Intellectual Property Archive » November, 2004

Intellectual Property - November, 2004

97 articles

• Syngenta, DuPont Settle Corn Seed Patent Suit, But Trial Proceeds Against Other Defendants
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Patent Dispute Over Cox-2 Inhibitors
• Sony To Pay Ampex $40M To Settle Patent Dispute
• Townsend Looks To Asia, Southern California For Future Growth
• South Korea Bans Panasonic Plasma Displays In Escalating Patent War
• Glaxo Urges Sweeping International Patent Reforms In Letter To Blair
• Indian Drug Makers Seek Ban On Patent Evergreening Under New Regime
• Attorneys Defect From Staas & Halsey To Form New DC IP Boutique
• PCTEL, 3Com Settle Modem Patent Dispute
• Pfizer Sues Chinese Agency Over Rejected Envacar Trademark
• Wilmer Cutler Eyes China IP With New Beijing Outpost
• Canada's Generics Export Program Falters Amid Litigation Fears
• U.S. To Create IP Czar To Oversee Federal Programs
• Townsend Settles Suit Brought By Disgruntled Biotech Client
• Teamsters Sue AstraZeneca Over Nexium Claims
• U.S. Bill Would Protect Research Collaborations From Patent Challenges
• USPTO Fees To Increase, But Funding Diversion Could Continue
• Jury Rules For Inverness In Patent Suit Vs. Acon Labs
• Pfizer Withheld Crucial Data In Lipitor Patent Filing, Ranbaxy Claims
• Morrison & Foerster Sees Growth Potential In New IP Venture Group
• WIPO Snubs U.S. Bid To Extend Broadcasting Treaty To Webcasts
• E.U. Delays Vote On Software Patents Again
• Sutherland Hires IP Litigators From Pillsbury Winthrop
• Sterne Kessler Sees Nanotech As Next IP Frontier
• VC Firm Targets Patents, Raises $350M: Report
• U.S., E.U. And Japan To Step Up Patent Harmonization
• Kellogg Sues General Mills Over "Cinnamon Toast" Trademark
• Morgan, Lewis Adds Two IP Attorneys For West Coast Practice
• Morrison & Foerster Unveils IP Venture Group
• ITC Clears Carsem In Chip Packaging Dispute With Amkor
• Restaurants Face Off In Court In Dispute Over "Hooters" Image
• Poland Withdraws Support For Software Patents, Threatening Controversial Proposal
• Australia, U.S. Resolve IP Disputes Under Free Trade Agreement
• Nestle, Applebee's Settle Trademark Row Over "Skillet Sensations"
• Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over "Wireless Eyewear"
• Taiwanese Upstart Emerges As Threat To Biovail's Wellbutrin XL Patent
• European Patent Office Invalidates Patent For Nitric Oxide
• Lockheed Martin Pushes For Deposition In Racketering, Trade-Secret Suit Vs. Boeing
• Film Studios File First Wave Of Lawsuits Against Alleged Online Pirates
• Microsoft Destroyed Evidence In Patent Suit, Software Vendor Alleges
• Wolfson Infringed Cirrus Patent On Audio Chips, ITC Rules
• Australia Agrees To Tougher Copyright Laws To Gain Passage Of Free Trade Agreement
• E.U. Court Remands "Bud" Trademark Case Back To Finland's Supreme Court
• Supreme Court Seeks Bush Administration's Views On Replanting Patented Seeds
• Texas Company Infringed Fax-To-E-Mail Patent, Jury Finds
• China Could Become Hotbed For "Generic Viagra" Exports, Lobbyist Claims
• Former IP Practice Group Head Escapes Disbarment
• Omnibus Intellectual Property Bill Raises Concerns
• Judge Clears Patent Suit Vs. Microsoft, HP Over Smart-Card Technology
• With Winds Of Change Sweeping New York's IP Firms, Kenyon Guards Its Independence
• Roche Sues Biosite Over Patents For Diagnostic Tests
• Applera Sues Gene Research Rivals On Same Day Patent Is Granted
• Consumer Group Seeks $450M From Unocal Over Alleged Patent Abuse
• India Mulls Pre-Negotiation Of Prices For Patented Drugs
• Elan, Mayo Settle Patent Dispute Over Transgenic Mouse
• LG To Ask Japan To Revoke Matsushita's Plasma Display Patents
• India's Leftist Parties Urge Government To Delay Patent Reform
• Werther's Original Not Original Enough For 3D Trademark
• Missouri Federal Court Limits First-Filed Rule in Trademark Case
• Kelley Dry Launches Patent Group Led By Former Jenkens & Gilchrist Partners
• Japan Bars LG Plasma Displays In Patent Dispute
• Biotech Upstart Sues Boston Scientific Over Patent, Trade Secrets
• Digital Camera Makers Face Patent Challenges
• Fish & Richardson Hires Wolf Block Partner To Chair Delaware Patent Practice
• Two Former Partners Sue Fish & Neave For $2.4M
• Princess Diana Fund, Franklin Mint Settle Trademark Dispute
• Trading Technologies Obtains Patents In U.K., Europe
• Fish & Neave, Ropes & Gray To Merge
• Judge Dismisses Biotech Suit Vs. Columbia University
• European Court Of Justice Limits Scope Of Database Protection
• Nortel Settles Copyright, Trade Secrets Suit Vs. Internet Exchange
• NEC Sues Harris Over Wireless Communications Gear
• Trial Opens In Case That Could Threaten Princess Diana's Charity Fund
• Microsoft Pays $536 Million To Settle Antitrust, Patent Litigation
• Toshiba Sues Hynix In U.S., Japan For Infringing Flash-Memory Patents
• Federal Circuit Warns Of Tougher Stance On Rule Violations
• Symbol Technologies Sues Mobile Knowledge Over Alleged Counterfeits
• Copyright Suit Seeks Demolition Of Trump Resort
• Congress Could End USPTO Fund Diversion In Lame-Duck Session
• Florida Inventor Sues GE Over Surgical Device
• In Escalating Patent Dispute, South Korea Launches Probe Of Panasonic Plasma TVs
• Texas Patent Suit Targets High-Tech Big Guns
• U.S. Movie Industry Plans Legal Onslaught Against Online File Sharers
• Nokia Sues Spanish, French Rivals Over Patented GSM, GPRS Technology
• Cendant Sues Amazon.com Over Business Method Patent
• E.U. Mulls Compulsory Licensing System For Drugs
• Picasso's Heirs Battle DaimlerChrysler's "Picaro" Car
• LG Countersues Matsushita In Dispute Over Plasma Patents
• Mintz Levin Expands London IP Group
• InterVideo, Acer Settle Lawsuit Over DVD Patents
• Cisco Sued Over Router Technology Patents
• Merchant & Gould Staffs Up In Minneapolis
• Verizon, Nextel Settle Trademark Dispute Over "Push-To-Talk"
• Marvel Sues Disney Again Over Spider-Man Royalties
• Japan Policy Panel Stalls On Drug Patents
• Beverage Container Makers Settle Patent Suit For $25M
• Matsushita Sues LG Electronics Over Flat-Panel Displays