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Thursday, January 12, 2012

• Baker Hostetler’s Growth Continues in Washington, D.C.

Thursday, December 01, 2011

• Leading Intellectual Property Attorney Joins Kilpatrick Townsend in Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

• BIOLASE Issued Broad New Patent for Treating Eye Conditions, Including Presbyopia, Cataracts and Glaucoma
• Corey Field Authors New Treatise on Entertainment Law
• Given Imaging Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit in Korea Against Intromedic
• NephRx Corp. Awarded U.S. Patent for NX002 for Treatment of Oral Mucositis

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

• Federal Circuit Court Denies RJR Request for Rehearing of Decision in Star Scientific Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• McDonald’s Monopoly Promotion Subject of Patent Infringement Suit
• Natural Alternatives International, Inc. Announces Issuance of New U.S. Beta-Alanine Patent Protecting CarnoSyn Products
• Spring Consulting Group Awarded Two Additional Patents for its Innovative Benefits Funding Strategies
• True Bio Electric Acquires New Green Energy Patent That Will Revolutionize the World’s Human Waste

Monday, November 28, 2011

• InSite Vision Wins Patent Interference Litigation Against the University of California, San Francisco
• O2Micro Wins Appeal Affirming Patent Infringement Judgment and Injunction in Lighting Technology
• Prana Secures Key Patent for Parkinson’s Drug PBT434 in the United States
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants Gevo’s Request for Reexamination and Invalidates Butamax Patent ’889
• U.S. Patent Issued to Clear Align for Laser for ISR Applications

Monday, November 21, 2011

• Special Feature -- New Encouragement for Patent Owners Seeking Injunctions After Winning an Infringement Suit
• Infojustice Roundup - November 21, 2011
• Intellectual Property Firm Pruetz Law Group Joins Glaser Weil
• Johnson & Associates Expands West Coast Presence

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

• Ampio Pharmaceuticals Expands Patent Portfolio of Drugs for Treating Inflammatory Diseases
• Chamberlain Hrdlicka Announces Hire of Collin A. Rose
• TCS Receives Three U.S. Patents for Advancements in Navigation
• The LES Foundation Invites Graduate Students across the Globe to Register Today for its 2012 Business Plan Competition!
• Winegard Company Receives Favorable Verdict in Patent Lawsuit
• Worlds Inc. Announces Notice of Allowance for a Fifth Virtual Worlds Patent

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

• Chameleon Chair Awarded U.S. Patent for Its Unique Chair Design
• Collegiate Inventors Honored by Leading U.S. Organizations for Pioneering Science and Technology Advances
• Cryptography Research and Mikron JSC Sign Patent License Agreement for DPA Countermeasures
• Hitachi Chemical -- CMP Slurry Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Korean Company
• MWV’s U.S. Patents Ruled Valid and Enforceable for Fragrance Dispensing System with NoC Dip Tube
• Roetzel Bolsters IP Practice with Addition of Robert Pershes in Fort Lauderdale
• Sonics Continues Lawsuit Against Arteris for Patent Infringement
• VIRxSYS Issued U.S. Patents for Its Lentiviral Vector and SMaRT RNA Platforms
• Visible Measures Awarded Patent for Measuring Online Video Viewing Time

Monday, November 14, 2011

• 2011 Marks a Year of Growth for Top-Ranked Boutique IP Firm Cantor Colburn
• Cloud Storage Pioneer Pro Softnet Faces Most Disruptive Patent Attack to Date
• Covington’s Chinoy Elected President of ITC Trial Lawyers Association
• Infojustice Roundup – November 14, 2011
• Nexidia Adds First-Call Resolution Analysis Patent to Intellectual Property Portfolio
• Three McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorneys Honored As 2012 Best Lawyers in America
• USPTO Announces New Exhibit Highlighting the Patents and Trademarks of Steve Jobs

Friday, November 11, 2011

• Volpe and Koenig, P.C. Hires Attorney Marina Sigareva

Thursday, November 10, 2011

• USPTO Launches Recruitment Effort to Hire Veterans

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

• Paul Kilmer Receives INTA’s Advancement of Trademark Law Award

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

• Duane Morris IP Chair Lewis F. Gould, Jr., Reappointed as Commonwealth Trustee of Temple University
• Stephen Zralek to Chair Litigation Committee
• Two Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Partners Recognized Among World’s Top Patent and Technology Licensing Lawyers

Monday, November 07, 2011

• Perkins Coie Opens Office in Taipei, Taiwan

Friday, November 04, 2011

• Duane Morris Atlanta Office Adds Partner Brian Gannon
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Herb Hart Appointed To Serve in Key Association Roles

Thursday, November 03, 2011

• Remaining Co-Founder of NinjaVideo.net Pleads Guilty to Criminal Copyright Conspiracy
• Steptoe’s Filarski Elected Leader of Licensing Executives Society
• Wood Herron & Evans Introduces New Post Grant Proceedings Practice Group

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

• Patent Reexamination Specialist Greg Gardella Moves to Oblon, Spivak’s Leading Post Grant Patent Group

Thursday, May 26, 2011

• Five Countries on 2011 Congressional Anti-Piracy Watch List Account for $13.4B Worth of Software Piracy
• Oblon, Spivak Launches Protecting Designs Law Blog
• USPTO Studying Therasense v. Becton, Dickinson Decision to Assess Impacts on Agency Practice and Procedures

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

• ePlus’ Granted Permanent Injunction to Shut Down Lawson Software Inc.
• For Your Ease Only is Paid $4.3 Million Under Settlement, Concluding 9-Year Patent Litigation Battle
• Steptoe Expands Chicago Office, IP Practice with Taras Gracey
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Hands New Victory to Dr. Bruce Saffran
• USPTO and Swedish Patent and Registration Office to Partner on Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Based on Patent Cooperation Treaty Work Products
• Venable Adds Trademark Litigation Partner Marcella Ballard

Tuesday, May 03, 2011

• Vinson & Elkins Nabs Two Top IP Antitrust Litigation Partners Expanding V&E’s Practices on Both Coasts

Thursday, April 28, 2011

• Huawei Moves to Protect Its Patent and Trademarks with Legal Action in Europe
• NeurogesX Receives Notice of Allowance for Patent Covering NGX-1998 Capsaicin Topical Liquid
• U.S. District Court Order Maintains Patent Exclusivity for Lilly’s Cymbalta

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

• Anika Therapeutics Comments on Patent Litigation
• Island IP is Issued Another Patent and Commences Patent Infringement Action Against First Southwest Corporation
• New U.S. Patent Issued to Dyadic International
• Novell Completes Merger with Attachmate and Patent Sale to CPTN Holdings LLC
• Patents Protect OtterBox Innovation
• Study -- IP Protections Key to Development, Deployment, Diffusion of Clean Technology
• U.S. District Court Dismisses Most of Palomar’s Claims Against Candela
• USPTO Postpones Effective Date of Track One Fast-Track Patent Processing

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

• American Express Launches Intellectual Property Zone
• Cortex Receives Granted US Patent for Its Lead AMPAKINE® Molecule CX1739
• GreenShift to Receive Another Corn Oil Extraction Patent
• MacroSolve Accelerates Patent Enforcement Actions
• Total Vein Systems Looks Forward to Proving Patents Unenforceable Due to Inequitable Conduct in Upcoming Trial in VNUS Dispute

Monday, April 25, 2011

• AstraZeneca and POZEN File Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Dr. Reddy’s
• Four IP Litigators Join Armstrong Teasdale
• IP Enforcement Roundup - April 25, 2011
• USPTO to Host Public Discussion on Newly Proposed Process to Streamline Patent Reexamination

Friday, April 22, 2011

• Kramer Levin Scores Appellate Victory for Client PBM Products in False Advertising Case

Thursday, April 21, 2011

• Inphi Reduces Litigation After Rejections of Netlist Claims by the U.S. Patent Office
• John D. Magluyan Joins McDermott’s World Class Intellectual Property Team
• Michael Molano Rejoins Mayer Brown as Partner in Palo Alto
• Oragenics Receives US Patent for ProBiora3
• Social Commerce Leader PowerReviews Awarded Patent Enabling Innovative SaaS Delivery
• United States District Court Orders Dismissal of Inphi Versus Netlist Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• WhenTech Awarded U.S. Patent for Method of Evaluating an Option Spread

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

• Aperio Awarded Patent for Innovation that Improves Digital Pathology Workflow
• BNA, ABA Announce Judges for Writing Contest for Young IP Attorneys
• DISH Network and EchoStar Statement Regarding U.S. Federal Court of Appeals Decision on Tivo
• FatPipe Networks Responds to XRoads Networks Release Containing Misleading Information in the Current ’143 Patent Lawsuit
• PAID Inc. Receives Patent 7,930,237 for Online Shipping Calculation Method
• Salix Pharmaceuticals Secures Additional Intellectual Property Relating to Rifaximin
• Watson Confirms Welchol Patent Challenge

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

• Cargill Granted U.S. Patent for Breakthrough Cooking Process Used in Loyall Premium Pet Food
• IP Partner Sanjeet Dutta Joins King & Spalding in Silicon Valley
• Veteran Patent Litigator Paul J. Hayes Establishes IP Litigation Boutique Hayes, Bostock and Cronin, LLC

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

• Bradmer Announces Termination of License Agreement With Duke University
• Cardica Receives Key Patent for Microcutter Surgical Cutting and Stapling Device
• Cypress Intends to Vigorously Defend Patent Lawsuit Filed by Avago Technologies
• Howrey Trademark Lawyer Alan S. Cooper Joins Wiley Rein’s Intellectual Property Practice
• KellBenx Secures Exclusive Worldwide License With AdnaGen for Commercializing Patented Antibodies
• Mirna Therapeutics Reports Notice of Allowance from USPTO Related to the Clinical Application of miR-34a, a Key Tumor Suppressor miRNA
• Rimon Law Boosts New York Presence with Patent Attorney John Boyd
• Shire Files Lawsuit Against Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for Infringement of ADDERALL XR Patents and for Breach of Contract
• Tangoe Awarded Mobile Device Management Patent

Tuesday, April 05, 2011

• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains Key Patent for a Utility Asset Damage Prevention Method
• Lyfe Communications Announces Provisional Patent Filing for Adaptive Multicast
• MobGob Wins Favorable Claim Construction in Patent Infringement Suit Against Groupon, Inc.
• U.S. Senate Confirms Jimmie V. Reyna, Esq. as Circuit Judge; First Latino to Serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S.and U.K. Highlight Progress on Patents Cooperation

Monday, April 04, 2011

• IP Enforcement Roundup - April 4, 2011
• University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Wins 20th Annual Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
• USPTO Announces Launch Date for Fast-Track Patent Processing

Friday, April 01, 2011

• $482 Million Awarded to Dr. Bruce Saffran: Dickstein Shapiro and Albritton Law Firm Continue to Prevail in Stent Patent Infringement Actions
• Erred Decision on Betty Boop Case May Have Serious Implications on Trademark Law

Thursday, March 31, 2011

• EDGAR Online Awarded U.S. Patent for System and Method for Rendering Data
• Fish & Richardson Names Litigator Ann Cathcart Chaplin Leader of Largest Practice Group
• FUJIFILM Corporation Wins Patent Infringement Case in U.S. Court of Appeals
• MOSAID and Hynix Sign Memorandum of Understanding
• Olympus Licenses Digital Pathology Patents to Leica Microsystems
• USPTO Chief David Kappos to Address Licensing and Technology Transfer Professionals at LES (USA & Canada) Meeting in New York May 4-6
• Vitro Out-licenses Patents, Products & Technology for Treatment of Infertility

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

• Advanced Refining Concepts Announces Issuance of Two Additional Patents Relating to the ClearRefining Fuel Technology
• Grandeye Ltd. Files Intellectual Property Complaint Against Sentry360
• Lavante Awarded New Patent for Advanced Statement Audit Processes, Technology and Software Application
• Novak Druce + Quigg LLP Adds Howrey IP Practice Co-Chair and International Prosecution Specialist
• WilmerHale Adds IP Litigation Veteran Lloyd “Rusty” Day to Its Growing West Coast Practice

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Adds ANDA Expert to Growing Life Science Practice
• Nokia Files Second ITC Complaint Against Apple
• Quinn Emanuel’s New York Office Adds Media and Technology Trial Lawyer Carey Ramos

Monday, March 28, 2011

• IP Enforcement Roundup - March 28, 2011
• LecTec Corporation Reports Settlement With Chattem, Inc.
• Modular Genetics Issued Notice of Allowance for Patent Application Covering its First Green Surfactant
• Perkins Coie Adds Three More Attorneys in Denver
• Reed Smith Welcomes IP Litigator Robert N. Phillips from Howrey

Thursday, March 24, 2011

• AlphaRx Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent on Its Lead Pain Product Candidate
• Annual Student Invention Showcase Returns to Smithsonian
• CommerceTel Acquires Key Telecom Patent
• Communology and Klausner Technologies Announce Global Extension to Visual Voicemail Patent Licence Agreement
• ConvergEx Group Receives Patent for LiquidPoint Price Improvement Technologies
• Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman Expands its Litigation Group
• Fish & Richardson Principal Frank P. Porcelli Awarded Distinguished Service Medal from Linn Inn Alliance
• SAFE Corporation Announces New Plagiarism Detection Tool
• Sanswire Files Provisional Patent on New Airship Design
• ULURU Inc. Announces the Granting of Altrazeal Patent

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

• Agennix AG Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent Covering Use of Talactoferrin to Treat Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Renal Cell Carcinoma
• Baker Hostetler Continues to Grow in Costa Mesa as Peter J. Gluck and Mark H. Krietzman Join Firm
• Brooks Kushman Hires Scharf as Senior Attorney; Further Diversifies Trademark Practice
• Finance Express Receives Its First U.S. Patent
• IP Litigator and Patent Attorney Frank M. Gasparo Joins Venable to Head Intellectual Property Practice in New York
• Joseph J. Crimaldi, Intellectual Property Attorney, Joins the Cleveland Office of McDonald Hopkins Law Firm
• NephRx Corp. Awarded U.S. Patent for Use of Novel Growth Factor Peptide NX002 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• San Diego Jury Rules That Email Exchange Over Possible Patent Purchase Did Not Constitute Valid Purchase Agreement

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

• Attorney Meghan M. Klaric Added to Honigman’s Growing Intellectual Property Practice
• Axion International Expands IP Portfolio with New Patent for Flame-Retardant Coating
• Cantor Colburn LLP a Top 10 US Patent Firm
• Duane Morris South Florida Offices Add Intellectual Property Partner Nicholas A. Zachariades
• FlexFix Acquires Certain Intellectual Property Assets from Novalign Orthopaedic, Inc.
• Glenn Lenzen and David McCrosky Join Husch Blackwell
• Grunenthal Group Acquires Pain Patent Portfolio From Nectid, Inc.
• ITC Rules in Favor of SMC Corporation By Invalidating Competitor’s Patent
• POZEN Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Treximet Patent Litigation
• Pro-Pharmaceuticals Expands Patent Portfolio with New Patents in the U.S. and Australia
• SustainX Receives Control System Patent for Energy Storage Technology

Monday, March 21, 2011

• Dr. Charles E. Runyan Jr. Joins Gallagher & Kennedy to Lead Patent Prosecution Group
• Garmin Announces Patent Litigation Regarding Bryton Inc.’s Cycle Computers
• HistoRx Receives Fundamental Patent on Standardization of Results In Digital Pathology
• Integran Files Patent Infringement Claims Against Modumetal, Inc.
• IP Enforcement Roundup - March 21, 2011
• j2 Global Prevails in Patent Markman Hearing
• K&L Gates Adds Washington, D.C., IP Litigation/Antitrust Partner
• Microsoft Takes Legal Action Against Barnes & Noble, Foxconn and Inventec for Patent Infringement by Android Devices
• Peerless Network Applauds US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Final Rejection of Neutral Tandem’s Patent 7,123,708
• SNR Denton Expands Intellectual Property and Technology Practice in Washington, D.C.
• Source Precision Medicine, Inc. d/b/a Source MDx Announces Foundational Patents Will Be Offered for Sale on April 29, 2011
• Tessera Files Amicus Brief in i4i Case
• Winston & Strawn Expands IP Litigation Practice With Addition of David Enzminger to Los Angeles Office

Friday, March 18, 2011

• Licensing Transactions Partner Richard Hsu Joins King & Spalding in Silicon Valley
• Mayer Brown Expands IP, Antitrust and Litigation Capabilities With Addition of Eight Partners in Four Offices
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Files Patent Infringement Suits for Client CSP Technologies
• Parker-Hannifin Awarded Nearly $10 Million Plus Attorneys’ Fees for Exceptional Patent Infringement Case
• USPTO Announces Accommodations for Patent and Trademark Applicants and Owners Affected by Catastrophe in Japan

Thursday, March 17, 2011

• CoreLogic Awarded Patent for ParcelPoint Technology
• Exergen Granted New Patent for Temporal Artery Thermometers
• GenSpera Receives Patent on Second Prostate-Targeting Oncology Drug
• Kaye Scholer Scores Major Victory in Patent Case
• MOSAID Files Wireless Patent Infringement Litigation
• Trial Attorney Paul Alexander Joins Arnold & Porter in Silicon Valley

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

• Following Biotage’s Request for Re-Examination US Patent and Trademark Office Has Rejected All Claims in US Patent 7,381,327
• Geoffrey R. Kaiser Joins Anderson Kill & Olick as Co-Chair of Anti-Counterfeiting and Brand Protection Group
• Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc. Concludes a License Agreement with Bayer MaterialSciences AG
• IDT Corporation Begins Spin-Off of VoIP Related Patent Business to Shareholders
• Rambus Signs Patent License Agreement with Toshiba
• Wolf Greenfield Names Technology Specialist and Patent Agent; DiPietrantonio, Ph.D., Specializes in Biotech Patents, and Rudoy, Ph.D., Specializes in Computer and Electronics Patents

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

• Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Reaches Settlement in Litigation Regarding Tuschl Patents
• Christopher D. Agnew Joins Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP as a Partner in its Intellectual Property Group
• Destiny Media Prevails in Patent Litigation
• Digital Reasoning Secures Patent for Text Discovery
• ESA Applauds Administration Proposals to Strengthen Intellectual Property Enforcement
• IP Enforcement Roundup - March 14, 2011
• Leading ITC Attorney Joins Cooley
• MacroSolve Initiates Patent Enforcement Actions; Files Suit Against Four Companies for Infringement of Its Mobile App Patent
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Announces 2011 Diversity in Patent Law Fellowship Recipient
• MOSAID Enters Microcomponents Patent License Agreements with LG Electronics and MediaTek
• Nixon Peabody Taps New Intellectual Property Leaders
• Optimer Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of Key Patent Covering Fidaxomicin Methods of Use as a Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection

Monday, March 14, 2011

• Angiochem Granted U.S. Patent for Transporting Drug Compounds across the Blood-Brain Barrier, Using Novel EPiC Technology
• Argentum Medical Issues Response to Recent Decision in Litigation With Noble Biomaterials
• Nelson Mullins Litigation Team Secures Jury Verdict in First Ever Contributory Counterfeit Case Against SEO/Webhost Company
• QualityMetric Receives Patent for Patient Health Survey Technology
• U.S. Patent Office Grants Patent for Contractor Management Process
• Watson Announces Favorable District Court Ruling in Generic Fentora Patent Suit

Friday, March 11, 2011

• ITG and Liquidnet Announce Settlement of Patent Litigation
• Prominent Patent Litigation Team to Join Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles
• Star Scientific Patent Claims Confirmed in Patent Reexamination

Thursday, March 10, 2011

• Arena Pharmaceuticals Expands GPR119 Patent Portfolio for Type 2 Diabetes
• Burns & Levinson LLP Welcomes New Associate, Sara Yevics Beccia
• Delphi Automotive Systems, LLC Wins Four Summary Judgment Motions in Patent Litigation Involving Automotive Technologies International
• New Copyright Blog Now Available from Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

• Lpath Granted Another Key U.S. Patent Related to iSONEP and ASONEP Drug Programs
• Reg Technologies Inc. and Regi U.S., Inc. Announce the USPTO Has Awarded Patent Number 7,896,630 to RadMax
• Salient Surgical Technologies Settles Bovie Medical Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

• Merchant & Gould Announces B. Jefferson Boggs, Jr. Joins Washington, D.C. Office
• Novak Druce + Quigg LLP Adds Two Partners to Houston Office
• Perkins Coie Adds Four IP Litigation Partners from Howrey
• Rader, Fishman & Grauer is Pleased to Announce New Partner Stefan Osterbur
• U.S. Supreme Court Grants Cert in Stanford Law School Fair Use Project Case Golan v. Holder
• USPTO Urges Senate to Pass the America Invents Act of 2011

Monday, March 07, 2011

• IP Enforcement Roundup - March 7, 2011
• Symphogen Receives US Patent on Lead Cancer Compound Sym004
• US Lighting Tech Sues Deco Lighting for Design Patent Infringement

Friday, March 04, 2011

• Fish & Richardson Wins Summary Judgment for the Chicago Board Options Exchange in Patent Case
• Return Mail, Inc. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against U.S. Postal Service

Thursday, March 03, 2011

• Peter Konzel Joins Washington, DC Office of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
• Viola Kung Joins Perkins Coie’s Patent Practice

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

• Barnes & Noble, Inc. Settles Litigation with Spring Design
• Court Urged to Review Decision Invalidating Pharmaceutical Patent
• PowerSafe Technology Announces Award of US Patent Titled High-Sensitivity, High-Resolution Detector Devices and Arrays
• Spencer Pharmaceutical Inc. Announces Submission of Patent Application Covering a New Technology of Dual Release Rate of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
• TuitionFund Granted Third Patent Covering Merchant-Funded Rebate and Rewards Programs

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

• GenMark Diagnostics Dismisses Patent Lawsuit Against Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.
• Interactive Data Awarded Second Patent for Fair Value Pricing of an Asset
• Mylan Confirms First-to-File Patent Challenge Relating to Vivelle-Dot
• Perla M. Kuhn Joins New York Office of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
• USPTO to Host Asia-Pacific Patent Cooperation Forum
• Volpe and Koenig Partner Serves on Panel at American Bar Association’s Inaugural Conference

Monday, February 28, 2011

• Fish & Richardson Adds 34 New Associates
• IP Enforcement Roundup - February 28, 2011
• James M. Singer of Pepper Hamilton Speaking at ACI’s Advanced IP Forum for Advertising Counsel
• Kirkland & Ellis LLP Adds Ken Adamo to IP Litigation Practice Group

Thursday, February 24, 2011

• FASB Defendant in Suit Filed by Silicon Economics Alleging Antitrust Violations and Patent Misappropriation
• InterDigital Signs SII Mobile Communications to Worldwide Patent License Agreement
• O’Melveny Lawyers Publish Largest-Ever Statistical Analysis of Trade Secret Litigation
• RPost Sues Swiss Post for Infringing RPost Global Technology Patents
• Tix Corporation and Vegas.com Settle Their Litigation

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

• ACT Secures Patent to Generate Embryonic Stem Cells Without Embryo Destruction
• Andrea Weiss Jeffries Joins WilmerHale’s Los Angeles Office
• Bear Creek Technologies Brings Industry-Wide Lawsuit on VoIP Paradigm Patent
• Court of Appeals Overturns $1.8 Billion Patent Verdict for Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc.
• Immunotope and Immunovaccine Announce U.S. Patent for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Antigens
• IP Litigators from DLA Piper and Mayer Brown Form Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson LLP
• Noven Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Mylan Technologies
• Shurtape Technologies Files FrogTape® Brand Painter’s Tape Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against 3M
• Summit 6 Announces Federal Lawsuit Over Digital Uploading Patents
• Synergy Pharmaceuticals Granted U.S. Patent on SP-333, Synergy’s Developmental Drug for Gastrointestinal Inflammatory Diseases
• TYZX Receives Notice of Allowance for Patent for Use of Stereo Vision for Gesture Control
• U.S. Patent Awarded to LightWild for Innovative Facade Lighting Applications

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

• Democrasoft Sells 2 Patent Families Following Patent Auction
• Former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Deputy Director Sharon Barner Returns to Foley & Lardner
• InfoSpi, Inc. Subsidiary, NexPhase Lighting, Inc., Receives $17.2 Million Valuation on Patent Pending Filing
• McKool Smith and WiLAN Resolve Patent Litigations Against World’s Leading Technology Providers
• MMDS Acquires Patent for Medical Marijuana Patch
• Perrigo Confirms Filing for Generic Version of Taclonex Ointment and Announcement of Lawsuit by Leo Pharma
• SensiVida Medical Technologies Receives Notice of Allowance From US Patent and Trademark Office
• SIIA Wins its First European Anti-Piracy Case with Five-Figure Settlement Against German Software Pirate
• Sionix Announces Filing of U.S. Patent Applications
• Trycera Financial Files Provisional Patent on User Controlled Alternative Credit Reporting Method

Monday, February 21, 2011

• CSR and WiLAN Reach Agreement to End Litigation
• IP Enforcement Roundup - February 21, 2011
• Sercel to Appeal to the US Federal Court
• VIRxSYS Issued Two U.S. Patents for SMaRT RNA Platform for Gene Reprogramming and Repair

Saturday, February 19, 2011

• Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. Adds Two Attorneys To Its Litigation-Business Practice Group

Friday, February 18, 2011

• Alexsam Inc. Obtains $9.06 Million Jury Verdict Against IDT Corporation
• Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Appoints Teresa Stanek Rea Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Henry Joins Dykema in Dallas
• Hogan Lovells’ Growth Continues with a Five-Partner Addition to its IP Litigation Practice
• Moglen Warns Adverse Ruling in Patent Case Could Chill Free Software Development
• Oblon, Spivak Partner Todd Baker Receives Minority Business Leader Award

Thursday, February 17, 2011

• China-Biotics Files for 5 New Patent Applications
• CytoSorbents Corporation Broadens Its Intellectual Property Portfolio
• Dickstein Shapiro Grows California IP Practice; Welcomes Four Renowned Patent Litigators
• Entellus Medical Settles Patent Dispute
• ION Awarded Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction Against Sercel in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Link_A_Media Files Suit Against Marvell Semiconductor for Patent Infringement
• Valence Technology Victorious in Canadian Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

• The Trademark Reporter Celebrates 100 Years of Publication
• ACEA Biosciences, Inc. Announces New Patent; Broad Claims Granted for Cytotoxicity Profiling and Chemical Compound Testing on the xCELLigence System
• AirPal Receives Patent for Inflatable Patient Positioning Systems
• Biomoda Receives Notice of Allowance on Patent Application for Method of Analyzing Cancer Cells
• Cenzic Enforces IP Infringement With a Lawsuit Against NT OBJECTives
• Duane Morris Houston Office Adds Intellectual Property Special Counsel Diana Sangalli
• GSLO Files Patent Application for Volt Solar Charger
• Jura Zibas Joins Wilson Elser’s Intellectual Property Practice Group
• Kennedy Clark & Williams, PC Welcomes New Attorneys
• MedImmune and PDL BioPharma Resolve Patent Disputes
• MONKEYmedia Awarded Patent by USPTO
• Patent Litigator Patrick Patras Joins Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP’s Intellectual Property Group
• Report on Legal Cases Between Mitsubishi and General Electric
• Summer Patent Seminar Now Accepting Registrations
• USPTO Rejects All Modular Power Supply Patent Claims in Streak Patent

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

• Howrey Prevails for Client, Pactiv Corporation, in Suit Over Trademark Infringement
• Joyant-Licensed Technology Earns Broad Patent Protection
• Mannatech Receives Patent for Technology Related to New Product
• Rackspace Joins Open Invention Network as Licensee
• SMSC’s Inter-Chip Connectivity Technology Licensed by Qualcomm
• The Medicines Company and WilmerHale Law Firm Reach Settlement Agreement

Monday, February 14, 2011

• Axion Power is Granted Additional Patent on Core Supercapacitor Technology
• IP Enforcement Roundup - February 14, 2011
• Johnson & Associates Adds Two New Partners and Expands Practice Areas
• Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer Mark Whitaker Joins Baker Botts L.L.P.
• Patent Awarded to EDCOR Data Services
• PaymentOne Awarded Two Additional Patents -- Broadening Its Mobile Wallet, Payments, and Carrier Billing Patent Portfolio
• Under Secretary of Commerce David Kappos Announces President Obama’s FY 2012 Budget Request of $2.71 Billion for the USPTO

Friday, February 11, 2011

• Frontline Placement Technologies Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against CRS Advanced Technology Moves Forward
• Immersion and Bayer MaterialScience Strike Licensing Agreement
• Inventorship -- Free Fitch Even Webinar on March 1
• Lando & Anastasi, LLP Names New Partner
• Minkus Electronic Display Systems and LSI Industries Enter Patent License Agreement
• Pillsbury Adds SF Partner Duane Mathiowetz to IP Roster
• TechLaw LLP Announces Ross A. Epstein Has Joined the Firm as a Partner
• TeleCommunication Systems Receives Three U.S. Patents for Wireless Location-Based Services
• U.S. District Court Denies Sidense’s Motion for Delay

Thursday, February 10, 2011

• Akonni Biosystems Announces Signing of License Agreement With U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
• Charles Russell Expands Intellectual Property Practice With the Hire of Two New Partners
• Dickstein Shapiro Adds Veteran IP Litigator to California Bench; Welcomes Robert Dickerson
• Kevin Townsend Joins Faegre & Benson as Special Counsel
• Meru Networks Awarded Patent for Technology Innovation that Addresses Problem of Wi-Fi Network Congestion Meltdowns
• MPEG LA Announces Call for Patents Essential to VP8 Video Codec
• OurPet’s Company Enters Into Settlement Agreement Concerning SmartScoop
• Perrigo Announces Settlement of Rogaine Foam Patent Litigation
• Phenomenex Announces That University of Delaware Drops Patent Lawsuit
• Quarles & Brady Welcomes Intellectual Property Attorney
• Seventh U.S. Patent Issued to Dyadic International
• SIIA Education Division Releases Don’t Copy That 2 – School Version

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

• Edwards Lifesciences Comments on U.S. Court Ruling
• Fallon Luminous Products Wins Legal Victory as Federal Court Rules That Fallon’s Products Do Not Infringe Patents
• Irdeto Awarded Multiple Patents for Industry’s First Interoperable Watermarking Technology for Set-top Boxes
• Jim Beam Brands Co. Defeats Jose Cuervo Maker in Declaratory Judgment Action
• Medtronic Issues Statement on District Court Ruling Regarding CoreValve
• Protect Pharma Sells Patent Portfolio to Grunenthal GmbH
• TiVo Statement on U.S. District Court Order
• USPTO Allows NivaSonix Core Patent
• USPTO Issues Examination Guidelines to Better Define the Scope of Patent Protection and Thereby Improve Patent Quality
• USPTO to Host Roundtable on the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

• Reising Ethington Clients Win Patent Infringement Suit Brought by the Largest Steel Producer in the World
• Special Feature -- Securitization of Pharmaceutical Royalties - A Prescription for Market Growth
• Accomplished IP Litigator Robert Galvin Joins WilmerHale’s Palo Alto Office
• Arnold & Porter LLP Expands High Technology Sector Capabilities in San Francisco Office with Addition of IP Litigation Team
• Coats and Bennett, PLLC, Expands Electrical Engineering Intellectual Property Group
• eTAGZ Victory -- Another Win for the Little Guys
• Lexmark Announces Settlements of Patent Litigation
• Magnolia Solar Completes Multiple Patent Filings -- Patent Applications Detail Revolutionary New Thin Film Solar Cell Technologies
• Mandriva Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee
• Medical Web Technologies Awarded Patent for Web-Based Perioperative Workflow Solution
• Metabolon Awarded Patent for Biochemical Analysis Platform
• Morrison & Foerster Expands Life Sciences Platform with Lateral Partner Addition in Silicon Valley
• Samsung Electronics and IBM Announce Patent Cross-License Agreement
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reaffirms Quantum Data Deduplication Patent
• Water Desalination Patents Granted to Drake Water Technologies

Monday, February 07, 2011

• Brooks Kushman’s Mizrahi Honored as 2011 Super Lawyer for Intellectual Property Efforts
• Burns & Levinson LLP Announces New Chairs of Intellectual Property/SciTech Group
• CPA Global and ICEBERG Innovation Partners Team up to Create a New Force in Patent Monetization
• General Patent Subsidiary, Leighton Technologies, Settles Patent Suit with CPI Card Group-Colorado
• IP Enforcement Roundup - February 7, 2011
• ISTO Technologies Awarded Key Patent for NuQu Injectable Therapy for Degenerative Disc Disease
• MorphoSys Strengthens Patent Position on Lead Program MOR103
• NetLogic Microsystems Accelerates Innovation Leadership with 500th Issued Patent
• Nixon Peabody Reaches Favorable Conclusion for LaserMax in Patent Infringement Litigation
• Selventa Granted Patent for Computer-based Storage System
• Senniger Powers Promotes Janet Hendrickson and Marc Vander Tuig to Partner
• The GEO Group Pending Acquisition Facing Patent Suit
• USPTO Grants Mercury Cable’s Request for Reexamination of CTC’s 7,179,522 Patent

Saturday, February 05, 2011

• Counterfeiters Thrown For A Loss

Friday, February 04, 2011

• AIPLA Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee’s Approval of Patent Reform Legislation
• Ryan Announces California Court of Appeals Rules Telecommunications Software Licenses Exempt as Technology Transfer Agreements
• USPTO and EPO Reach Agreement on Principles of Cooperative Patent Classification System
• USPTO Has Granted SMART Modular Technologies’ Request for Reexamination of Netlist Patents
• USPTO Validates One of Three Key Kilopass 1T Anti-Fuse Patents Asserted Against Sidense
• USPTO Validates Sidense’s Non-Infringement Position and Rejects Two Kilopass Patents

Thursday, February 03, 2011

• Fushi Copperweld Extends Worldwide License With Nexans
• Generex Oncology Receives New Patent for AE37 Immunotherapeutic Cancer Vaccine
• IntelGenx Announces Dismissal of Patent Litigation Relating to Its Once Daily High Dose 450 mg Bupropion Hydrochloride Tablet
• Lpath Issued Two Key Patents Related to Lead Cancer Drug Candidate, ASONEP
• Red Hat Joins Technology Leaders in Requesting the U.S. Supreme Court Correct Patent Litigation Rules
• SIPCO, LLC Signs Five New Licensees to Wireless Mesh Portfolio
• The Licensing Executives Society International Announces the Global Technology Impact Forum 2012
• Three Patents Issued to Magnetecs in January 2011
• Xitronix Wins Patent Infringement Case Against KLA-Tencor

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

• USPTO to Issue Proposal for Track One Accelerated Patent Examination in Flexible Three Track Patent Processing Program
• AMFELTEC Corporation to Be Granted Patent for Batteryless System Logger for Embedded Applications
• Application Search & Download Patent Granted to Single Touch Interactive
• Chan Law Group Invalidates Patents Again
• New York Investigators Seize 10 Websites That Illegally Streamed Copyrighted Sporting and Pay-Per-View Events
• Protext Mobility Updates Intellectual Property Portfolio and Readies AmberWatch SafeText for Commercial Service Launch
• SanDisk Announces Cross-Patent License Agreement with Imation Corp., Settles Patent Litigation
• VantageScore Solutions Granted Patent For Its Characteristic Leveling Method and System
• Vermillion Announces Notice of Allowance of Patent for Breast Cancer Biomarkers

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

• Aircraft Medical Wins Long-running Video Laryngoscope Patent Litigation Against Verathon
• Banner & Witcoff Elects President and Shareholders; Announces New Associates
• Corsearch Expands A2 Beyond Capability for Greater Speed, Efficiency and Anytime, Anywhere International Trademark Screening
• Cricket Communications Prevails in Trademark Infringement and False Advertising Case
• EDGAR Online Awarded U.S. Patent for A System and Method for Rendering Financial Data
• Kyoto University, iPS Academia Japan, and iPierian Announce Global Licensing and Patent Assignment Agreement
• Leading IP Litigation Lawyer Stephen J. Rosenman Joins Ropes & Gray
• Neonode Issued US Patent and Trademark for Touch Screen Technology
• OKI Data Americas Cleared by U.S. International Trade Commission in Ricoh Electronics, Inc. Patent Infringement Case
• Pacific Biosciences Announces Favorable Ruling in Patent Interference Case With Life Technologies
• Proteonomix, Inc. Files Additional Patent Application on StromaCel
• Woodcock Washburn Announces New Policy Committee

Monday, January 31, 2011

• BIO Supports Patent Reform Act of 2011
• Dean Kamen and FIRST® LEGO® League Seek Kid Inventors Globally
• Experienced Technology Patent Litigator Jennifer Dzwonczyk Joins Venable
• Fuisz Media Group Announces Notice of Allowance of Significant Media and Technology Breakthrough
• InterDigital Signs Acer to Worldwide Patent License Agreement
• inthinc Awarded Patent on Technology to Reduce Distracted Driving
• IP Enforcement Roundup - January 31, 2011
• Jim Beam Brands Wins Summary Judgment Against Jose Cuervo Maker in Breach of Contract Action
• U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Names New Appointments to Patent and Trademark Advisory Committees
• US Patent Issued to PensionDCisions
• USPTO Names Albert Tramposch Administrator for Policy and External Affairs

Friday, January 28, 2011

• $482 Million Awarded to Dr. Bruce Saffran in Johnson & Johnson Patent Infringement Case
• Special Feature -- Patent Legislation - Meeting the Challenges of Reform?
• Court Awards Blendtec Largest Infringement Damages in Utah State History
• Fish & Richardson Names 16 New Principals
• IPRO Tech Awarded Patent for Innovative Litigation Imaging Application, IPRO Copy+
• Kunekt Files Trademark Applications with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Lipocine Inc. Strengthens Its Oral Testosterone IP Portfolio
• McCarter & English Continues to Expand Its Intellectual Property Practice in Boston with the Hiring of Evelyn D. Shen
• Motorola and WiLAN Settle Litigation
• Neuralstem, Inc. Settles Litigation Against ReNeuron, Ltd.
• Rambus and Panasonic Sign Patent License Agreement

Thursday, January 27, 2011

• American Association for Justice Successfully Enforces Trademarks
• Lakewood-Amedex Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance on Three US Patent Applications Relating to Treatment of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
• Northern Light Receives U.S. Patent for Meaning Extraction Technology
• Soligenix Executes Exclusive License with the University of Colorado for Vaccine Thermostabilization Technology

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

• Global Debt Registry Awarded Provisional Patent
• Helix Wind Awarded Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• K&L Gates Expands Intellectual Property Litigation Practice with Pair of Palo Alto Partners
• Manatt Bolsters D.C. Office With International IP Litigator
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Announces Six New Board Members, Two New Partners
• Payment Pathways Receives a Fundamental U.S. X2X Payment Patent
• People Power Receives New Patent for Its Power Usage Monitoring System
• Second Patent Award in 45 Days Validates Reality Mobile’s Vision of Mobile Video Collaboration
• Sidense Granted All Claims by USPTO in Key Patent Dispute
• Squire Sanders Increases Genomics/Biologics Capability
• Walker Digital Retains IP Navigation Group for Patent Licensing Program
• Watson Confirms Welchol Oral Suspension Patent Challenge

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

• Applied BioCode Granted 2 Patents for its Barcoded Magnetic Beads Used in Highly Multiplexed MDx Testing
• Axis Strengthens Its Patent Portfolio
• Kodak Receives Notice of Initial Determination in ITC Patent Infringement Action Against Apple and Research In Motion
• Kruse Technology Partnership Grants License to Cummins Inc.
• LanguageWorks Files Trademark Infringement Lawsuit
• Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC is Pleased to Announce the Election of Partner Kristin L. Murphy to its Board of Managers
• Radient Pharmaceuticals’ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary NuVax Therapeutics Signs Exclusive License Agreement for Immune-Gene Therapeutics Technology From University of Florida Research Center
• Realtek and WiLAN Reach Agreement For Technology License
• SANUWAVE Health Granted U.S. Patent on Use of Piezoelectric Fibers to Produce Acoustic Energy in the Shock Wave Spectrum
• US Patent & Trademark Office Rules in Favor of Star Scientific Petition in Patent Reexamination Process

Monday, January 24, 2011

• Andrews Kurth Adds Attorney Dean Harvey in Dallas
• BIOLASE Issued New Patent for Use of Laser Technologies for Eye Surgery
• BSKB Trademark Training Seminar Marks 20th Year
• Embvue and Airbus Sign AFDX Technology License Agreement
• Huawei Files Lawsuit Against Motorola for IP Infringement
• IP Enforcement Roundup - January 24, 2011
• Lathrop & Gage Continues Aggressive Growth of IP Practice with New Boston Office
• Merchant & Gould Promotes Three Attorneys to Partner
• MMRGlobal Continues to Add to Its Patent Portfolio
• Nixon Peabody Successfully Defends Insurance Company Unitrin Direct in Copyright Case
• Rambus Acquires Patented Innovations and Technology from Imagine Designs
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Launches Grid Industry Group

Friday, January 21, 2011

• BioDelivery Sciences Refutes Patent Claim
• Fox Rothschild Welcomes Aaron Craig to Its LA Office
• IP Leaders Weigh in on Developments in High Tech and Changes in the IP Landscape
• Managing IP Risks - The Importance of Obtaining Freedom-to-Operate Guidance -- Wolf Greenfield Seminar, Feb. 17, Boston
• MOPN Files U.S. and International Patents for Soil Cleanup Technology

Thursday, January 20, 2011

• Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath and Gilchrist, P.A. Announces Robert H. Thornburg has Been Named a Shareholder at the Firm
• Broadcom and WiLAN Reach Agreement to End Litigations
• Bryan A. Wong Promoted to Partner at Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.
• Crosscheck Networks Earns Patent for Using Genetic Evolutionary Concepts to Address Security Vulnerabilities and Compliance
• Dynamax Technologies, Ltd Has Entered into License Agreement with Minkus Electronic Display Systems
• Novo Nordisk Intends to Appeal Adverse Ruling in Prandin (repaglinide) Patent Case
• Patent Issued for Protective Suit Marketed to Nuclear Power Plants
• Reed Smith Defends PBS Kids Show Against $400 Million IP Suit
• UBM TechInsights Expands Patent Brokerage Business

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

• Special Feature -- 25% Rule is Drawn and Quartered: Court Rejects Popular Method for Computing Patent Infringement Damages
• Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance for Third Patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Reports Developments in Its Interference Proceeding
• Amy Baker Mandragouras Named Managing Partner of the Boston Office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
• Bingham Expands Intellectual Property Group Partnership
• Preeminent IP Litigation Group Joins Dewey & LeBoeuf in Northern California
• Seminar - NPEs and Other IP Challenges: The New Approach - April 6-7, 2011
• Severstal Wins Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Tytan Holdings, Inc. Announces New Provisional Patent Pending Application
• VIZIO Resolves Patent Dispute With LG Electronics

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

• BPAI Reverses Written Description and Prior Art Rejections Resulting in Important Victory for GSI Group, Inc.
• Duane Morris’ Sandra A. Jeskie Named Chair of Philadelphia Bar Association’s Business Law Section
• Foley Hoag Intellectual Property Lawyer Joshua S. Jarvis Appointed as IPO Liaison to ICANN
• Kilpatrick Townsend Continues Growth -- Expands Asian Presence with Strategic Move into Taiwan
• Lawrence P. Cogswell III, Ph.D. Joins Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds as an Associate
• MonoSol Rx, LLC Files Patent Infringement and False Marking Lawsuit Against BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc., MEDA Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc.
• Nexenta Systems Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee
• Nixon Peabody Adds to Firmwide Patents Group
• Noted Intellectual Property Litigators Join Ballard Spahr in Phoenix
• Patent Litigators Douglas Lumish and Jeffrey Homrig Join Kasowitz in San Francisco
• Patent Offices of United States and Finland to Expand Work Sharing Efforts

Monday, January 17, 2011

• AK Steel Wins Patent Suit for Special Automotive Steels
• Coats and Bennett Defends Carolina Ale House Brand
• SAFE Corporation Announces CodeSuite-LT

Friday, January 14, 2011

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Geotab, Inc.
• Acacia Subsidiary Reaches Settlement with Vizio, Inc.
• Court Grants Motion to Dismiss Case Against ECORE for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
• Federal Court Sides With VSP Vision Care; Dismisses Last Claim of Aspex Eyewear’s Lawsuit
• Intellectual Property Partner David E. Weslow Joins Wiley Rein
• New U.S. Patent Covers Breakthrough in Anti-Aging Science
• Seventeen McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorneys Recognized As Leading Lawyers

Thursday, January 13, 2011

• ERF Wireless Receives U.S. Patent Office Notice of Second CryptoVue Patent Award
• Fish & Richardson Attorney Juanita Brooks Named Attorney of the Year by The Recorder
• IP Law Professionals Launch New Practice in Utah
• Trimedyne Announces a Settlement and Patent License Agreement With Lumenis Ltd.
• US Patent Issued for Microdroplet BOTOX Technology by Dr. Kenneth Steinsapir

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

• Special Feature -- The Supreme Court Considers the Materiality Requirement in the Context of Drug Companies’ Disclosure of Adverse Event Reports
• Arthur G. Connolly III Elected Managing Partner of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz
• Asuragen Announces New Notices of Allowance from USPTO Related to the Diagnostic Applications of Cancer-Related miRNAs at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains Summary Judgment on Behalf of Ultra Wheel Company
• CommScope Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against BoreFlex Industries
• Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz Elects Four Attorneys to Partnership
• Intellicheck Mobilisa Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent
• Poynt Corporation Awarded Location-Based Advertising Patent for Delivering Coupons and Offers
• Provision Interactive Announces New U.S. Patent
• Sipro Lab Telecom Becomes the New Licensing Administrator of the W-CDMA Patent Pool
• StrikeForce Technologies Inc. Is Awarded the Patent for Multi-Channel Device Utilizing A Centralized Out-of-Band Authentication System
• Thomson Reuters Releases Report on the State of Global Innovation
• VirnetX Files New Lawsuit Against Siemens and Mitel

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

• Augme Technologies, Inc. Appoints Top Intellectual Property Expert to Board of Directors
• CSR and Broadcom Settle All Litigation
• eJamming Inc Awarded Key Patent for its Unique Multiplayer Music Collaboration Technology
• H.C. Starck and Cabot Announce Patent Cross-License Agreement
• Intel Announces New Patent Cross License Agreement with NVIDIA
• Staples Found Guilty in PaperPro Patent Case
• TriMed, Inc. Announces Licensing Agreement with Stryker
• U. S. Patent for Wireless Communication Issued to Mayflower Communications Company, Inc.
• USPTO Introduces Online Tools to Solicit Public Feedback on Patent and Trademark Examining Procedures
• Vermillion Announces Issuance of Patent for Peripheral Artery Disease
• Wiley Rein Files Amicus Brief in Mylan, Inc. v. Daiichi Sankyo Co.

