Intellectual Property Archive » May, 2009

Intellectual Property - May, 2009

257 articles

• TiVo, Dish Network DVR Patent Spat Goes To Texas
• FTC, Wholesalers Amend AndroGel Complaints
• Cablevision DVR Spat Not Ripe For High Court: DOJ
• Applied Materials Employment Contract Invalid: Court
• Unigen Founder Ordered To Testify In Seroctin IP Suit
• CDI Energy Trade Secrets Appeal Falls Short
• Bilski Kills Patent In 'Keep The Change' Suit V. BofA
• EU Seeks Court OK For New Patent Court Regime
• Stiefel Hits KV With Patent Suit Over Acne Gel
• USPTO Grants Re-Exam Of Merck Singulair Patent
• LGE Drops Claims in Car A/V Patent Suit
• RIM Unit, Sony Bury Hatchet Over Encryption Patents
• Fed Circ. Affirms Noninfringement Ruling For Yamaha
• Drafting Licenses, Settlements Under TransCore
• In The Wake Of Bilski
• Inequitable Conduct Still A Thorny Issue
• Rembrandt, Harris Digital TV Patent Case Stayed
• Google's Solution To Its Book Rights Fight
• Merchant & Gould Nabs 5 IP Pros For New Wis. Office
• Foley Draws Lowrie, IP Team To Boston Office
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's Edward Black
• Mistrial Declared In Trade Dress Suit V. Forever 21
• MGA Asks 9th Circ. To Stay Bratz IP Transfer To Mattel
• 1 Type Of GE Ultrasound Infringes SonoSite IP: Court
• Amazon, Apple Sued Over Online Payment Patents
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's William McCabe
• T3 Moves To Nix IBM Attys In Mainframe Patent Spat
• Centocor Patents Stand In Fight Over Abbott's Humira
• Samsung, SanDisk Reach Pivotal Deal Over Patents
• High Court Jurist — Time For Real-World IP Focus
• 'I've Fallen And I Can't Get Up!' Verboten For Ads
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Sharon Barner
• American Airlines Prevails In Katz Patent Fight
• Most Claims Survive In Royalty Spat Over HPV Drug
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' Brian Buroker
• EU Authorities Push For Broader Music Licenses
• Microsoft Faces Sanctions In Xbox Patent Spat
• Q&A With McGuireWoods' Brian Riopelle
• Q&A With O'Melveny & Myers' Darin Snyder
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Jeffrey Cunard
• Q&A With Hogan & Hartson's Steven Hollman
• SkinMedica Sues Histogen Over Anti-Aging Patent
• Lockheed Awarded $37M In Suit V. L-3 Unit
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's Michael Jacobs
• Q&A With Goodwin Procter's Thomas Scott Jr.
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Mark Reiter
• Q&A With Weil Gotshal's Nicholas Groombridge
• Fed. Circ. Reverses Noninfringement Ruling For SMC
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Joseph O'Malley
• Q&A With Bingham's Bill Abrams
• Q&A With Latham & Watkins' Maximilian Grant
• Cardiologist's IP Suit V. Medtronic Gets Go-Ahead
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Scott Baker
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Courtland Reichman
• Aloft Adds Patent To Browser Suit Against Google
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Alan Sutin
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's James Ferguson
• Q&A With Proskauer's Steve Bauer
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Joseph Zammit
• Medtronic Trade Secrets Suit Against Nova Lives On
• Q&A With Weil Gotshal's Jared Bobrow
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's AC Johnston
• Q&A With Seyfarth's Brian Michaelis
• Covad Settles With VoxPath In VoIP Patent Suit
• DR Systems, ERAD Settle Medical Imaging Patent Spat
• Oncor, IntusIQ Strike Deal In Wireless Patent Suit
• Teva Targets Amgen Over Kidney Drug
• Fed. Circ. Revives IP Suit V. Timex Over Monitor
• L'Oreal Suffers Another Blow In IP Battle With EBay
• Suit Maker Hartmarx Pushes For $85M Asset Sale
• Fed. Circ. Orders Transfer of Sanofi Patent Suit
• Funai Accused Of Infringing Vizio Patents For HDTVs
• Epistar Wins Plea To Challenge LED Patent Validity
• Licenses Cover Goods Made By 3rd Party: Fed. Circ.
