Patent & IP news for October 7, 2011
Patent Litigations
- ArrivalStar S.A. et. al. v. Nordstrom, Inc. filed 2011-10-06 in Florida Southern
- Keith Lewis v. Truck-Lite Co., LLC filed 2011-10-06 in Illinois Northern
- ArrivalStar S.A. et. al. v. Gymboree Retail Stores, Inc. filed 2011-10-06 in Florida Southern
- ArrivalStar S.A. et. al. v. Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. filed 2011-10-06 in Florida Southern
- Skimetrix Ltd. v. Salomon North America, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-10-05 in Vermont
- The Charles Machine Works, Inc. v. Vermeer Manufacturing Company filed 2011-10-06 in Iowa Southern
- Big Pond Products, L.L.C. v. Team Marine USA L.L.C. filed 2011-10-06 in Florida Northern
- Drymistat, Inc. et. al. v. Dos Caballos Cigars, LLC et. al. filed 2011-10-06 in Florida Southern
- Keith Lewis v. Grote Industries, Inc. filed 2011-10-06 in Illinois Northern
- Skee Ball, Inc. v. Full Circle United, LLC filed 2011-10-05 in California Northern
- International Business Machines Corporation v. Acqis LLC filed 2011-10-03 in California Northern
- Digital CBT LLC v. TiVo Inc. filed 2011-10-06 in Delaware
- Digital CBT LLC v. AT&T Inc filed 2011-10-06 in Delaware
- Rb Technologies, LLC v. Lifeshield Security, Inc. filed 2011-10-06 in Pennsylvania Eastern
- Fernandez v. Intercall, Inc. filed 2011-10-07 in Illinois Northern
- SmartPhone Technologies LLC v. Amazon.Com, Inc., et. al. filed 2011-10-07 in Texas Eastern
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Patent & IP Blogs
Tiger Woods Comes Roaring Back from ipkitten.blogspot.com 
It has been announced that the golfer Tiger Woods has entered into a new endorsement agreement with Rolex. As reported in the article "Tiger Woods Takes Major Step on the Corporate Sponsor Comeback Trail" here ...
Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Friday -- time to check those Forthcoming Events again, for signs of real excitement. Also, to check the various discounts available to IPKat readers on conferences, books and services, click "Special offers for blog readers" here ...
Old Mule on Old Ground from www.patenthawk.com Rule of law and adherence to procedure are a shell game at the USPTO, just as competent examination on the merits is a chimera. Less than three weeks ago the CAFC kicked the BPAI for ...
One from www.patenthawk.com About the only time the CAFC is on the square is when two competitors duke it out. So it was with IGT v. Bally (CAFC 2010-1364, -1365). Then again, with Judges Newman and Moore on ...
Big laws, small businesses: what will be the AIS's impact from ipfinance.blogspot.com Child's play: patents have never
been easy for small businesses to
deal with -- but are things changing? While there are commentaries a-plenty on the detailed legal ramifications of the recent United States overhaul of ...
Australian Senate Committee Issues Recommendation on Gene Patenting Bill from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- Last month, the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee of the Australian Senate issued its recommendation on a bill that would have prevented the patenting of biological materials that are identical or ...
By Donald Zuhn -- Last month, the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee of the Australian Senate issued its recommendation on a bill that would have prevented the patenting of biological materials that are identical or ...
Another Board Affirmance Found To Improperly Rely On A New Ground Of Rejection from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
Barely two weeks after vacating the decision of the USPTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in In re Leithem as being based on a new ground of rejection, the Federal Circuit took similar action ...
Barely two weeks after vacating the decision of the USPTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in In re Leithem as being based on a new ground of rejection, the Federal Circuit took similar action ...
Sony v Tenenbaum: The Trouble With Statutory Damages For Copyright Infringement from www.iposgoode.ca
Brian Chau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In Canada and the United States, copyright owners may elect to recover an award of statutory damages for each work infringed instead of actual ...
Brian Chau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In Canada and the United States, copyright owners may elect to recover an award of statutory damages for each work infringed instead of actual ...
Revolutionizing Prior Art Research: How Crowdsourcing Could Save the Angry Birds from ipwatchdog.com
The question may arise – what if the result of crowdsourcing is less than the proverbial "smoking gun," can it place the App Developers at a disadvantage in court? Case law indicates that the answer is ...
The question may arise – what if the result of crowdsourcing is less than the proverbial "smoking gun," can it place the App Developers at a disadvantage in court? Case law indicates that the answer is ...
