Intellectual Property Archive » September, 2004

Intellectual Property - September, 2004

124 articles

• USPTO Rejects Patent For Microsoft File System
• Trading Technologies Sues Broker Over Patent For Trading Platform
• eBay Appeal In MercExchange Patent Suit Heads For Federal Circuit
• Immunomedics Settles Patent Suit Vs. Cytogen
• E.U. Eyes Six-Month Marketing Exclusivity For Pediatric Testing
• U.S. House Passes Anti-Piracy Bill
• Nikon To Collect $145M As Part Of Settlement In Patent Dispute
• WIPO Mulls Proposal To Relax IP Protection In Developing Countries
• Mosaid, Samsung To Face Off In Court In February 2005
• Impax Gets FDA OK For Generic Oxycontin
• Federal Judge Strikes Down Anti-Bootlegging Law As Unconstitutional
• Fish & Neave Loses Another IP Litigator
• Court Awards Integra LifeSciences $6.4M In Patent Suit Vs. Merck KGaA
• Court Denies Preliminary Injunction In Thermage Patent Suit Vs. Syneron
• Medtronic Slapped With $110M In Damages In Patent Suit Over Medical Devices
• Trial Date Set In OraSure Patent Suit Vs. Schering-Plough
• IBM Ordered To Pay Some Of Compuware's Legal Costs In Copyright Suit
• Knobbe Martens Expands Staff
• Pfizer Appeals China's Decision To Overturn Viagra Patent
• Judge Postpones Hearing On Pfizer Bid To Block Neurontin Generic
• India Eyes System For Pre-Grant Patent Opposition In New Patent Regime
• Foley & Lardner Patent Attorney Convicted Of Evading Traffic Officer
• SMIC Hints It Wants To Settle TSMC Patent Suit
• European Union Postpones Decision On Software Patents
• Judge Adjourns Injunction Hearing In Neurontin Case
• Applied To Pay Novellus $8M To Settle Patent Suit Over Chip Gear Systems
• AIPLA Backs Plan To Revamp U.S. Patent System
• Last Names Can Be Considered For Trademark Registration, European Court Rules
• Jury Invalidates Patents In Milliken Suit Vs. Interface, Mohawk
• Senate Panel OKs Bill To Reform Copyright Arbitration System
• Cooley Hires Biotech Patent Attorneys For Reston Office
• Gen-Probe To Pay $22.5M To Settle Patent Dispute With Abbott Unit
• Wayport Sued Over Patents For Internet Access At Hotels, Airports
• Rosa Parks Suffers From Dementia, Attorneys In Trademark Suit Say
• DC Comics Prevails In Trademark Suit Vs. Kryptonite
• European Court Of Justice Could Kill Cross-Border Injunctions In Patent Cases
• O2Micro Sues Samsung Over LCD Patents
• Novartis Sues Teva Over ANDA For Generic Lotrel
• Drug Companies Target India For R&D Under New Patent Regime
• Suzuki Settles Lawsuit Over Motorcycle Design Vs. Chinese Companies
• Sony Slapped With $82M In Damages In Video-Game Patent Suit
• German Court Dismisses Metaspinner's Trademark Suit Vs. Google
• Setback For NASDAQ In Trademark Suit Over QQQ Trading
• Judge Overturns $7.1M Jury Verdict Vs. Umbilical-Cord Blood Banks
• Judge Rules For Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL In Web Caching Suit
• Lee Osman Tapped To Head Dorsey's IP Group
• Montblanc Sues A.T. Cross Over Trademark For Pen Designs
• Pfizer Lobbies China's IP Office To Restore Viagra Patent
• Senate Appropriators Urged To End USPTO Fee Diversion
• U.S. Mulls Reinstating Israel On IPR Blacklist
• Senate Appropriators Give Nod To USPTO Fee Increase
• Synopsys Sues Magma For Patent Infringement
• AstraZeneca Sues KV Pharma Over ANDA For Toprol-XL Generic
• Fish & Neave In Merger Talks With Ropes & Gray
• Infosys To Take Trademark Battle To India's Supreme Court
• Appeals Court Rules Scientific-Atlanta Infringed Gemstar Patent
• Eight IP Attorneys Defect From Bose McKinney For Baker & Daniels
• Boutiques See Little Impact From Knorr-Bremse Decision
• Adorno & Yoss Acquires NY Boutique With Focus On Corporate, IP Law
• Hogan & Hartson's IP Group Takes Cross-Disciplinary Approach
• Darby Hires Attorneys From Oblon, 3M For New York, Seattle Offices
• Finnegan Henderson Names New Head Of Taipei Office