• Worker's Retaliation Claim V. General Dynamics Cut
• Patent Suit Against Car Makers Stays Put
• Seagate, The Issue Of Willful Patent Infringement
• Medtronic Updates Stent Report Targeting Abbott
• Defense In Green Patent Fight Gets Shot Down
• Andre Agassi Wins Injunction In Cybersquatting Suit
• L-3, Safety Vision Settle Microphone Patent Spat
• Judge Finds No Direct Infringement In Strattera Suit
• Secrets Of Success For Today's Summer Associates
• NeoMeridian Claims Designer Appropriated Modem IP
• Patent Damages Best Left To Courts: Chief Judge
• Motorola, Others Infringed Tessera Chip Patents: ITC
• Johnson & Johnson Aims To Regain Remicade Rights
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Part Of ITC Ruling In Voltage IP Suit
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Donald Steinberg
• Jury Belts Microsoft With $200M Infringement Verdict
• Avoiding Or Living With Patent Exhaustion
• Smith Barney Wins Injunction In Spat Over Client List
• Sanofi Uroxatral Claim Construction Gets Judge's Nod
• Toshiba Loses Round In DVD Patent License Spat
• Defendant In J&J Counterfeit Suit Agrees To Judgment
• Cobalt Strikes Back At Pfizer In Lyrica Patent Spat
• Claims V. Sprint Survive In Camera Phone IP Suit
• Use In Commerce: The Bose Problem
• Apotex Enjoined From Launching Generic Pulmicort
• MIT, E8 Sue Navigenics Over Genetic Testing Patent
• Fee Award Vacated In Rumble Strip Patent Suit
• Par Claims Rival Misled Patients With Nasal Spray
• 'Emily The Strange' Creator Sues Over Book Likeness
• Solvay, Unimed Sued Again Over AndroGel Deals
• Apotex Antitrust Claims Tossed From Daiichi IP Spat
• EDS, Virgin Reach Deal In Prepaid Phone Patent Suit
• Visa, Others Sued Over Limited Charge Card Patent
• Judge Won't Put Brakes On Auto-Lamp Patent Spat
• Connolly Bove Adds 3 More IP Litigators
• IBM Says Encoding-Method Patent Invalid
• Verizon Wins Invalidity Claims In Text Alert Spat
• Medical Co. Asks Judge To Muzzle Greenberg Traurig
• K&L Gates Gives Corporate, IP Groups A Boost
• Finisar Patent Claims Nixed In Suit Against DirecTV
• Honeywell Settles With BenQ In LCD Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Autogenomics Patent Suit Appeal
• Allen, American Apparel Settle Billboard Suit For $5M
• 3 Patents Invalidated In Epson, Coretronic Spat
• Piracy Software Patent Holder Stole Info: Microsoft
• FDA Lovenox Ruling Key To Competition Claims: Judge
• Fed Circ. Sets Product-By-Process Patent Restrictions
• SulphCo Not Infringing Ultrasound Patent: Judge
• Cornell Nabs $1M In Costs In HP Microprocessor Spat
• Abbott Loses Bid For Judgment In $200M Stent Case
• Yahoo Must Pay $6.6M In Messaging Ad Case: Jury
• 4th Circ. Affirms Talent Agency Name Not Infringed
• $52M Damages Pared In Siemens Scanner Patent Suit
• High Court Denies Cert In Steinbeck Copyright Suit
• Saxon Adds Patents To Suit V. Dell, Apple, Gateway
• Genzyme Sues Lupin Over Generic Renvela Plans
• DreamWorks Escapes IP Spat Over 'Las Vegas'
• Greenberg Traurig, Gale Seek Ruling In Fee Spat
• Kilpatrick Bolsters IP Team With 3 From Day Pitney
• Navigating The Marking And False Marking Statutes
• Redskins Win Appeal Over Allegedly Disparaging Marks
• Sony, Attys Led Video Gaming Patent Scam: Suit
• USPTO Rules On Stem Cell Patents In Biotech Battle
• The FTC, Reverse Payments In The Obama Era
• MySpace Hit With Photo Upload Patent Suit
