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Intellectual Property - December, 2014

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• Inventor Asks High Court To Nix Fed. Circ.'s Alice Rulings
• Actavis Jumped Gun On Allergan Eye Drug ANDA, Judge Says
• New Balance Says Its Sneakers Aren't Chuck Taylor Knockoffs
• Usher, HBO, Labels Settle 'Different Strokes' IP Claims
• Ex-State Dept. Guantanamo Envoy Returns To Skadden
• Judge Delays Ruling On 'Improper' Netflix Alice Motion
• Fed. Circ. Ruling Moots Derivative Suit, Zimmer Tells Chancery
• Google's Street View To Face Trial In Patent Dispute
• Rockstar Sells Off 4,000 Patents To RPX For $900M
• PTAB Nixes SanDisk Review Bid For Memory System Patent
• Google Gets Miss. AG's Subpoena In Movie Fight Paused
• Amazon, Sellers Hit With Patent Suit Over Cellphone Mounts
• Judge Pauses NY AG's Actavis Injunction Amid Appeal
• Fed. Circ. Says Alice Nixes ATM Patents In Wells Fargo Case
• France Telecom Pushes For New Trial In Coding Patent Row
• 10th Circ. Latest To Nix Group's Marvel Character Claims
• PTAB Nixes 'Recycled' Bid For AIA Review Of Suboxone Patent
• Morgan Lewis Brings On 5 Bingham Attys In Tokyo Expansion
• Ex-Sands Partner Rips Sanctions Bid In $5B Macau Permit Row
• Top IP Firms Hired To Fight Converse TM Blitz
• ITC Says Indian IP, Investment Policies Stifling US Biz
• 5 Tips For Surviving A Trademark Opposition Challenge
• Don't Wait To Amend Infringement, Invalidity Contentions
• Bayer Owes Dow $5.5M Atty Fee In IP Fight, Magistrate Says
• Samsung Tells Fed. Circ. Apple Shouldn't Get IP Injunction
• Fed. Circ. Orders Do-Over On Royalties In Pool Patent Case
• USPTO Deputy TM Commissioner To Replace Outgoing Head
• Microsoft Starts TM War Against Phony Tech Support Cos.
• FDA Digs In Heels On Orphan Drug Exclusivity
• Apple Lens Maker Abused Atty-Client Privilege 'Egregiously'
• FTC Report Finds Decline In Potential Pay-For-Delay Deals
• Apple Says Patent Rejection Shouldn't Affect Samsung Appeal
• PTAB Rules Alice Kills Four Fiserv Banking Patents
• EFF Backs Fed. Circ. Review Of IP Case Against Microsoft
• Guess Licensee Guns For Zurich Sanctions In Handbag Row
• Nexium Buyers Call Appeal Dismissal Bid 'Gamesmanship'
• Jones Day DQ'd In Battery IP Case As Fed. Circ. Backs Apple
• Justices Asked To Decide If Patent Co-Owners Can Bar Suits
• PTAB Nixes Warsaw Spine Implant Patent In AIA Review
• Changes Are Coming To Pleading Rules In Patent Cases
• Spain's New Copyright Law Hurts Consumers
• FTC Section 5 In 2014: An Unexpected Attack, A New Frontier
• The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• K&L Gates IP Partner Decamps After Client DQ Fight
• Ch. 11 Case For Skin Treatment Co. Thrown Out
• Pandora Tries To Ax Rockers' IP Suit Under Free Speech Law
• Brand Battles: Detroit Pistons, Apple, JetBlue
• Mylan Can Ask Fed. Circ. To Weigh Hatch-Waxman Jurisdiction
• Bankrupt Aereo Gets Green Light To Stage Asset Auction
• Ex-Kedem Biz Partner Ducks Sanctions In Egg Cooker IP Row
• Samsung Tells High Court Memory Cartel Suit Should Survive
• Becton Didn't Hold Monopoly Power, Judge Rules
• Microsoft Shells Out $23M To Settle VirnetX Patent Case
• Fed. Circ. Revives DataTern Database Patent Suit
• Reckitt Asks Judge To Again Consider Axing Suboxone Suit
• Amazon Fire Phone Infringes Messaging Patent, Tech Co. Says
