Patent & IP news for January 11, 2014

Webinar on Proposed Patent Reform Legislation from www.patentdocs.org

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Proposed Patent Reform Legislation: How It May Impact You (Especially if You Are Not Considered to be a 'Patent Troll'" on February 18 ...

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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup from info.inovia.com

It's that time of the week again! Below, I've recapped the latest headlines in foreign patent filing news for the week of January 6th: Apple and Samsung have finally agreed to sit down ...

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Briefing complete in cross-appeal of Wisconsin dismissal of Apple v. Motorola FRAND case from www.fosspatents.com

Two Apple v. Motorola cases involving FRAND issues are currently on appeal before the Federal Circuit. The higher-profile one of these matters, the "Posner case", was heard in September. An appellate ruling on that one ...

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Judge Koh will hold hearing on Apple's renewed injunction bid against Samsung on January 30 from www.fosspatents.com

Last week Samsung requested an extension of time for its answer to Apple's post-appeal renewed motion for a permanent injunction and permission to conduct discovery relating to more recent settlement talks between the parties ...

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Rockstar's addition of Google as defendant to Samsung case could keep patent suit in Texas from www.fosspatents.com

On Sunday I mentioned Google's procedural gamesmanship in patent cases (and the fact that it isn't working out too well against Microsoft). But, in all fairness, others play the same kind of game ...

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CEO-level Apple-Samsung settlement discussions to take place within six weeks from www.fosspatents.com

In September 2011, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page met for court-ordered "mediation" talks. While I don't doubt the good intentions of the CEOs and other participants in those meetings, it ...

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