Germer Gertz

1. XM Radio Hit With Patent Suit Over MP3 Player

Thursday, Mar 18, 2010

XM Satellite Radio Inc. has been hit with a lawsuit alleging infringement of patents that cover an audio program player and playback system technology.

2. Tyco, Applied Medical Patent Battle To Move Ahead

Monday, Feb 22, 2010

A protracted patent infringement suit brought by Tyco Healthcare Group LP against Applied Medical Resources Corp. over medical devices will rage on following a magistrate judge's rejection of summary judgment bids by both parties.

3. Apple, Sirius Lose Bid To Transfer MP3 Patent Suit

Friday, Feb 12, 2010

A federal judge in Texas has refused to transfer a lawsuit accusing Apple Inc., Sirius XM Radio Inc. and two others of infringing a patent for an audio program player and playback system technology to Massachusetts, ruling that plaintiff Personal Audio LLC is based in Texas while none of the defendants has a presence in the other state.

4. Hitachi, LG Settle Computer Technology Patent Spat

Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009

LG Electronics Inc. and Hitachi Ltd. have settled a computer technology patent spat seven months after a federal district judge's ruling that LG's patent rights were exhausted because the dispute was similar to a case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court last year.

5. Jury Hands Western Union $16M In E-Payment IP Suit

Friday, Sep 25, 2009

A federal jury has awarded the Western Union Co. more than $16 million in damages, finding that rival MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc. infringed four patents related to electronic money transfers.

6. Wyeth's 'Medical Ghostwriting' Docs To See Daylight

Monday, Jul 27, 2009

The judge in charge of the multidistrict litigation over Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s drug Prempro has unsealed discovery pertaining to "medical ghostwriting," granting a bid from a medical journal seeking to expose drugmakers that pay for journal articles.

7. Wyeth Wins Sanctions Against Firm In Prempro MDL

Thursday, Jul 02, 2009

A judge in charge of the multidistrict litigation over Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s hormone replacement pill Prempro has followed through on his threat to sanction Bailey & Galyen, a law firm representing hundreds of plaintiffs, for its failure to timely produce completed client fact sheets.

8. USPTO Upholds Rembrandt Contact Lens Patent

Friday, Jun 26, 2009

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has upheld on re-examination a Rembrandt Vision Technologies LP contact lens patent at issue in a dispute with Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc., despite a preliminary ruling in September 2008 that the patent was invalid for obviousness.

9. Apple, Sirius XM Tied Into MP3 Player Patent Suit

Friday, Jun 26, 2009

Apple Inc., Sirius XM Radio Inc. and others are facing a suit by a company alleging they have infringed its patent for audio program player and playback system technology.

10. Rembrandt Vision Sues J&J Over Contact Lens Patent

Tuesday, Jun 23, 2009

Just over a year after winning a $47.1 million judgment from a Novartis AG unit in an infringement suit over a contact lens patent, Rembrandt Vision Technologies LP has filed a new lawsuit accusing Johnson & Johnson's vision unit of willfully infringing the same patent.

11. Clarion, Affinity Strike Deal In Audio Patent Suit

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Clarion Corp. of America has reached a settlement with patent-holding firm Affinity Labs of Texas LLC, which has sued a group of stereo manufacturers for allegedly infringing its patent for connecting portable audio devices to car sound systems.

12. Judge Stays Sanofi Safety Needle Patent Suit

Monday, Apr 06, 2009

A federal court has stayed a patent infringement suit filed by Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH against Novo Nordisk Inc. over a safety needle for insulin injection until a district court rules on a similar suit the diabetes treatment manufacturer filed three days earlier.

13. Fujitsu, Affinity Settle Suit Over Car Audio Patent

Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009

Fujitsu Ten Corp. of America Inc. has become the latest company to settle a suit filed by patent-holding company Affinity Labs of Texas LLC accusing several stereo makers of infringing its patent for connecting portable audio devices to car sound systems.

14. LG Patents Exhausted In Hitachi Case: Court

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2009

Hitachi Ltd. has won summary judgment that four patents held by LG Electronics Inc. are exhausted, negating LG's infringement claims against Hitachi in a case involving the same patents and similar arguments as a case against Quanta Computer Inc. in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against LG last year.

15. Software Cos. Hit With Data Security Patents Suit

Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009

Information Protection and Authentication of Texas LLC has accused Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp. and a score of other companies of infringing patents related to security software for computer systems.

16. Judge Threatens To Sanction Firm In Prempro MDL

Monday, Mar 02, 2009

A judge has ordered a law firm representing hundreds of plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation over Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s hormone replacement pill Prempro to produce completed fact sheets for each of its clients within 45 days or risk dismissal and sanctions from the court.

17. Judge Sets Deadline For Prempro MDL Discovery

Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009

The judge presiding over a slew of cases alleging that Prempro and related hormone-replacement drugs cause breast cancer has ordered the plaintiffs to end their drawn-out discovery involving defendants Pfizer Inc. and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc. by Sept. 1.

18. Sanofi Slaps Novo Nordisk Over Safety Needle Patent

Monday, Jan 12, 2009

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH has sued Novo Nordisk Inc. over a safety needle for insulin injection, three days after the diabetes treatment manufacturer hit the pharmaceutical giant with its own declaratory action related to the same patent.

19. IBM Faces Patent Suit Over Supercomputer

Thursday, Oct 30, 2008

IBM Corp.'s “Blue Gene” supercomputer infringes three patents for parallel processors assigned to communications technology company Fifth Generation Computer Corp., a new lawsuit has alleged.

20. Genentech's Rituxan, Others, Under Fire From Sanofi

Monday, Oct 27, 2008

Germany-based pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH has sued Genentech Inc. and Biogen Idec Inc. over two patents allegedly infringed by the companies' manufacture and sale of drugs used to treat diseases including cancer, pulmonary embolism and cystic fibrosis.