Intellectual Property Archive » October, 2003

Intellectual Property - October, 2003

180 articles

• New Copyright Law in Effect in the U.K.
• Federal Circuit Rules for Merck in Patent Dispute with Teva
• RIAA Sues 80 More Downloaders
• European Patent Office Names Dual Heads for Successive Terms
• FCC Rules On HDTV Piracy To Be Adopted "Within Days"
• Home Depot, Florida Hardware Chain in Mediation Over Trademark Dispute
• Copyright Office Creates Narrow Exemptions to DMCA
• MacArthur Foundation Awards Grant to Harvard for Copyright Research
• Enzo Biochem Sues Affymetrix for Breach of Agreement
• Philippines To Pass Optical Media Bill by December
• Korean Companies Targeted by Piracy, Survey Finds
• OFS Sues Alcatel Over Optical Fiber Patents
• W3C Urges PTO to Invalidate Controversial Eolas Patent
• Siliconix Sues Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Over Patents
• Court Dismisses Nautilus Patent Lawsuit Vs. Icon
• Judge Grants Milne Granddaughter Interlocutory Appeal In Pooh Case
• FTC Report Urges Changes to Patent Policy
• Court Rules for Mattel In Doll Design Dispute
• Copyright Office Rules in Lexmark-SCC Dispute
• Darby & Darby Hires David Tellekson to Lead Seattle Office
• Carr & Ferrell Expands IP Practice
• Fraser Mann Joins Goodman & Carr as Partner in IT Group
• Shearman & Sterling To Hire IP Partners from Fish & Neave
• Robert Sacoff to Chair ABA IP Section
• Craig Cardon Joins Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as Partner in IP Group
• INTA Opens Office in China
• Ackerman Resigns From Dorsey & Whitney, Returns to Hewitson
• ITC Rules Not to Block Taiwanese CD-R Imports
• Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser Rejoins Weil, Gotshal & Manges as Partner in Life Sciences, IP Practices
• Dutch Court Rules Against Micro Therapeutics In Patent Dispute
• Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Hires Anthony Handal to Head New IP Group
• Bidway In Dispute With AOL, Google Over Zip Code Search Patent
• Piracy To Cost Asia TV Industry $1.3 Billion This Year
• Robert Unikel Joins Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's IP Practice
• BellSouth and Glenayre Settle Patent Dispute
• Music Industry Executives Meet to Combat Piracy in Middle East
• Padcom Sues NetMotion, Database Solutions Over Wireless Technology Patents
• Matsushita Warns Haier, Sanyo Over Patents
• Uganda To Buy Generic Anti-Retrovirals
• IMPAX, Schering-Plough Settles Claritin-D 24-Hour Patent Suit
• University of Wisconsin Group Sues Sony, Toshiba Over Chip Production Technology
• WHO to Endorse Triple-Dose Anti-HIV Generics
• Google Facing Wave of Lawsuits
• Lacoste, Crocodile Garments Settle In China Court
• Andrx, Schering Settle Claritin-D Patent Dispute
• Official Says China Has Stepped Up IPR Enforcement
• Clinton Foundation Brokers Deal for Cheaper HIV Generics
• Amersham Sues PerkinElmer Over Drug Technology Patents
• E.U. Court Rejects Adidas Trademark Claim
• Canada Group Takes BC To Copyright Board
• Conceptus and Ovion Settle Patent Litigation Over Birth Control System
• E.U. Court Rejects Wrigley's Doublemint Trademark
• E.U.-China Summit Takes on Impact of WTO Entry on IPR
• DRS Data, NCS Pearson Settle Patent Suit
• U.K. Responses to Software Policy Breaches "Lax": FAST Survey
• New Zealand Copyright Protections Expanded
• Jury Awards Softscape $2.9M in Trade Secrets Dispute with Cambria Consulting
• Glow Industries Settles Perfume Trademark Suit With Jennifer Lopez and Sweetface Fashion Co.
