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Intellectual Property - February, 2010

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• Software Co. Edifecs Sues Partner Over Trade Secrets
• Greenberg IP Gurus Launch Boutique In Dallas
• Watson Targets Teva's Patent For LoSeasonique
• Ozzy's Suit Over Black Sabbath Name Stays On Rails
• Amazon Slammed With Patent Suit Over Book Search
• Video Security Co. Sued Over Remote Control Patent
• MIT Seeks To Exit Max Planck RNA Patent Suit
• Wellman Appeals Invalidation Of PET Resin Patents
• Authenex Sues Rivals Over Password Generator Patent
• Phoenix Hits New Group Of Banks, Insurers With IP Suit
• Sharp Settles Saxon Suit Over Communications Patents
• The Financial Case For Law Firm Branding
• Fed. Circ. Affirms $2.5M Award In Trading Software Suit
• Jones Day Brings On Latham IP Litigator In Calif.
• Novartis Wins Out In Patent Suit Over Hemophilia Drug
• Cordis Wins $4.7M In Fees In MarcTec Stent Patent Suit
• Liberty Settlement Closes Marketing Patent Suit
• NetApp Evades 2nd Sun Patent In Data Storage Suit
• Marketing Firm Hits Rival With $20M Secrets Suit
• Gryphon Adds Contract Claims To Do-Not-Call IP Fight
• Revised Patent Reform Bill On The Way, Leahy Says
• Micron Unit Dropped From Suit Over Memory Patents
• Fed. Circ. Remands Denial Of Antibody Patent
• Nissan, Others Triumph In Tire Sensor Patent Suit
• CVS Faces Suit Over Botched IPod Accessories Deal
• LCD Patent Suit Withstands Sharp's Bid To Dismiss
• Trade Secret, Contract Claims Nixed In Plastics Suit
• Post-Bilski: Prosecuting Software Process Claims
• Judge Won't Toss Challenge To Copyright Royalty Board
• Skype Voice Mail IP Suit Needs More Details: Judge
• Importers Infringed Crocs Design Patent: Fed. Circ.
• Apple, HP, Others Sued Over Memory Device Patent
• Salinger's Death May Spur More Copyright Litigation
• Webroot, PineApp Settle Meteora Word-Check IP Suit
• Parallel Targets Orbitz Over Web Site Patents
• US Officials Seek Public Input On Better IP Enforcement
• Carestream Faces Suit Over Animal Imaging Patents
• Qualcomm Evades Wireless Transmission Patent Suit
• Rest Of Copyright Suit Over Beatles Photos Gets Boot
• Waterloo Infringed Keyboard Patent: ITC Judge
• Avoiding The Hidden Franchise
• Thermax To Pay $38M To Settle Purolite Secrets Case
• IGT Seeks To Toss Antitrust Claims In Bally IP Suit
• H&R Block Unit, LendingTree End Credit App IP Battle
• AT&T Settles Navigation Patent Dispute With Airbiquity
• Latham Adds Former Howrey IP Partner To DC Office
• Synthes Bone Plate Patent Suit Stayed For Re-Exam
• Norman Strikes Deal In IPAT Data Security Patent Suit
• Guitar Hero Maker Faces False Patent Marking Suit
• Ex-Assistant Trade Rep Joins Covington & Burling
• Novartis, Bayer Settle IP Spat Over Hemophilia Drugs
• Amazon Settles Adult Web Site's Copyright Claims
• K&L Gates Adds Perkins Coie Corporate Partner
• Ex-Agilent Employees Stole Trade Secrets: Court
• Fusilamp Hits Littelfuse With $100M Patent Suit
• AndroGel Reverse Payment Suits Thrown Out
• Xerox Tags Yahoo, Google In Internet Search IP Suit
• Allegra Suits Dropped After Sandoz Amends ANDAs
• AntiCancer Defends Validity Of Cancer Imaging Patents
• GoldLantern Barred From Using Skullcandy Cell Phone IP
