Patent & IP news for April 3, 2012
Patent Litigations
- Precision BioSciences, Inc. v. Cellectis SA et. al. filed 2012-04-03 in North Carolina Eastern
- v. Incredible Plastics, Inc. et. al. filed 2012-04-03 in Texas Northern
- Dnz Products, LLC v. Lake Associates, LLC et. al. filed 2012-04-03 in North Carolina Middle
- Nxp B.V. v. Research in Motion LTD. et. al. filed 2012-04-02 in Florida Middle
- Network Signatures Inc v. Time Warner Cable Inc filed 2012-04-02 in California Central
- Genetic Technologies Limited v. Agilent Technologies, Inc. filed 2012-03-30 in California Northern
- Coopersburg Associates, Inc. v. Bretthand, Inc. et. al. filed 2012-04-03 in Pennsylvania Eastern
- NobelBiz, Inc. v. T C N, Inc. filed 2012-04-03 in Texas Eastern
- Network Signatures Inc v. Tyson Foods, Inc filed 2012-04-02 in California Central
- NobelBiz, Inc. v. Five 9, Inc. filed 2012-04-03 in Texas Eastern
- SmartPhone Technologies LLC v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. et. al. filed 2012-04-03 in Texas Eastern
- NobelBiz, Inc. v. Global Connect, L.L.C. filed 2012-04-03 in Texas Eastern
- NobelBiz, Inc. v. AireSpring, Inc. filed 2012-04-03 in Texas Eastern
- NobelBiz, Inc. v. LiveVox Inc. filed 2012-04-03 in Texas Eastern
- W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. v. AGA Medical Corp. et. al. filed 2012-04-03 in Minnesota
- Tallgrass Prairie Management, LLC v. Credant Technologies, Inc. filed 2012-04-03 in Texas Eastern
- Tallgrass Prairie Management, LLC v. Sophos Inc. filed 2012-04-03 in Texas Eastern
- Merial Limited et. al. v. Velcera, Inc. et. al. filed 2012-04-03 in Nebraska
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Patent & IP Blogs
Foolish Fiber from www.patenthawk.com In Advanced Fiber Technologies v. J&L; Fiber Services, NY Senior Judge Lawrence E. Kahn had some senior moments during claim construction. Further innaity ensued on appeal. The CAFC went along with construing a term ...
£700 demand letters: no Golden Egg for Golden Eye from ipkitten.blogspot.com Golden Eye ointment: perfect
relief for those whose eyesight
is adversely affected by too
much porn? It has been observed that Chancery mends no men's bargains and that it is not the duty of ...
National Cherry Blossom Festival® Trademarks from www.erikpelton.com Here in the Washington, DC, area we are in the midst of the 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival which this year celebrates the centennial anniversary of the gift from the Japanese planted in the tidal ...
More bad news for the King of Good times as Force India Lose Aerolab IP Case from spicyipindia.blogspot.com 
When it rains it pours. As if Kingfisher’s woes weren’t enough, Mallya’s Force India lost their IP design battle against Aerolab last week, which is set to cost them about 850,000 ...
India’s First Compulsory License: Patents vs Public Health? from www.iposgoode.ca
In a move with far reaching implications for the debates around pharmaceutical patents, innovation and access to medicines, the Indian patent office issued its first ever compulsory license in the post TRIPS era. While health ...
In a move with far reaching implications for the debates around pharmaceutical patents, innovation and access to medicines, the Indian patent office issued its first ever compulsory license in the post TRIPS era. While health ...
Pieczenik v. Bayer Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2012) from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- Last month, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissing Plaintiff-Appellant Dr. George Pieczenik's complaint for failing to state a claim on ...
By Donald Zuhn -- Last month, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissing Plaintiff-Appellant Dr. George Pieczenik's complaint for failing to state a claim on ...
Therasense on Remand: Inequitable Conduct Deja Vu? from www.reexamlink.com
In 2011, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit en banc reheard the thorny issues of inequitable conduct and announced new intent and materiality standards. Therasense, Inc v. Becton Dickinson & Co., 649 F.3d ...
In 2011, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit en banc reheard the thorny issues of inequitable conduct and announced new intent and materiality standards. Therasense, Inc v. Becton Dickinson & Co., 649 F.3d ...
Report of IP Roundtable Symposium organized by the MHRD IP Chair in NLU Jodhpur from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
The readers of Spicy IP will already be aware of the two-day roundtable symposium on the ‘Emerging Legal and Policy Landscape of Intellectual Property Protection for Pharmaceuticals in India’ that was organized by the Ministry ...
The readers of Spicy IP will already be aware of the two-day roundtable symposium on the ‘Emerging Legal and Policy Landscape of Intellectual Property Protection for Pharmaceuticals in India’ that was organized by the Ministry ...
European Commission investigates Motorola Mobility's suspected abuse of standard-essential patents against Apple and Microsoft from www.fosspatents.com
The EU's chief antitrust enforcer, European Commission Vice President Joaquín Almunia, who is well-respected across party lines for his principled stance, is fighting for FRAND -- in fact, it appears he is willing to fight ...
Court: Article announcing that new product will be available in the future does not trigger on-sale bar to patentability from ipspotlight.com
A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California considered whether a magazine article about an upcoming product could trigger the “on-sale” bar to patentability. In Speedtrack, Inc. v ...
