Patent & IP news for February 21, 2014
Patent Litigations
- CANVS Corporation v. Nivisys, LLC filed 2014-02-19 in Florida Middle
- Spatium Innovations LLC v. Facebook, Inc. filed 2014-02-19 in Virginia Eastern
- Hawk Technology Systems LLC v. Macerich Management Company filed 2014-02-14 in California Central
- Precision Custom Coatings, LLC v. Jab Distributors, LLC filed 2014-02-20 in New Jersey
- Bettcher Industries, Inc. v. Hantover, Inc. et. al. filed 2014-02-21 in Ohio Northern
- Cyberfone Systems LLC v. Lexmark International Inc filed 2014-02-21 in Texas Eastern
- Cyberfone Systems LLC v. Konica Minolta Holdings U.S.A. Inc et. al. filed 2014-02-21 in Texas Eastern
- QualiQode, LLC v. Axway, Inc. filed 2014-02-21 in Texas Eastern
- Equine PSSM Genetics, LLC v. Animal Genetics, Inc. filed 2014-02-21 in Minnesota
- Cyberfone Systems LLC v. Ricoh Americas Corp. et. al. filed 2014-02-21 in Texas Eastern
- Cyberfone Systems LLC v. Xerox Corporation filed 2014-02-21 in Texas Eastern
- Ecolab Inc. v. Gurtler Industries, Inc. filed 2014-02-21 in Minnesota
- CUBUS Solutions, Inc. v. Sonic Industry, LLC filed 2014-02-21 in California Northern
- Grecia v. Apple Inc. filed 2014-02-20 in California Northern
- Clearcount Medical Solutions, Inc. v. Surgicount Medical, Inc. filed 2014-02-21 in Pennsylvania Western
- Complete Nutrition Holdings, Inc. v. Vireo Systems, Inc. et. al. filed 2014-02-21 in Tennessee Middle
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Patent & IP Blogs
Post-Svensson Stress Disorder #1: Does it matter whether linked content is lawful? from ipkitten.blogspot.com Last week's decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Case C-466/12 Svensson was not just keenly awaited but has already been keenly discussed on this blog [here and ...
International patent filing strategy: a bio/pharma survey from ipkitten.blogspot.com "International Patent Filing Strategy Survey for Patent Attorneys in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical industries" is the admirably descriptive subject line of an email which the Kats have received from Derek Midkiff. Since it is a ...
Denmark and the UPC: breaking news from patlit.blogspot.com If Denmark's national aquarium looks like this, can
anyone imagine what its UPC building might look like?From our friend George Brock-Nannestad comes news, fresh from Danish Radio station P1, that the current two-party ...
The Arts and Crafts movement--back to the future? from ipkitten.blogspot.com Before this Kat was first purring, he would encounter “arts and crafts” programmes at school and summer camp. Being manually maladroit, he shunned anything to do with it and sought refuge on the baseball or ...
Use of intrinsic record guides patent claim construction from ocpatentlawyer.com Use of intrinsic record guides patent claim construction The scope of patent protection for a patent is defined by claims which are located at the end of the patent. One of the difficulties in determining ...
Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Don't forget to check the IPKat's Forthcoming Events page, which lots of exciting things to attend. Quite a few are free, or have special discounts for IPKat readers!
Around the weblogs 1. Despite ...
Mobile Devices in Oral Proceedings Before the EPO Boards of Appeal from patlit.blogspot.com If you ever wanted to call your psychiatrist in the course of oral proceedings before the EPO boards of appeal but did not dare to do so, you may be relieved by taking note of ...
Federal Circuit Holds That Claim Construction Should Should Continue to Be Reviewed De Novo from inventivestep.net The Federal Circuit has issued its long-awaited opinion in Lightning Ballast Control LLC v. Phillips Electronics N.A. Corp. By a 6-4 decision, the en banc court held that claim construction should remain a matter ...
Green light to adoption of new EU directive on collective management of copyright and multi-territorial licensing of online music from ipkitten.blogspot.com Celebrating a new age of easier
cross-border licensing?
Yes, but remember:
just for online musicKatfriend Sebastian Felix Schwemer (University of Copenhagen) [what a most lovely city that is!] has just emailed the Kats to ...
White House Announces Array Of Programs To Fight Trolls, Improve Patent Quality from patlit.blogspot.com In his State of the Union address last month, President Obama promised further action to improve the U.S. patent system, stating (to significant applause) that the government should "pass a patent reform bill that ...
News from Abroad: A Strict Approach to Priority Entitlement by the UK Court of Appeal from www.patentdocs.org
The Decision of the Court of Appeal in Hospira UK Generics Ltd. v. Novartis AG, [2013] EWCA Civ. 1663 was issued on 19 December 2013. Background The case was initially heard in the High Court ...
The Decision of the Court of Appeal in Hospira UK Generics Ltd. v. Novartis AG, [2013] EWCA Civ. 1663 was issued on 19 December 2013. Background The case was initially heard in the High Court ...
The White House Releases Update on "Protecting American Inventors and Innovators" from www.patentdocs.org
By Andrew Williams -- Earlier today, the White House provided an update on the five executive actions that it announced in June of 2013. At the time, we reported on the President's legislative recommendations and ...
By Andrew Williams -- Earlier today, the White House provided an update on the five executive actions that it announced in June of 2013. At the time, we reported on the President's legislative recommendations and ...
Samsung to U.S. appeals court: Presidential veto not broad enough to protect Apple once more from www.fosspatents.com
Last week I asked: "Are U.S. and EU antitrust enforcers taking a rather soft line on standard-essential patent issues?" Based on a Samsung filing with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal ...