• Exergetic, Edison Units Settle Power Plant IP Dispute
• Rule 56 Compliance And The PTA Shield Of Rule 704
• Hart, Avante Resolve Voting Machine Patent Suit
• OFT Accuses Reckitt Of Limiting Generic Access
• Cequint Slams Cdyne Over Caller ID Software
• 3M Slaps Safe Life With Patent Suit Over Respirators
• Satyam Fights Tax Bill For $70M Upaid Settlement
• Renewed LinkCo IP Suit Against Fujitsu Fails
• Cordance Patent Revived In Amazon Software Spat
• Infineon Heads To ITC With Elpida Patent Fight
• Kraft Roasts Balsam Coffee-Processing Patent
• SC Johnson, Energizer Accused Of False Patent Marking
• Tyco, Applied Medical Patent Battle To Move Ahead
• ITC Takes Clippers Again To Voltage Patent Fight
• Apple Hits Nokia With Slew Of Counterclaims
• Davis-Lynch, Weatherford Strike Deal Over Drilling IP
• Apple, Monec Reach Deal In IPhone Patent Suit
• HP Drops Database Patent From Software Tree Spat
• ITC Again Chucks Ruling In Semiconductor IP Spat
• Red Hat, VMWare Hit With Server Software IP Suit
• Citrix Renews Push For Sanctions In Patent Case
• ITC Probes Toshiba Patent Claims Against Wistron
• Plaintiffs Fight Privilege Claim In Neurontin Case
• When Copyrights And Car Repairs Collide
• Biovail Hammers Watson Over Aplenzin ANDA
• US Atty Wants 1st Crack At Hilton Over IP Theft
• CORRECTED: Part Of Crestor Case Moves To Fla.
• ITC To Probe Motorola Patent Claims Against RIM
• FTC Has Shot At Victory In Pay-For-Delay Suits: Attys
• Hologic, J&J Unit Strike $12.5M Deal In Biopsy IP War
• ITC Starts New Probe Into Apple, Nokia Patent Feud
• Ex-Client Wants Fish & Richardson Off Internet IP Suit
• Columbia's Patent Extension Spat To Return To USPTO
• Worklaw Network Settles Web Dispute With Law Firm
• Innovative Global Launches Suit Over GPS Patents
• EA Appeals Nondismissal Of Athletes' Licensing Suit
• Rimkus' Trade Secret Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Hulu Strikes Deal In Quito Web Media Patent Spat
• Part Of Network-1 Patent Nixed In Ethernet Power Spat
• Fed. Circ. Hands Honeywell Win In Night Vision IP Suit
• Adidas Mark Suit Against Importer Ends With Injunction
• Bayer Sues Lupin Over Generic Cipro
• Clarifying Claim Construction In Interferences
• Opponents Face Off Over Google Books Deal
• LG Gets Washer Patent Antitrust Claims Bifurcated
• LG Infringes 4 AU Optronics LCD Patents: Judge
• US Chamber Calls For Better IP Trade Controls
• Teva Appeals Win For Pfizer In Detrol Patent Suit
• Patent Dispute Freezes Cold Sore Treatment Case
• USG&E Plays Antitrust Card In NYSEG Trademark Suit
• Ex-Bimbo Exec To Appeal Bar On Working At Hostess
• Lupin Aims To Invalidate Ortho Birth Control Patent
• Yahoo Appeals $12.4M Loss In Online Ad Patent Suit
• ITC Issues Import Ban In Rail Wheel Trade Secrets Case
• Italian Rival Sues AdMob Over Online Ad Patent
• Gryphon Sues Rival Over Do-Not-Call Patent
• J&J Appeals Invalidity Ruling For Stent Patents
• Disney Settles With Actus Over Electronic Payment IP
• Lessons In Assignment
• Sunbelt Settles In IPAT Data Security Patent Spat
• Judge Reopens 'Monster In Law' Copyright Suit
• Ex-Goldman Employee Fights Trade Secrets Charges
• O2Micro, MPS Headed To Trial Over Circuit Patent
• Fed. Circ. To Reconsider Section 145 Rules
• ATI Patent Suit Against Ford, Others Heads To Mich.
