Intellectual Property Archive » December, 2012

Intellectual Property - December, 2012

253 articles

• Marvell Loses Mistrial Bid In Carnegie Mellon Patent Row
• DirecTV Faces Patent Suit Over 'Single Wire' License
• Fed. Circ. Sides With AT&T, Verizon In Caller ID Patent Row
• Push For More Animal Antibiotics Data Could Expose Secrets
• Netflix, Others Hit With Video Patent Infringement Suits
• 3rd Circ. Says Prior Patent Deal Blocks Spansion's Apple Suit
• Gilead Ditches Double-Patenting Claim In Tamiflu Suit
• Judge Revokes Class In Photog's IP Suit Against Pearson
• City Seals Can Be Trademarked, Houston Tells Fed. Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Disney's Rights To 'Pooh' Characters
• Microsoft Wins UK Bid To Invalidate Motorola Pager Patent
• Allergan Rivals' Eyelash Treatments Are Drugs, Court Rules
• RIM Will License WLAN Patents To End Nokia Suits
• Writer Sues Psychic Over Biopic Screenplay Copyright
• Paramount, Puzo End Copyright Suit Over 'Godfather' Sequel
• The Year The AIA's Post-Grant Processes Took Hold
• EU AstraZeneca Ruling — A Letdown For Life Sciences Cos.
• Apple Takes Samsung Injunction Bid To Fed. Circ.
• Finjan Anti-Virus Patents Found Invalid In Symantec IP Row
• Cleary, Troutman Lead In Google's $2B Motorola Home Sale
• Judge Tentatively OKs Blocking Network TV Streaming Site
• Julia Child Foundation, Thermador Maker Resolve IP Row
• EU Poised To Launch Samsung Patent Antitrust Case
• One-Nation Use Might Not Support EU-Wide Trademark: Court
• Judge Questions Validity Of Cephalon's Epilepsy Drug Patent
• Lions Gate Sues Retailer Over 'Hunger Games' Pin Sales
• Inner City Broadcasting Exits Shareholder Suit Over IP Sale
• Wilson Sonsini Expands China Practice With Beijing Office
• University Of Ariz. Backed By 9th Circ. In Ansel Adams IP Row
• Kodak Sued Over Ownership Of 18 Patents
• 'Midnight In Paris' Transformed Faulkner Quote, Sony Says
• Texas Jury Determines Funai Infringed DVD Menu Patent
• 5 Hot Issues In IP Law For 2013
• EON Sues Apple, LG, Pantech Over Wireless Data Patents
• Beware Discovery In 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Perkins Coie DQ'd From Patent Dispute For Client Conflict
• USPTO Rejects Apple Patent In Samsung IP Row
• DataTern Must End Infringement Suits Against SAP Customers
• Insurers Tell 9th Circ. No Ad Injury In MGA's Bratz Fight
• Ohio State Bookstore Accuses Publishers Of Monopoly Threats
• Netflix Accused Of Infringing Content-On-Demand Patents
• Nvidia Processors Infringe 3-D Patents, Suit Says
• AIA Rules Out All Private False Marking Cases: Fed. Circ.
• Dirty Double Entendre Can't Be Trademarked, Fed. Circ. Says
• Bard Defends Fed. Circ. Ruling In Graft IP Case To High Court
• Kilpatrick Adds Seasoned Patent Pro From Kellogg
• Kodak Hopes $525M Patent Sale Will Pave Path Out Of Ch. 11
• How The EU's New Unitary Patent System Will Work
• Ex-S&N Reps Barred From Client Contact In $56M Secrets Row
• SEP Antitrust Analysis — More Complex Than It Seems
• Vringo Seeks New Damages Trial After $30M Win Over Google
• House Passes AIA Corrections, Trade Secret Bills
• Plan To Share Clinical Data Could Stifle EU Drug Innovation
• Apple Wins Latest Round In Motorola Smartphone IP Row
• Antigua Asks WTO To Drop $21M IP Protections For US
• USPTO Finalizes 'Micro Entity' Patent Procedures Under AIA
• Crude Oil Trucking Co. Can't Stop Rival's Similar Designs
• Samsung To Nix Essential Patent Sales Ban Bids In EU
• Emma Thompson Prevails In 'Effie' Copyright Row
• Littler Draws Seasoned Freeborn Labor Litigator To Chicago
• Apple Loses Bid For Permanent Ban On Samsung Devices
