Patent & IP news for January 31, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Promote Innovation LLC v. The J. M. Smucker Company filed 2011-01-29 in Texas Eastern
- Promote Innovation LLC v. American Recreation Products, Inc. filed 2011-01-29 in Texas Eastern
- Jakks Pacific, Inc. v. Conte et. al. filed 2011-01-26 in New Jersey
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd et. al. v. United Module Corp. et. al. filed 2011-01-28 in California Northern
- Catholic Health Initiatives v. Webvention Holdings LLC et. al. filed 2011-01-31 in Delaware
- Autonomy, Inc v. Adiscov, L.L.C. filed 2011-01-27 in California Northern
- Sipco, LLC v. Abb Inc. et. al. filed 2011-01-31 in Texas Eastern
- Patent Group LLC v. Hitachi Koki USA Ltd filed 2011-01-31 in Texas Eastern
- Bala Delay Line, Inc. v. Xilinx, Inc., et. al. filed 2011-01-31 in Texas Eastern
- Patent Group LLC v. Simkar LLC filed 2011-01-31 in Texas Eastern
- Basic American Inc. et. al. v. Webvention Holdings LLC et. al. filed 2011-01-28 in Delaware
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Smart Meter Patent Suit Survives Silver Spring’s Indefiniteness Challenge from www.greenpatentblog.com 
Mesh Comm is an Atlanta, Georgia, company and the owner of U.S. Patent No. 7,379,981 (’981 Patent) relating to a system for enabling wireless communication between meters so utilities can remotely monitor ...
Choosing Between Ex Parte & Inter Partes Patent Reexamination from www.patentspostgrant.com Stay of Parallel Litigation Denied Due to Lack of Estoppel?
When implementing a patent reexamination strategy, a threshold determination is whether or not to initiate ex parte or inter partes patent reexamination, or both. This ...
USPTO Perspectives on Patent Reexamination Petition Practice from www.patentspostgrant.com As a final reminder, registration remains open for PLI’s Reissue & Reexamination Strategies and Tactics with Concurrent Litigation 2011. The last stop on this year’s program is in New York this coming Friday, February ...
Which U.S. city has the best trademarks? from ipelton.wordpress.com A lot of cities have many creative brands based in them. New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and many others come to mind. But those cities also have a lot of boring brands.
Having just returned ...
Companies that have multiple affiliates may consider several options when deciding which corporate entity will own the organization’s patents. Often, tax considerations and royalty structures are a driving factor in deciding whether an operating ...
Last week, we learned that RPX Corporation (which stands for “Rational Patent Exchange) will soon have an IPO, offering up to $100 M worth of stock to the public. A lot has been written by ...
In Ex Parte Judy Hattendorf and Steve Carlson, Appeal 2010-010918 decided December 24, 2010, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) reversed an Examiner’s obviousness rejection of claims of the application because the ...
In an earlier posting on the State of the Union Address, I drew attention to the President's plan for government re-organization. Yesterday, the White House announced that Deputy OBM Director Jeffrey Zients to head ...
In this, the 14th in the series of Patents County Court (PCC) Pages, we continue the sage of the litigation between Cautious Co and its arch foe IPOff Ltd, which Cautious accuses of infringing various ...
BPAI unimpressed by Applicant's argument that "finite number of choices" is too large
Takeaway: The BPAI affirmed an obviousness decision based on a single reference, where the only limitation missing from the reference was ...
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