Patent & IP news for August 30, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Sorna Corporation v. Ashva Technologies, Ltd. filed 2011-08-29 in Minnesota
- Freshpark Industries LLC et. al. v. Mojo Rails Inc filed 2011-08-26 in California Central
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc. et. al. v. Impax Laboratories Inc. filed 2011-08-29 in Delaware
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc. et. al. v. Wockhardt Ltd. et. al. filed 2011-08-29 in Delaware
- SmartMetric Inc v. MasterCard International Incorporated et. al. filed 2011-08-29 in California Central
- Innovative Automation LLC v. v. Memorial Hermann Healthcare System et. al. filed 2011-08-30 in Texas Eastern
- Mondis Technology Ltd v. Chimei InnoLux Corporation et. al. filed 2011-08-30 in Texas Eastern
- Mediostream, Inc. v. Acer America Corporation et. al. filed 2011-08-24 in California Northern
- Tramontane IP, LLC v. Garmin International, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-08-30 in Virginia Eastern
- Innovus Prime, LLC v. LG Electronics, Inc et. al. filed 2011-08-26 in California Northern
- Kensington Grace Holdings LLC v. Citizens Business Bank et. al. filed 2011-08-29 in California Central
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Patent & IP Blogs
Book reviews from ipkitten.blogspot.com 
A Practical Guide to Working with TRIPS, by Antony Taubman, reminds the IPKat a little bit of the position that the ancient Greek mythological figure and blind seer Tiresias. Having spent time both as a ...
Ex Parte Reexamination Filings on Record Pace from www.infringementupdates.com According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office's report on Ex Parte Reexamination filings year to date through June 30, 2011, there have been 581 filings compared to the 780 for all of ...
PCC Page 37: The Octopus – keeping documents up its sleeve from patlit.blogspot.com Cautious's list of desired documents--
does it match IPOff's deliverables? Elegantly embroidered by the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA), the PCC Pages seek to explain how litigation works in the recently-revamped Patents ...
Guest Post: Reliance Entertainment gets yet another 'John Doe' order from the Delhi High Court from spicyipindia.blogspot.com I'm pleased to bring to you yet another guest post from our guest blogger - Tania Sarcar, who is a fourth year student of law at NUJS, Kolkata.
Reliance Entertainment gets yet another 'John Doe ...
A clarification on the ‘single window’ copyright societies from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
In my last post I had stated that the amendments to the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010 would now allow for only for one copyright society to subsume the functions of both IPRS and PPL. As ...
In my last post I had stated that the amendments to the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010 would now allow for only for one copyright society to subsume the functions of both IPRS and PPL. As ...
Oscar Pistorius the athlete and his prosthetic legs from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk
Oscar Pistorius, the South African athlete who runs with carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, came last in his 400 metre semi-final at the Athletics World Championships in Korea, with a time of 46.19...
(From Steve van ...
Oscar Pistorius, the South African athlete who runs with carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, came last in his 400 metre semi-final at the Athletics World Championships in Korea, with a time of 46.19...
(From Steve van ...
Teva suit against generic Momenta over Copaxone proceeds in SDNY from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Teva, the world's largest generic drug company, won a court battle in SDNY in its role as a proprietary drug company making Copaxone, against Novartis AG's Sandoz unit, Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc., Mylan Inc ...
Teva, the world's largest generic drug company, won a court battle in SDNY in its role as a proprietary drug company making Copaxone, against Novartis AG's Sandoz unit, Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc., Mylan Inc ...
Self-plagiarism and the"repurposing" of research from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Prior to the Poshard plagiarism matter at SIU, there was the Wendler self-plagiarism matter [Walter Wendler copied material he created while at Texas A&M; into a proposal while he was employed at SIU ]. SIU ...
Prior to the Poshard plagiarism matter at SIU, there was the Wendler self-plagiarism matter [Walter Wendler copied material he created while at Texas A&M; into a proposal while he was employed at SIU ]. SIU ...
Regulations as an innovtion forcing function from www.athenaalliance.org
In earlier postings, I've argued that, done right, regulations can be a driver of innovation by creating demanding customers. Here is one small exampleA GM Redesign Achieves Higher MPGs: After rising just 10 mpg ...
In earlier postings, I've argued that, done right, regulations can be a driver of innovation by creating demanding customers. Here is one small exampleA GM Redesign Achieves Higher MPGs: After rising just 10 mpg ...
Mercer County death from Irene was a lawyer from ipbiz.blogspot.com
The Princeton first aider who died from injuries sustained in an attempted rescue off Rosedale Road was a lawyer.
See Princeton first-aider dies from injuries sustained in water rescue . Michael Kenwood was the first reported ...
The Princeton first aider who died from injuries sustained in an attempted rescue off Rosedale Road was a lawyer.
See Princeton first-aider dies from injuries sustained in water rescue . Michael Kenwood was the first reported ...