• E-Pass, Moses & Singer Resolve IP Malpractice Suit
• US Urges Fed. Circ. To Weigh Abstract Patents Individually
• Emerging Trends In Nucleic Acids And Human Genome Work
• Alicia Keys Faces IP Suit Over 'Girl On Fire' Sampling
• Jury Junks Fujitsu's Wireless Router Patent Suit
• SG Urges Justices To Reject Hatch-Waxman Safe Harbor Case
• Fed. Circ. Junks Antitrust Claims In Slot Machine Suit
• Ex-Goldman Coder Can't Collect $2.4M In Attys' Fees Yet
• USPTO Considers Small Patent Claims Court
• Copyright Board Hikes Up Sirius XM Royalty Rates
• Provision On Long-Pending Patents Dropped From AIA Bill
• Sony Wants 'Premium Rush' Contract Claim Nixed
• Bill Would Involve IP Owners Early In Customs Knockoff Probes
• Microsoft, Motorola Want More Docs Sealed In Patent Row
• Intel Prevails In Data Transmission IP Spat, Fed. Circ. Says
• Samsung Tells ITC That Import Ban Will Cripple Competition
• Coller Wins $300M Technology Patent Deal Row
• Fight Or 'Flight': Testing Trademark Power In Film
• Apple, Intel, HP Duck ITC Microprocessor Patent Row
• Yoga Poses Can't Be Copyrighted, Judge Rules
• Lab Testing Co. Genelex Hit With DNA Patent Suit
• Highlights From DOJ-FTC Patent Assertion Entity Workshop
• Judge Axes Olympians' Publicity Rights Suit Against Samsung
• Sony Leaves Walker Digital's Patent Case Before ITC
• Toys R Us Kiosks Copy Blockbuster Color Scheme, Suit Says
• ITC Won't Nix Flash Memory Probe Against Dell, HP, Others
• Jury Awards Morpho $2M Over Airport Screener Patent
• 2nd Circ. Sides With The Platters' Reed In Trademark Feud
• Dish's Ad-Skipping DVR Must Be Banned, Fox Tells 9th Circ.
• China On Top Of US' Piracy List Despite Taobao's Exit
• Aetna Health Records System Infringes 10 Patents, Suit Says
• Genzyme, Cobrek End Kidney Drug Patent Fight
• Fed. Circ. Upholds AstraZeneca's Crestor Patent
• ISP Urges High Court Not To Review Patent Contract Case
• TV Producer Allen Evades Suit Over Sammy Davis Jr. Biopic
• Ericsson Can't Depose Airvana CEO Again, Judge Says
• Mylan's Latest Focalin ANDA Brings Novartis IP Suit
• Texas High Court Will Hear Russian Trade Secret Theft Case
• Reporter Beats Copyright Claim Over NFL Draft Stories
• New Entity Size Issues Under The AIA
• Spansion's $24M Patent Settlement With Tessera OK'd
• Fed. Circ. Rules AIA False-Marking Provision Constitutional
• IP MVP: Finnegan Henderson's Donald Dunner
• Calif. Jury Says Apple, LG Don't Infringe Alcatel Patents
• Adam Sandler Shakes 'Just Go With It' Copyright Suit
• Thrift Store Says Wood Herron Misled Copyright Office
• Ousted ISC Exec Can't Use Broker's Client Data, Court Rules
• Lathrop & Gage Boosts IP Practice With Boutique
• Fed. Circ. Switches Light-Bulb Patent Suit Back On
• Judge Punts On Apple's Bid To Bar Samsung SEP Claims
• Astellas Seeks To Block Fresenius Generic Adenoscan
• Greenberg Traurig Can't Strike Complaint In Malpractice Suit
• Apple IPhones Flout Patents Tied To Sony, Nokia, Jury Says
• Northrop Grumman Ends Copyright Suit Over Faulkner Quote
• A Patentability Test For Computer-Implemented Inventions
• Apple Says USPTO's Tentative Patent Rejection Not Important
• 4Kids Plan Confirmed Over License Partner's Objection
• A Fresh Look At Diversity In ADR
• IP MVP: Orrick's Chris R. Ottenweller
• EU Unitary Patent System Has Major Cos. Wary
• Endo Targets Actavis Over Generic Versions Of Opana
• Chrysler Sued By Vehicle Customizer Over 'Moab' Trademark
• Nanya Can End DRAM Patent Case Against Elpida, ITC Says
• Trend Forecaster Gets Google Blogger Sites Shuttered
• Toto's Royalties Suit Should Be Trimmed, Judge Says