Monday, January 10, 2011

• Ascension Orthopedics Granted Patent for PyroCarbon Humeral Head Design
• AtheroNova Files Patent Application for Potentially Revolutionary Obesity Treatment
• Banner & Witcoff Hits Milestone of Procuring Over 5,000 Design Patents
• BroadLight Issued Two New Processor Architecture Patents
• Eight McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorneys Honored As Intellectual Property Law Leaders
• Nomadix and LodgeNet Settle Internet Gateway Patent Litigation
• Oblon, Spivak Elects Two Partners and Elevates Three Senior Attorneys and Seven Senior Associates
• PDL BioPharma Announces Decisions on Summary Judgment in its Litigation with MedImmune
• Ronald M. Daignault Joins Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. in New York

Friday, January 07, 2011

• 3M and Minkus Resolve Patent Dispute
• Delta Faucet Company and Watermark Design, Ltd., Reached Settlement in Patent and Trademark Infringement Lawsuit
• Entelos Granted Patent for Predictive Toxicology for Biological Systems
• ePIPE Team Awarded Patent for In-place Pipe Restoration and Leak Sealing System for Pipes
• Sensipar Patents Upheld By District Court

Thursday, January 06, 2011

• Asentinel Announces Multi-million Dollar Patent Licensing Agreement of Telecommunications Expense Management Patents
• Barnes & Thornburg LLP Expands Services in Columbus Office With Addition of Trademark, Copyright Attorney
• Hutchison Law Group Opens Florida Office
• INTA Revamps Brand and Launches New Website and Social Network
• Intellectual Ventures and SAP Announce License Agreement
• Korean Intellectual Property Office Signs with IP.com
• Quinn Emanuel’s San Francisco Office Adds Patent Trial Lawyer Gillian Thackray
• Trident Microsystems Licenses to MSTAR Semiconductors Certain MEMC Patents
• Virdante Granted Key U.S. Patent Related to Sialic Switch Technology for Identifying Anti-Inflammatory Compounds
• Winston & Strawn Bolsters IP Litigation Practice with Addition of Michael Murray to Its New York Office

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

• Calgon Carbon Settles Lawsuit with for Your Ease Only, Inc.
• Franklin Wireless Responds to Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Marchon3D Issued Patent for Revolutionary Curved 3D Lens Technology
• Noted Life Sciences Lawyer Hemmie Chang Joins Foley Hoag
• Odyssey Thera Announces U.S. Patent for Technologies Enabling Protein Interaction Screening and Directed Evolution
• Optimer Pharmaceuticals Obtains Additional Fidaxomicin Patent
• Rader, Fishman & Grauer Partner Michael B. Stewart Named to The List of 2011 Top Lawyers by dbusiness Magazine
• Reality Mobile Announces First Patent Award

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

• Duane Morris San Francisco Office Adds Intellectual Property Partner Mark A. Steiner
• IntelGenx Receives Positive Ruling in Patent Litigation Hearing
• Kenyon & Kenyon LLP Announces New Partners and Counsel
• Omni Bio Pharmaceutical Awarded Patent for Preventing Anthrax Infection
• OrbusNeich Granted Expanded U.S. Patent of Genous Endothelial Progenitor Cell Capture Technology
• U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Microsoft Infringed Uniloc USA Inc.’s Patented Technology
• UNH School of Law Breaks Ground For New $3.2 Million Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property

Monday, January 03, 2011

• BNA Books’ New Constructing and Deconstructing Patents Expertly Guides Practitioners Through Complexities of the Patent Process
• BNA Books’ New Third Edition of Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook Provides Knowledge, Insights, and Strategies To Win Cases
• Intellectual Property Attorney Wei Wei Jeang Joins Andrews Kurth as a Partner in Dallas
• Litigator John McDowell Joins the Dallas Office of Andrews Kurth as a Partner
• Marina Biotech Announces Allowance of Patent Covering DiLA2 Delivery Platform From U.S. Patent Office
• Mercury Cable Requests Summary Judgment Based on Invalidity of CTC Patent Claims
• New Second Edition of Biotechnology and the Federal Circuit Examines the Court’s Decisions on Chemical, Biotechnology, and Pharmaceutical Patent Law Cases
• SAFE Online IP Screening Case Study Shows Similarities Between Code From Zynga and CrowdStar

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

• Hamid Piroozi Joins Ice Miller LLP
• Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Acquires Sucampo AG to Strengthen Its Prostone Intellectual Property Portfolio

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

• Kodak Enters Into Technology Cross-License Agreement With NEC
• Power Efficiency Corporation Granted New Patent for E-Save Technology

Monday, December 27, 2010

• Rambus and Renesas Electronics Sign Patent License Agreement

Thursday, December 23, 2010

• Federal Appeals Court Sets Hearing Date in GE Patent Dispute with Mitsubishi
• Garmin Announces Ruling in German Patent Infringement Case
• ITG Announces Dismissal of Liquidnet Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Judge Rules in Favor of Avery Dennison in 3M Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Mercury Cable Files Request for Reexamination of Composite Technology’s 7,179,522 Patent
• Rader, Fishman & Grauer Acquires Top IP Talent to Grow It’s Growing Trademark Practice

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

• Barrett Technology’s Puck Motor-Drive-Electronics Module Wins US Patent Protection
• Broadcom Receives Favorable Claim Construction Ruling in Patent Infringement Case Against Emulex
• KDE Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee
• RyMed Technologies Responds to Patent Infringement Verdict
• Spectros White LED Patent Scope Affirmed In U.S. Patent Office Reexamination
• Takeda Completes Settlements With All Defendants in U.S. Patent Litigation Involving ACTOS, ACTOplus met, and metformin HCl) and duetact
• WHERE Awarded Geofence Patent Covering Mobile Advertising and Mobile Commerce

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

• 3M Sues Andover Healthcare Inc. for Patent Infringement
• 41st Parameter Awarded Patent Protecting Groundbreaking Device Identification for Online and Mobile Commerce
• Federal Circuit Affirms Ruling That Tessera Patents Are Valid and Infringed
• Minesoft and RWS Group Announce a Brand New Version of PatBase
• Morrison & Foerster Secures Jury Verdict for ICU Medical in Patent Infringement Case
• United States Court of Appeals Affirms Limelight Networks® Does Not Infringe Akamai Patents

Monday, December 20, 2010

• austriamicrosystems Confirms Validity of Court Decision in Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Melexis, is Confident to Prevail in Appeal of First-Instance Patentability Decision
• Clean Power Concepts Acquires Rights to Significant Technology Production Patent
• Fish & Richardson Attorney David Healey Blogs About IP, Business Strategy at PatentMath.com
• Fuisz Announces Patent Filing on Cipher Wristwatch
• New Hub Will Allow the Public to Connect to the USPTO with Subscriptions to Publications and Updates
• OXIS International Files Patent Application for Methods and Compositions Using Ergothioneine
• Sandra Aistars Named Executive Director, Alliance Board Announces
• TeleCommunication Systems Receives Two US Patents on Information Teleservice Messaging
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Terminates Interference Proceeding in Favor of PDL BioPharma, Inc.
• USPTO Deputy Director Sharon Barner to Leave Agency
• Viasystems Awarded Patent for Thermal Management Technology in Printed Circuit Boards

Friday, December 17, 2010

• Attorney Jack Waddey Named to Panel of Neutrals of the International Trademark Association
• BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. Continues to Enhance Patent Portfolio
• Buchanan’s IP Practice Group Deepens Technical and Scientific Experience
• COPAN Files New Patents Following the Development of High Nucleic Acid Yield Flocked Swabs
• Garmin Achieves Complete Victory in ITC Patent Infringement Case
• Mentor Graphics Files Patent Infringement Suit Against EVE in Tokyo District Court
• Mylan Confirms First-to-File Patent Challenge Relating to Orapred ODT
• Obsidian Holds the Key to Enterprise Class Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery -- U.S. Patent 7,843,962 Issued
• USPTO to Open First Ever Satellite Office in Detroit

Thursday, December 16, 2010

• Celator Pharmaceuticals Issued U.S. Patent Related to CombiPlex® Technology Platform
• MOSAID and IBM Sign Patent License Agreement, Resolve Patent Litigation Suit
• Newegg Files Opposition to Jones Day Motion to Withdraw as Counsel to Online Shopping Card Patent Holder
• NuVasive and Osiris Settle Patent Dispute With Orthofix International and The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Over Trinity® Evolution
• Software Industry Looking for Meaningful Improvement on Piracy After Latest Trade Talks with China, Says BSA
• Synaptics Licenses Touch Sensor Patent to Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

• Special Feature -- U.S. Supreme Court’s Interest in Patent Law Continues at Historic Level with Decision to Grant Certiorari in Microsoft v. i4i
• A10 Networks Files Patent Countersuits Against F5 Networks
• Affymetrix Announces Court Order Directing Dismissal of Illumina Patent Infringement Lawsuits
• Generex Receives New Patent for Buccal Drug Delivery Platform Technologies
• Immersion Reaches 500 Patent Milestone
• Retailers Should be Cautious Following Supreme Court’s Omega Decision
• Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox Scores Patent Infringement Defense Victory for Jingle Networks
• World Series of Golf, Inc. Announces U.S. Patent for Conducting Sports Tournaments With Wagering

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

• Cell Biosciences Announces US Patent Issuance
• Magnetar Technologies Patent Victory Over Intamin, Ltd. Affirmed On Appeal
• New ITC Report on Copyright Infringement in China Details Harms to US Companies, Says BSA
• OnLive Awarded Fundamental Cloud Gaming Patent
• Scuderi Group Files New Patents for Next-Generation Split-Cycle Engine
• Singulex Announces Issuance of U.S. Patents for Single Molecule Detection of Protein Biomarkers and Key Biomarker for Cardiac Risk Monitoring
• Watson Confirms Exalgo Patent Challenge
• White & Case Wins Ruling Allowing Registration of Thumbdrive Trademark

Monday, December 13, 2010

• NinePoint Medical Licenses 188 Patents and Patent Applications from Massachusetts General Hospital
• Realization Awarded Another Patent for its Multi Project Critical Chain Software
• Tyfone Continues to Build Patent Portfolio with Issuance of Fourth Patent for Its Mobile Secure Transaction Platform
• US Patent Issued to AutoAlert, Inc., Patent No. 7,827,099

Friday, December 10, 2010

• ACCO Brands Responds to Fellowes, Inc. Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada) Urges Increased Funding for the U.S. Patent &Trademark Office to Help Reduce Patent Backlog and Spur Innovation
• Novatel Wireless Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Franklin Wireless and ZTE

Thursday, December 09, 2010

• Article One Partners Launches Public Review of NTP Patents Asserted Against Mobile & Smartphone Industry
• Duane Morris’ South Florida Offices Add Three Intellectual Property Attorneys
• EHSI: Celulas Genetica to Patent Breakthrough Stem Cell Treatment
• Fellowes, Inc. Files Patent Infringement Suit against ACCO Brands
• Jury Returns Verdict in VNUS’ Patent Infringement Lawsuit With Total Vein Systems and biolitec Finding Some Patent Claims Invalid and Some Infringed
• Kaseya Receives Patent for Technology That Delivers Dynamic Instruction Sets to Remote Devices
• PureCircle Confirms Scientific Leadership with Industry’s First Published Commercially Viable High Purity Stevia Patents
• TeleCommunication Systems Receives Five Wireless United States Patents in 45 Days
• Third Reexamination Confirms Validity of Convolve Patent
• USPTO Chief Economist Unveils Agency’s New Economic Research Agenda During Conference on Intellectual Property and the Innovation Economy
• USPTO Marks 30th Anniversary of Bayh-Dole Act

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

• Intellectual Property Litigator Joins McGuireWoods in Chicago
• Nanobiz LLC: Building Real Value in Your Intellectual Property
• SmartMetric Announces That It Has Filed a Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against American Express
• Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. Announces the Issuance of United States Patent Relating to NTx-265
• USPTO Implements Pilot Program Allowing a 12-Month Extension to the Provisional Patent Application
• XStor Medical Systems Receives Patent for Software Storage Platform

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

• Special Feature -- Speeding Up the Patent Process Using the Patent Prosecution Highway
• East Morgan Holdings Inc. Finalizes Energy Intellectual Property and Patent Acquisition Agreement
• Fish & Richardson Attorneys Marchese and Barnes Launch Patent Damages Blog
• J. Michael Huget and Deborah Swedlow Join Honigman’s Litigation Department and its Intellectual Property Practice Group
• MoneyGram International Wins Appeal on Patent Case
• Red Hat Files Brief with U.S. Supreme Court Opposing Expansion of Standard for Inducing Patent Infringement
• Terex Issues Statement on Patent Infringement Verdict

Monday, December 06, 2010

• Akerman Senterfitt Expands Intellectual Property Practice with Addition of Four Attorneys in Denver Office
• Foley & Lardner Welcomes Team Led by Prominent IP Attorneys John Lanza and Christopher McKenna in Boston
• General Patent Corporation Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Casio on Behalf of Advanced Video Technologies
• Gina A. Hough Joins Anderson Kill & Olick as Partner in Washington, D.C.
• Patent Litigator Johnny Kumar Joins Mayer Brown as partner in Washington, DC Office

Friday, December 03, 2010

• Bill Richardson Joins Baker & McKenzie Intellectual Property Practice

Thursday, December 02, 2010

• Cantor Colburn Adds Experienced IP Duo with Expertise in Generic Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Arts
• Uniloc USA Inc. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Intuit, Inc. and Electronic Arts, Inc.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

• Judge Rules in Favor of 3M in Trademark and Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Internet Distributor of Stethoscopes
• Lidl Enters into MPEG-2 License with MPEG LA
• NTE Energy Files Patent Request for Expansion of Its Hybrid Renewable Energy Technology
• RegeneRx Receives Australian Patent Using TB4 to Protect Against Biological, Chemical and Toxic Agents
• Transamerica Reinsurance Awarded Patent for VELOGICA® Underwriting Technology
• Vern Maine & Associates Announces Attorney Michael Albaneze To Join Firm

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

• Court Dismisses with Prejudice Nero AG’s Antitrust Claim Against MPEG LA
• Duane Morris’ Sandra A. Jeskie Named to the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’s List of Arbitrators
• Hasbro, Inc. Obtains Permanent Injunction from Buzz Bee Toys for Patent Infringement
• Integrity Tracking, LLC Announces Patent for Alzheimer’s Device
• Marvell Prevails Against Jasmine Networks in Trade Secrets Case
• XtremeSignPost, Inc. Granted U.S. Patent for a Mobile Method to Advertise Personalized Consumer Products Using RFID and Cellular Technology

Monday, November 29, 2010

• Fulbright Hires IP Lawyer As Co-Head of E-Discovery, Information Management Practice
• Intellectual Property Departments Feeling Pressure of Economic Downturn – Evaluating Patenting Costs and Filing Strategies
• Lightwave Logic Receives Notice of Allowance in Patent Application for Perkinamine Chromophores
• Mymetics Secures New Patent for Virosome Based Vaccines
• Sidense Files Action Against Third Kilopass Patent at USPTO

Friday, November 26, 2010

• Impax Laboratories Confirms Patent Challenge Relating to SIMCOR Extended-Release Tablets, 1000/20 mg
• MediVet-America LLC and Vet-Stem Inc. Reach Agreement
• WorcesterWreath.com - Founder Morrill Worcester Files Patent Infringement Suit

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

• Aeris Therapeutics Receives US Patent 7,819,908 with Broad Claims to Use of Energy or Heat for Non-Surgical Lung Volume Reduction
• Analog Devices Wins MEMS Microphone Patent Case
• B. Braun Prevails in Patent Infringement Case
• Date for Oral Argument Docketed in US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Star Scientific Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against RJ Reynolds
• HTC and Intellectual Ventures Announce Licensing Agreement and Strategic Alliance
• USPTO to Host Roundtable on Best Practices for Trademark Prosecution in the Current Electronic Environment
• Vance V. VanDrake III Joins Ulmer & Berne LLP

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

• HomeVestors Attains Victory Over Trademark Infringers
• Mitsubishi Prevails Before Federal Circuit in Patent Infringement Suit
• Noted Technology & IP Litigator Kenneth K. Dort Joins Drinker Biddle
• Solar3D Submits Patent Application for Breakthrough 3-Dimensional Solar Cell
• Thomas Major Joins IPOfferings as Vice President in Charge of Brokerage for Larger Patent Portfolios
• USPTO Extends Deadline for Patent Application Exchange Program by One Year
• YANGAROO Receives Patent Grant for Biometric Rights Management System

Monday, November 22, 2010

• Additional U.S. Patent Issued for Rexahn’s CNS Treatment Portfolio
• Baker Hostetler Expands D.C. Office Paul E. Poirot Joins Firm IP Practice
• Impax Confirms Patent Challenge Relating to WELCHOL for Oral Suspension, 3.75 gm/packet and 1.875 gm/packet
• Lumenis and Alma Reach Settlement Regarding Patent Lawsuit
• Soligenix Announces Issuance of United States Patent for RiVax, its Vaccine Against Ricin Toxin
• Tyfone Receives Additional Patent for Cutting-Edge Mobile Electronic Wallet Technology
• WiLAN Initiates Litigation Against Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications

Friday, November 19, 2010

• Appeals Court Stays Judgment in HemCon’s Patent Infringement Case
• FURminator Exercising Zero Tolerance Toward Sellers of Counterfeit Products
• The LES Foundation Celebrates Intellectual Property During Global Entrepreneurship Week And Invites Graduate Students From Across The Globe To Register For Its 2011 Business Plan Competition!
• Three Major Patent Offices Make Significant Advances in Work Sharing

Thursday, November 18, 2010

• Business Associations Band Together in Support of ACTA
• Egenera Awarded Patent for Highly-Available Cluster Technology
• Greenberg Traurig Expands the Los Angeles Office with Intellectual Property Attorney Joseph Geisman
• ID Analytics Secures Patent for Identity-Based Fraud Detection for Transactions Using Historical Identity Records
• McDonald Hopkins Intellectual Property Alert -- Who Is the Patent Owner of Federally Funded Inventions?
• Samsung Electronics and Intellectual Ventures Enter Into License Agreement
• Validity of KCI Patents Upheld in United Kingdom

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

• EDSA Awarded Five New Patents for Real-Time Power Systems Monitoring and Predictive Analysis Technology; Includes New Foundational Patent
• Foley Welcomes Prominent Life Sciences Patent Attorney Lauren L. Stevens in Silicon Valley
• Former Cisco Intellectual Property Executive Joins RPX
• Intematix and Tridonic Consortium Announce Agreement on BOSE Phosphor Patents for LEDs
• Jagex Games Studio Wins Patent Infringement Case
• Morrison & Foerster Partner Brian Busey Elected President of the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
• Nanotrope, Inc. Receives Patent on New Diagnostic Test for Influenza and Other Viral Infections
• Rheonix Announces Issuance of New Patent for its Microfluidic Diagnostic Platform
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Launches Twitter Account
• UC Irvine Extension Offers New Online Course in Patent Law and Procedure: Preparation, Prosecution, and Beyond

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

• AuraSource, Inc. Announces the Filing of a Patent Application for Its Shock Wave Grinding Apparatus
• BLG Files Appeal to Federal Circuit on Patent Reissue Rights
• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains an Important Patent for a GPS Driven Utility Asset Management and Damage Prevention System and Method
• Clinical Data, Inc. Announces Issuance of New U.S. Patent for Vilazodone
• IGT Files Suit for Patent Infringement Against Aristocrat
• Kane Biotech Issued US Patent for DispersinB® Wound Care Technology
• McCain, Inc. Awarded U.S. Patent for Copper Theft Security Equipment
• Nathan P. Letts, Life Sciences Patent Attorney, Joins the Durham Office of The Eclipse Group LLP
• Otsuka Prevails in U.S. Abilify Patent Litigation
• Patent Calls Hosts First Patent Expert Witness Boot Camp
• SAFE Corporation Announces CodeScreener Online Service for Detecting Software Plagiarism
• SugarCRM Joins Open Invention Network as Licensee
• U.S. District Court Rules from Bench in Lilly’s Favor, Confirms Validity of Alimta Patent
• Wolf Greenfield Hires Two Technology Specialists

Monday, November 15, 2010

• Cellutions, LLC Earns Patent for Modjo Synergy Natural Hangover Prevention Formula
• Copyright, Entertainment Lawyers to Discuss Music’s Fair Use vs. Infringement
• Intellectual Property Association Taps Nixon Peabody Partner for Leadership Role
• Intellectual Property Attorney, Todd A. Benni, Joins McDonald Hopkins Law Firm
• President Obama to Honor Recipients of the 2009 National Medal of Science & National Medal of Technology and Innovation
• Sunesis Issued Important U.S. Patent Covering Vosaroxin Clinical Formulation
• Thomson Reuters Introduces New Japanese Language Patent Research Offering with Single-Login Access to Japanese and Global Patent Collections
• Tomophase Awarded Eighth Patent: Mapping Physiological Functions of Tissues in Lungs and Other Organs
• USPTO Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Ex Parte Appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Friday, November 12, 2010

• FutureLogic Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Nanoptix
• Labopharm Receives Notice of ANDA Submission With Paragraph IV Certification for Generic of Oleptro
• Luminus Devices Awarded 50th U.S. Patent For Big-Chip LEDs
• MMRGlobal Revives Five Material Biotech Patent Applications
• Seward & Kissel Successfully Defends Joint Authorship Claims for Client Exceller Software

Thursday, November 11, 2010

• Cotendo Responds to Akamai’s Patent Infringement Complaint
• Motorola Mobility Files Patent Infringement Complaints Against Microsoft
• U.S. PTO Grants Eighth Patent on Key Component of Cyclone Power Technologies’ Green Engine

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

• Adolor Corporation Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for ADL6906, an Analgesic Compound with a Novel Mechanism of Action
• AIPLA Welcomes New Board Officers and Members, Including New AIPLA President David W. Hill and Congratulates Award Recipients
• Anthony Amaral, Seasoned IP Litigator, Joins General Patent Corporation as Chief IP Counsel
• Aperio Awarded Patent for 3D Viewing of Digital Cytology Slides
• Asuragen Reports Notice of Allowance from USPTO Related to the Diagnostic Application of an Important Cancer-Related miRNA
• Brooks Kushman’s Shovein Honored as Up & Coming Lawyer
• Geeknet Joins Open Invention Network as Licensee
• Merck Wins TEMODAR Patent Infringement Lawsuit on Appeal
• Rembrandt IP Management Announces Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Seagate and Western Digital
• Skyline Solar Awarded Two Additional Green Patents from the USPTO
• Steven Lipman, IP Litigator and Former Senior Attorney to USPTO Commissioners and Solicitors, Joins Seyfarth Shaw’s Boston Office
• USPTO Extends Deadline to Participate in Green Technology Pilot Program by One Year

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

• Augme Technologies, Inc. Receives Fourth Patent From United States Patent and Trademark Office
• MonoSol Rx Issued Strategic U.S. Patent Governing the Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Films
• Open-Silicon Strengthens Patent Portfolio With Test Technology
• Plantiga Technologies Announces the International Patent Registration of Its Biometric Technology for Major Security Implementations
• Ralink Sues Lantiq for Patent Infringement
• TriZetto’s NetworX Pricer Claims Processing Technology Granted Patent for Unique Functionality in Pricing Healthcare Claims
• U.S. Patent Awarded to Pop Test, LLC for Non-Invasive Saliva Based Glucose Test
• Wolf Greenfield Names El-Hayek, M.D., Counsel

Monday, November 08, 2010

• Composite Technology Receives Court Authorization to Broaden Its Case Against Mercury Cable & Energy
• DLA Piper Adds Renowned Patent Lawyers Henry Koda and William L. Androlia to Tokyo and Los Angeles Offices
• Duane Morris Adds to National Generic Pharmaceuticals Practice
• Fuisz Announces Issuance of Patent for the New Generation of Glucose and Other Analyte Analyzers
• Global Resource Corporation Files Patents for Water Desalination and Purification
• KM Enterprises Files Suit Against Global Traffic Technologies
• StrikeForce Technologies, Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance From the United States Patent Office
• USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks Lynne Beresford to Retire After More Than Three Decades With the Agency
• Verenium Appoints Alexander A. Fitzpatrick General Counsel
• Vet-Stem Signs License Agreement With Affiliate in Australia for Veterinary Stem Cells

Friday, November 05, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Texas Instruments
• Asankya, Inc. Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for Transport Layer Optimization
• Barnes & Thornburg LLP Adds Nationally Recognized IP Partner to Lead IP Practice in Washington, DC
• Business Method Patents - Is Canada Leading The Way? Amazon’s One Click Appeal
• Lando & Anastasi, LLP Expands Litigation and Patent Teams
• Microvision Enhances Patent Position Through Purchase of Motorola Portfolio
• NovaCentrix Awarded U.S. Patent Critical for Sintering Metal Inks on Low Temperature Substrates
• Revolution Eyewear Patent Infringement Victory
• Trade Secrets and Covenants Not to Compete: Whose Secret Is It Anyway? -- Live Video Webcast

Thursday, November 04, 2010

• Eugene Pak Joins Wendel Rosen’s Intellectual Property Practice Group
• Interventional Spine, Inc. Announces Issuance of Key Patents for the PERPOS PLS System
• Marchon3D Receives Notice of Allowance from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Relating to its Innovative Curved 3D Lenses
• Sandata Technologies Launches Enhanced Location Monitoring
• Soitec Has Prevailed in its Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against MEMC
• UBM TechInsights Announces Japanese Version of PatentVista Enterprise

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

• Camtek Ltd. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Rudolph Technologies Inc.
• Dickstein Shapiro Secures Victory for Hovione in Flumethasone Patent Case
• Kilpatrick Stockton and Townsend and Townsend and Crew Unite
• MEMC Successful in SOI Patent Infringement Suit
• Patent Calls Innovation Reduces Costs of Patent Litigation
• Post Ariad, What’s Required in Written Descriptions for Patents?

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

• afterBOT Awarded Second Patent for Retail Industry Digital Receipt System
• Alston & Bird Continues IP Expansion in California
• BIO and AUTM File Joint Brief Defending Patentability of DNA-Based Inventions
• CellCast Announces Issuance of First U.S. Patent
• CUBRID Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee
• Dow AgroSciences U.S. Patent Application for New Class of Herbicide Tolerant Traits Allowed
• Duane Morris’ Matthew C. Gaudet to Speak at the Practising Law Institute’s Patent Litigation 2010 Conference
• GenMark Diagnostics Acquires License to HCV Genotyping Patent Estate
• Guidance Software Secures Search Patent from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Patent Agent With Advanced Life Sciences Expertise Joins The Webb Law Firm
• Sidense Files Action Against Kilopass Patents at USPTO
• Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association Announces 2011 Board Members
• Vedder Price Continues East Coast IP Expansion

Monday, November 01, 2010

• Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc. Updates Interference Proceedings Between AVRS, Inc. and Allvoice Developments Ltd. and the Litigation between Allvoice Developments Ltd. and Microsoft Corp.
• Ben Goodger Joins Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge as an Intellectual Property Partner in London
• CPA Global Discover Sets New Standard for Patent Search
• General Manifolds LLC Announces Issuance of US Patent in Computational Neuroscience
• Impax Laboratories Announces Litigation Against Shire Relating to Supply of Generic Adderall XR
• Midtronics Announces RFID License Agreement With Battery Dynamics Group
• Nixu Open Joins Open Invention Network as Licensee
• Reed Smith Adds Newberg to Intellectual Property Group
• Register Now for the Nov. 3 Presentation: Current Criteria in the Linkage System in Mexico
• USPTO Issues Patent for Zynx Health’s Structured Data Authoring and Editing System

Friday, October 29, 2010

• Article One Partners Hosts Inaugural IP Summit in Napa Valley; New Litigation Avoidance Service Launched
• Black Eyed Peas Sued for Willful Copyright Infringement by Artists from Chicago and Texas
• Independent Inventors Conference Kicks Off Nov. 4 at USPTO Headquarters
• WOWIO, Inc. Issued Notice of Allowance For Patent Application Covering Advertising in eBooks

Thursday, October 28, 2010

• Green Energy Management Acquires Exclusive Rights to Proprietary Water Valve Technology
• Greenberg Traurig Grows California and Patent Litigation Practice with Addition of Team in San Francisco
• Hansen Medical Receives 11 Additional U.S. Patents for Medical Robotics
• InComm v. Blackhawk Lawsuit Update
• MacroSolve Awarded Patent Revolutionizing Use of Smartphones, Tablets and Rugged Mobile Devices
• Precision BioSciences Announces that the US Patent Office Issues Final Decisions Rejecting Claims of Four Cellectis Patents
• VirnetX Retains Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

• AnaptysBio Expands Global Leadership in Somatic Hypermutation for Antibody Discovery and Optimization with Newly Issued Patents
• CutisPharma Announces Issuance of an Additional Patent for Suppository Compounding
• Intrinsic Bioprobes Announces Issuance of US Patent for Novel Biomarkers and Assays for Myocardial Infarction
• ISSYS Inc. Awarded Another Patent for Wireless, Batteryless, Implantable Sensors
• Leason Ellis Adds Partner and Associate
• OPEL Solar, Inc., Receives U.S. Patent for Its High Concentration Solar Photovoltaic Module
• Schwabe Bolsters Bioscience, Intellectual Property Practices
• Watson Confirms Crestor Patent Challenge
• Winners Announced in 2010 Collegiate Inventors Competition

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

• Christie, Parker & Hale Announces That Judge Rejects Attempt by OSRAM Sylvania to Obtain Summary Judgment Against American Induction Technologies, Inc. (AITI)
• INGfertility Allowed New Pre~Seed Fertility-Friendly Lubricant Patents in USA, Canada and Japan
• Leading IP Litigator Patricia Martone Joins Morrison & Foerster in New York as Partner
• R. Terrance Rader is named Detroit Area Best Lawyers Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year for 2011
• Shire Receives INTUNIV Paragraph IV Notice Letter
• ThyssenKrupp Elevator Prevails in Patent Lawsuit
• Trius Announces Issuance of Key U.S. Patent for Torezolid Phosphate
• TruePosition Awarded Patent that Enables Advanced Mobile Phone Triggering
• Virtual Hold Technology Awarded New Patent That Protects Workforce Management Integration With Virtual Queuing

Monday, October 25, 2010

• Applied Visual Sciences Receives Patent for Advanced Imaging Technology/Automated Target Recognition
• FIST SA Publishes a New Patent Landscape on Monoclonal Antibodies against Digestive System Cancers
• Helicos BioSciences Amends Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pacific Biosciences to Include Illumina and Life Technologies
• ivi TV Reasserts its Legal Position; Files Motions to Deny Big Media Monopoly of Internet Television
• Patent Litigation Capability Further Bolstered With Arrival of International Trade Commission Practitioner
• SMART Modular Technologies Files Patent Office Requests to Challenge Netlist Patents
• Two New Patents Strengthen BIOLASE Intellectual Property Position in Core Waterlase® Technology and Diode Lasers
• USPTO and EPO Work Toward Joint Patent Classification System
• XTend Medical Corporation (XMDC) Secures the BioHarp Patents

Friday, October 22, 2010

• Avery Dennison Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against 3M
• Farouk Systems, Inc. Awarded $300 Million Judgment Against Internet Counterfeiters
• McDermott IP Lawyer Receives the Sedona Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
• Occlutech Wins Dutch Appeal Court Ruling Against AGA Medical
• Steinbeck Family on New York Federal Appeals Court Ruling
• The Webb Law Firm Adds a Patent Attorney

Thursday, October 21, 2010

• Arrambide Promoted to Deputy General Counsel in SwRI’s Legal and Patent Office
• Celtic Pharma Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent 7,816,323 for Xerecept® in Combination with Avastin as a Treatment for Breast and Colon Cancers
• Greenberg Traurig Expands Los Angeles Office with Litigator Robert J. Herrington
• Knobbe Martens Scores Major Patent Litigation Victory for Smith & Nephew
• Lorus Therapeutics Announces Allowance of United States Patent for Lead Antimicrobial Small Molecule
• MAP Pharmaceuticals Appoints Thomas P. McCracken as Vice President, Intellectual Property
• Stanford Law School’s Fair Use Project Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Constitutionality of Restoring Copyrights in Foreign Works
• US District Court Dismisses Infringement Claim Against Beekley in Patent Battle Over Skin Markers Used in Mammographies
• Zoom Telephonics Sells Domain Name Zoom.com and Certain Trademark Rights

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

• 1SaleADay (US) Awarded Trademark Ownership of Australian Copycat Website
• Arradiance Granted Patent for Breakthrough New Microchannel Plate Process
• General Patent Scores the First Licensee in Patent Infringement Suit with the Federal Government
• Metabolon Awarded US Patent for Metabolic Biomarkers of Efficacy of Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor (PPAR) Affecting Drugs
• Mimvi, Inc. Announces Patent Filing for Intelligent Mobile App Search and Recommendation Technology
• Ravenflow Receives Extended Patent Recognition
• Vicor Technologies Issued United States Patent Related to Its State-Dependent Drug Development Platform
• WMS Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Bally Gaming

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

• Article One Partners Forms Strategic Partnership to Support Peer To Patent Re-launch
• blackPanther OS Joins Open Invention Network as Licensee
• Ceelox Announces First Patent Issued
• Christie, Parker & Hale, on Behalf of Its Client, Vederi, LLC, Sues Google for Patent Infringement Based on Google Street View
• Crowell & Moring Launches TLD And Domain Name Practice
• Greenberg Traurig’s Ian Ballon Wins IP Vanguard Award
• Michael D. Loughnane Named Managing Partner of Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
• New Book - Thesaurus of Claim Construction
• Patent Awarded for Geographic Online Advertising
• Quinn Emanuel Adds Patent Litigator & Engineering PhD to New York Intellectual Property Practice
• Ryogen Is Awarded Two Additional Patents for Human Genes
• USPTO Launches Second Peer To Patent Pilot in Collaboration with New York Law School

Monday, October 18, 2010

• Enigma Diagnostics’ Patents Maintained by UK Intellectual Property Office
• Global Health Ventures Expands Patent Portfolio
• GreenShift Files Infringement Action Against Flottweg
• International Intellectual Property Rights Granted to N-Viro
• Lightwave Logic Announces Allowance of First Patent
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Partner Featured at Chicago Patent Litigation Conference Discussing Patent Reexaminations
• Medifocus, Inc. Obtains Two Patents, One for the Treatment and Prevention of Breast Cancer and the Other for the Treatment of Deep Seated Tumors
• Openwave Licenses Wireless Patents to Mobixell/724 Solutions

Friday, October 15, 2010

• Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath and Gilchrist, P.A. Welcomes New Attorney, Christopher M. Ramsey, Ph.D.
• Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness Welcomes Steven Parmelee as a Member of the Life Sciences Practice
• Motorola and Nokia Announce 4G Licensing Agreement
• Secretary Locke Joins President Obama in Announcing the 2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureates
• Sidense Reports: US Court Rules That No Further Amendments of the Complaint Will Be Allowed by Kilopass
• Syndax Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of UK Patent for Entinostat
• Warner Chilcott Announces Settlement with Lupin of Loestrin 24 Fe and Femcon Fe Patent Litigations

Thursday, October 14, 2010

• Amana Tool Awarded Patent for Innovative Tambour Door Router Bit Set
• ContentGuard Licenses Digital Rights Management Patents to Toshiba for Mobile Handsets
• EGPI Firecreek and E-ViEWS Safety Systems, Inc. Announce Significant New Patent
• Ganeden Biotech Granted 100th Probiotic Patent
• Health Enhancement Products, Inc. Announces the Issuance of a US Patent for Its Proprietary ProAlgaZyme Algal Extract and the Treatment of Disease
• SpeechSwitch, Inc. New Alternative Energy Patent Issues
• TaiGen Amends Global License Agreement with Warner Chilcott plc for Development and Commercialization of Nemonoxacin -- a New Generation Quinolone Antibiotic
• The Prieston Group Chairman Receives Patent for Lender Scoring System
• W2 Energy’s Files US Patent for NT Plasma Engine

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

• Biomerix Granted US Patent for Its Proprietary Biomaterial Platform Technology
• Federal Circuit Rules for Solvay Against Honeywell in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Gold River Productions Inc. Announces Patent Filings
• Jericho Systems Awarded Second US Patent for Personalization and Targeted Marketing
• Netlist Awarded Patent for Proprietary Planar-X Technology
• New Analytic Capability from LexisNexis PatentOptimizer Uncovers Insights across Patent Portfolios
• Route1 Issued U.S. Patent for the MobiNET
• Sixth U.S. Patent Issued to Dyadic International
• TrovaGene, Inc., Announce Issuance of U.S. Patent for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Pathogenic Infection
• U.S. Patent Office Approves Patent for Dr. Colin Ross’ Eyebeam Detection Device

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

• Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Issuance of Patent for Clostridial Collagenase
• Columbia Laboratories Announces USPTO Notice of Allowance for Key Progesterone Preterm Birth Patent
• First Round of Mobile Banking Patent Infringement Lawsuit Goes to Intuit Financial Services. MShift to Appeal.
• General Patent Subsidiary Settles Patent Lawsuit Over Contactless Cards
• HemoShear Announces Issuance of New U.S. Patent For its Human Cell-Based Surrogate Systems
• Karin Segall Joins Leason Ellis in White Plains from Foley & Lardner in Manhattan
• Met-Pro Corporation Acquires Patented Biological Technology
• nlyte Software Awarded US Patent for Server Auto-Allocation Technology
• Proveris Issues the Following Statement on Pivotal Federal Court Ruling Finding InnovaSystems, Inc. in Contempt
• Proximex Awarded Key Patent for EZ Track Technology
• Where Awarded Auto-Snap Patent

Monday, October 11, 2010

• Belwith Products, LLC Announces Federal Action Against J.G. Edelen (Cool Knobs)
• Cachet Financial Solutions Files Patent Application for Their New RDC Platform for Apple’s Mac Operating System
• Essentialis Strengthens Patent Protection of Its Novel ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Opener Portfolio
• Graco Inc. Reaches Favorable Settlement to Enforce Patent and Trademark Rights
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Founding Partners Recognized as 2011 Best Lawyers in America
• Quinn Emanuel Wins Stolichnaya Trademark Appeal in Second Circuit

Friday, October 08, 2010

• ACCESS and Acacia Subsidiary License Smartphone Technology to Microsoft
• Advanced Refining Concepts Announces Issuance of First U.S. Patent for Fuel Production Process
• Cook Biotech and Purdue Research Foundation Prevail against Patent Challenge from Distributor of ACell Products in Europe
• MovingHelp.com Uses Lawsuit to Put an End to Competitor’s Misuse of Trademark and Intellectual Property
• Munchkin, Inc. Prevails in Patent Dispute Against Learning Curve Brands, Inc.
• Proteonomix (PROT) Announces Critical Patent Filing
• R&D Council to Honor Industry and Academia Inventors at the 31st Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards Ceremony
• Spectrum Receives Notice of Allowance for Its Continuous Refractory Ore Bio-Processing Apparatus
• USPTO Adopts New Patent Examination Quality Measurement Procedures

Thursday, October 07, 2010

• Affymax® Announces Decision in Arbitration Against Johnson & Johnson
• Duane Morris’ Philadelphia Office Adds Intellectual Property Attorney Gretchen L. Temeles, Ph.D.
• Foley IP Leadership Survey Finds Majority of Executives Taking Uncertain IP Environment in Stride
• GeoVax Labs Announces Issuance of 6th Patent
• Lucky Litter LLC Vindicated in International Trade Commission Dispute
• MGA Entertainment’s Statement in Response to Innovation First Lawsuit
• Mindspeed Completes $5.3 Million Sale of Intellectual Property
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough and Boston-based Lahive & Cockfield to Join Forces
• Tekmira Intellectual Property Portfolio Solidified with Granting of Key Patents by US Patent & Trademark Office
• TiVo Statement on Decision by United States Patent and Trademark Office
• United States Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of OurPet’s Company
• Watson Reaches Settlement with Endo Over Opana ER

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

• ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals Receives Notice of Allowance for Patent Claims for Exelbine (ANX-530)
• Bingham Expands Technology Practice in Boston With Addition of Veteran IP Lawyer Steven Frank
• Countries Representing More than Half of World Trade Agree to Criminalize Copyright Piracy, Including Software License Infringement by End Users
• Digimarc Partners with Intellectual Ventures to Expand Patent Licensing Program
• Intercim Receives a New Patent
• Marina Biotech Announces Patent Allowance Covering a Tumor Homing Peptide
• NuVasive Announces XLIF® Clinical Evidence at NASS and Initiates Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Globus Medical, Inc.
• Pioneer® Surgical Technology Receives U.S. Re-Issue Patent Supporting nanOss Biologic Portfolio
• SIIA Catches Eight Online Software Piracy Operations, Files Lawsuits
• UAT’s HiLo Engine Granted U.S. Patent 7,809,632

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

• Adesto Technologies Corporation Acquires Key Qimonda CBRAM Memory IP and Patents
• Appellate Court Reaffirms Extreme Networks Patents
• Arnold & Porter Expands its Presence in San Francisco, Silicon Valley
• Commerce Department Seeks Comment on Protecting Copyrighted Works on the Internet
• Integrity Engineering Principals Obtain Patent for New Consumer Device Incorporating Advanced UV-Peroxidation Technology
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Shareholder Christopher V. Carani Selected As one of 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty To Watch
• Microdroplet BOTOX Technology by Dr. Kenneth Steinsapir Recognized By U.S. Patent Office
• MorphoSys Further Strengthens US Patent Position on Core Technologies
• PREE Corp. Applies for PREEcharge Provisional Patent
• Redknee and Freedom Wireless Sign Licensing Agreement
• U.S. Government Does Not Appeal Decision in Favor of The Medicines Company in PTO Litigation
• Watson Confirms Azilect Patent Challenge
• WiLAN Initiates Litigation
• Xenonics Awarded Additional U.S. Patent For Technology Used in SuperVision Night Vision Products

Monday, October 04, 2010

• Emerging Business Models are the Focus of 2010 Corporate Intellectual Property Institute, November 4-5
• Genesis Electronics Enforcing Solar Patents
• MOSAID Signs Wireless Patent License Agreement With a Top-Ranked Semiconductor Supplier
• Quarles & Brady Client Munchkin, Inc. Granted Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement in Patent Dispute
• TransCore Receives U.S. Patent for RFID Design Innovation
• Trial Attorney Robert Matz Joins International Business and Intellectual Property Firm, Shaub & Williams LLP

Friday, October 01, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Settles Patent Litigation
• AIPLA Urges Congress to Stabilize USPTO Via Long-Term Sustainable Funding
• ASEBIO: A Good Policy for the Protection of Patents, the Key to a Successful Transfer of Technology
• Global Traffic Technologies Initiates Patent Infringement Suit Against Emtrac Systems
• Tessera Moves to Protect Intellectual Property with Two New Legal Actions
• The King of Bling Chris Aire Sues Rolex, LVMH, Hublot and Others for Trademark Infringement
• USPTO Reorganizes Operational Structure

Thursday, September 30, 2010

• Asentinel Initiates Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Benitec: Approval of US Graham ‘099 Patent in RNA Interference Post Re-examination Hearing
• Chadbourne Files Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court Seeking Review of Patent-Validity Standard
• Former Mintz Levin Attorneys Form Intellectual Property Law Firm
• iPierian Expands Leadership Team With Experienced Business Development and Intellectual Property Executives
• Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Announces Patent Filing on Artificial Spider Silk Breakthrough
• Lando & Anastasi Announces New Intellectual Property Law Podcast Series
• Mars Defense of Flavanol Patent Portfolio Successful
• Mobile Messenger Secures U.S. Patent on Initiating Mobile Communications Using a Trigger System
• New York Intellectual Property Attorneys Join Vedder Price
• OPTi Enters into Patent License and Arbitration Settlement Agreement with NVIDIA Corporation
• Provision Interactive’s Intellectual Property Assets Get Powerful Boost With New Patent Applications
• Williams Mullen Partner Jimmie V. Reyna Nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

• AICPA, U.S. PIRG Coalition Urges Congress to Ban Tax Strategy Patents Before Adjourning
• BSD Medical Obtains Patent on Innovative Design for Heat Therapy Devices
• Copyright Clearance Center Expands Presence in Europe, Opens RightsDirect
• Court Increases DataTreasury’s Jury Award to More than $60 Million in Patent Case against U.S. Bank
• CTI is Pleased to Announce the Receipt of a Patent
• Key Patent Issued to Energy Storage Startup SustainX
• LecTec Corporation Announces Orders Provided by United States District Court
• MMRGlobal Files Patent Application for Practice Management System Integration Applet
• Sunlight Research Analyzes Impact of iPSC Patent Activity on Stem Cell Research
• World’s Most Sophisticated Patent Research Platform, CPA Global Discover, Soon to be Launched

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

• CounterPath Granted Key Patent to Assigning Single-Number identity Across Multiple Devices and Networks
• Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Sharon Barner Announced as Keynote Speaker at CPA Global IP Conference
• Dykema Strengthens IP Department With Additions in Bloomfield Hills and Washington DC
• Entaire Awarded Three Patents for Leveraged Planning
• Foley Adds IP Attorney Joseph Teja Jr. in Boston
• Groom Energy Awarded U.S. Patent for Energy Efficient Lighting Retrofit Product
• Incisive Surgical Issued Notice of Allowance for Key Absorbable Skin Stapler Patent
• Integral Announces 6th License on ElectriPlast
• Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of Key U.S. Patent
• USPTO Expands the Patent Prosecution Highway to Include Pilots with Austria, Spain and Russia

Monday, September 27, 2010

• BackWeb Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against IBM and HP
• BNA Expands Its Portfolio of Resource Centers
• HealthWyse Announces Patent for its Location-Based Remote Personnel Tracking Program
• NAMWOLF Launches Drive to Increase Diversity in Intellectual Property Law
• Neways Receives Its First U.S. Patent for Noni Product
• Pratt & Whitney Files Complaint Against Rolls-Royce
• RAMP Issued Two Seminal Patents to Add to its Growing Portfolio of Content Optimization Intellectual Property
• Taser Is Sued by Inventor James McNulty for Patent Infringement
• The Administrative Law Judge at the International Trade Commission Rendered an Initial Determination Regarding OKI Data Americas and Ricoh Electronics, Inc. Patent Infringement Investigation
• UBM TechInsights Announces Enhancements to PatentVista Enterprise

Friday, September 24, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Heidelberg
• Aware Announces Plans to Spin-Off Patent Licensing Operations
• Goodwin Procter Expands National IP Practice with Two New partners in San Diego
• Microfluidic Systems (MFSI) is Awarded Four New Patents in the Field of Automated Biological Sample Processing and Detection
• Perrigo Confirms Filing for Omeprazole/Sodium Bicarbonate and Announcement of Patent Infringement Lawsuit by Schering-Plough Healthcare Products

Thursday, September 23, 2010

• CommScope Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against BoreFlex Industries
• K&L Gates Adds Second Boston Intellectual Property Partner Since August
• Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. Awarded Permanent Injunction in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Competitor, HemCon, Inc.
• Merchant & Gould Named Tier 1 Intellectual Property Law Firm in Minneapolis, Colorado by U.S. News & World Report
• Patent Office Issues Reexamination Certificate for Card Activation Patent
• Regulus Therapeutics Secures Additional Patents on microRNA Therapeutics for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Appoints Vander Schaaf to Lead Washington D.C. Office
• Cryptography Research and Tiempo Announce Agreement for Differential Power Analysis Countermeasures Patents
• Iconix Issued Fourth U.S. Patent for Email
• Leading IP Trial Attorney Craig Holden Joins Lewis Brisbois
• Medipattern Receives US Patent for Its Core Technology
• Newegg Confirms Commitment to Challenging Patent Claims Covering Common E-Commerce Functionalities
• Protectus Medical Devices Receives U.S. Patent for Its Safety Syringe
• Teva Files Complaint against Mylan for Infringement of Four Copaxone-Related Patents
• ThermaPure Inc. Receives U.S. Patent on What May Be the Silver Bullet for Killing Bed Bugs and Their Eggs
• USPTO and Rospatent Sign Agreement for Rospatent to Serve as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
• Walleye Technologies Awarded Second Patent for Millimeter Wave Camera Capable of Seeing Into and Through Solid Objects

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

• Card Activation Technologies Files Suit Against Seven Major National Retailers
• Celera Announces Issuance of United States Patent Relating to KIF6 Gene Variant as a Predictor of Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Reduction of Such Risk Following Statin Therapy
• CGGVeritas Announces Federal District Court in Texarkana Partially Overturned Jury’s Verdict
• Hops Holster Awarded Exclusive Patent For 12 Can Ammo Belt
• Key Decision by U.S. International Trade Commission Will Prohibit the Unlicensed Entry of Energy Drink Products That Infringe on Red Bull Trademark
• Mozilla Joins Open Invention Network as Licensee
• OnAsset Awarded Patent for Wireless Monitoring and Tracking Devices Deployed Onboard Aircraft
• Opposing Lawyers in Gene Patent Case That Could Change the Future of Medical Research to Debate
• USPTO and DPMA Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation
• USPTO and UKIPO Issue Joint Statement on Cooperation
• USPTO Awards Key Patent for New Syringe Injection System, ConfiDisc
• WiLAN Announces Release of Markman Order

Monday, September 20, 2010

• USPTO Launches Effort to Incentivize Humanitarian Technologies
• ABL Announces the Strengthening of Its Patent Estate
• Fairview Research Acquires Patent Database Leader IFI
• HemCon Medical Technologies Will Appeal Patent Judgment
• PIJIP Releases Series of Working Papers on International Intellectual Property Enforcement
• SAFE Corporation’s President Robert Zeidman Recognized by IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section
• Volcano Corporation Files Counterclaim Asserting St. Jude Infringes Three Volcano Patents

Friday, September 17, 2010

• Canon Announces the Resolution of Two Patent Infringement Lawsuits
• Director Kappos to Speak on his First Year and Further Goals for the USPTO at AIPLA’s Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
• Leason Ellis Continues Expansion
• Navizon Awarded New Patent for Wireless Location Technology
• Patent is Filed on Shrink Nanotechnologies’ CellAlign Advanced Tissue Engineering Platform Technology
• Real American Brands Green Blues Statement of Use Approved by USPTO
• The Government of Lithuania and IBM Announce Research Partnership
• Thomson Reuters Partners with the World Intellectual Property Organization to Offer Free and Low-Cost Access to Patent Information in Developing Nations

Thursday, September 16, 2010

• Belwith Products, LLC Announces Lawsuit Against Lauréy Cabinet Hardware
• Medizone International Files Sports Facility and Equipment Patent Application
• Paltalk Receives Two More Patents for Audio and Video Chat Technology

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

• Special Feature -- Canadian Intellectual Property Survey Results - An Overview
• Special Feature -- So You Think You Can Steal My Dance? Copyright Protection in Choreography
• American Medical Systems Receives Favorable Ruling in Patent Lawsuit Against Biolitec
• ConvergEx Receives Patent for Electronic Depositary Receipt (ADR) Technology From the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Fish & Richardson Adds José P. Sierra as New Principal in Boston
• Move Networks Awarded Fundamental Patent on Adaptive Video Streaming
• Protegrity Sues Ingrian Networks, Safenet, nuBridges and Voltage Security for Infringement of Data Encryption Patents
• Recent Developments in Patent Litigation: Free Wolf Greenfield Webinar, Sept. 22
• Reducing Software Piracy Would Inject $142 Billion into the Global Economy and Create Nearly 500,000 New Jobs
• TM.Biz Launches Trademark Protection Tools for Social Media
• Uniloc USA Inc. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Adobe, Symantec and CA Technologies
• USPTO Expands Technical Training Opportunities for Patent Examiners

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

• The IP Summit 2010: The Power of IP for Business Success
• Absorption Systems Awarded Patent for CellPort Technologies
• Advanced Cell Technology Obtains Broad Patent Covering Use of Stem Cell-Derived RPE Cells to Treat Eye Disorders
• Agion Awarded Patent for Innovation in Textile Treatments
• Andrews Kurth Adds Experienced Attorneys, Patent Agents to Intellectual Property Group
• Aptys Solutions Licenses DataTreasury’s Image Capture Technology
• Attorney Shane Cortesi Joins Waddey & Patterson
• Finisar Corporation and Source Photonics Settle Patent Dispute
• Follett Receives U.S. Patent for Unique BestNotes Functionality in Digital Textbooks
• iGo Awarded Additional Patents for iGo Green Technology
• Joule Awarded Patent on Renewable Diesel Production from Sunlight and CO2
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory For American Medical Systems, Inc. and Laserscope
• Medizone International Files Food Industry Specific Patent Application
• Mega Brands Comments on Favorable European Court Decision on Trademarks
• Merchant & Gould Announces Five New Hires
• REGENESIS Granted Patent for Microemulsion Bioremediation Product 3DMe
• TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. Announces License Agreement with Biofortuna Ltd.
• U.S. PTO Approves Additional Patent Protection For Cyclone Power Technologies’ Green Engine
• Wilson Electronics Issued Patent for Cellular Signal Booster Design

