http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Woodcock Washburn Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132584 A federal judge has upheld a jury verdict awarding Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. and New York University a record $1.67 billion for their claims that Abbott Laboratories' flagship arthritis drug Humira infringed their patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/132584 http://www.law360.com/articles/130771 The next three years will see a rise in new patents in so-called clean technology fields such as wind, solar, biofuel, hybrid-electric and fuel cell technology, according to a newly released report from Woodcock Washburn LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/130771 http://www.law360.com/articles/129585 Patent attorney Wendy Choi has joined Kilpatrick Stockton LLP's intellectual property department in its Atlanta office. http://www.law360.com/articles/129585 http://www.law360.com/articles/121241 Orthopedic surgery specialty company Arthrex Inc. has won a long-running patent infringement case — its third over the same product — on a motion for summary judgment against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary. http://www.law360.com/articles/121241 http://www.law360.com/articles/108890 The appeals court took the opportunity in the second quarter to shed some light on a number of intricate areas of patent law, including the packaging of patents into a pool and product-by-process claims. Here's a roundup of the top rulings by the Federal Circuit in April, May and June and their potential implications for IP law. http://www.law360.com/articles/108890 http://www.law360.com/articles/108913 A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has hit Abbott Laboratories with possibly the largest patent verdict in U.S. history, awarding Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Centocor Inc. $1.67 billion and finding that Abbott's flagship arthritis drug Humira infringed a Centocor patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/108913 http://www.law360.com/articles/105094 A federal appeals court has ruled that The Graham Co.'s copyright infringement claims against rival insurance broker USI MidAtlantic Inc. are not time-barred, opening up the possibility that a jury's original $18.9 million verdict against USI and one of its employees will be reinstated. http://www.law360.com/articles/105094 http://www.law360.com/articles/103615 A federal judge has refused Abbott Laboratories' bid to invalidate two patents in an infringement suit brought by Centocor Inc. and New York University over Abbott's flagship arthritis drug Humira. http://www.law360.com/articles/103615 http://www.law360.com/articles/101729 Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Centocor Inc. and New York University have been denied summary judgment in their patent infringement case against Abbott Laboratories over its popular arthritis drug Humira. http://www.law360.com/articles/101729 http://www.law360.com/articles/101093 After ruling that Nobel Biocare USA LLC has not infringed Materialise NV's patent for surgical planning software used for dental implant surgery, a federal court has officially certified the decision in order to allow Materialise to file a timely appeal. http://www.law360.com/articles/101093 http://www.law360.com/articles/100239 A federal judge has awarded Liberty Media Corp. unit TruePosition Inc. $20 million in additional damages, finding that in the wake of a $23.3 million jury verdict against Andrew Corp., the company continued to ship products that infringe a TruePosition patent for technology that can help determine the position of a cell phone. http://www.law360.com/articles/100239 http://www.law360.com/articles/83454 Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Centocor Inc. and New York University have caught heat from a federal judge for their motion to compel Abbott Laboratories to produce testimony for their patent infringement case over Abbott’s popular arthritis drug Humira. http://www.law360.com/articles/83454 http://www.law360.com/articles/75039 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has let stand a jury verdict finding that surgical equipment maker Arthrex Inc. did not infringe a patent held by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Mitek Inc. for a suture used in orthopedic surgery. http://www.law360.com/articles/75039 http://www.law360.com/articles/73280 The Bilski decision will probably not go to an extreme regarding the patentability of business methods, i.e., either they completely are or are not patentable subject matter, but rather will set forth some new test or criteria for patentability that will take a lengthy period of time to interpret, says Lance D. Reich of Woodcock Washburn LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/73280 http://www.law360.com/articles/69691 A Johnson & Johnson unit has dropped a patent infringement suit against Perrigo Co., bringing Perrigo one step closer to marketing a generic copycat of McNeil-PPC Inc.’s one-day yeast infection treatment, Monistat-1. http://www.law360.com/articles/69691 http://www.law360.com/articles/69679 Harris Bankcorp Inc. has become the latest bank to settle claims in DataTreasury Corp.’s ongoing patent infringement suit over check-imaging and other banking technology, bringing the total number of settlements this month to four. http://www.law360.com/articles/69679 http://www.law360.com/articles/68363 The Bank of New York Co. Inc. has become the third defendant in one week to settle claims in DataTreasury Corp.’s ongoing patent infringement suit over check-imaging and other banking technology, with the parties agreeing to drop the claims as part of a licensing deal. http://www.law360.com/articles/68363 http://www.law360.com/articles/66223 The opinion by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Jacobsen v. Katzer is one of the few federal court decisions dealing with open source licenses and should be of interest to anyone who distributes or uses copyrighted works, such as computer software, under an open source license, says Albert J. Marcellino of Woodcock Washburn LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/66223 http://www.law360.com/articles/64834 A federal judge cut a $45.3 million patent infringement award to $18.6 million for TruePosition Inc. and issued a permanent injunction against communication system provider Andrew Corp. in a patent infringement dispute over technology that can help determine the position of a cell phone. http://www.law360.com/articles/64834 http://www.law360.com/articles/58710 The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a blow to LG Electronics Inc. in its long-running battle against Quanta Computer Inc. and other computer makers by restricting patent holders from demanding royalty fees from companies downstream after a license has already been granted. http://www.law360.com/articles/58710