Patent & IP news for February 8, 2012
Patent Litigations
- United Coin Machine Co. v. Gaming Technology Group filed 2012-02-07 in Nevada
- O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. v. Timney Triggers, LLC filed 2012-02-07 in Connecticut
- SMP Logic Systems, LLC v. Jerome Stevens Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed 2012-01-30 in New York Eastern
- Immersion Corporation v. Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. filed 2012-02-07 in Delaware
- Liveperson Inc. v. Pragmatus Telecom LLC filed 2012-02-07 in Delaware
- Purdue Pharma L.P. et. al. v. Sandoz Inc. filed 2012-02-03 in New York Southern
- Mahmood v. Research in Motion Ltd. filed 2012-02-03 in New York Southern
- SmartData, S.A. v. Apple, Inc. filed 2012-02-06 in California Northern
- Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. v. Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. filed 2012-02-08 in Colorado
- BreathableBaby LLC v. Crown Crafts Inc et. al. filed 2012-02-08 in California Central
- Advanced Video Technologies LLC v. Motorola Mobility, Inc. filed 2012-02-06 in New York Southern
- TQP Development, LLC v. Branch Banking and Trust Company filed 2012-02-08 in Texas Eastern
- TQP Development, LLC v. Priceline.com, Inc. filed 2012-02-08 in Texas Eastern
- TQP Development, LLC v. British Airways, PLC filed 2012-02-08 in Texas Eastern
- TQP Development, LLC v. KeyCorp filed 2012-02-08 in Texas Eastern
- TQP Development, LLC v. Esurance Insurance Services, Inc. filed 2012-02-08 in Texas Eastern
- TQP Development, LLC v. Green Dot, Corp. filed 2012-02-08 in Texas Eastern
- TQP Development, LLC v. McAfee, Inc. filed 2012-02-08 in Texas Eastern
- TQP Development, LLC v. SVB Financial Group filed 2012-02-08 in Texas Eastern
- TQP Development, LLC v. Wells Fargo & Company filed 2012-02-08 in Texas Eastern
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Patent & IP Blogs
Apple Trademark Infringement in China Again from patentlawip.blogspot.com Apple Trademark Infringement China
The Shenzen, China-based company called Proview Technology is still after Apple, claiming that Apple is illegally selling iPads in China. A new suit against Apple for trademark infringement was filed a ...
Singing Cactus routs Olympic Committee, puts Prickly Pear to Flight from ipkitten.blogspot.com Kishkashta Olympic Committee Gets Sued. The IPKat had naively believed that one of the great truths of modern life is that, when national Olympic Committees go to court, their role is always that of the ...
Eastern delight: two new titles on IP in Asia from ipkitten.blogspot.com Copyright And The Public Interest In China, by Guan H. Tang (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China), is another bright and attractively-produced title from Edward Elgar Publishing's Intellectual Property and Global Development list ...
San Francisco trademarks – a photo journal II from www.erikpelton.com On my recent trip to San Francisco, I saw many wonderful trademarks. Many were for local or small businesses. Of course, I saw a few duds too – mostly because they were very descriptive. Some of ...
Recruitment & Promotions at the Trade Marks Registry from spicyipindia.blogspot.com Continuing from my earlier post on the HR Policy at the Patent Office, I will briefly discuss the status of recruitment and promotions at the Trade Marks Registry (TMR). Image from here.
The relevant rules ...
Wait One Day, Lose Two Days! Not Free! from www.1201tuesday.com Today brings the best teaching example I've seen on the importance of promptly responding to Office Actions. Every patent practitioner knows that there are statutory periods to respond to USPTO Office Actions. Typically, they ...
Contaminated from www.patenthawk.com 6,346,983 suffered an ex parte reexam. '983 claims a gas particle counter. The claimed technology also applies to liquid contamination. Not surprisingly, some claims were found obvious. But then there was this:
The ...
From draft to wind of change? Guernsey proposes image rights from ipkitten.blogspot.com A couple of eponymous Guernseys: will
infringers be cowed by the new proposals --
or are they just a load of bull? The IPKat has been learning all about the consultation paper which the government of ...
Out Now: the MoU between CSIR and IPO from spicyipindia.blogspot.com After a few attempts, we have finally laid our hands on that elusive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in connection with the outsourcing of prior art searches for the Intellectual Property Office.
The MoU was entered ...
Featured Researcher: Patentprofessional from info.articleonepartners.com Patentprofessional is a patent and trademark researcher from Mumbai, India. He has a background in pharmaceutical sciences and has been in the IP field for four years. He first learned about Article One when doing ...