ACLU Files Petition For Panel Rehearing In Myriad from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
As reported by Kevin Noonan on Patent Docs, plaintiffs-appellees (e.g., the ACLU) have filed a Petition for Panel Rehearing in Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO, also known as the ACLU/Myriad "gene patenting ...
As reported by Kevin Noonan on Patent Docs, plaintiffs-appellees (e.g., the ACLU) have filed a Petition for Panel Rehearing in Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO, also known as the ACLU/Myriad "gene patenting ...
Importance of Patent to Plaintiff's Business and Contentious Past Relationship With Defendant Warrant 20% Royalty Rate from docketreport.blogspot.com
The court awarded plaintiff a royalty rate of 20% for defendant's infringement of its golf repair tool patent despite evidence that "most royalty rates are ten percent or less and that manufacturing companies with ...
The court awarded plaintiff a royalty rate of 20% for defendant's infringement of its golf repair tool patent despite evidence that "most royalty rates are ten percent or less and that manufacturing companies with ...
Hindsight — In re NTP from www.717madisonplace.com
The decision in In re NTP, Inc., 2010-1243 (Fed. Cir. April 1,2011) has a good observation about hindsight analysis when a cited combination of references results in a superfluous component. While the facts of ...
The decision in In re NTP, Inc., 2010-1243 (Fed. Cir. April 1,2011) has a good observation about hindsight analysis when a cited combination of references results in a superfluous component. While the facts of ...
New Generic Top Level Domain Names: How Do You Acquire One? from www.postgrant.com
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Sean Seymore on "Null Patents" from writtendescription.blogspot.com
In The Null Patent, Sean Seymore (Vanderbilt Law and Chemistry) makes the creative proposal that the patent system could help solve the problem of unpublished negative scientific results. Negative results are very important: they can ...
In The Null Patent, Sean Seymore (Vanderbilt Law and Chemistry) makes the creative proposal that the patent system could help solve the problem of unpublished negative scientific results. Negative results are very important: they can ...
Cutting-Edge Efficiency with Patent Workbench™: An Interview with Product Manager George Shreck from intellogist.wordpress.com
We’ve already looked at some of the innovative features of Patent Workbench™ , a new productivity tool created by Landon IP. The Intellogist Blog team was lucky enough to score an interview with George Shreck ...
We’ve already looked at some of the innovative features of Patent Workbench™ , a new productivity tool created by Landon IP. The Intellogist Blog team was lucky enough to score an interview with George Shreck ...
USPTO Names Iowa Library to Support Intellectual Property Information Needs of Inventors and Entrepreneurs from ipwatchdog.com
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the designation of Iowa’s Davenport Public Library as a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC). As the 81st library in the nationwide network, Davenport ...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the designation of Iowa’s Davenport Public Library as a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC). As the 81st library in the nationwide network, Davenport ...
USPTO and Taiwan IP Office Launch PPH Pilot Program from info.inovia.com
We have previously reported on the patent prosecution highway (PPH) and its ability to reduce workload and increase patent quality by encouraging cooperation among international patent offices. In another step to expand this program, the ...
CAFC Affirms Rejection of Means-Plus-Function Claims On Different Grounds Than the PTO: In re Aoyama from www.postgrant.com
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Apple reinforces its FRAND counterclaims against Samsung (and Motorola Mobility) from fosspatents.blogspot.com
In late July I blogged about Apple's FRAND defense against some of Samsung's patents-in-suit. In that post I also explained the concept of FRAND and the role FRAND licensing plays in connection with ...
Is it too late on Patent Reform? from ipwatchdog.com
Now, we’re about to toss it out in favor of a “first to file” bent with post grant challenges and derivation proceedings? Say what…….why? What did the statute do wrong? 8 million patents ...
Now, we’re about to toss it out in favor of a “first to file” bent with post grant challenges and derivation proceedings? Say what…….why? What did the statute do wrong? 8 million patents ...
Teflon Don V. Teflon Don – Will This Infringement Stick? from tacticalip.com
By Daniel Davidson When you hear Teflon Don, you may immediately think of the Rock Ross’ fourth studio album, or maybe the high profile mob boss that was likened as “The Teflon Don” due to ...
By Daniel Davidson When you hear Teflon Don, you may immediately think of the Rock Ross’ fourth studio album, or maybe the high profile mob boss that was likened as “The Teflon Don” due to ...
Guest Post: An Empirical Exploration of First-to-Invent Versus First-to-File from www.patentlyo.com
Guest Post by Polk Wagner, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School One of the most-discussed and controversial provisions of the patent reform bill currently pending before Congress is the change to the United ...
Guest Post by Polk Wagner, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School One of the most-discussed and controversial provisions of the patent reform bill currently pending before Congress is the change to the United ...
Defendants File Petition for Rehearing in AMP v. USPTO from www.patentdocs.org
By Kevin E. Noonan -- Yesterday, counsel for defendants/appellants filed a petition for rehearing before the Federal Circuit in Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Defendants assert a single ground ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- Yesterday, counsel for defendants/appellants filed a petition for rehearing before the Federal Circuit in Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Defendants assert a single ground ...
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