• Novell Wins Judgment in Copyright, Trademark Suit
• E.U. Green-Lights Trademark Disputed by Asterix Publisher
• Congressional Anti-Piracy Caucus Formed
• Audible Magic Launches Tool To Block P2P Piracy
• Court Upholds Ruling on Webcast Royalties
• BioProgress Starts Patent Action Against Stanelco
• Engineer Sues Canon Over Laser Printer Patents
• Hasbro Sues Ghettopoly Maker
• WIPO Shuts Down Fake Travel-Related Websites
• Generic Drug Makers Sue H. Lundbeck Over Cipramil Patent
• Arco Sets Up IP Practice In Shanghai JV
• U.S. Trade Commission Judge Rules for Taiwanese Chip Makers
• Takeda Sues Generic Makers Over Diabetes Drug Patents
• Court Orders Tanduay to Halt Kapitan Gin Production
• Judge Upholds $1.2 million SESAC Award Against WPN
• Texas Firm Gets Patent for Web-Based Software Updates
• Japan Tops Patent Applications In China; U.S. Tops Trademark Filings
• Japan Sponsors Program to Train Asian Customs Officials in IP Rights
• EMS, Allgon Settle Patent Suit, Sign Cross-Licensing Pact
• Canadian Software Piracy on the Rise, Study Finds
• Judge Rules Tropicana Did Not Infringe Land O'Lakes Design
• Judge Considers Dismissing Trade Espionage Case
• eBay's PayPal, Bank One Settle Patent Suit
• Proposed EU IP Law Draws Mounting Criticism
• Pretrial Motions Open in China Trade Secrets Case
• Judge Denies Caterpillar Request to Block Disney Release
• Semitool, Tokyo Electron Settle Patent Dispute
• APEC Plans Crackdown on Optical Disk Piracy
• Chinese Copyright Group Sues TCL Mobile Over Ring Tones
• Bank One, Smith Barney Settle Lawsuit Over Trade Secrets
• Japan To Allow Some Patent Suits to Be Closed to Public
• U.S.-Australian Trade Talks Focus on IPR
• US Envoy Lashes Out At Lax IPR in Taiwan
• APEC Endorses Anti-Piracy Paper
• Judge to Rule Next Week on Move to Block Disney Film
• UNESCO Adopts Declaration on Human Genetic Data
• Maytag Sues Whirlpool Over Ice Dispenser Patent
• RIAA Prepares Second Round of Piracy Lawsuits
• South Africa: GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim "Abused Monopoly"
• Bidz.com Sues eBay Over Trademark
• Maryland Launches Fund To Boost University Patent Filings
• In Setback for AstraZeneca, E.U. Court Rules for Generics
• House Advances Bill to Protect Database Publishers
• U.K. Companies "Unprepared" for New Copyright Fees
• Autodesk Sues German Software Maker Over Copyrights
• France,U.K. Propose Splitting EPO Management Unless Impasse Is Resolved
• Google Fined in French Trademark Case
• U.K. Set to Adopt E.U. Copyright Directive
• Congressional IP Caucus Urges House Vote to Raise Patent Fees
• Marketron Sues OneDomain Over Trade Secrets
• Paychex Sues E-chx Over Trademark, Trade Secrets
• FCC Backs Rule To Require Antipiracy Equipment in Some Devices
• Court Upholds Dismissal of IEX Suit Vs. Blue Pumpkin
• IDEC Obtains Summary Judgment In Zevalin Suit
• E.U.: Refusal to License Database May Be Monopoly Abuse
• Itron Settles Suit Over Meter Reading Devices
• Novartis Sees Differentiated Process for Biogenerics
• Online University Pulls Patent Application in Rift With AOL
• Caterpillar Sues Disney Over Trademark Infringement
• Ghana Copyright Bill Would Establish Special Court
• APEC Readies Talks on Common Patent System
• Canada Union Proposes Measures to Ban "Evergreening" Drug Patents
• Media Markt Won't Appeal Injunction; Agrees to Remove Piracy Device