India finally publishes a list of International Non-proprietary Names (INNs) for pharma-trademarks! from spicyipindia.blogspot.com TheController General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) has finallypublished a list of International Non-Proprietary Names (INNs) as declared bythe World Health Organization (WHO). The entire list can be accessed over here. Hopefully this ...
The Hague: Plants Obtained by Unpatentable Processes Are Unpatentable, Too from www.patentbaristas.com The Hague rendered a judgment in the patent case between Taste of Nature (Koppert Cress) and Cresco on the patentability of a plant (Raphanus sativa) obtained by an unpatentable biological process. Court of the Hague ...
Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Thanks to the zeal of the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) this Kat has just learned of a Belgian dispute which is now coming before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU ...
CAFC interprets 35 USC 135(b) in Adair from ipbiz.blogspot.com
The issue:
Adair argues that the Board erred by failing to assess material differences “in view of the patent claim being copied [claim 66 from Carter’s ’213 Patent].” Appellant Br. 22. According to Adair ...
The issue:
Adair argues that the Board erred by failing to assess material differences “in view of the patent claim being copied [claim 66 from Carter’s ’213 Patent].” Appellant Br. 22. According to Adair ...
Adair v. Carter (Fed. Cir. 2011) from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- Today, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences holding that claim 24 of Appellants' application, which was involved in an interference with Appellees' patent, was ...
By Donald Zuhn -- Today, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences holding that claim 24 of Appellants' application, which was involved in an interference with Appellees' patent, was ...
ALRC to get new copyright reference from ipwars.com
The Commonwealth Attorney General has announced the appointment of Prof. Jill McKeough to lead a review by the Australian Law Reform Commission into the operation of copyright in the digital environment. Prof. McKeough is Dean ...
The Commonwealth Attorney General has announced the appointment of Prof. Jill McKeough to lead a review by the Australian Law Reform Commission into the operation of copyright in the digital environment. Prof. McKeough is Dean ...
Newly-discovered Apple letter to wireless standards body proposed solution to rampant FRAND abuse from fosspatents.blogspot.com
The Wall Street Journal reports today that an Apple letter "dated Nov. 11 but not previously disclosed", proposed to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to set basic rules for FRAND licensing of standard-essential patents ...
In 2012: Are Biotech, Ethics And Biodiversity Friends or Foes? from www.ip-watch.org
With food demand and prices rising as the world crosses the threshold of 7 billion people, the need to find new medicines, concerns about the shrinking biodiversity and the effects of climate change may designate ...
With food demand and prices rising as the world crosses the threshold of 7 billion people, the need to find new medicines, concerns about the shrinking biodiversity and the effects of climate change may designate ...
Will Congress Break the Internet? from www.ipwatchdog.com
We must find reasonable ways to stop infringement of intellectual property on the Internet. Such a solution must be fair to the victim of the infringement. It must uphold the principles of the Constitution of ...
We must find reasonable ways to stop infringement of intellectual property on the Internet. Such a solution must be fair to the victim of the infringement. It must uphold the principles of the Constitution of ...
USPTO Begins Process of Setting Fees and Shifting Applicant Behavior from www.patentlyo.com
My report to Congress last week included a statement regarding the greatest change at the USPTO since the September 16, 2011: Funding. After raising fees and receiving permission to spend fees collected, the USPTO began ...
My report to Congress last week included a statement regarding the greatest change at the USPTO since the September 16, 2011: Funding. After raising fees and receiving permission to spend fees collected, the USPTO began ...
Results of MIP’s 2012 Patent Survey from info.inovia.com
People often ask us how we go about selecting the agents in our network, which has grown to cover 84 countries across the globe. We are very transparent about who we work with and are ...
People often ask us how we go about selecting the agents in our network, which has grown to cover 84 countries across the globe. We are very transparent about who we work with and are ...
Deadline is TODAY to Register to Present Oral Testimony at Genetic Diagnostic Testing Hearings from www.717madisonplace.com
With the flurry of activity surrounding the implementation of the AIA, it is easy to miss some of the announcements about public hearings and the opportunity for public comment. One of my biotech colleagues pointed ...
With the flurry of activity surrounding the implementation of the AIA, it is easy to miss some of the announcements about public hearings and the opportunity for public comment. One of my biotech colleagues pointed ...
Microsoft promises that it 'will not seek an injunction' based on standard-essential patents from fosspatents.blogspot.com
These days, the FOSS Patents blog has pretty much become the FRAND Patents blog because of all of the issue surrounding FRAND licensing obligations in connection with standard-essential patents. But all of this also has ...