Duty of disclosure Questions? from patentlyo.com
By Dennis Crouch 1. Joe (the inventor / patent applicant) knows that Mathilda (a third party) has information material to the question of patentability of his pending patent application. However, Joe does not have the underlying ...
By Dennis Crouch 1. Joe (the inventor / patent applicant) knows that Mathilda (a third party) has information material to the question of patentability of his pending patent application. However, Joe does not have the underlying ...
Talking “Open Innovation” in Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture from www.iposgoode.ca
The contemporary global order for the promotion of innovation exaggerates the role of intellectual property (IP) as a closed proprietary model of knowledge production and protection. Partly as a boomerang effect of that order and ...
The contemporary global order for the promotion of innovation exaggerates the role of intellectual property (IP) as a closed proprietary model of knowledge production and protection. Partly as a boomerang effect of that order and ...
Reality Check: Federal Court Rejects Bridgestone’s Hypothetical Channels of Trade Argument in Confusion Analysis from www.iposgoode.ca
The Federal Court recently dismissed an appeal from the Trade-marks Opposition Board regarding confusion between trade-marks for Bridgestone’s motor tires and Campagnolo’s specialty bike accessories. What made this case especially interesting were the ...
The Federal Court recently dismissed an appeal from the Trade-marks Opposition Board regarding confusion between trade-marks for Bridgestone’s motor tires and Campagnolo’s specialty bike accessories. What made this case especially interesting were the ...
Time Bars for Joint Authors and Copyright Registration Cancellation: The Third Circuit Weighs in on Two Issues of First Impression from www.iplawalert.com
On January 29, the Third Circuit issued an opinion in Brownstein v. Lindsay that addressed two issues of first impression under United States Copyright Law. One was whether a court has authority to cancel a ...
On January 29, the Third Circuit issued an opinion in Brownstein v. Lindsay that addressed two issues of first impression under United States Copyright Law. One was whether a court has authority to cancel a ...
Encryption Patent Not Invalid for Claiming Unpatentable Subject Matter from docketreport.blogspot.com
The court denied defendant's motion for summary judgment that plaintiff's data transmission patent was invalid for lack of patentable subject matter and found that the invention did not fail the machine-or-transformation test. "Typically ...
The court denied defendant's motion for summary judgment that plaintiff's data transmission patent was invalid for lack of patentable subject matter and found that the invention did not fail the machine-or-transformation test. "Typically ...
European Union Sees Flurry Of Activity On Copyright Policy from www.ip-watch.org
There have been several important developments related to copyright in the European Union in the past week. Below is a summary.Related Articles:
There have been several important developments related to copyright in the European Union in the past week. Below is a summary.Related Articles:
Two Upcoming Conferences from patentlyo.com
Spring is the time for IP law conferences…and fortunately, spring is almost here. (I’m trying to be willfully blind to forecasters’ projections that it’s going to be -5 here in Iowa in ...
Spring is the time for IP law conferences…and fortunately, spring is almost here. (I’m trying to be willfully blind to forecasters’ projections that it’s going to be -5 here in Iowa in ...
“Inventive Concept” and the Hot-Blast Cases from patentlyo.com
Guest post by Jeffrey A. Lefstin, Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law As the Supreme Court prepares to take up Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, a major question the Court may ...
Guest post by Jeffrey A. Lefstin, Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law As the Supreme Court prepares to take up Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, a major question the Court may ...
Guest Post by Prof. Lefstin: “Inventive Concept” and the Hot-Blast Cases from patentlyo.com
Guest post by Jeffrey A. Lefstin, Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law As the Supreme Court prepares to take up Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, a major question the Court may ...
Guest post by Jeffrey A. Lefstin, Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law As the Supreme Court prepares to take up Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, a major question the Court may ...
En Banc Federal Circuit Confirms Cybor: Claim Construction Reviewed De Novo on Appeal from patentlyo.com
By Dennis Crouch Lighting Ballast Control LLC v. Philips Electronics N.A. Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2014) (En banc) In a long awaited decision, an en banc Federal Circuit has reconfirmed the longstanding rule that claim ...
By Dennis Crouch Lighting Ballast Control LLC v. Philips Electronics N.A. Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2014) (En banc) In a long awaited decision, an en banc Federal Circuit has reconfirmed the longstanding rule that claim ...
Good afternoon. Please see below for the latest updates in foreign patent filing: The White House unveiled patent reform initiatives aimed at strengthening the system. T-Mobile won an injunction against AT&T over a magenta trademark. The USPTO recently granted a … Continue reading from info.inovia.com
Good afternoon. Please see below for the latest updates in foreign patent filing: The White House unveiled patent reform initiatives aimed at strengthening the system. T-Mobile won an injunction against AT&T; over a magenta ...
Good afternoon. Please see below for the latest updates in foreign patent filing: The White House unveiled patent reform initiatives aimed at strengthening the system. T-Mobile won an injunction against AT&T; over a magenta ...
ALJ Pender Terminates Investigation In Certain Thermal Support Devices For Infants (337-TA-896) from www.itcblog.com
On February 14, 2014, ALJ Thomas B. Pender issued Order No. 7 in Certain Thermal Support Devices For Infants, Infant Incubators, Infant Warmers, and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-896). By way of background, this investigation ...
On February 14, 2014, ALJ Thomas B. Pender issued Order No. 7 in Certain Thermal Support Devices For Infants, Infant Incubators, Infant Warmers, and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-896). By way of background, this investigation ...
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