Patent & IP news for November 17, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Berg et. al. v. Webb Company et. al. filed 2011-11-15 in Hawaii
- Rovi Corporation et. al. v. Haier Group Corp. et. al. filed 2011-11-16 in Delaware
- Rovi Corporation et. al. v. Vizio Inc. filed 2011-11-16 in Delaware
- Netgear Inc. v. Innovatio IP Ventures LLC filed 2011-11-16 in Delaware
- Webvention LLC v. Beazer Homes USA, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Ossur HF et. al. v. iWalk Inc filed 2011-11-15 in California Central
- Webvention LLC v. Entertainment Earth, Inc. filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Webvention LLC v. DirecTV, Inc. filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Webvention LLC v. Ernst & Young LLP filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Webvention LLC v. Comcast Corporation filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Webvention LLC v. General Electric Company filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Femina Pharma Inc. v. Merck & Co., Inc. et. al. filed 2011-11-15 in Virginia Eastern
- Celgene Corporation et. al. v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. filed 2011-11-10 in New Jersey
- Webvention LLC v. Giorgio Armani Corporation filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Webvention LLC v. Sur La Table, Inc. filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Webvention LLC v. Landstar System, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Webvention LLC v. Source Interlink Companies, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Webvention LLC v. Time Warner Inc. filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Webvention LLC v. Vitacost.com, Inc. filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Webvention LLC v. Universal Forest Products, Inc. filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- CYI, Inc. v. Kirch Industrial Co. (U.S.A.) Ltd. filed 2011-11-15 in New York Eastern
- Visual Interactive Phone Concepts, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility, LLC filed 2011-11-17 in Georgia Northern
- Webvention LLC v. GNC Holdings, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- Webvention LLC v. Acer America Corporation et. al. filed 2011-11-17 in Texas Eastern
- GelTight Enterprises, LLC v. Tyr Sport, Inc. filed 2011-11-17 in Washington Western
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Fifteen questions to ask your trademark attorney – Answered by Erik Pelton from www.erikpelton.com Yesterday in this space I posted a list of questions that business owners should ask of their trademark lawyers (or potential lawyers). Today I provide my answers to the questions. There are no right or ...
The IPM Awards 2011 from ipkitten.blogspot.com This member of the IPKat team put in an appearance last night at Intellectual Property Magazine's 2011 Awards ceremony, which was held in the sumptuous premises of the Grand Connaught, Great Queen Street, a ...
LES offers cash awards in IP business plan competition for grad students from ipfinance.blogspot.com IP Finance doesn't know whether anything will come of the entries, but the 2012 International Graduate Student Business Plan Competition looks like a worthwhile cause. According to the information available:
"... the Licensing Executives Society ...
Inherency and Functional Claim Language from www.patentlyo.com In re Conte (Fed. Cir. 2011) Patent Attorney Francis Conte's patent application is directed to a fly-swatter in the shape of a pistol. When the trigger is pulled, an elastic lash provides a deadly ...
Privacy award: Mosley gets €7,000 for 'orgy with five hookers' from ipkitten.blogspot.com Last week motor-racing mogul Max Mosley claimed a victory in the French Criminal Courts in his crusade against the now defunct News of the World newspaper for the infamous front page story 'F1 Boss has ...
Past historic 4: Would you like to sin with Elinor Glyn? from ipkitten.blogspot.com The fourth item in the little bundle of photocopied articles on IP history which this Kat researched and wrote back in the 1980s, when he was still a full-time academic, addresses a curious episode in ...
Airfield v Sabam: just when you thought the Kats forgot ... from ipkitten.blogspot.com Deep in thought, the IPKat wondered about that
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the KatSat or the Katellite ...? While this weblog's Past Historic series has focused on relatively distant events ...
Germany: bifurcation and best-buys from patlit.blogspot.com The Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (JIPLP) published online earlier this week, for the benefit of subscribers to its electronic version, an article by Jochen Herr and Marc Grunwald (both of Field Fisher ...
Investec to fund civil litigation: what does this mean for IP? from ipfinance.blogspot.com A media release today informs IP Finance that Investec Specialist Private Bank has become the first UK bank to offer litigation funding to clients requiring specialist finance to pursue a civil claim in court. This ...
Understanding Prior Art: The Patent Prosecution Process from info.articleonepartners.com Patents and applications are often the basis of research projects in the IP space. As a result, patents and applications are the most visible and accessible pieces of the invention process. With that said, there ...
Patents and the Stock Market from patentlawip.blogspot.com Time and again I am reminded what an important asset patents can be to company's growth or continued existence. For example, I was reading an article in the Motely Fool today and their review ...