Monday, September 13, 2010

• Asklepios BioPharmaceutical Enters Into A Patent License Agreement With Pfizer
• BSKB to Conduct U.S. Trademark Bootcamp in Los Angeles
• Centrify Signs Protocol Patent Agreement With Microsoft
• Genomas Awarded US Patent for its PhyzioGenomics Platform Technology to Predict Treatment Responses
• Geron Obtains Exclusive License for Deriving Cartilage from Human Embryonic Stem Cells from University of Edinburgh
• Haynes and Boone’s Washington, D.C. Office Adds Litigators to IP Practice
• Loeb & Loeb Obtains Preliminary Injunction in Celsis In Vitro Patent Case
• Metabolon Awarded US Patent for Determining Metabolic Age of an Individual
• Prominent Licensing Executive and HTS Form Unique IP Licensing Management Organization
• SKECHERS Secures Its 70th Patent Worldwide on Shape-ups Footwear
• Swanson & Bratschun LLP Adds Chad King as Partner

Friday, September 10, 2010

• Eckert Seamans’ Janet Linn Named as Chair of the Committee on Patents of the New York City Bar Association
• Fitzpatrick Cella Successfully Defends Blockbuster Drug Benicar on Behalf of Client Daiichi Sankyo
• Merchant & Gould Scores Litigation Victory for The First National Bank in Sioux Falls
• The Medicines Company Provides PTO Litigation Update
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Issues Patent for Live Listeria HER2/neu Immunotherapy

Thursday, September 09, 2010

• 01 Communique Files a Patent Infringement Lawsuit against LogMeIn Inc. and Dell Inc.
• ADA Solutions, Inc. Files Lawsuit Accusing Armor-Tile and Access Tile Replaceable Cast in Place Tactile Warning Surface Products of Patent Infringement
• Advent Software Announces Issuance of US Patent for Research Management Technology in Tamale RMS
• Foley Welcomes Patent Team Led by Prominent Attorneys Jerry Swiss and Lorna Tanner to Firm
• Helicos BioSciences Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pacific Biosciences
• Meditrina Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Allowance of Patent for Treatment of Endometriosis
• NetApp and Oracle Agree to Dismiss Lawsuits
• Perkins Coie Launches New Blog: IP Litigation Update
• SIIA Scores Major Victories in Kaplan Test Prep Piracy Lawsuits
• Stellar Biotechnologies Files Key Patent for Company

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

• AVI BioPharma Issued U.S. Patent Providing Key Coverage of RNA-Based Therapeutics as Antibacterial Agents
• EVTN Files Patents for Oil Spill Recovery Technology
• Manatt Adds Top Patent Litigation Team in Washington, D.C.
• Marshall Edwards Reaches Agreement in Principle to Acquire Intellectual Property Portfolio From Novogen
• Monica Riva Talley Joins Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
• Silence Therapeutics Issued New Patents Covering siRNA Sequences for RNA Interference Therapeutics

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

• Blackhawk Network Announces U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Agrees to Reexamine InComm Patent
• Court Denies Sandoz/Momenta’s Summary Judgment of Invalidity in Copaxone® Litigation
• Day Pitney Adds Two Intellectual Property Lawyers to New York Office
• The Estee Lauder Companies and OXIS International Resolve Patent Dispute
• Top Patent Litigator Steve Korniczky Joins Sheppard Mullin
• Verint Systems Granted U.S. Patent on Call Center IP Recording
• Watson Confirms Combigan Patent Challenge

Friday, September 03, 2010

• Peerless Applauds the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Decisions
• Victory for Electrical Device Manufacturer in the U.S. Court of Appeals

Thursday, September 02, 2010

• Lando & Anastasi, LLP Expands Its Litigation Practice with Addition of IP Litigator from Fish & Richardson P.C.
• USPTO Issues Update to KSR Examination Guidelines
• Widevine Allowed Patent on Transcoding Broadcast Content for Internet Delivery

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

• Court of Appeals Finds Violations of Legrand/Pass & Seymour’s GFCI Patent Rights
• HID Global and UPM Raflatac Announce Worldwide Technology License Agreement for RFID Sealing Label Technology
• Pacific Biosciences Responds to Patent Infringement Complaint by Helicos Biosciences
• Route1 Receives Allowance of its U.S. Patent Application for the MobiNET
• U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Validity of Lilly’s Evista Patents Through March of 2014
• US Patent Issued to ChannelNet for SiteBuilder Modular E-Commerce Website Development System

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

• Canadian Man Fined, Sentenced for Selling Counterfeit Cancer Drugs and Pirated Business Software
• Kenneth Godlewski Joins Arent Fox LLP as Partner in Washington, DC
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory for Global Instruments, Inc. and Global Concepts Limited, Inc. in False Marking Case
• X-Rite Receives U.S. Patent for Non-Contact Color Measurement Technology Used in Industrial, Food, Cosmetics and Retail Paint Applications

Monday, August 30, 2010

• Fish & Richardson Receives Distinguished Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award
• Nixon Peabody Partner Russ Genet to Co-Lead Firm’s Patents Practice

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

• Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Michigan Office Growth Continues with Addition of Veteran Intellectual Property Attorney

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

• Marc Kaufman Joins Reed Smith’s IP Practice in DC
• SAFE Corporation’s BitMatch Used in Winning Preliminary Injunction for Splitfish AG

Monday, August 23, 2010

• DLA Piper Expands IP Litigation Capabilities, Adding Premier Litigation, Counseling and Prosecution Team in Los Angeles
• USPTO and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of the Russian Federation (ROSPATENT) to Begin Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program

Friday, August 20, 2010

• Dickstein Shapiro Wins Key Patent Assertions for Lectrolarm in Final Appeal
• Perkins Coie’s Patent Litigation Group Wins $29M Judgment in Football Helmet Patent Infringement Suit on Behalf of Riddell Sports
• Veteran Patent Attorney and IP Litigator Joins Barnes & Thornburg’s Minneapolis Office

Thursday, August 19, 2010

• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Patent Prosecution Attorney in Firm’s Chicago Office
• IP Attorney Terry Gaffney Joins Eckert Seamans’ Washington, DC Office
• Quinn Emanuel’s Silicon Valley Office Adds Patent Trial Lawyer Karin Kramer

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

• Knobbe Martens, San Diego’s Largest IP Firm, Announces San Diego Office Move
• Patent Dispatch from Canada: Use Disclaimers with Caution

Monday, August 16, 2010

• IP Litigator Katrina Quicker Joins Ballard Spahr’s Atlanta Office

Saturday, August 14, 2010

• TruePosition Damages Award Affirmed in Patent Infringement Case Against Andrew Corporation

Thursday, August 12, 2010

• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Brings Victory to Client emsCharts and Co-defendant Softtech, LLC in Joint Infringement Case — Inequitable Conduct Remanded
• Kilpatrick Stockton’s Washington, DC Office Adds Prominent Patent Team
• President Obama Signs Bill to Provide USPTO Authority to Spend an Additional $129 Million of FY 2010 Fee Collections

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

• Howrey Scores Impressive Wins for IP Clients
• K&L Gates Welcomes Boston Intellectual Property Partner

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

• Coats and Bennett Establishes Life Sciences and Biotechnology Practice Area
• Lathrop & Gage Tosses Copyright Suit Against Bruno Film
• Morrison & Foerster Wins Patent Interference at USPTO on Behalf of Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics

Monday, August 09, 2010

• Chapman and Cutler Welcomes New Partner Christopher Buchko, Ph.D.
• Connolly Bove Welcomes Sejal Gosalia to Washington, D.C. Office
• McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Welcomes Intellectual Property Partner Victor Balancia

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

• ConvergEx Receives Patent for Commission Management Technology from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Leading Patent Litigator Joins Latham & Watkins in Washington, DC
• Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley Adds Prominent IP Litigator to the Ranks

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

• Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz Adds IP Litigator to Los Angeles Office
• Dykema Adds Jeffrey Pine in Chicago
• Top Advertising/IP Lawyer Seligman Laterals to Frankfurt Kurnit
• U. S. District Court Rules in Favor of Rudolph Technologies

Monday, August 02, 2010

• Former Acting Chief Counsel of the FDA, Jeffrey M. Senger, Joins Sidley Austin LLP in Washington, DC
• Pepper Hamilton Enhances Intellectual Property Practice With Addition of Goutam Patnaik
• Pepper Hamilton Enhances Intellectual Property Practice With Addition of Kurt L. Ehresman
• Squire Sanders Expands Life Sciences Intellectual Property Practice
• Uniloc USA Inc. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Sony America, McAfee, Activision and Quark

Friday, July 30, 2010

• U.S. District Court Protects CRISTAL Trademark

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

• Augme Technologies, Inc. Engages Top Intellectual Property Advisor
• For A Third Time, U.S. Federal Courts Reject Flexsys’ Patent Claims Against Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

• Anika Therapeutics Comments on Patent Litigation
• Aristocrat to Appeal Judgment in Hyperlink Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against IGT
• Card Activation Receives Notice from Patent Office Regarding Reexamination Proceeding
• Cepheid Files Answer and Counterclaims in Abaxis Patent Suit
• Entegris Signs 300 mm Wafer Carrier Patent License With 3S Korea
• ilumisys Grants Intellectual Property Licenses for LED Fluorescent Tube Replacements to ATG Electronics, Diogen Lighting, Hudnut, LEDtronics, LumaSmart and NCS Power
• Miraculins Announces Issuance of Important Preeclampsia Patent in United States
• Nanotechnology R&D Grows in Beauty Industry According to Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property Analysis
• Rovi and Unitymedia Sign IPG Patent License Agreement
• Seyfarth Shaw’s Litigation Department Welcomes Alan M. Lenkin as Partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group
• Tom Holt Joins Steptoe & Johnson LLP’s Intellectual Property Practice

Monday, July 12, 2010

• Federal Judge Rules No Infringement In Protective Headband Patent Case
• Howrey Expands to Düsseldorf with Christoph Lenz
• Lee & Hayes Announces New Life Sciences Practice Group
• SIIA Campaign Against Online Piracy Yields Six New Lawsuits
• USPTO 2010-2015 Strategic Plan Available for Public Comment

Friday, July 09, 2010

• Cabot Microelectronics’ Patents Upheld in Patent Enforcement Action Against DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials, LLC
• Garmin Beats Back Another Invalid Patent
• NTP Sues Apple, Google, HTC, LG, Microsoft and Motorola for Infringement of Wireless Email Patents

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

• David Manspeizer Joins WilmerHale’s New York IP Litigation Team

Thursday, July 01, 2010

• Alston & Bird Adds Another IP Litigator to Expanding Los Angeles Practice
• Eco-Patent Commons to Receive Three Patents From HP
• U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Headlines Copyright Policy Symposium

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

• Howrey Creates Trade Secrets Task Force
• Loeb & Loeb Expands Advanced Media & Technology Department

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

• DLA Piper Expands Venture Pipeline Services and Website, Fostering Development of Start-Up Technology Companies

Monday, June 28, 2010

• AIPLA Gratified By Supreme Court Bilski Decision
• Barnes & Thornburg LLP Continues Expansion of Minneapolis Office With Addition of Douglas Williams
• Bradford P. Lyerla Joins Jenner & Block as a Partner
• Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada) Comments on Long-Awaited Supreme Court Decision – Bilski v. Kappos
• Olshan Adds to Growing Intellectual Property Practice

Friday, June 25, 2010

• USPTO and the Hungarian Patent Office to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway

Thursday, June 24, 2010

• Eileen Smith Ewing Joins Foley Hoag to Co-Chair Life Sciences Practice
• Kennedy, Clark & Williams Continues Success in High Stakes Litigation

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

• Carl Oppedahl to join the Board of Directors of the American Intellectual Property Law Association
• ITC Confirms MPS Patent Victory Against O2 Micro
• RainDance Technologies Appoints Alan Sherr as Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
• Stolarski Joins Dykema’s Intellectual Property Group
• The Webb Law Firm Adds a New Senior Attorney With Significant Litigation Experience

Monday, June 21, 2010

• $11 Million Patent Infringement Judgment Awarded to Blendtec
• Dan Crouse Joins Lee & Hayes
• SIIA Expands Internet Anti-Piracy Campaign with New European Monitoring & Enforcement Effort

Friday, June 18, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Navman Wireless Holdings LP
• Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of 35th U.S. Patent
• Sharp and WiLAN Enter Wireless License Agreement
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of June 14, 2010
• XTend Medical Corporation (XMDC) Provides Update on Delaware Lawsuit

Thursday, June 17, 2010

• Alnylam Receives Notice of Allowance from United States Patent and Trademark Office for New Patent Broadly Covering RNAi Therapeutics that Target Mutated Genes
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Client Cosmed Group, Inc. Obtains Favorable Settlement of Patent Dispute
• Digimarc Dismisses Patent Infringement Suit Against Shazam Entertainment While Companies Discuss Opportunities for Cooperation
• EDSA Awarded Foundational Patent for Industry’s Only Real-Time System Monitoring and Predictive Analysis Solution for Electrical Power Infrastructure
• Fredrikson & Byron Attorney Caroline G. Chicoine Appointed to Chair the International Trademark Association’s Internet Committee
• Life Sciences and IP Lawyer Jennifer Camacho Joins Greenberg Traurig as Shareholder in Boston
• Planet’s Inspar Robotic Technologies Inc. Granted an Additional Patent for SIPP Robotic Pipe Lining Technology
• Precision BioSciences Announces that the US Patent Office Action Issues Second Actions Rejecting All Claims Asserted by Cellectis in Litigation
• SPI Pharma Gains Ground in Roquette Patent Dispute
• Staples Denied Motion for Summary Judgment in PaperPro Patent Infringement Case
• Transdel Pharmaceuticals Enters into License Agreement with Jan Marini Skin Research for Cosmeceutical Product
• Two General Patent Corporation Executives Are Named Among The World’s Leading IP Strategists
• USPTO Issues Notice of Allowance for Additional MultiStat Patent

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

• Advanced Cell Technology Awarded Broad Patent for Production of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
• AVEO Pharmaceuticals Granted Patents for Diagnostic Tests to Identify Patient Populations Likely to Respond to Tivozanib Treatment
• Cave Consulting Group Receives Patent on CCGroup Marketbasket System
• eLOTTERY Inc. Announces Patent Acquisition Covering Online Sale of State and Governmental Lottery Tickets in the U.S.
• Orion Energy Systems Issued 27th and 28th Patents
• U.S. Patent for Method and System for Saving and Retrieving Spatial Related Information Issued to TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
• USPTO Joint Labor-Management Task Force Proposes Changes to Patent Examiner Performance Standards
• Wanderport Files Patent Application Raising the Bar for Innovation and Performance Within the Water Heater Industry

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

• Axis Technologies, Inc. Announces Filing of Provisional Patent Application for Addressable Ballast
• Bayer Sues Teva and Barr for False Advertising and Patent Infringement in Connection with Teva’s Generic Oral Contraceptive Gianvi
• Confiance Group Granted U.S. Trademark for its e-Learning Solution
• Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent Office Named President of FIRST
• Genius.com Awarded First Patent for Instant-On Website Tracking Technology
• Hafendorfer Machine, Inc. Announces Patent on Thermo Break Design for Window and Door Buck Systems
• InfoLogix Continues to Derive Value from Patent Portfolio; Company to Receive $2.2 Million for Patents on Touch Screen Systems and Methods
• iPipeline Awarded Patent for Computerized Method for Preparing Insurance Applications
• Route1 Issued U.S. Patent for the MobiKEY Device
• The Lanier Law Firm Announces Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against EA Over Mirror’s Edge Video Game

Monday, June 14, 2010

• MMR Information Systems, Inc. Receives Grant From U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Reinstate Patent to Treat Patients With B-Cell Malignancies
• mPhase Technologies Granted U.S. Patent for Silicon Membrane of Smart NanoBattery
• Questel Acquires PatentPilot Business from Unycom and Enters Into a Cross-Distribution Agreement
• RPost and Swiss Post Settle Patent and Trademark Suit
• Salient Surgical Technologies Sues Bovie Medical for Patent Infringement

Friday, June 11, 2010

• Special Feature -- Patent Litigation on a Budget
• Coats and Bennett Attorney Named as American Bar Foundation Fellow
• ContentGuard Licenses Digital Rights Management Patents to Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications for Mobile Handsets
• Cubist Pharmaceuticals to Oppose Teva’s Attempt to Add Inequitable Conduct Defense in Patent Infringement Action
• Gilead Sciences Announces Notification of ANDA Filing for Ranexa
• Molex Taiwan Prevails in Taiwin Electronics Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Motorola and Research In Motion Announce Settlement and License Agreement
• Ropes & Gray Wins Top Honor for Intellectual Property at Chambers USA Awards
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of June 7, 2010

Thursday, June 10, 2010

• Special Feature -- Circuit Rules that Marking with Expired Patents Can Be False Marking
• Avery Dennison Continues Office Products Innovation Leadership With Patent Awarded for Easy Peel Feature
• Bosch and Inverness Settle Litigation
• I-Flow Resolves Patent Infringement, Trade Secret Litigation against Apex Medical Technologies, Zone Medical
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Featured At Diversity Forum Spotlighting Senior Women Lawyers
• PURE Bioscience Granted Patent for Anhydrous SDC
• U.S. District Court Orders Stay in Neutral Tandem Versus Peerless Network Lawsuit

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

• Court Grants Claim Construction Favorable to Card Activation
• Destiny Media Relies on NTP v. RIM to Secure Quick Summary Judgment in Music Transmission Case
• Federal Court of Appeals Issues Second Ruling Against iLight Technologies in Patent Infringement Case
• Hovey Williams Adds New Attorney
• Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance for Patent on Alzheimer’s Drug From the Israeli Patent and Trademark Office
• MDRNA, Inc. Expands Its Proprietary UNA Intellectual Property Portfolio by Acquiring Exclusive Rights to UNA-Based Diagnostics
• Replay Solutions Awarded U.S. Patent Enabling Higher Quality Multi-Threaded Applications by Reproducing and Fixing Race Conditions
• Silence Therapeutics Announces Issuance of New U.S. Patent Broadly Covering Methods for Enhancing Silencing Activity of RNAi Therapeutics
• TiVo Statement on Decision by United States Patent and Trademark Office
• TriCipher Issued New Patents Extending Advanced Identity Protection Model
• Ungaretti & Harris Grows Intellectual Property Practice With Addition of New Counsel

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

• Alkane Files Continuation Patent for New Synthetic Fuel
• Court Allows Cook Patent Infringement Suit Versus Endologix to Move Forward
• Cubist Pharmaceuticals Receives Claim Construction Order in Patent Infringement Action Against Teva Parenteral Medicines, Inc.
• Cyclone Power Technologies Receives Fifth U.S. Patent for Its Green Engine
• Endo and Penwest Enter Into Agreement with Sandoz to Settle OPANA ER Patent Litigation
• Fish & Richardson Principal Ahmed J. Davis Named One of Nation’s Best Advocates
• Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Receives The 2010 International Legal Alliance Summit Gold Award for Best US IP Law Firm
• International Stem Cell Corporation’s Parthenogenetic Stem Cell Patent is Approved by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• IPO Education Foundation Honors Top Inventors of 2010
• Lando & Anastasi, LLP Announces New Design Patent Blog
• Melior Discovery Receives Notice of Allowance from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for Lead Diabetes and Obesity Drug Candidate
• PlumChoice Awarded U.S. Patent for Integrated Remote/Retail Technical Support Solution
• PNC Enters Into License Agreement With LML
• Roetzel & Andress Lands High-Profile IP Group in Washington

Monday, June 07, 2010

• Advisor Software Awarded Patent for Balance Sheet Solution
• Biomoda Awarded Patent in Mexico
• Brooks Kushman Promotes IP Veteran Sparschu to Head of Trademark Group
• ClearOne’s Strategic Patent for Streaming Audio, Video and Control Over IP Networks Now Granted in Korea Following Grants in United States and Australia
• CryoLife Strengthens BioGlue® Surgical Adhesive Portfolio with Patent Purchase
• CytRx Announces Issuance of Key U.S. Patent Covering Bafetinib
• Dolcera Announces Patent Dashboard for Intellectual Property (IP) Research, Tracking, Collaboration and Analysis
• Experienced Patent Litigator Justin J. Daniels Joins Proskauer’s Boston Office
• Immersion and Simbionix Announce License Agreement
• Matthew Lowrie Appointed Chair of Foley’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice
• Michael Collyard to Head E-Discovery Practice at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
• The Female Health Company Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for its FC2 Female Condom
• USPTO and Rospatent Sign MOU on Bilateral Cooperation

Friday, June 04, 2010

• Augme Technologies, Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance on Continuation Patent from United States Patent and Trademark Office
• IP Partner Mark Litvack Joins Pillsbury in Los Angeles
• Jackson Laboratory Cleared of Patent Infringement in Mouse Case
• Labopharm Comments on Judgment in Purdue Appeal of Decision Relating to Patents
• Schwabe Expands Intellectual Property Practice with Addition of Prominent IP Attorney
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of May 31, 2010
• VitaminSpice Files United States and Worldwide Patent Applications

Thursday, June 03, 2010

• Alliance Honored With MPA’s Broido Award
• BackWeb Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Microsoft
• Camtek Intends to Aggressively Defend Against New Rudolph Patent Lawsuit
• EmergingMed Granted Patent
• FreeLinc Announces Addition to U.S. Patent Portfolio in the Near Field Communication (NFC) Space With the Issuance of Patent No. 7,532,901
• Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance for Alzheimer Monoclonal Antibody Patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Shire Files Suit Against Anchen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Anchen, Inc.
• Stroock Adds Irah H. Donner to Intellectual Property Practice in New York
• TRA Is Granted U.S. Patent Covering Its Unique ROI Technology
• Trubion Pharmaceuticals Wins Genentech and Biogen Idec Patent Appeal
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Confirms Validity of Haemonetics Patent
• USPTO Proposes to Establish Three Patent Processing Tracks

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

• BackWeb Announces Resolution of its Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Symantec
• CPA Global’s 2010 State of the IP Industry Survey Reveals Growing Concern With Budgets and International Protection of IP Rights
• Fish & Richardson Attorney, Laura R. Braden, Receives First-of-Its-Kind Award from Microsoft Corp.
• Health Enhancement Products, Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance from US Patent Office for its Proprietary Algae Extract
• Oddcast and PixFusion Sign Strategic Patent Licensing Agreement
• Ohr Pharmaceutical Awarded U.S. Patent
• Perkins Coie Opens San Diego Office
• Raptor Pharmaceutical Licenses Intellectual Property Related to Huntington’s Disease From the Weizmann Institute of Science and Niigata University
• Skyonic Pioneers Carbon Capture Mineralization Process With First U.S. Patent
• SmartMetric Announces It Has Filed Today First Amended Complaint For Infringement Of U.S. Patent 6,792,464
• Starhome Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• U.S. Judge Orders Punitive Damages Against Liz Claiborne, Lucky Brand Dungarees in Trademark Infringement Judgment
• USPTO Teams with Google to Provide Bulk Patent and Trademark Data to the Public
• Vermillion Announces Issuance of European Patent
• VirnetX Granted Claims Dismissal, Microsoft Exits Patent Review

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

• Cannabis Science President and CEO Dr. Robert Melamede, PhD., Files Preliminary Patent Disclosures With the University of Colorado
• Federal Appellate Court Affirms Dow Jones’ Win in Patent Case Over Online Technology Rights
• Generex Awarded Two New Patents for Its Proprietary Buccal Drug Delivery System
• KluwerPatentLaw.com -- New Premier Research Solution for IP Professionals
• Revenue Management Solutions Granted Second U.S. Patent
• William G. (Greg) Lane Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC in New Orange County, California Office
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Expands IP Litigation Practice

Friday, May 28, 2010

• American Medical Systems Awarded Surgical Method Patent for Implantation of AdVance Male Incontinence Slings
• Federal Court Ruling Likely to Set New Precedent Governing Use of Copyrighted Works
• Smart Glove and Henry Schein Reach Settlement With Tillotson Regarding Patent for Nitrile Gloves
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of May 28, 2010
• Thomson IP Manager 3.1 Expands its Enterprise Integration and Collaboration Support for Intellectual Property Programs

Thursday, May 27, 2010

• ActiveVideo Networks Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Verizon
• Celgene Announces Dismissal of Suit against Barr Laboratories Following Withdrawal of Thalidomide ANDA
• Green Bridge Technologies International, Inc. Applies for Encapsulated Vortex Technology Patent
• K&L Gates Expands IP Litigation Practice with San Francisco Partner Addition
• New Generation Biofuels Files a Patent Application on New Glycerin-Based Biofuel
• NextAlarm Awarded Patent for Two-Way Voice Over Internet
• Numerate’s Ranking Technology for Pharmaceutical R&D Gains U.S. Patent
• Regulus Therapeutics Receives Exclusive License for Intellectual Property to microRNA-21 for Diseases of the Heart, Liver, and Kidney
• SIIA Announces Arrest of Los Angeles-Based Craigslist Software Pirates
• VIZIO Wins Favorable Federal Circuit Appeal Ruling

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

• General Patent Settles All Patent Infringement Lawsuits with Verizon Wireless Over Key Cell Phone Patent
• International Law Firms to Combine as SNR Denton
• ITC Extends Target Date of Final Determination in Rambus Matter Regarding NVIDIA Products
• Reed Smith Adds Quinn Emanuel IP Litigator
• Silence Therapeutics Issued Novel RNAi Patent Covering High-Value Cancer Target in United States
• Sonic Launches 621 Dynamic Content Patent License Program
• The Cabrera Firm, APC and the Law Offices of Manuel de la Cerra Announce Local Wave Machine Company’s Successful Invalidation of Competitor’s Patents
• White & Case Adds High Tech IP Partner in Palo Alto

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

• Applied Spine Technologies Awarded Two New Patents, Expanding Stabilimax IP Portfolio
• Court Grants Motion to Stay Pitney Bowes Patent Litigation Against Zumbox
• Federal Court of Appeals Reconsiders Recent Order Regarding Fallon’s Infringement of iLight’s Patents
• Global Holdings Inc. Announces Patent Filing
• ID Analytics Secures Identity-Based Fraud Detection Patent
• Phoenix Technologies Resolves Litigation Dispute With DeviceVM
• Regado Biosciences, Inc. Continues to Expand Its Patent Portfolio By Announcing Issuance of a New Patent for Its Product Candidates, the REG1 and REG2 Anticoagulation Systems
• U.S. Patent for Faceplate That Enables Quick Removal and Securing of Encryption Device Issued to TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
• Voltree Power Secures Second Bio-Energy Harvesting Patent
• Watson Confirms Renvela Patent Challenge

Monday, May 24, 2010

• Algebraix Data Awarded Patent for Breakthrough in Data Management
• Commissioner Tian Lipu of China’s Intellectual Property Office Visits AIPLA
• Duane Morris Associate Christiane Schuman Campbell Appointed Treasurer of the PA Bar Association IP Section
• Firms with Strong Intellectual Property Strategies Fare Better in Raising Capital
• Patent Prosecution Highway: A Key Strategy For Reducing Patent Backlogs
• QD Vision Acquires Motorola Patent Portfolio Covering the Use of Quantum Dots in Display and Lighting Applications
• Retractable Technologies, Inc. Reports Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction in Patent Litigation Suit and Litigation Fee Arrangement
• Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser Names New Partner
• Sidense to Prove Kilopass Patent Invalid -- Company Taking Actions to Prove Invalidity of Kilopass 1T Patent Infringement Assertions
• USPTO Expands Green Technology Pilot Program to More Inventions

Friday, May 21, 2010

• Brown & James Adds to Intellectual Property and Technology Practice
• FICO Patents 8 New Analytic Techniques for Scoring, Fraud, Profit Optimization
• HP Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against APM
• Perkins Coie Adds Three Attorneys to Denver Office
• Salix Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for Rifaximin
• The Medicines Company Provides PTO Litigation Update
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of May 17, 2010

Thursday, May 20, 2010

• Apollo Enterprise Solutions Granted New Zealand Patent
• austriamicrosystems Scores Success in Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Melexis
• Biocept, Inc. Announces Issuance of Patent for its Microfluidic Technology
• Building and Monetizing Your Patent Portfolio: Wolf Greenfield Seminar, June 17, Boston
• Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc. Announces Notice of Allowance for Second DETERx Technology Patent
• Deep Down Granted Patent on Innovative Subsea Umbilical Technology
• Dow AgroSciences, Bayer CropScience Sign Global Cotton Technology Cross-Licensing Agreements
• Grifols Agrees to Acquire Intellectual Property for Treatment of Post-Polio Syndrome From Pharmalink AB
• Proxy Aviation Systems Receives Canadian Patent for Unmanned Vehicle Command, Control, Communication Apparatus
• Toxcure’s Neurotoxin Treatment for Cancer Gains U.S. Patent
• USPTO and SIPO Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation
• USPTO Eliminates Patent Prosecution Highway Petition Fee
• USPTO Launches Page on Facebook

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

• Aerocrine Acquires All Assets of U.S. Competitor and Ends Litigation
• AirTight Receives U.S. Patent for Automated Wi-Fi Client Classification
• BIOLASE Announces Multiple Allegations in Recent Lawsuit Are Dropped
• BNA Books’ New 2010 Supplement to Patents and the Federal Circuit, Ninth Edition Examines Today’s Rapidly Changing Patent Laws
• Cellceutix Files Foreign Patent Application in PCT and Other Key Countries for Its Flagship Cancer Compound
• Convergys Receives Patent for Major Innovation in Scalability and Timing of Software Development
• European Patent Office Appeal Board Rules in Favor of Alnylam’s Kreutzer-Limmer Patent
• Knobbe Martens’ Zimmerman and Re Recognized Among the World’s Top 250 Life Sciences Patent Litigators for 2010
• Lorus Therapeutics Announces Patent Allowance for Lead Small Molecule Drugs
• Soligenix Announces Grant of US Patent for the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Oral Beclomethasone Dipropionate
• USPTO Grants athenahealth a Patent for its Automated Implementation System for Medical Practice Management Services

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

• ALM’s Law Journal Press Announces Publication of Intellectual Property in Business Transactions: Protecting the Competitive Advantage
• Cantor Colburn LLP Opens Houston Office
• Commil USA Wins $3.7 Million Patent Verdict Against Cisco Systems
• European Patent Office Upholds Molecular Devices Planar Patch Clamp Patent
• Federal Judge Orders Permanent Injunction in Fuel Filter Patent Infringement Case
• Former GE Oil & Gas IP Head and Disney IP Executive Join Chadbourne & Parke’s Expanding IP Group
• Iris Geik Appointed Copyright Clearance Center Associate General Counsel
• SAFE Corporation Announces CodeSuite 4.0
• TEOCO Announces Issuing Of XTrak Patent
• Teva Reaches Settlement Agreement With AstraZeneca Regarding Generic Entocort® EC Capsules
• The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants a Notice of Allowance to Cyalume Technologies, Inc. for Model 4 & 10 LightStations
• UnderSea Recovery Corporation Announces New Marine Detection Technology Patent

Monday, May 17, 2010

• USPTO Opens Application Exchange Program to All Applicants to Reduce Patent Backlog
• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with IBM
• AIPLA Opposes Granting USPTO Fee-Setting Authority Without Ending the Problem of Fee Diversion
• Anaqua Launches IP Management Software for Law Firms
• Augme Seeks to Add AOL, Inc. as Additional Defendant to Augme’s Pending Patent Infringement Case Against Tacoda, Inc.
• BioSante Pharmaceuticals Receives Two New Patents for Manufacture of Proteins, Including Antibodies
• Brooks Kushman Hires Smith as Associate as Litigation Practice Grows
• BSKB Announces Dates for 2010 Advanced Patent Seminar
• Copyright Alliance Announces Creators Across America Campaign and Information Resource
• Microsoft and VirnetX Settle Patent Infringement Cases
• United Sates Patent and Trademark Office Issues Foundational Internet Technology Patent to Audio Eye, Inc.
• United States Board of Patent Appeals Denies Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics’ Request for Rehearing on Enzo’s Pending Universal Interference Patent

Friday, May 14, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Resolves Dispute with Blue Sky Network, LLC
• International Sale by IpAuctions of Cutting-Edge IP for Pouchless Ostomy Management
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Authors Amicus Brief for AIPLA In Major Design Patent Case
• Metso Settles IP Dispute in Australia
• MONKEYmedia Sues Apple for Patent Infringement
• Power3 Medical Announces Filing of Two Provisional Patent Applications with the USPTO
• W2 Energy’s Files US Patent for Non Thermal Plasma Reactor

Thursday, May 13, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement with Quintum Technologies, LLC
• Humminbird Side Imaging Technology Granted Second Patent
• Patent Awarded to the Design of TechniScan’s Unique 3-D Breast Imaging System
• Shire Files Suit Against Actavis Elizabeth LLC and Actavis Inc.
• US Patent Office Approves WordLogic Patent -- Software Firm’s 3rd Patent Covers Computer and Mobile Multiple Database Searches

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

• Markman Hearing in CUBICIN Patent Litigation Rescheduled to June 9, 2010
• All American Pet Company Inc. Files for Patent Protection for Its Dog Nutritional Food Bars
• HistoRx Receives Key Patent on Application of AQUA Technology to Personalized Medicine
• HTC Sues Apple for Patent Infringement
• Jedi Mind, Inc. Prepares Patent on Thought-Controlled Application
• PositiveID Corporation Files Patent for its Implantable Glucose Sensor to Continuously Monitor Glucose Levels Over an Extended Period of Time
• SpectraScience Receives Notification of the Pending Issuance of Two Patents
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Rules in Favor of Hearing Components
• U.S. District Court Judge Upholds Rulings against FICO, Denies Fair Isaac Motion for New Trial
• WiLAN Announces Release of Markman Order

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

• Attorney Matthew J. Cavanagh Joins the Cleveland Office of McDonald Hopkins Law Firm
• BSA Reports $51 Billion Worth of Software Theft in 2009
• Innovation First Sues Urban Trend for Infringing Intellectual Property on the HEXBUG Nano Toy
• Opexa Strengthens Tovaxin Patent Estate Through Issuance of Key Patents
• Personal Audio Settles with Coby Electronics and Archos in Patent Litigation
• Solta Medical and Alma Lasers Resolve Patent Lawsuits
• Tripp Scott’s Peter Herman and Alexander Brown Successfully Obtain $21 Million Verdict in Patent Infringement Case Against Home Depot Inc.
• U.S. Patent on Synchronization of Records During Application Execution Issued to TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.

Monday, May 10, 2010

• Banner & Witcoff Welcomes Nine Summer Associates
• Duane Morris’ New York Office Adds Intellectual Property Special Counsel Mitchell A. Frank
• Fish & Richardson Announces 1L Diversity Fellowship Recipients
• Iris BioTechnologies Inc. Awarded New Patents
• LexisNexis Adds Full-Text Patent Records from BRIC Countries to its TotalPatent Global Database Research Service
• Merck Settles Patent Infringement Case for Zetia (ezetimibe)
• Rosetta Genomics Announces New Patent Allowance and Provides Intellectual Property Update

Sunday, May 09, 2010

• Reinhart’s Growth Continues: Patent Attorneys James G. Morrow and Robert A. Lawler Join Firm

Thursday, May 06, 2010

• Aspen Publishers Launches Aspen Patent Authority and Longacre Patent Bar Review
• Baker Donelson Adds Three Patent Attorneys to Intellectual Property Practice in Washington, D.C. Office
• FASB Defendant in Suit Alleging Antitrust Violations and Patent Misappropriation
• Intellipharmaceutics Announces Approval of Settlement Related to ADHD Drug Focalin XR
• Landmark US Patent Granted to Infonic Recognizes Solution for Handling Uncertainty in Accounting Information
• MMI-USA Announces New Patent Applications, Stricter Protections of Device Designs
• Pirate Website www.Htmlcomics.com Shut Down by Coordinated Efforts of Department of Justice, FBI, Katten and Consortium of Comic Publishers
• Skyline Solar Receives Accelerated Patent Approval Under Green Technology Pilot Program
• Syneron Prevails in Patent Litigation Case With Cardiofocus
• TechniScan Secures Patent on Imaging Method for Breakthrough 3-D Breast Ultrasound

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

• Special Feature -- The Second Circuit Finally Acknowledges the Impact of the Supreme Court’s eBay Decision on Preliminary Injunction Standards in Intellectual Property Cases
• NexMed Announces Patent Allowance for NexACT in Canada
• Seasoned ITC Litigator Joins WilmerHale’s IP Litigation Team
• Todd Braverman Joins Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer as Partner and U.S. Trademark Prosecution Chief
• ViaCyte, Inc., Receives Three Additional U.S. Patents, Supporting its Development of a Stem Cell Derived Treatment for Diabetes
• Watson Confirms EVISTA Patent Challenge
• Watson Confirms SIMCOR Patent Challenge
• Williams Mullen’s Intellectual Property Law Section Grows with Addition of Two Partners

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

• CambridgeIP Acquires Boliven.com, a World Leading Information Portal for R&D, Patent and Business Development Professionals
• Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. Awarded $29.4 Million in Patent Infringement Law Suit
• Newegg Obtains Successful Outcome in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Nixon Peabody IP Partner Named President-Elect of IP Law Association
• Palatin Technologies, Inc. Issued U.S. Patent and Receives Patent Allowance on Seven Additional Patents
• Power3 Principals Patent Stem Cell Breakthrough Identifying Protein Biomarkers Which Scientists Expect to be the Gold Standard for Future Stem Cell Therapy
• Vicor Technologies Receives Allowance of United States Patent Application Related to Its State Dependent Drug Development Platform

Monday, May 03, 2010

• Acacia Research Subsidiary, IP Innovation LLC, Receives Jury Verdict in Patent Infringement Case
• Alston & Bird Expands IP Litigation Practice in Los Angeles With the Addition of Two Partners
• Arlon Successfully Resolves Patent Infringement Litigation
• Dickstein Shapiro Expands Trademark Practice in New York
• Georgia Court Grants Intrasweep a Permanent Injunction Against IDC’s MMAX Product With Reciprocity
• Geron Comments on Decision by U.S. PTO on WARF Patent
• Hogan & Hartson and Lovells Merge to Form Hogan Lovells
• Medversant’s AutoVerifi (US Patent 7,529,682) Raises the Stakes in Provider Data Management
• Milestone Scientific Receives Notice of Allowance From US Patent and Trademark Office for Computer-Controlled Self-Administration Injection System
• New Wind Turbine Patent Issued
• Patent on Human Embryonic Stem Cells Rejected After Consumer Groups’ Appeal
• PureSense Environmental Enters Into License Agreement With InvestmentSignals Under Irrigation-Control Patents
• Red Hat Prevails in Federal District Court
• Simmons Firm Announces Settlement of Contingent Fee Antitrust Lawsuit
• Spectros Corp. Enters Into Optical Biotechnology Patent Sale Agreement With Philips Electronics N.V.

Friday, April 30, 2010

• DDB Technologies Files Suit Against the NBA for Patent Infringement
• HemCon Medical Technologies Fights Adverse Patent Decision
• ITC Awards Attorneys Fees in Unprecedented Decision -- Vedder Price IP Litigators Achieve Rare Win on Behalf of Client
• Leading Intellectual Property Litigator, Robert W. Unikel, Joins Kaye Scholer LLP
• Mannatech’s Ambrotose Product Patents Further Validated Against EvenBetterNow and Oasis
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory For Axiom Worldwide
• Repligen Reports Notice of Allowance of a United States Patent Covering the Use of Uridine to Treat the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
• SIIA Continues Anti-Piracy Campaign with New Kaplan Test Prep Piracy Lawsuits
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of April 26, 2010
• USPTO to Hold Public Roundtables on Patent Quality and Patent Quality Metrics

Thursday, April 29, 2010

• Cook Vows to Protect Its Stent Valve Intellectual Property Portfolio
• Edwards Lifesciences Prevails in German Transcatheter Heart Valve Case
• Generex Receives New US Patent for Its Proprietary Buccal Drug Delivery Platform Technologies
• GreenShift Patent Application Accepted into Accelerated Green Technology Pilot Program
• Howrey Wins Ninth Circuit Reversal of Summary Judgment on Issue of Trademark Distinctiveness
• Patent Attorney Estelle J. Tsevdos Joins Ballard Spahr’s Intellectual Property Department
• T-Ray Science, Inc. Grants Technology License to Toptica Photonics, Inc.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement with Metaswitch Corporation
• Applied Spine Technologies Awarded New Patent
• European Patent Office -- Winners of the European Inventor Award 2010 Honoured in Madrid
• New Book Shows How to Get Inventions to Market After Filing a Patent
• TOA Technologies Awarded Patent for Dynamic Schedule Mediation
• U.S. Patent on Deployable, Secure Communication System Issued to TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
• USPTO Expands Trademark Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

• Special Feature -- U.S. Supreme Court to Consider First-Sale Doctrine
• Air Products Advances Cryogenic Grinding Capabilities Through Licensing Agreement for Fine Grinding System
• Cyclone Power Technologies’ Receives Fourth U.S. Patent for its Green Engine
• EDSA Awarded Patent for Industry’s Only Real-Time Intelligent Alarm Filtering Solution
• IP Expert From White House Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Joins Hughes Hubbard’s International Trade Practice in D.C.
• Netezza Receives Patent for Mantra Appliance Policy Management Framework
• New Patent Blog From Kluwer Law International Features Informative, Timely Discussion by Leading European Experts
• Ohr Pharmaceutical Awarded Japanese Patent
• The Ruby Association Joins Open Invention Network as a Licensee
• Tomophase Receives Seventh Patent: Delivering Light via Optical Waveguide and Multiview Optical Probe Head

Monday, April 26, 2010

• BOWE BELL + HOWELL Awarded Patent for Disaster Recovery Solutions
• CPA Global launches Patent Renewal Monetization Program
• Cryptography Research and Actel Announce License Agreement Enhancing Security of Actel FPGAs by Protecting Against Side-Channel Attacks
• ECBC Issued U.S. Patent for Improved Sorbent to Be Used in Chemical Decontamination
• HTC Sued by Klausner Technologies for Visual Voicemail Patent Infringement
• Leading Attorney Cautions that IP Contracts Overlook Bankruptcy Issues
• O2Micro Issued Patent for Vehicle Emissions Analysis System
• Online Resources Granted Biller-Direct Electronic Payments Patent
• Patent Infringement Suit Filed Against Yahoo! Inc. by DDB Technologies
• Patriot Scientific Corporation Files Complaint Against The TPL Group
• Purdue Research Foundation Names New Assistant Vice President for Technology Transfer
• The 2nd ipShootOut Showcases the World’s Top IP Asset Management Software Products, June 16, 2010 in San Francisco, CA
• Watson Says Appeals Court Affirms Concerta Patent Invalid

Friday, April 23, 2010

• Atlanta Lawyers Launch New Intellectual Property Law Firm
• GreenShift Provides Litigation Update; Infringement Not Denied by Cardinal and ICM
• Marcel Fashions, GET LUCKY Win Trademark Infringement Verdict, Including Punitive Damages, Against Liz Claiborne, Lucky Brand
• St. Clair Reaches Settlement with Pantech in Patent Litigation
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of April 19, 2010

Thursday, April 22, 2010

• Amira Pharmaceuticals Announces Patent Grant in United Kingdom
• Augme Technologies, Inc., Formerly Modavox, Inc., Files Motion for Sanctions for Spoliation of Evidence & Evasive Disclosure Practices in Patent Infringement Case against Tacoda (Acquired by AOL Inc.)
• Foley Hoag Launches Trademark & Copyright Law Blog
• GreenShift Corn Oil Extraction Patent Term Extended to 2028
• Intezyne Receives Intent-to-Grant Notice from the European Patent Office
• IP Leaders Gather in Boston May 19-21 for LES (USA & Canada) Spring Meeting Focused on Deals & Commercializing Early Stage Technologies
• OriginOil Files International Patent for Single-Step Extraction System
• The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants a Notice of Allowance to Cyalume Technologies, Inc. for IMPACT Lightsticks
• UNESCO’s Copyright Day -- CISAC has Released 3 Short Films on Authors’ Rights on CISACTV

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Netgear, Inc.
• Bionovo Announces Patent Issuance for Bezielle (BZL101) for Metastatic Breast Cancer
• Cybex Confirms Actions to Defend Intellectual Property
• Department of Commerce Sends Letter to Congress Expressing Administration’s Views on Pending Patent Reform Legislation
• Fallon Luminous Products Wins Legal Victory As U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Verdict In Patent Infringement Case
• Kramer Levin Team Fends Off Vendor’s Second Motion to Dismiss Client Sirius XM’s Indemnity Claim
• Leading PC Companies Lift RPX Membership - Dell & Acer Join the RPX Defensive Patent Aggregation Service
• Quantum Immunologics Announces Landmark Patent Filings
• Scott D. Wofsy Named Chair of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge IP Group
• Stay Lifted on Patent Infringement Complaint by Tillotson Corporation Against Top Glove Sdn Bhd and TG Medical Sdn Bhd
• Surfware Receives 2nd Patent on TRUEMills Engagement Milling Technology
• Townsend Expands Seattle Office with Two New Attorneys
• WiLAN and TELUS Settle Lawsuit

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

• CardinalCommerce Corporation Reports Patent Grant by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• ITC Administrative Law Judge Renders Initial Determination That Microsemi’s CCFL Products Involved Do Not Infringe Patent Claims
• Novamont: Validity of Our Patents Acknowledged
• O2Micro Receives Ruling in ITC Case
• OIN Extends the Linux Ecosystem as NHN Corporation, Korea’s Premier Internet Company, Becomes Licensee
• Pattishall Firm Protects Johnny Carson in Life and Death
• Sixth U.S. Patent Issued to Jumptap in Eleven Months
• System Planning Corporation Awarded Multiple Patents for its GlobalTrak Container Security System
• Think Tek, Inc. - Think Globally - Changing the World One Invention at a Time
• U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Report on Role of Patent Reform in Supporting Innovation and Job Creation
• United States Patent Issued for CorMedix’s Neutrolin to Prevent Catheter Related Bloodstream Infections (CRBI) and Clotting in Hemodialysis Catheters
• US Trade Rep. Ronald Kirk, and Chairman John Conyers to Speak at World Intellectual Property Day on April 26

Monday, April 19, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Service Management Systems, Inc.
• Banner & Witcoff Announces Diversity Scholarship Winners
• BT Group Subsidiary Ribbit Corp. Settles Patent Litigation with Klausner Technologies
• Global Health Ventures to Expand Patent Portfolio
• Local Technology Leaders Meet To Discuss Challenges With Software Licensing Contracts
• MDRNA, Inc. Announces Patent Allowance Covering siRNA and Delivery Systems With Therapeutic Potential in Multiple Inflammatory Diseases
• National Laboratory Prevails in IP Trial Involving Fusion Technology
• St. Louis-Based U.S. Ring Wins Post-Trial Motions in Patent Infringement Case Involving Ring Binder Mechanism
• Ulmer & Berne Continues Aggressive Chicago Expansion With Addition of Michael Switzer As Chair of Medical Device Practice
• US Patent Covering Amplification Consumables Granted to Enigma Diagnostics Limited

Friday, April 16, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology with Retail Ventures
• Covington Named ITC Litigation Firm of the Year
• Dow AgroSciences, Iowa State University Enter into Research Agreement Using EXZACT Precision Technology in Algae
• Federal Circuit Rules Patent Applications Must Have Separate Written Description
• Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Honored as Firm of the Year in Life Science/Biotech and Pharmaceutical IP Litigation
• Haynes and Boone Patent Lawyer Shortlisted for European Inventor of the Year Award
• NaturalNano has Second Patent in the Energy Sector Issued
• PLC Systems Receives Notices of Allowance on RenalGuard Patents
• Sunlight Research Releases Its Comprehensive Stem Cell Industry Patent Report
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of April 12, 2010
• UMUC’s Center for Intellectual Property Welcomes Thought Leaders to 2010 Symposium on Sustaining Culture in Copyright
• USPTO and the Korean Intellectual Property Office to Expand Work Sharing Within Existing Bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway Agreement

Thursday, April 15, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement with Media5 Corporation and Mediatrix Telecom, Inc.
• Additional Documents Unsealed in Federal Copyright Infringement Case Against YouTube and Google
• ChromoCure Signs LOI With Genome Research Group to Merge and Acquire All IP Assets in Transaction Valued Over $25,000,000
• EPO Rules European Patent for XP13512 Is Valid
• Greg Gardella Joins Irell & Manella’s IP Practice from Fish & Richardson
• Kelley Drye Wins Over $30 Million Judgment For Advanced Duplication Services in Theft of Trade Secret Case In Minnesota State Court
• M2 Technologies Becomes Invention Machine Goldfire Provider
• Par Pharmaceutical Wins on Invalidity in Zegerid Patent Litigation
• Power-One, Inc. Announces Its Digital Power Technology Patent License Agreement With Emerson, Artesyn Technologies, Inc., and Astec America Inc. and Dismissal of Legal Proceedings