• ITC To Probe Apple, RIM Over Kodak Camera Patents
• USPTO Faces Another Suit To Extend Drug Patent
• Maketech Settles In Uniloc Software Security IP Suit
• Bereskin & Parr Loses Bid To Toss Malpractice Suit
• Burlington Takes $4.6M Hit In Fendi Trademark Feud
• Acceleron, SuperMicro Settle Blade Server Patent Suit
• Restaurant 'Red Book' Sparks IP Battle
• Smith & Nephew Wins $4.7M In Arthrex Patent Spat
• DataTern Sues BP, Others Over 2nd Database Patent
• Lincoln Annuity Patent Spat Will Wait For Bilski
• Nike, Apple Hit With Patent Suit Over IPod Sports Gear
• Applying Exhaustion To Combined Components
• Google Books Deal Set For Heated Fairness Hearing
• Horny Goat Weed Deflates Pfizer's Viagra Patent
• Redbox Agrees To Delay DVD Rentals In Warner Deal
• Abbott Sues Sun Pharma Again Over Generic Niaspan
• Saxon, Acer Settle Feud Over Computer System Patents
• Imation, Philips Settle Data Storage Patent Suit
• ITC Clears LG In Whirlpool Fridge Patent Spat
• NetApp Data Storage Suit Stayed For Patent Appeal
• Whistleblower Accuses Federal-Mogul Of Patent Fraud
• ITC Ends Saxon's Probe Into Samsung, Palm
• Lowe's Fires 1st Strike In Battle Over Ethernet Patents
• Spansion, Others Try To Drown Chip Patent In ITC
• 1st Circ. Won't Bar Ex-Ansys Worker From New Job
• Teva, Novartis Settle Suit Over Generic Famvir
• Monsanto, Others Sued Over DNA Patent
• Twitter Me This: Are My Trademarks Still Safe Online?
• DataTern, Chevron Settle Database Patent Spat
• DOJ Introduces Task Force To Tackle IP Crime
• Prosthetic Liner Antitrust Claims Have Legs: Judge
• Microsoft Deal Still Secret In Thumbnail Copyright Spat
• Kitchen Design Copyright Spat To Be Decided By Jury
• Indian Court Won't Block Generic Nexavar
• Ex-Goldman Programmer Indicted For Stealing Software
• Apple, Sirius Lose Bid To Transfer MP3 Patent Suit
• Pegasus, Allscripts Software IP Spat Headed To Jury
• Bell Nunnally Beefs Up IP, Corporate Groups
• Google Defends Book Settlement Ahead Of Hearing
• Travelers, Pet Co. End Feud Over IP Suit Coverage
• Judge Tosses Antitrust Claim In Ciba Vision IP Suit
• North Face Trademark Suit V. South Butt To Continue
• Ariad: Sea Change Or Tempest In A Teapot?
• Beatty's Dick Tracy Suit Survives Tribune Dismissal Bid
• Perrigo ANDA Doesn't Infringe Mucinex Patent: Judge
• Judge Paves Way For McKesson To Appeal IP Loss
• Satellite Radio IP Suit Survives Sirius Bid To Dismiss
• Ex-TCW Exec Counters Secrets Suit With $1.3B Claim
• GE Fires New Salvo In Turbine IP War With Mitsubishi
• Apple, Google Want Web Patent Suit Moved To Calif.
• 9th Circ. Remands Neuralstem Stem Cell IP Suit
• French Court Finds For LVMH In EBay Keyword Spat
• Judge Sends ClearValue Suit Back To State Court
• Tatung Unit Escapes Vehicle Location Patent Suit
• Trafficking In Trademarks
• Jury To Hear Max Planck RNA Interference Patent Suit
• Zhone Settles IP Suit Over Network Access Server
• Actus' Web Payment Patent Suit Survives Bid To Toss
• Porn Site Wants Microsoft IP Deal Kept Under Wraps
• Disney Expert Allowed In 'Little Miss' Trademark Suit
• JFTC Stays Stop Order On Qualcomm Licensing Terms
• Biometrics Co. Sues Rival Over ID Scan Patents
• Visteon Targets Garmin Over GPS Patents
• MGM, Fox Seek Sanctions In 'Raging Bull' Rights Suit
• HTC Settles In Minerva Mobile Media Patent Suit
• Hogan & Hartson Wants To See Sealed Medtech Deal
• SSL Loses Bid For Citrix Docs In Software IP Spat
• Random House Faces Trademark Suit Over Adult Games
• Judge Invalidates Wellman Patents In PET Resin Spat
• Greenberg Tries Again To Nix Leviton Malpractice Suit
• Plaintiff Sanctioned In Hybrid Patent Spat V. Toyota
• Rio Tinto Workers Hit With Chinese Bribery Charges
• Meteora Cuts Deal With 2 More In Data Security Suit
• Fendi Wins Treble Damages In Trademark Row
• Emblaze Warns Microsoft Over Web Video Patent
• Pfizer, Sandoz Patent Spat Over Caduet Heads To Del.
