Patent & IP news for October 17, 2013
Patent Litigations
- Eclipse IP LLC filed 2013-10-16 in Delaware
- Eclipse IP LLC v. American Apparel Inc. filed 2013-10-16 in Delaware
- Eclipse IP LLC v. Aeropostale Inc. filed 2013-10-16 in Delaware
- Employment Law Compliance, Inc. v. Empower Software Solutions, Inc. filed 2013-10-17 in Texas Northern
- CSG Systems, Inc. v. TOA Technologies, Inc. filed 2013-10-17 in Ohio Northern
- Quxuz, LLC v. Snappages, LLC filed 2013-10-17 in Texas Eastern
- Nikon Corporation et. al. v. Sakar International, Inc. filed 2013-10-11 in New York Southern
- Quxuz, LLC v. Weebly, Inc filed 2013-10-17 in Texas Eastern
- Dominion Dealer Solutions, LLC v. Rea filed 2013-10-15 in Virginia Eastern
- Kombea v. Noguar et. al. filed 2013-10-17 in Utah
- Insight Equity A.P. X, LP d/b/a Vision-Ease Lens v. Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. filed 2013-10-17 in California Central
- Fulgham v. Wofford et. al. filed 2013-10-17 in Mississippi Northern
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Compulsive Reference Disorder: another SPC case heads for the Duchy -- Part I from ipkitten.blogspot.com The Grand Chamber: a Kat's eye view Here's a bit of drama, if you like. Picture the scene, if you will: according to the Curia agenda it's 12 September 2013, a cloudy ...
Alliance reflects on priorities for new governments: Part II from ipkitten.blogspot.com The second chunk of today's Alliance conference [click here for a note on the first Part, which is more UK-centric] commenced with two further press-button poll questions leaning towards developments in the EU. First ...
Alliance reflects on priorities for new governments: Part 1 from ipkitten.blogspot.com The Alliance for Intellectual Property (formerly the Alliance Against IP Theft) -- a British-based body consisting of organisations that represent the interests of businesses working in intellectual property-based industrial and commercial sectors -- held its third annual ...
Patentgate: Apple motion for sanctions against Samsung pending before the ITC as well from www.fosspatents.com Thanks to the end of the government shutdown the website of the United States International Trade Commission (USITC, or just ITC), a trade agency with quasi-judicial powers, was fully operational again today, including the agency ...
EU Commission seeking comments on Samsung's proposed commitments concerning injunctions for standard-essential patents from patlit.blogspot.com In a press release issued yesterday, the European Commission invited interested third parties to submit comments on the formal commitments offered by Samsung to address competition concerns raised by its use of injunctions for the ...
Compulsive Reference Disorder: another SPC case heads for the Duchy -- Part II from ipkitten.blogspot.com For the background to this post, just click here
The Cross-Undertaking
The White Book:
home to para 5.1
of Practice Direction to CPR Part 25 Having sorted out the question of which questions to ...
Blurred patent scope good for both patent owner and accused infringer from ocpatentlawyer.com Blurred patent scope good for both patent owner and accused infringer In Meadwestvaco v. Rexam (Fed. Cir., 2013), a perfume bottle manufacturer figured out how to hide a tube within a perfume liquid. The user ...
Chrysler Clear as Court Holds ECODIESEL Mark Merely Descriptive from www.greenpatentblog.com I’ve written extensively (see, e.g., here and here) on the descriptiveness hurdles faced by owners of eco-marks containing terms such as “CLEAN”, “GREEN” and ”ECO”, including this author and his blog service mark ...
Governor Brown Vetoes California Biosimilar Bill from www.patentdocs.org
By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a California bill (SB-598) that would have authorized a pharmacist to select a biosimilar when filling a prescription order for a prescribed biological product, provided that ...
By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a California bill (SB-598) that would have authorized a pharmacist to select a biosimilar when filling a prescription order for a prescribed biological product, provided that ...
Federal Circuit Finds Inequitable Conduct In False Rule 131 Declaration from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
In Intellect Wireless, Inc. v. HTC Corp., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court decision holding Intellect’s patents unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. This is a rare case where the applicant was found to ...
In Intellect Wireless, Inc. v. HTC Corp., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court decision holding Intellect’s patents unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. This is a rare case where the applicant was found to ...
Federal Circuit Finds Inequitable Conduct In False Rule 131 Declaration from www.pharmapatentsblog.com
In Intellect Wireless, Inc. v. HTC Corp., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court decision holding Intellect’s patents unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. This is a rare case where the applicant was found to ...
In Intellect Wireless, Inc. v. HTC Corp., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court decision holding Intellect’s patents unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. This is a rare case where the applicant was found to ...
Ruling canceled: HTC struggling to win patent case against Nokia before closing of Microsoft deal from www.fosspatents.com
The Munich I Regional Court had originally scheduled a decision on an HTC v. Nokia patent infringement lawsuit over a power-saving technique for this morning, but a spokeswoman for the court just confirmed to me ...
Patent trolls' favorite court takes all-or-nothing approach to HTC's FRAND defense from www.fosspatents.com
Compared to the FRAND rate-setting opinions by Judges Robart and Holderman, last week's Wi-LAN v. HTC pretrial order in the Eastern District of Texas is going to have very limited influence outside its own ...
EU Commission market-tests totally insufficient FRAND commitments offered by Samsung from www.fosspatents.com
For about two years I was hopeful, and to a reduced extent I still am, that European Commission Vice President Joaquín Almunia was going to curb the increasingly-rampant abuse of FRAND-pledged standard-essential patents (SEPs) and ...