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

• Banner & Witcoff Handles Acquisition and Intellectual Property Work for Client atebits
• BIOLASE Awarded New Laser Diode Patent
• Diversinet Awarded Patents for Mobile Application Downloads and Security
• Interventional Spine, Inc. Announces Issuance of Key Patents
• OrbusNeich Granted Patent for Stent with Helical Elements - Patent Infringement Case Against Boston Scientific Expanded
• Patent Calls Investigation Concludes 19 Tech Companies Including Dell and Intel Are Not Infringing Wi-LAN Bluetooth Patent
• Permabit Continues Deduplication Momentum With the Award of Three New Patents
• Phyre Technologies Receives GOBIGGS Patent
• POZEN Enters into Settlement Agreement With Teva Regarding Paragraph IV Patent Litigation
• Rader, Fishman & Grauer Announce the Election of Linda Kennedy and Linda Monge as Partners
• TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. Issued U.S. Patent on Remote Access to Intelligent Communication Network Status

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

• Alkane Files for Patent on New Synthetic Fuel
• CASMED Announces Grant of Patent in Japan for FORE-SIGHT Technology
• Cycle Country Accessories Corp. Announces US Patent Office Issues Patent for Cycle Country X-Force All-Poly Blade
• DDB Technologies Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against ESPN
• Federal Circuit Court Vindicates Nintendo in Patent Lawsuit
• GT Software’s Ivory Service Architect Awarded U.S. Patent, Acknowledging Innovation in Web Service Technology
• Patent Resources Group Announces Unique Panel Discussion on Reforming or Abolishing the U.S. Patent System
• Penwest and Endo Enter Into Agreement With Barr to Settle Patent Litigation Over Opana ER
• Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner Ranked Second in 2010 Law Firm Patent Scorecard
• Ulteo Joins Open Invention Network
• XOMA Issued Two New U.S. Patents for Methods of Treating Type 2 Diabetes and Inflammatory Diseases Using Interleukin-1 Beta Antibodies

Monday, April 12, 2010

• Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc. Retains Michael McCabe of Oblon Spivak McClelland, Maier, & Neustadt, LLP of Alexandria, VA
• Article One Partners Strengthens Global Automaker Patent Claims
• Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP Adds Prominent IP Litigator Robert MacFarlane
• EIF NTE Hybrid Renewable Energy Subsidiary Files for Patent for Biomass Hybrid Renewable Energy Technology
• Jeffer Mangels Adds Two Attorneys in Orange County Including Patent Litigation Partner Gregory Cordrey
• Lando & Anastasi, LLP Names New Partner
• MDRNA, Inc. Announces Patent Allowance Covering Intranasal Formulations for Y2-Receptor Agonists
• Sheppard Mullin and Kelley Drye Win Unfair Competition Case for Perrigo
• SPI Group and Roust Group Announce Settlement of Disputes
• TruePosition Announces Another Significant Litigation Win over Andrew, LLC

Friday, April 09, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with eMaint Enterprises
• Autodesk and Open Design Alliance Reach Agreement for Autodesk DWG Trademarks
• BASF Protects Fipronil Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation Investments
• ChemImage Issued 100th Patent
• Research In Motion to Acquire QNX Software Unit from Harman International
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of April 5, 2010

Thursday, April 08, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with DPSI
• BIOLASE Responds to Patent Action
• Haynes and Boone Adds David Fleischer to New York Litigation Practice
• MPEG LA Launches Initiative to Make Gene Patents Available for Diagnostic Testing
• WiLAN Initiates Patent Litigation

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

• Aerocrine Provides Update on Its Legal Action Against Apieron
• Alnylam Announces Grant of New United States Patent Broadly Covering RNAi Therapeutics
• AuraSource, Inc. Announces the Filing of Four Patent Applications for Its AuraCoal Technology
• Battery Protection Patent Granted to O2Micro
• Discus Dental and Zap Lasers File Lawsuit Against BIOLASE
• Fish & Richardson Names 13 New Principals to Litigation, Patent, and Trademark & Copyright Groups
• Fractus and Motorola Sign a Global Patent Licensing Deal Relating to Antenna Technology
• Husch Blackwell Sanders Adds Two Partners to Chicago Office
• Otonomy Announces Patent Grant in United Kingdom
• Pernod Ricard USA Intends to Appeal the Ruling About Bacardi’s Puerto Rican Rum Havana Club
• U.S. Patent Office Approves Virtual Radiologic’s Patent Application

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

• Boyle Fredrickson Announces Three New Shareholders; Names Senior Associate
• Card Activation Technologies, Inc. Files Suit Against 10 Major Retail Companies for Violation of Patent
• Cryptography Research Announces License Agreement With Toshiba Corporation for Differential Power Analysis Countermeasure Patents
• Fox Rothschild Strengthens Intellectual Property Practice With Addition of Two Attorneys From Darby & Darby To Its West Palm Beach Office
• Hiscock & Barclay Announces Restructuring of Intellectual Property Practice Areas and Enhanced Leadership Team
• Kylin Therapeutics Announces New Patent Surrounding pRNAi Technology
• LensAR Announces Issuance of Foundational Patent in Laser Treatment of the Natural Crystalline Lens
• Litigation Shareholder Donald Myers Returns to Buchanan
• Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Prevails in Opposition to Drug Abuse Therapy Patent
• Open Invention Network Extends the Linux Ecosystem as Ooma Becomes Licensee
• SRU Biosystems Announces Notice of Allowance on Fundamental Patent Application for Cellular Assays using Optical Label-free Biosensors
• Taro Receives Patent for T2007, the Company’s Second Proprietary Non-Sedating Barbiturate Drug
• Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. Receives Two Additional Patents For Magnesium Thiosulfate and Calcium Thiosulfate
• USPTO Launches Ombudsman Pilot Program

Monday, April 05, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement with Sonus Networks, Inc.
• Despite Patent Challenges, Emerging Markets Offer Pharma Growth Opportunities
• Dot Hill Adds Six New Patents to Technology Portfolio
• EMG Technology Accuses Apple’s New iPad of Patent Infringement
• Fingerhut Joins Dykema’s Intellectual Property Group
• Genesis Electronics to Investigate Patent Infringements
• Merchant & Gould Opens New York Office, Further Expands in Seattle, Washington D.C.
• MOSAID Enters Into Wireless Patent License Agreement With Sharp
• Par Pharmaceutical Enters Into Agreement With sanofi-aventis to Settle Patent Litigation Over Generic Eloxatin
• Perrigo and Partner Cobrek Announce Settlement of Luxiq Patent Litigation
• Real Paper Displays, Inc.’s Subsidiary Applies for Another U.S. Patent to Protect Company’s Core Technology
• TYZX Expands Portfolio With Two New Patents on High Performance Stereo Vision Systems
• Wood, Herron & Evans Broadens the Scope of Its Intellectual Property Law Practice with Major Expansion

Friday, April 02, 2010

• Banner & Witcoff Adds Renowned IP Litigator to Growing Litigation Practice - IP Litigator V. Bryan Medlock, Jr. Joins the Firm
• Federal Jury Finds Medtronic CoreValve Willfully Infringes Edwards’ Transcatheter Valve Patent
• Medtronic to Appeal Jury Verdict in U.S. Patent Case Involving CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve System
• TASER International Wins Patent Infringement Summary Judgment Against Stinger Systems, Inc.
• USPTO Proposes Change That Would Effectively Allow a 12-Month Extension to the Provisional Patent Application Period

Thursday, April 01, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology with Shoe Carnival
• AMD Renews Patent License Agreement with Rambus
• American College of Medical Genetics Lauds Federal Court Ruling of Gene Patents as Invalid
• Duane Morris’ Boston Office Adds Intellectual Property Partner Mark A. Fischer
• Father of GPS and Pioneer of Satellite Telemetry and Timing Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
• Fresenius Kabi Enters Into Licensing and Settlement Agreements with sanofi-aventis
• Hospira Announces Agreement on Oxaliplatin Patent Challenge
• HP Reaches Settlement with Print-Rite
• Idaho Technology Exclusive Licensee of Patent Covering Majority of Real-Time PCR Instruments on Market
• Intellectual Property Law Firm Greenberg & Lieberman Prevails in Trademark, Trade Secret and Cybersquatting Dispute
• IP Partner Russ Hill Joins Sheppard Mullin in Orange County
• Nano Engineered Applications, Inc. Acquires Exclusive License to Patent Pending Technology From University of California, Riverside
• Saint-Gobain Wins Enhanced Damages of $10.9 Million and Attorney Fees Against Xinyi
• Teva Receives Favorable Court Decision Regarding Seasonique
• Teva Settles Generic Eloxatin Litigation
• Thompson Hine Adds Two Intellectual Property Partners
• U.S. District Court Rules on Validity of Lilly’s Gemzar Patent
• Wiley Rein Intellectual Property Group Expands with Arrival of Litigator Anthony H. Son

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology with PUMA
• BIO Statement on Initial Decision in Myriad Genetics Lawsuit
• Collegium Pharmaceutical Receives Notice of Allowance for US Patent Covering Novel Once-a-Day Formulation of Milnacipran
• EnXnet, Inc. Receives Patent for The ThinDisc Technology
• Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Power-One’s Capstone Patent for Digital Power Technology
• ISA and ANSI Release New Action Guide to Help Business Leaders Mitigate the Risk and Damage of Cyber Attacks
• Luxottica Renews Exclusive Anne Klein New York Global Eyewear License Agreement For Additional Three Years
• Michael Tompkins Joins Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
• National Inventors Hall of Fame Announces 2010 Inductees
• Patents Awarded to Metabolon for Metabolomics Methods
• Peerless Network Praises the Court’s Unconditional Denial of Neutral Tandem’s Preliminary Injunction Request
• Propex Awarded US Patent for Secondary Carpet Backing Material Construction
• Silicon Image Reorganizes to Bring Increased Focus to Its Products and Intellectual Property Businesses
• TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. Issued U.S. Patent on Re-Directing Requests From Browsers for Communications Over Non-IP Based Networks

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

• Special Feature -- Myriad Genetics, the USPTO and the Patenting of Genes
• Amkor Announces Initial Determination in ITC Patent Infringement Case Against Carsem
• Avago Technologies Files Optical Sensor IP Lawsuit Against STMicroelectronics
• BioNanomatrix Announces Issuance of Key Nanochannel Array Patent for High Throughput Macromolecular Analysis
• CryoLife Files for Preliminary Injunction Against Medafor
• Federal District Court Rules Isolated DNA Claims are Not Patentable
• Hana Biosciences Receives Notice of Allowance for Menadione Patent for the Prevention and Treatment of EGFR Inhibitor Cancer Therapy-Associated Rash
• InfoZen Awarded Multiple Year $22M Contract from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Klemchuk Kubasta LLP Adds Intellectual Property Muscle
• Patent Reform, Google Books Settlement, Biosimilars and Net Neutrality Among Key Topics at 25th Annual ABA Intellectual Property Law Conference
• Power-Save Energy Company Announces Patent Pending Status for Green Billboard Design
• Realization Awarded Patent for Concerto, Its Project Execution Management System
• Sectra Granted Patent for High-Performance PACS Technology
• Townsend Elects New Chair and Management Team
• Vystar Corporation Files Provisional Patent Application For Recently Discovered Benefits of Vytex NRL

Monday, March 29, 2010

• Aliaswire Receives Notice of Allowance for a Fundamental U.S. Mobile P2P Payment Patent
• DDB Technologies and MLB Advanced Media Reach Patent Portfolio Agreement
• Enzo Biochem Says Favorable Patent Appeals Court Decision Will Allow Pursuit of Claim for Substantial Damages
• Haynes and Boone Nabs Veteran IP Litigator Kenneth G. Parker
• MDRNA, Inc. Announces Patent Allowance Covering Methods for Cell Specific Delivery of siRNAs
• Medtronic and AGA Medical Settle Patent Dispute
• Monitorforhire.com Awarded Patent for Clinical Trial Monitor Matching Service
• MPEG LA Lawsuit Against Alcatel Lucent Settled
• Peerless Network Applauds US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Ordering Re-Examination of Neutral Tandem’s Patent 7,123,708
• Quinn Emanuel Continues to Expand Life Sciences and Medical Device Practices with Addition of Patent Trial Lawyer Sandra Bresnick
• Rimini Street Sues Oracle
• Titleist Wins Decision in Pro V1 Patent Dispute with Callaway

Friday, March 26, 2010

• Administrative Law Judge Rules in Favor of Knowles on the Issue of Patent Infringement by Analog Devices, Inc.
• ARCA biopharma Announces Patent Issued for Treating Heart Failure Patients with Bucindolol Based on Genetic Testing
• ePlus Awarded Patent for Network Collaboration
• Leading International Trade Attorney Joins Brinks in D.C. Office
• Limelight Networks, Twister Investments, and Allied Software Trust Announce Agreements
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Offers Proposal To Streamline Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
• The Medicines Company Files Follow Up PTO Lawsuit
• Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance from USPTO in Connection With Its Application for Continuation Patent of Patent No. 6,826,744

Thursday, March 25, 2010

• ActivIdentity and Intercede Settle Patent Infringement Cases
• Copyright Community Applauds Administration’s Strategic IP Planning Process
• Declaratory Relief Complaint for Patent Infringement Under Patent Based on Manufacture, Marketing and Sale of Arzerra
• Forensic Accounting Expert James Pampinella Joins Navigant Consulting’s Disputes & Investigations Practice
• Greatbatch Introducer Patent Infringement Verdict Vacated -- Federal Circuit Review Concludes Trial Court Erred
• InterDigital Signs Enfora to Worldwide 2G and 3G Patent License Agreement
• Pisgah Labs Receives Notice of Patent Allowance
• Thomas Whitelaw Obtains Complete Dismissal in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• W2 Energy Files US Patent for SteamRay Steam Engine

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

• 8x8 Awarded Virtual Telephone Extension Patent by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Acacia Subsidiary Enters Into Settlement Agreement Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology With Interbond Corporation of America
• Document Security Systems’ European Patent Validated in Kingdom of Spain by Spanish Commercial (Mercantile) Court in Madrid
• FutureLogic, Inc. Granted Patent for Dual-Port Promotional Gaming Printer
• GTX Corp and Aetrex Worldwide, Inc. Sign Licensing Agreement to Deliver Patented GPS Shoes Worldwide
• IDT Receives Favorable Ruling in Patent Action Versus LSI Logic
• Inventor Seeks Licensee for Gulf Stream Turbine Patents
• IPextreme Constellations Conference - Silicon Valley 2010
• MDRNA, Inc. Acquires Bridged Nucleic Acid (BNA) Patents to Broaden Its RNAi-Drug Discovery Platform
• Melvin Garner, a Leader in the IP Bar, Joins Leason Ellis as Partner From Darby & Darby
• Streaming Media Settlement Patent Granted to Single Touch Interactive
• Techulon, Inc. Secures Exclusive Rights for New Transfection Reagent
• The American Association for Justice Wins Right to Protect Trademark
• Widevine and Verimatrix Reach Settlement to End Patent Dispute on Selective Encryption Technology

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

• Special Feature -- Ariad Pharmaceuticals v. Eli Lilly (2008-1248 (March 22, 2010) - The en banc Federal Circuit Affirms its Obsession with Possession
• Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc. Retains Oblon Spivak to Represent It in the Interference with Allvoice
• AMRI Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction Prohibiting Dr. Reddy’s from Distributing Generic Allegra-D® 24
• Arbitron and Digimarc Enter Into a Collaborative Licensing Arrangement
• ARIAD Announces Court Ruling Regarding NF-KB Patent Lawsuit with Lilly
• Can-Fite and the NIH Have Applied for a Patent to Treat Uveitis – a Sight-Threatening Disease
• Celladon Corporation Receives Notice of Allowance by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for Broad Patent Covering Lead Drug Candidate MYDICAR
• ClariPhy Granted US Patents Enabling Standards-Based Testing of Networking Components
• Copyright Clearance Center’s Rightslink Implemented by The Perseus Books Group
• Covidien Prevails in Patent Litigation against Applied Medical
• ICI Submits Patent Application for an Affordable Housing and Temporary Shelter Construction System Utilizing Structure Lite Panels
• Ikonisys Awarded Patent for the Process for Identifying FISH Signals
• International Trade Commission Judge Finds 25 Additional Patent Violations of Linear Technology’s Burst Mode Invention by Advanced Analogic Technologies
• Life Sciences Attorney Thomas Duley Joins DLA Piper
• Merchant & Gould Succeeds in Establishing Copyrightable Subject Matter within Software Used for Controlling Surface Mining Machines
• Pluristem Therapeutics Granted European Union Patent for PluriX Three-Dimensional (3D) Bioreactor System
• PositiveID Corporation Files Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its iGlucose System
• Qteros and UMass Amherst Announce the Issuance of a U.S. Patent for Production of Ethanol From a Unique Microorganism, the Q Microbe
• Seesmart LED Receives Intellectual Property License for LED Fluorescent Tube Replacements in Partnering Deal With ilumisys
• Skinvisible Granted Patent in South Korea
• StarCite Awarded U.S. Patent for Attendee Management and Enterprise Event Marketing Platform
• TurboHercules SAS Files Formal Complaint against IBM with the European Commission for Violations of EU Antitrust Law
• Uroplasty Announces Issuance of New Patent for Urgent PC System Single-Use Lead Set
• US District Court Returns Binding Verdict of Invalidity of Two Claims of Covidien Patent Covering Trocar Seal Technology

Monday, March 22, 2010

• Acorda Therapeutics Announces Filing of Patent Extension Applications for AMPYRA (dalfampridine)
• BioMedical Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. Receives New South African Patent on Its Demolizer Technology
• Cognex and Fuji Resolve Vision Software Patent Dispute
• EnWave Granted New Patent for Radiant Energy Vacuum Dehydration Technology
• Licensing Executives Society, (USA & Canada) Celebrates World IP Day on April 26th With a Series of Local Events Uniting Business Professionals Across the Globe
• Verayo Secures Worldwide Exclusive License to Patented PUF Technology from MIT

Friday, March 19, 2010

• Applied Minerals, Inc. Receives Patent License From the Department of the Navy
• Chicago Intellectual Property Alliance Attorneys and Law Students Participate for the Seventh Year in Science Fair
• Eight McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorneys Honored As Intellectual Property Law Leaders
• False or Expired Patent Numbers on Products Can Cause $500-Per-Article Fines
• Lucid Patent, LLC to Host False Marking Webinar
• This Week on The Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of March 15, 2010

Thursday, March 18, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary (Network Gateway Solutions) Enters into Settlement Agreement with Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc.
• Former DuPont Employee Sentenced to 18 Months in U.S. Federal Prison for Theft of Trade Secrets
• HP Resolves Ink Cartridge Patent Infringement Complaint
• Inventors’ Bill of Rights Unveiled at AUTM Conference
• Moffitt Cancer Center Signs Licensing Agreement with Proteacel, LLC
• New Website Will Help Consumers Identify and Report Counterfeit Goods
• Partner Leaves King & Spalding To Form Boutique Intellectual Property Firm
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants Reissue Patent on Picoplatin Composition of Matter
• VirnetX Files New Complaint Against Microsoft - Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Named
• W2 Energy Files US Patent for Algae System

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

• Document Security Systems, Inc. Awarded New European and Canadian Digital Prism Technology Patents
• ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Receives Allowance of a New Patent on its Antibodies Targeting Pancreatic Cancer
• Live Streaming Patent Awarded to ICOP
• Mannatech Vigorously Defends Ambrotose Product Patents With Latest Legal Action Against Multiple Companies
• McKool Smith Announces $105.75 Million Verdict for VirnetX in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Microsoft
• Quick-Med Technologies Receives Notice of Allowance for Additional NIMBUS Patent
• Regulus Announces U.S. Allowance of Stanford Patent Application Covering miR-181a Function in Immune Cells
• StemCells, Inc. Granted Broad Patent for Pluripotent Rat Stem Cells and Genetically Engineered Rats
• The Medicines Company Announces Decision in PTO and FDA Litigation

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

• Aldi Nord, Aldi Süd and Lidl Sued for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
• Brinks Attorney Explains New USPTO Pilot Program Aimed to Accelerate Patenting of Green Technologies
• Director of the USPTO, David Kappos, to Speak at New York Law School on the Future of the Patent Office
• Epeius Biotechnologies Receives Notice of Patent Allowance for Tumor-Targeted Cancer Vaccines
• Health Insurance Provider Pays $61,500 to Settle Claims of Unlicensed Software Use
• I.D. Systems Awarded Patents for Access Control and Luggage Handling
• Island Intellectual Property Awarded Two U.S. Patents for Innovative FDIC Sweep Products
• MorphoSys Granted Further Patent on its Core Antibody Technology in Japan
• Shire Receives INTUNIV Paragraph IV Notice Letter From Teva Pharmaceuticals
• SmartMetric Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Visa and MasterCard in US Federal Court
• U.S. Patent Office Grants Ecosphere Technologies Green Tech Patents to Treat Natural Gas Industry Frac Waters

Monday, March 15, 2010

• Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc. Announces Declaration of Interference by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• BMSV Buys Intellectual Property Assets of gTrade
• Cantor Colburn Attorney Charles O’Brien Appointed to the Board of the Connecticut Invention Convention
• Impax Laboratories Confirms Patent Challenge Relating to TRILIPIX Delayed-Release Capsules, 135 mg and 45 mg
• ITC Rules in Favor of Avago Technologies in Parallel Fiber Optics Case
• Leading Pharmaceutical Group Joins Fish & Richardson
• New Energy Bolsters Patent Portfolio for Technologies Capable of Generating Electricity from the Motion of Vehicles

Thursday, March 11, 2010

• Bone Biologics Announces a Major US Patent Issuance For Its Recombinant Protein Process For the Formation of Cartilage
• GroupCast d/b/a SchoolReach Dismissed from TechRadium Patent Suit
• Mercury Cable & Energy Receives Notice of Allowance of HVCRC Patent from USPTO
• Protecting Trademarks: Wolf Greenfield’s Martin Gives Five Key Steps in Women’s Business Boston
• Seattle Genetics Expands Antibody-Drug Conjugate Patent Portfolio

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

• Excentus Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Kroger After Months of Negotiations Fail to Reach Long-Term Agreement
• Faegre & Benson Successfully Defends Jury Verdict for Seagate in Patent Appeal
• Fifth U.S. Patent Issued to Jumptap in Nine Months
• InterDigital Signs Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications to Worldwide 2G and 3G Patent License Agreement
• Smith & Nephew Announces Next Steps in Patent Infringement Litigation
• Total Nutraceutical Solutions Acquires Ergothioneine Transporter License from the University of Cologne, Germany
• USPTO and UKIPO Announce Action Plan to Reduce Global Patent Backlogs
• Watson Announces Actos Patent Challenge Settlement
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Expands Life Sciences Practice

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

• e.Digital Announces License and Settlement Agreement With Roland
• EcoPlus Announces Issuance of Second U.S. Patent
• Intellectual Property Attorney Michael J. Leonard Joins Philadelphia IP Boutique Law Firm Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP as Partner
• IntelliNet Technologies Awarded Key Mobile Data Offload Patent
• Legal Advantage, LLC Names New Vice President of Business Development
• Montavo Files U.S. and International Patent Applications for Confirmed Sales Revenue in Brick & Mortar Stores Attributable to Mobile Phone Ads
• Pierce Atwood LLP Announces Major Expansion of its Intellectual Property & Technology Practice in Boston
• RPost Sues Swiss Post for Patent and Trademark Infringement

Monday, March 08, 2010

• Composite Technology Receives USPTO Notice of Intent to Issue Reexamination Certificate for US Patent 7,211,319
• Court Issues Permanent Injunction Enjoining OMI from Infringing a Retractable Technologies, Inc. Syringe Patent
• Fish & Richardson Adds Nine New Associates to Intellectual Property Litigation Group
• iCAD Granted U.S. Patent on CAD Lesion Metrics That Enhance Clinical Information for Image Analysis Solutions
• Kount Submits New Patent to Increase Protection of Device Fingerprinting and Proxy Piercing Technologies
• Lantiq Sues Network Equipment Manufacturer Billion Electric
• Precision BioSciences Announces that the US Patent Office Issues Second Actions Rejecting Previously Granted Claims to Cellectis’ Core Technology
• Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Issued Japanese Patent for Anti-cancer Compound Archexin

Friday, March 05, 2010

• AIPLA Support Senate Patent Bill
• California Court of Appeal Affirms Crusader’s Victory Over Author Clive Cussler in High-Profile Sahara Case
• Irell & Manella Secures Another Victory for TiVo, as Federal Circuit Affirms Finding of Contempt Against EchoStar
• Patent Issued for Humanetics’ BIO 300 Radiation Countermeasure Drug
• Sandata Technologies and Infocrossing Settle Patent Infringement Suit
• Streambank Announces Bid Deadline and Auction Date for American IronHorse Motorcycles Intellectual Property Assets
• This Week on The Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of March 1, 2010

Thursday, March 04, 2010

• Eastern District of Texas Invalidates Patent Asserted Against Finnegan Client FedEx Corporation
• Island Intellectual Property Awarded Additional Patents for FDIC Cash Sweep Technology
• Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro Adds High Profile Entertainment Lawyer
• Kyto Biopharma Inc. Announces Licensing Agreement With The Research Foundation of the State University of New York (RFSUNY)
• Schlage Stands behind Its Products and Statements and is Ready to Vigorously Defend Its Rights
• TiVo Statement on Decision by U.S. Court of Appeals in Lawsuit Against EchoStar
• USPTO Grants Advaxis New Listeria Based Fusion Protein Patent

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Ledil Oy
• BSKB Announces Dates for 2010 Summer Patent Seminar
• Corporate Counsel’s Sixth Annual IP Counsel Forum to Feature Speakers from Cisco, eBay, Google, Motorola, Sony
• Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman Filed the Most U.S. Trademark Oppositions in 2009
• CT Corsearch Answers Heightened Industry Demand for U.K. Trademark Clearance and Protection Services
• Cyclone Power Technologies Receives Third U.S. Patent for its Green Engine
• Intangible Asset Finance Society Hosting Innovation: Hot Policy & Practice Issues
• Oblon, Spivak Obtains the Most U.S. Utility Patents for 19th Year
• Ramtron Granted Fundamental Ferroelectric Ram Patent
• VUCCC P/L Announces Lodgement in Germany of Patent for Treatment of Type I Diabetes

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

• Acuo Technologies Announces Patent Granted for Asset Communication Format Within a Computer Network
• ALDA Receives Australian Patent for T36® Disinfectant
• Alnylam Provides Update on Ongoing Patent Litigation Regarding the Tuschl I Patent Series
• Amedica Receives Patent on Ceramic-on-Ceramic Bearings
• Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement
• Biomoda Awarded Patent Securing Assay Formulation and Use
• Brent Routman of Merchant & Gould Named Acting Treasurer of Minnesota State Bar Association
• Court Issues Preliminary Injunction In Favor Of Weight Watchers Against Curves
• Faegre & Benson Reveals Secrets to Winning Trade Secrets Cases
• Fairchild Semiconductor Files Patent Lawsuit Against Power Integrations in China
• ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Receives Notice of Allowance for a New Patent for its Antibody
• Instacare Corp. Files Patent Application for its MD@Hand Cell Phone Centric Technologies
• Irell & Manella Secures Complete Victory for Novellus Systems after Eight-Year Battle
• ITT Corporation Reaches Patent Settlement Agreement with Nokia
• Kwikset Corporation Sues Competitor for False Advertising and Patent Infringement
• Merrion Pharmaceuticals is Issued a Key United States Patent
• Micro Power Awarded New Patent for Battery Charger Technology
• RevMed Bolsters Patent Security With Engagement of Leading IP Law Firm
• Rovi Announces Expanded Data and Patent License Agreement With Comcast
• Teva Announces Favorable Court Ruling in Generic Hyzaar and Cozaar Litigation

Monday, March 01, 2010

• BioSante Pharmaceuticals Receives Two New Patents for Manufacture of Proteins, Including Antibodies
• BNA Books’ New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Trademark Dilution: Federal, State, and International Law Gives Clear Guidance on the Elusive Laws Governing Trademark Dilution Protection
• Composite Technology Receives US Patent Office Notice of Intent to Issue Reexamination Certificate for US Patent 7,368,162
• e.Digital Announces Royalty Bearing License and Settlement Agreement With Ikegami
• Enzo Biochem Announces Favorable Judgment by U.S. Patent Office in an Interference against Bayer HealthCare for a Universal Diagnostic Detection System
• Intellectual Property Training Programs are used to drive an Innovative culture - According to ipPerformance Group Survey
• Kaye Scholer Opens New Silicon Valley Office Led By William Sloan Coats
• Leading Coalition of Innovative Companies Supports Senate Patent Bill
• Omnyx Licenses Olympus Digital Pathology Patents
• Patent Owners Find Protection in Landmark Case Argued Before ITC By Pepper Hamilton
• Renowned Silicon Valley Lawyer Curtis Mo Joins DLA Piper
• Seyfarth Shaw Grows Intellectual Property Practice Group With Addition of Richard P. Gilly in the Washington, D.C. Office

Friday, February 26, 2010

• AIPLA’s Women in IP Committee Hosts 23 Simultaneous Cross-Country Networking Dinners
• BNA Books’ New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Intellectual Property, Software, and Information Licensing: Law and Practice Covers Licensing Law in Every IP Context
• CompX Announces Favorable International Trade Commission Ruling
• Greenberg Traurig Expands its Houston Office With the Addition of Intellectual Property Litigator Dwayne L. Mason
• PIJIP Launches Project to Shed Light on Secretive Intellectual Property Agreement
• This Week on The Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of February 22, 2010
• Universal Security Instruments, Inc. Announces Settlement
• Vanda Pharmaceuticals Announces U.S. Patent Allowance for a Long-Acting Injectable Formulation of Fanapt (iloperidone) in the U.S.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

• Aspera Awarded Patent on Data Transfer Technology
• Bonaire Software Solutions, LLC Issued a Patent for Revenue and Expense Realignment System and Method
• Microsoft Enters Intellectual Property Licensing Agreement With Panasonic
• National Arbitration Forum’s Domain Name Dispute Resolution Program Goes Paperless
• New York Man Pleads Guilty to Criminal Copyright Infringement for Selling Pirated Computer Software Using the Internet
• NewCardio Receives Notice of Allowance for Vital Patent for Cardio3KG
• PaperPro Files Patent Suit Against Acco/Swingline
• RASIRC Granted Patent for Specialty Seal in Ultrapure Environment
• Sun Chemical Finds Right Formula With First To File

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology with Old Comp Inc.
• BSKB Files Appeal to Federal Circuit on USPTO Decision Limiting Patent Reissue Rights
• Caliper Life Sciences and Stanford University File a Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Carestream Health, Inc.
• Harbor BioSciences to Receive Patent for Apoptone Cancer Treatment
• QR Pharma Receives US Patent 7,625,942 to Treat Down Syndrome
• STRONG and Rovi Sign IPG Patent License Agreement
• Transgenomic Licenses IP From IntegraGen to Develop Genetic Test for Autism
• U.S. Federal Court Rules to Protect Malibu Trade Dress
• VeriTainer Receives Its 5th Patent From US Patent Office

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

• Genocea Biosciences Licenses Extensive Herpes Simplex Virus Patent Estate from the University of Washington
• GTX Corp Awarded Broad U.S. Patents for its Innovative and Potentially Life Saving GPS Shoe Technology
• Immunomedics Awarded Patents for Antibody for PEGylation and Pretargeting Constructs
• Island Intellectual Property Awarded Additional Patents for Innovative FDIC Sweep Technology
• New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Recording of Newly Released Motion Pictures In Movie Theater
• Report Emphasizes Connection Between Property Rights and Economic Well-Being
• RPost and Goodmail Settle Patent Suit, Announce Joint Service

Monday, February 22, 2010

• Agilent Technologies Wins HPLC Columns Trade Secrets Case Against Advanced Materials Technology, Inc.
• Buchanan Snags International Trademark Shareholder Bruce McDonald and Adds Associate Jennifer D’Angelo to its IP Practice
• Health Enhancement Products, Inc. Proceeds With Patent Filings for Newly Isolated and Previously Undiscovered Compounds Regulating Cholesterol Metabolism
• Heatwave Interactive Makes Strategic Acquisition of Highly Anticipated Gods & Heroes IP and Core Online Game Technology
• ICOP Digital, Inc. and L-3 Communications Mobile-Vision, Inc. Resolve Patent Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in Washington, DC
• ITC Remands Investigation to Administrative Law Judge in Amkor Patent Case against Carsem
• Lineage Power Announces Digital Power Technology Patent License Agreement with Power-One
• Network-1 Receives Markman Order in Patent Litigation Against Major Data Networking Equipment Manufacturers
• Obecure Is Granted Methods and Composition Patents Covering Adjunctive Use of Betahistine to Mitigate Weight Gain Associated With Olanzapine
• Quintic Corp. Rejects Patent Infringement Claims as Baseless
• RADVISION Awarded Patent for Video Conferencing via Instant Messaging
• Semafore Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of Key U.S. Patent Covering Composition of Matter for Novel PI3K/mTOR Pathway Inhibitor
• TechRadium Adds a New Patent Licensee and Reaches Settlement Agreement with Saf-T-Net
• Varian Medical Systems Awarded a Patent for Improving X-Ray Shielding

Friday, February 19, 2010

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery Announces Agreement with Hologic Inc. To Resolve Patent Disputes
• Free Webinar: What? Google Has Already Patented That Online Advertising Technology?
• Hologic Announces Settlement In Patent Infringement Suits
• Leica Camera Purchases MMP Portfolio License, According to Patriot Scientific Corporation
• LES (USA & Canada) IP100 Executive Forum Attracts 100 IP Leaders to Discuss Strategies for Advancing IP in Tough Economic Times
• MShift Sues Digital Insight to Enforce Fundamental Patent Related to Delivery of Data Via the Mobile Internet
• Protus Successful in Defeating More Patents of j2 Global Communications
• Rollashoe LLC Sues for Trademark Infringement of Its Trend-Setting Footzyrolls Shoes
• This Week on The Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of February 15, 2010
• WebTech Wireless Learns of Alleged Patent Infringement Claim

Thursday, February 18, 2010

• Altitude Capital Partners Sells Saxon Innovations
• Attorneys For Consumer Watchdog In Court to Argue Against Google Books Deal
• Document Security Systems, Inc. Initiates Patent Infringement Proceedings before the District Court in The Hague, The Netherlands
• Health Discovery Corporation Selected as Best & Brightest Small Cap Company by MDB Capital Group and Expands Patent Portfolio
• Intezyne Announces Issuance of Seven Patents Covering Its IVECT Method
• MetaPower International, Inc. Issued Second Australian Patent for UCoDA Business Process Management Technology
• Positron Recieves US Patent on Tech-Assist
• Recently Announced Changes to USPTO’s Examiner Count System Go Into Effect
• SPO Medical Granted Innovative Baby Monitoring Patent
• Through Alliance, Intellectual Property Investigation Firms Provide Enhanced Global Supply Chain Security
• Tytan International, Inc. Purchases Patent to Reduce Emissions in Tractor Diesel Engines
• U.S. Copyright Industries Identify Trading Partners With Serious Intellectual Property Rights Deficiencies
• Valensa Granted Licenses for BiovaFlex Water-Soluble Egg Shell Membrane Ingredient

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

• Amsted Secures 10-Year Exclusion Order and 10-Year Cease and Desist Orders Against Tianrui, Tianrui Foundry, SCT and Barber
• Barnes & Thornburg LLP Expands Minneapolis Office With Addition of Felicia Boyd
• Bellacure, Inc. R&D Team Receives Patent for Knee Pain Treatment Device
• Immunomedics Awarded Patent for Antibody Therapy
• Intellectual Property Expert Dr. Kara Gorski Joins Edgeworth Economics
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Announces Five New Board Members, Four New Partners
• O2Micro Issued Patent for Voltage Reference Circuit
• Patent Information Affecting Seven Litigations Uncovered by Article One Partners
• SIIA Announces Content Piracy Case Settlement

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

• CalciMedica Announces Issuance of US Patent No. 7,645,588, a Composition Patent Involving STIM1, a Key Component of the CRAC Channel
• Duane Morris’ San Francisco Office Adds Intellectual Property Partner Guy W. Chambers and Special Counsel Siegfried J.W. Ruppert, Ph.D.
• EKR Therapeutics Receives Two Additional Patents for Ready-to-Use Cardene® I.V. Bags, Providing Substantial Intellectual Property Protection Through 2027
• Eurand Issued U.S. Patent for ZENPEP (pancrelipase) Delayed-Release Capsules
• GeneNews Announces Issuance of Second Foundational U.S. Patent for Core Sentinel Principle Technology
• GreenShift Subsidiary Sues Big River Resources for Patent Infringement
• Innovalight Awarded Key Patent by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for Solar Cells Manufactured With Silicon Ink
• Intellectual Property Lawyer John D. Titus Joins Dickinson Wright PLLC
• Kashless, Inc. Acquires Extensive Group Purchasing Patents from Vulcan Capital
• Notice of Allowance Issued for Third GreenShift Corn Oil Extraction Patent
• Planet Payment Awarded U.S. Patent 7,660,768 for Time-of-Transaction Foreign Currency Conversion
• Stradley Ronon Adds Intellectual Property Associate
• Sunbelt Software Joins RPX Defensive Patent Aggregation
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Finds Arthrex Guilty of Infringing Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Patent
• Unidesk Files Desktop Virtualization Patent on CacheCloud Image Delivery Technology
• WiSpry Obtains Key Patent for MEMS Variable Capacitors and Actuation Components

Monday, February 15, 2010

• Four Ulmer & Berne Attorneys Appointed to Intellectual Property Owners Association Committees
• Lifetime Products Files Patent Infringement Complaint Against Three Chinese Companies
• Mindspeed Licenses Intellectual Property Cores for Next-Generation Radio Network Interfaces from Radiocomp
• Novak Druce + Quigg LLP Adds Trademark Partner Katherine M. Basile
• Teva Announces Agreement on Famvir Patent Challenge
• U.S. International Trade Commission Enters Final Decision in Favor of LG Electronics in Whirlpool Refrigerator Patent Case

Friday, February 12, 2010

• Avago Technologies Reasserts its Strong IP Position in Optical Finger Navigation
• German Appeals Court Upholds MPEG-2 Infringement Verdicts Against DVD Video Disc Replicator Digital Press Hellas
• Integral Announces License on ElectriPlast Wire Application
• Perrigo Granted Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement in Mucinex Case
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of February 8, 2010
• USPTO Grants Formatech Novel Drug Formulation Patent

Thursday, February 11, 2010

• Ablynx Wins Patent Oppostion Case Against Domantis/GlaxoSmithKline
• CardinalCommerce Corporation Reports Patent Grant by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• ePostal Patent Issued
• German Appeals Court Says CoreValve Devices From Medtronic Do Not Infringe Edwards Lifesciences’ Andersen Patent
• Glowpoint Awarded Patent for Usage-based Billing of IP-based Video Calls
• Glycotex, Inc. Expands Patent Portfolio in Advanced Wound Healing Indications
• J. Nelson Landry Appointed to the Copyright Board of Canada
• LVM / eBay - The Paris District Court Rules Against eBay
• Netlist Expands Its Patent Infringement Suit Against Inphi
• Newswire Files Patent on Performance Based Public Relations
• Protea Biosciences Awarded U.S. Patent for Novel Protein Separation Method
• Sisvel Gains Momentum for Creating the LTE/SAE Patent Pool with Expansive Group of Patent Holders
• Successful Patent Defense by EuroMed Helps Reaffirm Proprietary Value

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

• 8x8 Video Communications Patent Reissued by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Amerigon Comments on W.E.T. Automotive AG Lawsuit
• Athersys Receives U.S. Patent Covering Adult Stem Cell Composition & Production
• AVANIR Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of New U.S. Zenvia Patent
• FuseTalk Inc. Licenses Strategic Internet Patent Portfolio
• General Patent Corporation Secures Tenth Licensee for Renhcol’s Web-Based Prediction Marketplace Patent
• Health Enhancement Products Retains Intellectual Property Law Experts Kohn & Associates pllc
• Jumptap Issued Fourth U.S. Patent in Eight Months
• Schweitzer-Mauduit Announces Patent Infringement Action
• Seaside Therapeutics Announces Issuance of Key Patent for Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders
• YM BioSciences Granted Two US Patents for AeroLEF

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

• 5 Point Products by Dr. Mauch are Being Illegally Copied - Holder of Rights Declares War on Falsifiers Worldwide
• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreements Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology with Diesel USA and Gymboree Retail Stores
• CollegeNET Settles Admissions Application Patent Litigation for More Than $15 Million
• CounterPath Patent Granted for Fixed-Mobile Convergence
• Cynosure Announces Successful Settlement in Patent Lawsuit Against CoolTouch, Inc.
• European Union Approves Patent on Cyclone Power Technologies’ Green Engine
• ICAP Ocean Tomo to Auction Social Networking and Electronic Medical Records Technology at Upcoming Live Auction Event March 25th in San Francisco
• PriceDoc.com Receives U.S. Patent for Online Healthcare Bidding
• Sequenom Licenses Worldwide Rights to Develop Age-Related Macular Degeneration Diagnostic Test
• TecSec Files Patent Infringement Suit Against IBM, SAP, SUN, eBay, Adobe, Cisco, Oracle, and Others
• Tillotson Corporation Announces Assignment of European Patent No. 0456333

Monday, February 08, 2010

• Alnylam Receives Notice of Allowance from United States Patent and Trademark Office for New Patent Broadly Covering RNAi Therapeutics
• Business Titan Patrick W. Gross Joins Article One Partners Board of Directors
• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains an Important Patent for Smart Cars
• Delaware Court Orders Dismissal of Analog Devices’ Claims Against Knowles Electronics
• Lancope Granted Fourth U.S. Patent for Innovations in NetFlow-Based Network Performance and Security Monitoring
• Mark Radcliffe to Join the Board of UTEK Corporation
• NexBio Granted United States Patent Covering DAS181 (Fludase) and its Use for Prevention and Treatment of Influenza and Parainfluenza
• Ocean Tomo Introduces First and Only Platform for Matching Patents to Products
• Patent Related to Live Event Recordings Offered for Sale at ICAP Ocean Tomo’s Live Auction on March 25th in San Francisco
• QIAGEN Acquires Exclusive License for Key PI3K Gene
• Silence Therapeutics Receives Notice of Allowance for RNA Interference (RNAi) Patent Covering Novel Cancer Target
• W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Amerigon
• What’s New in Patent Law? Come Hear it Straight From Leading U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Litigator, Raymond Chen, Visiting Santa Clara University Feb. 9th
• WiLAN and TELUS Sign Letter of Intent to Settle Lawsuit

Friday, February 05, 2010

• BIO Joins Stakeholders in Expressing Concerns with Efforts to Restrict Gene Patenting
• BNA Books’ New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Electronic and Software Patents: Law and Practice, Second Edition Keeps Pace with Rapidly Evolving Changes
• Merchant & Gould Names Greg Leibold Chair of Technology Transactions Group
• Novel Patent Targets the Most Common Sleep Complaint: Chronic Insomnia
• Phoenix Technologies Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against DeviceVM
• RemoteMDx and STOP Announce Settlement of GPS Offender Tracking Patent Litigation
• St. Louis-Based U.S. Ring Receives Jury Award in Patent Infringement Case
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of February 1, 2010
• Volcano Corporation Announces Litigation Status

Thursday, February 04, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement with Zhone Technologies, Inc.
• CGGVeritas Announces Sercel to Request Court Overturn Jury Verdict in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Eastman Wins Patent Infringement Case Filed by Wellman Inc.
• Fate Therapeutics Receives Allowance of First U.S. Patent for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology
• High School Student Job Shadows Cantor Colburn Patent Attorney Anne Davis Barry
• LTE Patent Owners Meet to Discuss Plan for Patent Pool
• Medicity Awarded U.S. Patent for Its Revolutionary Agent Grid Technology
• Mylan Confirms First-to-File Patent Challenge Relating to Caduet
• Protectus Medical Devices Adds to Its Intellectual Property (IP) Portfolio by Filing Patent for Its Living Hinge
• The Children’s Internet, Inc. Announces the Filing of Three Separate Provisional Patent Applications
• UPEK Comments on AuthenTec’s Meritless Legal Claims
• Waterfall Receives US Patent Approval on its SCADA Industrial Network Security Technology
• ZAGGbuds Patent Issued

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

• Acacia Research Subsidiary Receives Final Judgment of $12.4 Million in Patent Infringement Case Against Yahoo! Inc.
• AIPLA Members Among Those Named to the IP Hall of Fame
• AuthenTec Files Claims Against UPEK for Patent Infringement and Theft of Trade Secrets
• Banner & Witcoff Announces Elected Shareholders and New Associates
• Blue Coat Systems, Inc. Purchases MMP Portfolio License, According to Patriot Scientific Corporation
• Caterpillar Inc. Purchases MMP Portfolio License, According to Patriot Scientific Corporation
• Comprehensive Patent Awarded for Customized Pattern Generation
• Cyberlux Corporation Files Patents for Exclusive Products Contracted by New OEM Customers
• David Wolfsohn is Named Chair of Litigation Group at Woodcock Washburn
• DirectMail.com Announces Patent on GeoSelector Technology
• HealthSport, Inc. Announces Issuance of Mexican Patent
• Hydro Alternative Energy, Inc. Announces Acquisition Of Water Power Technology Patent Rights
• Intangible Asset Finance Society Hosting Monetizing IP Creatively One-Hour Telephone Panel Discussion on Friday, February 5th
• New IEEE Standard Enables Creation and Exchange of IP in Automated Design Environments
• Repligen Receives Notice of Allowance for Recombinant Protein A Patent
• Rosetta Genomics Announces Issuance of Three U.S. Patents
• Top Austin Intellectual Property Attorneys Join DiNovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy
• Vermillion Pays Health Discovery Corporation Final Patent Infringement Settlement Payment

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

• Akin Gump Expands Intellectual Property Litigation Practice With Accomplished Trial Lawyers
• Black Duck Software Awarded Patent for Core Technology That Automatically Resolves Software License Obligations and Conflicts
• Black Sand Announces Acquisition of CMOS PA Intellectual Property
• Celsis Initiates Patent Infringement Action Against XenoTech and Sekisui
• Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness Expands IP Litigation Capabilities
• Court Cases to Stop Use of INVISTA ADN Technology Proceed Against Rhodia, Partners
• Cytheris Announces Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Covering the Preparation and Uses of Its Glycosylated Recombinant Human Interleukin-7 (CYT107)
• Entelos Granted Patent for Innovative Diagnostic Capability in Obesity, Diabetes
• Fluxion Biosciences Will Vigorously Defend Against Patent Infringement Claim Filed by Cellectricon
• General Patent Licenses DTL’s Cellular Communications Patent to Pantech
• GenSpera Receives Patent on Second Anti-Cancer Drug, G-115
• Laura N. Gasaway and Tarja Koskinen-Olsson Join Copyright Clearance Center Board of Directors
• Micronics Receives Second Patent on Rapid Thermocycling Methodology for Molecular Diagnostics
• NanoBio Awarded Key Patent Covering Vaccine and Anti-Infective Product Platforms
• NetWitness Receives U.S. Patent for Network Analysis

Monday, February 01, 2010

• 2010 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees to be Announced at National Press Club
• BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. Patent Portfolio Further Strengthened
• Boston Scientific Settles Longstanding Patent Disputes With J&J
• Cellectricon Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Fluxion Biosciences
• Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman Elects New Shareholder - Sujata Chaudhri
• Depomed Announces Allowance of U.S. Patent Covering Gastric Retentive Gabapentin Dosage Forms
• EPIC and Freescale Enter Into Agreements to Settle Pending Litigation
• Global Intellectual Property Leader Marshall Phelps Joins Article One Partners Board
• ION Wins $25 Million Patent Infringement Jury Verdict Against Sercel
• MOSAID Signs Wireless Patent License Agreement With Sony
• Under Secretary of Commerce David Kappos Announces President Obama’s FY 2011 Budget Request for the USPTO
• WABCO Announces Munich Court Has Ruled That Knorr Infringes Competition Law in Germany

Friday, January 29, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patents for Information Portal Software Technology
• Biotech Company Ansaris Selects Surety for Integrity and Authenticity Protection of Its Lab Informatics Data
• Heliodyne Announces Sublicense Agreement with Alanod-Solar, Inc.
• IpAuctions to Market Predicant Biosciences and BioSpect Patents and Certain Perlegen Patents
• McDonald Hopkins Law Firm Continues to Expand: Intellectual Property Attorney, Joseph J. Jacobi, Joins the Chicago Office as a Member
• MeetingWave Gains New Location-Based Networking Patent Allowance
• MobileMedia Ideas LLC Licenses Its Patent Portfolio Inventions
• No Future for Non-copyrighted Content
• Passing the Bar: #1 Board Game for Law Students
• Rosetta Genomics Fortifies Patent Position with U.S. Allowance of Claims Covering Human microRNAs miR-21 and hcmv-miR-UL112
• This Week on The Copyright Blog - Week of January 25th, 2010
• UT-Battelle Licenses Tissue-regeneration Technologies to NellOne Therapeutics; Advances ORNL Spin-out on Commercialization Path

Thursday, January 28, 2010

• Austar and Rovi Sign IPG Patent License Agreement
• Captivate Network and Office Media Network Settle Litigation
• Centrro Issued a Patent for Loan Matching Using Consumer Credit Data
• Cleveland BioLabs Granted European Patent for Radiation Protection Drug CBLB502
• Court Issues Order Construing Disputed Terms in Neutral Tandem Patent Infringement Case
• First iPierian Patent for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology Granted by United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office
• Gilead Sciences Announces Notification of ANDA Filing for Viread
• LogRhythm Granted Comprehensive US Patent for Integrated Log and Event Management Platform
• Netlist Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuits With MetaRAM
• Peerless Network Files for Re-Examination of Neutral Tandem’s Patent 7,123,708
• Sly Stone Sues Former Manager Jerry Goldstein for Damages of $50 Million for Converting or Misappropriating Royalties
• USPTO Announces Interim Procedure for Patentees to Request Patent Term Adjustment Recalculation
• VisEn Acquires Key Fluorescence Agent Intellectual Property Portfolio and Technology Platforms From Bayer Schering Pharma