• Ocean Spray Popped With IP Suit Over Energy Drink
• Omega Backs Off Training Material Theft Suit For Now
• Injunctions In District Courts And The ITC
• Universal Says Bob Marley Antitrust Suit Belongs In UK
• Keep Expert In Juice False Ad Trial, Coke Says
• Haynes Boone Nabs Winston Strawn IP Litigator
• BofA, Countrywide Resolve Marketing Patent Claims
• HP, Comptree Settle Ink-Jet Patent Disputes
• Judge Boots Armstrong Teasdale IP Negligence Case
• UK Court Affirms Invalidity Of Gene Patent In Lilly Suit
• Howrey To Remain As BSC Counsel In Stent IP Suit
• Akin Gump Adds 3 Top IP Litigators From Woodcock
• Texas A&M Blocked From Using Dog DNA Test Patents
• Coloplast Sues Generics Co. Over Incontinence Patents
• Yahoo Settles In Zamora Web Radio Patent Suit
• Fat Removal Cos. Strike Licensing Deal In Patent Suit
• IBM, Sun, Others Face Data Encryption Patent Suit
• PixArt Takes Preemptive Action Over Optical Patents
• 2 More Speakers Added To Google Books Hearing
• CAT Goes On Prowl Again Over Gift Card Patent
• Safe Haven For Sellers Of Trademarked Keywords?
• Heelys Maker Rolls Out Suit Against Kohl's, Others
• Athletes' Licensing Fight Survives NCAA's Bid To Toss
• Dish To Pay TiVo $5.8M In Attys' Fees In IP Suit
• International Patent Filings Dipped 4.5% In 2009: WIPO
• Legal Secretary Class Certified In OT Suit V. IP Firm
• Judge Nixes Invalidity Verdict On Inline Internet Patents
• Hynix, Others Hit With DRAM Chip Patent Suit
• Idera Sues USPTO To Extend Cancer Treatment Patents
• Judge Boots Patent From Orica Blast Technology Suit
• Judge Narrows Arguments In Arthrex Patent Trial
• Wi-LAN Canadian Deal Clears Way For Patent Suits
• Parallel Drops Web Patent Spat V. Google, Amazon
• Sanctions, Damages Reversed In Software Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Affirms $5M Patent Award For SEB
• SanDisk Axes Flash Memory Spat With Phison, Others
• Sharp, Samsung End LCD Module Patent War
• Lessons From The Toyota Brand Crisis?
• Jenny Craig Settles Weight Watchers Suit Over Ads
• Judge Trims Damages In Yahoo, Microsoft Music Suit
• ITC Wind Turbine Ruling Makes Green Policy Waves
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Pfizer Bid To Keep Lipitor IP Suit In Del.
• USPTO To Re-Examine Key C2 VoIP Patent
• Claims In Minerva Mobile Media Patents Invalid: Judge
• Fidelity Sues To Stop Ex-Employees From Taking Clients
• Casio Settles In Saxon Suit Over Communications IP
• Yahoo Told To Pay $12.4M In Online Ad Patent Feud
• Semiconductor Co. Atheros Sued Over Capacitor Patent
• AuthenTec Fights Back In Rival's Fingerprint IP Suit
• Reinsurer Gen Re Life Hits Insurer With False Ad Suit
• Kolon To Appeal Kevlar Antitrust Claim V. DuPont
• Sophos, IPAT Settle Security Software Patent Dispute
• UNM Sues Robot Maker Over Artificial Muscle Patent
• Arlington Fires Off Declaratory Suit Over Cable Patent
• Patenting Clean Tech: Trends, Issues And Strategies
• Revised Google Books Deal Still Needs Work: DOJ
• Bristol-Myers Worker Charged With Trade Secrets Theft
• Exchanges Face Copyright Suit Over Symbol System
• Morgan Lewis Dodges Further Disclosure In Fraud Suit
• Applied, Hynix Execs Swiped Samsung Chip Tech: Suit
• Kodak, Zund Near Deal In Printer Patent Suit
• ITC Takes Up Sharp LCD Complaint Against Samsung
• ISP Didn't Infringe Studios' Copyrights: Australian Court
• Lenovo Resolves Suit Over Data Security Patents
• Selling Licensing Rights: Will The New System Work?
