Intellectual Property Archive » January, 2010

Intellectual Property - January, 2010

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• Cos. Pay Big To Settle Patent Fights With Rivals
• Palm, Apple, Samsung Settle Saxon Patent Suits
• Lathrop & Gage Settles Malpractice Suit For $7.4M
• McDermott Lures Back IP Atty From Sonnenschein
• Argosy First to Settle With Eolas In Web Patent Suit
• Monaghan Medical To Stop Sales Of Disputed Inhaler
• MegaPhase Sues Insurers For Coverage Of IP Suit
• Indie Rockers' Suit Over Rolling Stone Ad Not A Hit
• Why Good Patents Go Bad
• Q&A With Baker Donelson's Wayne Edward Ramage
• Antitrust Claims Dropped In 3M Stethoscope IP Suit
• Klausner, Ooma Settle Voice Mail Patent Suit
• Oracle Accuses Las Vegas Firm Of 'Massive' IP Theft
• Alleged 'Patent Troll' Fights IP Victory For Cisco
• USPTO To Update Patent Term System After Ruling
• NFL Denied Judgment In Players' Likeness Suit
• Stay Of Samsung, Spansion Patent Spat Approved
• Fed. Circ. Rejects Lawler Bid to Nix Valve License
• Microsoft Patent Suit Dropped Pending Re-Exam
• Apple May Face IPad Trademark Fight With Fujitsu
• Revised Google Books Deal Draws New Fire
• Orrick IP Litigator Joins Sidley Austin In San Francisco
• Generics Makers Challenge AstraZeneca In Crestor MDL
• Robins Kaplan Nabs 3 Lovells IP Attys For NYC Office
• Uniloc Units Strike Again Over Anti-Piracy Patent
• 1st Circ. Restores Artist's Rights Suit Against Museum
• Patent Nixed From Hologic-Ethicon Breast Biopsy Spat
• Aerotel Appeals Loss In Phone Patent Spat V. T-Mobile
• Patent Term Adjustment After Wyeth V. Kappos
• Par, Fleming Drop Spat Over Nasal Spray Patent
• Intel, Others Slapped With Hand Pad Patent Suit
• Ex-McKool Smith Patent Atty Forms Mediation Practice
• Lawyer Fights Muzzle On 'Levinson Axelrod Sucks' Site
• Obama 'Hope' Artist Faces Probe Into Conduct In IP Suit
• Solomon Can't Switch Claims In Toyota Case: Court
• Flonase Antitrust Suit Withstands GSK Dismissal Bid
• Seyfarth Adds Jenner & Block IP Partner In Chicago
• Sony Slapped Over Dictation Technology Patent
• Home Depot, Others Hit With Web Patent Suit
• GE, Others Slammed With Utility Sales Patent Suit
• Silicon Labs Hits Quintic With Radio Chip Patent Suit
• Vivendi Dropped From Payment Method Patent Suit
• Bavarian, BioMedica Call Vaccine Patent Truce
• Impact Of Recent Chinese Patent Law Amendments
• In-House Counsel Name Favorite IP Attorneys
• In-House Counsel Name Favorite Litigators
• Chinese Court Hands Baidu Win In File-Sharing Fight
• Teva Triumphs Over Merck In Temodar Patent Spat
• Canon, HP Sued Over Video, Digital Signal Patents
• Speedier USPTO Could Mean More Stays For Re-Exam
• ITC Backs Samsung In Deposition Bid Against Murata
• ArcelorMittal Sues Top Rivals Over Steel Patents
• ITC Backs Funai Default Judgment Bid Over TV Patent
• J&J, Swiss Co. End OneTouch Counterfeit Feud
• Microsoft Exits Acacia Unit's Online Map Patent Suit
• ClearValue Owner Loses Sanctions Bid V. Pearl River
• Adviser Urges EU High Court To Block Lego IP Appeal
• Written Description: Not Co-Extensive With Enablement
• Fed. Circ. Finds Boehringer's Mirapex Patent Valid
• PerkinElmer Patent Suit Dropped Days After It Began
• Venali Prevails In Fax Patent Appeal V. J2 Unit
• Coaxial Cable Ruling Should Be Reversed: ITC Office
• Cephalon Slaps Sandoz Over Generic Narcolepsy Drug
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Abbott Losses Over Test Strip Patents
• ITC Lauches Probe In Nokia's Patent Spat With Apple
