Patent Law

Patent Claim Construction Workshop
Law Seminars International (LSI) will be holding a one-day workshop on Current Strategies for Patent Claim Construction: Key Updates on Patent Prosecution and Litigation on March 13, 2009 in San Francisco, CA...

Diverging Claim Constructions
Yesterday raised a valuable discussion on claim construction with many excellent comments on the Cotropia-Bey article. The issue is obviously important since claim construction disputes arise in virtually every attempt to enforce a patent...

PLI Seminar on Markman Hearings and Claim Construction
Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a seminar entitled: "Markman Hearings and Claim Construction in Patent Litigation" on July 8, 2009 in New York, NY. Groupcasts of the New York session will also be held in New Brunswick, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; and Pittsburgh, PA...

Patent Claim Construction Seminar
Law Seminars International (LSI) will be holding a one-day seminar on Patent Claim Construction on April 24, 2009 at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park, GA...

Applera Corp v. Illumina Inc Claim Construction
Judge Alsup construes six terms relating to "oligonucleotide probe" in this patent infringement lawsuit.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Applera Corp v. Illumina Inc Claim Construction", url: "http://www...

Federal Split Decision Highlights Unpredictability of Claim Construction (Once Again)
Kinetic Concepts v. Blue Sky Medical Group (Fed. Cir. 2009) Virtually theory or defense in patent law requires claim construction before coming to a final conclusion. This case focused on obviousness and considered how the results turn on the construction...

Claim Stink
Lucent sued Microsoft, Gateway, and Dell for infringing 5,649,131 and 4,701,954, claiming two very different technologies. '131 claims a communications protocol between a web server (host) and a terminal...

Claim construction and noninfringement affirmed on one patent, vacated on another
In a decision last week, the Federal Circuit vacated a district court's grant of summary judgment of noninfringement of one patent and affirmed summary judgment of noninfringement of another...

ACI Global Patent Litigation Conference
American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its Global Patent Litigation conference on October 7-8 in New York. The conference will allow attendees to: ? Develop a strategic plan for where to file patents based on existing jurisdictional factors; ? Ensure that patent rights will be enforced through a clear assessment of patent filing requirements in different countries; ? Avoid inconsistencies in claim construction, drafting, and translation; ? Decide where to litigate through key jurisdictional decision-making; ? Collaborate with outside counsel to understand foreign patent laws and procedures; ? Navigate international court systems including in the EU and China; ?...

Claim Construction in Exonhit Therapeutics v. Jivan Biologics
What does a "region of variability" mean? Judge Alsup tells us.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Claim Construction in Exonhit Therapeutics v. Jivan Biologics", url: "http://www.techlawforum...

Ladder Accident Injury Claims
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New York Building Codes
Building and constructions laws in New York

Construction Site Accidents
Lawsuits related to accidents

Recovery Claim
Florida Insurance Guarantee Association agrees to pay $14 million settlement to Home Solutions of America for construction services.

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.

AIG Settles Injury Claim
for $18 Million

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

Failure-to-accommodate claim yields $1.82M award
$1.82 Million Awarded in Employment Lawsuit