Patent & IP news for August 15, 2013

Samsung tries to relitigate pinch-to-zoom infringement, Apple's autocomplete patent reexamined from www.fosspatents.com

The Northern District of California is regaining its role as the center of gravity of Apple v. Samsung from the ITC. Two trials are being prepared: a limited damages retrial scheduled for November 2013 as ...

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Provisional patent application: a cheap option? from ocpatentlawyer.com

Provisional patent application: a cheap option? A provisional patent application is a lower cost alternative to a non provisional patent application because the provisional patent application has lower minimum requirements than the non provisional patent ...

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Velocys Biomass Reactors: Microchanneling Intense Reactions from www.greenpatentblog.com

Velocys, part of the Oxford Catalysts Group, is an Ohio company that develops technology for the production of synthetic oil from waste gas, coal, and waste biomass.  Velocys owns at least 84 U.S. patents ...

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Ericsson shows strength in Samsung dispute by asking ITC to FRAND-validate its royalty demands from www.fosspatents.com

When two companies assert FRAND-pledged standard-essential patents (SEPs) against each other in the ITC and accuse each other of SEP abuse (1, 2), it's not as easy as in some other cases to figure ...

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District Court Refuses To Review USPTO Decision To Institute Post Grant Review Of Versata Covered Business Method Patent from www.pharmapatentsblog.com

In Versata Development Corp. v. Rea, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed Versata’s challenge of the PTAB’s decision to institute post grant review of its patent for ...

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District Court Refuses To Review USPTO Decision To Institute Post Grant Review Of Versata Covered Business Method Patent from www.pharmapatentsblog.com

In Versata Development Corp. v. Rea, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed Versata’s challenge of the PTAB’s decision to institute post grant review of its patent for ...

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A cautionary tale: early contract with supplier can trigger loss of your patent rights from ipspotlight.com

If you are considering a patent, file the application before engaging in any commercial activity — even contracts with your own suppliers. Before launching a new product, companies are typically engaged in a flurry of activity ...

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$70 Million Damages Award Trebled Due to “One-sidedness of the Case” and “Flagrancy” of Infringement from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted plaintiff's motion for enhanced damages because all nine Read Corp. v. Portec, Inc., 970 F.2d 816 (Fed. Cir. 1992), factors favored trebling the jury's $70 million award and supplemental ...

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Merges: Classic Patent Scholarship from writtendescription.blogspot.com

The next contribution to the Classic Patent Scholarship Project is from Professor Robert Merges at Berkeley Law, another giant in intellectual property law. Merges has authored a number of articles that have already made the ...

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On-sale bar discussed in Hamilton Beach v. Sunbeam from ipbiz.blogspot.com


On the law of the on-sale bar, from the CAFC decision in Hamilton Beach v. Sunbeam:


The on-sale bar applies when two conditions are satisfied
before the critical date: (1) the claimed invention
must be ...

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Toyo Files New 337 Complaint Regarding Certain Tires from www.itcblog.com

On August 14, 2013, Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. of Japan, Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. of Cypress, California, Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. of Cypress, California, Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc ...

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