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

• Special Feature -- The EU Sends Infringers Where They Belong – To Customs Detention
• AFLAC Purchases a License under the Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Patents
• Applied Biosystems and Idaho Technology, Inc. Enter Broad Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement
• BSKB’s Nicholas Godici to Address IP Reform and Potential Effects on San Diego Technology Sector
• Cenestra Health Issued Key Omega-3 Formulations Patent
• ChromoCure to Secure Patents on Proprietary Chromosomal Cancer Detection Technology as Foundation in Preparation for Cancer Therapy and Cure Research
• Excentus Corporation and Safeway Inc. Settle Lawsuit and Enter Into Patent Licensing Agreement
• Gary Kitchen Departs McKool Smith to Launch National Patent Dispute Mediation Practice
• ICAP Ocean Tomo to Sell Intellectual Property Licensing Limited’s Patent Portfolio of Digital Radiation Imaging Technology
• IP Litigator M. Patricia Thayer Joins Sidley’s San Francisco Office
• Johnson Outdoors Files Suit in Federal Court Against Maker of Lowrance
• Leading Insurance Providers Purchase Licenses under the Katz Portfolio of Patents Which Cover Customer Service Operations
• MiMTiD Launches Copyright Infringement Search Web Application
• Ropes & Gray Gains Appellate Victory in Patent Dispute on Behalf of Becton Dickinson & Nova Biomedical
• Shinco Electronics Enters Into MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 License
• SIIA Announces Major Anti-Piracy Win in Kaplan vs. Chou

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

• Allied Security Trust Announces Availability of Major Patent Portfolio
• Avistar Communications Monetizes Its Patent Portfolio and Closes Transaction with Intellectual Ventures Management, LLC
• Cytori Issued U.S. Patent for Cell-Enriched Fat Grafting; New Patent Protects Key Cytori Market
• Daniel J. Schwartz Joins Seyfarth Shaw’s Intellectual Property Practice Group in the Chicago Office
• Fish & Richardson Cited for Two of the Top Ten Intellectual Property Cases of 2009
• Johnson Outdoors Announces Patent Approved for Innovative Humminbird Side Imaging Fishfinder Technology
• Lawyers from Hiscock and Barclay Take Part in NYSBA Annual Meeting
• MDRNA, Inc. Issued Patent for the Use of Nucleic Acids to Treat Cancer
• NetMotion Wireless Awarded Eleventh Patent for Mobile VPN Technology
• Neurologix Gains Broadened U.S. Patent Protection for Its GAD-Based Gene Delivery System
• Samsung and University of Illinois Enter into IP License Agreement
• Silicon Laboratories Asserts Intellectual Property Rights
• Trademarkia Announces International Filing Feature
• U.S. District Court Rules Against Merck in TEMODAR (temozolomide) Patent Lawsuit
• ZIOPHARM Receives Important Palifosfamide U.S. Patent Allowance
• Zumba Fitness, LLC Settles Trademark Infringement Suit Over Unauthorized Zumbamania Music

Monday, January 25, 2010

• American Induction Technologies Responds to Allegations Asserted Against It by Osram Sylvania, Inc.
• John Hintz Joins Chadbourne & Parke’s IP Group
• Regulus, Alnylam and Isis Announce U.S. Allowance of Tuschl III Patent Application Covering miR-21
• Report on New Patent Litigation Trends and the Increasing Impact of Nonpracticing Entities Released by PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Widevine Issued Milestone 60th Patent

Friday, January 22, 2010

• Special Feature -- A Faster Track to a Greener Future: The USPTO’s New Pilot Program
• Special Feature -- What the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) Can Learn from the NFL
• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Microsoft
• Advaxis Issued New Patent
• Barnes & Thornburg LLP Client Martin Engineering Wins Second Victory in Patent Dispute with CCC Group
• Infineon Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Volterra Semiconductor
• Inoventions Announces Patents for Two New Products in the Office and School Supply Category
• International Trade Commission Initial Determination Finds Rambus Patents Invalid
• IP Counsel Café, in Partnership with ACC, Presents Future of IP and Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley and Beyond
• Morrison & Foerster Secures Victory for Courage Campaign in Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Filed by Prop. 8 Advocacy Group
• Motorola Files Complaint with International Trade Commission Against Research In Motion
• Nixon Peabody Expands Silicon Valley Office
• SIIA Gives Highest Ever Anti-Piracy Rewards to Corporate Whistleblowers in 2009
• This Week on the Copyright Blog - Week of January 18th, 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010

• Applied Materials and Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. Settle Litigation and Resolve All Outstanding Disputes
• Brooks Kushman’s William Abbatt to be Keynote Speaker at Entrepreneurial Initiative of Southeastern Michigan Event
• Hutchison Law Group Adds Trademark Attorney
• ICAP Ocean Tomo Engaged to Sell Patent Portfolio of Wafer-Level Semiconductor Packaging Owned by Hymite A/S
• IntelGenx Receives Notice of Allowance for Bupropion Patent
• JuryBank Launches Industry’s Fastest & Least Expensive Online Legal Research Service
• MDRNA, Inc. Announces Allowance of European Patent Covering Formulations for Rapid Acting Insulin
• Nomadix Broadens Patent Enforcement, Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against SolutionInc Technologies Ltd.
• SENSIO Announces Allowance of New Patent Application From the USPTO Relating to Quincunx Format Decoding
• Sr. Trademark Attorney, John L. Beard Moves From Minneapolis’ Faegre & Benson to Join Rader, Fishman & Grauer in Washington, DC as Partner
• WiLAN Canadian Litigation Update

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

• Banner & Witcoff Leads the Way in Design Patent Procurement for the Seventh Year in a Row, Procuring Design Patents for the World’s Most Innovative and Design-Driven Companies
• BIO Ventures for Global Health Chosen as Administrator of Intellectual Property Pool Involving GSK and Alnylam as Participants
• DispersinB Patent Issues In Australia
• Economics of Patent Litigation: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks - Seminar, Feb. 11
• inovia Launches Foreign Patent Filing Blog
• Medizone International Announces Greatly Enhanced AsepticSure Patent Protection
• Microsoft Enters Into Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement With Funai
• New Patent Announced by Axial Vector Is the Missing Link Breakthrough for Hybrid Electric Cars
• Outdoor Channel Takes Steps To Protect Its Trademarks
• TiVo Releases Statement on Recent Microsoft Legal Action
• Unidym Completes Licensing Agreements to Expand Use of its Carbon Nanotube IP in Diverse Array of Applications

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

• ByAllAccounts Awarded Patent for Financial Portfolio Management Technology
• Document Security Systems, Inc. Announces Expanded Technology Licensing Agreement with R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
• Edwards Lifesciences’ Transcatheter Valve Patent Found Valid in German Court
• Federal Court Finds DuPont is Not Licensed to Use Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Trait in Combination With the DuPont Optimum GAT Trait
• From Idea to Nationwide Movement – IP Advocate Amplifies Voice of Academic Inventors in Banner First Year
• Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada) Celebrates 45 Years of Leadership Serving Members and Promoting the Business of Intellectual Property
• Modavox Provides Update Regarding Initial Response by Yahoo! Inc. to Previously Filed Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Morris, Manning & Martin Client Dr. Yung Yeung Awarded New Patent
• Netlist Granted Two Additional Patents Related to New Hypercloud Technology
• Patent Issued for Revolutionary Automated Litter Box, LitterLoo
• Power-One, Inc. Announces Digital Power Technology Patent License Agreement with Major Communication Technology Vendor
• Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Granted European Patent for Anti-Cancer Compound RX-3117
• Samsung and Rambus Sign Comprehensive Agreement
• SATA and 3M Settle Patent Infringement Suit Regarding Paint Cup System
• Sybase Continues to Assert Vertica’s Infringement of Sybase Patents
• Tax & Accounting Issued a Patent for Tax Provision System in Financial Reporting
• UBM TechInsights Merger Creates Leader in Technical Analysis and Intellectual Property Management
• USPTO to Hold Public Roundtable on Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Ex Parte Appeals Rules
• WiLAN Initiates Fraud and V-Chip Patent Litigation Against LG

Monday, January 18, 2010

• DuPont to Proceed with License, Antitrust, Patent Fraud Claims Against Monsanto
• Mark Stallion Contributes to Developing a Patent Strategy
• MOSAID and Samsung Reach Comprehensive Patent License Agreement
• NetLogic Microsystems Receives 400th Issued U.S. Patent
• RavenBrick’s Intelligent Window Filter Receives Patent Approval
• SuperSpeed LLC Patents Re-emerge from Reexamination

Friday, January 15, 2010

• Alnylam’s Kreutzer-Limmer I Patent Upheld in German Opposition Proceedings
• Baker Hostetler Expands Cincinnati Office
• Commerce Secretary Locke Names New Members to Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees
• Covidien Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit over Ethicon’s Ultrasonic Surgical Devices
• Howrey Forms False Patent Marking Task Force
• Impax Laboratories Confirms Patent Challenge Relating to WELCHOL 625 mg Tablets
• Jan. 22 UC Irvine Law Conference: Bend or Break—Tailoring the Patent System to Promote Innovation
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of January 11th, 2010
• USPTO Seeking Nominations for National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Thursday, January 14, 2010

• Special Feature -- Patents on the Fringe
• Darby & Darby Announces Five New Principals and Two New Senior Counsel
• Federal Circuit Affirms Decision Finding USPTO Miscalculates Patent Term Adjustment
• Kelley Drye Welcomes Andrea L. Calvaruso as Partner and Chair of Trademark and Copyright Practice Group
• Kodak Alleges Patent Infringement by Apple and RIM
• Mannatech Patents for Ambrotose Product Validated in Case Against Techmedica and Ionx
• NewCardio Awarded Key U.S. Patent for CardioBip
• Ropes & Gray Continues Global Expansion with the Addition of Maxwell A. Fox in Tokyo
• Solarbrook Water and Power Corporation Receives Patent on Aquaculture Process
• UTEK and Patents.com Form Partnership Providing an Easier Path for Finding IP Partners

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

• Akoo Awarded Patent for On-Demand Technology Allowing Viewers to Control Television Programming with Mobile Devices
• Applied Spine Technologies Announces Latest Patent
• BT Diamond IP Awarded U.S. Patent for Integrated Management of IPv4 and IPv6
• Chadbourne & Parke Partner Plays Key Role In Developing Patent Damages Guide
• Court Grants Endologix’s Motion to Stay Patent Litigation
• DuPont and BASF Announce Settlement
• FTC Chairman, Members of Congress Call for Legislation to End Sweetheart Pay-for-Delay Deals That Keep Generic Drugs Off the Market
• General Patent Corporation Acquires IPOfferings LLC to Expand Patent Brokerage Business
• JA Apparel Corp. Again Wins Injunction Affirming Ownership of Joseph Abboud Brand Name
• OFS and Sterlite Settle Lawsuit
• Patent Awarded to Metabolon for Metabolomics Method
• Perry Ellis International Announces License Agreement with The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC)
• Quinn Emanuel Expands Pharma, Biotech and Medical Device Practices with Addition of Star Patent Litigator Peter Armenio from Kirkland & Ellis
• Sirnaomics Licenses Polypeptide Nanoparticle Technology for Its siRNA Therapeutic Product Development

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

• 1st Technology’s Receives Notice of Intent to Issue Reexamination Certificate from U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
• American Innovators for Patent Reform Joins the Small Business Coalition on Patent Legislation
• Appeals Court Affirms Patent Infringement Rulings Against Emptoris
• Barcelo & Harrison Opens DC Office With Addition of Former Administrative Patent Judge
• Become.com Patents Search Engine Technology
• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Opens New Office in Washington D.C.
• Carey C. Jordan Joins McDermott to Head Leading Chemical and Energy Patent Prosecution and Transactions Group
• ICAP Ocean Tomo to Sell Server Based Gaming Patent Portfolio Owned by Legal iGaming Inc.
• Inventors Take Heart: Federal Court Restores Patent Term Guarantees, at Last Protecting Innovators from Patent Office Delays, Noted Professor Says
• Kennedy Law Expands to Form Kennedy Clark & Williams, PC
• Monsanto, Stokes Bio Sign License Agreement for Innovative Gene Analysis Technology
• Oblon, Spivak Elects New Partner and Names A New Senior Associate
• Pisgah Labs, Inc. Tackles Prescription Drug Abuse As It Files Eighth Patent
• Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Granted Five Additional Patents
• Seyfarth Shaw Welcomes Ilan N. Barzilay to the Intellectual Property Practice Group in Boston Office
• SIIA Says 21-Month Federal Jail Sentence for Software Pirate Demonstrates Consequences of Software Piracy
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Announces Election of Two New Directors
• Tree.com Settles Intellectual Property Suit, Certain Loan Loss Exposures, and Announces Approval of a $10 Million Stock Repurchase Program
• Trimega Laboratories to Remain Invested in South Africa After Cape High Court Victory
• USPTO to Hold Public Meeting on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

Monday, January 11, 2010

• A.N. Group Acquires Rights to Graphic Story Legend The Rook
• ARCA biopharma Receives Notice of Allowance for Patent for Treating Heart Failure Patients with Bucindolol Based on Genetic Testing
• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Wins Burton Decade Award for Outstanding Legal Writing
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Adds FibroGen Decision to Its Win Record
• Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Reports Appeal of Korean Decision Regarding Infringement by Cheil Industries, Inc.
• Caliper Licenses Microfluidics IP to Becton Dickinson
• DeviceVM Sues Phoenix Technologies over Patent Infringement
• K&L Gates Expands Palo Alto Office with Addition of Two Intellectual Property Litigators
• Kodak, Samsung Enter Into Technology Cross License
• Morrison & Foerster Expands Corporate Practice with Addition of Partner William Choe to the Firm’s Palo Alto Office
• Oilmatic Systems Vindicated: It’s Bulk Oil Distribution System Cleared Of Patent Infringement
• Patent Resources Group Opens Registration for All 2010 Offerings
• SmartMetric Retains Major Intellectual Property Law Firm
• U.S. District Judge Allows Green Project, Inc. to Continue Corporate Spying Claims Against Seiko Epson

Saturday, January 09, 2010

• Marvel Seeks Judicial Declaration that Kirby Heirs’ Copyright Claims are Invalid
• Microsoft Word Injunction Starts in 2 days - January 11, 2010
• Trim Holding Group Announces Patent Assignment Agreement

Friday, January 08, 2010

• Armstrong Teasdale Announces New Intellectual Property Partner
• BNA Books’ New 2009 Supplement to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations Examines Today’s Rapidly Changing Intellectual Property Laws
• Invotex Damages Expert Testifies in Parker Hannifin Fuel Filter Patent Suit
• Potential Lupus Drug Gains U.S. Patent
• Prominent Patent Litigation Team Led by David Perkins Joins Arnold & Porter in London
• This Week on the Copyright Blog - Week of January 4th, 2010

Thursday, January 07, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with D-Link Systems
• Brand Matter Signs Long Term Extensions with Key Ellen Tracy Licensees GIII Apparel Group, Komar and Modern Shoe
• Computer-Related Inventions Lead in Patent Activity According to Thomson Reuters 2009 Innovation Report
• First Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Ruling in Favor of Great Clips
• NetStreams Receives Strategic Patent for Streaming Audio, Video and Control Over IP Networks
• Panel to Forecast Reputation, Patents, Security and Other Intangible Sources of Corporate Value on Friday, January 8
• Pierre R. Yanney Joins Stroock’s Intellectual Property Practice in New York
• Price Heneveld Names Frank M. Scutch, III as Its Newest Partner
• RASIRC Granted Trademark for RainMaker Product Line
• StockPricePredictor.com, LLC Launches Online Automated Online Patent Portfolio Valuation Service
• Teva Announces Settlement Agreements with AstraZeneca Regarding Generic Prilosec and Nexium
• Whirlpool Corporation Named to Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

• AdGooroo Launches Trademark Insight Hijacking Report
• Allon Receives Japanese Patent Allowance for Treatment and Prevention of Major Neurological Diseases
• CCIA Launches IP Policy Blog
• ClearOne Awarded Attorney Fees and Costs Against Biamp Systems Corp., Wideband Solutions, Inc., and Others, in Federal Trade Secret Misappropriation Case
• Cleveland BioLabs Receives First U.S. Patent for Radiation Protection Drug CBLB502
• Response Biomedical Receives European Patent Notice of Allowance for Key Component of Immunoassay Intellectual Property

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

• Alert Logic Awarded Patent for Intrusion Detection Solution
• American Board of Internal Medicine Files Complaint Against Arora Board Review, Rajender Arora, M.D., and Anise Kachadourian, M.D.
• Ann Cathcart Chaplin Named Managing Principal of Fish & Richardson’s Twin Cities Office
• Coats & Bennett Attorneys Receive Prestigious Award
• CyDex Pharmaceuticals Receives a Key U.S. Patent for Composition of Matter and Process of Manufacturing High-Purity Captisol
• Fish & Richardson Named IP Firm of the Year and IP Litigation Department of the Year Finalist
• IceWEB Files Key Provisional Patent Application for Locally Connected Cloud Storage Device
• ICOP Application for Live Streaming Patent Allowed
• Lumension and Shavlik Technologies Announce Resolution of Patent Dispute
• Lynn Rzonca Named a Member of the International Trademark Association Panel of Neutrals
• Mark Kalman Joins DeepFlex as Vice President of Engineering
• Moebs Receives Notice of Allowance on Overdraft Checking Product Patent
• Palomar’s Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Candela and Syneron Reopened
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Expands Litigation Practice Group
• The Medicines Company Files Additional Patent Infringement Lawsuits
• U.S. Company CYBERsitter, LLC Files $2.2 Billion Software Piracy Suit Against People’s Republic of China & Seven Major Computer Manufacturers
• Vapor Chamber Lawsuit Expands to Include Dynatron Corporation and Hewlett-Packard in China
• WiLAN and Conexant Enter License Agreement

Monday, January 04, 2010

• Advaxis Awarded European Patent for New Listeria Vector
• EndoGastric Solutions Announces Key Patent Issued
• Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Elects Jason M. Okun as New Partner
• Fourth Patent for Groundbreaking Technology Granted to Elliptical Mobile Solutions
• Intellectual Property Lawyer Paul Zeineddin Joins O’Melveny
• International Trademark Association (INTA) Names New President for 2010
• James E. Doroshow, Seasoned Trial Attorney, Joins Fox Rothschild
• Michael H. Bunis Joins Choate, Hall & Stewart as a Partner in its IP Litigation Group
• MOSAID and Samsung Enter Standstill Agreement
• New Sixth Edition of Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure Covers Significant Changes in U.S. Patent Law
• RBS Citizens Bank Enters Into License Agreement With LML
• Sidley Austin LLP Elevates IP Lawyer to Partnership in Dallas, 15 throughout Firm
• Tix Corporation Issued United States Patent for Ticket Distribution System

Thursday, December 31, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Genuitec L.L.C.
• Acacia Subsidiary Licenses Medical Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Technology to Stryker Corporation and Stryker Imaging Corporation
• Acacia Subsidiary Resolves Litigation with Oracle Corporation

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Cox Radio
• Centrify Awarded Patent in Identity Management of UNIX and Linux Systems
• Google Loses Domain Name Dispute
• ITC Issues Notice of Final Determination in Tessera’s DRAM Action
• MWV’s Patent Allowed by US Patent Office
• Orrick Successfully Defends Three Semiconductor Companies Before the ITC
• Shanda Honoured as Top Copyright Owner/Operator by the Copyright Protection Center of China
• TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. Issued U.S. Patent on Interactive Menus for Mobile Devices Using Short Messaging Services

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

• Luna Strengthens its Position in Nanomedicine
• Nokia Requests ITC Investigation Into Apple Patent Infringement
• Theratechnologies Receives Patent Protection in Brazil for Tesamorelin
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants Reissued Patent Replacing OSI Pharmaceuticals’ Tarceva Composition of Matter Patent

Monday, December 28, 2009

• 3-D Technology Moves into the Home, According to Thomson Reuters Global Intellectual Property Report
• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement with Eclipsys Corporation
• Arrowhead Research Corporation Subsidiary Tego Biosciences Sells IP Portfolio to Luna Innovations
• Fairchild Semiconductor and Infineon Reach Patent Settlement, Cross-License
• Infineon Reaches Agreement to Settle Legal Dispute with Fairchild

Thursday, December 24, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Licenses Medical Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Technology to NovaRad
• Cantor Colburn LLP Attorney Curt Krechevsky Selected to Serve on the Panel of Neutrals for the International Trademark Association

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

• Design Patents Issued for Orion Energy Systems’ Outdoor Technology
• IP Lawyers With Degrees in Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry and Electrical Engineering Join Armstrong Teasdale
• Kodak, Samsung Agree to Negotiate Patent Dispute Settlement
• LadaTech Serves Its Complaint in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Illumina, Inc.
• Notice of Appeal Filed by Star Scientific in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• OPTi Inc. Announces Cross-Appeal in Patent Infringement Action
• Retractable Technologies, Inc. Announces Verdict in Patent Infringement Suit Against OMI
• TeleCommunication Systems and Sybase, Inc. Reach Legal Settlement

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Licenses Medical Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Technology to Aspyra
• Amgen Resolves EPO Patent Dispute With Roche
• CalciTech Files New Recycling Patent
• Card Activation Technologies, Inc. Updates Shareholders on Significant Progress in 2009 as it Continues to Seek Licenses for its Patented Technology for Stored Value Cards
• Connolly Bove Elects Two New Partners
• Connolly Bove Welcomes Seven New Associates
• i4i Wins Appeal by Microsoft
• LifeSync Purchases Wireless Patent Portfolio from Motorola
• Loren H. Uthoff Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer in Bloomfield Hills as Of Counsel
• Mylan Confirms First-to-File Patent Challenge Relating to Vytorin Cholesterol Medication
• Norit Announces Lawsuits Alleging Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Breach of Confidentiality
• Parker Hannifin Corp. Awarded $6.5 Million in Patent Infringement Trial Against Champion Laboratories
• TDVision Systems, Inc. Announces Allowance of New Patents Application from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Relating to Advanced Three-Dimensional Videogame Systems
• Telvent DTN Awarded U.S. Patent on Configurable Weather Alerting Technology
• US District Court Issues Ruling on Star Scientific Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law; Company to File Notice of Appeal to Federal Circuit Court
• Vical and the University of Washington Receive U.S. Patent for Herpes Simplex DNA Vaccine
• Viron granted U.S. Patents for Organ Transplant and Arthritis Drug Candidates
• WebTech Wireless Announces Settlement of LunarEye Lawsuit

Monday, December 21, 2009

• BNA Books’ New 2009 Supplement to International Patent Litigation: A Country-by-Country Analysis Provides Updated Analysis of Patent Law and Practice for Countries Worldwide
• D-M-S Holdings, Inc. Announces the Filing of a Lawsuit Against Veridian Healthcare, LLC, Steven M. Bisulca and Michael Mazza
• Eastman Sues Indorama to Protect IntegRex™ PET Manufacturing Technology
• General Patent Corporation Secures New Licensee for DTL’s Cellular Communications Patent
• Hologic Announces Decision in Patent Infringement Suit
• Morrison & Foerster Wins Reversal on Appeal for Novell, Inc.
• Netcordia Awarded VoIP Network Analysis Patent
• Patent Verdict Favors Verizon Wireless, Other Carriers and Novatel Wireless
• Practice Velocity Receives Patent for Basic Urgent Care EMR System (PiVoT)
• Response Biomedical Receives Further U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Notice of Allowance for Key Patent

Friday, December 18, 2009

• Baker Botts L.L.P. Names New Special Counsel for 2010
• Deep Down’s Intellectual Property Continues to Grow
• Fuentek Names New Technology Transfer Consultant
• ITC Affirms Amsted’s Victory Against U.S. And Chinese Cast Steel Railway Wheel Competitors
• Kunekt Files New National Phase Patent Application
• Mannatech Granted Injunction on Patents Related to Ambrotose® Product Infringed by Green Life and Xiong Lo
• Massachusetts Court Reinstates NewRiver Patent Claims - Grants NewRiver A New Trial Against Newkirk Products
• SenoRx Found Not Liable for Patent Infringement
• Sepracor Granted Patent Term Extension for LUNESTA® and Provides Update on LUNESTA Pediatric Studies
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog
• USPTO Launches Interactive Model Predicting Average Patent Pendency Timeframes in Relation to Varying Staffing and Filing Levels

Thursday, December 17, 2009

• Armstrong Teasdale Adds 10 to IP Practice in Six Months
• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains Award of Attorneys’ Fees against Patent Holding Company and Its Law Firm
• Cyclone Power Technologies Finalizes License to Manufacture Engine Systems for China Market
• Emulex and Alacritech Announce License Agreement for TCP Chimney Offload Technology
• Flight1 Aviation Technologies Licenses Microsoft ESP v1.0 Object Code to Enhance Training Simulations
• Kauffman Foundation Experts’ Solution for University Technology Licensing Reform Named to List of Ten Breakthrough Ideas for 2010 by Harvard Business Review
• Kilpatrick Stockton Partner Barry Benjamin to be Featured Speaker at National Forum on Advertising Law
• LifeCycle Pharma Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent on Fenoglide
• MDRNA, Inc. Announces Patent Allowance Covering Methods for Targeted siRNA Delivery to the Lung
• Pete N. Kiousis Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer in Bloomfield Hills as Of Counsel Attorney
• Regulus Therapeutics Receives Exclusive License for Intellectual Property on Immuno-inflammatory microRNAs from the California Institute of Technology
• Salamon Group Inc. Strengthens Intellectual Property and Patent Portfolio
• Showa Denko K.K. and Universal Display Corporation Announce OLED Technology License Agreement for White Lighting Applications
• The Simon Law Firm Files Trademark Infringement Suit Against Microsoft on Behalf of Bing!
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Issues New Patent to Eid Passport, Inc.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

• Special Feature - Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Issues Take Center Stage in UNFCCC Negotiations
• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Fulham
• BNA Books’ New 2010 Edition of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws
• Eppendorf Successfully Initiates Import ban Against Nanosphere, Inc. for the Countries of the European Union
• Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Named Decade Award Winner in Legal Writing by The Burton Foundation
• FTC Challenges Intel’s Dominance of Worldwide Microprocessor Markets
• Illinois Man Sentenced for Selling Pirated Software
• John Schulman, Former Warner Bros. General Counsel, Joins Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp in Los Angeles as Partner and Chair of Entertainment Department
• Makefield Therapeutics Licenses Patent Rights Covering Its Hybrid Nanoparticle Delivery Platform From Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• New Book - The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology Innovation
• Practising Law Institute Publishes How To Write A Patent Application, Second Edition
• Syntiron LLC Enters Collaborative Development and Licensing Agreement with sanofi pasteur to Develop Its Prophylactic Vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus
• Thomas F. Meagher Moves to Volpe and Koenig
• Townsend and Townsend and Crew Elevates Three to Partner
• United States Patent Office Allows CareRise Patent on 24/7 Staff-Census Software
• Virginia Tech Industrial Design Student’s Award-Winning Toy Receives Design Patent
• WiLAN and Ricoh Negotiate Technology License

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

• Special Feature - Nicolas Cage vs. The Fundamentals of U.S. Patent Law
• Acacia Research Subsidiary, DNT LLC, Receives Jury Verdict in Patent Infringement Case
• Alan G. Carlson Named Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
• Bend, Oregon Inventor Plunges into ABC’s Shark Tank
• BigString Receives Patent Issue Notification From U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Blackboard, Desire2Learn Announce Patent Cross License Agreement and Settlement of Litigation
• Buffalo Licenses WiLAN Wireless Technologies
• CEA and CCIA Continue to Call for Balance Between Innovation and Intellectual Property Protection
• Court Accepts Opinion of Invotex Damages Expert Michele M. Riley
• Dechert Wins Summary Judgment for 3DLabs in Patent Infringement Suit brought by FuzzySharp Technologies
• Fenwal Responds to New Lawsuit From Haemonetics; Reiterates Commitment to Blood Centers
• Gamma Medica-Ideas Licenses Molecular Breast Imaging Technology From Mayo Clinic
• Idaho Technology Issues License to Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
• ImageWare Receives Two New Patents
• IP Advocate Joins Small Business Coalition on Patent Legislation To Protect and Promote Rights of University Scientists in Federal Patent Debate
• Isis and Alnylam Announce Notice of Allowance for New U.S. Patent Application Broadly Covering RNAi Therapeutics
• Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada) Warns That Healthcare Reform Could Make the Patient Sicker
• McGuireWoods Wins Key Patent Trial for Wireless Carriers
• NovaDel Receives Issue Notification for New U.S. Patent Covering its Oral Spray Drug Delivery Technology
• Paul DiGiammarino Joins as President of World’s Leading Patent Validation Firm
• Secretary Locke Commends European Union and Member State Ratification of WIPO Internet Intellectual Property Treatises
• Small Business Coalition on Patent Legislation Established to Oppose Proposals That Would Harm Small Businesses and Individual Inventors
• SRI International Receives U.S. Patent for Needle-Free Transmucosal Drug Delivery System
• StemCells, Inc. Strengthens Patent Position in Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology Platforms
• Sun Microsystems Wins Legal Judgments Against Intellectual Property Violators
• Xenomics, Inc., and its Subsidiary TrovaGene, Inc., Announce Italian Patent for NPM1 Testing for AML Patients

Monday, December 14, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Regent Communication
• Best Buy, Samsung, Westinghouse, And Eleven Other Brands Named In SFLC Lawsuit
• Constant Environment, Inc. Announces the completion of Exclusive License Agreement to Develop, Manufacture and Design Under Recent US Patent, a New and Revolutionary Battery Technology
• Duane Morris’ Christiane Campbell Appointed IP Subcommittee Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Ethernity Networks is Awarded a key Wire Speed Protocols Interworking Patent
• General Patent Corporation Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Audiovox
• Haemonetics Files a New Legal Action to Stop Fenwal Inc.’s Continued Patent Infringement
• IDO Security Granted Second Patent and First Patent in Israel
• IP Strategy Comes of Age: Best Strategy Book of 2009 Is About Intellectual Property
• Modavox Provides Update Regarding Motion for Sanctions for Spoliation of Evidence and Evasive Disclosure Practices in Tacoda Patent Infringement Case
• New Diabetes Patent Allowance for CureDM, Inc.
• Rambus Acquires Patented Innovations and Technology from Global Lighting Technologies
• Terry Ross Joins Crowell & Moring’s Intellectual Property Group, Boosts Trial Team
• Three Brooks Kushman Lawyers Honored as Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit
• Transcept Pharmaceuticals Receives Notice of Allowance for Second U.S. Patent Application Covering Intermezzo
• U.S. Patent Office Grants Geron’s Request for an Interference With U.S. Patent No. 7,510,876 to Novocell
• U.S. Patent Office Issues Sword Diagnostics Patent for Highly Sensitive Immunodetection Technology
• USPTO Launches Two Pilot Programs for Accelerating Patent Applications for Green Technologies and Small Entities
• World’s First Financial Exchange Focused on Intellectual Property Taps Former President & COO of Chicago Climate Exchange to Take the Helm

Saturday, December 12, 2009

• Clean Energy Investment Company Moves to Protect Intellectual Property

Friday, December 11, 2009

• Apple Countersues Nokia
• DeviceVM Sues Phoenix Technologies over Unfair Competition, False Advertising, and Violations of the Lanham Act
• Hansen Medical Settles Litigation Against Luna Innovations - Company Obtains Significant Intellectual Property Rights
• Reed Construction Data Amends Its Lawsuit Against McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge
• Trial Date Set for CUBICIN® Patent Litigation

Thursday, December 10, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires 97 Patents Covering DRAM, DSP and Microprocessor Technologies
• B Green Innovations, Inc. Files Patent for Green Technology Intellectual Property Embedded Container Recycled Sheet Baskets
• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Wins Appeal for Clients Alpine Electronics, Inc., and Alpine Electronics of America, Inc., in a Patent Infringement Case by Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Court Denies Audiovox Motion to Renew/Reargue MPEG LA’s Right to Audit
• e.Digital Announces Royalty Bearing License and Settlement Agreement With Wolverine Data
• Ed Lanquist Elected President of Waddey & Patterson Law Firm
• Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett, & Dunner Announces New Partners for 2010
• Games Developer & Footwear Company Settle With BSA for Unlicensed Software Use, Agree to Pay $175,000
• Hills Industries Limited and Rovi Sign IPG Patent Licensing Agreement
• Kelli Watson Francuzenko, Life Science IP Transactional Attorney, Joins Nevrivy Patent Law Group
• Lee & Hayes Creates Corporate Group, Welcomes Nethercutt as Of Counsel
• MicroTransponder Inc. Awarded Patent for Wireless Neurostimulation Device
• OPTi Files for Arbitration Against NVIDIA Corporation
• Orion Energy Systems Awarded Patent for Compact Modular Technology Cooling Properties
• Salamon Group Inc. Files Revolutionary New Patent for Portable Power for Handheld Devices
• SmartMetric Preparing Filing of Federal Case for Patent Infringement Damages
• Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. Announces Additional U.S. Patent

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

• $540,000 Judgment Awarded in Software Counterfeiting Case
• CyDex Pharmaceuticals Receives U.S. Patent for New Captisol
• Epic Wound Care Retains Dr. Jennifer McCallum and The McCallum Law Firm as Patent, Regulatory and International Counsel
• European Commission Accepts Rambus Commitments in Final Settlement
• ICAP Ocean Tomo Engaged to Sell pointSET Corporation’s Intellectual Property Portfolio Relating to Remote Programming Through Virtual Interfaces
• IPWatchdog.com Blog Named to the ABA Journal Blawg 100
• Lightwave Logic Files Sixth Patent Application
• Mercury Cable Provides Update on Patent Litigation with Composite Technology Corporation
• OurPet’s Company Granted Patent for Self Scooping Cat Litter Box
• Peer-to-Patent Pilot to Launch in Australia
• Perrigo Confirms Filing for Generic Version of Clobex Spray and Announcement of Lawsuit by Galderma and Dermalogix
• Scott M. Slaby Joins McDonald Hopkins Law Firm as an Associate in Cleveland Office
• Stertil-Koni Gains Ground in Patent Infringement Suit, as Request for Reexamination is Granted by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Trellia Awarded Patent for Unified Control of Mobile Access
• U.S. District Court Rejects Motion to Dismiss in Phoenix Technologies’ Lawsuit Against DeviceVM
• VeriTainer Receives Its 4th Patent from U.S. Patent Office

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

• AbSorber Receives European Patent Protection for Its Transplantation Cross Match-Test XM-ONE
• American Diversified Holdings Corporation Announces Stem Cell Patent Acquisition Program
• Azalea Networks Awarded United States Patent for ’Intelligent’ Adaptive Wireless Mesh Routing Technology
• Ducommun Incorporated Receives Patent for Inertial/Magnetic Measurement Device
• Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Listed as a Tier One Intellectual Property Firm by Institutional Investor’s 2010 Benchmark Litigation Guide
• Integrien Issued Second Patent For IT Performance Analytics
• IP Attorneys Elected Partner at Cooley Godward Kronish
• ITC Patent Litigator Brian Nester Joins Sidley Austin LLP in Washington, D.C.
• Micro Power Awarded Two New Patents for Battery Pack Technology
• Novo Nordisk Licenses IL-21 mAb and Patent Rights to IL-21 Antibodies from ZymoGenetics
• OPTi Inc. Announces that Apple Appeals Final Judgment in Patent Infringement Action
• Patent Expiries of Blockbuster Antibiotics Will Fuel a Decline of More Than 15 Percent in the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Drug Market
• Sentry Technology Files Operational Video Patent
• SolutionInc Licenses Patented Hospitality Gateway Technology to Single Digits for Industry-Leading Business Access Portal
• TechRadium, Leading Notification Firm, Receives New Patent for Utility Work
• TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. Issued U.S. Patent for Enhanced Assisted GPS Location of Handsets

Monday, December 07, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Agreement with Freescale
• FibroGen, Inc., Reports Decision by USPTO Board Of Patent Appeals and Interferences in the Company’s Favor
• IP Trial Attorneys Win Patent Dispute Before the International Trade Commission
• Juniper Patent Infringement Lawsuit against GraphOn Corp. Dismissed
• New BNA Books Anatomy of a Patent Case A Must-Read for All Who Face the Challenges of Patent Litigation
• Ruckus Wireless Awarded Patent Essential to Running Video, Voice and Other Multimedia Applications Reliably Over Wi-Fi
• Solarflare Awarded Four New Patents That Enable Unique Hardware-Assisted, Scalable Virtualization
• U.S. Commerce Department’s Patent and Trademark Office to Accelerate Review of Green Technology Patents to Speed Deployment to Marketplace
• Walleye Technologies Awarded Patent for Millimeter Wave Camera Technology
• WordLogic Reports 14 Additional New Claims to Patent Allowance Application

Friday, December 04, 2009

• Biomagnetics Diagnostics Enhances Intellectual Property Package from Los Alamos National Security Targeting Multi-Test Blood Bank Screening Biosensor
• Dickstein Shapiro Secures Reversal of Patent Infringement Judgment Against Arthrex, Inc. and a Remand for a New Trial
• Electronic Game Card, Inc. and Bally Technologies Sign Worldwide Licensing Agreement
• Kodak, LG Enter into Technology Cross-License Agreement
• Mintz Levin Intellectual Property Practice Represents Protalix in $60 Million Licensing Agreement with Pfizer Inc.
• New Survey Highlights Current Use of Cutting Edge Technology by Law Firms
• Northwest Biotherapeutics Receives Approval of US Patent for Cost Saving Automation of High-Concentration DCVax Manufacturing
• OPTi Receives Final Judgment in Patent Infringement Action Against Apple Inc.
• The Software Freedom Law Center Submits an Opinion on the Oracle/Sun Merger to the EC
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog -- Weeks of November 23rd & 30th, 2009
• United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Rebukes CTS Cement and Owner Edward K. Rice, According to Ultimax Cement
• YANGAROO Sets the Record Straight on Its U.S. Patent Infringement and Injunction Claim against Destiny Media

Thursday, December 03, 2009

• Cree Acquires Semi-Insulating Silicon Carbide and Power Device Patent Portfolio from Daimler AG
• Judge Rules Against Ocean Spray in Legal Case
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Sharon Hwang Named Board Member of the Chicago Legal Clinic
• Nexxus Lighting Granted Three New Patents for Array Lighting
• RPX Defensive Patent Aggregation Signs 20th Member
• Stradley Ronon Partner Named Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

• Cephalon Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Teva Pharmaceuticals
• Dot Hill Announces Patent for Aspects of AssuredSnap Software, Bolsters Portfolio With Three Additional Patents
• LogLogic Announces U.S. Patent for Storage of Raw Log Data
• McDermott Will & Emery Welcomes Biotech Veteran Paul De Stefano
• Mintz Levin Attorneys to Present on Standards Setting Organizations & Patent Pooling at 21st Annual Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel’s All Hands Meeting
• Shire and Teva Settle Litigation Concerning Supply of ADDERALL XR Authorized Generic
• Sterne Kessler Founding Directors Selected as Washington’s Top Lawyers
• Tom Anderton Joins Presidio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as Vice President of Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs
• Unidym and Nano-C Enter Exclusive License Agreement for Fullerene Derivatives Used in Solar Cells
• Vitro Develops Novel Reprogrammed Human Stem Cells and Files Patent

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

• Duane Morris’ Boston Office Adds Intellectual Property Partner Lee Crews, Ph.D.
• General Patent Settles Lawsuit with HID Global over Smart Cards Patents
• Inphi Corporation Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Netlist Inc.
• IntusIQ and Tantalus Systems Corp. Resolve Patent Litigation
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Wins National Institutes of Health Contract for Up To $181 Million in Patent-Related Legal Services Work
• Patent Lawyer Ginger Dreger Joins Arnold & Porter in San Francisco
• TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. Issued U.S. Patent for Automated Device-to-Device Transfer
• USPTO to Deploy New Intellectual Property Training Modules

Monday, November 30, 2009

• Allos Therapeutics Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for FOLOTYN
• Applied Spine Technologies is Awarded New Patent
• China Leads All Nations in Publication of Chemical Patents According to CAS, the World’s Most Authoritative Publisher of Chemical Information
• Depomed Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Lupin Limited
• German Court Declares EFI Victorious In Important Patent Litigation Against Durst Involving Inkjet Technology
• Health Discovery Corporation Appoints Tom Gallagher, Former Wall Street Attorney & a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co., to Head the Company’s Global Intellectual Property Strategies
• Merchant & Gould Named A Top 10 Trademark Law Firm In United States By Trademark Insider

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Additional Victory For Sinochem

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Boston Scientific Corporation
• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with BMW
• Attorney Matthew C. Cox Joins Waddey & Patterson
• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains an Important Patent for a Burt Rutan Engineered Hybrid Rocket System
• DJO Incorporated’s Chattanooga Division Granted Patent for Moveo XP Rehabilitation Platform
• Taiwan Microloops Corp. Responds to the Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed by Convergence Technologies Ltd.

Monday, November 23, 2009

• Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Receives Ruling on Pending Summary Judgment Motions in Patent Infringement Enforcement Action against DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials, LLC
• India Grants Access to U.S. Patent Examiners for New Traditional Knowledge Search Tool
• Intellectual Property Practice Welcomes Leslie Jacobs to Litigation Team
• Munck Carter Obtains Complete Defense Verdict In Eastern District of Texas Patent Infringement Case
• Nomadix Initiates Lawsuit to Enforce Its Network Gateway Patents
• RASIRC Granted Patent on Vaporizer for Delivery of Water Vapor and Other Low Vapor Pressure Gases
• Samsung Licenses MOSAID Wireless Patents
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Director to Speak on Discovery Mechanics in Foreign Jurisdictions
• USPTO Invalidates 28 of 29 Claims Contained in the ‘319’ Patent of Composite Technology Corporation for Composite ACCC Core

Friday, November 20, 2009

• Cavitation Technologies Files Additional International Patents
• Hogan & Hartson Successfully Defends French Champagne House’s Right to Its Cristal Trademark in Russia
• Huawei Deploys Anaqua’s IP Management Solution
• MediaTek and Qualcomm Enter Into Patent Arrangement
• PlatinumTel Prepaid Files Suit Against U.S. Mobile and EZ Stream for Consumer Fraud
• The Lanier Law Firm Announces Settlement, Judgment In Cloud Computing Patent Lawsuit
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog
• VTech Holdings Ltd. Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio License

Thursday, November 19, 2009

• Harvard International, Formerly Doing Business as Alba, Enters Into MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 License in Settlement of Litigation
• Helix BioMedix Secures Additional Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property Partner Paul Garrity Joins Sheppard Mullin New York
• Karen B. Dow Joins Sughrue Mion’s San Diego Office
• NIMS Receives Japanese Patent for Its Exer-Rest Platform
• Novartis Wins Patent Infringement Suit Against Teva
• PowerReviews® Granted Patent for Easy-to-Use Product Reviews
• Precision BioSciences Announces that Cellectis Loses Patent Protection for Single-Chain Meganucleases in Europe
• Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Forms Strategic IP Monetization Practice
• St. Jude Scores Victory in Theft of Trade Secrets Case
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Ranked #1 in Partnership Diversity in The National Law Journal’s 2009 Diversity Report

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

• Amerigon Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG
• Aperio Awarded Patent for Client/Server Image Analysis
• Research Affiliates Awarded Patent for Fundamental Index Investment Methodology

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains Summary Judgment for a Group of Defendants in a Patent Infringement Case
• Dechert’s Glenn Gundersen Honored by INTA
• Digimarc Sues Shazam for Patent Infringement
• Modavox Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Yahoo! Inc.
• Novak Druce + Quigg LLP Moves to New San Francisco Office Space

Monday, November 16, 2009

• Datacard Group Files Lawsuit in UK against Eagle Technologies, Ltd.
• Delphi Division Counsel Joins Detroit Office of Cantor Colburn LLP
• General Patent Corporation Secures Two New Licenses for DTL’s Cellular Communications Patent
• Qualcomm Takes Lead as 4G Patent Holder, According to ABI Research

Friday, November 13, 2009

• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Wins Jury Verdict for Client Ren Judkins in Patent Infringement Case
• Functionality: At the Crossroads of IP
• ITC Issues Final Determination in FormFactor’s Wafer Probe Card ITC Action
• Multimedia Patent Trust Dealt Setback in Video Compression Patent Lawsuit
• Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser Names New Associate
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants athenahealth, Inc., a Patent for its Practice Management and Billing Automation System

Thursday, November 12, 2009

• AMD and Intel Announce Settlement of All Antitrust and IP Disputes
• Cooley Bolsters IP Litigation Practice with Addition of Chris Campbell
• GrafTech Obtains Favorable Judgment in Patent Infringement Litigation
• LecTec Corporation and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. Settle Patent Dispute
• SIIA Files Six New Software Piracy Lawsuits Against Fraudulent Online Vendors Across the Country
• Thomas Whitelaw Hires Shiff Hardin IP Litigation Partner
• Young & Thompson Selects First To File To Manage Patent Prosecution Workflow

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

• Ryogen is Awarded New Patent
• Saint-Gobain Wins $10.9 Million Verdict Against Xinyi

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

• Special Feature - Filing an RCE and the Potential Future RCE Backlog
• Commerce Under Secretary and USPTO Director Kappos Launches Blog
• Depomed Receives Notice of Paragraph IV Certification Against Patents for GLUMETZA
• Foley & Lardner Adds Co-Chair of Sheppard Mullin’s IP Practice to San Diego Office
• Oblon, Spivak Launches Patents Post Grant Law Blog
• Oppedahl Patent Law Firm Welcomes Two Attorneys
• PCTEL and Wider Networks Settle Intellectual Property Dispute
• Peter Taylor Joins Intellectual Property Department at Baker Botts L.L.P.
• Streambank Announces American IronHorse Motorcycles Intellectual Property Sale
• Teva Files Amended Complaint Against Momenta/Sandoz to Include Infringement of Three COPAXONE-Related Patents
• Teva Receives Favorable Court Decision Regarding Generic Prevacid SoluTab
• UQM Technologies Receives U.S. Patent on Rotor Geometry for Permanent Magnet Electric Motors

Friday, November 06, 2009

• Court Rules Riveer Environmental Infringes Hydro Engineering’s Patents
• Cummins-Allison Wins $13 Million Patent Infringement Verdict
• General Patent Corporation Secures Settlement and Agreement from Trump University over Service Mark Infringement
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog
• USPTO Pilots Program to Accelerate the Patent Process for Small Entity Inventors
• Woodcock Washburn Announces Two New Partners

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

• Jury Determines Streck Patents Valid

Monday, November 02, 2009

• Dr. Kazmierski Joins Armstrong Teasdale’s IP Group

Sunday, November 01, 2009

• Amsted Wins ITC Recommendation For 10-Year Exclusion Order And Cease And Desist Orders Against Cast Steel Railway Wheel Competitors
• Jeffrey I. D. Lewis Elected as Second Vice President of The American Intellectual Property Law Association

Friday, October 30, 2009

• Phillion Joins Armstrong Teasdale

Thursday, October 29, 2009

• Brooks Kushman Hires Redman and Adelman to Support Growing Trademark Practice
• Marc Ackerman Joins O’Melveny’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

• Fish & Richardson Wins Patent Infringement Suit for Allergan, Inc. Over Leading Glaucoma Drug
• IP Lawyer With Focus on Electrical, Mechanical Engineering Joins Fulbright’s Minneapolis Office

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

• Financial Systems Technology Pty Ltd et al. v. Oracle Corporation - Reexamination Confirms Validity of All Claims as Originally Issued
• Woodcock Washburn Releases 2009 Cleantech Patent Forecast

Friday, October 23, 2009

• Bally Technologies Announces Favorable Federal Court Ruling in Bally iVIEW, IGT Wheel Patent Infringement Litigation
• Joshua A. Mooney Reappointed to Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committee
• Raptor Networks Technology Notes Issuance of Additional Patents in Hybrid Fabric Architectures and Virtualized Systems
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog
• USA Technologies Issued 71st Patent

Thursday, October 22, 2009

• Covington Secures Key Victory for AAA in Domain Name Cybersquatting Dispute
• Hovey Williams Adds New Attorney

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

• Adam Sullins Joins O’Melveny’s Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice
• Kilpatrick Stockton Adds Preeminent Patent Partner

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

• Independent Inventor Triantafyllos Tafas Consents to Dismissal Of USPTO’s Appeal of the United States District Court’s Invalidation of the USPTO’s Claims and Continuation Rules
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures ITC Victory For Chicago-Based Amsted Industries Incorporated
• Thompson Coburn LLP Expands its Intellectual Property Practice in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Monday, October 19, 2009

• Aqualiner Files a Patent for Its Non-Disruptive Method for Remaking Service Connections Following Drinking Water Main Rehabilitation
• ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Applies for Key Patent Relating to Novel Antigen Targets for Its Monoclonal Antibody Product Candidate
• InterDigital Receives Notice That Commission Found No Violation of Section 337 in ITC Patent Infringement Action against Nokia
• Perrigo Announces Dismissal of Duac Patent Litigation
• SonoSite Announces Global Patent Settlement With GE
• Sughrue Mion’s Alan Kasper Named President of American Intellectual Property Law Association

Friday, October 16, 2009

• OurPet’s Reaches Settlement with Competitor over OurPet’s Play ’N Squeak Patent and Trademark Infringement

