Patent & IP news for April 21, 2014

New Book Takes a Hard Look at How Businesses Profit from Patents from ipcloseup.wordpress.com

‘The Intangible Investor’ scrutinizes how to generate the best returns in innovation — Why some significant holders would rather see patents weakened, including their own. What is innovative? Who owns it? What are the best ways ...

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Targeting Declaratory Judgment Plaintiff’s Customers Creates Substantial Controversy from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's declaratory relief action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. "A real and substantial controversy existed when [plaintiff] filed suit. Defendants had sued a number of [plaintiff ...

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News on IP-backed lending from www.athenaalliance.org

Just a quick update on some stories over the past couple of months on the use of IP as collateral in debt financing. Intellectual Asset Management - Chinese companies have secured over $10 billion in patent-backed ...

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ALJ Gildea Denies Motion To Compel Expert Deposition In Certain Microphone Packages (337-TA-888) from www.itcblog.com

On April 17, 2014, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 33 (dated April 11, 2014) denying Complainant’s Motion to Compel Expert Deposition in Certain Silicon Microphone Packages and Products ...

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Patent Pending from inventivestep.net

I’m sure you’ve seen the words “patent pending” or “patent applied for” on a product or package before.  What exactly do these phrases mean?  What legal rights are attached to them? Marking Patentees ...

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Rumours of our death…. from www.tangible-ip.com

Life is strange isn’t it? In fact I’d say that life is very strange. I did something on Thursday that made me change my whole life perspective. Basically I walked past a homeless ...

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ALJ Gildea Denies Motion For Summary Determination Of Invalidity For Lack Of Written Description In Certain Consumer Electronics With Display And Processing Capabilities (337-TA-884) from www.itcblog.com

On April 15, 2014, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 77 in Certain Consumer Electronics With Display and Processing Capabilities (Inv. No. 337-TA-884).  In the Order, ALJ Gildea denied Respondents Toshiba Corp., Toshiba America ...

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Proving Obvious with Post-Filing Evidence?: Yes from patentlyo.com

Sanofi-Aventis v. Glenmark (Fed. Cir. 2014) In a post on the Patent Ethics site, Professor Hricik highlights this case with the following headline: CAFC Affirms Adverse Inference Instruction Due to Spoliation. Post Filing Recognition of ...

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Glenmark loses appeal at CAFC from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The CAFC affirmed DNJ in Sanofi-Aventis v. Glenmark


We conclude that jurisdiction is proper,
and affirm the district court’s judgment and related rulings.



Glenmark's unsuccessful argument


Glenmark argues that the verdict cannot stand ...

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