http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Knobbe, Martens Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135182 A post-trial battle over damages has erupted between I-Flow Corp. and Apex Medical Technologies Inc., following a federal jury's finding that Apex and one of its principals should pay about $13 million for infringing an I-Flow patent for a medical infusion pump. http://www.law360.com/articles/135182 http://www.law360.com/articles/134526 Citing doubts about the scope and validity of Kinetic Concept Inc.’s wound therapy patents, a federal judge has denied the medical device company's request for a preliminary injunction in its infringement suit against rival Smith & Nephew Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/134526 http://www.law360.com/articles/133220 Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP has lured a senior intellectual property executive from Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. to bolster the firm's offerings in the generic pharmaceutical industry. http://www.law360.com/articles/133220 http://www.law360.com/articles/132947 A jury has awarded $13.4 million to I-Flow Corp. in a suit against Apex Medical Technologies Inc. and one of its principals who I-Flow accused of patent infringement, unfair competition and stealing trade secrets related to a medical infusion pump. http://www.law360.com/articles/132947 http://www.law360.com/articles/130249 Roche Palo Alto LLC has decided to appeal a ruling that while its patent for Valcyte is valid, a generic version of the anti-viral drug made by Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. does not infringe it. http://www.law360.com/articles/130249 http://www.law360.com/articles/125567 A judge has ruled that a Roche Palo Alto LLC patent used for the formulation of its anti-viral drug Valcyte is valid but that Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.’s generic version of the drug does not infringe it. http://www.law360.com/articles/125567 http://www.law360.com/articles/124916 Bowed but not yet broken, Guardian Media Technologies Ltd. has appealed a pair of noninfringement rulings that put leading television and DVD manufacturers — including Sony Electronics Inc., Panasonic Corp. and Toshiba America Inc. — safely beyond the reach of Guardian’s widely asserted patents for v-chip technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/124916 http://www.law360.com/articles/124781 Typhoon Touch Technologies Inc. has wasted no time in appealing a claims construction ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas that scuttled its suit against Dell Inc., Apple Inc. and others over touch computing patents. http://www.law360.com/articles/124781 http://www.law360.com/articles/124282 Having netted a handful of settlements over its touch computing patents, Typhoon Touch Technologies Inc. has decided to concede the fight against the nine remaining defendants, including Dell Inc., Apple Inc. and Palm Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/124282 http://www.law360.com/articles/122810 AstraZeneca Plc has asked a federal court for a ruling in its favor in a nearly 2-year-old patent infringement litigation the pharmaceutical giant has been pursuing against several generic-drug makers over its cholesterol drug Crestor. http://www.law360.com/articles/122810 http://www.law360.com/articles/122486 Guardian Media Technologies Ltd. is appealing a noninfringement ruling in favor of Toshiba America Consumer Products LLC in a dispute over technology used in parental control systems for screening TV programs. http://www.law360.com/articles/122486 http://www.law360.com/articles/120324 A federal judge has ruled that Sony Electronics Inc., Panasonic Corp. and other manufacturers’ DVD players do not infringe a widely asserted patent for v-chip censorship technology, finding that the accused devices' parental control systems are not covered by the patent. http://www.law360.com/articles/120324 http://www.law360.com/articles/114942 Dish Network Corp. has scored a victory in its ongoing feud with TiVo Inc. over digital video recorder technology, with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issuing a preliminary finding that a patent previously upheld by a federal court is invalid. http://www.law360.com/articles/114942 http://www.law360.com/articles/113206 Dealing a blow to Kinetic Concepts Inc.'s rivals in the medical device market, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed the validity of three of the company's patents related to vacuum assisted wound treatment technologies. http://www.law360.com/articles/113206 http://www.law360.com/articles/109727 Apex Medical Technologies Inc. has lost a summary judgment bid in a lawsuit with I-Flow Corp. over a patent for an infusion pump. http://www.law360.com/articles/109727 http://www.law360.com/articles/109166 A federal judge has refused to reconsider a decision subjecting Toshiba Corp.'s newly formed subsidiary with Samsung Electronics Co. to the terms of a patent licensing agreement with Discovision Associates. http://www.law360.com/articles/109166 http://www.law360.com/articles/107257 A federal judge has ruled that an artist who sued fashion designer Christian Audigier over alleged unattributed use of his images in the Ed Hardy clothing line has failed to prove certain claims under the Lanham Act for so-called reverse passing off, dissolving a preliminary injunction on the use of the images. http://www.law360.com/articles/107257 http://www.law360.com/articles/106524 Philips Electronics North America Corp. has fired back in a patent lawsuit over pulse oximeters, with claims that patent-holder Masimo Corp. has tried to illegally dominate the market for the medical devices. http://www.law360.com/articles/106524 http://www.law360.com/articles/104587 A federal judge has found Dish Network Corp. in contempt of a permanent injunction barring it from infringing TiVo Inc.'s Time Warp digital video recorder patent and issued a new judgment handing the company another $103.1 million in damages, a decision and judgment the satellite television provider has vowed to appeal. http://www.law360.com/articles/104587 http://www.law360.com/articles/102448 A federal judge has ruled that Toshiba Corp.'s newly formed subsidiary with Samsung Electronics Co., Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp., is subject to the terms of a patent licensing agreement it reached with Discovision Associates covering digital recording devices. http://www.law360.com/articles/102448