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Click any of the news tabs above to display news for that category Intellectual Property News Gevo Dismisses Butamax Patent Infringement Lawsuit Helicos BioSciences Corporation Settles its Patent Litigation Against Pacific Biosciences, Inc. Infojustice Roundup - May 14, 2012 Landmark Copyright Ruling Sets Rules for Fair Use in the Digital Age Silicon Laboratories Awaits Official Complaint Before Exerting Well Established RF Patent Portfolio McAndrews, Held & Malloy Wins Inequitable Conduct Ruling for Client CSP Technologies RyMed Technologies Wins Patent Infringement Case Excentus Files Patent and Trademark Infringement Lawsuit against QuikTrip Corporation, Midax, Inc. and Others USPTO to Test New Option for Information Disclosure Statements (IDS) Special Feature -- Appellate Court Defines Suspension of Proceedings in Trademark Cases Special Feature -- The LAST BEST PLACE That Doesn’t Need a Trademark Registration New IP Lawsuits Filed from RFC Express Rembrandt IP Management Announces Patent Infringement Lawsuit Naming Slot Machine Manufacturer and Casinos US Patent Office Re-Exam Concludes RPost Proof of Delivery Patent Valid Coloplast Wins Patent Infringement Verdict Against Generic Medical Devices, Inc. General Patent Corporation Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Giesecke & Devrient America MPS Wins More than $9.4 Million in Attorneys’ Fees and Costs against O2 Micro Infojustice Roundup - May 7, 2012 McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory for Stryker Corporation U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Confirms Cypress SRAM Patent Asserted in Cypress’s ITC Action Against GSI Technology Quarles & Brady Secures Major Intellectual Property Victory BIOLASE Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against European Competitor Potter Voice Technologies Files Colorado Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple, Google, Others Precision BioSciences Files Tenth Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Cellectis Related to Meganuclease Technology and Requests Permanent Injunction Ivera Medical Announces the USPTO Upheld Key Patents for Disinfecting Port Protector Technology MacroSolve Files Patent Infringement Suits Against AOL and Bank of America Essential Medical Dismisses Patent Case against Masimo and Cercacor Infojustice Roundup - April 23, 2012 Lawsuit Claims Wide Range of Apple Devices Infringe Patents for Screen Manipulation Lifetime Wins First Patent Infringement Lawsuit in China Supreme Court Clears the Way for Generic Patent Challenges USPTO and UKIPO Issue Preliminary Progress Report on Worksharing Initiative Watson Confirms Glumetza Patent Challenge Chinese Nationals Charged With Software Piracy and Exporting Technology to China; Former NASA Employee Also Charged Massive Cache of Counterfeit Athletic Apparel Found in Sacramento Warehouse [–] Minimize News More Intellectual Property Articles Business & Finance News Voip-Pal.Com Inc. Acquires Five Major VoIP Patents Through Acquisition of Digifonica (International) Limited Gibraltar MDHI Reaches New Agreement with Patent Holder -- Patent Rights Extended Through March 2013 MGT Capital Investments, Inc. Announces Gaming Patent Acquisition Intellectual Property Exchange International Announces Exchange Rules Microsoft Signs Patent Licensing Agreement With Aspen Avionics VirnetX And Aastra Sign A Patent License Agreement Augme Finalizes Patent License Explosion of Litigation Approaches as 4G-LTE Patents Become Smartphone Standard Thomson Reuters Delivers Critical Trademark Content on Mobile Devices with New Watch Functionality Covington Advises Microsoft in Patent Agreement With Facebook [–] Minimize News More Business & Finance Articles Science & Technology News Butamax Granted Core Patent for Making Biobutanol and Distillers Grains Lab21 Secures European and USA Patents for HCV Drug Resistance Genotyping Worlds Inc. Receives 7th Virtual Worlds Patent Related to MMO Architecture Energy Telecom, Inc. Announces Allowance of Patent Application for Claims of New Benefits for Its Telecommunication Eyewear OPKO Health Receives Important U.S. Patent Allowance Biscom Awarded Patent for File Size Reduction of Scanned Color Documents with Black & White Areas Broad Patent Protection Granted for iBio Immunomodulator McAndrews Nationally Recognized for Securing High-Quality Patents NanoViricides Announces Issuance of a Fundamental Patent in the USA Facebook and Google Have a New Frienemy - BoingOpia.com launches Patent Pending Web 3.0 Arradiance Receives New Patent Allowances for Exclusive Right to Manufacture Large Area Nanofilm Activated Microchannel Plate Detectors Lpath Receives First U.S. Patent for Anti-LPA Antibody, Lpathomab Marshall Edwards Issued New Patent For Use Of Lead Drug Candidate ME-143 In Treating Cancer Arroweye Solutions Patents Digital On-Demand Technology eIQ Energy Receives U.S. Patent for Parallel Solar Technology Renesys Granted Patent for Monitoring Internet Routing by United States Patent Office Rosetta Genomics Receives Key U.S. Patent Allowance Holovisions U.S. Patent for Context-Driven Search is Approved NeoMedia Awarded New Patent for Faster and Easier Implementation of Mobile Barcode Applications and Services [–] Minimize News More Science & Technology Articles Miscellaneous News Brinks Shareholder Janet Pioli Named President of IPLAC Software Patent Specialist Michael Kiklis Joins Oblon Spivak’s Leading Post Grant Patent Group Akerman Senterfitt Welcomes Intellectual Property Shareholder Richard Gilly in Washington D.C. Dr. William Haulbrook Joins Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP as a Partner Kilpatrick Townsend Adds Attorney Lindsay Hopkins to Firm’s Atlanta Office McDermott Names New Head of Silicon Valley Office Patent Litigator Joseph Lavelle Joins DLA Piper in Washington, DC SNR Denton Continues Expansion of Its Intellectual Property Practice in Washington, DC Baker Hostetler’s Growth Continues in Washington, D.C. Kirkland & Ellis Bolsters IP Practice as Litigators Leora Ben-Ami, Thomas Fleming, Patricia Carson and Christopher Jagoe Join New York Office Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP Boosts Patent Capabilities with Hiring of Six IP Attorneys New Study Catalogs All Specialized Intellectual Property Courts in the World Squire Sanders Builds Intellectual Property Presence in Asia with Partner Hire Three Accomplished IP Attorneys Join Haynes and Boone, LLP Armstrong Teasdale’s Intellectual Property Practice Welcomes Six New Attorneys Nixon Peabody Expands West Coast Intellectual Property Practice USPTO Expands Trademark Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program USPTO Seeks Nominations for Patent and Trademark Advisory Committees IP and International Commercial Litigator Robert Parker Joins Baker & McKenzie Nick Bolter Appointed Partner-in-Charge of Edwards Wildman’s London Office Fried Frank Expands Intellectual Property Platform With Addition of Leading Corporate Lawyer Daniel C. Glazer Quinn Emanuel Adds Another Experienced Patent Trial Lawyer To Its Washington, D.C. Office Two Patent Litigators Join King & Spalding in New York Phillips Nizer Adds Alan Behr, Intellectual Property Law, Fashion and Technology Attorney, to the Corporate & Business Law Department Three Knobbe Martens Attorneys Named Among Top 100 Intellectual Property Lawyers in California Leading Silicon Valley IP Trial Lawyer Hopkins Guy Joins Baker Botts [–] Minimize News More Miscellaneous Articles

