Intellectual Property Archive » October, 2007

Intellectual Property - October, 2007

254 articles

• Monolithic Emerges Victorious Over O2 Patent
• Ev3 To Pay $15.4M To Settle Two Patent Suits
• Alza Fights Bid For Attorney-Client Privileged Docs
• Judge Grants Injunction Against Patent Rules
• Ocean Tomo Gains Ground With Patent Auction
• Mesa To Pay Hawaiian Airlines $80M
• Acer Counters HP Suits With ITC, Wisc. Court Actions
• Drilling Companies Face Off In Patent Suit
• Judge Denies Stay In MP3 Player Patent Dispute
• Court Says ITC Erred In LED Claim Construction
• Apple Takes Aim At Burst's Media Patents
• AT&T Wins Reversal Of $156M Infringement Verdict
• D.C. Drug Pricing Law Dies, Again
• Sharp Sued Over LCD Color Filter Technology
• AA, Google Trademark Suit Will Head To Trial
• Q&A With Taylor Wessing's Simon Cohen
• Howrey Cut From Levi Trademark Suit Against A&F
• Q&A With Irell & Manella's Gary N. Frischling
• Jones Day Adds IP Partner To Munich Office
• Publishers Seek Voice In National Geographic Case
• 3M Wraps Up Patent Litigation Over Cathode Devices
• Patents Shrugged: A Frightening Future Looms
• German Court Invalidates Lipitor Patent
• Dusa, River's Edge Settle Acne Drug Patent Dispute
• PTO Rule Opponents Look Hopefully To GSK Case
• New Rules 75, 78 Unfairly Penalize Research Entities
• Nacio Systems Trade Secrets Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Jury Verdict Stands In BODI Patent Suit
• Teknek Affiliates To Pay $3.7M For Infringement
• ITC Judge Consolidates Two InterDigital Cases
• Bayer Wins Avelox Infringement Case
• Northrop Grumman Sued For Copyright Infringement
• The How And Why Of Patent Valuation
• Sigma, Oxford Win Claims Construction Battle
• Vonage Settles Patent Battle With Verizon
• Lionel Reaches Tentative Deal With Model-Train Rival
• NetApp Suit Endangering Open Source Software: Sun
• Sanofi, Novo Spar In Insulin Pen Patent Suit—Again
• Ruling Upheld In Appetite Stimulant Patent Feud
• Q&A With Foley Hoag's Don Ware
• LG Settles Digital TV Patent Case With TTE, TCL
• Biovail, J&J Unit Hit Par With Third Ultram Suit
• Cablevision Takes RS-DVR Suit To Second Circuit
• Q&A With Baker & Daniels' Trevor Carter
• Susman Godfrey Fights IBM's Disqualification Bid
• SanDisk Suit Targets 25 Flash Memory Cos.
• Diomed Loses Another Summary Judgment Bid
• Marvell Case Against CSIRO To Proceed
• Intermec Inks Deal Over Data Capture Devices
• State Slogan Exempt From Lanham Act: Appeals Court
• U.K. Court Lets Yeda Continue Case Over Erbitux
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Courtland L. Reichman
• IP Litigator Joins Mayer Brown's N.Y. Office
• Settlement Finalized In LCD Patent Case
• Intel Takes $250M License To Settle Patent Spat
• Pretec Defaults In SanDisk Flash Memory Suit
• Sanyo, 3M Kill Two Battery Spats With One Deal
• Another Term, Another High-Stakes Patent Case
• New USPTO Definition: A Potential Mine Field
• PTO To Take Second Look At NeoMedia Patent
• Wireless Cos. Support Stripping CSIRO Injunction
• Lipitor Patent Upheld By Spanish Appellate Court
• Google's Prejudice Claims In YouTube Case Shot Down
• German Court Tosses Nokia Suit Against Qualcomm
• Schneider Sued Over Energy Management Technology
• Federal Circuit Affirms Calif.'s Immunity In Patent Suit
• Jury Says Roche's Mircera Infringed Amgen Patents
• Glaxo Relents, Grants Mylan Paxil License
• Woodcock Washburn Adds Three IP Lawyers
• Judge Chucks Antitrust Case Against Netflix
• Glaxo Sues Over Breathe Right Strips Patent
• Astellas Resolves Adenoscan Disputes With Teva
• Sheppard Poaches Schulte Roth's IP Head
• AutoTrader Wants To Depose General Counsel's Wife
• AT&T Claims Vonage Infringed VoIP Patent
• Suit About Music CDs Considers First Sale Doctrine
• Honeywell Sparks LED Fight With Philips, Cree
• Q&A With Gray Plant's Laura Hein
• Cozmed Stole Spinal Device Technology: Kyphon
• Defendants In Vnus' Patent Suit Lose Invalidity Bid
• Trans World Opposes Stay For Raytheon, Lockheed
• LeapFrog Request To Subpoena White & Case Denied
• Non-Pioneering Technologies Beware
• Google Absent As Media Cos Unveil Copyright Guards
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Michael L. Dever
• ITC Judge Rules To Close Nokia Chipset Case
• Funai Wants TV Patent Infringement Probe From ITC
• Cell Phone Makers Rung Up Over Wireless Patents
• Patent Lawyer Steven Rizzi Joins Thelen In N.Y.