Thursday, October 15, 2009

• GreenShift Files Infringement Lawsuit against GEA Westfalia
• Illumina Countersues Life Technologies for Patent Infringement
• John L. Ambrogi Joins McCracken & Frank LLP
• Patent Challenges Reduce Pharmaceutical Innovation and Productivity, Researchers Suggest
• PIKAMAB Secures Critical Patent Rights to Develop Theragnostic Product, Lupus Therasight
• UTStarcom and Starent Networks Announce Settlement Agreement
• Yes, You Can Use Copyrighted Material in Your Open Courseware

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

• EAU Technologies Receives Poultry Processing Patent for Empowered Water
• iRise Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Axure Software Solutions
• New Boundary Technologies Awarded Patent for Automating PC Configuration Management Activities
• Russia Issues Patent on Cyclone Power Technologies’ Green Engine

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

• Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Intellectual Property Group Adds Depth With Trademark Protection and Enforcement Attorney
• LES USA & Canada to Explore Intellectual Property Commerce Issues at Its October 18-21 Annual Meeting in San Francisco
• LiveProcess Receives U.S. Patent for Web-Based Emergency Management
• Pictometry International Corp. Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Geospan Corporation
• Shire and Sandoz Settle all Pending Litigation Concerning ADDERALL XR
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Launches Patent Reexamination Website

Monday, October 12, 2009

• Audible Magic Awarded Four New Patents for Unique Content Identification Technologies
• BASF and Dow Announce Support for New Patent Asset Index
• ITC Judge Rules in Favor of LG Electronics in Whirlpool Refrigerator Patent Case
• LexisNexis Introduces Transparent Semantic Search Technology for Patent Research

Friday, October 09, 2009

• Cook Sues Endologix For Patent Infringement Over Aortic Aneurysm Endograft Technology
• Irell & Manella Wins Federal Circuit Affirmance on Behalf of eBay and Skype
• Morrison & Foerster Secures Victory for ICU Medical in Trademark Infringement Case
• Outside GC Launches Patent Firm, Patent GC LLC
• Patent Infringement Suit Filed to Protect U.S. Ethernet Innovation’s 3Com Ethernet Inventions

Thursday, October 08, 2009

• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Welcomes IP Litigation Shareholder Philip Hirschhorn to its New York City Office
• Library Study Shows Arcane State Laws Threaten Preservation of America’s Aural Heritage
• Local.com Granted Patent for Enhanced Directory Assistance Services
• SunPower and SunLink Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• USPTO Rescinds Controversial Patent Regulations Package Proposed by Previous Administration
• Valensa Begins Licensing Patent for Astaxanthin in Eye Health Management

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

• AGA Medical Wins Patent Validity Case Against Occlutech
• AVANIR Pharmaceuticals Announces Receipt of Notice of Allowance of New U.S. Patent on Zenvia
• Impax Laboratories Settles Pending Litigation for FLOMAX®
• Judge Validates Key Mannatech Patents for Technology Related to its Ambrotose Glyconutrient Products
• Kylin Therapeutics Receives Notice of Allowance for Key Therapeutic RNA Patent Covering pRNAi Technology
• Perkins Coie Adds Terrence Wikberg to IP Practice in Washington, D.C. Office
• United Parcel Service, Inc. and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

• Eolas Technologies Files Infringement Lawsuit
• New Virtual Law Firm Addresses Top Issues Facing Businesses and the Internet
• Rebecca McClintock Barnett Joins Waddey & Patterson

Monday, October 05, 2009

• Coats and Bennett, PLLC, Hires New Associate for Growing IP Litigation Practice
• Foley & Lardner’s Sharon Barner Named Deputy Director of the USPTO

Friday, October 02, 2009

• AnalogicTech Comments on Recent Developments in Patent Litigation
• Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Receives Patent for Aoxing Ganbao
• Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Closes Asset Purchase Agreement with Forest Laboratories, Inc. to Settle Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) ANDA Patent Litigation

Thursday, October 01, 2009

• Big River Settles with Sprint Over VoP Patent Infringement Claims
• Luca Technologies Receives U.S. Notice of Allowance for Key Patent Covering the Company’s Technology for Microbially Enhanced Methane Production
• MicroSeismic, Inc. Granted Patent for its PSET Technology
• Rambus Fellow Named Inventor of the Year
• Red Hat Urges Supreme Court to Address Difficulties Posed By Patents to Software
• Spatial Integrated Systems, Inc. Files Patent Application

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

• At 2009 Technology Transfer Society Conference, IP Advocate Founder Dr. Renee Kaswan to Take Aim at Commercialization Barriers Faced by University Faculty Inventors
• BigString’s Patent-Pending Technology Receives Notice of Allowance from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Qualcomm Confirms Japan Fair Trade Commission Order
• Rader, Fishman & Grauer Honored as an Innovative Law Firm for Second Consecutive Year

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

• District Court in New Jersey Awards $570,000 to Bakery Supply Company
• General Patent Corporation Licenses DTL’s Cell Phone Patent to RSA 1 and Mohave Cellular
• Idaho Technology Expands Its High Resolution Melting Patent Portfolio
• Precision BioSciences Announces U.S. Patent Office Reexamination of Cellectis Patents Involved in Litigation

Monday, September 28, 2009

• GEO2 Licenses Patent Portfolio to Corning
• PolyMedix Receives U.S. Patent Protection for Licensed Computational Methods to Design Antimicrobial Polymers

Friday, September 25, 2009

• Baldwin and technotrans End Patent Dispute
• Gersten Savage Expands IP Practice With Partner Jason Lief
• Western Union Wins Patent Infringement Lawsuit against MoneyGram

Thursday, September 24, 2009

• Aerocrine Wins Patent Infringement Suit against Medisoft in Germany
• BroadLight is Awarded a New PON Patent
• ECOtality’s eTec Awarded Patent for Bridge Power Manager
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Troy Groetken Named One of 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch for 2009 By Law Bulletin Publishing Company
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Second Victory For Sinochem Concerning U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation
• Netlist Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Inphi
• Teva Provides Update on Generic Evista Litigation

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

• Cook Incorporated Wins Patent Infringement Appeal Filed By Edwards Lifesciences
• Merchant & Gould Wins Litigation Victory On Behalf of Inventor Over Toy Giant Hasbro, Inc.
• NeuroTherm is Awarded US Patent for Multi-lesion Radiofrequency Generator
• Quarles & Brady Obtains Summary Judgment for Netgear, Inc. in Dispute Over 802.11 Wireless Products
• SmarterTools and Microsoft Patent Licensing Agreement Extends Exchange ActiveSync Reach to 15 Million SmarterMail Users
• SpeedTrack Files IP E-Commerce Suit Against Amazon.com, Best Buy, Dell, 20 Others
• The Hecker Law Group Secures Win for Tower and Jazz in ITC Lawsuit: LSI Patent Claims Held Invalid
• USPTO and European Patent Office to Extend Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

• General Patent Corporation Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit Between ShopNTown and Landmark Media
• K&L Gates Helps Clients Obtain Favorable Ruling from International Trade Commission in LSI/Agere Systems Semiconductor Suit
• Landmark Patent for Online Conventions Granted to Software Management, Inc.
• Venafi Awarded Patent for Automated Encryption Key Management Operations
• Xodtec Granted New Patent for New Type of LED Lens Supporting Frame

Monday, September 21, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Mercedes-Benz USA
• Cognex Receives Second Settlement in Vision Software Patent Dispute
• Impax Laboratories Confirms Patent Challenge Relating to ORACEA Delayed-Release Capsules, 40mg
• Knobbe Martens Grows Despite Current Legal Downsizing Trend
• Minerva and Cymbalta Patent Invalidity Evidence Uncovered by Article One Partners Community
• Pluritas Will Auction Zoltar’s GPS Emergency Locator Patents
• Stratavia Awarded Two Patents for Innovative Data Center Automation Technology
• Thomas Pasternak Joins Steptoe IP Group
• Tix Corporation Receives Notice of Allowance from United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Tyfone Receives Patent for Groundbreaking Mobile Electronic Wallet Technology
• VeriChip Corporation Granted Exclusive License for Patents Used in Virus Triage Detection System for H1N1 Virus

Friday, September 18, 2009

• New Les Paul Exhibit at the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum
• Regado Biosciences Announces Allowance in Europe of a Fundamental Patent Broadly Covering Oligonucleotide Modulators to Blood Coagulation Factor Aptamers
• Resolvyx Granted U.S. Patent for the First Resolvin Therapeutic to Enter Human Trials

Thursday, September 17, 2009

• InterDigital Signs Cinterion to Worldwide Patent License Agreement
• Medtronic and W.L. Gore & Associates Settle Patent Dispute
• Merchant & Gould Scores Litigation Victory for The First National Bank in Sioux Falls
• Regulus, Alnylam, and Isis Announce First microRNA Patent Grant in Japan from Tuschl III Patent Series

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

• MMP Portfolio Prevails After Multiple Reexams
• Urovalve Files Patent for New Product Offering
• Veteran Patent and Pharmaceutical Litigator Joins DLA Piper in New York

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

• AMRI Files New Patent Infringement Lawsuits against Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and Sandoz
• Court Hands Veoh Major Victory in Universal Music Lawsuit
• Devon IT Files Patent Application for VDI Blaster Software That Extends Desktop PC Life
• FusionOne Awarded Patent for Cloud-based Multi-Service Sync and Storage of Consumer Media
• MPEG LA and ULDAGE Reach Historic Agreement

Monday, September 14, 2009

• Cantor Colburn’s Elizabeth Ann Morgan Appointed to AIPLA Board of Directors
• Card Activation Technologies, Inc. Receives Ruling on Claims Construction Issues
• Jennifer C. Chen Returns to McDermott Will & Emery From Hitachi
• Patent Application Approval for Remote Monitoring of Patient’s Use of Nebulizer Compressors
• Ropes & Gray Client Triumphs in High-Stakes Trade Secret Litigation in California
• Veteran Intellectual Property Team Joins Brown Rudnick

Friday, September 11, 2009

• IP Litigator Loeb Joins Dechert as Partner in Silicon Valley Office
• K&L Gates Advises YGM Group on Acquisition of Aquascutum’s Asian Intellectual Property Rights
• Warner Chilcott Files New Lawsuit for Infringement of LOESTRIN 24 FE and FEMCON FE Patents

Thursday, September 10, 2009

• Andrew Asks Court to Clear New Technology in Patent Case
• CA Wins Patent Litigation Pending in the Eastern District of New York
• CytRx Secures Key European Patent for Arimoclomol
• Martek Announces Settlement of Patent Dispute with Capsugel France
• Patriot Scientific Corporation Announces Alcon Inc.’s Purchase of a Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio License
• Paul Hastings Secures Dismissal in Patent Infringement Case on Behalf of Eisai
• Qualcomm and GlobalWireless Sign 3G Femtocell License Agreement
• Trex Company Prevails in Patent Litigation
• Yahoo! Associate General Counsel Joins Chadbourne & Parke IP Group

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

• 50 Millionth Unique Chemical Substance Recorded in CAS REGISTRY
• Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. Prevails in Patent Infringement Suit Filed Against the Company by Lam Research in Taiwan
• Burns & Levinson Adds Two Partners to its Intellectual Property Group
• Court Judgment Favors Rudolph Technologies Patent Infringement Case
• Federal Circuit Denies Stay of ITC Wireless Orders
• Intellectual Property Practice Wins Summary Judgment for Arthrex, Inc. in Infringement Case
• SIIA Releases Sequel to Classic Anti-Piracy Music Video Don’t Copy That Floppy
• Thomson Joins Brooks Kushman
• YANGAROO Wins Ruling in Injunction Case Against Destiny Media

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

• Cereplast Granted Patent for Breakthrough Hybrid Resins
• Cognex Receives Settlement in Patent Dispute
• London Office of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Continues to Expand
• Michael F. Buchanan, Patent Litigator and Former Prosecutor, Joins Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Friday, September 04, 2009

• Emantix Awarded Patent for Managing Contextual Information
• Microsoft Says i4i Victory Requires Time to Redesign Word Office
• Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Files Amended Complaint in Lawsuit Against DeviceVM
• USA Technologies Issued Important Intelligent Vending Amended Patent

Thursday, September 03, 2009

• Gossamer Receives New Patent on Structural Frames Widely Used In Solar Development
• Klemchuk Kubasta LLP Opens for Business to Specialize in IP Legal Services
• Kunekt Provides Update on U.S. Patent Application
• USPTO Announces Senior Management Changes

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

• Dickstein Shapiro LLP Welcomes IP Team in Los Angeles
• Mike Drummond, Editor-in-Chief of Inventors Digest, Joins American Innovators for Patent Reform Board of Directors
• OPTi Receives Trial Schedule in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
• U.S. District Court Confirms Validity of Unigene’s Fortical Patent

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

• Special Feature: Federal Circuit Overturns Central Component of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s Medinol Doctrine
• Knobbe Martens Announces Seattle Office Move Effective September 1, 2009
• LifeVantage Granted Third Patent for Protandim and Method for Reducing Important Inflammation Bio-Marker C-Reactive Protein
• Maryland Intellectual Property Legal Resource Center Moves to UM
• Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of 32nd U.S. Patent
• Perkins Coie Adds Former Administrative Patent Judge and Biotech IP Associate to its Washington, D.C. Office
• StratEdge Receives Patent for Hermetic Surface Mount Package Designs

Monday, August 31, 2009

• Cooley Bolsters National IP Practice With Additions to Palo Alto Litigation Team
• ITC Issues Initial Determination in Tessera’s DRAM ITC Action
• Lifeline Biotechnologies Files Additional Patents on Its First Warning System
• MobileFrame Issued Two Patents for Its Innovative 100% Code Free Mobile Computing Platform with Smart Synchronization

Friday, August 28, 2009

• O2Micro Granted Patent for CCFL Driving Circuit
• Patent Filing for Fractal Metamaterial Invisibility On/Off Cloak-On-Command
• Surfware/Celeritive Lawsuit Settled
• Versata Wins $138 Million Patent Infringement Suit Against SAP America
• Winthrop & Weinstine Officially Launches Exciting, Engaging Intellectual Property Blog

Thursday, August 27, 2009

• American Scientific Resources Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Intellectual Property
• Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Announces Reversal of Summary Judgment in Ultracet ANDA Patent Litigation
• Counsel Corporation Subsidiary Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Four Telecommunications Companies
• DISH Network and EchoStar Statement Regarding Tivo and PTO Action
• i4i vs. Microsoft Patent Infringement Case Update
• Nerites Corporation Announces Two Issued Patents

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

• Coats and Bennett, PLLC, Attorney to Lead American Bar Association Intellectual Property Committee
• McManis Faulkner Founder James McManis Joins IP Litigation Network, XDL Group
• Prominent Intellectual Property Lawyers Lee Bromberg and Erik Belt Join McCarter & English
• USPTO Grants Mercury Cable & Energy’s Petition for Reexamination of Composite Technology Corporation’s Patents for Composite ACCC Core
• Via Licensing Issues Patent Call for IEEE 802.11n Standard

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

• ARIAD And Its Co-Plaintiffs Announce That the Court of Appeals Granted Their Petition for Rehearing En Banc In the Lilly NF-kB Patent Lawsuit
• BioDelivery Sciences Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent Extending Exclusivity for the BEMA Delivery Technology
• Ecolab Licenses Environmental Hygiene Application from Infection Control Expert Dr. Philip Carling
• Intellectual Property Partner Joins Day Pitney in Boston
• Litigators Join Ballard Spahr’s Phoenix Office
• Stuart Levy Joins Sughrue Mion
• TANCS Steam Vapor Granted U.S. Patent

Monday, August 24, 2009

• Emulex Announces Cross Licensing Patent Agreement With IBM to Accelerate Integration of High Performance Networking Solutions
• Foamix Receives US Patent on Novel Foam Technology
• Milestone Scientific Announces Notice of Allowance From US Patent and Trademark Office
• MONKEYmedia Launches SeamlessTV Patent Licensing Program
• Shin-Etsu Chemical to Obtain License from OFS for Use of Patent in Making Preform with Low-Water-Peak Fiber by Cladding VAD Core

Friday, August 21, 2009

• Expedited Appeal Schedule in i4i vs. Microsoft Patent Infringement Case
• Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery Welcomes New Partner
• US Court Grants Finjan a Permanent Injunction for Infringing Technology Found in the WebWasher and TSP Products and Enhances the Jury’s Damage Award

Thursday, August 20, 2009

• Andrea F. Sellers Rejoins Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
• Foley & Lardner Adds Patent Attorney to Boston Office
• Global Resource Corporation Receives Notice of Allowance in Patent Application for Microwave-Process Technology
• Stella McCartney Wins Perfume Battle With Bono’s Wife

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

• Aerocrine Provides Update on Its Legal Action Against Apieron
• Cisco Systems and Avaya Sued by Klausner Technologies for Visual Voicemail Patent Infringement
• Foley & Lardner Adds Jonathan Moskin to Intellectual Property Department in New York Office
• K&L Gates Adds to Intellectual Property Practice with Palo Alto Partner
• Merck Wins SINGULAIR Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Teva Provides Update on Generic Singulair Litigation

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

• Amy Brosius Selected for the Boston Business Journal’s 2009 40 Under 40 Award
• Asset Management Finance LLC Awarded Patent For Its Revenue Share Interest Financing Model
• BioSolar Files Patent for BioBacksheet-A Thin Film Photovoltaic Solar Module Component
• General Patent Corporation Licenses Key Cell Phone Patent Owned by DTL to Eleven Phone Companies
• Haier Sued for Infringing Digital Television Patents
• Karl F. Milde, Jr. Joins Eckert Seamans
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory for Bausch & Lomb
• Patent Awarded to US Spine for Facet Gun
• PerkinElmer Signs Exclusive Licensing Agreement with Max Planck Innovation for Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) Technology
• Strategic Diagnostics Awarded Patent For Use of Bacteriophages in Microbiological Assays and Processes

Monday, August 17, 2009

• Appellate Court Rules That Pro V1 Patent Case Should Proceed
• Biovail Comments on Ultram ER Court Ruling
• BroadLight is Awarded a Key PON DBA Patent
• Cleveland BioLabs Receives First U.S. Patent Allowance for Its Radiation Protection Drug Protectan CBLB502
• InterDigital Receives Notice of Initial Determination in ITC Patent Infringement Action Against Nokia
• Network Signatures Retains CrowdGather for Online Marketing
• RAYSPAN Corporation Announces Grant of Fundamental Metamaterial Air Interface Patent

Friday, August 14, 2009

• Consona Granted Patent for Pioneering Knowledge Management User Interface Approach
• Embarq Signs Visual Voicemail Patent License Agreement With Klausner Technologies
• Smith Moore Leatherwood Grows Intellectual Property Practice

Thursday, August 13, 2009

• EMO Capital Corp (EMOE) to Acquire Patent from Orexis Technologies
• GeneLink Receives Official Notice Regarding International Patent for Skin Health DNA Assessment
• Medion Sued for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
• Nutra Pharma Subsidiary, ReceptoPharm, Files Patent Application for the Oral Delivery of Cobra Venom for the Treatment of Pain

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

• Biotechnology and Chemistry Technical Specialists Join Lahive & Cockfield Intellectual Property Team
• Brightstar Awarded U.S. Patent for Improving the Mobility of Fixed Wireless Terminals
• Nine Merchant & Gould Attorneys Named 2010 Best Lawyers in America
• NYC & Company Extends Partnership With OpSec Security as Exclusive Global Supplier for Anti-Counterfeiting Program
• Pfizer Intellectual Property Lawyer Joins Miller Canfield
• TeleCommunication Systems Issued U.S. Patent for Web Page Content Translator
• US Patent and Trademark Office Issues Breakthrough Wireless Patent to Skky LLC After 8 Years Pending
• What Makes a University Great?

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology with Regis
• Fish & Richardson Wins Summary Judgment for TomTom, Inc.
• KSS Receives Patent for Intelligence Behind RackPrice Software
• Patent Awarded to Metabolon for Metabolomics Software
• Qualipat Selects the SyberWorks Hosted Learning Management System to Provide Patent Drafting Instruction
• TechRadium Reaches Agreement With Blackboard Inc. to Cross-License Notification Patents
• TeleCommunication Systems Clarifies USPTO Action in Patent Re-Exam
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants Another ID Analytics Patent

Monday, August 10, 2009

• AeroVironment Awarded U.S. Patent for Electric Vehicle Energy Data Management and Control
• ClickSoftware Awarded Patent for a Method and System for Sharing Knowledge in the Field
• eInstruction Protects Technology Patent
• Foley & Lardner Successfully Represents Desire2Learn in Patent Infringement Case
• McCarter & English Continues to Expand in New York With the Hiring of Harley Lewin
• Somanetics Corporation Files Patent Infringement Action Against CAS Medical Systems, Inc.
• Three IP Lawyers Join Paul Hastings
• Upstream Biosciences Seeks Licensors or Acquirers for Drug Discovery Portfolio and Cancer Diagnostic Platform

Saturday, August 08, 2009

• AIPLA Applauds Senate Confirmation of Dave Kappos as USPTO Director
• Court Shelves Encyclopaedia Britannica Patent Infringement Case

Friday, August 07, 2009

• Fitzpatrick, Cella Successfully Defends Blockbuster Drug Benicar on Behalf of Client Daiichi Sankyo
• Lawsuit Exposes Potential Patent Danger
• Presstek Announces International Trade Commission Victory in Patent Infringement Case Against VIM Technologies
• Synygy Files Lawsuit Against ZS Associates for Copyright Infringement and Misappropriation of Intellectual Property
• Tessera to Confront Amkor’s Breach of License
• Vanguard and Spurlock Triumph Over Warren Publishing in Famous Monsters Case

Thursday, August 06, 2009

• AGA Medical Announces Verdict in Jury Phase of Patent Infringement Suit
• Altairnano Assigns Renazorb and Renalan Patents to Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
• BIO Urges Supreme Court to Reject Rigid Bilski Rule
• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Files Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court in Bilski
• Duane Morris’ New York Office Adds Intellectual Property Partner Stefan Grant, M.D.
• General Patent Corporation Licenses Key Cell Phone Patent Owned by DTL to Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative
• International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) Files Amicus Curiae Brief in re Bilski
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory For Sinochem
• Medtronic Awarded $57 Million in Patent Dispute with AGA Medical Corporation
• OPTi Receives Ruling in Markman Hearing in Patent Infringement Action in Compact ISA Litigation
• Sybase 365 Notes U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s Initial Rejection of All Claims in TCS ’748 Patent on Multiple Grounds of Anticipation and Obviousness
• TapImmune Announces Acquisition of Additional Technology
• TechRadium Files Lawsuit Against Twitter, Alleges Infringement of Three Patents

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Licensing Agreement with Xerox Corp.
• Gen-Probe Broadens Intellectual Property Portfolio Surrounding Automated Nucleic Acid Testing
• ICU Medical, Inc. and Medegen, Inc. Announce Resolution of Patent Litigation
• Luminetx and AccuVein Reach Settlement Agreement
• Metiscan Subsidiary Announces Acquisition of iPhone Applications

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreements Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology
• APTARE Granted U.S. Patent
• EnLink Geoenergy Announces Patent Infringement Litigation
• NIH Awards Klarquist Sparkman With Three Patent Contracts
• Nutter Ranks No. 1 Nationally for Associate Satisfaction for Second Consecutive Year
• Open Invention Network Announces Launch of Distinguished Inventors Patent Acquisition Program With Purchase of V_Graph Patents
• Palatin Technologies, Inc. Receives U.S. Patent Allowance for Heart Failure Drug Candidate
• Vibes Media Receives Patent for Innovative Radio Platform

Monday, August 03, 2009

• American Fireglass Wins Patent, Trademark and Copyright Infringement Case
• Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Announces Settlement of Ethyol ANDA Patent Litigation
• New Fredrikson & Byron Practice Group Helps Clients With Offense and Defense in High Stakes Competitive Information/Trade Secrets Games
• Squire Sanders Adds Patent Litigator to Palo Alto Office

Friday, July 31, 2009

• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Sinks Transocean’s Offshore Drilling Patents
• Court Dismisses Patent Infringement Case Against SkyHawke for Lack of Standing
• Patents Issued Covering Stable Tablet Formulation and Once Daily Dosing Regimen for Kuvan
• SyntheMed Receives US Patent on Novel Polymer Technology
• TeleCommunication Systems Files Two Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Sybase 365 Inc.
• VirnetX Receives Markman Order in Patent Infringement Action Against Microsoft

Thursday, July 30, 2009

• Bean, Kinney & Korman Wins Appeal for Defendant Imagination Entertainment Limited, et al Regarding the Marketing and Sale of Popular Dice Game
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Sharon Hwang Begins Tenure As President of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area
• Morrison & Foerster Secures Another Victory for Funai in Patent Infringement Case
• Uniloc Isolates Defendable Device Recognition Patents

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

• Nutter McClennen & Fish Expands IP Practice
• OPTi and Standard Microsystems Corporation Reach Settlement Agreement in Patent Infringement Action
• Toro and Advanced Sensor Technology Resolve Wireless Soil Monitoring Dispute

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

• EarthSure’s One Invention to Revolutionize Two Industries
• Former Thermadyne General Counsel Joins Armstrong Teasdale
• Patent Office Upholds I-Flow Corporation’s Patent and Court Rules in I-Flow’s Favor in the Case against Apex Medical Technologies, Zone Medical and McGlothlin
• Universal Detection Technology Receives U.S. Patent for Automated Anthrax Detection System

Monday, July 27, 2009

• Abbott and Medtronic Reach Agreement on Global Patent Disputes
• AmberPoint Awarded Patent for the Core Technology It Uses to Manage and Monitor Composite Applications
• Biomoda Adds to Patent Portfolio
• Brightstar Wins U.S. Patent For Reverse Logistics Platform
• Taro Sues Synerx Pharma, Karalex Pharma and DPT Laboratories for Patent Infringement
• United States Patent Office Issues Decision in Re-examination Proceedings

Friday, July 24, 2009

• Cytori Comments on Patent Appeal
• Morrisey Associates -- Patent Claim Has No Merit
• TeleCommunication Systems Files Friend of the Court Brief to Supreme Court in Bilski Methods Patent Case

Thursday, July 23, 2009

• Chexar Networks, Inc. Denies Any Patent Infringement
• Frankfurt Kurnit Enters Strategic Alliance With Serling Rooks
• Merchant & Gould Defeats Trademark Opposition On Behalf Of Its Client, Sportslife Camps, Inc.
• Nanosys Reaches Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Nanoco Technologies for Quantum Dot Technology
• SENSIO’s Patent Application is Allowed by the USPTO
• Stanacard Announces Injunctions Against Competitors in Patent Battle
• Watch Out: Is Canada as Bad as China when it comes to Intellectual Property Infringement?

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

• BackWeb Adds Symantec Corporation as Defendant in Its Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• General Patent Corporation Licenses Video Codec Patent to Electro Flip
• Mayer Brown Strengthens IP Practice With Addition of Gary M. Hnath
• VALID Systems Files Federal Lawsuit Against Chexar Networks

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

• Align Technology Provides Update on Patent Litigation with Ormco Corporation
• Buchalter Nemer Welcomes New IP Shareholder Farah Bhatti
• ICAP Ocean Tomo Retained to Sell a Patent Portfolio Covering USB Flash Drives/Portable Memory Devices Owned by Ennova Direct, Inc. dba ION Technologies
• Immunomedics Announces U.S. Patent for a Facile Method of Fluorine-18 Labeling of Proteins and Peptides
• Medversant Files Lawsuit Against Morrissey Associates for Patent Infringement
• Naresh Soni Joins InterDigital as Vice President, Strategic Engineering
• PARI Granted US Patent for Vortex Holding Chamber
• R. Parrish Freeman Jr. Joins Waddey & Patterson
• Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers Announces New Name and Continued Independence
• VoiceAge Announces the Creation of a Patent Pool for AMR-WB/G.722.2 Speech Compression Standards
• YANGAROO’s Next U.S. Patent Application Published

Monday, July 20, 2009

• AuthenTec Further Expands Its Industry-leading Patent Portfolio
• InComm Secures Another Patent for Stored Value Card Transactions
• IntusIQ and Comverge, Inc. Resolve Patent Litigation
• Trapeze Networks Awarded Two More Breakthrough Patents

Friday, July 17, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Patents for Computer Architecture and Power Management Technologies
• Azure Dynamics Awarded Two New Patents
• Circadence Corporation Acquires Extensive Network Intelligence Intellectual Property Portfolio
• EFI Wins Important Patent Lawsuit on Its VUTEk Inkjet Technology
• Personalized User Model, L.L.P Files Search Engine Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Google
• Schnader Welcomes Salem M. Katsh to the Firm
• Vanguard ID Systems Wins Patent Decision Over Bank of America

Thursday, July 16, 2009

• CTI Group Granted Patent Approval for SmartRecord IP
• Enigma Diagnostics Announces Signing of Patent Licenses With Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
• Federal Court Rules That Actsoft Alcohol Bracelet Can’t Actually Monitor Blood Alcohol Content
• Hexagon Metrology Initiates Litigation Against Metris and Mitutoyo
• RPX Defensive Patent Aggregation Service Adds HP and Nokia to Membership
• Rush Tracking Systems Acquires International Paper’s Patent Portfolio for Automated Scanning

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

• A New Speech Recognition Patent Is Issued to Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc.
• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology with The Finish Line
• AuthenTec Acquires Assets of Atrua Technologies
• Cellular Dynamics International In-Licenses Key Patent Portfolio for Using Stem Cell-Derived Cells in Drug Testing
• Former U.S. International Trade Commission Senior Investigative Attorney Karin Norton Joins Intellectual Property Litigation Practice in Sidley’s Washington Office
• Immunomedics Announces U.S. Patents Awarded for Bispecific Antibody Technologies
• IP Advocate Enhances Interactive IPAO Forum With New Expert Opinions Section
• Taro Receives Patent for Ovide
• The Kenrich Group Opens New Washington D.C. Office To Accommodate Growing Staff
• The National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum at the USPTO Opens Exhibit of Michael Jackson’s Patent and Trademarks

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

• ArthroVision Terminates Patent Dispute With Chondrometrics
• Court Rules in Favor of Finance Express in Last of the Patent Disputes Against DealerTrack
• David T. Scheffman, Former Senior Federal Trade Commission Official, Joins Cornerstone Research as Senior Advisor
• ISSYS Licenses Microtube Patent to Affinity Biosensors
• MagSil Corporation and Seagate Technology Resolve Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• MarketAxess Awarded U.S. Patent for Request for Quotation Electronic Trading Capability
• MOSAID Sues IBM for Patent Infringement
• Patent Infringement Verdict Awards Nearly $8M in Damages to Denver Entrepreneur
• Smith Micro Software’s New Patents Provide Customers with Innovative Advantages to Seamlessly Manage Multiple Wireless Networks
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Rejects Additional Patent Claims That Rambus is Asserting Against NVIDIA

Monday, July 13, 2009

• Cytori Expands Patent Protection for the Celution System and Uses for Adipose Derived Stem and Regenerative Cells
• Everett Laboratories and Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Settle Patent Litigation Matters
• Medizone International, Inc. Has Filed for Patent Protection for Its AsepticSure Hospital Sterilization System
• The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants Innovatier Its Second Patent
• Uroplasty Announces Patent Issuance Related to the Urgent PC System

Friday, July 10, 2009

• Forest Laboratories and H. Lundbeck A/S Enter Into Settlement Agreement With Sun and Caraco Related to Lexapro Patent Litigation
• McKool Smith Announces Additions in Washington, DC
• PacStar Granted Patent for Deployable, Software-Managed, Broadband Communications System
• Proton Energy Systems is Granted Patent for Breakthrough Hydrogen Technology

Thursday, July 09, 2009

• 310 Holdings Inc. Files Patent Application for Plastic2Oil Technology
• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Patent for Messaging Technology
• AngioChem Granted First U.S. Patent Covering Angiopep-2, an Engineered Peptide for Drugs to Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier
• Microbix Files First Patent Applications On Novel Technology Platform For Large Semen Sexing Market
• Ropes & Gray Achieves Complete Victory in Patent Infringement Case on Behalf of RouteOne LLC
• VIZIO Wins U.S. Customs Ruling

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

• AVEO Pharmaceuticals Granted Patent for Protection of its Directed Complementation Technology
• Centriforce Files Patent on New Water System
• Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Takes Key Step to Address Patent and Trademark Office Challenges
• Inventor of Eco-Friendly Antifreeze Fights for Ownership Rights to His Own Patents, According to New Case Study Published on IPAdvocate.org
• LecTec Corporation Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Metabolon Awarded a Series of Metabolomics Method Patents
• Millipore Sues W.L. Gore & Associates for Patent Infringement

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

• Coats and Bennett, PLLC, Hires Justin Leonard and George Alexander
• Digonex Awarded Third Patent for Innovative Dynamic Pricing System
• Former Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks Joins General Patent Corporation’s Advisory Board of Directors
• FreePatentsOnline Rolls Out First Ever Patent Map
• Growing Minneapolis IP Litigation Firm Nails Back-to-Back $20+ Million Wins
• OCS Granted Patent for Traffic Load Adaptive Network Physical Layer
• Patents at the Speed of Business
• Peer-to-Patent Pilot Releases Second-Year Report Demonstrating Success of Public Participation in Patent Process
• Star Scientific Files Motion for Judgment--New Trial in Patent Infringement Lawsuit against RJ Reynolds, Announces Retention of Carter G. Phillips, Esquire as Appellate Counsel

Monday, July 06, 2009

• Precision BioSciences Issues Update Regarding Recent U.S. Patent Office Action Concerning Cellectis’ Patents

Thursday, July 02, 2009

• Court Bars Publication of 60 Years Later
• Patent Attorney Wins Historic National Women’s Air Race Classic
• Study Finds Patent Systems May Not Be an Effective Incentive to Encourage Invention of New Technologies

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

• Credit Suisse Chief Patent Counsel Joins Chadbourne & Parke IP Group
• Crestor Patent Invalidity Evidence Uncovered By Article One Partners Community
• Current Technology Reports LunarEYE’s Successful Termination of USPTO Reexamination and Enhancement of Its 6,484,035 Patent
• Howrey and Day Casebeer Combine
• New Ninth Edition of Patents and the Federal Circuit Updated With The Latest Cases and Analyses
• Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser Names New Associate
• William H. Needle Named Chair of Intellectual Property Department

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

• AirTight Receives U.S. Patent for Router AP Rogue Detection
• BioCentric Energy Holdings to File Additional Provisional Patent to Enhance Efficency & Capital Reduction Cost of Algae Pro Photobioreactor System
• Bion Announces Approval of New U.S. Patent that Broadens Protection for the Company’s Livestock Waste Environmental Treatment Processes
• Bromberg & Sunstein Scores Precedent-Setting Victory for Kaspersky Lab in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
• Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. Awarded $1.67 Billion Patent Jury Verdict from Abbott Laboratories
• Innovation Hot Spots -- Thomson Reuters Analysis of World Patent Activity Identifies Technology Areas Showing Sharpest Growth
• ITC Issues Initial Determination in FormFactor’s Wafer Probecard ITC Action
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Nationally Recognized by Chambers & Partners as Intellectual Property Law Leader
• PROLOR Biotech Awarded Two U.S. Patents for Its Longer-Acting Human Growth Hormone and Longer-Acting Erythropoietin
• Quest Patent Research Corporation Acquires Rights to Patents Relating to Information Storage and Retrieval
• TeleCommunication Systems Enters Into License Agreement With Bonneville International Corporation Under Mobile-to-Internet Patent

Monday, June 29, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Licenses Medical Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Technology to FUJIFILM Corporation
• Attorney with National, International IP Practice Joins Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Chicago Office
• Casio Licenses Wi-Lan Wireless Technology
• Former U.S. International Trade Commission Senior Investigative Attorney Karin Norton Joins Intellectual Property Litigation Practice in Sidley’s Washington Office
• Pangu BioPharma, aTyr Pharma’s Subsidiary in Hong Kong, Files Three Patent Applications
• USPTO and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland Partner to Expedite Processing and Improve Patent Quality
• WebTech Wireless Announces Developments in Patent Lawsuit

Friday, June 26, 2009

• 3M Wins Revocation of HTC Patent by European Patent Office
• Anderson Kill & Olick Hires Cynthia M. Monaco, Former Federal Prosecutor, as a Lead Shareholder Anti-Counterfeiting Group
• DuPont and Bayer CropScience Expand Collaboration With Broad License Agreements
• Federal District Judge Upholds Patent Judgment in Favor of Lincoln Financial Group
• Jury Renders Verdict for Ormco - Align’s Invisalign Product Infringes Ormco Patent
• PatentCafe Merges With Pantros IP

Thursday, June 25, 2009

• afterBOT Awarded Patent for Retail Industry Digital Receipt System
• Alkane, Inc. Announces U.S. Patent Filing on High Energy Synthetic Fuel
• Bankruptcy Trustee Launches Sale of Innovative Spinal Technologies, Inc. Assets
• CEL-SCI Files Patent Application to Support Company’s Treatment for More Virulent Strain of H1N1 Swine and Other Influenza Viruses
• Court Affirms Ruling Against CVS to Stop Sale of Counterfeit and Decoded Davidoff Fragrances
• Virtual Law Partners Welcomes David Lawson, Janyce Mitchell, David Roise, and Stephen Sullivan

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

• 3M Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Library Systems Manufacturer
• ABL Settles Its Dispute with Stanford University and Endorses Stanford’s HIVdb Website and Other Globally Available Research and Not-for-Profit Websites
• Decas Cranberry Products, Inc. Files Counterclaim Against Ocean Spray
• Dot Hill Secures Six New Patents, Bolstering Heritage as a Trailblazer in Storage Innovation
• Experienced Intellectual Property Litigator Joins Fulbright as a Partner
• IEEE Collaboration with Via Licensing Gains Momentum
• NIKE and the NBA Basketball Hall of Fame Sued for Fraud and Other Claims by SportsFuzion Over Michael Jordan Products
• SONIC and Shell Canada Jointly Apply for Oil Sands Process Patent

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

• 90 Brain Fitness Patents for Posit Science
• Boingo Wireless Awarded First Patent
• Excentus Files Lawsuit against Safeway and Its Subsidiaries Blackhawk and Randalls/Tom Thumb for Patent Infringement and Theft of Trade Secrets
• Liquidware Labs Granted Two Further Patents
• Priya Iyer Promoted to CEO of Anaqua

Monday, June 22, 2009

• Don J. Mizerk Joins Husch Blackwell Sanders Welsh & Katz
• ION Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against WesternGeco
• Just Enterprises, Inc. Prevails in Trademark Dispute
• Micronics Receives Patent on Rapid Thermocycling Methodology for Molecular Diagnostics
• Woodcock Washburn Awarded 10-Year Contract from the National Institutes of Health

Thursday, June 18, 2009

• AllTrust Networks Granted Electronic Depositing Patent
• Cascadia Investments, Inc. to Seek Patent Protection for TinyTwirp.com
• Federal Court Rules CEIVA Patent Is Infringed by Frame Media
• ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Announces Filing of Key Patent Application Relating to Cancer Stem Cell Technology

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

• AVEO Pharmaceuticals Granted Patent for Predictive Biomarker Used to Identify Human Tumors Likely to Respond to Notch Pathway Inhibition
• Curis Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent Covering CUDC-101 Composition of Matter for Novel HDAC/EGFR/Her2 Inhibitor
• DuPont Asserts Anti-Trust, Patent Claims Against Monsanto
• Kirkland & Ellis LLP Wins Chambers USA Award for Excellence in IP Litigation
• MicroFluidic Systems Receives Patent for Method to Selectively Process Different Biological Cell Types for Analysis
• Priviam and EncryptaKey Resolve Patent Litigation

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

• BioMarck Pharmaceuticals Announces the Issuance of Two United States Patents
• Cantor Colburn LLP Selected by the National Institutes of Health as Outside Patent Counsel
• OASIS Introduces Non-Assertion Mode to Its Intellectual Property Rights Policy for Standards Development
• PowerSat Files Patent That Accelerates Viability Of Space Solar Power (SSP) Satellite Systems
• Raptor Networks Technology Notes Issuance of Two Additional Patents in Distributed Fabric Architectures and Virtualized Systems

Monday, June 15, 2009

• Palomar Successful in U.S. Patent Office Re-Examination of Hair Removal Patent

Friday, June 12, 2009

• Charlotte Law Firm Adds Banking Veteran to Trademark Practice
• Christopher K. Albert Joins Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds as an Associate
• Edwards Lifesciences Prevails on Validity and Infringement in UK Patent Case Against Cook
• Joseph Abboud Wins Appeal
• Merchant & Gould Adds Kevin E. West to its Omaha Office
• Orexigen Therapeutics Announces In-Licensing of Key Patents to Further Strengthen its Intellectual Property Estate for Contrave
• Woodcock Washburn Awarded 10-Year Contract from the National Institutes of Health

Thursday, June 11, 2009

• Dr. Zalman M. Shapiro, 89, Granted Patent for Innovative Method of Synthesizing Diamonds
• Foley & Lardner Adds Japanese Partner Specialized in International Transactions and IP to Tokyo Office
• Patent Reissued Including New Claims for Kemin Health’s FloraGLO Lutein
• VirnetX Hires McKool Smith to Lead Litigation Efforts against Microsoft

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

• Access Pharmaceuticals Announces Granting of Two US Patents for MuGard
• Aperio Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Olympus America, Hamamatsu Corporation and Hamamatsu Photonics
• EdgeCast Inks Strategic Partnership with Web.com
• Forum Systems Issued Patent 7,516,333 for XML Security Gateway
• KV Pharmaceutical Company, Purdue Pharma L.P. Settle OxyContin Dispute
• Rambus Moves to Withdraw Patents From ITC Proceedings Against NVIDIA

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

• Deanne Maynard, Former Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General, to Head Morrison & Foerster’s Appellate and Supreme Court Practice
• Don J. Mizerk Joins Husch Blackwell Sanders Welsh & Katz
• GraphOn Corp. Files Countersuit Against Juniper Networks for Patent Infringement
• Impliant Granted Two New U.S. Patents and Successfully Defends European Patent Opposition Case
• Leading Patent Practitioners Join Rothwell Figg
• The Graham Company Receives Favorable Decision In Landmark Copyright Infringement Case
• US Patent Office Action Rejects Key Claims to Cellectis’ Core Technology

Monday, June 08, 2009

• In2Focus Films Files Counterclaim Against Champboat Racing, LLC
• Jason Shanske Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer in Bloomfield Hills as Associate
• Life Sciences Added to Intellectual Property Practice
• McCarter & English Further Expands its IP Practice in Boston With the Addition of David Burns

Friday, June 05, 2009

• Former Pharmaceutical Scientist Joins Nixon Peabody’s Intellectual Property Practice
• Howrey Mourns the Loss of Tom Arnold
• Irell & Manella Secures Another Victory for TiVo, as Texas Judge Finds EchoStar in Contempt of 2006 Injunction Order
• LML Patent Corp. Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Six Defendants
• Neuralstem Receives Patent Allowance for Compounds That Promote Neurogenesis

Thursday, June 04, 2009

• Bethesda-Based IP Firm Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC Announces Team Expansion
• Dennis A. Duchene Rejoins McDermott’s San Diego Office as Partner in the Intellectual Property Department
• Fenwal Statement Regarding Patent Litigation
• Kenyon & Kenyon Announces Arrival of New Partner Megan Whyman Olesek

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

• Finjan’s Gateway Security Patent Receives Second Approval by US Patent Office
• Hovey Williams Named One of the Top Trademark Firms by Intellectual Property Today
• McDermott Will & Emery Achieves Significant Patent Win on Behalf of Honeywell International in Appellate Court
• Novocell Obtains U.S. Patent for Drug Screening Human Embryonic Cell Derived-Endoderm Cells
• US Department of Commerce Awards First Exclusive Bioreactor Patent to ATI Petroleum

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

• CrowdGather Announces Filing of Utility Patent Titled Systems and Methods for Syndicating Content to, and Mining Content from, Internet Based Forums with U.S.P.T.O.
• Lancope Granted Fourth U.S. Patent for Flow-based Detection of Network Intrusions
• Niutang Sucralose Patent Litigation Successfully Concluded
• Prime View International Reaches Agreement to Acquire E Ink
• Single Touch Systems Acquires Advertising Centric Patent Portfolio for $5.5 Million
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Rejects Patent Claims that Rambus is Asserting Against NVIDIA

Monday, June 01, 2009

• Special Feature -- Supreme Court Grants Cert in Landmark Patent Subject Matter Case
• 3DIcon Files Provisional Patent Application for High-Resolution Emissive Projection Screen
• New Energy Expands Patent Portfolio for Newly-Prototyped Device Able to Generate Electricity from Moving Cars
• NextWindow Granted Key Optical Touch Screen Patents
• Stantum Granted Key Patents on Its Multi-Touch Technology

Friday, May 29, 2009

• Binary Tree Announces Patent-Pending Process for Migrating Up to 10,000 Users a Week from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange
• Lightwave Logic, Inc. Reports on Positive Patent Activities
• Medical Marijuana, Inc Files Provisional Patent Application for Inventory Distribution and Accounting Solution
• Merchant & Gould Welcomes Five New Partners And Expands Into the Western District Of Wisconsin
• Scene Selection Patent Acquisition Opportunity
• State Supreme Court Decision Paves Way for Intellectual Property Law Development
• Unigene’s First Site-Directed Bone Growth Patent Issues

Thursday, May 28, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into a Settlement and License Agreement with Dukane Corp.
• Advaxis Receives US Patent and Trademark Office Approval on Act-A Protein Patent-Pending Rights
• Falcon Genomics Awarded Patent for Innovative Cancer Test
• Network-1 Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation with NETGEAR
• Wi-LAN Adds Seasoned Technology Licensing Executive

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

• AIA Granted US Patent on AGORA, its Electric Power Grid System
• Foley & Lardner Adds Patent Litigation Team to Boston Office
• Frankfurt Kurnit Law Firm Adds New Intellectual Property Partner
• HANS Serves Patent Infringement Suit Against defNder
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory for Client Stryker Corporation
• Osteologix Receives Key U.S. Patent Allowance for Novel Osteoporosis Drug
• PANDORA Wins Key Ruling in Patent Infringement Case
• Savi Technology Announces Settlement in Patent Infringement Case Against AeroScout
• Spire Receives U.S. Patent for Nanophotovoltaic Devices
• U.S. District Court Orders Hynix to Post Security for Infringing Rambus Patents

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

• Cannasat Therapeutics Announces Favorable Decision From United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc. Announces Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Covering its Novel Combination Allergic Rhinitis Product
• Connolly Bove Welcomes Three IP Litigation Partners
• George Mason Patent Law Symposium Set for July 21st
• QD Soleil Acquires Critical Patents in Solar Energy
• Two Denver-Based I.P. Law Firms Team Up To Win NIH Contract to Provide Biotech Patent Legal Services

Friday, May 22, 2009

• Experienced IP Litigator Nate Dilger Joins Turner Green LLP
• Intrasweep Enjoys Patent on Reciprocal Deposits Technology

Thursday, May 21, 2009

• Irell & Manella Helps Tessera Secure Second Significant Victory This Year
• Patent Application to Curb Teen Drunk Driving Poised to Become Most Discussed Innovation in History of Peer-to-Patent Website
• Viral Genetics Has Option Under Issued Key Patent for Cancer Drug

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

• Microsoft and HP Renew Patent Cross-License Agreement
• Simpson Thacher Wins Dismissal of Antitrust Suit Tied to Generic Patent Drug

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

• Automated Valet Refutes Claim of Patent Infringement
• Intradigm Announces Issuance of RNA Interference (RNAi) Patent Covering Potent siRNA Sequence
• Inventors’ Group Supporters Call Intel Founder Andy Grove’s Comments about Patents Absurd and Irresponsible
• NiTi Surgical Solutions Announces Issuance of Key Patent For ColonRing Surgical Device
• Novocell Awarded Patent for Innovative Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes
• Osteologix Receives U.S. Patent Allowance for Osteoporosis Drug Manufacturing Patent

Monday, May 18, 2009

• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Moves to New Offices in Indianapolis
• Patton Boggs Wins Major Intellectual Property Case
• Squire Sanders Adds to IP Strength in Tysons Corner Office

Friday, May 15, 2009

• Arnstein & Lehr Welcomes Judith L. Grubner to its Chicago Office
• Bingham Expands IP Litigation Team in Tokyo
• K&L Gates Adds Corporate, IP Litigation Partners in New York Office
• Katten Adds Jeffrey Hovden as New York-based Intellectual Property Partner

Thursday, May 14, 2009

• Applied DNA Sciences Files Patent for SigNature DNA in Cyanoacrylate to Add Forensic Layer of Anti-Counterfeit Security
• Kilpatrick Stockton Continues Expansion of Leading Intellectual Property Department in New York
• OMAX Announces Settlement in Patent Litigation
• Palomar Wins Two European Hair Removal Patent Opposition Hearings
• Procter & Gamble Wins Patent Infringement Lawsuit for Osteoporosis Therapy Actonel

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

• Greenberg Traurig Welcomes Patent Prosecutor Cecily O’Regan to the Silicon Valley Office
• Peabody Hotels Successfully Protects Peabody Brand, Peabody Duck Imagery Against Trademark Infringement
• Saxon Innovations Signs License Agreement with HTC Corporation
• Takumi Technology Granted Patent on Effective Proximity Effect Correction Methodology
• Vobach Move to Swanson & Bratschun Adds Software & EE IP Depth

