Intellectual Property Archive » January, 2008

Intellectual Property - January, 2008

194 articles

• Sybase Files Lawsuit Over Columnar Database Patent
• Fisher-Price Faces Suit Over Exercise Device Patent
• Court Imposes Sanctions In Mouse Patent Case
• Judge Corrects Claim Order In Medtronic Stent Case
• Patent Standards And Investment In Alternative Energy
• Nokia Mobile Technology Draws $17.8B Suit: Report
• Plant Growers Claim Ex-GM Stole Trade Secrets
• Samsung, Matsushita Settle Semiconductor Disputes
• Coughlin Gets New Atlanta Office, IP Group
• Court Upholds $73.9M Award In EchoStar, TiVo Battle
• Patent Reform Debate Heats Up
• IP Partner Brings Energy Experience To Bracewell
• Uncertainty About The Right To Protect Innovation
• Squire Sanders Snaps Up IP Expert Wayne Jones
• N-Data Signals Important New Enforcement Trend
• $4B Suit Says Trump Used Name To Shut Out Rival
• Wyeth Launches Generic Protonix To Preempt Rivals
• Court Nixes J&J's Bid To Toss Stent Patent Suits
• Countries Added To "Patent Prosecution Highway"
• Patent Case V. Stryker Has Merit: Federal Circuit
• FTC Opinion Not Evidence In Rambus Case: Judge
• Bid To Stop ITC Proceedings Tossed In Tessera Suit
• Upsher-Smith's ANDA Spurs Another Suit From Forest
• Qualcomm Sets The Baseline For E-Discovery
• It's Official - Huntington Beach Is "Surf City"
• Judge Finds Alcatel-Lucent Infringed Microsoft Patent
• Fujitsu Suit Targets Tellabs' Alleged Infringement
• Injunction Against Qualcomm Stands
• Suddenlink Sued Over Video-On-Demand Service
• Google Settles Patent Lawsuit Over Google Earth
• Visto, RIM Patent Trial Starts Up In The U.K.
• Impax's ANDA For Generic Painkiller Spurs Suit
• Litigate Patents In Canada, Settle Worldwide
• Glaxo Won't Block Generic Of Zantac Syrup
• Hasbro Attacks Facebook 'Bogglific' Game
• Filing Patents In Canada: A Tactical Advantage
• Vague Phrase In Patent Invalidates Claim: Court
• Bayer Faces $8.5M Judgment After Appeal Fails
• Fujitsu Convinces Japan To Block Nanya SDRAM Chips
• SMDK Brings Patent Suit Against Eight Defendants
• Apotex Gets $5M In Ear-Drop Patent Suit
• No Name-Calling In Rambus Patent Case: Judge
• Forest Labs Sues Six More Companies Over Namenda
• IBM Engineer's Patent Suit Adds Trade Secret Claim
• PTO Rejects Gilead's Patents For HIV Drug
• Vendors, Law Firms Clash Over E-Discovery
• $6.6M Awarded To Oculus In Trade Secret Suit
• FDA Removes Teeth From Exclusivity Forfeiture
• Sprint Nextel Asserts VOP Patents Against Four Cos.
