Patent & IP news for July 8, 2013
Patent Litigations
- Moshenzadeh v. Rea filed 2013-07-05 in Virginia Eastern
- Mars, Inc. v. Trurx LLC et. al. filed 2013-07-08 in Texas Eastern
- Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc. v. Artsana USA, Inc. et. al. filed 2013-07-08 in Illinois Northern
- Contemporary Visions, LLC v. Maxim Lighting International, Inc. et. al. filed 2013-07-03 in New York Southern
- SoftVault Systems, Inc. v. Dell Inc. filed 2013-07-03 in California Northern
- Zond, Inc. et. al. v. Renesas Electronics Corporation filed 2013-07-08 in Massachusetts
- Brilliant Optical Solutions LLC v. Cox Communications, Inc. filed 2013-07-08 in Missouri Eastern
- Brilliant Optical Solutions LLC v. Time Warner Cable filed 2013-07-08 in Missouri Eastern
- Opticool Technologies, LLC v. Liebert Corporation filed 2013-07-08 in New York Western
- Linex Technologies, Inc v. Hewlett-Packard Company et. al. filed 2013-07-05 in California Central
- Institute For Information Industry v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et. al. filed 2013-07-08 in Texas Eastern
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Rub-a-dub-dub, a tri-functional Hub from ipkitten.blogspot.com On Friday this Kat received an email circular headed " EMBARGOED UNTIL 08.59 AM MONDAY 08 JULY 2013 THE COPYRIGHT HUB LAUNCHES PILOT". After pausing for a moment to reflect on whether it's the ...
Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com Does your ferret have a passport yet? If not, do check out the memorably-named [title starts here ...] Commission Implementing Regulation 577/2013 of 28 June 2013 on the model identification documents for the non-commercial movement ...
Appealing to the PTAB: Expecting Delay from www.patentlyo.com By Dennis Crouch The PTAB continues to work on its 26,000+ backlog of ex parte appeals pending at the USPTO. The Board has reduced the backlog in seven of the past twelve months. However ...
No more kitchen sinks, says Dermot Doyle -- and he's right! from ipkitten.blogspot.com Elsewhere it's a sink. In Ireland it's
a ground of opposition ... In the deep and dismal past, back in September 2005, in a blogpost on the Irish Trade Marks Registry decision in McDermott ...
USPTO Files Reply Brief in Exelixis v. Rea from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- At the end of June, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed its reply brief with the Federal Circuit in Exelixis, Inc. v. Rea. The appeal involves two decisions by the ...
By Donald Zuhn -- At the end of June, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed its reply brief with the Federal Circuit in Exelixis, Inc. v. Rea. The appeal involves two decisions by the ...
Fresenius Escapes $25 Million Damages Award, Based on Invalidation of Baxter Patent In Ex Parte Reexamination from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
In Fresenius, USA Inc. v. Baxter International, Inc., the Federal Circuit interpreted the ex parte reexamination statutes (35 USC §§ 301-307) as providing that the final cancellation of claims in a reexamination proceeding is binding on ...
In Fresenius, USA Inc. v. Baxter International, Inc., the Federal Circuit interpreted the ex parte reexamination statutes (35 USC §§ 301-307) as providing that the final cancellation of claims in a reexamination proceeding is binding on ...
Fresenius Escapes $25 Million Damages Award, Based on Invalidation of Baxter Patent In Ex Parte Reexamination from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
In Fresenius, USA Inc. v. Baxter International, Inc., the Federal Circuit interpreted the ex parte reexamination statutes (35 USC §§ 301-307) as providing that the final cancellation of claims in a reexamination proceeding is binding on ...
In Fresenius, USA Inc. v. Baxter International, Inc., the Federal Circuit interpreted the ex parte reexamination statutes (35 USC §§ 301-307) as providing that the final cancellation of claims in a reexamination proceeding is binding on ...
ITC ruling on Samsung complaint puts up multiple roadblocks for Apple, other implementers from www.fosspatents.com
The public redacted version of the June 4, 2013 United States International Trade Commission's (USITC, or just ITC) opinion on Samsung's complaint against Apple, culminating in an exclusion order, has finally become available ...