• Viacom Can't Claim IP Indemnity From Harmonix Shareholders
• Counterfeit Fendi Bag Seller Says Ripoffs Not Willful
• EU Court Adviser Kicks Soccer Bodies' TV Rights Appeal
• Kodak Tells Fed. Circ. Digital Camera Patent Is Valid
• Nintendo, Sony, Others Targeted Over User Interface Patents
• SanDisk Founders Take Flash Drive Patent Case To High Court
• Novartis' Exelon Patent Is Invalid, UK Appeals Court Says
• Allergan Can't Dodge Trade Secrets Suit, NJ Judge Rules
• Lame-Duck Patent Reform Efforts Go Nearly Unnoticed
• A Novel Decision On Software Co-Owners' Copyright Rights
• Lilly Sues USPTO For Extra 1.5 Years On Cancer Patent
• Music Downloader Asks Justices To Review Damages Award
• Kirkland's Palo Alto Team Moves Into New Office
• Horizon Health Opens Texas Poaching Trial Against Ex-Execs
• 'Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town' Rights Suit Tossed
• Wi-LAN Says RIM's Bluetooth Products Infringe Patent
• LSAT Prep Service Asks For New Trial In Trade Secrets Case
• Fed. Circ. Revives Nissim's Claim In DVD Filter Patent Deal
• IP MVP: Katten's Floyd Mandell
• Stryker, Wright Medical Settle Suit Over Knee Implant Website
• China OKs E-Security Joint Venture, With Conditions
• Foley Boosts San Diego-Del Mar Office With 2 IP Litigators
• EU Votes To Implement Unified Patent System
• McKool, Manatt Pay $3.5M To Settle NFL Players' Suit
• Are Social Networking Contacts Trade Secrets?
• MGA's $310M Bratz Win Time-Barred, Mattel Tells 9th Circ.
• Patent Validity Issue Underpins High Court Pay-For-Delay Case
• Complaint In Oil Rig Patent Row Can Continue, Judge Says
• IP MVP: Winston & Strawn's George Lombardi
• Akerman Senterfitt Brings On Herrick IP Litigator In NY
• EFF Urges Fed. Circ. To Rein In Abstract Patents
• Apple, Google Joint Bid Tops $500M For Kodak Patents
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Invalidity Appeal In Gift Card IP Suit
• Generics Cos. Ask Fed. Circ. To Nix Pfizer's Lyrica Patent
• High Court Won't Review IP Deals' Validity Post-Bankruptcy
• 'The Hobbit' Makers Stop Release Of 'Mockbuster'
• JC Penney Bar Code Ads Spark Patent Infringement Suit
• Del. Court Asks France To Compel Bristol-Myers VP's Testimony
• Schlumberger Says Rival Hiding From Drilling Patent Diputes
• Innovation, Development And The In-House Patent Program
• 5th Circ. Says Greeks Sat On Paddle Trademark Case Too Long
• Fed. Circ. Won't Review Standard For 'Unreasonable' IP Cases
• Mylan Claims Ranbaxy Sitting On Hypertension Drug Exclusivity
• GOP Bill Aims To Streamline Customs, Boost Trade Enforcement
• Bayer Tells Fed. Circ. Patent Claim Faultily Constructed
• Fed. Circ. Orders Sanctions For 'Frivolous' Raylon IP Suit
• Pfizer, Genentech Target Roxane Over Generic Cancer Drug
• IP MVP: WilmerHale's William Lee
• Supreme Court To Hear FTC Pay-For-Delay Antitrust Suit
• Kilpatrick Adds Life Sciences Patent Ace In Atlanta
• Apple, Others Face New Wi-LAN Suits Over Wireless Patents
• Zimmer Loses Bid For $1.4M Award In Stryker Poaching Suit
• The Anticipated US Ascension To Hague Agreement
• Apple Patent Tentatively Rejected By USPTO, Samsung Says
• A Snapshot Of The New USPTO Dallas Office
• Apple Seeks Boost To Samsung's $1B Patent 'Wrist Slap'
• EU AstraZeneca Ruling Raises Bar For IP Monopoly Abuse
• Tesco Oil Drilling Tool Patents Ruled Invalid
• Competitors Can't Sue USPTO To Nix Patents, Fed. Circ. Rules
• K-Dur Doesn't Apply To Authorized Generic Deals, Judge Says
• Honeywell Wins $1.9M Award In Night Vision Patent Suit
• 7th Circ. Eyes Confusion Issue In Lionsgate '50/50' Suit
• Patent Reissues Can't Undo Terminal Disclaimers: Fed. Circ.
