Intellectual Property Archive » June, 2004

Intellectual Property - June, 2004

106 articles

• Judge Denies Reynolds Motions In Patent Suit
• Artist Awarded $1.8M In Barbie Trademark Case
• Picis Sues Rivals Over Medical Software Patent
• E.U. Advocate General Favors Budvar In Finland Budweiser Dispute
• Tokyo Customs Bars Taiwan LCD TV Imports In Sharp Patent Case
• Federal Circuit Upholds USPTO Refusal to Register "Patents.com" as Trademark
• Senate Passes Bill To Amend Patenting Under Joint Research Agreements
• Halliburton Unit Awarded $24M In Patent Suit
• Perkins Coie To Absorb IP Specialist Brown & Bain
• Varian Semiconductor Sues Nissin Over Chip Patents
• Appeals Court Reinstates Antitrust Suit Over Taxol Generics
• Court Grants Stay In Cohiba Cigar Trademark Case
• Australian Panel Calls For Copyright Amendments
• Federal Circuit Upholds District Court's Injunction Against Icon Health
• USPTO Issues Patent For Bank Layout
• State Legislatures Target Trademark Tax Loophole
• Federal Circuit Remands Immunomedics Suit Vs. Cytogen
• LabCorp Petitions For Rehearing Of Homocysteine Patent Case
• Schwarz Pharma To Pay $50M To Settle Patent Suit Over Prilosec
• Mylan Sues FDA For Delaying Duragesic Generic
• Kensington Wins $4 Million In Patent Suit Over Notebook Locks
• Wi-LAN Sues Cisco Over Wireless Technology Patents
• Senate Bill Would Expand Copyright Protection
• USPTO Agrees To Reexamine Controversial Accounting Patent
• L.L. Bean Settles With Two In Suit Over Pop-Up Ads
• Applied Biosystems Obtains Injunctions In Germany Vs. Bio-Rad And MJ Research
• Seagate Sues Cornice Over Hard Disk Patents
• Japan, European Union Agree To Step Up Intellectual Property Enforcement
• Wiley Sues Database Publisher For Trademark Infringement
• Kirin Settles Suit Vs. Geron Over Cancer Vaccine Development Rights
• Tiffany Sues eBay For Trademark Infringement
• Symantec Awarded $3.2 Million In Counterfeit Software Case
• Sony DVRs Infringe Patent Held By Command Audio, Court Rules
• European Union Rejects Community Trademark For Budweiser
• Omega Engineering Awarded $8M In Damages In Patent Suit
• Lumenis To Pay Palomar $4.1M To Settle Patent Suit
• Court Consolidates Kos Suits Vs. Barr Over Niaspan Patents
• Supreme Court Rules For AMD In Case Over Intel-Intergraph Settlement
• Mykrolis Asks Court To Hold Pall In Contempt In Patent Suit
• Harrah's To Appeal Casino Patent Decision In Suit Vs. Station
• High-Tech Lobbying Group Pushes For DMCA Rollbacks
• Congressman Accuses GOP's DeLay Of Meddling In Bacardi Trademark Suit
• Inamed Pays $17.2M To Settle Patent Dispute With Ethicon
• European Union Joins WIPO's Madrid Protocol
• Crowell & Moring Hires IP Attorneys From Arnold & Porter and Kenyon & Kenyon
• Kelley Drye Hires IP Attorneys From Jenkens & Gilchrist
• Appeals Court Upholds Entrepreneur Media's Award In Trademark Suit
• Nanotech Patenting Soars: Report
• Biotech Patenting Down, Lawsuits Up, Report Finds
• USPTO To Reexamine Patents In Judgment Vs. eBay
• Judge Orders $154M Judgment Vs. Shell Oil In Union Carbide Patent Suit
• Energizer Countersues Gillette Over Diamond Coating Patents
• Gillette Withdraws Motion In German Patent Suit Vs. Schick
• House Panel OKs Curbs On Tax Breaks For IP Transfers
• 11th Circuit Rejects DirecTV's Legal Strategy In Antipiracy Suits
• Court Dismisses IXYS Complaint, Invalidates Patents
• USPTO Funding Bill Stalled In Senate
• Singapore Amends IP Laws As Part Of Free Trade Agreement
• Miller Drops Claim In Suit Vs. Anheuser-Busch
• Congress Mulls Curb On Tax Breaks For IP Transfers
• Cooley Godward Names Swinton To Take Over IP Practice
• Cable, Satellite Firms Sued Over Streaming Media Patents
• Nokia Takes License For Controversial Blackberry Patents
• Botox Maker Wins Trademark Suit Over Anti-Wrinkle Treatment
• Attorney Loses Trademark Dispute With Former Firm
• USPTO Agrees To Review Microsoft FAT Patent
• Microtune, Broadcom Settle Chip Patent Suit
• Author Sues Over "Extreme Makeover" Concept
• Jenner & Block Absorbs Roper & Quigg, Doubles IP Practice
• Andrx To Pay $6M To Settle Kos Trademark Suit
• Sharp Sues TECO Over LCD Patent
• Court Bans Smith & Nephew Surgical Devices in ArthroCare Patent Dispute
• Enzo Sues Applera Over DNA Sequencing Patent
• Microsoft Appeals "Eolas" Patent Decision To Federal Circuit
• EPO Board of Appeals Upholds Powerline Broadband Patent
• Activists Protest Proposed Changes To WIPO Broadcasting Treaty
• Canadian Software Maker Sues IBM For Copyright Infringement
• Microsoft Appeals E.U. Antitrust Case, Citing Intellectual Property Rights
• Actor Sues Vodka Brand Over "Absolut Hunk" Ad
• Fujitsu, Samsung Settle Plasma Patent Dispute
• Federal Circuit Rules For Competitive Technologies In Patent Suit Vs. LabCorp
• Federal Circuit Hears Appeal In Blackberry Patent Case
• Software Maker Sues Eastman Kodak Over Trade Secrets
• Intermec Sues Matrics Over RFID Patents
• GMAC Pulls Trademark Suit Vs. LendingTree
• ITC Agrees To Ban Battery Imports In Energizer Patent Suit
• Judge Rules For Andrx In Bristol-Myers Patent Suit Over Monopril
• Valeant Pulls Appeal Of Patent Suit Vs. Three Rivers, Par Pharma
• Acacia, On Command Settle Patent Suit Over On-Demand Technology
• Reliant Challenges Abbott's TriCor Patents
• U.S., Europe And Japan To Streamline Trademark Applications
• Supreme Court Mulls Review Of Case On Antitrust Law In Drug Patent Settlements
• China Court Hears Honda's Trademark Suit
• DTS Settles Trademark Suit Vs. Mintek Over DVD Labeling
• Jury Awards Boehringer $7M In Patent Suit Vs. Schering-Plough
• Weight Watchers Sues Diet Companies Over Pop-Up Ads
• Walkman Inventor Settles With Sony, Targets Apple iPod
• Microsoft's E.U. Appeal To Be Founded On Intellectual Property Rights
• Frost Brown Todd's IP Chair Leaves For Howard Rice
• Roche Asks Court To Declare Enzo Patent Invalid
• Skadden Raids Cooley's IP Practice Chair For Palo Alto Office
• Inamed Sues Medicis Over Anti-Wrinkle Patent
• ITC Ruling Favors Microtune In Patent Dispute With Broadcom
• Dutch Court OKs Lindows As Corporate Name
• Patent Attorney Wins $5M At Poker Table
• Federal Circuit Says Cordis Likely To Prevail In Patent Case Vs. Boston Scientific