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Eye Indefiniteness In Google IP Case
• Fed. Circ. Slashes Stryker's $210M Patent Damages Award
• Colo. Resort Sues J. Crew Over 'Broadmoor' Mark
• Tech Cos. Slam Ford's Claim They Misled PTO In Patent Row
• Google Sues Miss. AG For MPAA-Linked 'Campaign Of Threats'
• AllPure Says Fed. Circ. Needn't Revisit Device Patent Ruling
• US, China Forge Ahead On GMOs, Other Commercial Issues
• Pay-For-Delay In 2014: Courts Fill In The Actavis Gaps
• The 'Transformation' Of The Copyright Fair Use Test
• A Murky Trade Secret Landscape: What Employers Can Do
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Ernest Greer
• 5th Circ. Affirms $2.1M Verdict In Rap Song Rights Fight
• Alice Saves Amazon, Barnes & Noble From Not-So-Novel Idea
• Fed. Circ. Got Original-Patent Rule Wrong, Antares Says
• Alice Dooms Computer Education Patent, Judge Says
• RICO Claims Against 'Patent Interceptor' Tossed By Judge
• EU's Top Court Opens Door to Some Stem Cell Patents
• Alice Sinks 2 Patents In Netflix Row, But 3rd Patent Lives
• CMI Infringed Asetek Cooling Patent, Calif. Jury Finds
• Mayo Settles Trade Secrets Suit With Former Exec
• 'Crown Club' Whisky Infringes 'Crown Royal,' Jury Says
• Mylan Loses 4th Challenge Of Gilead Viread Patent
• Reasonable Royalties: All About That Base ... Or That Rate
• USPTO Is Rejecting Potentially Life-Saving Inventions
• Many Biotech Patents At Risk After Fed. Circ. Myriad Ruling
• Fed. Circ. Strikes Down More Myriad Cancer Test Patents
• Watson Beats Auxilium's Testim Patent Suit In Court Trial
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Have To Cover Target In Copyright Suit
• Ex-Prenda Atty Now Suing Over Disability Discrimination
• Samsung Points To Axed Apple Patent In $930M Award Appeal
• ITC To Review Finnegan, Client $1.9M Spoliation Sanction
• Kind, Clif End Snack Bar Trade Dress Fight
• PTAB Won't Review Orthophoenix Bone Tool Patents
• Chanel Shuts Down 'Chanel's Salon' In Trademark Spat
• What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
• FDA To Review Apotex Biosimilar Of Amgen Blockbuster Drug
• Jeweler Yurman Pockets $2M In Suit Over Knockoff Sales
• Another Big Year For ITC: Top 12 Section 337 Highlights
• Shifting Injunction Standards In Copyright, Trademark Cases
• Artists Urge 9th Circ. To Rescue Calif. Resale Royalty Law
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Review Nixing Of Apotex Patent
• Goodwin Procter Snags Ex-Morgan Lewis IP Pro
• Armed With Alice Ammo, Netflix Calls Rovi Patents Invalid
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Review Toss Of $368M Apple IP Award
• Energy Drink Co. Dumps Monster Trademark Dispute
• Networks Slam Aereo's Plans To Shop Infringing IP
• Online Banking Security Patent Deemed Abstract Under Alice
• Spansion Pares Patent Claims In Microsoft, Amazon ITC Fight
• Verizon, Google Latest To Strike Cross-Licensing Patent Pact
• Fed Circ. Overturns USPTO On Health Program Trademark
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Eligio Pimentel
• 4th Circ. Revives Challenge To Generic Celebrex Exclusivity
• FTC Says Reckitt Still Holding Back Suboxone Docs
• Citing Tiffany, Google Wants App Store TM Claims Nixed
• Top 10 Trade Secrets Developments Of 2014: Part 1
• A Look At 2014 Fed. Circ. Cases Impacting AIA Proceedings
• Syntellect Again Fights $4.7M IP Indemnity Loss At 9th Circ.