Principal Register of trademarks vs. Supplemental Registger from www.erikpelton.com
There are two federal registries of trade marks in the United States, the “Principal Register” and the “Supplemental Register.” You do not need to register a mark on any federal register to use the mark ...
There are two federal registries of trade marks in the United States, the “Principal Register” and the “Supplemental Register.” You do not need to register a mark on any federal register to use the mark ...
Rhythmix: nadir or Nirvana for band names? from ipkitten.blogspot.com
With all that the dust whipped up by the glamorous showbiz dispute over the band name Buck's Fizz, barely settled (writes the IPKat's friend Andy Johnstone), here comes news of a new trade ...
With all that the dust whipped up by the glamorous showbiz dispute over the band name Buck's Fizz, barely settled (writes the IPKat's friend Andy Johnstone), here comes news of a new trade ...
Damages Methodology Using "New User Engagement Statistics" to Calculate "Incremental Revenue" Attributable to Infringement Not Inherently Unreliable from docketreport.blogspot.com
The court denied defendant's motion to strike plaintiff's damages expert's report as "lacking in sound economic and factual predicates." "[Defendant] asserts that [the expert] 'adopts his own interpretation of [defendant's] "new ...
The court denied defendant's motion to strike plaintiff's damages expert's report as "lacking in sound economic and factual predicates." "[Defendant] asserts that [the expert] 'adopts his own interpretation of [defendant's] "new ...
Top 5: Inventions for Disposing of Fallen Leaves from info.articleonepartners.com
The annual chore of disposing of fallen leaves is a familiar one to suburbanites around the world. For kids it means the joy of getting to frolic in leaf piles on a crisp sunny day ...
Inventor Of Patented CGI Technique Runs To Court After A Walt Disney Runaround from gametimeip.com
Joe Alter invented an improved technique for computer generated animation back in 2000, and was awarded US Patent 6,720,962 in 2004. According to Alter’s patent, his invention allows for “creation of a ...
Joe Alter invented an improved technique for computer generated animation back in 2000, and was awarded US Patent 6,720,962 in 2004. According to Alter’s patent, his invention allows for “creation of a ...
Friday Foreign Filing Roundup from info.inovia.com
Here's a recap of the foreign filing/patent law news from the week of October 3:
- The EPO announced the accession of Finland to the London Agreement, which comes into force on November 1 ...
Android Woes: IV Sues Motorola Mobility for Patent Infringement from ipwatchdog.com
So here we are, many years later and IV's philosophy seems to have changed. No longer is litigation a poor way to monetize patents, but rather IV sees itself as having a responsibility to ...
So here we are, many years later and IV's philosophy seems to have changed. No longer is litigation a poor way to monetize patents, but rather IV sees itself as having a responsibility to ...
Google and T-Mobile ask the ITC not to ban HTC's Android devices as requested by Apple from fosspatents.blogspot.com
After a federal court accepted Verizon's and T-Mobile's amicus curiae briefs in support of Samsung against Apple's request for a US-wide preliminary injunction against four Android-based devices, a new round of please-don ...
Kodak's Bondholders Seem Supportive of Plans to Sell Patents from www.infringementupdates.com
The following is excerpted from an October 7, 2011 article published by Businessweek: Eastman Kodak Co.'s plan to sell patents is gaining traction with bond investors after derivatives last month suggested a 97 percent ...
The following is excerpted from an October 7, 2011 article published by Businessweek: Eastman Kodak Co.'s plan to sell patents is gaining traction with bond investors after derivatives last month suggested a 97 percent ...
Who has the duty to disclose relevant information to the Patent Office? from ocpatentlawyer.com
A company president who is intimately involved with the prosecution of a patent application even if the company president is not an inventor has the duty to disclose relevant information to the invention to the ...
A company president who is intimately involved with the prosecution of a patent application even if the company president is not an inventor has the duty to disclose relevant information to the invention to the ...
In Changing Chinese Wind Market AMSC-Sinovel Dispute Will Test IP Enforcement from www.greenpatentblog.com
In what is emerging as a major green IP story, not just of technology but of international intrigue, American Superconductor (AMSC) recently filed two lawsuits against its erstwhile customer, Chinese wind energy system maker Sinovel ...
In what is emerging as a major green IP story, not just of technology but of international intrigue, American Superconductor (AMSC) recently filed two lawsuits against its erstwhile customer, Chinese wind energy system maker Sinovel ...
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