• FTC Says Motorola Should Not Get Apple Ban In SEP Case
• Agave Hits Sazerac With Trademark Suit Over Rum Drink
• IP MVP: Gibson Dunn's Josh Krevitt
• Drug Labs Alkem, Sidmak Sued Over Acne Drug ANDA
• Kodak, Others Hit In Image Scanning Patent Suit Blitz
• Samsung Files Apple-HTC Deal It Says Weakens Sales Ban Bid
• Best Buy Hit With $5M Punitives For Stealing Trade Secrets
• Recent Life Sciences Patent Cases: Sound The Alarm?
• Northrop, CRGT Settle $2.4M Fray Over Army Software License
• K-V Pharma, Hologic Eye $60M Deal To End Makena Feud
• Tackling Use Of 'Throwback' NFL Uniforms In Video Games
• FTC's Tough Message On Standard-Essential Patents
• Bondholders Say Elpida IP Deals Benefit Micron, Not Creditors
• NYT, CNN, Reuters, Others Hit With Cloud Patent Suits
• DOJ Economist Says SEP Licensing Can Hurt Competition
• IP MVP: Winston & Strawn's Michael Elkin
• Apple, Samsung To Clash In Court Over $1B Patent Verdict
• Clinics Can't Dodge Varian Cancer Device Patent Claims
• Netflix Acquires Exclusive Disney Movie Broadcast Rights
• Astec Rock Crushers Patent Claims Invalid, Judge Rules
• Wilson Sonsini Snags Seasoned USPTO Vet In Washington
• House Sends Long-Delayed Int'l Patent Treaties To Obama
• Apple Accused Of Infringing DVD-Viewing Patent
• Samsung Says ITC Ban In Apple Fight Would Hurt Consumers
• 4Kids, 'Pokemon' Co. Get OK For $1M Contract Row Settlement
• How Supreme Court Should Rule In Yums V. Nike
• Jones Day Goes After Ex-Client Vizio For $6.7M In Fees
• Altegra Health Accuses Ex-Sales VP Of Stealing Secrets
• Tech Giants Debate ITC Import Bans Over Essential Patents
• Twitter Feed Feud Shows Employers Need Social Media Policies
• Disney Clashes With Media Effects Co. Over 3-D Tech License
• IP MVP: Keker & Van Nest's Robert Van Nest
• Importers Didn't Breach Kaneka's Enzyme Patent, ITC Finds
• NY Fed Contractor Gets Home Confinement For Code Theft
• Fed. Circ. Revives Deere's Mower Patent Suit
• Michael Jackson's Estate Urges Dismissal Of Ex-Agent's Suit
• New Bill Would Fix 'Dead Zones' In America Invents Act
• Dorsey & Whitney Draws Medical Device Pro To Calif. IP Team
• P&G Mouthwash Bottle, Cap Can Be Trademarked, TTAB Says
• Samsung, Like Apple, Asks Fed. Circ. To Seal Info In IP Suit
• Inventio, ThyssenKrupp Ax Suit After Elevator Patent Ruled Invalid
• Bob Marley Relatives Settle Family Feud Over Singer's IP
• 9th Circ. Upholds $319M 'Millionaire' Verdict Against Disney
• A Troubling Trend For Personalized Medicine Patents
• The Mediation Advocate's Bill of Rights
• P&G, Canfield Sue Over Skin Imaging Patents
• Motorola Can't Use SEPs To Ban Microsoft Products
• Sony Can't Shake Blu-Ray Automatic Playback Patent Suit
• Myriad Patent Case Tees Up 2 Key Issues For High Court
• IP MVP: Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu
• Photographer Wants Atty Fees In Wiley Copyright Suit
• HarperCollins Can't Escape Comic Author's Trademark Suit
• Elpida Says IP Deal Foes Seek To Ax Reorganization Plan
• Ericsson Takes Samsung Wireless Patents Battle To ITC
• Jury Hands TransWeb Win In 3M Patent Infringement Suit
• Plaintiffs Lose Doc Request In Pfizer Epilepsy Drug MDL
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• GE Wins Ownership Dispute With Ex-Worker Over Wind Patent
• 'Innocence Of Muslims' Actress Can't Have Trailer Removed
• BT Blocked From Moving Patent Fight With Comcast
• Jury Should Decide Emulex Chip Infringement, Fed. Circ. Told
• Disney Rips Stan Lee Media's Suit Over Marvel Heroes IP
• Improving Appeal Conferences At The USPTO
• Some Companies Must Do More To Protect Brand Identity