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

• Concert Pharmaceuticals Granted Patents on Deuterium-Modified Compounds
• Mobius Photonics Patent for Precise Average Power Control of Green and UV Fiber-Based Light Sources Targets Process Uniformity, Repeatability, Pulse Stability
• MPEG LA Announces Progress in Facilitation of LTE Patent Pool License
• Nano Terra Inc. and Honeywell Aerospace Announce Development and Licensing Agreement
• Right90 Awarded Patent for Combination of OLTP and OLAP Technologies in Forecasting Business Process

Sunday, May 10, 2009

• Court Upholds Markman Judgment in Strand Bamboo Patent Litigation

Saturday, May 09, 2009

• iLight Technologies Prevails in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Quest Patent Research Corporation Enters Into an Exclusive Capital Management Agreement for Intellectual Property Investment Strategy

Thursday, May 07, 2009

• Morrison & Foerster Partner James Pooley Nominated Deputy Director General of World Intellectual Property Organization

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

• Special Feature -- Tafas v. Doll: Federal Circuit Supports USPTO
• Fractus S.A. Sues Ten Cell Phone Manufacturers for Patent Infringement on Nine Different Patents
• Immunomedics Announces U.S. Patent for Dock-And-Lock
• IPLAC Presents New Officers and Board Members
• NeoStem Files Patent Application for Cosmetic Stem Cell Face Lift Technology and Expands Stem Cell Collection Network into New Jersey
• TruePosition Wins $20 Million in Additional Damages in Patent Infringement Case Against Andrew Corporation

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

• Appellate Court Upholds Patent-Infringement Case with U.S. Electronic Toll Road Implications
• Carlsbad Technology Achieves 9-0 Supreme Court Ruling on Issue of Appellate Jurisdiction
• General Patent Corporation Licenses DTL Patent to Plantronics and Sennheiser
• Oblon, Spivak Opens Affiliate Office in Tokyo
• Yangaroo Receives U.S. Patent

Monday, May 04, 2009

• Howrey Mourns the Loss of Cecilia Gonzalez
• Pamela C. Gavin Joins Williams Mullen as Vice Chair of Intellectual Property Practice
• Trio of Acclaimed Los Angeles Litigators Launch Boutique Firm

Friday, May 01, 2009

• Grandis Awarded Seven Key STT-RAM Patents
• K&L Gates Boosts Intellectual Property Practice with Addition of Seattle Lawyer
• MOSAID Signs First Deal for New Communications Patents in Record Time
• Qualcomm and Sanmu Sign 3G License Agreement

Thursday, April 30, 2009

• Federal Court Rules Bally Infringes IGT’s Bonusing Patents
• Genoil Inc. Announces Receipt From the USPTO of Additional Patent for Its Hydroconversion Upgrader
• Optherion Announces Issuance of Canadian Patents Covering Age-Related Macular Degeneration Diagnostics and Treatments
• US Patent Office Confirms Wider Networks Patent

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

• Aperio Awarded Patent for Content Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) Technology
• Court Grants Motion to Move Modavox Patent and Trademark Infringement Cases Brought Against Time Warner, AOL and Platform-A from California to New York
• ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Granted Monoclonal Antibody Technology Patent
• Patent Rights of Micro Imaging Technology, Inc. Assigned to Secured Creditors
• Raptor Pharmaceuticals Receives Notices of Allowance for Two NeuroTrans Patent Applications
• U.S. District Court Issues Decision Regarding Samsung Contract Claims in Rambus Case
• Workshare Receives U.S. Patent for Document Collaboration Technology

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

• AVI BioPharma Receives Key Patents for Drug Candidate AVI-6002 Targeting Ebola Zaire Virus Protein VP35
• Federal Court Rules that DSM Desotech’s Antitrust and Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against 3D Systems Corporation Can Proceed
• HyPower Fuel Files Additional Biodiesel Patents to Protect Its Green Technology
• Morrison & Foerster and New Intellectual Property Management Firm, Ovidian Group, Form Collaborative Venture
• Nanosys Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Nanoco Technologies Ltd./Sigma Aldrich

Monday, April 27, 2009

• Akamai to Appeal Decision in Patent Litigation Case
• Duane Morris Adds Litigation Partners David Landau and Aliza Karetnick from WolfBlock
• PDP Files Lawsuit Against Dreamgear for Patent Infringement
• Unigen Awarded Third US Patent for Novel Joint Health Ingredient

Friday, April 24, 2009

• Big Bang LLC Receives Patent for Universal Imaging Utility (UIU) Hardware-Independent PC Imaging Technology
• InsWeb and Autobytel Announce Settlement of Multi-Party Patent Litigation
• U.S. Patent Office to Reexamine the Validity of the Remaining Power Integrations Patent Asserted Against Fairchild Semiconductor

Thursday, April 23, 2009

• Morrison & Foerster Secures Key Industry Victory for Hansen Medical Inc. in Trade Secrets Case
• Oki Semiconductor Signs DRAM License With MOSAID
• OPTi Receives $19 Million Verdict in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple Inc.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

• Covidien Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit over Davol’s Mesh Fixation Device and Applier
• Irvine Sensors Receives Final $1 Million for Patent Deal
• Lewis Brisbois Adds New Partners to IP Group
• Patent Searchers and Information Scientists Benefit from New Online Resource
• Quest Diagnostics to Pay U.S. $302 Million to Resolve Allegations That a Subsidiary Sold Misbranded Test Kits
• Trapeze Networks Awarded Two Breakthrough Patents
• USPTO Finds Convolve Patent Valid in Reexamination

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

• 1st Technology/Bodog Patent Dispute Resolved
• Deepro Mukerjee Joins Alston & Bird’s New York Office
• Entellus Medical Awarded U.S. Patent for FinESS Sinus Treatment
• IPLAC Presents Seminar On Proposed Local Patent Rules For The Northern District Of Illinois
• Leading Patent Practitioners Join Rothwell Figg
• Thompson & Knight Client Obtains Judgment as a Matter of Law in Eastern District of Texas Patent Case

Monday, April 20, 2009

• Amnis Receives Broad Patent Coverage for Diagnostic Cell Imaging
• Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Announces Winners of the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship
• James R. Franks Joins The Webb Law Firm as an Associate
• Patent Attorney Stephen H. Docter Joins Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
• USPTO, German Patent Office Partner to Expedite Processing and Improve Patent Quality

Friday, April 17, 2009

• Achillion Granted U.S. Patent for NS4A Antagonists in Hepatitis C
• Court Grants AstraZeneca Temporary Restraining Order Against Apotex in PULMICORT RESPULES Patent Litigation
• MOSAID Extends NXP’s Patent License and Signs New Wireless Agreement
• Sepracor Announces Patent Interference Proceedings (and Schedule) Against Wyeth for Claims Related to O-desmethylvenlafaxine Succinate

Thursday, April 16, 2009

• Authernative Granted US Patent on Communication Session Encryption and Authentication System
• BackWeb Adds Sybase and iAnywhere as Defendants in its Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• OmniComm Systems Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation With DataSci, LLC
• U.S. Patent Office Issues 2nd Patent for ePIPE, Pipe Restoration System

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

• Jacobs-Meadway Talks Use, Misuse and Nonuse of Third-Party Trademarks on the Internet at the Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida
• Premier D.C.-Based Economics Firm Opens Los Angeles Office
• Technology Transfer Tactics Partners with Patents Online to Highlight University IP

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

• Advisor Software Awarded Patent for Goal-Based Advice Solution
• BLADE Network Technologies Announces Patent Cross-License Agreement With IBM
• China Energy Recovery Files a New Patent of Waste Heat Recovery Technology to Capture and Reuse Waste Energy in Cement Manufacturing
• Inventor Sues Therative, Inc. Over Inventorship of Patent on ThermaClear Device
• Issued U.S. Patent Strengthens IP for Allon Technology Platform
• Patent Issued for UNIVAL D3 Data Conversion System
• TableMAX Files Lawsuit Against Shuffle Master for Patent Infringement
• TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. Issued U.S. Patent for Multi-Carrier Messaging Gateway

Monday, April 13, 2009

• Special Feature -- Federal Circuit Changes Course, Finds Claims to Novel Gene Obvious
• Altera and Zilog Settle Patent Infringement Suit
• CoolTouch Inc. Settles Diomed Lawsuit, Files Re-examination Request for Cynosure ’873 Patent
• EERC Foundation Receives Patent Application Approval for On-Demand Hydrogen Fueling System
• K&L Gates Secures Win for Silicon Motion in U.S. International Trade Commission Patent Suit Brought by SanDisk
• Kurgo Issued United States Design and Utility Patents
• Morrison & Foerster Secures Victory for Funai before U.S. International Trade Commission in Patent Infringement Suit

Friday, April 10, 2009

• Advance Nanotech’s Owlstone Granted Two Additional U.S. Patents
• ClearCorrect Voluntarily Dismisses Lawsuit Against Invisalign Maker Align Technology
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Definitive Victory for Client Alaris Medical Systems
• Modular Security Systems, Inc. (MSSI) Patents Mobile Turnstile Unit
• Thomson CompuMark Introduces Global Trademark Search Analysis
• U.S. International Trade Commission Finds Competitors Violated LitterMaid Patent

Thursday, April 09, 2009

• InTouch Technologies Announces Settlement Agreement Regarding US Patent Dispute
• IP Tactics Retained By Go2Call Software
• O2Micro Issued Patent for Class-D Amplifier Architecture
• Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C. Names New Partner

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

• Humana Inc. and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement
• Mo-DV Earns Patent for Technology That Paves the Way for Multimedia Files to Be Played on a Wide Range of Mobile Devices
• SIIA Continues Aggressive Online Piracy Fight with Its First-Ever Lawsuits for Infringement of Clip Art
• SurferNETWORK Granted Its Second Key Patent in Streaming Media Technology

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

• Merchant & Gould Wins 7th Circuit Appeal on Behalf of For Your Ease Only, Inc.
• U.S. District Court Enters Patent Infringement Final Judgment Against Mobile 365, Inc. in Favor of TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
• Xerox Emerges Victorious in Nine-Year Patent Dispute Over Fax Machine Technology

Monday, April 06, 2009

• Bingham Team Wins ITC Victory in Sucralose Case
• St. Clair Reaches Settlement with Samsung in Patent Litigation
• Turning Technologies, LLC Receives Favorable Ruling in Patent Litigation
• U.S. Appeals Court Issues Ruling in Support of Lilly in Ariad Patent Litigation

Friday, April 03, 2009

• Special Feature -- Robots as Inventors
• ARIAD Announces Court Rulings Regarding Patent Lawsuit with Lilly
• District Court Overturns PTO Decision in Favor of Kenyon & Kenyon LLP Client Photocure
• Standard Textile Initiates Patent Infringement Suit Against Sobel Westex

Thursday, April 02, 2009

• e.Digital Announces Licensing and Settlement Agreement With Olympus
• Ford Motor Company and LKQ Corporation Settle Patent Disputes
• French Perfume Company Nina Ricci Files Trade Dress Lawsuit Against Producers of Box Office Movie Hit, Twilight
• MonoSol Rx Granted U.S. Article of Manufacture Patent
• Nomadix Wins Patent Enforcement Action Against Second Rule
• Shire Files Lawsuit Against Natco Pharma for Infringement of FOSRENOL (lanthanum carbonate) Patents
• U.S. Court of Appeals (CAFC) Rejects ThirdWave/Hologic’s Anti-Trust Claims Against QIAGEN

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

• acardo Wins Patent Case, as Catalina Drops Patent Infringement Charges
• Cytori Receives U.S. Patent Allowance for Key Commercial Products
• District Court Decision Received in CONCERTA Patent Case
• John M. Vassiliades Joins Ballard Spahr
• Provision Interactive Announces New Patents
• Repligen Licenses Patent Rights for Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
• Unidesk Files Patent On Composite Virtualization Desktop Management Technology

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into a Settlement and License Agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance for Second Significant Patent from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces License Agreement with Baxter International Inc.
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Secures Significant Defense Victory for Client emsCharts, Inc. in Patent Infringement Case
• Contactual Awarded Patent for Contact Center Innovation
• Court Rules that GE Healthcare Engaged in False Advertising Campaign against Bracco Diagnostics
• Frank’s Auto Supermarket Files Suit Against Ford Motor Company Over Slogan
• Global Energy Services Granted US patent on Activator Hydraulic Submersible Pump
• Merchant & Gould Adds Shane A. Brunner to its Madison Office
• Microfluidic Systems (MFSI) is Granted a Microfluidic Cartridge Patent for DNA Separation
• Novocell Awarded Seminal Stem Cell Patent
• On2 Technologies Receives Patent for Video Encoding Methods
• Osteologix Prevails in European Patent Opposition for Osteoporosis Drug
• Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Awarded New U.S. Patent Further Strengthening Its Anti-Phospholipid Patent Portfolio
• Reising Ethington Law Firm Moves to New Offices to Accommodate Growth
• United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Rules in Smith & Nephew’s Favor and Confirms Patent Claims Infringed by Arthrex Inc.

Monday, March 30, 2009

• BioMarin Receives Notice of Allowance for Once Daily Dosing Patent for Kuvan
• DLA Piper Successfully Represents La Cafetière, Inc.
• Modavox Pleased With New York District Court Markman Hearing Ruling
• Patent Office Validates Many Claims in Widevine Patent and Court’s Initial Ruling in Verimatrix Patent Case Favors Widevine
• Public-Domain Status of Early Sound Recordings Delayed Until 2067 According to Library Report

Friday, March 27, 2009

• ITC Extends Final Determination Date in Tessera’s ITC Wireless Action to May 20, 2009
• New Patent Secures UTOPY’s Leadership in Speech Analytics
• OSRAM and Everlight Sign Patent Cross License Agreement
• Smith Micro Receives Patent for Jpeg Compression Technology
• US Patent Office Rejects 95% of Verathon Claims in Patent Case With Aircraft Medical
• Wiley Rein’s Intellectual Property Practice Adds Seasoned Litigator

Thursday, March 26, 2009

• BIO-key Granted Patent for Trusted Biometric Device Security Solution
• Conduit Wins United States Technology Patent for Innovate Website Syndication Platform
• Euclid Discoveries Is Granted 7th Patent From the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Leason Ellis Welcomes Peter S. Sloane and William R. Thornewell
• Life Sciences Patent Attorney David Levy Joins Womble Carlyle
• Pastore Osterberg LLC Joins Forces with Fox Rothschild LLP

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

• Amicus Therapeutics Announces Issuance of New Plicera Composition of Matter Patent
• Cianna Medical Announces Issued Patents for SAVI Multi-Catheter Brachytherapy Device
• Former General Counsel and Silicon Valley Law Firm Partner Forms IP Licensing and Technology Transactions Firm
• HP Resolves Ink Cartridge Patent Infringement with Ninestar
• Innovation Nations: Thomson Reuters Analysis of 2008 World Patent Activity Finds U.S. Market Infused with Asian Innovations
• Merchant & Gould Announces Plans To Open Madison, WI Office With Four New Lawyers
• Microsoft and Gecad Technologies Announce Exchange ActiveSync Patent License Agreement
• Murad Founder Awarded 18th Patent
• Pacific Biosciences Named Senior Party in Patent Interference with Life Technologies
• Patent for Making Combination Chemotherapy Work Better
• Pioneer in Insured Deposits Accounts Issued Patent on Innovative Technology--Seeks to Protect Its Rights

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

• Cubist Pharmaceuticals Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Teva Parenteral Medicines, Inc.
• Deep Down Awarded Patent for New Subsea J-Plate Design
• Dutch Supreme Court Rules on the Partial Validity of Patents: Keith is Not Doing Too Well but May Survive
• IP Department Cost Management Survey Released
• Open Invention Network™ Extends The Linux Ecosystem As TomTom Becomes Licensee
• Retail Decisions Awarded Victory in Patent Dispute Against CyberSource
• Shock Doctor Obtains Permanent Injunction Against XO Athletic

Thursday, March 19, 2009

• Colleen Tracy Named as Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto’s Managing Partner
• Intellectual Property Team Joins GrayRobinson
• Lightwave Logic, Inc. Announces Positive Patent Update
• Plexxikon Receives Key Patents on Novel Compounds for Multiple Programs

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

• Special Feature -- Gatekeeper Run Amok: The Patent Reform Act of 2009 and the Seventh Amendment
• ABMC Announces Two Patent Awards
• Active Optical Cable Patent Awarded to EMCORE Corporation
• Calypso Wireless Inc.’s Update Regarding Patent Infringement Suit Against T-Mobile USA, Inc.
• Ecology Coatings Announces Award of its Seventh U.S. Patent
• German Federal Patent Court Invalidates Wake Forest NPWT Patents Licensed to KCI
• Microsoft and Lexmark Enter Broad Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement
• Quarles & Brady Welcomes Two New Attorneys to Growing Chicago Office
• Shuffle Master, Inc. Announces Purchase of Intellectual Property from Elixir Gaming Technologies, Inc.
• Tropos Receives Three New Patents Demonstrating Its Ongoing Technology Leadership in Large Scale, High Capacity Mesh Networks

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

• Autobytel and Edmunds Enter Settlement Agreement
• Impax Confirms Patent Challenge Relating to RENAGEL Tablets, 400 mg and 800 mg
• Intradigm Receives Notice of Allowance for Key RNA Interference (RNAi) Patent Covering Potent siRNA Sequence
• Lifeline Biotechnologies Awarded OvaScope Patent
• Nixon Peabody Expands Intellectual Property Practice
• OrbusNeich Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Boston Scientific
• Shire Files Lawsuit Against Barr Laboratories for Infringement of FOSRENOL (Lanthanum Carbonate) Patents
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Grants Reissue Patent Relating to Lipitor
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Issues Preliminary Ruling Rejecting All Sixteen Claims of Fourth Patent Asserted Against Aruba Networks by Motorola

Monday, March 16, 2009

• BioShaft Water Technology Inc. Receives U.S. Patent
• Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Launches UK Trademark and Brand Protection Practice
• Intel Notifies AMD of Cross-License Breach Efforts to Resolve Dispute Continuing
• Nixon Peabody Announces New Intellectual Property Practice Group
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Issues Final Rejection of All Claims in Funai’s ’074 Patent

Thursday, March 12, 2009

• Flow International Corporation Amends OMAX Merger Terms, Settles Patent Litigation, Announces Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter Results
• Hensley Kim & Holzer Wins a $5.35 Million Jury Verdict for Patent Infringement
• Local Wave Machine Company Wins Critical Round of Patent Dispute
• Nanoptek Corporation Awarded U.S. Patent
• ON Semiconductor Announces Settlement of Patent Dispute With Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Skyhook Wireless Announces New Patent Award

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

• General Patent Corporation Secures Third Virtual Space Patent for Worlds.com
• Morrison & Foerster to Defend TomTom in Microsoft Open Source Suits
• SIIA Reaches Six-Figure Anti-Piracy Settlement with Iowa Corporation

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

• Special Feature: Essential Features of the Invention: Patent Damages Reform Dead End
• Chadbourne & Parke IP Practice Group Lateral Hire Continues Major Expansion of IP Practice
• CounterPath Granted Patent for Handoff Between Cellular and Internet Protocol Telephony
• Erik Oliver is Named Managing Director of ThinkFire’s West Coast Office
• LGE and Klausner Technologies Settle Patent Litigation
• Supreme Court Denies RJ Reynolds Petition for Review in Star Scientific Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Monday, March 09, 2009

• Article One Partners Uncovers New Prior Art Impacting the Validity of Merck’s Singulair Patent
• Blount, Inc. Wins Patent Infringement Suit Against TriLink Saw Chain
• Merchant & Gould Scores Patent Litigation Victory for Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
• Watson Pharmaceuticals and Elan Settle Lawsuit Over Naproxen Sodium

Thursday, March 05, 2009

• Aviation Safety Resources Files Patent for Life-Saving Smart Recovery System
• Biophan Announces Issuance of Key US Patent
• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Wins MCCA’s 2009 Thomas L. Sager Diversity Award
• Connolly Bove Names Jennifer Fraser and Scott Miller as Chairs of Trademark and Copyright Section
• Connolly Bove Welcomes Lateral Hires Louis Heidelberger and Jonathan Darcy
• Cordex Pharma Files ATPace Formulation Patent
• Flexsys Seeks Damages and Injunction for Importation, Sale and Use of Antidegradants Made by Patented Process
• New Jersey Company Wins Treble Damages and Permanent Injunction in Patent Case Against Hong Kong Conglomerate Johnson Electric
• Patent Office Grants GEOSPAN’s Request for Reexamination of Pictometry’s Patent

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

• 3DIcon Files International Patent Applications For CSpace
• Boyle Fredrickson Promotes Nicole Brevitz to Marketing Coordinator
• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Files Amicus Brief in In re Bilski
• Criterion Economics Welcomes John H. Johnson, IV as President
• Janet E. Reed Joins Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP as Partner and Head of the Patent Prosecution Practice
• Kount Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against iovation
• Nixon Peabody Names New Intellectual Property Leaders
• Patent/Intellectual Property Attorney Rick Toering Joins Womble Carlyle
• Wong Cabello Opens Palo Alto Office

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

• Special Feature: BPAI Reaches Beyond Bilski to Machines
• Callaway Golf Files New Patent Infringement Suit Against Acushnet
• Canada Approves Patent on Cyclone Power Technologies’ Green Engine
• Cynosure Obtains Favorable Markman Rulings in Patent Infringement Case Against CoolTouch
• Kirkland & Ellis LLP Expands Copyright and Trademark Practice with Three New Partners
• Protecode Launches Software Intellectual Property (IP) Audit Services
• Robert Neuner Joins Hoffmann & Baron
• Therative Granted Patent for Proprietary Technology in Thermaclear Acne Clearing Device
• Thrasos Therapeutics Issued U.S. Patent for First-in-Class Compounds That Selectively Target Key Receptors of the Bone Morphogenetic Protein Pathway
• USPTO Announces Call for Nominations for National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Monday, March 02, 2009

• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Adds Three Associates

Friday, February 27, 2009

• InterDigital Signs Global Wireless to Worldwide 2G and 3G Patent License Agreement
• ITC Judge Rules in Favor of LG Electronics in Whirlpool Refrigerator Patent Case
• OSI Pharmaceuticals Response to Initial Non-Final Office Action by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Patent Litigators Score Victory for Covidien’s U.S. Surgical Division Against Applied Medical
• SMS Company Sues VISA for Patent Infringement
• Winner Medical Receives European Patent Office Approval for PurCotton Production Method

Thursday, February 26, 2009

• AuRIC Qualifying Transaction Acquires Patent
• Chase Receives Patent for Fraud Protection Breakthrough
• GadgetTrak Inc. Awarded Patent for Portable Electronic Device Theft Recovery & Tracking Technology
• Intellectual Ventures and Telcordia Announce R&D Alliance
• Seoul Semiconductor Announces Its Position on Fundamental Indium Gallium Nitride-Based Light Emitting Device Patent

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

• Baker Donelson Attorneys Co-Author Georgia Technology Manual
• Exactech Receives Patent for Rotating Bearing Knee, Optetrak RBK System
• Genentech Receives Final Notification Upholding Cabilly Patent in Reexamination Proceeding
• GLG Life Tech Corporation Receives Acceptance Notice of Patent Application for Environmentally Friendly Waste Water Treatment System
• Lincoln Financial Group Patent Upheld by Jury
• Plumsea Law Group Welcomes a Patent Attorney and a Patent Agent
• VIA Pharmaceuticals Announces Grant of New Patent on Lead Compound VIA-2291

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

• Covington Boosts London IP Practice With Arrival of Morag Peberdy
• In Another Favorable Preliminary Ruling, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Rejects All Claims of Third Patent Asserted Against Aruba Networks by Motorola
• Mindset BioPharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. Obtains Notice of Allowance for European Patent Related to Use of Insulin Sensitizers in Senile Dementia, Dementia and Memory Loss
• Ruyan Asserts Patent Rights to E-cigarette in Key China Court Ruling
• Ryogen is Awarded Patents on Three Human Genes
• Six Wood, Herron & Evans Attorneys Named As Leading Lawyers

Monday, February 23, 2009

• Kilpatrick Stockton Secures Judgment in Favor of its Client Universal Furniture International Inc.
• Mobular and NewRiver Settle Patent Litigation
• VirnetX Adds Two Key Patents to Portfolio Solving DNS Security Issues

Friday, February 20, 2009

• Court Upholds Settlement Agreement in Great Clips Trademark Case
• DLA Piper Successfully Represents the Associated Press
• Innovative Software can Unearth Millions in Untapped Patent Revenue
• Jan Conlin Named Chair of the Business Litigation Group at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
• Knobbe Martens Ranked Largest IP Firm in San Diego for 2009
• New Book Explains How Companies Can Cash In on Innovations and Patents
• Patent Professionals Learn New Strategies to Improve IP Profitability

Thursday, February 19, 2009

• 123map Signs Patent Licensing Agreement With Microsoft to Enhance Digital Mapping Technology
• Kasowitz Benson Wins Favorable Ruling for Client WebXchange in Patent Case Against Microsoft
• NVIDIA Responds to Intel Court Filing
• Open Innovation 2.0, Patent Portfolio Management and Best Practices in Innovation Among Core Topics at Intellectual Property Summit
• PayChest Inc. Announces New Patents for Flushaway
• Shionogi Files Patent Infringement Actions Against a Bulk Powder Import Company and Files Suspension of Import With Customs for Flomox
• STEC Announces That Seagate Has Dropped All Claims Alleging IP Misappropriation and Dismisses Lawsuit
• United States Patent Office Rejects KCI’s Patents

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Wins on Behalf of City of Chicago’s Graffiti Blasters in Trademark Infringement Case
• Brooks Kushman Hires IP Experts M. Sparschu and T. Quinlan
• Cooley Establishes Harvard Law School’s First Cyberlaw Clinic Fellowship
• Covington Prevails for American Automobile Association in Important Domain Name Arbitration
• CyberLink signs License Agreement for Macrovision’s IPG Patents and TV Guide Data Solutions to Enhance TV on the PC Experience
• General Patent Corporation Consummates Four More Licenses for Web-Based Prediction Marketplace Patent
• Intelliden Awarded New Patent For Device Access Management
• Mass Connections Granted Patent for Staffing and Tracking Process
• Merchant & Gould Scores Litigation Victory for Voss of Norway, ASA
• MOSAID Expands Into New Markets With Acquisition of 300 Communications Patents
• NeoMedia’s Barcode Lookup Patent Approved
• Optics, Laser and Medical Device Patent Specialist Michael Stallman Joins Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Issues a Preliminary Report Rejecting Majority of Claims of a Second Patent Asserted Against Aruba Networks by Motorola

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

• Dunlap Codding Adds Three Lawyers
• Ensequence Awarded U.S. Patent for Technology That Enables Interactive TV to Scale, Transform Ads
• Honeywell Licenses Patent-Protected Multimedia and GPS Navigation Technology to Kenwood
• Intelliden Awarded New Patent For Device Access Management
• Trimedyne Announces Issuance of Important New U.S. Patent

Monday, February 16, 2009

• Synaptics Granted Patent for ChiralMotion Gesture Technology
• ViVOtech Awarded Key Patent for Over the Air Provisioning of Payment Cards to NFC Mobile Phones

Friday, February 13, 2009

• 31 McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorneys Recognized As Intellectual Property Law Leaders
• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Edwards Lifesciences
• Adeona Pharmaceuticals Receives Notice of Allowance of Claims Relating to Heat Shock Protein dnaJ by Japanese Patent Office
• Patent Resources Group Wins Certification from Japan Patent Attorneys Association
• Picsel Technologies Brings Lawsuit Against Apple
• Senniger Powers Wins Patent Suit for Premier Election Solutions, Inc.
• TASER International Prevails Against Stinger in Patent Markman Hearing

Thursday, February 12, 2009

• BCD Settles Patent Litigation with Power Integrations
• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains Important Cryptographic Patent for Stamps.com
• Fulbright Grows Global Intellectual Property Practice
• In Memory of Philip B. Polster
• Oblon, Spivak Launches ITC 337 Law Blog
• Phoenix Licenses to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Patents Covering Use of Interactive Voice Response Systems
• Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser Names New Partner
• Vermillion Announces Notice of Issuance of U.S. Patent Covering Hepcidin as a Biomarker for Ovarian Cancer
• Victhom Announces the Filing of a Patent Application to Address Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

• Fordham Law School’s 17th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law & Policy
• General Electric Company and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement
• Jonathan K. Waldrop Joins Sutherland’s Intellectual Property Practice
• National Wind Acquires Patent Portfolio
• New Patent for Advaxis Issued
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Issues a Preliminary Decision Rejecting All Claims of Patent Asserted Against Aruba Networks by Motorola

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Air-Trak
• Aerielle Receives Patent for Pioneering i2i Stream Functionality
• Cenzic Announces Patent Cross-License Agreement With IBM
• Chicago Law Firm Scores Big Win Defending $18 Million Patent Dispute
• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains Key Patent for GPS-Driven Utility Asset Management and Damage Prevention System and Method
• Computer Software Counterfeiters Indicted in Landmark Legal Case
• Cubist Plans to Commence Patent Infringement Litigation against Teva Parenteral Medicines, Inc. In Response To ANDA Filing
• King & Spalding Adds IP Partners to Austin and London Offices
• Klein, O’Neill & Singh, LLP Partner elected as the President of the Orange County Patent Law Association
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Announces Two New Board Members, Six New Partners
• Pachira IP to Represent Creative Integrated Systems, Inc. for Patent Enforcement
• QuantRx Announces Additional Patent for its RapidSense Oral Testing Products
• TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. Issued U.S. Patent for Assisted GPS Location of Handsets

Monday, February 09, 2009

• Article One Partners Announces First Winning Patent Study
• Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP Stops Bad C.A.T.’s Patent Infringement
• Nutra Pharma Subsidiary, ReceptoPharm, Files Patent Application for Novel Treatment of Arthritis Using RPI-78
• Stanford Law School’s Fair Use Project and Durie Tangri File Lawsuit against The Associated Press on behalf of Obama Hope Artist Shepard Fairey
• U.S. Patent Office Issues Second Rejection of All Claims in Funai’s ’369 Patent
• Wren Awarded New Patent for Technology That Enables Businesses to Reduce Loss, Manage Risk and Streamline Operations

Friday, February 06, 2009

• Burns & Levinson LLP Welcomes New Partner, Bruce D. Jobse
• Court Awards Sanctions to Classified Cosmetics in Patent Lawsuit Against Del Laboratories
• CPA Global Conference Brings Leading IP Professionals Together to Discuss Key Industry Issues and Trends
• EXACT Sciences Announces Issuance of Key Patent Covering Vimentin Gene for Colorectal Cancer Screening
• Intellectual Property Practice Secures Stay of Injunction In Surgical Suture Case
• PricewaterhouseCoopers Offers Intellectual Property Solutions in Newly Released IP Value 2009
• Rivulet Communications Patent Enables Automatic Provisioning on IP and Ethernet Networks
• US Patent Office Grants a New Patent to IDEA AG, Which Also Covers the Targeted Analgesic Product Diractin

Thursday, February 05, 2009

• Analog Devices Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Hittite Microwave Corporation
• Avistar Receives U.S. Patent for Text and Video Instant Message
• Cytori Patent Allowance Expands Celution® System Protection for Adipose Stem & Regenerative Cell Processing
• Dot Hill Expands Patent Portfolio for its RAID Storage Systems with Six Inventions
• Pirkey Barber Announces Addition of New Partner, Associate
• Second Edition of Greenberg Traurig Attorney Ian C. Ballon’s Seminal 4-Volume Internet Law Treatise Just Published
• Sherin and Lodgen LLP Obtains $15.7 Million Patent Infringement Verdict
• The Children’s Internet Announces the Filing of Three Provisional Patent Applications
• VIASPACE Humidity Sensor Patent Allowed

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

• Finnegan Adds Seasoned Litigator John T. Battaglia to Its Ranks
• IP Law Conference Examines New IP Standards, Developments
• Kluwer Law International Adds Smart Charts, News Alert to KluwerManualIP.com
• Masimo Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Philips
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Announces Diversity in Patent Law Fellowship Recipient
• TraskBritt Announces Two New Partners
• Warp 9 Adds to Patent Portfolio

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

• Adfortel Extends Dutch Mobile Advertising Patent, International Patent Pending
• Alsius Corporation Prepared to Invalidate Zoll Temperature Management Patents
• Banner & Witcoff Elects First Woman President
• Haynes and Boone Adds MacPherson, Kwok, Chen & Heid
• ITC/Section 337 Trial Lawyer Steve Adkins Joins Orrick
• Joseph R. Knight Named Partner in Charge of Austin Office of Baker Botts L.L.P.
• KCI Announces That Court of Appeals Affirms Lower Court Ruling, Including Validity of NPWT Patents
• Orrick Announces 13 New Partners
• Vasogen Announces Sale of Patent Application and Provides Corporate Update

Monday, February 02, 2009

• Former USPTO Director Jon Dudas Joins Foley & Lardner’s Intellectual Property Department
• Kluwer Law International Launches New Arbitration Blog
• Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Signs Up More Than 30 Attorneys Previously With Prestigious New York-Based Morgan & Finnegan
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP Welcomes Four New Partners
• MOSAID and Micron Settle Patent Litigation
• Nokia Licenses MOSAID Wireless Patents
• PDL BioPharma Appoints Christopher L. Stone as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
• Quova Adds New IP Geolocation Patent to Library
• Steptoe & Johnson Adds Top Trademark Lateral
• Watson Acknowledges Federal Trade Commission Action Regarding AndroGel Patent Settlement

Friday, January 30, 2009

• Connolly Bove Elects Management Committee
• K&L Gates, Bell Boyd Partners Vote to Combine Firms
• USPTO and IPOS to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway

Thursday, January 29, 2009

• Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins and IntusIQ File Major Patent Infringement Suit Against ONCOR, Reliant Energy, Comverge, Datamatic, EKA Systems, Sensus, Tantalus, Tendril Networks and Trilliant
• Inventor Incentive Programs are Central to Generating Invention Activity According to ipPerformance Group Survey
• Raj Davé, Ph.D. Joins Pillsbury’s Northern Virginia Office as IP Partner
• The United States Patent and Trademark Office has Granted Patent #7,410,226 to Nexus 21 for its Motorized TV Lift System
• USPTO and KIPO to Implement Patent Prosecution Highway on Full-Time Basis
• Zoneraich and Kamage to Begin Terms on New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association Board

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

• Epson Joins RPX Defensive Patent Aggregation Service
• Finnegan Files Petition For a Writ of Certiorari in U.S. Supreme Court in Bilski Case
• Gerber Scientific Licenses ’Print to Cut Patent’ Technology to Graphtec Corporation
• Huntington Bancshares Incorporated and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement
• IP Attorney Joins Quarles & Brady as Partner
• Mitel Announces Patent Cross License Agreement with IBM
• MOSAID Grants Wireless Patent License to Japan’s Buffalo Inc.
• Reid Joins Armstrong Teasdale’s Reno Office
• SISVEL Announces Development of a Joint Patent Licensing Program and Issues a Call for Essential Patents

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

• Card Activation Technologies Files Suit Against Five Major National Companies for Infringement of Its Patent
• D.C. Trademark Group Joins Steptoe
• Former Commerce Department Senior Policy Advisor Joins Fulbright as Senior Counsel
• New Loyalty Program Offers Patent Lawyers Value in Challenging Economic Climate
• Profile Technologies, Inc. Files Patent Application for Directional TDR
• Tony Duquette Files Infringement Suit Against Michael Kors
• Wells-Gardner Announces the Granting of Its First LCD Patent

Monday, January 26, 2009

• FluoroPharma Obtains US Patent for Imaging Cardiovascular Plaque using FDG
• Four Former Jenner Attorneys Bolster Stroock’s NYC Intellectual Property Practice Group
• Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc. Concludes a License Agreement and Supply Agreement with Showa Denko K.K.
• Limelight Networks Found Not to Infringe on Level 3 Patents
• Modavox Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against AOL, Time Warner, Inc. and Platform-A, Inc., Amending Its Trademark Infringement Suit Against AOL

Friday, January 23, 2009

• Cantor Colburn LLP Strengthens Detroit Office with New Partners Edmund Anderson, Karl Barr and Scott McBain
• Dreier Entertainment Practice Leaders Join Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
• Novak Druce + Quigg LLP Adds IP Group from Akerman Senterfitt To Open West Palm Beach, Florida Office
• Porzio Bromberg & Newman Joins with Mathews, Shepherd, McKay & Bruneau
• Rehncol Settles Patent Lawsuit with Pregame

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

• e.Digital Pursues Partnerships to Expand eVU Business
• King Pharmaceuticals Reports Intent to Appeal SKELAXIN® Summary Judgment Order
• U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms ITC General Exclusion Order That Prohibits Imports of Infringing Ink Cartridges
• UTEK Corporation Appoints Paul Teta as Director of Global Technology Licensing and Commercialization

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Horizon Technologies, L.L.C.
• Christie, Parker & Hale Prevails in Lawsuit Charging Infringement of Copyright and Trade Dress for Rings
• Corgenix Receives Two Additional Patents on AtherOx Technology
• DLA Piper Successfully Represents Osho Friends International in Significant Trademark Case Involving the Public Use of Spiritual Movement Name
• GeoPharma Announces Settlement of Clarinex ANDA Patent Litigation With Schering and Sepracor
• Kenyon & Kenyon Starts New Year With 5 New Partners in D.C., New York Offices
• Web.com and Go Daddy Enter Into Patent Cross-License Agreement

Friday, January 16, 2009

• Court of Appeals Overturns 2005 Patent Verdict Against Cordis
• Golf Tech, Makers of P3ProSwing™, Gets Favorable Decision on Patent Infringement Against Eden Technologies
• ITC Final Determination Notice Minimally Affects Only a Few SiRF Customers
• P&G and Kraft Foods Reach Settlement in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Warner Chilcott Files New Lawsuit for Infringement of DORYX Patent

Thursday, January 15, 2009

• Advaxis Prevails in European Patent Court
• Brian L. Michaelis Appointed Chair of Seyfarth Shaw’s Intellectual Property Practice Group
• Bytemobile Issued U.S. Patent Covering Core Technology for Wireless Multimedia Adaptation and Optimization
• MeetingWave Granted Second U.S. Patent
• Oscient Pharmaceuticals and Ethypharm SA File Lawsuit Against Lupin for Infringement of ANTARA® Patent
• RealNetworks Patent Victory Affirmed
• Samsung Licenses Wi-LAN Wireless Technology

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

• Special Feature: Federal Circuit Clarifies Requirements of Specific Personal Jurisdiction in Patent DJ Actions
• Comprehensive New CCH Patent Law Library Now Available
• Fidelis Security Systems Awarded Patent for the Prevention of Data Leakage
• Inverseon’s Asthma Therapy Receives Notice of Allowance
• Lori Frank Joins Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson as an Associate
• Matisse Networks Awarded Patent for Optical Burst Receiver
• OPTi Inc Announces That the Court Issued a Continuance in Patent Infringement Action Against Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
• ORBID Corporation and FractureCode Reach Agreement on Patent Infringement Dispute
• Smirman IP Law Opens in Rochester, Michigan

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

• Appliance Recycling Centers of America Reports Litigation Summary Judgment
• Article One Partners Taps Global Community for Peer Review of Worlds.com and JSA Technologies Patents
• Boyle Fredrickson Announces New President and Board of Directors
• Federal Circuit Finds In Favor of SMC Corporation Affirming Summary Judgment of Obviousness
• Global Crossing and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Enter Into License Agreement
• Information Technology IP Veteran Jay Westermeier Joins Finnegan
• ITC Judge Finds Violations of Pass & Seymour’s Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter Patent Rights
• Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of 31st U.S. Patent
• Pachira IP to Represent Panavision Imaging for Patent Enforcement
• Prominent Intellectual Property Litigator Joins Kilpatrick Stockton
• RegeneRx Receives Patent for Reversal of Skin Aging in Japan
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Announces Election of New Director
• USPTO Trumps Federal Circuit on DyStar and Determines Patent Claims Valid

Monday, January 12, 2009

• Bavarian Nordic’s Case Against Oxford BioMedica
• GMAC Bank and CMG Mortgage Services Sued for Patent Infringement
• Gordon, Familant Join Baker Botts as Part of Expanded Life Sciences IP Initiative
• Johnson Controls Gains U.S. Patents for Wireless Communication System That Enables Hands-free Cellular Phone Use in Automobiles
• Lincoln Electric Sues Distributors for Patent and Trademark Infringement
• Oblon, Spivak Elects New Partner and Names Three New Senior Associates
• Solidcore Granted Foundational Patent for Endpoint Security
• VIVUS Announces Issuance of Key European Patent for Qnexa

Friday, January 09, 2009

• Banner & Witcoff Leads the Way in Design Patent Procurement
• CoreValve Prevails in United Kingdom Patent Infringement Action
• e.Digital Announces New Flash-R Patent Portfolio License and Settlement Agreement
• Furniture Brands Settles Lawsuit Against Lifestyle Enterprises
• Goldman Sachs Chief IP Counsel Joins Chadbourne & Parke LLP as Co-Chair of the IP Group
• NovaBay Issued Key Composition of Matter Patent for Aganocide® Compounds
• URMC, Lighthouse Biosciences Awarded U.S. Patent for Diagnostic Technology
• YOUnite Receives U.S. Patent for Distributed Management Framework for Personal Attributes
• Zircon Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against The Stanley Works

Thursday, January 08, 2009

• Irell & Manella Elects Keith Orso Partner
• Leading Entertainment Industry IP Lawyer George Borkowski Joins Venable in Los Angeles, Becomes Co-Chair of National IP Litigation Group
• Nomir Medical Technologies Granted Second US Patent on Core Noveon Technology

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

• A2 Technologies Announces Patent License Agreement with the Boeing Company
• Cavitation Technologies, Inc. Filed a Patent for Rapid Modification of Crude Oil
• Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Elects Two New Partners
• German Appeals Court Rules in Favor of AGA Medical in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Occlutech
• Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. Grants to Top Tier Global Pharmaceutical Company License to Certain Alzheimer’s Patents and Patent Applications
• Merchant & Gould Names Five New Partners in Denver and Minneapolis
• Patent Law Changes Accelerate Need for Continuing Legal Education
• Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen Names New Litigation Partner
• Procter & Gamble Reaches Settlement on Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Redknee Awarded New United States Patent
• Significant Victory for Electrical Device Manufacturer in the U.S. International Trade Commission
• U.S. Court Finds The Tag Company Infringed Sensormatic® Patents

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

• Antares Pharma Receives Milestone Payment and Additional Patent Related to Elestrin®
• Audiovox Corporation Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Vizualogic
• Fish & Richardson Elevates 27 Attorneys To Principal
• Jury Finds MEI Infringes on JCM Global Patent
• Morris, Manning & Martin Expands in D.C. Adding Intellectual Property Litigator
• Oblon, Spivak Appoints Richard D. Kelly New Managing Partner
• Rader, Fishman & Grauer Named Go-To Law Firm
• Saxon Innovations Files Complaint in International Trade Commission

Monday, January 05, 2009

• Alexion Pharmaceuticals and PDL BioPharma Resolve Patent Dispute
• Darby & Darby Announces Two New Principals and Three New Senior Counsel
• Finnegan Announces Nine New Partners
• General Patent Corp Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Oberthur
• Intellectual Property Partner Mike Molano Joins Sheppard Mullin Sillicon Valley
• Perfect Web Technologies, Inc. Has Begun Appeal in the ’400 Patent Case
• Yangaroo Receives Allowance of U.S. Patent

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

• Composition of Matter Patent Covering Adipose-Derived Stem and Progenitor Cells Issued
• Raymond Van Dyke Joins Merchant & Gould
• Worlds.com Sues NCSoft for Infringing Key Virtual Worlds Patent

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

• InterDigital Signs ModeLabs to Worldwide 2G and 3G Patent License Agreement
• Nikhil Patel Joins Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds as an Associate
• TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. Awarded U.S. Patent for Cellular-Augmented Radar and Laser Detection Technology

Monday, December 29, 2008

• Bridgelux Settles Patent Litigation With Cree
• Frontier Communications Corporation and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement

Friday, December 26, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patent for Wireless Data Technology
• Aperio Receives Patent for Creating and Viewing 3D Digital Slides
• Faegre & Benson Helps Secure Win for Seagate in Patent Trial
• Warner Chilcott Files Lawsuits for Infringement of DORYX Patent

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

• AVI BioPharma Strengthens Its Patent Position in RNA Therapeutics
• Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Announce Settlement of Clarinex (Desloratadine) ANDA Patent Litigation With Schering Corporation and Sepracor Inc.
• Neurogen Corporation Announces Agreement for Sale of Its C5a Patent Estate and Related Assets for $2.25 Million and Receipt of Final Payment on $3 Million Sale of Chemical Library
• Volpe and Koenig Attorneys Included in Attorney Rankings
• Warner Chilcott and Barr Announce Settlement of Femcon Fe Patent Challenge

Monday, December 22, 2008

• 3M and EV Group Settle Patent Infringement Suit
• AM Oil Resources & Technology Inc., Formerly Known as Aventerra Exploration, Inc., Announces the Acquisition of Patented Oil Recovery Technology
• General Patent Licenses DTL Patent to Sony Ericsson
• Merchant & Gould Congratulates Kathryn Barrett Park On Winning Second-Annual Paul A. Welter Award For Excellence in Trademark Law
• Pressure BioSciences, Inc. and Battelle Memorial Institute Sign Exclusive Patent License Agreement
• RJ Softwares Settles Litigation Brought by Hasbro
• William Dippert Joins Eckert Seamans’ White Plains Office

Friday, December 19, 2008

• ConvaTec Acquires Exclusive Worldwide Rights for a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System
• Dechert LLP Announces Election of Six New Partners
• Dechert Represents Intersil in Acquisition of Zilker Labs
• Irvine Sensors Agrees to Sell and License Back Patents
• KCI Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Convatec and Boehringer
• Knobbe Martens Continues Expansion With Addition of Two Partners in San Francisco Office
• Kryptiq Acquires Patent for Data Encryption Technology
• Nuclear Solutions, Inc. Receives Patent Office Notice of Allowance for Additional Patents Related to Patented Shielded Nuclear Weapon Detection Technology
• Townsend and Townsend and Crew Announces New Partners

Thursday, December 18, 2008

• AspenBio Receives Patent Office Notice of Allowance for Appendicitis Diagnostic Methods
• Atlanta-based Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Launches New York Office
• ContentGuard Licenses Digital Rights Management Patents to Sanyo for Mobile Handsets
• Emptoris Comments on Official Judgment in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Foley & Lardner Survey Reveals Challenging Business Environment for Emerging Companies
• Jazz Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of Key Patent for Once-A-Day LUVOX CR
• SenoRx Announces Additional Patent Granted for Contura Multi-Lumen Radiation Balloon
• TRIA Beauty Awarded Second Eye-Safety Patent

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

• Bruce A. Lehman, Former U.S. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Joins Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
• Fitzpatrick Cella Obtains District Court’s Decision Affirming the Validity of the Plavix Patent on Behalf of Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Graphic Artist Files $1M Lawsuit Against Tapout Claiming Fraud and Design Theft
• GSSC Sues Nautilus Security for Patent Infringement
• Leo Motors, Inc. Files Three Key Patent Applications for Electric Vehicle Technology
• Mangosoft Settles Pending Patent Litigation
• Navy Federal Credit Union and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement
• Nintendo, Nyko Settle Patent and Trademark Infringement Lawsuit
• RoadLoK Security Awarded Patent for New Motorcycle Locking System
• VocalTec Signs Agreement to Sell 4 of Its 11 Patents for $7 Million

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

• Bartlit Beck Announce Verdict in Krippelz v. Ford Motor Co.
• Daniel J. Nevrivy, Ph.D., Biotech and Pharmaceutical Patent Attorney, Launches New Law Firm Aimed at Helping Clients Preserve Their Capital
• Energizer Holdings, Inc. Settles With Spectrum Brands
• Isaac Slutsky Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer in Bloomfield Hills as Associate
• Mobius Photonics, Inc. Awarded U.S. Patent for Design Enabling High-Throughput Parallel Laser Processing
• Networks in Motion Issued U.S. Patent for Graphical Sharing of Information
• New Patent Extends Broadcast International’s CodecSys Video Compression Technology to Storage Market

Monday, December 15, 2008

• Arlon, Inc. Responds to Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed by Rogers Corporation
• Court Reduces Power Integrations Damage Award by 82 Percent and Orders New Trial on Willfulness In Patent Lawsuit Against Fairchild Semiconductor
• Generex Awarded New Patent in Europe
• Gilead Sciences Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Teva Pharmaceuticals
• Quebec Farmers Admit to Patent Violation for Growing Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Technology Without a License
• Solarflare Reinforces Technology Leadership With Newly-Granted Patent for Low-Power 10GBASE-T Silicon
• The Ab Coaster Company Files Lawsuit Against Infringers of the Ab Coaster

Friday, December 12, 2008

• 3M Rochford Thompson and IRIS Corp. Berhad Resolve Patent Infringement Litigation
• Superior Intellectual Property Litigators Inaugurate McDermott’s IP Practice in Houston
• Terumo Corporation Announces Settlement of all Patent Litigation with Maquet Cardiovascular
• Worlds.com and General Patent Select IP Law Firm Lerner David to Enforce Worlds’ Patents
• Young Basile Secures Victory For Altair Engineering Inc.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

• COMAG Enters into MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 License
• Hybrigenics Receives First Patent Grant on Chemical Inhibitors of Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases
• Riddell Files Patent Infringement Action Against Schutt Sports
• U.S. Patent Office Issues Final Rejections of Power Integrations Patent Claims Asserted Against Fairchild Semiconductor

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

• Drinker Biddle’s IP Practice Grows With Addition Of Thomas J. McWilliams as Partner
• FatPipe Networks Is Granted Its 7th Patent Providing Greater Internet/WAN Security and Reliability Tools for Business Continuity
• Intralytix Awarded Patent by USPTO for Bacteriophage Treatment of Colonization by Pathogenic Bacteria, Including MRSA
• Merchant & Gould Named Top Trademark Filer In National Ranking
• Natura Therapeutics Receives Patent For Dietary Supplement Designed To Boost Stem Cells
• New M&A Survey Finds IP Assets Growing in Importance in Deal Transactions
• Quest Patent Research Corporation Enters Into a Consulting and Licensing Management Agreement With Leading Web Development Company
• Sandel Avionics Wins Patent Infringement Case Against Honeywell International
• Valence Technology Prevails in Decision by European Patent Office to Revoke University of Texas Patent

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

• Aperio Receives Second Patent for Use of TDI Arrays in Microscope Slide Scanners
• Friendster Expands Its Portfolio With Fourth Social Networking Patent
• Kineto Completes Patent Licensing Agreement With Research in Motion
• Mark Cantor Honored as a Power Lawyer
• Rogers Issues Patent Infringement Complaint Against Arlon
• SIIA Extends Online Software Anti-Piracy Campaign with First-Ever Lawsuits Against Sellers on Amazon.com and iOffer.com
• Tessera to Request Full ITC Review of Administrative Law Judge’s Initial Determination

Monday, December 08, 2008

• Alnylam Strengthens Intellectual Property Estate through Acquisition of Nucleonics Patent Assets
• Bose Headphone Patent Litigation Settled
• Control Screening Issues Retraction Concerning AS&E Litigation and Patent Reexamination
• IEEE Standards Association and Via Licensing Corporation Collaborate to Foster Intellectual Property Licensing Programs for IEEE Standards
• Knobbe Martens Wins $3.5 Million Willful Patent Infringement Verdict on Behalf of Golden Hour Data Systems, Inc.
• Unigene Announces Preliminary Injunction Entered in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Friday, December 05, 2008

• AMD and ATI Enter into MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 License
• Drinker Biddle & Reath Wins Summary Judgment on All Claims for Midway Games in Copyright Infringement Case
• New Scholarship Launches Careers of Patent Law Thought Leaders

Thursday, December 04, 2008

• Baker Donelson Expands Intellectual Property Practice
• Crocs, Inc. and Skechers, Inc. Announce Settlement of Litigation
• Honeywell Licenses Patent-Protected LCD Technology To Optrex
• Law Firms K&L Gates, Bell Boyd in Combination Talks
• Life Insurance Patent Issued for Future System Advisors, LLC
• Lucky Litter LLC Announces ALJ Decision in ITC Case
• Nokia and Research In Motion Renew Patent License Agreement
• Perrigo Settles Desloratadine Patent Litigation
• SAFE Corporation Releases SourceDetective, Internet Search for Software Plagiarism Detection
• TTB Technologies, LLC Files Targeted Advertising Patent Application Based on Original February 2000 Filing

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

• Drinker Biddle Wins Summary Judgment and Rule 11 Sanctions for LG Electronics and Pantech in Patent Infringement Case
• International Trade Commission Judge Rules in Favor of Spansion in Tessera Patent Lawsuit
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Kristopher R. Davis Receives Academic Awards from AIPLA/AIPLEF and Federal Circuit Bar Association
• Medegen Prevails on Appeal in ICU Medical Inc. Patent Infringement Case
• Mylan Announces Settlement Agreement with Novartis Related to Femara First-to-File Opportunity
• New Worldwide Merger Notification Requirements Now Available from Aspen Publishers
• Top Online Retailers Choose CitizenHawk as Their Digital Brand Management Solutions Provider

Monday, December 01, 2008

• Pattishall McAuliffe Welcomes Two New Associates
• Redpoint Bio Corporation Receives Two U.S. Patents Covering Compositions and Methods for Low-Sodium Salt Substitute
• U.S. Patent Office Awards Universal SSO Patent to MetaPass, Inc.
• University of Colorado Awarded Patent Licensed to ALD NanoSolutions, Inc.