• Google Tells En Banc 9th Circ. Video Ruling May Fracture IP
• Actavis Can't Delay Injunction In 'Product Hopping' Case
• GTAT Placates Creditor Worries Over $439M Apple Deal
• Chancery Halts Zimmer Investor Claims During Patent Appeal
• New USPTO Guidance Has Fewer Limits On Patent Eligibility
• FTC Urges Court Not To Nix AbbVie Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Judge Fines Viora for Motion 'Escapade' In Syneron IP Feud
• Purdue's 'New' Oxycodone Pills Are Copycats, Acura Says
• Fed. Circ. Gives Promega 2nd Shot In $52M LifeTech IP Fight
• Kedem Says Ex-Partner Should Be Sanctioned In Patent Spat
• Fed. Circ. Won't Review Nixing of $30M Google, AOL Verdict
• Dell Says Sanctions Motion Against Patent Firm Was Timely
• Changing Table Inventor Hits Babies R Us With Patent Suit
• David Boies Helps Sony Warn Media Over Data Hack Info
• Audi Must Fork Over Auto Computer System Patent Docs
• Inside New Fed. Circ. Practice Notes For Expedited Appeals
• FTC Centennial: How Health Care Antitrust Has Evolved
• Deposition In Inter Partes Review Is A Different Animal
• 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring Appellate Counsel
• Apple Defends $439M GTAT Pact, Fires Back At Creditors
• Wi-LAN Loses Bid To Revisit Apple Non-Infringement Win
• Elsevier Loses Bid To Pump Up $1.5M Award In Copyright Trial
• Brand Battles: Williams-Sonoma, Remy Martin, Google
• Snow Cone Maker Urges High Court to Review IP Row
• Sidley Picks Up 3 Class Action Partners From Loeb & Loeb
• Fujitsu, Tellabs Settle Long-Running Essential Patent Case
• Beef With Judge's Fish & Richardson Ties Hits Supreme Court
• JPML Sends Opana Pay-For-Delay Suits To Illinois
• Honda Falls Prey To Slew Of GPS Tech Patent Suits
• High Court To Reconsider Ban On Expired-Patent Royalties
• Judge Rejects Age-Old Ruling In Sirius Pre-72 Case
• PTAB Won't Review Reuters' Lawyer-Ranking Patent
• Full 9th Circ. Set To Weigh 'Innocence Of Muslims' Ruling
• Oracle Tells High Court Google Should Be Arguing Fair Use
• Virtual Patent Marking — An Underutilized Tool
• Some Hope For Software Patents Post-Alice
• Leaked Docs Show Sony GC Wanted To Stop Keeping All Email
• Judge In Actavis Antitrust Suit Keeps Namenda On Market
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Quash EMI's Rights To Santa Song
• Kirkland Snags Winston & Strawn's Litigation Chair
• Victoria's Secret Accuses CafePress Of Selling Rip-Offs
• Pa. Urges 3rd Circ. To Uphold Fracking Trade Secret Rule
• AstraZeneca Drops 1st Circ. Row Over Nexium Class Cert.