The Mechanics of the Judicial “Appointment” Process from www.717madisonplace.com
We usually think of the process for appointing a federal judge as: nomination, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senate confirmation vote, and swearing-in. This report from the Congressional Record Service [link] explains the process that takes ...
We usually think of the process for appointing a federal judge as: nomination, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senate confirmation vote, and swearing-in. This report from the Congressional Record Service [link] explains the process that takes ...
Comparative Study on Patenting of Human Embryonic Stem Cells from www.patentdocs.org
By Huan Zhu -- With recent developments in biotechnology, the legal issues surrounding its patent law since the 1980's have been a growing concern. Among all the subcategories of biotechnology, hESCs (human embryonic stem cells ...
By Huan Zhu -- With recent developments in biotechnology, the legal issues surrounding its patent law since the 1980's have been a growing concern. Among all the subcategories of biotechnology, hESCs (human embryonic stem cells ...
Geron Discontinues hESC Programs from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- On Monday, Geron Corporation announced that it was discontinuing further development of its human embryonic stem cell (hESC) programs and would be seeking partners for each of the programs, which include oligodendrocyte ...
By Donald Zuhn -- On Monday, Geron Corporation announced that it was discontinuing further development of its human embryonic stem cell (hESC) programs and would be seeking partners for each of the programs, which include oligodendrocyte ...
Antitrust Law Basics: A Primer on Patent and Copyright Misuse from ipwatchdog.com
With copyright misuse having recently been successful in a rather high profile case I thought it would be worthwhile to revisit patent misuse and misuse concepts generally. To do that in a way that allows ...
With copyright misuse having recently been successful in a rather high profile case I thought it would be worthwhile to revisit patent misuse and misuse concepts generally. To do that in a way that allows ...
WTO, WHO, WIPO To Discuss TRIPS And Health Declaration from www.ip-watch.org
The heads of three international organizations in Geneva will address a meeting next week on the subject of 10 years after the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health. The 23 November symposium at the ...
The heads of three international organizations in Geneva will address a meeting next week on the subject of 10 years after the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health. The 23 November symposium at the ...
Failure to Pay $275,000 in Accrued Attorneys' Fees Does Not Justify Counsel's Withdrawal from docketreport.blogspot.com
Defense counsel's motion to withdraw was denied without prejudice, even though defendant owed counsel more than $275,000, where the only event remaining in the case was a contempt hearing regarding plaintiff's motion ...
Defense counsel's motion to withdraw was denied without prejudice, even though defendant owed counsel more than $275,000, where the only event remaining in the case was a contempt hearing regarding plaintiff's motion ...
More on job creation in start-ups from www.athenaalliance.org
In an earlier posting, I highlighted a report from the Kauffman Foundation (Starting Smaller; Staying Smaller: America's Slow Leak in Job Creation) which showed there has been a decrease in the average number of ...
In an earlier posting, I highlighted a report from the Kauffman Foundation (Starting Smaller; Staying Smaller: America's Slow Leak in Job Creation) which showed there has been a decrease in the average number of ...
Occupy Trademarks from tacticalip.com
By now, most people have heard of the Occupy movement. According to Wikipedia, the Occupy movement started this past July in Kuala Lumpor with Occupy Dataran. The movement was formed to symbolize the...
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By now, most people have heard of the Occupy movement. According to Wikipedia, the Occupy movement started this past July in Kuala Lumpor with Occupy Dataran. The movement was formed to symbolize the...
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Lending to litigate from www.athenaalliance.org
Here some interesting news from the other side of the pond. IP Finance has a story about a British bank now lending money to finance patent litigation (IP finance: Investec to fund civil litigation: what ...
Here some interesting news from the other side of the pond. IP Finance has a story about a British bank now lending money to finance patent litigation (IP finance: Investec to fund civil litigation: what ...
WTO Ministers Asked To Send Message On TRIPS Extension For LDCs from www.ip-watch.org
The smallest countries in the World Trade Organization may get more time to comply with the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) after an agreement today. Related Articles:
The smallest countries in the World Trade Organization may get more time to comply with the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) after an agreement today. Related Articles:
Patent Owners Receive Positive Injunction News from www.infringementupdates.com
The following is excerpted from the article titled, "New Encouragement for Patent Owners Seeking Injunctions After Winning an Infringement Suit" by Meredith L. Ainbinder of Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP published in its November 2011 ...
The following is excerpted from the article titled, "New Encouragement for Patent Owners Seeking Injunctions After Winning an Infringement Suit" by Meredith L. Ainbinder of Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP published in its November 2011 ...