• U.K. Technology Company Sues Amazon, Others Over Web Tracking Technology
• Silicon Labs Adds Patent Infringement Claims to Trade-Secret Lawsuit Vs. Axiom Microdevices
• Federal Circuit Rules For Echostar In Irdeto Access Patent Suit
• American Medical Systems To Pay $2.5M To Settle Patent Dispute With Mentor
• Proxim Pays $23M To Settle Symbol's WLAN Patent Suit
• Attorneys Eye "Mind-Boggling" Settlement In Beatles Vs. Apple Trademark Case
• Schwarz To Push For Damages In Univasc Patent Suit Vs. Teva
• In Landmark Case, Federal Circuit Redefines Willful Infringement
• Sendo Settles Trade-Secret Suit Vs. Microsoft
• Alpharma Asks Appeals Court To Remove Stay On Neurontin Capsule Launch
• Kodak's $1B Patent Lawsuit Vs. Sun Opens In Rochester
• Teva Agrees To Suspend Sales Of Moexipril Pending Patent Suit Outcome
• Clifford Chance Names New Head Of Global IP
• Israel Prepares For Clash With U.S., E.U. Over Drug Patent Policy
• Acacia Files Second Round Of Lawsuits Against Cable Companies
• U.S. Sends IP Attaché To China Embassy
• Copyright Arbitration Overhaul Stalled In U.S. Senate
• Suit Claims Albertson's, Drug Companies Abused Prescription Records
• AIPLA, IPO Urge Legislators To Reject USPTO Funding Proposal
• King & Spalding Hires Kenyon Attorneys For Fast-Growing NY Patent Group
• Roche To Pay Chiron $78M To Settle Patent Dispute
• American Trade Group Urges U.S. To Take Taiwan Off 301 "Priority Watch List"
• India Stays Exclusive Marketing Rights For Eli Lilly's Cialis
• India's Generic Industry Sounds Alarm Over Planned Patent Overhaul
• Major League Baseball Sued Over Interactive Patents
• Small Bank Wins Out In David Vs. Goliath Trademark Battle
• Israel Mulls IP Bill That Would Defy U.S., European Demands
• Applera Sues Thermo Electron Over Mass Spectrometer Patent
• Acacia Lowers Academic Royalties Demands
• Judge Partially Clears Amazon In Suit Over Business-Method Patents
• Novo Nordisk To Appeal Decision On Norditropin
• Appeals Court Overturns $2.4M Judgment Vs. Timex In Copyright Suit
• Novartis Faces Uphill Battle For Patent Extensions In Europe
• FDA Holds Off On Biogenerics Decision
• Federal Circuit Affirms Decision For National Instruments In Patent Suit Vs. Mathworks
• Sony, Adobe, Macromedia Reported To Settle Forgent Suit Over JPEG Patent
• China Defends Decision To Revoke Viagra Patent
• Otsuka Seeks Re-Examination Of Abilify Patent Due To Error In Original Filing
• Chinese Minister Brushes Off GM Lawsuit Over Auto Piracy
• Jusung Sues Applied Materials Unit Over LCD Process Patent
• House Panel Clears Bill That Would Criminalize Online Copyright Infringement
• P&G, Vidal Sassoon Settle Dispute Over Royalty Payments
• Procter & Gamble Sues Coca-Cola Over Juice Patent
• McDermott Hires Gray Cary's David Dolkas For Silicon Valley IP Group
• Judge Clears Geico Trademark Suit Vs. Google, Overture
• Pfizer Sues 18 Online Vendors of "Generic" Lipitor
• Judge Slams Samsung With $566,000 In Sanctions In Mosaid Patent Suit
• Novartis Prevails In Patent Suit Vs. Dr. Reddy's Over Lamisil
• ITC To Probe Imports Of Point-Of-Sale Technology
• Japan Antitrust Watchdog To Launch Probe On Microsoft Patent Clause In October
• ASML, Nikon Settle Long-Running Dispute
• USPTO Panel To Look At Ways To Improve Electronic Filings
• DTS Sues Chinese Electronics Maker For Trademark Infringement
• Claria Settles Trademark Suits Over Pop-Up Ads
• Impax Loses Bid For Generic Version Of Rilutek
• Pillsbury Winthrop Hires Mintz Levin IP Co-Chair
• Federal Circuit: DMCA Does Not Cover Aftermarket Product
• InFocus Sues 3M Over Digital Projector Patent
• Serono Sues Cell Genesys Over TKT Gene Activation Patent
• Mylan Laboratories To Refile Hatch-Waxman Suit Vs. FDA
• Federal Circuit Sends Guidant's $140M Lawsuit Vs. St. Jude Back To District Court
• Zenith Pens Royalty Deal With Toshiba Over Digital Broadcast Patent