• Intellectual Ventures Says New Ruling Saves IP From Alice
• Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari Facing GPS Tech Patent Suit
• Congress Should Act Now To Stop Trolls, FTC's Brill Says
• Judge Won't Double $7M Antonelli Terry Malpractice Award
• King & Spalding Snag IP Duo From Crowell & Moring
• CORRECTED: PTAB Rejects Mylan's Challenge To Gilead's Viread Patent
• What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
• Turtles Say Sirius' 1940s Ruling Long Since Overturned
• Patent Suit Implicating Pitt In Stealing Vaccine Tossed
• Fed. Circ. Won't Disturb Block On Sandoz Combigan Generic
• USPTO Extends Glossary Program For Speedier Patent Apps
• How Fed. Circ. Should Address Plague Of Over-Redactions
• Inter Partes Review And A Soon-To-Expire Patent
• Niro Haller Says Dell, HP Sought Sanctions Too Late
• TransPerfect Blasts Rival's Royalty Figures In $1M IP Row
• Google Stuck With $85M Verdict In SimpleAir Patent Row
• Reckitt Accuses FTC Of Skirting Court's Instructions
• Actavis, NY AG Differ On Suboxone Ruling On Antitrust Suit
• Ex-Goldman Coder's Effort To Reargue Home Search Denied
• IP Boutique Snags Loeb & Loeb Partner, Expands To Chicago
• USPTO To Review Auto-Leasing Customer Alert Patent
• Sens. Quiz USPTO Nominee Lee On Backlog, Telework Abuses
• 2014 Year In Review Of US Biosimilar Activity
• PTAB Backs 3 Oracea Patents In 1st-Ever Pharma AIA Ruling
• CORRECTED: Genentech Sinks Bid For AIA Review Of Cancer Drug Patent
• Nike Sues 3 Star Designers Over Jump To Adidas
• Fed. Circ. Hands USPTO Win In Cancer Patent Disclaimer Row
• Amazon Grounded In Bid To Nix DVD Parental-Control Patent
• Inequitable Conduct Still Exists After Therasense
• DDR Holdings — A Beacon Of Hope For Software Patents?
• Justices Threaten To Sanction Foley Partner Over Petition
• Lupin Fights EU's 'Wholly Novel' Pay-For-Delay Fine
• Millennium Beats IPXpharma's Cancer Drug Patent Suit
• Ex-Pratt & Whitney Engineer Accused Of Defense Data Theft
• Stan Lee Media Blasts Disney Fee Bid In Spider-Man Row
• USPTO Experts Unveil Research To Curb Patent Litigation
• Jay-Z Shakes Copyright Suit Over 'Run This Town'
• EFF Head Kicks Off Nonaggressive Patent Licensing System
• Boston U. Says Finnegan Posted Confidential Info On PACER
• Patent Holder Says Sony Sanctions Win Would Set Precedent
• Barclays Fighting To Hold On To 'Lehman Brothers' Trademark
• Toyota Scores IPR Win Over Obvious Auto Sensor Patent
• Inventor Demands Fees For 'Frivolous' Fed. Circ. IP Appeal
• Vineyard Loses Bid To Nix Cider Maker's TM App At Fed. Circ.
• New Apple Goods Excluded From Unwired Planet's Patent Suit
• Becton Seeks Stay Of Injunction In $340M Antitrust Suit
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Marla Butler
• A Recurring Question In Calif. Federal Trade Secret Cases
• D-Link Sued Over Mobile Surveillance App Patent
• Architect Says Google Stole $120B Building Engineering Idea
• Hospira Gets 4 Of 5 Cubicin Patents Nixed
• Phoenix Rival Fights Bid To Cut Software Claim By $9.5M
• Nexium Verdict No Final Word On Pay-For-Delay
• Aetna Sanctioned For Keeping Docs Locked In Patent Battle
• Fed. Circ. Says Nintendo 3DS Infringement Warrants 2nd Look
• Philly Firm Says It Was Defamed In Malpractice Complaint
• PTAB Deems Claims In Interface's Flooring Patent Invalid
• Lions Gate Unit Buries $6.5M Claim In 'Twilight' Parody Fight
• High Court Won't Review Glenmark's $16M Tarka Patent Loss
• Shumway Van Challenges DQ Bid In Ex-PilePro Exec IP Suit
• Chrysler Maneuvers Out Of Pickup Storage Patent Suit
• Toyota Can't Stall IPR In Vehicle Monitoring Patent Row
• Zoll Seeks High Court Review Of IPR Rejection Appeal Rules
• High Court Nixes Appeal Of Fed. Circ. Patent Re-Exam Ruling
• Panasonic, Toshiba Seek High Court Toss Of SD Card Action
• High Court Won't Hear Braintree's Claim Construction Appeal
• Ultramercial V. Hulu: The Guillotine For Patent Trolls
• We Don't Know How Octane Fitness Applies To TM Cases
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Brinks' Gustavo Siller Jr.
