Patent & IP news for March 15, 2013

E! Sued For Copyright Infringement Over “Opening Act” Reality TV Show from www.iptrademarkattorney.com

Reality TV writer Henry Haraway filed a copyright infringement and breach of contract case against E! Entertainment Television and William Morris Endeavor talent agency, just to name a few. To see the rest of the ...

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Senators Introduce Another Bill to Ban Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Last week, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) was joined by Senators David Vitter (D-LA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in introducing S. 204, the "Fair and Immediate ...

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New Post Grant Patent Practice Reference from www.patentspostgrant.com

Comprehensive Coverage of Old & New Post Grant Practices Several former USPTO administrative patent judges now in private practice, including my collegaue Lee Barret, have collaborated to publish the new book Post Grant Patent Practice (BNA ...

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Austin-Based MONKEYmedia Gets New User Interface Patents from www.ipwatchdog.com

The US Patent and Trademark Office recently awarded over 200 new claims to user interface designer Eric Gould Bear, co-founder of MONKEYmedia. The two most recently issued patents that have 72 claims between them fall ...

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Apple vs. Samsung: Decision Costs Apple $450 Million from www.ipwatchdog.com

On Friday March 1, 2013 Judge Lucy Koh handed down her decision regarding various motions that were filed on behalf of Apple Inc. (“Apple”) and Samsung Electronics Co. (“Samsung”) over the past few months post-trial ...

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Aristocrat Technologies v. Int'l Game Technology from www.patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen Aristocrat Technologies Australia PTY Limited v. International Game Technology (Fed. Cir. 2012) Download 10-1426.Opinion.3-11-2013.1 Panel: O'Malley (author), Bryson and Linn Aristocrat and IGT compete in the casino gaming ...

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Job Openings – Two New Litigation Positions (Jr/Mid/Sr) – California from www.ipwatchdog.com

Top tier international firm seeks associates with 4-7 years of IP Litigation experience in Los Angeles & global firm, has an opening for a junior/midlevel IP Litigation associate in San Francisco. Related posts:

1. Job Opening ...

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Federal Circuit to Reconsider De Novo Review of Claim Construction from www.patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen In a per curium order issued a short time ago, the current sitting judges of the Federal Circuit (Chief Judge Rader and Judges Newman, Lourie, Dyk, Prost, Moore, O'Malley, Reyna, and ...

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Federal Circuit to Reconsider Claim Construction Deference from inventivestep.net

The Federal Circuit issued as order today that it will reconsider whether to grant any deference to a district court’s claim construction ruling.  Lightning Ballast Control LLC v. Philips Electronics North America Corp. Since ...

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ALJ Shaw Denies Motion To Compel Additional Expert Deposition Testimony In Certain Audiovisual Components (337-TA-837) from www.itcblog.com

On March 14, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued the public version of Order No. 75 denying Respondents Funai Electric Co., Ltd.; Funai Corporation, Inc.; P&F; USA, Inc.; and Funai Service Corporation’s (collectively ...

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