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Testimony of Comma Expert Considered in Connection with Claim Construction
Posted on April 03, 2009From Docket Navigator's Docket Report: The court denied Defendant's motion to strike the declaration of plaintiff's expert, an English Professor, on "the proper function of a comma." "[The expert] is qualified to testify as to the function of a comma...
European Patent Office Revokes University of Neuchatel Patent
Posted on April 02, 2009The following is excerpted from an Applied Materials March 31, 2009 press release: In an oral decision issued today, the European Patent Office (EPO) revoked European Patent No. EP 0 871 979 issued to the University of Neuchatel (the Neuchatel...
U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects ThirdWave/Hologic's Anti-Trust Claims Against QIAGEN
Posted on April 01, 2009The following is excerpted from an April 1, 2009 QIAGEN press release that appeared at GlobeNewswire: QIAGEN Gaithersburg Inc. (formerly Digene Corporation), a wholly-owned subsidiary of QIAGEN N.V. (Nasdaq:QGEN) (Frankfurt:QIA) today announced the U...
Best Practices: Developing a Legal Presence in the Virtual World
Posted on March 31, 2009I have been following the virtual world of Linden Lab's Second Life from the real world. I think it has some fascinating implications for our lives beyond the fun gamers derive from participating. Some have noted it as a valuable...
iPhone Targeted in Patent Infringement Suits
Posted on March 30, 2009The following is excerpted from a March 27, 2009 article by Jason Ankeny at Fierce Mobile Content: Apple's iPhone is the target of three new lawsuits that claim the computing giant infringed on patented technologies to develop the smartphone's camera,...
Significant Changes Coming to Senate Patent Reform Bill
Posted on March 27, 2009This is excerpted from Gene Quinn's March 26, 2009 post at IPWatchdog: The Senate Judiciary Committee did hold a meeting this morning discussing several appointments pending before the Committee and pending patent reform legislation. The meeting was quite brief, lasting...
Gibbs Delivers Automaker Patent Intelligence Report To Obama's Auto Task Force
Posted on March 26, 2009From a March 26, 2009 press release available at PRWeb: Today, President Obama's Task Force on Autos received the Automaker Patent Assets Intelligence Report (2009 APA-Intel Report) comparing the patent portfolio assets of General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota and Volkswagen...
HP Resolves Ink Cartridge Patent Infringement with Ninestar
Posted on March 25, 2009The following is excerpted from a March 24, 2009 HP press release: HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced that it has resolved patent violation issues with China-based Ninestar Image Co., Ltd. relating to HP 02 and HP 14 inkjet cartridges. As part...
Guest Blog: Tafas v. Doll ? Round II: One Down, Three to Go
Posted on March 24, 2009By Charles R. Macedo and Marion P. Metelski* (March 23, 2009). Previously, we reported on the issuance of the controversial Final Patent Rules regarding Claims and Continuation Practice (?the Final Rules,? see Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent...
Breaking Federal Circuit Decision Authorizes New Hurdles for Patent Applicants
Posted on March 23, 2009Jay Sandvos of Bromberg & Sunstein LLP provides the following March 20, 2009 Intellectual Property Update: A panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today issued a major decision, Tafas v. Doll, which addresses whether...
Jon Leibowitz Named Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
Posted on March 20, 2009From a March 3, 2009 FTC press release: President Barack Obama designated Jon Leibowitz as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission by a White House Order dated March 2, 2009. Leibowitz became a Commissioner of the FTC on September 3,...
How Crowdsourcing Could Revolutionize Patent-Busting
Posted on March 19, 2009Simon Owens alerted me to a piece he wrote for PBS on Article One Partners on March 17, 2009. The following is an excerpt: Ricky James Robertson knew very little about touch-screen personal navigation devices when he first began reviewing...
M·CAM Comments on Recent Microsoft/TomTom Patent Litigation
Posted on March 18, 2009M·CAM provides an analysis of the patents held by both parties and potential prior art held by other assignees. The following is excerpted from M·CAM's March 11, 2009 press release: On February 25, 2009, Microsoft filed suit against TomTom, alleging....
Calculating Patent Damages
Posted on March 17, 2009Law Seminars International presents the above-titled workshop on legal and economic developments in the area on April 20, 2009 in San Francisco, CA. The following sessions are scheduled: Trends In Patent Litigation: Update on Cases Affecting Enforceability, the Value of...
Tool Against ?Trolls?
Posted on March 16, 2009The following is excerpted from an article by Richard Acello from the March 2009 print issue of the ABA Journal: Bothered by ?patent trolls,? those pesky creatures who wait for inventions to hit the market and then cry, ?I?ve got...
austriamicrosystems Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Melexis
Posted on March 13, 2009The following is excerpted from a March 12, 2009 austriamicrosystems press release available at Business Wire: austriamicrosystems (SWX:AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs for communications, industrial, medical and automotive applications, today announced that it...
Software Patents After Bilski
Posted on March 12, 2009Managing IP, in association with Lexis Nexis, will host a free web seminar on April 2 at 11 am EST, examining the questions posed by the October 2008 US Federal Circuit decision in In re Bilski. The webcast participants will...
Bill To Ban ?Reverse Payment? Settlements Introduced
Posted on March 11, 2009David Fischer posted the following at his Antitrust Review blog: Yesterday [February 3, 2009], Senators Kohl and Grassley introduced a bill ?to prohibit brand-name drug manufacturers from using pay-off agreements to keep cheaper generic equivalents off the market...
Supreme Court Denies RJ Reynolds Petition for Review in Star Scientific Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Posted on March 10, 2009A reader notified me over the weekend, that briefs were filed and distributed on March 6, 2009 in RJ Reynolds' writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in the Star Scientific v. RJ Reynolds case. The following is the...
Rambus Wins Patent Battle With Hynix
Posted on March 10, 2009The following is excerpted from a March 10, 2009 article by Melinda Peer at Forbes: Following a patent dispute that lasted nearly a decade, memory chip designer Rambus and chip maker Hynix Semiconductor settled on terms for a compulsory license...
Zhongwei Loses Bus Patent Infringement Case to Neoplan
Posted on March 09, 2009Bao Wanxian in today's (March 9, 2009) China Daily writes: Jiangsu-based Zhongwei Bus & Coach Group lost the first round of a patent infringement lawsuit filed by German bus maker Neoplan Bus GmbH. Zhongwei is accused of copying the entire...
Rudolph Announces Favorable Verdict in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Posted on March 06, 2009The following is excerpted from a March 5, 2009 Rudolph Technologies press release: Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTEC), a worldwide leader in process characterization solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, today announced a favorable verdict in its patent infringement suit...
Auction-License-Litigate - Which Maximizes Value?
Posted on February 26, 2009A reader contacted me a few months ago seeking my opinion on Ocean Tomo's live auctions. I have not worked with Ocean Tomo, as my clients have always tried to seek licenses directly with companies and failing that litigating. I...
Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Law
Posted on February 25, 2009I recently received a flyer from PLI announcing the release of the above-titled book. After reviewing the PLI website and a link to an August 29, 2009 New York Law Journal book review by F. Scott Kieff, it appears the...
LG Electronics Seeks ITC Remedy Against Kodak
Posted on February 24, 2009The following appeared at Yahoo! Tech News on February 23, 2009: LG Electronics has asked a trade panel to investigate possible digital camera patent infringement by Eastman Kodak, the International Trade Commission announced. LG Electronics made the request on Friday...
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