• ITC Rules Nvidia Infringes 3 Valid Rambus DRAM Patents
• Payless Drops Appeal Of $305M Adidas Trademark Win
• High Court Won't Hear Inequitable Conduct Patent Feud
• The European Model Of Customs Detention
• 2nd Circ. Decision Nixing Webcast Song Fees Stands
• Infineon Says Volterra Infringes 4 Power Patents
• Pepsi, Safeway Face Collapsible Bottle Patent Suit
• Texas Chemist's IP Suit V. Penn State Tossed Again
• Whetstone, Mutoh Settle Printer Patent Row
• DataTreasury, RBS Settle Check-Imaging Patent Spat
• SanDisk Drops 2 Rivals From Flash Memory IP Spat
• Songwriter Sampled In 'My Humps' Wins Copyright Feud
• Fed. Circ. Deals Blow To Takeda In Prevacid Battle
• Motorola Hits RIM With ITC Complaint Over Devices
• Baker Hostetler Boosts IP Practice With Taft Hires
• Film Co. Goes For Quick Win In Copyright Fight
• Nike Told To Pay Up For Patent Suit Misconduct
• FotoMedia Drops EW Scripps From Photo Patent Suit
• ILOR Appeals Attorneys' Fees In IP Spat With Google
• JuxtaComm Sues British Air, Others Over Data Patent
• Judge Dumps Smucker, Kraft Coffee Patent Case
• Microsoft, Acacia Unit Settle Suit Over Tech Patent
• Seyfarth Adds IP Vet From Wolf Greenfield
• Rulings Underscore Need For E-Discovery Expertise
• J&J Stent Patents Found Invalid In Boston Sci Suit
• Law360 Ranks Largest IP Practices
• German Courts Weigh In On Edwards' Patent Fight
• Nomadix Sues SolutionInc Over Router Patents
• Tactics For Cost-Effective Trademarks
• Resellers Barred From Using TracFone's Trademarks
• SanDisk Drops Patent From Flash Memory Suit
• Contractor's Dust-Control Patents Nixed Over Conduct
• Applied Materials Ends Trade Secrets Suit With AMEC
• Quanta Seeks Stay On $57.5M Ruling In Disk Case
• Spansion To Sell Italian Operations, Retain IP Rights
• Apple Takes Fresh Aim At Nokia Over Tech Patents
• Fujitsu To Exit Acceleron Blade Server Patent Dispute
• Microsoft Sues TiVo Over Digital Recording Patents
• Judge Blocks University Of SC's Trademark Plans
• New USPTO Programs For Reducing Patent Pendency
• Toshiba Seeks ITC Probe Of Wistron Laptops
• Fed. Circ. 4Q Rulings May Trigger More Suits
• L-7 Suit Over Botched Old Navy Deal Gets The Boot
• Realtime, Expand Networks Settle Data Patent Suit
• English Muffin Maker Slaps VP With Trade Secrets Suit
• PortaOne Settles Marshall Phone Card Patent Spat
• Mercedes Unit, Affinity Settle Car Audio Patent Dispute
• Cargill Won't Get New Trial Against Ex-Employees
• Boston Scientific Stent Patent Suit Moved To NJ
• Samsung, Rambus Agree To $900M DRAM Settlement
• High Court Won't Take Up Norgren, SMC Patent Dispute
• Morgan Lewis Must Present Docs In Fraud Suit: Court
• Cordis Sues Boston Scientific Over Stent Patents
• Monsanto Can Pursue Contract Claims V. DuPont: Judge
• Wham-O, Insurer Settle Duty To Defend Suit For Now
• Medical Cos. Get OK For Long Brief In Gene Patent Spat
• Patent-Sharing Deal Ends Kodak, LG Camera IP Case
• Funai Seeks Default For Proview In ITC TV Probe
• Google Inequitable Conduct Claims 'Baseless': Judge
• Determining Obviousness — Graham Plus KSR?
• Amazon Dropped From Digital Transmission IP Suit
• Pfizer Slaps Teva With Suit Over Zyvox ANDA
• Tsera, Iriver Settle Touch Pad Spat With Patent License
• BancorpSouth Settles In Online Message Patent Suit
• File-Sharing Site Founder Did Not Defraud: UK Jury
• Protein Sciences Dropped From Vaccine Patent Spat
• Dish, Echostar Ink Deal With Global In Satellite Case
• Judge OKs Howmedica's Appeal Of Invalidity Ruling
• Attys Personally Liable In Dillard's TM Spat: 5th Circ.