• Thailand Asks Nike to Host Trademark Summit
• Rotterdam Court to Hear Stolichnaya Trademark Dispute In February
• Warner, BMG Introduce Mobile Music Swapping Technology
• Bayer, Monsanto Agree To Settle Suits, Cross-License Herbicides
• Trimble Sues TracerNet Over GPS System for Cement Trucks
• Appeal Court Upholds $24 Million Judgment for Tyco Electronics
• Japanese Gaming Group Opens Anti-Piracy Office in China
• Law Firms Sue Each Other Over Patent Dispute
• FDA Expected To Allow Faster Approval of Some Generics
• Chiron, Roxane Settle Suit Over Tobramycin Patent
• E.U. To Offer Vietnam Grant For Intellectual Property Protection
• Vietnam Ends Trademark Stalemate
• Software Engineer Wins $5.8 Million Verdict Vs. Arrowhead
• WIPO Opens Center on Intellectual Property in Bulgaria
• Court Rules for Ritek in SanDisk Patent Lawsuit
• Indian Industry Groups Form IPR Taskforce
• Appeals Court Vacates Summary Judgment Favoring Disney in Patent Dispute
• New Zealand Wraps Up Review of Patent Law
• E-Data Sues Microsoft, Others Over Online Music Downloads in Germany
• Lundbeck Settles Suit Vs. Sandoz Over Citalopram
• Wolfson to Proceed with IPO Despite Cirrus Patent Lawsuit
• U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Talks Stalled By IP Concerns
• Allegro Fined for Copyright Infringements
• IRS Reviews Deductions for Donated Patents
• Biotech Industry Complains of Patent Bottleneck in Taiwan
• European Patent Appeals Board Rules for Transkaryotic
• Johnson & Johnson Sues Barr Laboraties Over Contraceptive
• Chinese Publisher Fined in Test of Copyright Law
• Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Favoring Transkaryotic in Patent Suit
• Russian Official Blames Weak IPR for Patent Filings in U.S.
• New Yorker Jailed for Selling Pirated CDs Online
• Microsoft to Modify Windows, IE Following Eolas Ruling
• Louisiana State Agencies Copyright Driver's License Design
• Ontario to Intervene In Monsanto Patent Lawsuit
• Pfizer Urges India To Take Firm Stand on Data Exclusivity, Patents
• David Clough Joins Howrey Simon Arnold & White as Partner
• Zenon Sues U.S. Filter Corp. Over Patents
• Czech Software Piracy Rate Drops to 40%
• Court Rules for Icon In Nautilus Patent Suit
• Macrovision Obtains Interim Injunction Vs. Media Markt
• Thailand to Ban Out-of-Court Settlements in Some Copyright Suits
• Repligen Appeals Ruling in Dispute with Bristol-Myers
• France, Russia Sign Pact on Technology Transfers
• EU, ASEAN Delegations Meet in Vietnam For IP Workshop
• ASM International Sues Applied Materials for Patent Infringement
• Chinese Official Calls for Beefed-Up IP Legislation
• Romania, Software Alliance Sign Protocol for Improved IP Protection
• Applebee's Sues Nestle Over Skillet Sensation Brand
• Court Rules for Transonic in Patent Dispute With HemaMetrics
• Chinese Nanotechnology Patent Applications Soar
• Biotech Experts Urge Taiwan To Protect Drug Research Data
• Nutra Pharma, Bio Therapeutics Settle Lawsuit
• Court Issues Summary Ruling Favoring Pfizer in Patent Dispute
• MaxKnowledge Sues Datamark over Trade Secrets
• Court Awards Symantec $10 Million In Copyright, Trademark Suit
• Japanese Panel Unveils Plans for New Patent Court
• China Pushes Rival Audio-Visual Compression Technologies
• Court Rules for NaPro In Patent Dispute over Cancer Drug
• IP Lobbyists Back Improved Funding for U.S. Patent Office