• Whirlpool Attacks LG Over Refrigerator Patents
• LG, Others Sued Over Flash Memory Drive Patent
• Cordance's Bid Denied In "One Click" Patent Battle
• Exec To Pay $3M In Insider Trading Settlement
• Pregnant Pause In Barr-J&J Contraceptive Dispute
• Samsung Spurs ITC To Probe LCD Infringement Claim
• Protecting Privileged Information In EU Investigations
• Taiwanese Co. Slaps IBM With Infringement Suit
• FTC Asserts Antitrust Authority In Patent Licensing
• Just Ahead Of Patent Hearing, TVS Files For Ch. 11
• Antitrust Fears In Quanta V. LG Case Raise Eyebrows
• Minerva Asserts New Patent Against Apple, Others
• Retractable's Antitrust, Patent Claims Severed
• Wyeth, Teva Persevere In Talks On Protonix Generic
• EU Pharma Probe Expected To Veer From FTC Course
• Qualcomm V. Broadcom: Lessons In E-Discovery
• Expert IP Crew Jumps Ship To Join Crowell
• McKool Smith To Open IP-Focused NYC Office
• Novartis, Dr. Reddy's Deal Ends Exelon MDL
• Morrison & Foerster Picks Up FTC Attorney
• Ranbaxy Settles With GSK Over Generic Migraine Drug
• GSK Asks Senate To Rethink Patent Reform Act
• Google Drops Defense Lawyers In Viacom Case
• AstraZeneca Sues To Block Generic Nexium
• EU Antitrust Enforcement Against Pharmas
• Eye Surgery Co., Sales Reps Settle Trade Secrets Row
• Judge Defines E-Mail Patent Claims In Visto Case
• Shell, Pier 1 Face Magnetic-Strip Patent Suit
• Sanofi Loses Bid To Dismiss Claims Over Arava
• Judge Nixes Recusal Bid Over Bryan Cave Tie
• Orrick Brings IP Lawyer To Orange County
• EC Raids Spike Plaintiffs' Interests, But No Suits Yet
• Verizon Challenges Cox Over Phone Patents
• Patent Act Won't Meet "Efficiency" Goals: Sources
• Patent-Granting System Awaits Serious Shake-Up
• 1st Circ. Won't Hear CytoLogix's Patent Claims
• Judge Grants 30-Day Stay To Negotiating Pharma Cos.
• Summary Judgment Denied In Applera Patent Saga
• Senate Bill May Do Damage to Damages: Sources
• Hep C Test Injunction Against Abbott Reversed
• Convolve's Disk Technology Patentable: USPTO
• DTL Inks License With Nokia For Disputed Patent
• Scrabble Copyright Holders Attack Scrabulous
• IBM, Asians Led Pack In Patents In 2007: Report
• Top Drugmakers Caught In EU Antitrust Raids
• Diomed Denied Bid To Hold Cos. In Contempt
• Will The High Court Clarify The Exhaustion Doctrine?
• Impax Seeks To Pop Pimple-Fighting Patent
• CryoCor Launches Two Cardiac Device Patent Suits
• New Chapter Unfolds In Harry Potter Copyright Case
• HP Drops One Patent Claim But Dispute Continues
• As Special Master, She Sets Precedent
• Trial Begins In Dell's Suit Over Data-Managing Patents
• Dow Loses Bid To Stanch Malicious Prosecution Suit
• Patent Reform Inches Closer To Passage
• Signet Takes Harder Look At Romance Author
• Wikipedia: More Than A Footnote In Trademark Suits
• DRM Technology For Music May Be Dead: Experts
• Tech Cos. Launch Project To Share Green Patents
• Antitrust Claims Dismissed From HPV Patent Suit
• Google Denies Violating University's Search Patent
• Post-Twombly, Form 16 Takes On New Significance
• High-Volume Patent Procurement May Cost More
• Federal Circuit Delivers Blow To Tranquil
• Pfizer Suffers Setback In Lipitor Patent Re-Exam
• Justices Ponder Curbing Downstream Patent Licenses
• Forest Labs. Sues Seven Cos. Over Alzheimer's Drug
• Eli Lilly Resumes Gemzar Patent Claim Against Mayne
• No Channel Change For Charter In Patent Spat
• Merck Inks Deal For Generic Fosamax: Report
• 5 Move To Merchant & Gould From Greenberg Traurig
• Novartis, 2 Drug Cos. Strike Deal On Trileptal Patent
• Malpractice Issue Poses Quandary For Qualcomm
