has scheduled a hearing on Apple's preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10 ...

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ABA Blawg 100 from www.patentspostgrant.com

ABA Accepting Best Blog Nominations The American Bar Association (ABA) is now accepting nominations for the 100 best legal blogs. If you have found anything posted here in the past year even remotely helpful to ...

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House Legislators Lobby to Exclude 12-Year Data Exclusivity Period from Free Trade Agreement from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, a group of seven House Democrats, led by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), sought to have the 12-year data exclusivity period provided by the biosimilar approval pathway of the Patient Protection ...

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Autumn Brings Personnel Changes In Geneva from www.ip-watch.org

The annual summer shuffle of the mission staff in Geneva has been particularly active this year for those with responsibility for intellectual property rights, with several key diplomats packing their bags, and new ones arriving ...

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USOC threatens "Redneck Olympics" over trademark issue from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Who ever said intellectual property is boring? The "Redneck Olympics" of Hebron, Maine got a threatening letter from the USOC about use of the word "Olympics."

Redneck Olympics organizer Harold Brooks sounds like he would ...

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Following Production of Defendant's Source Code, Plaintiff Need Not Produce Pinpoint Infringement Contentions Before Deposing Systems Architect from docketreport.blogspot.com

Plaintiff's motion to compel the deposition of defendant's systems architect was granted. "[N]one of [the cases cited by the parties concerning the timing of pinpoint infringement contentions following production of source code ...

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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup from info.inovia.com

Here's a recap of the foreign filing/patent law news from this week:

• The USPTO is nearing its 8 millionth issued patent!
• Smartphones to be equipped with... airbags?
• The USPTO has created a website ...

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ASA Rules On Ad For Joke Phone Hacking App: Guess The Joke Is On You, Jamster from www.iposgoode.ca

Satomi Aki is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the independent advertising watchdog of the UK, upheld On July 13, 2011, complaints against Jamster, a SMS mobile phone ...

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WIPO Looks To Find Balance Between Performer And Producer Rights from www.iposgoode.ca

Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recommended to the General Assembly on July 26 ...

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Friday IP Round-Up: Bert and Ernie Edition from www.patentbaristas.com

Law Grads Sue Alma Maters For Millions In Tuition Refunds Two lawsuits seeking class action status were filed against Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Michigan and New York Law School. The plaintiffs, who are ...

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"To remedy a systemic, ongoing fraud that is ubiquitous in the legal education" from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The Wall Street Journal, and other publications, are reporting on law suits filed against certain law schools (e.g., New York Law School) which suits seek "to remedy a systemic, ongoing fraud that is ubiquitous ...

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First Descents v. Eddie Bauer from tacticalip.com

By Rene Dial First Descents files suit against Eddie Bauer for trademark infringement and cancellation of trademarks in the District of Colorado. First Descents is an organization that offers young cancer fighters and survivors a ...

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EDTX Issues Pretrial Rulings on Reasonable Royalty and Lost Profits Damages from patent-damages.com

On May 5, 2011, Judge Charles Everingham IV of the Eastern District of Texas issued a two part opinion. In Part 1, the Court issued the following rulings related to damages: (1) carried in part ...

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Marvel Wins Right To Retain Copyrights Of Comic Characters from www.iposgoode.ca

Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. Marvel Worldwide Inc. won its case to retain the copyrights to comic characters against the estate of legendary comic creator Jack Kirby. The suit ...

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MOSAID Expands Patent Infringement Suit Against Elpida from www.infringementupdates.com

The following is excerpted from an August 12, 2011 MOSAID press release published at Marketwire: MOSAID Technologies Inc. (TSX:MSD) today announced that it has added a mobile Dynamic Random Access Memory (mobile DRAM) patent ...

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