• CommPartners Settles Voxpath VoIP Patent Suit
• US Co-Owned Patent Not Immune To Suit: Judge
• Teva, Sun Still Free To Make Generic Protonix
• FTC Drops Antitrust Battle Against Rambus
• Engineer's Semiconductor Patent Claims Mostly Nixed
• Bankrupt Charter Wins TRO On DirecTV Attack Ads
• Pharma Group Takes Swipe At EU Antitrust Probe
• RealNetworks Cries Cartel In DVD Copy Spat
• Toshiba Sues Imation, Others Over DVD Patents
• Summary Judgment Denied In Humira Patent Case
• Mylan Didn't Infringe Invalid Mirapex Patent: Judge
• API Sues Yahoo, Google, Others Over Network Patent
• Spansion Noteholders Balk At $70M Samsung IP Deal
• VPX Wants Muscle Drink On Shelves Pending Appeal
• Kelsey Grammer, Disney Off Hook For IP Claims
• Teva, Zydus Reach Settlement Over Coreg Patents
• Woody Allen V. American Apparel Trial Set To Go
• Fed. Circ. Upholds P&G's Actonel Patent
• Greenberg Lures Goldberg Kohn Litigation Vet
• Fish Reportedly Cuts 120 Legal, Support Staff
• Baby Food Co. Seeks To Bar Nestle's Use Of 'Gentle'
• YouTube Ordered To Pay $1.6M+ To Songwriters
• Willfulness Claim Pared From Whitening Patent Suit
• Myriad Gene Patents Invalid, Unconstitutional: ACLU
• Versata Asks Court To Overturn Verdict For Sun
• EBay Escapes French Suit Over Fake L'Oreal Items
• Circuit City Sells Trademarks, Business For $14M+
• US In Top Tier For IP Competitiveness: Survey
• Apple Strikes Back In Patent Spat Over IPhone
• AT&T, AmEx Sued Over Secure Transaction Patent
• Seagate Takes Issue With National Union's Experts
• Juniper Wins US Round In Router Patent Feud
• Understanding The Effects Of In Re Kubin
• IBM Moves To Keep Durie Tangri Attys Off Patent Suit
• Suit Says Google Keyword Ads Infringe Trademarks
• Sanofi-Aventis Suit Stayed For Genentech Petition
• Materialise To Appeal Nobel's Noninfringement Win
• Calif. Court Nixes Bid For Malpractice Damages
• Charter Fired Up Over DirecTV Attack Ads
• IBM, Novell Ask Court To Put SCO Group In Ch. 7
• $1.1M Added To $5.35M Verdict Against Master Lock
• Bavarian Nordic IP Suit Over Cancer Vaccine Lives
• Tips For A Successful Re-Examination Request
• Bounty, Brawny Makers Feud Over Paper Towel Mark
• Deal Ends Mitel Phone, Net Patent Suit V. ShoreTel
• Reckitt Benckiser Sues Watson Again Over Mucinex
• Syntax-Brillian Sells Olevia For $1M, Settles Suit
• ICE Wins $21M In Aircraft Trade Secret Spat
• Spat Over Dick Tracy Rights Belongs In Calif.: Beatty
• PalTalk's Xbox Suit Against Microsoft Dismissed
• Top 10 Issues For The New USPTO Director
• AstraZeneca Asserts New Patent In Pulmicort Suit
• Medtronic To Pay J&J $270M Over Stent Patent Fees
• Citing Egyptian Goddess, Fed. Circ. Vacates Verdict
• Orbitz, Others Seek To Pause IP Spat V. Parallel
• New Roads To Patent Allowance
• BofA Worker Took Trade Secrets To Wachovia: Suit
• Aerotech Sues Ex-Execs Over Trade Secrets
• Simbionix Wants McKool Smith Off Patent Suit
• New GTLDs: Changing The Internet As We Know It
• Texas Hang-Ups May Boost Patent Suits In Delaware
• Akin Gump Faces $72.6M Patent Malpractice Verdict
• TRO Denied In Baby Formula False Advertising Spat
• Chinese Patent Litigation: Tips For US Companies
• Making The Most Of Rule Of Evidence 502
• VPX Protein Drink Muscled Off Shelves In IP Spat
• Woody Allen Billboard Is Protected: American Apparel
• Novartis Loses Bid To End Wyeth ReFacto Patent Suit
• Are We Hiring A Justice Or Playing Politics?