• Online Gambling Co. Sues IGM Over Betting Patent
• Cooper Tire Docs Contain Trade Secrets: Texas Court
• Panasonic Settles In Saxon Telecom Patent Case
• Pfizer Sues Mylan To Block Generic Caduet
• Centon Strikes Deal In Tsera Touch Pad Patent Suit
• Velocity Micro Settles In Security Software Patent Suit
• Vizio's Antitrust Fight With Funai Over DTV IP Pared
• RIM Gets Motorola Message Patent Nixed In UK Spat
• Liberty Mutual Cries Foul Over 'Stolen' Employees
• Google's Patent Fight Against Traffic To Proceed
• MLB Hits Upper Deck With Baseball Card Trademark Suit
• BTG Sheds 3 Patents From Samsung Chip Probe
• LG Settles TV Patent Spat With AtratechJapan
• DataTern Drops WaMu From Database Patent Case
• Jones Day Makes 3 More Lateral Hires In Calif.
• CORRECTION: Nokia Dropped From Icomm Patent Suit
• TiVo Adds Verizon Affiliates To DVR Patent Suit
• Legislators Pan Patent Reform Bill, Urge IP Protection
• Medicis Sues Lupin To Halt Generic Acne Drug
• Dell, AMD Sued Over PCI Express Switch Patents
• IP Innovation Calls Off Patent Feud With Google
• China Sees Major Jump In Domestic Patent Filings
• Wolf Run Sues More Banks Over Web Messaging IP
• Honeywell Wraps Up Dispute Over LED Patents
• Noncompete Jurisprudence During The Recession
• Microsoft, Others Settle Data Security Patent Suit
• Pryor Cashman Remains As Counsel In Jeans IP Suit
• Rash Of IP Boutiques Look To Cash In Post-Recession
• Judge Urges $6.6M In Usenet File-Sharing Damages
• Myriad, ACLU Square Off At Gene Patent Hearings
• Hologic Seeks 2nd Look At Ethicon Willfulness Claim
• The Art Of Patent War
• Tsera, LG Settle Spat Over Touch Pad Patent
• Celgene, Novartis Settle With Teva In Focalin IP Suits
• Intel Asks To Intervene In Case Over Ethernet Patents
• TimeWick Infringes Patented Rubbermaid Device: Suit
• J2 Resolves Internet Fax Patent Suit Against Comodo
• Avante Pulls Plug On Voting Machine Patent Suit
• Eon, Inilex Settle 2-Way Paging Patent Spat
• Seagate, LSI Trump Qimonda In ITC Chip Patent Spat
• SCO Slander Claim Slimmed In Unix Rights Suit
• Pandora, Other Web Companies Hit With Ad Patent Suit
• Boston Scientific To Pay J&J $1.7B In Stent Settlement
• Scottsdale Asks Court to Toss CTI Insurance Suit
• Jury Awards Ion $25M In Seismic Sensor Patent Suit
• Macy's, Others Win Claims In Katz Phone Patent MDL
• Patent Verdicts, Judgments Could Cool Off In 2010
• USPTO, FDA Sued Over Angiomax Patent Extension
• Motorola Wants To Rekindle RIM Phone Patent Feud
• Tierra Hits Qwest, Others With VoIP Patent Suit
• Light-Pod Slaps Rival With Trade Secrets, Contract Suit
• CME Group Settles Infringement Suit Over Data Patent
• LG, Funai Settle Patent Suit Over Digital Displays
• Wells Fargo Faces Patent Suit Over EasyPay System
• E-Trade Inks Deal In TQP Data Encryption Patent Suit
• Waiting For Bilski