Buyouts at the Bayou from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Related to a story on Bayou Corne on CBS Sunday Morning on May 5, 2013 , note the AP story Sinkhole forces hard choice on longtime neighbors.
Within the AP story:
"In a way, I guess ...
Related to a story on Bayou Corne on CBS Sunday Morning on May 5, 2013 , note the AP story Sinkhole forces hard choice on longtime neighbors.
Within the AP story:
"In a way, I guess ...
Ex parte Islam: don't import limitations from the spec into the claim from ipbiz.blogspot.com
From within Ex parte Islam :
See Superguide Corp. v. DirecTV Enterprises, Inc., 358 F.3d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (“Though understanding the claim language may be aided by the explanations contained in the written ...
From within Ex parte Islam :
See Superguide Corp. v. DirecTV Enterprises, Inc., 358 F.3d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (“Though understanding the claim language may be aided by the explanations contained in the written ...
WHO, WTO, WIPO Heads Call For More Medical Innovation from www.ip-watch.org
The leaders of three top international organisations in Geneva last week discussed synergies in public health and called for increased collaboration and creativity to move medical innovation out of its quagmire of inefficiency. The opening ...
The leaders of three top international organisations in Geneva last week discussed synergies in public health and called for increased collaboration and creativity to move medical innovation out of its quagmire of inefficiency. The opening ...
Defense Counsel’s Prior Representation of Plaintiff’s Affiliate No Grounds for Disqualification from docketreport.blogspot.com
The court denied plaintiff's emergency motion to disqualify defense counsel. Although counsel previously represented plaintiff's parent company, counsel's relationship with the parent did not transfer to plaintiff. "[I]t is undisputed that ...
The court denied plaintiff's emergency motion to disqualify defense counsel. Although counsel previously represented plaintiff's parent company, counsel's relationship with the parent did not transfer to plaintiff. "[I]t is undisputed that ...
Appellant in Ex parte Furlong wins on obviousness but loses under 35 USC 112 from ipbiz.blogspot.com
From Ex parte Furlong
A written description rejection under 35 USC 112 P1 is sustained:
The Appellants (App. Br. 7-10; see also Reply Br. 4-6) disagree, citing these passages from the Specification: [0057]; [0062]; [0063 ...
From Ex parte Furlong
A written description rejection under 35 USC 112 P1 is sustained:
The Appellants (App. Br. 7-10; see also Reply Br. 4-6) disagree, citing these passages from the Specification: [0057]; [0062]; [0063 ...
A few recent Section 101 cases at the PTAB from www.patentlyo.com
By Dennis Crouch Patenting Software: Ex Parte Betts [Computer Associates], 2013 WL 3327142, Appeal 2010-004256, Application 11/132,649 (PTAB 2013) ("[W]e conclude claims 14-26 encompass software without physical embodiment, i.e., software per ...
By Dennis Crouch Patenting Software: Ex Parte Betts [Computer Associates], 2013 WL 3327142, Appeal 2010-004256, Application 11/132,649 (PTAB 2013) ("[W]e conclude claims 14-26 encompass software without physical embodiment, i.e., software per ...
IP Enforcement in Honduras – Scope & Ownership of Patents from info.inovia.com
This article is a continuation of a two-part series on Honduras, written by Ricardo Mejia, Partner & Intellectual Property Director of Bufete Mejia & Asociados. The following excerpts were selected from Getting the Deal Through - Patents 2013 ...
This article is a continuation of a two-part series on Honduras, written by Ricardo Mejia, Partner & Intellectual Property Director of Bufete Mejia & Asociados. The following excerpts were selected from Getting the Deal Through - Patents 2013 ...
Board obvious result effective variable from allthingspros.blogspot.com
Takeaway: The Examiner rejected as obvious various claims to a method of manufacturing foam-paperboard laminates. The Examiner used the routine optimization rationale, alleging that since melt index was a result effective variable for viscosity, the ...
