http://www.law360.com/ip Latest articles for: Intellectual Property Copyright 2012 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:45:09 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307658 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307658 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday released proposed rules for administrative procedures to challenge issued patents as required by the patent reform law, and while intellectual property lawyers say the proceedings give companies alternatives to litigation, they are not cheap and are going to put added strain on the agency. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:10:27 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307944 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307944 Cybersitter LLC settled a $2.2 billion suit Tuesday in California federal court alleging Lenovo Group Ltd. and other computer makers colluded with the Chinese government to develop Web filtering software using code stolen from the software company. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:44:53 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307532 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307532 Citigroup Inc. on Tuesday exited Eolas Technologies Inc.'s suit accusing it of infringing patents for interactive browser technology, settling the dispute on the eve of the patent-holding company's Texas trial with Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and other technology giants. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:25:55 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307787 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307787 A California federal judge said Tuesday he was leaning toward denying a bid from college basketball great Bill Russell and others to obtain licensing agreements and television contracts to bolster a putative antitrust class action against the NCAA and video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:08:45 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307848 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307848 A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday blocked Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. from launching a generic version of Warner Chilcott PLC’s anti-acne medication Doryx. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:39 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307850 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307850 A New York federal judge held Wednesday that Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg does not have to give pretrial testimony in Wireless Ink Corp.'s lawsuit accusing the social networking giant of infringing its mobile website technology patents. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:05:18 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307807 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307807 A California grand jury returned a criminal indictment Tuesday against five companies and five of their employees who allegedly engaged in a scheme to steal DuPont Co.’s secret paint pigment process for rivals backed by the Chinese government. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:03:47 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/303697 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/303697 An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday found an ex-Motorola Inc. software engineer guilty of stealing the company's trade secrets, but found insufficient evidence to convict her on espionage charges that she had taken the information to benefit the Chinese military. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:15:57 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307770 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307770 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. lost a bid Wednesday to jettison one of two patents from an intellectual property dispute brought by General Electric Co. over wind turbine technology after a Texas federal judge found Mitsubishi failed to prove it did not infringe the patent. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:45 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307745 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307745 The Federal Circuit on Wednesday upheld the U.S. International Trade Commission’s decision to fine China's Ninestar Technology Co. Ltd. $11.1 million for imports of ink cartridges that infringed Seiko Epson Corp. patents. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:58 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307716 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307716 Apple Inc. asked the U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday to reject Eastman Kodak Co.’s call to investigate purported infringement of digital camera patents by the iPhone, iPad and iPod, saying Kodak’s bankruptcy means an investigation would be against the public interest. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:02:14 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307714 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307714 Airvana Network Solutions Inc. on Wednesday sued Ericsson AB in New York state court, citing damages of $330 million through Ericsson's alleged trade secrets theft and development of wireless data components in violation of a contract between Airvana and a telecommunications company purchased by Ericsson. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:06 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/306451 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/306451 Raytheon Co. on Wednesday sought to convince the Federal Circuit that its trade secret misappropriation claims against rival defense contractor Indigo Systems Corp., which it accuses of poaching employees who took confidential information with them, are not time-barred. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:37:51 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307685 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307685 Rambus Inc. announced Wednesday that it had struck a licensing deal with computer-chip maker Nvidia Corp., resolving a longstanding patent infringement dispute between the companies. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:22:06 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307637 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307637 Touchscreen technology company Immersion Corp. accused Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. of infringing six patents in a pair of suits filed Tuesday seeking damages and an order blocking the import of several of the company's Android-based smartphones. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:17:48 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307526 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307526 Watson Laboratories on Wednesday announced that it has entered into an agreement with a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary by which the company will issue to Watson a generic version of J&J's Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo birth control drug, days after the parties settled a related patent infringement suit in New Jersey. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:16:40 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307042 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307042 A Texas federal judge on Monday jettisoned Intravisual Inc.’s suit against Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. after Intravisual settled its claims that Fujitsu had violated a patent covering videoconferencing technology. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:59:53 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307485 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307485 A Washington judge on Monday fined a former Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC executive for failing to produce a reprimand letter during discovery in a suit accusing the company of trade secrets theft and bid-rigging on a $1 billion air traffic controller training contract. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:02:02 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307257 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307257 The Federal Circuit on Tuesday ruled that although late claims brought by a patent applicant in an interference proceeding are normally barred, they are subject to a limited exception. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:06:48 +0000 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307429 http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/307429 The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday pressed DC Comics on claims that heirs to the creators of “Superman” lost protections on documents subpoenaed by federal investigators, questioning whether its lawyers could have waived attorney-client privilege in the battle over rights to the superhero.