• Ex-Applied IP Director Joins Nixon Peabody LLP
• Europe Quietly Ramps Up Its Copyright Enforcement
• Judge Approves Constellation Patent Settlements
• Affymetrix, Illumina Strike $90M Settlement Pact
• U.K. May Ease IP Rules On Format-Shifting
• Reviving The Exhaustion Doctrine
• Qualcomm Considers Appeal Of $8.6M Sanction
• Dell Gets Sanctions Against Mass Engineered Design
• Alberta Calls Time On Clock Patent Suit V. Rambus
• 11 Cellular Cos. Dismissed From Minerva Patent Suit
• House Bill Would Create An IP Czar
• Trade Secret Litigation To Rise As Economy Dips
• Patent Suit Finds GPS Navigation System Makers
• Visa Settles Suit Over No-Contact Credit Card Patent
• Teva Drops Patent Suit Against Taro Over Heart Drug
• Medtronic Trade Secrets Suit Back In State Court
• Patent Litigator Healey Joins Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
• King, CorePharma Settle Skelaxin Suit
• Bristol-Myers Again Rebuffs Plavix Fraud Claims
• Judge Finds Purdue's OxyContin Patents Enforceable
• Morgan & Finnegan Nabs Kasowitz Benson IP Leader
• Trademark Suit Over Artemis Records Goes Forward
• Injunction Bid Denied In HDMI Trade Secret Feud
• NetRatings Agrees to Patent License With WhenU
• Farmer Strikes Out In Monsanto Seed Replanting Suit
• Dickstein Acquires Litigating Arnold & Porter Partner
• Greenberg Traurig Snaps Up IP Partner
• Judge Overturns Willfulness Verdict Against ESpeed
• Qualcomm Sanctioned $8.6M; 6 Lawyers Sent To Bar
• Kodak, Matsushita End Suit With Licensing Pact
• Infocrossing Asks For Separate Trials In Sandata Suit
• Cellular Cos. Seek Dismissal Of Minerva's Patent Case
• Quanta, LG Gear Up For High Court Showdown
• Fed. Cir. Reversal May Mean SRI Patent Suit Back On
• Nixon Peabody Trio Makes Leap To Winston & Strawn
• O2 Micro Seeks To Separate Antitrust, Patent Issues
• Jan Marini Discontinues Second Eyelash Product
• Appeals Win, But Maybe Not Cash, For Cordis
• Morgan Lewis Swipes Six Fulbright IP Lawyers
• Bosch Scores Partial Reversal In Infringement Case
• Q&A With Sonnenschein Nath's Alexander J. Hadjis
• Sony Drops Third-Party Complaint Against Microsemi
• High Court Deletes Microsoft Keyboard Dispute
• Acacia Unit Reaches Settlement With Verizon
• AMD, MicroUnity Call Truce In GPU Patent Spat
• J&J Insists Manufacturer Infringed Neosporin Mark
• Motorola, Metrologic Settle Lengthy Bar-Code Dispute
• Are Foreign Trademarks Protected Under NY Law?
• Infringement Probe Of High-Tech Imports To Proceed
• SouthernLINC Dismissed From Cellular Patent Case
• ITC Decides To Listen In On Bose Headphone Case
• Defense Contractor Gets $23M In Trade Secret Suit
• Encysive, Glaxo Target Barr For Blood Clotting Generic
• Firewall Patent Suit Heating Up In New Year
• Biax, Fujitsu Make Amends In Patent Dispute
• Pfizer Loses Lipitor Dispute In Canadian Court
• Court Tells Karaoke Co. To Sing A Different Tune
• Trade Secret Claims Against Lucent Ousted—Again
• SanDisk Settles Flash Memory Disputes With PNY
• Kinetic Group Sucked Into Suit Over Vacuum Device
• Apple Settles Video-On-Demand Patent Spat
• Vizio Reaches Deal In Plasma Display Patent Suit
• Vonage Settles Patent Dispute With Nortel
• Google Not Off The Hook In AutoLink Patent Suit
• AstraZeneca Sues Mylan Over Crestor Patent
• Sprint Settles With Acacia Unit Over GPS Tracking
• Court Partly Upholds Splenda Packaging Decision
• Broadcom Wins Injunction Against Qualcomm
• Baker Botts Balks At "Baseless" Disqualification Bid
• Courts, Not Congress, Shaped Patent Law In 2007
• Netflix, E*Trade, Wiley Nabbed In Web Patent Suit
• Fewer IP Lawsuits Filed In 2007