Takeaway: The Examiner rejected as obvious various claims to a method of manufacturing foam-paperboard laminates. The Examiner used the routine optimization rationale, alleging that since melt index was a result effective variable for viscosity, the ...
ALJ Shaw Denies Motion To Quash And Motion To Compel In Certain Compact Fluorescent Reflector Lamps (337-TA-872) from www.itcblog.com
On July 2, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 22 in Certain Compact Fluorescent Reflector Lamps, Products Containing Same and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-872). By way of background, the investigation is based ...
On July 2, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 22 in Certain Compact Fluorescent Reflector Lamps, Products Containing Same and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-872). By way of background, the investigation is based ...
ALJ Pender Denies Motion To Quash In Certain Cases For Portable Electronic Devices (337-TA-861/867) from www.itcblog.com
On June 28, 2013, ALJ Thomas B. Pender issued Order No. 12 in Certain Cases for Portable Electronic Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-861/867). In the Order, ALJ Pender denied Respondent Fellowes, Inc.’s (“Fellowes”) motion ...
On June 28, 2013, ALJ Thomas B. Pender issued Order No. 12 in Certain Cases for Portable Electronic Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-861/867). In the Order, ALJ Pender denied Respondent Fellowes, Inc.’s (“Fellowes”) motion ...
ITC Decides To Review In Part Initial Determination In Certain Semiconductor Chips with DRAM Circuitry (337-TA-819) from www.itcblog.com
On July 2, 2013, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued a notice determining to review in part an Initial Determination (“ID”) issued by ALJ E. James Gildea on March 26, 2013 finding a violation ...
On July 2, 2013, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued a notice determining to review in part an Initial Determination (“ID”) issued by ALJ E. James Gildea on March 26, 2013 finding a violation ...
Ex parte Owen: a second bite for the examiner? from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Within Ex parte Owen, PTAB cited MPEP 706.01 and 1201 and observed the Board will not hear issues related to objections or formal matters.
As noted on page 4 of the decision, this is ...
Within Ex parte Owen, PTAB cited MPEP 706.01 and 1201 and observed the Board will not hear issues related to objections or formal matters.
As noted on page 4 of the decision, this is ...
Sad error for applicant not to respond to double patenting rejection? from ipbiz.blogspot.com
from within Ex parte Gregory
In the final Office action dated March 23, 2010, claims 1, 4-13, 15-24
and 26-31 were rejected under the judicially created doctrine of
obviousness-type double patenting over claims 1-25 of ...
from within Ex parte Gregory
In the final Office action dated March 23, 2010, claims 1, 4-13, 15-24
and 26-31 were rejected under the judicially created doctrine of
obviousness-type double patenting over claims 1-25 of ...
MVS Filewrapper® Blog: New and Useful - July 8, 2013 from www.filewrapper.com
· The Federal Circuit in Ultramercial, Inc. v. Hulu, LLC held that the district court erred in holding that the subject matter of U.S. Patent No. 7,346,545 ('545) is not a "process" within ...
Board computer readable 112 written description from allthingspros.blogspot.com
Once Examiners started issuing lots of § 101 rejections for computer applications, Applicants started to respond with amendments to turn non-CRM claim into CRM claims. If the spec didn't contain the magic words "computer-readable medium ...
Once Examiners started issuing lots of § 101 rejections for computer applications, Applicants started to respond with amendments to turn non-CRM claim into CRM claims. If the spec didn't contain the magic words "computer-readable medium ...
Coalition of University TTOs File Amicus Brief in Lighting Ballast Control LLC v. Philips Electronics North America Corp. from www.patentdocs.org
By Kevin E. Noonan -- In his novel My Summer in a Garden (1870), Charles Dudley Warner famously said "Politics is said to make strange bedfellows." That aphorism is illustrated once again in the joining of ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- In his novel My Summer in a Garden (1870), Charles Dudley Warner famously said "Politics is said to make strange bedfellows." That aphorism is illustrated once again in the joining of ...
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