• Lab Test Co. Hits Rival, Ex-Workers With Secrets Suit
• Acacia Unit Wraps Up Medical Image Patent Suit
• Genzyme, Daiichi Try To Halt Impax's Generic Welchol
• Obama Wants To Limit Biologic Protection In Health Bill
• 1st Circ. Nixes Appeal Of Lennon-Ono Video Ruling
• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Opens Its Doors In DC
• Lincoln Abusing ITC Resources In Wire Spat: Sidergas
• Judge Refuses To Nix Bristol-Myers' Sustiva Case
• Facts And Myths Of Patent Re-Examinations
• FedEx Emerges With Summary Judgment Patent Win
• Don't Nix Gene Patents, BPLA Tells Court
• Atty Ordered To Stop Web Posts On Levinson Axelrod
• DOJ Steps Up Monsanto Seed Probe
• Apotex Wants Abbott's Meridia Patent Suit Out Of Del.
• Kirkland & Ellis Patent Pro Joins Quinn Emanuel
• Risk Manager's Contract, Secrets Suit Against HP Pared
• FotoMedia Drops Slide From Pic-Sharing Patent Suit
• Kodak Sets Sights On Apple, RIM Over Imaging Patents
• Tech Giants Weigh In On 337 Requirement
• MGA, Retailers Barred From Marketing Laser Game
• Elan Seeks Apple Source Codes In Touch Screen Fight
• Home Depot Cleared In Product Tracker IP Suit
• Confidential Discovery OK'd For Spansion, Tessera
• Germany: Forum Of Choice For Patent Litigation?
• Apple Settles Wireless Patent Claims Over IPhone
• Fifth Third Exits TQP Encryption Patent Suit
• K&L Gates Adds Mintz Levin IP Partners In Silicon Valley
• KBC To Battle US Philips Over $2.6M Account
• Luna Wins Ch. 11 OK After Settlement With Hansen
• Mannatech Resolves Supplement Patent Case
• Law360 IP Editorial Advisory Board
• FTC Tells Congress To Scrap Pay-For-Delay
• BASF and DuPont Reach Deal Over GM Corn Patents
• USTR Calls For Comments On Overseas IP Protection
• Spansion Wants Tessera Expense Claims Capped
• Cook Stent Patent Suit Stayed For Re-Exam
• Bose Seeks Protective Order In Speaker Case
• IP Cases Of The Decade
• Gale Settles Fee Dispute With Patent Counsel, Firm
• Carbonite Settles In Computer Backup Patent Suit
• Designer Blocked From Using Own Name On Clothes
• Amazon, Motorola, Verizon Exit Music ID Patent Suit
• Cheetah Fights Mitsubishi Victory In TV Patent Suit
• Pharma Industry Under Antitrust Scrutiny
• Vinson & Elkins Opens Outpost In Silicon Valley
• EC To Monitor Pharma Patent Settlements
• Novo Nordisk, Sanofi Cap Feud Over Insulin Pen
• Samsung, Icomm Settle 3G Decoding Patent Fight
• Facing Jail, WideBand Execs Appeal ClearOne Ban
• Atlantic China Welding Let Out Of Lincoln ITC Case
• LendingTree, SST Settle Web Patent Suit For $9.5M
• Google Squashes Inventor's AdWords Patent Suit
• Patents Key To Fighting Climate Change
• $6.6M Ariba Award Upheld In Software Patent Spat
• High Court Rebuffs Boston Scientific Section 271(f) Suit
• Synthes, Howmedica End Bone Device Patent Suits
• Consumer Groups, AAI Push Pay-For-Delay Ban
• Kodak, Samsung Bury Hatchet Over Camera Patents
• Supreme Court Won't Take On Omnicef Patent Case
• 8th Circ. Affirms Call For Arbitration In PRM Patent Suit
• License Deal Ends IP Spat Between Caliper, BD
• FuzzySharp Appeals 3-D Patent Invalidity Ruling
• RealNetworks' Antitrust Claims Axed In DVD Copy Spat
• Sharp Returns Fire In Samsung LCD Patent Battle
• ITC Hands Mitsubishi Win In GE Wind Turbine Case
• Apotex Seeks Stay In Plavix Suit Pending USPTO Ruling
• I-Flow Wins Injunction, Damages In Pump Patent Suit
• Fox News Attacks Suit Over Madoff Footage
• Toshiba, Discovision Settle Patent Licensing Spat
• Federal Signal Added To Messaging Patent Suit
• Office Supplier Dismissed From PACid Data Patent Suit
• 'Unauthorized Access' Under CFAA
• Microsoft Presses Fed. Circ. To Rehear I4i Case
• Fed. Circ. Deals Finisar New Blow In DirecTV Case
• YouTube Cites Veoh In Viacom Copyright Suit
• Inverness Sues Rival Over Pregnancy Test Patent