• European Panel Revokes Symbicort Patent
• Hybrid Ruling Upheld, Royalties Vacated For Toyota
• Bausch & Lomb Contact Lens Patent Settlement OK'd
• Seyfarth Hit With $75M Negligence Suit
• Comcast, Verizon Sued Over Video On Demand
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' Brian Buroker
• Q&A With Axinn Veltrop's James Veltrop
• Q&A With Katten Muchin's Floyd A. Mandell
• New Rules — What Now?
• Toshiba Sued In Japan Over TV Guide Patent
• IP Litigation Flourishes, Despite Fewer Appeals
• Q&A With Drinker Biddle's John G. Smith
• GM Sued Over In-Vehicle Entertainment System
• KSR Leads To Increase In Obviousness Invalidations
• Record Cos. Attack Newsgroup Site Over Copyrights
• 3M Sues Korean Company Over LCD Optical Films
• Q&A With Nixon Peabody's Richard D. Rochford
• Rambus Asks Court To Reject Micron's Counterclaims
• Q&A With Sterne Kessler's David K.S. Cornwell
• Q&A With Brinks Hofer's Jeff Duncan
• Source, Amex Lay Down Guns In Patent Spat
• Lucent, Microsoft Case Split And Transfered
• Burlington Seeks Contempt Reversal In Fendi Feud
• Judge Tentatively Grants Qualcomm New Trial
• Fox Rothschild's IP Group Snags Science Expert
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' David B. Weaver
• Infringement Assertions In The New World Order
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Amar Thakur And Carlo Van den Bosch
• Cisco, Linksys Sued Over VoIP Patent
• Boston Scientific Strikes Back In Stent Trial
• Q&A With Oblon Spivak's Richard D. Kelly
• Siemens Faces Suit Over AC Drive Converters
• Seoul Wins Partial Victory Against Nichia
• Microsoft, Olympus Ink Cross-Licensing Deal
• Q&A With Holland & Hart's Lee Johnston
• Protection Of Business Methods In China
• Linux OS Distributors Hit With Patent Lawsuit
• Court Affirms Dismissal Of Mouse Patent Suit
• Fulbright Survives Patent Prosecution Malpractice Suit
• Q&A With Woodcock Washburn's Dianne B. Elderkin
• Gaming Co. Patent Suit Tossed For Lack Of Standing
• Thelen Ordered To Pay In Ex-IP Lawyer's Suit
• Akin Gump's Appeal In Malpractice Suit Shot Down
• Q&A With Marshall Gerstein's Brad Lyerla
• Barr, Par Settle With Valeant Over Epilepsy Drug
• Orion Settles Sales Patent Case Against Kohl's
• Kraft Wins Stay Bid In P&G Coffee-Packaging Dispute
• CAC Sues Technology Giants Over Windows
• Oxycontin Maker Says Patents Are Enforceable
• Summary Judgment Denied In Microsoft, CAC Spat
• Companies Think Patent Claims On The Rise: Survey
• Eisai Files Agreement With Generic Drugmakers
• Nuance Loses Out In Voice-Recognition Patent Case
• $86M Damages Award Vacated Due To Obviousness
• Mixed Ruling In Tyco, Ethicon Patent Suit
• Acorda Sues Apotex Over Proposed Generic Zanaflex
• Chip Makers Defend Their Right To Antitrust Trial
• Ex-Philip Morris IP Counsel Alleges Age Bias
• Court Affirms Noninfringement Of Hypertension Drug
• Sandoz Accuses Eli Lilly Of Inequitable Conduct
• Judge Lets Barr Build Up Arsenal For Yasmin Suit
• Q&A With Stroock & Stroock's Brian Rothery
• Teva Sues Apotex, Marks 13th Coreg Suit In N.J.
