Patent Law

CAFC Refuses Mandamus to Stay ITC Proceeding Pending Reexamination
In re Freescale Semiconductor (Fed. Cir. 2008) (non-precedential) In an ITC Section 337 action begun by patentee Tessera against Motorola, Freescale, Quallcom and others, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) granted a stay of its proceedings pending reexamination of the patent...

N.D. Ill. Stays Global Patent Holdings Infringement Claim
Global Patent Holdings LLC v. Green Bay Packers (00-C-4623), April 23, 2008Back in July of 2000, Global Patent Holdings (GPH) (formerly Techsearch LLC) filed suit against numerous defendants alleging infringement of U...

Patent Reexamination Used to Stall Patent Enforcement
Here a link to an interesting article in the May 5, 2008 issue of Forbes, that highlights the use of anonymous, ex parte requests for reexamination to the Patent Office...

Stay Pending Reexamination Granted (case now reported)
Premier Intern. Associates LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 554 F.Supp.2d 717 (E.D.Tex...

USPTO: Reexaminations May Not Be "Specially Expedited"
Reexamination Control No. 95/008,972: After a Reexamination Request was granted on US Patent 5,253,341, the patentee filed a petition to suspend the rules under 37 C...

Pfizer's Lipitor '893 Patent Survives Reexamination
By Donald Zuhn -- On Wednesday, Pfizer announced that it had received a Notice of Intent to Issue an Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate for U...

Can I return an entire lot of merchandise is some of the items were not as advertised?
Since they were specified as leather, you do have a case - however, your best fi...

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...

What rights does a father have when a woman waits 13 years to tell a man he is a father & he missed out on the growing up of that child?
Actually, he has as much right as she to request a paternity test, plus he can f...

I work for a company that is owned and operated by Spanish people. There is only 3 people in the whole company including me who are Caucasian. The female who is supposed to be training me is "latino" and treats me very r
Is it an actual issue or are you making it an issue? It is understandable you fe...

How to get a used car dealer to honor warranty for repairs required two weeks after purchase?
What was the defect? Rust? A hole? Bad converter? Broken hangers? If it was rust...

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.

Marriott
Hourly Wage Class Action Settlement Pending

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.