• Fed Circ. Finds Website Patent Invalid, Jury Award Revisited
• Gilead Seeks High Court Review Of Double-Patenting Row
• GPH says ITC Infringement Ruling 'Should Not Be Disturbed'
• EA Hit With $5M Verdict In Security Software IP Battle
• Wellogix Says Judge Wrongly Decided SAP Trade Secret Suit
• Fed. Circ. Says Sandoz Attack On Amgen Patents Is Premature
• Brand Battles: MLS, General Mills, Gene Simmons
• NetAirus Asks Fed. Circ. For New Trial In IPhone 4 Spat
• Sentry Aims To Nix Bid To Cover Edible Arrangements IP Row
• Levin Wants Bigger Congressional Role In TPP Deliberations
• Supplier Can't Escape Hyundai's Counterfeit Parts Suit
• GTAT Creditors Worry Apple Getting Off Easy In $439M Deal
• Issa To Target Patent Trolls As House IP Subcommittee Head
• Converse Rivals Want To Know Why TM Suits Came So Late
• Justices To Weigh 'Good Faith' Defense In Infringement Case
• Insurer Blasts Gawker Coverage Bid In Hogan Sex Tape Feud
• Cisco Systems Accuses Rival Arista Of Infringement
• Quest, Mayo Settle Trade Secrets Suit With Exec Resignation
• Philips Escapes Inter Partes Review Of Lighting Unit Patent
• Retailer Mocks Don Henley For Suing Over 'Obvious' Joke
• Jury Hands AstraZeneca Win In Nexium Pay-For-Delay Case
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
• FedEx Nabs Inter Partes Review Of Shipment-Tracking Patent
• Ruling In Your Case May Depend On Whether 112(6) Applies
• Bogus Promises In $439M Apple Deal, Says GTAT Creditor
• Microsoft, Adobe Win In Encryption Key Patent Row Affirmed
• Fed. Circ. Axes Ericsson's $10M Award In WiFi Patent Row
• Sandoz Urges Fed Circ. To Revive Combigan Generic Bid
• Subject Of Chancery Arrest Warrant Claims Discrimination
• FDA Tries To Tame Antitrust Wars Over Dangerous-Drug Sales
• Littler Gets Software IP Row Nixed, Drops Inter Partes Bid
• Reckitt Can't Escape Antitrust Case Over 'Product-Hopping'
• Shook Hardy Adds 2 Ex-Microsoft Patent Pros
• PTAB Axes Claims In Uniloc's Data Security Patent
• Okla. St., New Mexico St. End Fight Over 'Pistol Pete' Mascot
• Orrick Adds Corning In-House IP Ace To Shanghai Team
• Marvell Nabs AIA Review On 2 Intellectual Ventures Patents
• Samsung Urges Fed. Circ. To Toss $930M Apple Patent Ruling
• Fed. Circ. Reverses $176M Award In J&J Patent Row
• Apple Deserves Fees After Chipmaker's 'Huge Mistake': Judge
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: BakerHostetler's Fernando Bohorquez
• Alston & Bird Sued For Allegedly Bungling $10M IP Suit
• Monster Energy Can't Dodge $1.7M Beastie Boys Verdict
• Sirius Pre-'72 Judge Says She'll Weigh Unearthed NY Ruling
• Cola Business Says NJ Firm Mishandled Coke TM Battle
• Post-Nautilus, Post-Interval: Indefiniteness In November
• USPTO Ethics Rules May Change The Way You Email Clients
• Nexium Buyers End Trial Saying AstraZeneca Paid Off Rivals
• Versata Tells Fed Circ. PTAB Overstepped On CBM Review
• Justices Wary Of Handing Trademark Tacking To Judges
• Honeywell Sues Turbo Engine Co. Over Misuse Of Logos
• Dental Implant Co. Ordered To Pay $122K For Destroying Docs
• Photogs Suing NFL, AP And Getty 'Blacklisted,' Lawyer Says
• BlackBerry Loses Atty Fee Bid After Nixed $147M IP Verdict