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's Laurence S. Rogers
• Cordis Says Aneurysm Device Claims Invalid
• Barr Strikes Back At Celgene In Thalomid Spat
• J&J Wins Dismissals In Ditropan XL Litigation
• Inventor Who Prosecuted Own Patents Loses Appeal
• Vonage, Klausner Settle Voicemail Patent Dispute
• Scientific-Atlanta, IPG Photonics Settle Patent Suit
• Vonage Asks For Rehearing Of Verizon Appeal
• Web Telephony Boots Sunrocket From VoIP Case
• Depakote ANDA Didn't Violate Injunction: Court
• U.S. Wants Panel To Hear China Import IP Spat
• Three Days Into Trial, Cordis Hacks At Boston's Claims
• PTO Invalidates Novartis Unit's HIV Diagnostic Patent
• Doctor Says J&J/Cordis Stents Infringe Patent
• Judge Stays Part Of SpeedTrack's Patent Case
• Versata Settles Patent Suit Against Selectica
• Broadcom Reaffirms Call For Qualcomm Sanctions
• IBM Wants Susman Godfrey Kicked Off Patent Case
• PTO Publishes KSR Obviousness Exam Guidelines
• IOSTAR Partners Stole Nuclear Power Secrets: Suit
• Clean Energy Push Fuels IP, Energy Interplay
• GraphOn Wants AutoTrader Suits Consolidated
• Defense Contractors Look To Push Back Discovery
• AdSense Feature Could Hurt YouTube Copyright Case
• Riverbed Infringed De-Duplication Patent: Quantum
• Judge Stops Tessera From Bringing ITC Case
• New PTO Rules Create Nov. 1 Requirement
• J&J Unit Sues Hologic For Patent Infringement
• AP Sues VeriSign To Block News Reports' Distribution
• Former ITC Investigative Attorney Joins Covington
• 3Com, D-Link Settle Network Patent Spat
• Document Battle Rages Between Source, Amex
• Burst Tears Into Apple's Declaratory Judgment Claim
• High Court Denies Cert For Walker Process Review
• Energy Products Of Idaho Says Biofuel Patent Invalid
• IP Enforcement In China: Chint V. Schneider Electric
• Mylan Strikes Back At Lilly In Strattera Patent Feud
• J&J Hits Back At Red Cross' Motion To Dismiss
• Takeda Wins Bid For Stay In Actos Patent Battle
• Rembrandt, Bausch & Lomb To Settle Patent Dispute
• Employees' Story Incomplete: Qualcomm Lawyers
• Vonage Backs Down In Fight With Sprint
• Autotrader Experts Revealed Too Late: GraphOn
• Chase Medical Wins Patent Suit, Seeks Treble Award
• Sanofi Sues Mylan Over Prostate Drug — Again
• Stryker Opposes Stay Of Patent Case
• Fish & Richardson Hit With Tortious Interference Suit
• HPV Patent Claims Are Unsustainable: Digene
• BSC Fights Bid To Block Thrombosis Info At Stent Trial
• Sony Ericsson Pushes For Data From Antor Suit
• Varicose Vein Laser Patent Suit Heads To Trial
• Choate IP Head Jumps Ship To Join McDermott
• Q&A With Jones Day's Kenneth R. Adamo
• Q&A With Brinks Hofer's Gary Ropski
• Suit Says eHarmony, Others Breached Patent
• UCB, Dr. Reddy's, Others Settle Keppra Litigation
• DRM Spat Stayed While Patent Is Reexamined
• Eon-Net Wins Another Shot At Patent Case
• Discovery To Commence In Invitrogen Patent Case
• Qualcomm Lawyers Speak Out In Discovery Dispute
• After Seagate: The New Legal Standard for Willfulness
• Monsanto's Corn Patent Not Infringed: Fed. Circ.
• FDA Reveals Plan To Speed Up Generic Drug Review
• O2 Micro Settles With Hon Hai Over Chip Patents
• Sites Targeted Over Web-Shopping Patent
• JFTC Shines Light On Anti-Competitive IP Practices
• Two IP Partners Hop To Duane Morris In Chicago
• Nokia Amends Counterclaims In Qualcomm Battle
• Q&A With Kelley Drye's William R. Golden, Jr.
• Pioneer Asserts Display Patent Against Samsung
• Risperdal Fends Off Generic Competition
• Celgene Amends Complaint In Thalomid Spat
• Judge Bats Down Microsoft Bid To Toss Lucent Suit
• Visa Hit With Suit Over No-Contact Credit Cards
• Invitrogen Looks To Limit Damages From Patent Suit
• IIPA Representative Firm Joins Greenberg Traurig LLP
• Copyright Suit Over Google Print Project Gains Steam
• Ikea Becomes Latest To Settle With Orion
• Shoe Co. Sues Nike, Apple For Patent Infringement
• Macrovision Reveals Settlement Deal With Motorola
• Verizon V. Vonage: The Devil Is In The Dictum
• Comverse Fights Back In Prepaid Phone Patent Suit
• Judge Reverses $458M Award Against Weyerhaeuser
• E-Z-EM Fights Back In Fluid Injector Patent Suit
• Visto Holds Firm On Presumption Of Validity Dispute
• Philips Wins $100M In Damages In Patent Disputes
• Microsoft Urges Judge To Curb Visto's Jury Talk
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Rambus Antitrust Case
• Judge Rebuffs Vonage Objections In Klausner Suit
• Apotex Wins As High Court Denies Pfizer Appeal
• Boston Scientific, Cordis Face Off Over Damages
• RFID Patent Unenforceable, Judge Says
• Becton Dickinson Targeted Hospital CEOs: Suit
• SanDisk Names New General Counsel
• AT&T Fights $156M Jury Award In Patent Suit
• Schneider Electric Must Pay $45M: China Patent Suit
• Judge Denies RIM's Request For Stay Of Visto Case
• Qualcomm Lawyers Can Disclose Work Product
• EU Investigates Qualcomm's Alleged Antitrust Abuses
• Patent Case Heats Up As Sun Files Counterclaims
• Iovate Targets Nutrabolics Over Creatine Patents
• Goodyear Settles Suit Over Online Sales Patents