A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California considered whether a magazine article about an upcoming product could trigger the “on-sale” bar to patentability. In Speedtrack, Inc. v ...
Michael Frakes & Melissa Wasserman – Does Agency Funding Affect Decision Making?: An Empirical Assessment of the PTO’s Granting Patterns from writtendescription.blogspot.com
Does the Patent and Trademark Office's (PTO’s) budgetary structureinfluence the rate at which patents are granted? In Does Agency Funding Affect Decision Making?: An Empirical Assessment of the PTO’s Granting Patterns, 66 ...
Does the Patent and Trademark Office's (PTO’s) budgetary structureinfluence the rate at which patents are granted? In Does Agency Funding Affect Decision Making?: An Empirical Assessment of the PTO’s Granting Patterns, 66 ...
Computer-Implemented Method for Guiding Therapeutic Treatment Ruled Patent Ineligible under Mayo v. Prometheus from holmansbiotechipblog.blogspot.com
On March 30 the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit between Plaintiff SmartGene, Inc., a North Carolina corporation and Defendant Advanced Biological Laboratories, SA, a company with its principal ...
On March 30 the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit between Plaintiff SmartGene, Inc., a North Carolina corporation and Defendant Advanced Biological Laboratories, SA, a company with its principal ...
USPTO Holds 2d Annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium from www.ipwatchdog.com
On Sunday March 25 and Monday March 26, 2012, I attended the Second Annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium (WES) in Shreveport, LA. The event was hosted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO ...
On Sunday March 25 and Monday March 26, 2012, I attended the Second Annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium (WES) in Shreveport, LA. The event was hosted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO ...
USPTO Issues Guidelines on Prometheus Decision from www.patentbaristas.com
The day after the Supreme Court issued its decision in Mayo v. Prometheus, the USPTO issued a letter to the Patent Examining Corps that provides preliminary guidance to examiners and promises that more detailed guidance ...
The day after the Supreme Court issued its decision in Mayo v. Prometheus, the USPTO issued a letter to the Patent Examining Corps that provides preliminary guidance to examiners and promises that more detailed guidance ...
More Patent Summarization Tools: Key Content and Concepts from Questel from intellogist.wordpress.com
What is the best way to summarize a patent document? In a past blog post, we looked at both free online summarization tools and a summary tool available on PatBase. The free online tools failed ...
What is the best way to summarize a patent document? In a past blog post, we looked at both free online summarization tools and a summary tool available on PatBase. The free online tools failed ...
Improved Peanut Butter Jar? from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com
A pro-hockey player and inventor from Alberta thinks he's solved a problem that has plagued kids forever: how to get the last bit of peanut butter out of the bottom of the jar without ...
A pro-hockey player and inventor from Alberta thinks he's solved a problem that has plagued kids forever: how to get the last bit of peanut butter out of the bottom of the jar without ...
External Review Of WIPO Technical Assistance Stirs Quiet Debate from www.ip-watch.org
Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization are quietly but heatedly discussing how to address an external review of WIPO technical assistance in the lead-up to the next Committee on Development and IP (CDIP) meeting ...
Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization are quietly but heatedly discussing how to address an external review of WIPO technical assistance in the lead-up to the next Committee on Development and IP (CDIP) meeting ...
What if I Miss the Deadline For a U.S. Design Patent Application? from patents101.com
As noted in this post, U.S. design patents usually need to be filed within 6 months of a foreign priority application. This is because many foreign design registration systems grant design registration almost immediately ...
As noted in this post, U.S. design patents usually need to be filed within 6 months of a foreign priority application. This is because many foreign design registration systems grant design registration almost immediately ...
Crowdsourcing: The Military, Gaming, and Redefining ‘The Expert’ from info.articleonepartners.com
Crowdsourcing is a vital tool for modern innovation. Some businesses have already started to recognize and embrace the power that the crowd can hold. Don’t believe it? Consultant, entrepreneur, and author Scott Klososky has ...
Results from inovia’s 2012 U.S. IP Trends Survey from info.inovia.com
Today we announced the release of our 3rd annual report, The 2012 U.S. Global Patent & IP Trends Indicator, which is available for download here. The report is the result of a survey of150 U ...
Today we announced the release of our 3rd annual report, The 2012 U.S. Global Patent & IP Trends Indicator, which is available for download here. The report is the result of a survey of150 U ...
Don't say "no" to cross-border patent relief, says AG, say "nuance" from ipkitten.blogspot.com
How we used to find CJEU
Opinions in the days before
the internet ... It gave us the slip for a while and dipped beneath the Kats' radar, but the Opinion of Advocate General Cruz Villalón ...
How we used to find CJEU
Opinions in the days before
the internet ... It gave us the slip for a while and dipped beneath the Kats' radar, but the Opinion of Advocate General Cruz Villalón ...
Chakrabarty Controls on Isolated DNA Sequences, not Mayo* from www.ipwatchdog.com
Unfortunately this unspecific remand by the Supreme Court in AMP vacates as well the two-to-one ruling by this same Federal Circuit panel (Judges Lourie and Moore in the majority, Judge Bryson in dissent) that the ...
Unfortunately this unspecific remand by the Supreme Court in AMP vacates as well the two-to-one ruling by this same Federal Circuit panel (Judges Lourie and Moore in the majority, Judge Bryson in dissent) that the ...
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