Patent Law

Patent Reform Act of 2007 - Initiatives Relevant to Prosecution.
  Considering the likelihood that we may actually see the Patent Reform Act of 2007 become a legal reality this year, this post highlights initiatives in the bills presently before Congress that may be of particular interest to patent prosecutors...

Draft Report of S. 1145 is (Unofficially) Available
The IPO recently reported that a draft of the Senate Judiciary Committee's report on S...

Patent Reform Coming Soon?
     Several sources (see 271 Blog, for example) are reporting that another obstacle facing patent reform was overcome yesterday when the Senate Judiciary Committee reported on S...

Compromise on patent reform bill, or mere delusion?
The Washington Post, in suggesting that a compromise on the patent reform bill was near, somehow managed not to mention pharma or academe among those who criticized the bill...

Patent Reform Act of 2007 to be passed in 2008?
The internet is abuzz with talk that the much-maligned Patent Reform Act of 2007 (H...

Who is Suing Who — Late March IP Filings in ND Cal
Levi Strauss, Symantec, Sun, and all your other favorites in copyright, patent, and trademark action...

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Can I sue my employer for creating a hostile work environment and lying about my work performance to get me to quit?
How does the owner of the business feel about all of this? I suggest that you tr...

Can a creditor/collection agency call other employees at your place of work AND call your adult children who live in another state?
A creditor can call you at home, several times a day if you aren't answerin...

I had an account with GEMB/Select Comfort to buy a new bed back in 2005. After paying it off (in 2006), I requested they close the account. In January of 2008, I declared bankruptcy (chapter 7). The creditor was NOT list
if you did pay it off before the bankruptcy and it wasn't listed as a accou...

I want to know if its legal for a healthcare provider to tell you something is going to be covered and when it isn't charge you; after you specifically said you couldn't afford it?
I'm not going to sugar coat anything. It's a sad world we live in toda...

Can my wages still be garnished if I am making payments?
Garnishment of wages vary from state to state. In other words, some states permi...

Zantac Patent
GlaxoSmithKline and Cypress Pharmaceutical settle patent infringement dispute.

Soliris Patent
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to pay the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a $10 million patent infringement settlement.

DRAM Patent
ProMOS Technologies and Mosel Vitelic pay MOSAID Technologies an undisclosed patent infringement settlement.

Sony
to Pay $18.5 Million For Patent Infringment

Qualcomm Settles Patent Suit for $891 Million

The Princeton Review
$2.6 million settlement reached in patent infringement case.