• Gucci Sues Guess For 'Gucci-Izing' Product Designs
• MoFo Attorney Tapped For High-Ranking WIPO Role
• Finoc Settles Broadband Patent Suit With Cisco, 3Com
• Rival Spliced 'Trade Secret' Voice Mail: Marvell
• Orion, Wockhardt Strike Deal Over Parkinson's Drugs
• Thermo Fisher Sued Over LED Spectroscopy Patent
• Wi-LAN, Infineon Settle Wireless Technology Claims
• Forest Loses Bid To Limit Liability In Citalopram IP Suit
• GSK To Sell Wellbutrin In US To Biovail For $510M
• Samsung, LG Face Internal Antenna Patent Suit
• Telcordia Sues Tellabs After Licensing Talks Fail
• Clear With Computers Deceived USPTO: Boeing
• Brookstone Sues JC Penney Over BBQ Fork Patent
• IBM, SuperSpeed Settle Computer Patent Spat
• NCAA Athletes Sue EA Over Video Game Likenesses
• ITC Begins Patent Probe Into Light-Switch Maker
• Judge Tacks $20M More Onto Award To TruePosition
• India's Movement To Protect Basmati As Its Own
• Wyeth Hits Sun, Caraco With False Advertising Suit
• 'Family Guy' And The Satirist's Fair Use Conundrum
• Monolithic Says O2 Micro 'Buried' Patent Examiner
• Movie Studios Win Sanctions Against RealNetworks
• Visioneer's Scanner Patent Suit V. KeyScan Tossed
• Jury Finds Elan Did Not Infringe Avago Mouse Patent
• Warner Chilcott Sues Mylan Again Over Doryx ANDA
• Arista Says Usenet Should Be Booted For Misconduct
• Sylvania Wants To Depose Hiscock In Patent Spat
• Monsanto Sues DuPont Over Patent For Crops
• Illumina Sues Affymetrix Over Genetic Tech Patent
• Clarion, Affinity Strike Deal In Audio Patent Suit
• Puma Sues K-Swiss Over Stripe Pattern Trademark
• Linksmart Wi-Fi Patent Suits Consolidated In E. Texas
• USPTO Wins Dismissal Of Discrimination Suit
• Sepracor Lied To USPTO In Lunesta Patent App: Suit
• What's Next For Stem Cells?
• Abbott Opens Fire On J&J Unit Over Humira Patent
• AIPLA Weighs In On Software Patentability In Europe
• OPTi Seeks $12M In Further Damages Against Apple
• Ex-Irell Lawyers Open Up Litigation Boutique
• Belkin Settles CSIRO Wi-Fi Patent Claims
• 2-Year Patent Extension For Levaquin Sticks
• Applera Wins Fees In Calif. Appeal Over DNA Patent
• Mosaid's Growing Portfolio Lures New Licensees
• Katz Files $50M Breach Of Contract Against Heller
• Wyeth Wants Howrey Nixed As Boston Sci Counsel
• AP V. Google Would Be Epic Copyright Clash: Experts
• Court Revives Ex-Associate's Claim Against Orrick
• Inventor's Re-Exam Suit A Federal Issue: Calif. Court
• Biovail, GSK Want Wellbutrin Antitrust Suit Tossed