Patent & IP news for December 11, 2014
Patent Litigations
- Endoheart AG v. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation filed 2 days ago in Delaware
- Global Apparel Network Us, Inc. v. Advanstar Communications, Inc. filed 3 days ago in New Jersey
- Eli Lilly and Company et. al. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC filed yesterday in Delaware
- Manitto Technologies, L.L.C. v. Ferrari North America, Inc. filed yesterday in Texas Eastern
- Manitto Technologies, L.L.C. v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC filed yesterday in Texas Eastern
- Pfizer Inc. et. al. v. Tiger Pharmaceuticals, LLC filed yesterday in Virginia Eastern
- Yogitoes, LLC v. We Are Yoga, Inc. filed yesterday in Florida Middle
- Vantage Point Technology, Inc. v. Panasonic Corporation of North America filed 4 days ago in California Northern
- MemSmart Semiconductor Corp. v. Akustica, Inc. filed yesterday in Texas Eastern
- MemSmart Semiconductor Corp. v. AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd. et. al. filed yesterday in Texas Eastern
- Pelekanos v. Sacks filed 2 days ago in Pennsylvania Western
- Zip-A-Tee Shirt Inc et. al. v. Coalition to Advance the Proteciton of NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL,and CLC LLC Sport Logos et. al. filed 2 days ago in Indiana Northern
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Patent & IP Blogs
Explicilty mentioning a the effect won't help from patlit.blogspot.com The Decision Human papillomavirus vaccines/GLAXOSMITHKLINE T 1493/09 available here deals with a vaccine composition having various complicated names. No surprise so far.
The main request was rejected as being obvious over the art ...
Claim interpretation, post-grant deletions, "obvious to try" -- and much more: Hospira v Genentech from patlit.blogspot.com Considerable interest has been shown in a recent Patents Court, England and Wales, ruling of Mr Justice Birss, on claim interpretation and product-by-process claims. Darren Smyth's Katpost "Hurray for judicial sense on product by ...
Six more judges criticise Battistelli's actions from ipkitten.blogspot.com The EPLAW Patent Blog has just posted a further very significant development, showing that the chorus of condemnation (discussed also here and here) about the "house ban" of an Appeal Board member continues to grow ...
Catch-up with Caoutchouc as Dalsouples clash in court from ipkitten.blogspot.com Right illustration,
wrong case ...Until very recently this Kat did not have the pleasure of knowing the magnificent name "Dalsouple Société Saumuroise Du Caoutchouc". What an enchanting, mysterious title, how mellifluously it rolls off the ...
News from Abroad: Research Exemptions and Active Ingredient Manufacture from www.patentdocs.org
By Ralph Cox* & Kinjal Kondhia** -- After a series of papers, reports and consultations on the scope of the research exemptions to patent infringement stretching over 10 years, section 60 of the Patents Act 1977 was ...
By Ralph Cox* & Kinjal Kondhia** -- After a series of papers, reports and consultations on the scope of the research exemptions to patent infringement stretching over 10 years, section 60 of the Patents Act 1977 was ...
Cubist patent invalidation: a very tough start to a relatively sound strategic deal of Merck from ipbiz.blogspot.com
U.S. District Judge Gregory Sleet in D. Del. [ Wilmington, Delaware], ruled Dec. 8. that claims of four patents of Cubist Pharma are invalid. Cubist is being bought by Merck & Co. (MRK) for $8.4 ...
U.S. District Judge Gregory Sleet in D. Del. [ Wilmington, Delaware], ruled Dec. 8. that claims of four patents of Cubist Pharma are invalid. Cubist is being bought by Merck & Co. (MRK) for $8.4 ...
Google announces end of News in Spain from ipkitten.blogspot.com
IPKat readers will remember that last year Germany introduced an ancillary right that grants press publishers the exclusive right to exploit their contents commercially for one year, thus preventing search engines and news aggregators from ...
IPKat readers will remember that last year Germany introduced an ancillary right that grants press publishers the exclusive right to exploit their contents commercially for one year, thus preventing search engines and news aggregators from ...
2+2 Does Not Equal Fair: University Copyright Policies at Risk from www.iposgoode.ca
University fair use policies were dealt a blow in October when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed the District Court ruling in Cambridge Press v Georgia State University (GSU).Cambridge ...
University fair use policies were dealt a blow in October when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed the District Court ruling in Cambridge Press v Georgia State University (GSU).Cambridge ...
Much Ado about Privacy? How the Alberta Government’s Inaction on PIPA Threatened the Act from www.iposgoode.ca
Over the past year, the status of Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) was in flux and closely watched by privacy experts and practitioners across Canada. In November 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ...
Over the past year, the status of Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) was in flux and closely watched by privacy experts and practitioners across Canada. In November 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ...
Report Explains Rapid Rise In Chinese Patents; Compares Innovation Quotient from www.ip-watch.org
China has been filing patents at far greater rates than any other nation on earth in recent years. This week, a Thomson Reuters report broke down that growth and compared it with other leading nations ...
China has been filing patents at far greater rates than any other nation on earth in recent years. This week, a Thomson Reuters report broke down that growth and compared it with other leading nations ...
Delay Seeking Summary Judgment Under Alice Waives Right to Pretrial Determination from docketreport.blogspot.com
The court denied defendant's motion to join a motion for summary judgment by a defendant in a related case addressing lack of patentable subject matter. "Rather than asking to join [the other defendant's ...
The court denied defendant's motion to join a motion for summary judgment by a defendant in a related case addressing lack of patentable subject matter. "Rather than asking to join [the other defendant's ...
They Invented What? (No. 242) from anticipatethis.wordpress.com
U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 20080299533: Naughty or nice meter. JW Note: Wishing a Happy Holidays to all! See you in 2015! For more holiday TIW? from years past, click here. Claims: 1. A ...
U.S. Patent Appl. Pub. No. 20080299533: Naughty or nice meter. JW Note: Wishing a Happy Holidays to all! See you in 2015! For more holiday TIW? from years past, click here. Claims: 1. A ...
Obviousness: Analogous Art and Hindsight from patentlyo.com
by Dennis Crouch In an interesting September 2014 decision, the Federal Circuit upheld a USPTO determination of obviousness. The majority decision (authored by Judge Newman) touches on both (1) analogous-art and (2) motivation to combine ...
by Dennis Crouch In an interesting September 2014 decision, the Federal Circuit upheld a USPTO determination of obviousness. The majority decision (authored by Judge Newman) touches on both (1) analogous-art and (2) motivation to combine ...
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