• BMW, Mercedes Accused Of Infringing Door Locking Patent
• Apple Exec To Give Deposition In GTAT Bankruptcy
• Google Tells 2nd Circ. Fair Use Shields Book-Scanning Project
• NuVasive Ducks Atty Fees After Neurovision's $30M Jury Win
• Fed. Circ. Revives Par Pharma's Appetite Drug Patent
• $10B Discrimination Suit Targets AT&T, DirecTV Merger
• Vegas Sands Wants Sanctions For 3rd Go At $5B Secrets Suit
• IP MVP: Harness Dickey's Rudolph Telscher
• High Court Urged To Review USPTO Indefiniteness Test
• Apple Can't Have 'App Store' TM In Australia, Judge Says
• Fed. Circ. Slams Sidley For Blown Deadline In $40M AT&T Case
• Samsung, LG, Others Can't Tune Out CrestaTech's ITC Suit
• And Now A Word From The Panel: End Of An Era
• NRC Burying Docs Linked To Trade Secret Raid, Sens. Say
• Quarles & Brady Lands IP Partner From Kelley Drye
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Kilpatrick's Ty Lord
• Inside Pending Federal Trade Secrets Legislation
• Secret PTO Program Subjects Apps To Heightened Scrutiny
• High Court May Make TTAB Proceedings More Important
• Judge Bounces Hasbro Contract Claims In Nerf Royalties Fight
• Google Prevails In Anti-Malware Patent Row
• Square Attacks Bid To Merge Data Encryption Patent Rows
• Justices Weigh TTAB Preclusion In Rare Trademark Case
• IP MVP: Knobbe Martens' Joseph Re
• EarthGrains Seeks Sanction Against Rival In $6M Judgment
• GT Creditors, Noteholders Seek Grilling Of Apple Exec
• No Proof Of Big Payment, AstraZeneca Says At Nexium Trial
• Sigmapharm Asks Fed. Circ. For Legal Fees In Gilead IP Row
• Jones Day Lures IP Partner From MoFo In Tokyo
• Medicaid Subcontractor Rates Not IP, Pa. Justices Told
• Daimler, Mercedes Sued Over Fuel-Injection Patent
• Kedem Sanctions Bid Slammed As 'Unnecessary' In IP Suit
• Ericsson Can't Get AIA Review Of Wireless Patent
• Mylan Challenges $4.4M IRS Deficiency Over Forest Lab Deal
• American Eagle, Street Artist Settle Copyright Suit
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: McDermott's Brent Hawkins
• An Opportunity For Clarity In Design Patent Infringement
• Premature IP Action Over Kennedy Trust's Remicade Tossed
• PTAB Refuses To Review P&G's Crest Whitestrips Patents
• End To Apple-Samsung Smartphone War In Sight
• Cox Should Face Music For Users Pirating Songs, Suit Says
• High Court Rejects Takeda Petition Over Prevacid Generic
• IP MVP: Paul Weiss' Catherine Nyarady
• Apotex Asks Fed. Circ. To Toss $76M AstraZeneca IP Win
• Justices Won't Eye Cisco Bid For New Patent Validity Trial
• More Bingham Attys Flock To Blank Rome's Litigation Group
• No Deal Was Reached In Mylan IP Row, Endo Tells Fed. Circ.
• NY DA Offers 'Generous' Deal In Flow Traders IP Theft Case
• Golden Bridge Fights For New Trial In Apple Patent Suit
• High Court Rebuffs Trademark Row Over Google's Android
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• Greenberg Lambastes Pricey Sanctions Bid In $53M Rail Row
• High Court Won't Hear Stryker's Hospital Bed Patent Case
• Sony, DLA Piper Say Patent Holder's Sanctions Bid Is Personal
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Cooley's DeAnna Allen
• No Utility Patent? Try An Integrated IP Strategy: Part 1