Free Content on JSTOR: Accessing Journal Articles as Non-Patent Literature from intellogist.wordpress.com
Most researchers have probably come across JSTOR sometime during their academic career: JSTOR is a large subscription-based online archive of journal articles and scholarly content produced by the not-for-profit organization ITHAKA. Although JSTOR covers many ...
Most researchers have probably come across JSTOR sometime during their academic career: JSTOR is a large subscription-based online archive of journal articles and scholarly content produced by the not-for-profit organization ITHAKA. Although JSTOR covers many ...
Patents for Humanity Announced at White House Event from www.ipwatchdog.com
I had the honor of being invited to the White House today for the Innovation for Global Development Event, which was held in support of the President’s commitment to using harness the power of ...
I had the honor of being invited to the White House today for the Innovation for Global Development Event, which was held in support of the President’s commitment to using harness the power of ...
USPTO Seeks Public Input on Proposed Fees from www.ipwatchdog.com
Under the America Invents Act (AIA), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for the first time in its history, was given the authority to work with IP stakeholders to set fees through the ...
Under the America Invents Act (AIA), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for the first time in its history, was given the authority to work with IP stakeholders to set fees through the ...
USPTO Launches ‘Patents For Humanity’ Prize Project from www.ip-watch.org
The United States Patent and Trademark Office today announced a project it said will reward patent owners for using their patented technology for humanitarian purposes worldwide. Related Articles:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office today announced a project it said will reward patent owners for using their patented technology for humanitarian purposes worldwide. Related Articles:
Patents for Humanity from www.uspto.gov
Sweeping revolutions in technology continue to fundamentally redefine the way we connect with one another and interact with the world. Today, an entrepreneur can do business with a remote village across an ocean just as ...
Google letter to standards bodies indicates no improvement whatsoever over Motorola's FRAND litigation tactics from fosspatents.blogspot.com
[DEVELOPING STORY -- still adding detail]
I have just obtained a copy of Google's letter to the IEEE, one of the standard-setting organizations to which Google wrote a letter today as it previously announced. You ...
New Post Grant Options and Associated Proposed Fees from www.patentlyo.com
Proposed Filing Fee for Petition for Post-Grant Opposition or Covered Business Method Patent Review: $35,800 to review up to 20 claims, $44,750 to request review of 21 to 30 claims, $53,700 to ...
Proposed Filing Fee for Petition for Post-Grant Opposition or Covered Business Method Patent Review: $35,800 to review up to 20 claims, $44,750 to request review of 21 to 30 claims, $53,700 to ...
In re Google from www.patentlyo.com
By Jason Rantanen In re Google Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2012) (Nonprecedential Order) Download In re Google Panel: Lourie, Prost, and Moore (author) Earlier this week, the Federal Circuit denied a petition for a writ of ...
By Jason Rantanen In re Google Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2012) (Nonprecedential Order) Download In re Google Panel: Lourie, Prost, and Moore (author) Earlier this week, the Federal Circuit denied a petition for a writ of ...
Apple gets support from Cisco on need to curb FRAND abuse from fosspatents.blogspot.com
This is my fourth blog post today on a FRAND statement by a major tech company. In the first one, I published an Apple letter (dated November 11, 2011, but discovered only yesterday) to the ...
Delhi HC on Customs Order restricting the clearance of consignments from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
The Delhi High Court, in its recent judgment in Kingtech Electronics (India) Pvt. Ltd v.Union of India and Ors, onceagain stayed the Order of the Commissioner of Customs restricting the clearanceof consignments which, as ...
The Delhi High Court, in its recent judgment in Kingtech Electronics (India) Pvt. Ltd v.Union of India and Ors, onceagain stayed the Order of the Commissioner of Customs restricting the clearanceof consignments which, as ...
USPTO Planning Significant Patent Fee Hikes from ipspotlight.com
On February 7, 2012, the USPTO released details about a proposed fee increase that would significantly increase the cost of obtaining a patent. Significant changes include: a 47% increase in the basic filing fee (proposed ...
On February 7, 2012, the USPTO released details about a proposed fee increase that would significantly increase the cost of obtaining a patent. Significant changes include: a 47% increase in the basic filing fee (proposed ...
BPAI reverse duplication parts from allthingspros.blogspot.com
Takeaway: The Examiner rejected a claim to a gutter system as obvious, alleging that the difference between the combined references and the claims was nothing more than a duplication of parts. As support for this ...
Takeaway: The Examiner rejected a claim to a gutter system as obvious, alleging that the difference between the combined references and the claims was nothing more than a duplication of parts. As support for this ...
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