May 2012 Features

Top Trademark Firms
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Best Practices in Claim Drafting for Medical Devices in View of European Patent Law
By Dr. Stefan Golkowsky and Dr. Tim Oppermann of Pfenning, Meinig & Partner GBR
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Using 35 USC 154(d) to Speed Interferences
By Charles L. Gholz and Vincent K. Shier, Ph.D. of Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
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A New Era for Patent-Eligible Subject Matter
By Austen Zuege of Kinney & Lange, P.A.
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Protecting and Tracking Confidential Materials
By Nik Baer of Zeidman Consulting and Jashan Ahuja
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The Importance of Family -- An Analysis of the Family of Marks Doctrine
By Erik W. Kahn and Pou-I "Bonnie" Lee of Bryan Cave LLP
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En Banc Federal Circuit Decision Clarifies Contractor Immunity for Patent Infringement
By Scott A. Felder and Matthew J. Dowd of Wiley Rein LLP
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Mayo v. Prometheus: Did the Supreme Court Clarify Bilski and the §101 Test?
By Ching-Lee Fukuda and Jennifer Kwon of Ropes & Gray LLP
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Top 20 Practice Tips for Patent Owners in Reexamination -- Part 1
By Kevin B. Laurence of Stoel Rives LLP and Matthew C. Phillips of Renaissance IP Law Group LLP
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RFC Express: Recently Filed Patent Cases

Intellectual Property Today™, published monthly since 1994, focuses on legal issues in patent, trademark and copyright law. Content is geared to the patent attorneys and agents, professionals and executives in firms and companies that provide products and services to this industry. Features emphasize developments in cutting edge technology and their effect on intellectual property law practice.