• Marvel Whacks Artist's Heirs Over Superhero Rights
• Fish Rewards Lawyers, Staff With 2nd Round Of Bonuses
• TCW Trade Secrets Suit Cites Exec's Drug, Porn Use
• Court Rejects Moves To Toss Fractus Antenna Suit
• Arnold & Porter Snatches Milbank Patent Team
• VTech, Motorola Settle Cordless Phone Patent Case
• ITC Nixes GPS Probe After Honeywell-Pioneer Deal
• Choate Lands IP Litigator From Fish & Richardson
• Genuitec, Software Tree Settle Java Server Patent Spat
• Synthon Claims Sepracor Misled USPTO On Xyzal
• Biomet Settles Trade Secrets Suit With Ex-Distributor
• Toshiba Exits PACid's Encryption Patent Suit
• Sarkozy Floats Google Tax, Antitrust Probe
• ConnectU, Facebook Fight Over Counsel Drags On
• Deputizing Patent Marking Bounty Hunters
• Wyeth Scores In Patent Term Adjustment Spat With PTO
• Fortinet Sues Trend Micro Again Over Antivirus Patents
• Latham Partner Departs For Litigation Boutique
• AstraZeneca, Teva Settle Heartburn Drug Patent Suits
• Travelers Escapes Part Of Defense Costs In IP Suit
• Rivals Put Kibosh On GPS Patent Dispute
• Abbott Coughs Up $23M To Settle Patent Fraud Claims
• Slew Of Carriers Dismissed From DTL Patent Suit
• Stroock Adds IP Partner From Darby & Darby
• Stryker To Exit Acacia Unit Medical Imaging Patent Suit
• Quanta Owes $57M In Disk Patent Case: Judge
• Interpreting Oral Arguments In Ariad V. Eli Lilly
• Patent Suit Over Google Products Survives Bid To Toss
• DataTern, United Strike Deal In Database Patent Spat
• Edgenet Hones Claims In Business Standards IP Suit
• Raymond James Settles In TQP Encryption Patent Suit
• Cephalon Deals Went Beyond Provigil: Direct Buyers
• Viacom Renews Bid To Toss 'Rock Band' Patent Claims
• 7th Circ. Hands U. Of Wis. Victory In Licensing Fight
• Google Declaratory Suit Over Mobile Maps Tossed
• Samsung Counterclaims Trimmed In LCD Patent Spat
• Tessera Fails To Nail Down DRAM Cos. In ITC Suit
• ITC Sides With Paice In Toyota Hybrid Patent Case
• Cephalon Sues Watson Over Generic Nuvigil
• DTL Settles Patent Case With 4 Cell Phone Carriers
• FotoMedia Pares Photo Patent Infringement Suit
• Novartis, Roxane Drop Most Famvir Patent Claims
• Trade Secrets Suit V. Allparts Medical Tossed
• Allergan Can Demand Jury In Sandoz IP Fight: Judge
• US Bancorp, Others Settle In Online Payment IP Suit
• A Closer Look At Supreme Court Arguments In Bilski
• ITC To Begin 337 Probe Of Knowles Micromachines
• Fed. Circ. Revives Philips Defibrillator Patent Suit
• Sterne Kessler Nabs 4 IP Litigators From Blank Rome
• CWC Drops EBay, Boeing, Others From Patent Suits
• CBS Exits API Technologies Data Network Patent Suit
• ITC Takes On Complaint Over BlackBerry Data System
• Tune Hunter, Shazam Settle Music ID Patent Battle
• Aperio, Hamamatsu Look To Settle Scanner Patent Feud
• Medicines Co. Hits Teva With New Angiomax Suits
• Tsera, Cowon Settle Touch Pad Patent Dispute
• Cox Resolves Web Radio Patent Dispute
• ITC Staff Backs Deal To Trim Voltage Patent Fight
• Nationwide, Prudential Settle In DataTern Patent Suit
• A Tale Of Two Microsoft Cases
• Gene Patents Don't Violate Constitution: USPTO
• Depressed By Copyright Plunge, IP Litigation Dips
• Fairchild, Infineon Resolve Semiconductor Patent Row
• Paradigm Seeks $4M In Fees After Trade Secrets Win
• Centocor Seeks Continuing Damages Over Humira
• Nokia Takes Another Swipe At Apple Over Tech Patents
• MetLife Faces Suit Over TQP Encryption Patent
• Generics Makers Infringe Lilly's Strattera Patent: Judge
• ITC Takes On Samsung's LCD Patent Case Against Sharp
• Paratek Sues USPTO Over Drug Patent Term
• ITC Examines Richtek Circuit Patent Claims V. UPI
• Trade Secret Litigation At The ITC: A Perfect Match?
• IP Legislation To Watch In 2010
• IP Cases To Watch In 2010
• IP Firms Of The Year
• IP Lawyers' Wish List For 2010