BP and its patent applications for silicon solar cells from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk
MIT's Technology Review has an interesting article called "How BP Blew its Chance to Spearhead a Solar Innovation". BP had published in 2007 details of a process for transforming raw silicon into...
(From Steve ...
MIT's Technology Review has an interesting article called "How BP Blew its Chance to Spearhead a Solar Innovation". BP had published in 2007 details of a process for transforming raw silicon into...
(From Steve ...
EU Affirms Commitment To Homegrown Google Books Alternative from www.iposgoode.ca
Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On October 27, 2011 the European Commission adopted a recommendation (2011/711/EU) calling for the nations of the EU to pool their resources ...
Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On October 27, 2011 the European Commission adopted a recommendation (2011/711/EU) calling for the nations of the EU to pool their resources ...
UK Supreme Court Allows Gene Sequence Patents from www.iposgoode.ca
Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a ...
Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a ...
America Invents Act: Changes to Section 103 from inventivestep.net
Section 103 of the Patent Act concerns the obviousness requirement for patentability. The America Invents Act made several changes to this section. The current version of section 103 reads as follows: (a) A patent may ...
Section 103 of the Patent Act concerns the obviousness requirement for patentability. The America Invents Act made several changes to this section. The current version of section 103 reads as follows: (a) A patent may ...
Compulsory licensing: Is presumptive evidence sufficient? from patentcircle.blogspot.com
Sometime back, we posted on compulsory license triggered by Natco Pharma with respect to IN215758 claiming anti-cancer drug Nexavar, generically sorafenib tosylate marketed by Bayer. The Application for compulsory license (FORM 17) was filed on ...
Sometime back, we posted on compulsory license triggered by Natco Pharma with respect to IN215758 claiming anti-cancer drug Nexavar, generically sorafenib tosylate marketed by Bayer. The Application for compulsory license (FORM 17) was filed on ...
WHO Advisory Group On Pandemic Flu To Meet Next Week from www.ip-watch.org
An advisory group on the new World Health Organization framework agreement on pandemic influenza preparedness is preparing to meet for the first time from 21-23 November. The advisory group is one of three “pillars” of ...
An advisory group on the new World Health Organization framework agreement on pandemic influenza preparedness is preparing to meet for the first time from 21-23 November. The advisory group is one of three “pillars” of ...
New bipartisan jobs bill from www.athenaalliance.org
Yesterday, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a bipartisan jobs bill - the American Growth, Recovery, Empowerment and Entrepreneurship (AGREE) Act - S. 1866 (see press announcement and bill summary). The title of the ...
Yesterday, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a bipartisan jobs bill - the American Growth, Recovery, Empowerment and Entrepreneurship (AGREE) Act - S. 1866 (see press announcement and bill summary). The title of the ...
IP Enforcement in Romania from info.inovia.com
Margareta Oproiu of inovia agent Cabinet M Oproiu recently shared important information regarding IP enforcement in Romania for Intellectual Asset Management magazine. Below are some highlights from the article: What are the most effective ways ...
Margareta Oproiu of inovia agent Cabinet M Oproiu recently shared important information regarding IP enforcement in Romania for Intellectual Asset Management magazine. Below are some highlights from the article: What are the most effective ways ...
Patent Trolls & Patent Valuation from www.iposgoode.ca
Chetan Tiwari is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a ...
Chetan Tiwari is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a ...
5 Game Changing Innovations of the 1900′s from intellogist.wordpress.com
Dan Rooney here. It’s been a sad couple of weeks for the Rooney family, as fictionally-related third Uncle Andy passed away on November 4th. He was a curmudgeon’s curmudgeon, often yelling at kids ...
Dan Rooney here. It’s been a sad couple of weeks for the Rooney family, as fictionally-related third Uncle Andy passed away on November 4th. He was a curmudgeon’s curmudgeon, often yelling at kids ...
SOPA – The New Censorship is a Job Killer from blawgit.com
SOPA Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the deceptively named Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Representative Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) introduced the bill on October 26,2011 as H.R.3261. SOPA further ...
SOPA Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the deceptively named Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Representative Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) introduced the bill on October 26,2011 as H.R.3261. SOPA further ...
Upcoming Changes To The Inventor Oath/Declaration Requirements from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
Provisions of the America Invents Act that take effect September 16, 2012 will change the requirements for the inventor oath/declaration. While some are touting the new ability of an assignee to file an application ...
Provisions of the America Invents Act that take effect September 16, 2012 will change the requirements for the inventor oath/declaration. While some are touting the new ability of an assignee to file an application ...
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