New EU Custom Regulation Might Allow Wrongful Seizures Of Generic Drugs In Transit, NGOs Say from www.ip-watch.org
A recent European Union regulation on customs enforcement of intellectual property rights has raised concerns among civil society actors who find that the regulation might not be an improvement over its previous version under which ...
A recent European Union regulation on customs enforcement of intellectual property rights has raised concerns among civil society actors who find that the regulation might not be an improvement over its previous version under which ...
Appellant Spittle loses before PTAB; KSR cited from ipbiz.blogspot.com
The appellant, represented by BRINKS GILSON & LIONE , lost in the case Ex parte Spittle
Of obviousness, KSR was cited:
For these reasons, an artisan would have considered the teachings of
Peng and Acker to complement ...
The appellant, represented by BRINKS GILSON & LIONE , lost in the case Ex parte Spittle
Of obviousness, KSR was cited:
For these reasons, an artisan would have considered the teachings of
Peng and Acker to complement ...
U.S. patent office confirmed all 20 claims of the Steve Jobs patent: bad for Samsung, Google from www.fosspatents.com
Last December, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a first Office action tentatively rejecting all claims of the "Steve Jobs patent", U.S. Patent No. 7,479,949 on a "touch screen ...
Claim Construction Prior to Summary Judgment Denied as Inefficient from docketreport.blogspot.com
The court denied plaintiff's motion for an early claim construction hearing and technology tutorial. "Plaintiff’s request is consistent with this court’s past practice of construing claims in advance of summary judgment. Given ...
The court denied plaintiff's motion for an early claim construction hearing and technology tutorial. "Plaintiff’s request is consistent with this court’s past practice of construing claims in advance of summary judgment. Given ...
International Aspects of the New User-Generated Content Exception in the Copyright Act from www.iposgoode.ca
On October 10, Osgoode Hall Law School hosted a symposium on User Generated Content under Canadian Copyright Law. The final panel of the day featured IP Osgoode Advisory Board member Barry Sookman and Prof. Joost ...
On October 10, Osgoode Hall Law School hosted a symposium on User Generated Content under Canadian Copyright Law. The final panel of the day featured IP Osgoode Advisory Board member Barry Sookman and Prof. Joost ...
Rutgers Pharma MBA Program Ranked One of Best in World from www.iplawalert.com
Rutgers Business School’s MBA in Pharmaceutical Management was recently ranked as one of the top 10 MBA programs for Health Care/Pharmaceuticals/Biotechnology in the world, based on a survey done by Find-MBA.com ...
Keurig loses big time at the CAFC in coffee cartridge case turning on patent exhaustion from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Keurig v. Sturm addresses patent exhaustion.
But that is not the case before us, which presents an a
fortiori fact situation in which the product sold by Keurig
was patented. Keurig acknowledges that its brewers ...
Keurig v. Sturm addresses patent exhaustion.
But that is not the case before us, which presents an a
fortiori fact situation in which the product sold by Keurig
was patented. Keurig acknowledges that its brewers ...
Fan-Fiction as User Generated Content: Free Ride or a Free Right? from www.iposgoode.ca
When it comes to fan-fiction, it seems that the new User-Generated Content (UGC) exception to copyright infringement endorses the common cliché that imitation is the finest form of flattery. J.K Rowling certainly felt flattered ...
When it comes to fan-fiction, it seems that the new User-Generated Content (UGC) exception to copyright infringement endorses the common cliché that imitation is the finest form of flattery. J.K Rowling certainly felt flattered ...
Examining User Generated Content from an Industry Perspective from www.iposgoode.ca
On October 10, 2013, IP Osgoode hosted a full-day symposium on “User Generated Content Under Canadian Copyright Law” discussing the new UGC copyright exception with guest speakers from government, industry, private practice, and academia. After ...
On October 10, 2013, IP Osgoode hosted a full-day symposium on “User Generated Content Under Canadian Copyright Law” discussing the new UGC copyright exception with guest speakers from government, industry, private practice, and academia. After ...
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Nokia Appeal (2012-1352) from www.itcblog.com
On October 15, 2013, the Supreme Court issued an order denying a petition for a writ of certiorari by Nokia Inc. and Nokia Corp. (collectively, “Nokia”) in Nokia Inc., et al. v. Int’l Trade ...
On October 15, 2013, the Supreme Court issued an order denying a petition for a writ of certiorari by Nokia Inc. and Nokia Corp. (collectively, “Nokia”) in Nokia Inc., et al. v. Int’l Trade ...
USPTO Seeks Comments On Strategic Plan For 2014-2018 from www.ip-watch.org
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued its draft strategic plan for 2014-2018 and is asking for comments.Related Articles:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued its draft strategic plan for 2014-2018 and is asking for comments.Related Articles:
Dealing with plagiarism at Kenyon from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Concerning the background of incoming Kenyon College students:
[Associate Provost Jan ] Thomas cited “a growing concern [among the faculty] that students are not being prepared for” writing appropriate citations. To combat this, the changes will ...
Concerning the background of incoming Kenyon College students:
[Associate Provost Jan ] Thomas cited “a growing concern [among the faculty] that students are not being prepared for” writing appropriate citations. To combat this, the changes will ...
News from Abroad: EPO to Rescind Deadline for Filing Divisional Patent Applications from www.patentdocs.org
Our colleagues at J.A. Kemp in the United Kingdom have advised us that they have received advance notice that the administrative council of the European Patent Office (EPO) has voted to amend Rule 36 ...
Our colleagues at J.A. Kemp in the United Kingdom have advised us that they have received advance notice that the administrative council of the European Patent Office (EPO) has voted to amend Rule 36 ...
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