Friday, November 28, 2008

• i2Telecom Issued U.S. Patent #7,460,480 for Dynamically Adapting Transmission Rate of Packets in Real-Time VoIP Communications to Available Bandwidth
• Pirkey Barber Wins Trademark Case Against Smack Apparel

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

• Cephalon and Eurand File Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Mylan Pharmaceuticals and Barr Pharmaceuticals
• Euclid Discoveries is Granted Two Patents From the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• MTI Micro Files Its 110th Patent Application and Demonstrates 5500 Hours of Operation

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

• CyberExtruder Receives Patents in Computer Vision, 3D Modeling
• Christen M. Millard Joins Plumsea Law Group as Of Counsel
• Crossroads Successfully Settles Outstanding Patent Litigation
• Experienced IP Litigator Joins Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles
• InterDigital Announces Settlement of Samsung Patent Licensing Disputes
• Jennifer A. Dunner Joins Plumsea Law Group as Of Counsel
• LML Patent Corp. Files Patent Infringement Suit Against 19 Defendants
• ScinoPharm Granted US Patent for Novel Crystal Forms
• USPTO Confirms Validity of Bystolic Patent

Monday, November 24, 2008

• AVI BioPharma Strengthens Patent Position in Exon Skipping
• EMG Technology Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple
• Hesco Bastion Wins Second U.S. Patent Infringement Case
• Intellectual Property Lawyer Marc Friedman Joins Sonnenschein
• Latham & Watkins IP Litigators Obtain Summary Judgment Victory in MD Formulations v. MD Skincare Trademark and Trade Dress Infringement Case

Friday, November 21, 2008

• Draeger Counters What It Believes Are Unsubstantiated Allegations of Patent Infringement by Sperian
• Duane Morris’ Boston Office Adds IP Partner Vincent Capuano, Ph.D.
• Federal Circuit Vacates ICU Medical Summary Judgment Against Medegen and Remands to District Court
• Foley Hoag Welcomes Raj Vallabh, Intellectual Property Counsel
• Move, Inc. Prevails on Summary Judgment in Keithley Patent Case
• Susman Godfrey Wins Patent Verdict Against Dell, Ergotron and CDW

Thursday, November 20, 2008

• Ava Billimoria Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer in Bloomfield Hills as Associate
• Composite Technology Announces Issuance of Key Chinese Patent
• Digital Resolve Granted Patent for Online Fraud Detection Technique
• Handal & Associates Slaps Nebraska Motorcycle Brake Company, GMA Engineering Inc., With Patent Infringement Suit
• Leader Sues Facebook for Patent Infringement
• M-CAM, Inc. Launches Patently Obvious IP Assertion Defense Service

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

• Foley Expands Trial and Patent Litigation Capabilities with Addition of Six Former Thelen Attorneys
• Morrison & Foerster Secures Victory for Funai Against 14 Companies in Patent Infringement Suit
• Partner Curtis E. Smolar Joins Ropers Majeski’s Intellectual Property Practice in San Francisco

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

• AfterCollege and MBA Focus Enter Into Strategic Marketing and Cross-Posting Agreement
• Allon Drugs Receive U.S. Patent for Treatment of Neuropathy
• Court Stays Patent Infringement Suit Brought Against Candela by Palomar
• Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of 30th U.S. Patent
• Spansion Sues Samsung in One of Technology Industry’s Largest Patent Infringement Suits
• Vizio Enters Into MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 License

Monday, November 17, 2008

• Funky Brown Chick Sues Funky Black Chick for Trademark Infringement
• IPCO, LLC and Itron, Inc. Resolve Patent Litigation
• Phoenix Licenses Ticketmaster to Patents Covering Use of Interactive Voice Response Systems
• USPTO 2008 Fiscal Year-End Results Demonstrate Commitment to Sustaining High Performance
• USPTO, NIHFF and the Ad Council Launch

Friday, November 14, 2008

• 11 Merchant & Gould Attorneys Named 2009 Rising Stars by Super Lawyers
• Calypso Wireless, Inc. Files Patent Infringement Suit Against T-Mobile USA, Inc.
• CREDANT Technologies Awarded U.S. Patent
• HP Resolves Ink Cartridge Patent Infringement with LexJet Corporation
• NaturalNano Awarded Two Broad Patents in Energy Technologies
• Universal Avionics Wins Major Rulings in Patent Dispute Against Honeywell

Thursday, November 13, 2008

• Cyclone Power Technologies Files Patent Application for Waste Heat Engine
• Daniel H. Brean Joins The Webb Law Firm as an Associate
• Innovation Asset Group and Dennemeyer & Co. Partner to Deliver Patent Annuity Services to Decipher Customers
• New Patent for the Treatment of Diabetes Complication Exclusively Licensed by Diamyd
• Patents Issued for Inotek Pharmaceuticals’ Lead Clinical Compounds in Glaucoma and Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
• Peter Sawert Rejoins Fish & Richardson
• Ryan J. Miller Named as an Associate at The Webb Law Firm
• Seoul Semiconductor Concludes a Cross License Agreement With TOE of Europe
• Solae and Novozymes File Patent Application

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

• DuPont Files Federal Lawsuit Against INVISTA to Protect Intellectual Property
• Kidz-Med, Inc. and Tecnimed, s.r.l Deny Allegations of Patent Infringement
• New Partner, Of Counsel Join SHB’s Washington, DC Office
• Reliant Technologies, and Palomar Medical Technologies, Announce Launch of a Fractional Technology Licensing Program
• The Lanier Law Firm Announces Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Nintendo Over Wii Video Game Technology

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

• BioShaft Water Technology Inc. Receives U.S. Patent Allowance
• Callaway Golf Wins Post Trial Motions in Lawsuit Against Acushnet
• Emergent Health Corp. (EMGE) Announces Patent Approval for a Painless Botox Type Cream
• Fractus and IPotential Announce Patent Licensing Management Relationship
• General Patent Corporation Names Ed Gomez Chief IP Counsel

Monday, November 10, 2008

• Adeona Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of US Patent for Oral Tiomolibdate Diammonium for Alzheimer’s Disease
• Foley Adds Life Sciences Transactional Team From Heller Ehrman
• Mira London Martinez Joins Fish & Richardson
• Sedgwick Opens Florida Office By Joining Forces With Gordon, Hargrove and James, P.A.
• Solucorp Granted Patent for Its IFS Mercury Emission Control Technology
• Teva Provides Update on Generic Prevacid® Litigation
• Tom Vaughn Joins Fish & Richardson
• U.S. Patent Office Upholds P&G Coffee Patent

Saturday, November 08, 2008

• Senniger Powers Wins Trademark Suit for Renowned Sex Researcher Virginia Johnson
• Winstead PC Announces Settlement Reached between Plaintiff and Microsoft Corporation in Whole Program Code Optimization Patent Case

Friday, November 07, 2008

• Broadcom Awarded 3,000th U.S. Patent
• Datalogic Scanning Brings Another Lawsuit Against Metrologic
• Rylander & Associates Welcomes Jon Reali

Thursday, November 06, 2008

• Arkados Awarded Patent on Universal Network Adapter Technology
• Credit Crunch Leads to High-Tech Firms Exploiting Biggest Asset
• CutisPharma Announces Issuance of a Patent for Suppository Compounding
• District Court Schedules Jury Trial Period in Star Scientific Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against RJ Reynolds
• General Patent is Successful in Litigation to Enforce Smart Connector Patents
• Santarus Prevails on Claims Disputed by Par Pharmaceutical at Markman Hearing
• The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill’s Analytical System Receives Patent Notice of Allowance

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

• 3M and Illinois Tool Works Settle Suit over Patent Infringement
• International Trade Commission Again Vindicates Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
• Macrovision Continues Expansion of European Patent Licensing with COMAG
• Three Rader, Fishman & Grauer Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
• Tropos Networks Awarded Six New Patents for Breakthrough Innovations in Outdoor Wireless Mesh Networks
• US Patent and Trademark Office Withdraws Right of Appeal Notice in ’419 Patent Reexamination

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

• Al Allan Starts New IP Litigation Law Firm
• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Wins Motion in Unfair Competition and Tortious Interference Case
• Smith Micro Software Receives Patent Grant for Detection and Recompression of Embedded Compression Data

Monday, November 03, 2008

• Audiovox Reaches Settlement with INViSiON Industries on Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Energizer Keeps Going
• Thomson Innovation Enhances Intellectual Property Research with Japanese User Interface

Friday, October 31, 2008

• Brazil’s Barbosa, Mussnich & Aragao Advogados Adds Intellectual Property Expertise With Carminatti Schulz
• Dickstein Shapiro LLP’s Intellectual Property Practice Wins Appeal of Infringement Claim Regarding Surgical Sutures
• IP Lawyer with Wide Experience Joins Morgan Lewis in Tokyo
• Patent Litigators Joy Arnold and Bhavana Joneja Join Sheppard Mullin New York
• USPTO and DKPTO to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway

Thursday, October 30, 2008

• Special Feature: Court Limits Patents on Business Methods
• Ariba Wins Patent Case Against Emptoris
• Kilpatrick Stockton Continues Expansion of New York Office
• Occlutech Obtains Favourable Court Ruling in Patent Litigation in The Hague Against AGA Medical
• Prometheus Strengthens Intellectual Property Portfolio with Newly Issued Patents for Thiopurine Metabolite Testing
• PURE Bioscience Granted US Patent on SDC for Food Treatment
• Reed Smith Adds Three New Partners in Silicon Valley
• Xenomics Announces License Agreement with Sequenom for Prenatal Diagnostic Applications of Transrenal Nucleic Acid Technology

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

• Euclid Discoveries is Granted 4th Patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Greenberg Traurig Expands No. 1 Ranked Las Vegas IP Practice
• Othera Pharmaceuticals Announces First U.S. Patent Issued On New Class of Compounds to Treat AMD and Other Ophthalmic Diseases
• PIONEER Wins Patent Infringement Suit against Samsung SDI
• Powerchip Semiconductor Settles Litigation With MOSAID
• Tara Elliott Rejoins Fish & Richardson P.C.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

• Harding and Erickson Join DLA Piper’s Patent Litigation Group in Austin
• Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada) Elects 2008-09 Officers
• Mia Simon Joins Chan Law Group
• Pirkey Barber Managing Partner Tapped to Become President of Prestigious American Intellectual Property Law Association
• U.S. District Court Stays Antitrust Trial and Allows for Immediate Appeal of Summary Judgment Rulings Against IGT in Patent Infringement Case With Bally

Monday, October 27, 2008

• Compellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Awarded Second Broad Patent From the U.S. Patent Office for Novel Obesity Therapy
• Court Rules in Favor of LG Electronics in Patent Case
• Crowell & Moring’s Teresa Stanek Rea Named President of American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Gabriel Technologies Corporation Announces Federal Lawsuit Involving Patent Infringement and Misappropriation of Technology Against Qualcomm Inc.
• Memory Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of Key U.S. Patent for R3487/MEM 3454 and R4996/MEM 63908

Friday, October 24, 2008

• George Bonanto and Cherylyn Mizzo Join Fish & Richardson
• Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation with Kraft
• Heather McCloskey and Paul Menes Join Sedgwick Los Angeles as Special Counsel
• KluwerCompetitionLaw.com Now Includes E-Competitions
• Senniger Powers Partner Honored by the American Bar Association
• Verizon and Klausner Technologies Settle Patent Litigation
• Watson Files Lawsuit Against Barr for OXYTROL Patent Infringement

Thursday, October 23, 2008

• Bottomline Technologies Receives U.S. Patent for Automated Invoice Validation Capability
• Brian Boyd Joins Fish & Richardson
• EMRISE Corporation Second U.S. Patent for Very Low Profile Switches Accepted for Publication
• Voice Network Security Innovator SecureLogix Awarded 14th Patent

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

• bioMETRX, Inc. Executes Patent Rights Extension Agreement
• Danielle Phillip and Hao Tan Joins Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
• Dot Hill Awarded Three Patents for R/Evolution Storage Architecture Technologies
• Enigma Diagnostics Announces Patent License With Applied Biosystems
• MDRNA, Inc. Acquires Patent Estate to Broaden Its RNAi Intellectual Property Portfolio
• MOSAID Grants First Microcomponent Patent Portfolio Sub-license to Panasonic Corporation
• Surgery Tool Maker Sues Rival Over Drill Guide Patent

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

• Ardea Biosciences Awarded Composition of Matter Patent Covering RDEA806, Its Lead NNRTI for the Treatment of HIV
• Dynamic Biometric Systems Announces That the US Patent Office Has Issued the Company a Patent for the Bio-Pen
• Foley Expands Patent Litigation and Class Action Defense Capabilities With Addition of 10 Former Heller Ehrman Attorneys in San Diego
• Integrien Files Four Patents for Real-Time Performance Analytics
• Kodak Enters Into Patent Cross-License Agreement with Nokia
• Mannatech Awarded More Than $700 Thousand in Attorneys’ Fees Against Glycoproducts International
• MeetingWave Files Geo-Location Social Networking Patent Application
• Nationally Renowned IP Litigator Joins Patterson & Sheridan
• PCTEL Requests Re-exam of Interference Detection Patent

Friday, October 17, 2008

• ArvinMeritor and ZF Win Court Decision on Transmission Patent Infringement Suit
• Perkins Coie Acquires Thirteen Former Heller Ehrman Attorneys in Madison, Wisconsin
• Six Merchant & Gould Attorneys Named 2009 Best Lawyers in America
• Sutor Technology Group Limited Announces Patent Approval For Its Bakeoven Renovation In PPGI Production Line

Thursday, October 16, 2008

• Barr Says Court of Appeals Upholds 2005 District Court Decision on 1997 Cipro Settlement
• Echo Therapeutics Announces Issuance of New Patent for Symphony Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
• German Court Finds Edwards Lifesciences’ Transcatheter Valve Patent Not Infringed by CoreValve
• Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., First Licensee under Applied Biosystems’ Real-Time PCR Probe Licensing Program
• Pirkey Barber Welcomes Allison McDade
• Venafi Awarded Patent for Encryption Management System

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

• Ameranth Receives Major Patent for Its ’Casino Poker and Dealer Management System’
• Appellate Court Affirms UCT Infringed Celerity Patents
• Court Closes the Book on Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Fairchild Semiconductor Files New Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Power Integrations
• Inspire Announces Issuance of Patent for Elestat
• Leading Life Sciences Lawyer Karen Dow Joins DLA Piper’s San Diego Office
• Minneapolis Intellectual Property Firm Moves To New Office
• Nidec Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit in Japan Against LG Innotek, Korea
• Nils Victor Montan and Feikje van Rein Broaden IP Consulting Expertise of Robin Rolfe Resources
• Protecode Announces Pedigree Analysis and Reporting Program for Public Open Source Projects

Monday, October 13, 2008

• Aperio Receives Patent for Use of TDI Arrays in Microscope Slide Scanners
• Biodel Receives Notice of Allowance for Insulin Patent Claims in Europe
• I-Flow Corporation Continues to Enforce Its Patent and Trade Secret Rights Against Apex Medical’s Solace Pump Distributed by Zone Medical, LLC
• Rader, Fishman & Grauer is Honored as Innovative Law Firm
• Ryan Kromholz and Manion Adds Partner
• UMD, Inc. Announces Patent Application Filing for pH Modulated Films for Delivery of Actives

Friday, October 10, 2008

• CSMG Technologies Announces Key Fifth U.S. Tissue Bonding/Welding Patent Approved
• Foley & Lardner Successfully Represents Palomar in Patent Trial
• International Trade Commission to Review ITC Judge’s Initial Ruling in SiRF-Broadcom Case
• SiRF & Qualcomm Sign Mutual Patent Non-Assertion Agreement

Thursday, October 09, 2008

• Ballard Expands Its Atlanta Office
• Honigman Opens Kalamazoo Office
• ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Announces Filing of Patent Application for a Novel Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine Technology
• Lighting Science Group Obtains Preliminary Injunction Order Against Philips
• Mobile Satellite Ventures Awarded Multiple Patents For Its Next-Generation Satellite-Terrestrial Communications Network
• National Arbitration Forum Orders Cyberwire to Transfer Domain Names to BA Software
• Novo Nordisk Assigns Inhaled Insulin Patent Portfolio to Aradigm
• Zone Medical, LLC Announces That The U.S. Patent Office Rejected All Claims of Key Patent of I-Flow Corporation

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

• Six Litigators Join Arnold & Porter in Washington and Los Angeles

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

• 3M Licenses Vaccine Adjuvants to Sanofi Pasteur
• APLF Addresses the Future of IP Boutique Firms at Annual Meeting
• ARIAD Announces Favorable Ruling Permitting Immediate Appeal of District Court Findings on NF-KB Patent in Amgen Litigation
• Cytori Receives Two Patent Allowances Related to Uses of the Celution System Output
• David Chernek Joins Chan Law Group as Partner
• Eastman Receives Favorable Decision in ParaStar PET Patent Infringement Case
• Euclid Discoveries is Granted 2nd Patent From the USPTO
• IXYS Reports Denial Of International Rectifier’s Petition For Supreme Court Review
• SAFE Corporation Opens Grid Computing System for Software IP Comparisons
• Seven Rader, Fishman & Grauer Attorneys Named Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• Tu N. Nguyen, Ph.D. Joins Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Monday, October 06, 2008

• Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products, Inc. Receives Solar Product Patent
• Certified Licensing Professional Program Adds Three New Board Members
• Covington Announces Major Expansion of its Patent Litigation Practice and West Coast Presence
• K&L Gates Adds Commercial, IP Litigation Partners in Austin Office
• Mindspeed Completes $2 Million Sale of Intellectual Property
• TiVo Statement on United States Supreme Court Decision to Deny EchoStar’s Appeal
• White & Case Expands IP Practice with Five New Partners

Friday, October 03, 2008

• District Court Affirms Patent Infringement Rulings and Finds That Amgen is Entitled to a Permanent Injunction Against Roche
• Odyne Corporation Awarded Patent for Battery Energy Management and Monitoring System
• PCTEL’s Request For Reexamination of Wider Networks’ Patent Results in Rejection of All Claims

Thursday, October 02, 2008

• ActivIdentity Files Patent Infringement Action Against Intercede Group PLC
• Felix Wu Joins Fish & Richardson
• Firm Growth at Senniger Powers Tops 10 Percent in 2008
• Milestone Scientific Acquires Additional Patent Rights for Painless Injections and Resolves Related Litigations
• Nexergy Applies for Patents for Battery Designs Addressing Complex Charging, Gauging Challenges
• O’Melveny Wins Jury Verdict for Contessa Premium Foods
• RouteOne Victorious in Latest Rulings in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Watson Notified of OXYTROL Patent Challenge

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Licenses Fraud Protection Technology to National A-1 Advertising
• CalAmp Licenses Patents for Vehicle Location Technology to Trackn, Inc.
• Cytori Receives Key Patent for its Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery Product
• DealerTrack Prevails On Claim Construction and Summary Judgment Rulings in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Fish & Richardson Opens Houston Office
• Mirage Networks Receives USPTO Notice of Allowance for Third NAC Patent
• U.S. District Court in Delaware Enters Final Judgment of Approximately $1.2 Billion to Cordis Corporation on Patents Infringed by Medtronic, Inc. and Boston Scientific Corporation

Monday, September 29, 2008

• Micronics Receives Two New Patents on Microfluidic Technologies
• Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks Enter Into Patent License Agreement With Huawei
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Welcomes Ten New Associates

Friday, September 26, 2008

• Special Feature: On Aspects of Barack Obama’s Technology Policy
• C2 Communications Technologies Inc. Settles Lawsuit Against Qwest, Global Crossing, and Level 3
• e.Digital Announces First Flash-R Patent Portfolio License and Settlement Agreement
• Latham & Watkins IP Litigators Lead Fashion Client to Interim Victory in US District Court Case
• Medtronic to Acquire CryoCath Technologies Inc.
• USPTO and IP Australia Enter Into Agreement on International Search and Examination Services on Certain International Applications

Thursday, September 25, 2008

• CryoCath Announces Settlement of Pending Suits with CryoCor, Inc. (Boston Scientific) and AMS Research Corp.
• Kount Receives Patent for Device Fingerprinting
• Power Integrations Patents Ruled Enforceable Against Fairchild
• U.S. Appeals Court Affirms Jury Verdict That Qualcomm Infringes Two Broadcom Patents

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

• Cryptography Research Inc. and Visa Inc. Settle Legal Dispute
• Husch Blackwell Sanders Welsh & Katz Adds Two Litigators to Intellectual Property Group
• Procter & Gamble Files Infringement Lawsuit
• Residential Cruise Line Receives USA Design Patent
• SCHOTT Gemtron Wins Patent Infringement Case Against Saint-Gobain Corporation
• Special Feature: Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: En Banc Federal Circuit Court Puts Teeth Back In Design Patents
• SRI International of Menlo Park Wins Patent Battle Over Enterprise Network Intrusion Detection Technology
• Universal Avionics Reaches Favorable Settlement in Patent Litigation Against Optima Technology Group
• USPTO and KIPO Sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

• Codexis Names Vice President, Intellectual Property
• Evident Technologies Announces Issuance of Key Patent for Semiconductor Nanocrystals Made From III-V Materials
• Federal Circuit Vacates and Remands in CSIRO v. Buffalo
• Gemin X Announces Key U.S. Patent Issued for Obatoclax
• Janet Linn Strengthens Eckert Seamans’ Growing Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Practice
• Niutang Receives Favorable Ruling on Sucralose Patents From International Trade Commission Judge
• Sensys Networks Granted Patent for Wireless Vehicle Detection
• Six Brooks Kushman Lawyers Named to 2008 Super Lawyers List; Five Up-and-Coming Attorneys Named Rising Stars

Monday, September 22, 2008

• ARIAD Announces Court Rulings Regarding NF-KB Patent Lawsuit with Amgen
• Examiner Made Two Legal Errors in Stem Cell Patent Decision, Consumer Advocates Say Appeal Brief Asks Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation’s Patent Claims Be Rejected
• GEOSPAN’s Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pictometry Remains Ongoing
• Hubbell Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against The Watt Stopper/Legrand
• Imprivata Awarded Two New Patents for Advances in Strong Authentication
• Sequenom Announces Exclusive Licensing Agreement with Genomic Nanosystems for Digital PCR Technologies and Methods Patents
• Star Navigation Files Amended Patent Infringement Complaint Against Aeromechanical Services and Provides USPTO Update
• X1 Technologies Receives U.S. Patent for Quick and Effective Search over a Network

Friday, September 19, 2008

• Arete Power, Inc. Announces Trial Date Schedule in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Deere Loses Five Year Legal Battle Against American Farmers
• Driver Passport Inc. Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Patent for Proprietary Inca Block Construction System
• DVD Disc Manufacturer Dicentia Infringing MPEG-2 Patents, German Court Says
• NH Patent Law Firm at 41st World Intellectual Property Congress
• Two New Patents Are Added in Nextec’s Patent Infringement Suit Against Hallwood Group’s Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Brookwood Companies, Inc.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

• APLF Addresses the Future of IP Boutique Firms at Annual Meeting
• BIOLASE Receives New Patent Covering Core Laser Plus Water Technology
• New Partner, Of Counsel, Nine Associates Cap Doubling of IP Practice Size in Five Years
• Novak Druce + Quigg LLP Announces Patent Office Maintains Rejections of All Claims for Tessera Patent and Issues Right of Appeal Notice
• Optellios Sues Future Fiber Technologies for Patent Infringement
• Ounce Labs Granted Fourth Patent in Source Code Analysis and Security
• Perrigo Dismissed from Miconazole Patent Litigation
• Sonnenschein Adds Patent Litigator Rachel Repka in Silicon Valley
• vyrl mkt Purchases Patent for Group Profiling With Electronic Offers From Internet Consumer Exchange

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Kyocera Mita
• Aruba Networks Files Patent Infringement Countersuit Against Motorola, Symbol, and Wireless Valley
• Counsel, Nine New Associates Join SGR
• Depuy Spine And Biedermann Motech Resolve Patent Litigation With Allez Spine
• Innovation International Americas Launches Promotional Opportunity Reports for Intellectual Property Owners
• IPinvestments Group Celebrates Three Year Anniversary
• Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Charles River Ventures Invest in RPX Corporation
• Merchant & Gould Successfully Defends Fabric Duct System’s Brand Against Multiple Trademark Infringements In China
• Microsoft and Pioneer Enter Into Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement to Foster Mutual Innovation in Consumer Technology
• Novocell Awarded Landmark U.S. Patents for Innovative Stem Cell Technologies
• TCS Issued Patent for Coordinating Data for Applications
• United States District Court Awards $4.55 Million Dollars in Damages to Human Touch in Trademark/Trade Dress Infringement Action

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

• Alston & Bird Expands Intellectual Property Litigation Practice in New Silicon Valley Office
• Brooks Kushman Law Firm Opens Office in Los Angeles
• Courtney Quish Joins Fish & Richardson
• Covington’s Expanding IP Practice Adds Gillian Thackray as Partner
• Leading Manufacturer Defends Itself Against National Laser Technology’s Claims
• Tessera Receives Third Office Action in ’627 Patent Reexamination
• U.S. District Court in Delaware Reinstates Damage Awards to Cordis Corporation on Patents Infringed by Medtronic, Inc. and Boston Scientific Corporation

Monday, September 15, 2008

• Certified Licensing Professional Exam Offered in October 2008
• Exeros Granted Patent
• GraphOn Awarded Patent Relating to Internet Protocol Transformation
• Kaye Scholer LLP Secures Defendant Verdict on Invalidity
• Loeb & Loeb Adds Two New Partners and Establishes Advanced Media & Technology Department
• Nano-C Awarded Fundamental Patents for Carbon Nanotube and Fullerene Manufacturing
• Nexidia Awarded New Patent for Speech Query Method
• Thomson CompuMark Launches Watch on SERION

Friday, September 12, 2008

• InterDigital Selects Anaqua’s IP Management Solution
• Leading IP Litigators Join McDermott’s Washington, D.C. Office
• Patent Issued to Smart Disc for Artificial Spinal Disc Technology
• Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson Launches Intellectual Property Alternative Dispute Resolution Group
• SynTest Receives Two Fundamental Patents on Scan Compression
• Via Licensing Announces Patent Licensing Terms for MPEG Surround

Thursday, September 11, 2008

• IGT Announces Summary Judgment Entered in Its Favor Against Bally
• Joseph Koipally, Ph.D., Joins Fish & Richardson
• Ligand Pharmaceuticals and the SALK Institute Enter Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of All Claims
• M-Factor Awarded Patent for Demand Model Updates
• MonoSol Rx Granted Strategic US Patent for Thin Film Manufacturing Process
• Munck Carter Adds to Intellectual Property Section

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

• Allele Biotech Received Broader US Patent in RNAi
• Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. Files Patent for Improved First Warning Diagnostic System and Launches Partner Search
• Privaris Awarded Key Biometric Patents
• PureSpectrum, Inc. Files Patent Application for Universal Lighting Control Device
• Rent A Toll, Ltd. Announces the Issuance of the First Patent
• Sangwon S. Kim Joins Williams Mullen as Partner in Intellectual Property Practice
• Stuart I. Smith Joins Williams Mullen
• TCS Issued Patent Enabling Location Services While Roaming

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

• CAFC Affirms Invalidity Finding of Ricoh’s Patents
• Carlos Perez-Albuerne Selected for the Boston Business Journal’s and El Planeta’s ’20 on the Move’ Award
• Duane Morris’ Tom Meagher Honored for IP Organization Committee Leadership
• InNexus Biotechnology Strengthens Patent Team With New Leadership
• Merchant & Gould Client Receives Doubled Award in Infringement Case Against Hasbro
• Metabasis Therapeutics Appoints Dr. Molly Holman as Vice President of Intellectual Property
• Patent Litigator Jimmy Shin Joins Sonnenschein in Silicon Valley
• Salix Commences Patent Infringement Litigation Against Novel Laboratories
• Syntec Optics Granted US Patent for Innovative HRDT Technology
• V. Robert Denham, Jr. Joins Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.

Monday, September 08, 2008

• Boston Playing Host to International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, World’s Largest Gathering of Patent Lawyers
• Environmental Control Corporation Acquires European Patent
• Hiscock & Barclay Opens New Office in New York City With the Addition of Seven Attorneys
• International Trademark Association Announces the 2008 – 2009 Ladas Memorial Award Competition
• Metamaterial Pioneer Rayspan Files for Reexamination of Ruckus Patents
• Ocimum Biosolutions Awarded US Patent for Molecular Toxicology
• Superlattice Power, Inc. Files Patent for Proprietary Chemical Process to Produce New High Purity Nano Cathode Materials in Industrial Scale for Use in Electric Vehicles

Friday, September 05, 2008

• Approval Process for U.S. Patents Gets Harder
• Brooks Kushman’s John Halan Named to Lawrence Tech Advisory Board
• Genomics Awarded First U.S. Patent Covering Rapid DNA Sequencing Technology Platform to Control Hospital-Acquired Infections
• High Court Rules Oxford University Spin-Out Oxonica Breached Patent License
• HKH Strengthens Intellectual Property Group with Addition of Anthony Morris
• Innovation International Americas Offers IP Owners Key Insights and Best Practices for IP Commercialization
• Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen Adds Technology Law Expert Richard Raysman
• SmarTire Reaches Settlement with Schrader-Bridgeport International on Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Thursday, September 04, 2008

• Anaqua Launches New IP Management Solution for Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises
• Appeals Court Overturns $49M Patent Award Against TARGUSinfo
• Federal Circuit Affirms Invalidity of Cygnus Patents in Favor of United World Telecom
• Federal District Court Grants Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement of AudioFax Patents in Favor of Venali
• Invitrogen Launches Patent Licensing Program for Enabling Amplification Technology
• Isis Receives Notices of Allowance That Significantly Expand the Scope of Key RNA Therapeutic Patents
• Kilpatrick Stockton to Launch Green Initiative
• Knobbe Martens Continues Expansion of D.C. Office With the Addition of New Pharmaceutical Patent Litigator
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun’s Julianne Hartzell Appointed to Board of Directors for the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law Firms
• NeuroFocus Obtains ’Core Patent’ for Applying Neuroimaging as a Marketing Tool
• Paradigm Tactical Products Files 5 Million Dollar Lawsuit Against ACG, Inc.
• USPTO Office Action in the Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,545,040

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

• FatPipe Networks Is Granted a 6th Patent Focusing on WAN/Internet Business Continuity Via Disparate Networks
• Helix BioMedix Announces License Agreement with Rodan + Fields, LLC
• Intellectual Property Partner Hal Milstein Joins Sheppard Mullin Silicon Valley
• Key Patent-Law Decisions’ Impact to Be Covered by Wolf Greenfield Webinar
• Monsanto and Pilot Grove Coop Reach Settlement
• Unique Hearing Aid Receives Patent Protection

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

• Avistar Receives Additional Patent Relating to Instant Messaging, Voice over IP (VoIP) and Videoconferencing
• Calypso Wireless, Inc. Retains Law Firm of Williams Kherkher to Represent It in Connection With Its IP Portfolio
• Dilithium Signs 15th MONA Patent Licensee
• PSKW Expands Its Lawsuit Against McKesson to Seek Assignment of McKesson’s Patent Application
• Purdue Pharma L.P. Announces Resolution of OxyContin Patent Lawsuit with Mallinckrodt Inc.
• Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Files Patent Infringement Complaint Against Maquet Cardiovascular LLC

Friday, August 29, 2008

• Special Feature: Intellectual Property Policy and the Presidential Election - A Discussion on its Future by Leading Policy Advisors to the Candidates
• Cyberlux Corporation Awarded Additional U.S. Patent Claims for BrightEye / WatchDog Portable Light Devices
• Dechert Client Advanced Analogic Technologies Receives Major Victory in Federal Circuit
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Mike Harlin Named One of Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s 2008 ‘40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch’
• Ocean Tomo to Sell Highly-Cited Social Networking Patent at Live IP Auction on October 30th in Chicago
• Patent Appeals Court Rules on One of Two Linear v. AATI Cases on Appeal from the USITC
• PTO Reexamination Finds Convolve Patent Valid
• Thompson Hine Atlanta Office Adds Intellectual Property Practice

Thursday, August 28, 2008

• Barr Announces Favorable Ruling in Razadyne Patent Challenge
• Court’s Ruling Favors Chamilia Jewelry
• Microsoft and Nikon Enter Into Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement
• Ortho-McNeil Neurologics to Appeal Patent Ruling on RAZADYNE
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Confirms Validity of Visto Corporation Patents

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

• Hybricon Corporation Receives a Notice of Allowance for Liquid Cooling Flow Patent
• Mintz Levin Achieves Significant Victory Against Microsoft Corporation in Patent Infringement Case
• Parlay Entertainment and 1st Technology Settle Patent Dispute
• Patent to Allow Authorized Access to Company Servers by Remote Users Issued to TCS
• Reising Ethington Attorneys Continue 100+ Year Tradition in Legal Education
• Verizon and LG Sued By Klausner Technologies for Patent Infringement on Visual Voicemail

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

• Avotus Awarded Patent on ICM E-Procurement Web-Based ’Reverse Auction’ Technology And Methodology
• Ballard Adds Prominent Patent Lawyers
• Bingham Expands Intellectual Property Practice in New York
• Dexterra Issued Patent for Innovative Technology to Seamlessly Move Data to Mobile Devices
• Global Rail Systems Issued U.S. Patent for ’FAS-PAS’ Dark Territory Switch Automation Method
• Litepanels, Inc. and Sony Electronics, Inc. Enter Into License Agreement
• Motorola, General Patent Settle Patent Infringement Suit Involving Digital Output Transducer
• Nuance and Its Subsidiary Tegic Communications File Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Zi Corporation
• Optimata Granted Patent for Modeling Angiogenesis and Providing Optimal Treatment
• Star Scientific Successful in Appeal of Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against RJ Reynolds Tobacco
• Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP Joins Fox Rothschild LLP
• VioQuest Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of New U.S. Patent for Lenocta

Monday, August 25, 2008

• Alexander Poltorak Speaks at NAPP Annual Meeting
• Barr Confirms Patent Challenge of FazaClo Orally Disintegrating Tablets, 25mg and 100mg
• Immersion and Internet Services Settle Litigation
• Meda Has Settled the U.S. Astelin Patent Litigation with Cobalt
• S2 Licensing Formally Launches DVB-S2 Patent Licensing Campaign
• SumoBrain Patent Search Service Goes Live
• Venable Secures Victory in Internet Business Method Patent Dispute

Friday, August 22, 2008

• Forensic Expert Witness Association to Form Midwest Chapter
• K&L Gates Continues Expansion of IP Practice with Addition of Seattle Partner
• Local Attorney Named One of the ’Best of the Bar’
• O2Micro Granted Patent for Cordless Power Tool Invention
• Patent Litigation Victory for Milbank’s Client AstraZeneca

Thursday, August 21, 2008

• Christie, Parker & Hale Prevails in Lawsuit Charging Infringement of Patent for Breast Nipple Cover
• Kinari Patel Joins Fish & Richardson
• LendingTree, LLC and IMX, Inc. Announce Settlement of Patent Litigation
• NuVasive Announces Patent Infringement Complaint Brought by Medtronic Sofamor Danek
• Patent Issued Related to Prometheus Proprietary Test CBir1 Antigen Test Included in Diagnostic for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• PatentCafe Founder Transitions Operations to New President
• Roland Becomes 50th Licensee, Setting a Major Milestone in Moore Microprocessor Patent Licensing Program
• Star Wars Creator Lucasfilm Loses IP Case Against London Affiliate of SimmonsCooper Law Firm
• The Clearman Law Firm Announces Patent Infringement, Fraud Lawsuit Against Nation’s Largest Homebuilders and Home Products Manufacturers
• V.i. Labs Pioneers New Solution for Software Vendors to Combat Growing Piracy Problems and Recover Lost Revenue

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

• AmeriChip International Inc. Prepares to File New Process Patent
• Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP Successfully Challenges US Patent for Client in USPTO Reexamination Proceeding
• Hesco Bastion Wins Patent Infringement
• Pivot3 Initiates Legal Action Against PivotSTOR With the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Pronova BioPharma Announces Ruling by the District Court of Rome, Italy
• Silicon Valley Patent Attorney Stephen M. De Klerk Moves to Sonnenschein
• U.S. District Court Grants AeroMechanical Services’ Motion to Dismiss In Patent Infringement Complaint
• US Patent Office Supports TZero Technologies and Rejects Pulse-LINK Patent

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

• HighRoads Files Patent Application for The Lab
• Intertrust Announces Patent Licensing Agreement With Nokia
• Kirkland & Ellis LLP Expands Patent Litigation Practice
• USPTO Seeks Practitioners to Test Online Continuing Education System

Monday, August 18, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement & License Agreement with WineCommune
• GraphOn Files Lawsuit against Google for Patent Infringement
• Intellectual Property Partner Blaine Templeman Joins Sheppard Mullin New York
• IpAuctions Selling Click-2-Call Internet Patent Portfolio
• Kimberlynn Becnel Davis, Ph.D., Joins Fish & Richardson
• MS, ADESA and Live Global Bid Settle the Patent Infringement Case Relating to the AMS Patent
• The Research Foundation of State University of New York and Sigrity Filed Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Ansoft/ANSYS
• Tobira Therapeutics Inc. Receives US Patent for TBR-652
• Via Licensing Appoints Roger Ross Vice President of Legal Affairs
• Wolf Greenfield Wins Three More Years of Patent Protection for Shire Pharmaceuticals’ ELAPRASE
• ZIOPHARM Receives Notices of Allowance for European and U.S. Patents Covering Indibulin

Friday, August 15, 2008

• Federal Court Rules that Open Source Licenses are Enforceable Under Copyright Law
• International Trade Commission Upholds Patent Ruling Against SiRF
• West Coast Trends Settles Patent Infringement Suit with Armor Gear
• Wi-LAN and Texas Instruments Agree to Dismissal Without Prejudice

Thursday, August 14, 2008

• Arvind Jairam Joins Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds as a Patent Agent
• Bingham Expands Intellectual Property Practice in New York
• Brian Hinman Joins Verizon as Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy
• DUSA Announces Patent Licensing Agreement
• Former USPTO Director, Q. Todd Dickinson Named Executive Director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Ion C. Abraham, Ph.D. is Promoted to Associate at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds
• John Steinbeck’s Widow’s Heirs Win Major Copyright Case
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Launches Cleantech and Renewables Industry Group
• Patent Experts to Share WiMAX/LTE Claims Coverage Insights
• Watson Announces District Court Ruling in Naproxen Sodium Patent Suit

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

• Bambi Faivre Walters, PC certified as an 8(a), Native American WOSDB by US Small Business Administration
• Honigman Named as a ’Best Law Firm for Women’ by Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC
• HyPower Fuel Announces Successful Negotiations to Secure Biofuel Patent Rights
• McAndrews Held & Malloy Presents Patent Law Developments at American Chemical Society National Meeting
• Overstock.com Dismissed From Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Peak Resources Enters Exclusive Landmine Detection Technology Development Agreement with Roke Manor Research of the U.K.
• PureSpectrum, Inc. Formally Files Patent Application for Dimmable CFL Bulb
• Supreme Court Justice Scalia Is Luncheon Speaker For Legacy Conference Sept. 16
• Techalt, Inc. Announces U.S. Patent Office Grants Petition to Revive Review of the Patent Application for Stan’s Rodeo Ointment
• Tom Williams Joins Howrey’s Chicago Office

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

• Aladdin Grants Giesecke & Devrient License to Use Patented USB Strong Authentication Technology
• Avistar Receives Two New Patents For Login-Based Routing of Real-Time Communications
• Barr Announces Agreements to Settle Mirapex and Aggrenox Patent Challenges
• Eighth Assisted Global Positioning System Patent Issued to TCS
• Health Discovery Corporation’s Newest U.S. Patent Covers SVM-Based Analysis of Medical Images
• Ulysses Pharma Receives First Issued Patent on Novel Class of Antibiotics

Monday, August 11, 2008

• ADC and Panduit Reach Enterprise Structured Cabling Licensing Agreement
• Crowell & Moring’s Intellectual Property Group Expands with Experienced Patent Trial Lawyer
• Dallas Attorney Jim Chester Joins Cowles & Thompson as Shareholder
• Duane Morris’ San Francisco Office Adds IP Lawyers Stephen Durant and Robert Scheid
• Global Water Technologies Files Patent Application for On Site Sulfuric Acid Generation Process
• Kramer Levin Expands its Intellectual Property Department with the Addition of Top Patent Litigator Robert Morris
• McDermott’s Boston Office Welcomes Intellectual Property Partner
• Nabeela Rasheed Joins McAndrews, Held & Malloy as Shareholder
• Orrick Adds Seventh IP Partner This Year to Expanding Global Practice
• Veeco and Asylum Research Settle Patent Dispute

Friday, August 08, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with buySAFE
• Investment Firm Announces US Patent Award - Potential to Significantly Alter Online Businesses Use of Email
• Lipid Sciences Granted Two Fundamental Viral Immunotherapy Patents
• Technology Research Corporation and Shanghai ELE Announce Settlement
• Texas Court Issues Markman Ruling in Candela’s Suit Against Palomar
• ULDAGE Releases Joint Patent License for Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards

Thursday, August 07, 2008

• Alexion Secures U.S. Patent for ALXN6000, a First-In-Class Anti-CD200 Monoclonal Antibody
• Irell & Manella Names Matthew Sant and Gregory Klein Co-chairs of its Emerging Technologies Practice Group
• Litigator Renata A. Guidry Joins Pruetz Law Group
• Loeb & Loeb’s National IP Practice Continues Steady Growth
• Patent Professionals Cross Globe to Hone Legal Knowledge, Translating Innovation into Profit
• Reed Smith Adds IP Partner in Chicago
• U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Judgment That InnovaSystems Has Infringed Proveris Scientific’s SprayVIEW Patent
• USPTO Identifies New Applicability Date of Certain Provisions in

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

• Helix BioMedix Announces U.S. Patent Issuance for Novel Class of Antimicrobial
• Lipid Sciences Granted Two Fundamental Viral Immunotherapy Patents
• Morris, Manning & Martin Adds to Intellectual Property Practice in D.C., Atlanta
• Novatel Wireless Awarded Patent for Message Delivery System to Communicate with Multimode Mobile Internet Devices
• SiRF Requests Reexamination of Broadcom Patents Asserted Against SiRF
• UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Head, Robert Barr, Joins ThinkFire Board of Directors
• USPTO Issues Patent Embodying Methodologies for Abating a Broad Range of Allergens, Pathogens, Viruses, Bacteria, Odors and Volatile Organic Compounds

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

• Health Discovery Corporation Inks Agreement with Patent Profit International for Monetization of Patent Portfolio
• Legal Services Corporation and LexisNexis Launch
• Orrick Announced Patent Office Rejects Tessera’s U.S. Patent No. 5,852,326 Again
• Patriot Scientific and Crossflo Systems, Inc. Agree to Merger
• QIAGEN and Idaho Technology Settle Patent Dispute
• Reed Smith Hires Partner for Planned Silicon Valley Office
• Sergio Garcia, Leading Life Sciences Transactions Attorney, Joins Reed Smith in San Francisco
• TruePosition Wins Permanent Injunction Against Andrew Corporation For Cell Phone Location Technology

Monday, August 04, 2008

• Altera Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Zilog
• Camille Ciesliga Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer in Bloomfield Hills, MI and Washington, DC as Associate
• IP Lawyer for Entertainment and Media Industries, James D. Nguyen, Joins Wildman Harrold’s L.A. Office
• Midatech Announces Priority Nanoparticle Patent Granted by US
• Patent Attorney Jeffery J. Makeever Named Chair of Reinhart’s Intellectual Property Department
• Thomson CompuMark Launches Brazil Online Trademark Screening Database
• USPTO Unveils New Educational Museum Exhibit

Friday, August 01, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patents for Automated Database Retrieval Technology
• Global Bio-Chem Technology Group Company Limited, Foley Hoag LLP, and Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg LLP Prevail in International Trade Commission Patent Infringement Investigation
• OriginOil Files International Patent for Quantum Fracturing Technology
• Second Circuit Reverses Injunction Preventing InterDigital from Proceeding Against Nokia Before U.S. International Trade Commission
• SonoSite and GE Resolve First Lawsuit
• Twin Cities’ Briggs and Morgan Expands IP and Litigation Practices

Thursday, July 31, 2008

• Affinity Settles Lawsuit with Ameritrade
• Alston & Bird Expands Dallas IP Litigation Practice
• Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Receives Ruling in Markman Hearing in Patent
• COPAN Systems Receives Five New Patents for Persistent Data Storage Solutions
• DNA Heritage Success in Patent Battle Helps Keep Genealogy DNA Test Prices Low
• DuPont Settles with Cortron on Cyrel FAST Thermal Platemaking Patent Technology
• Google Sued for Patent Infringement by Web Tracking Solutions and Inventor
• Mavent Obtains Innovative Technology Patent for Mortgage Compliance
• Microsoft Files Patent Infringement Action With the ITC Against Primax
• Silence Therapeutics Receives Allowance from United States Patent and Trademark Office for its Core RNAi Patent
• USPTO and National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation Join Ad Council to Inspire Invention in Children

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

• Alston & Bird Opens West Coast Offices
• Audiovox Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio License
• Bell Boyd Expands Washington Office IP Practice
• DealerTrack Prevails On Five Pre-Trial Rulings in Patent-Infringement Lawsuit
• Florida Federal Court Confirms Dismissal of CMCD Patent Challenge by Indeco
• Gene Bridges Granted Patents in Japan and Mexico for Recombineering Technology
• Macrovision Continues Expansion of European Patent Licensing with LG Electronics
• Nidec Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
• NuGEN Receives Patent for Global Nucleic Acid Amplification
• RouteOne Favored on Key Rulings in Patent-Infringement Lawsuit
• Sughrue Mion Continues to Expand California Practice

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

• Barr Confirms Patent Challenge of Sensipar Tablets, 30mg, 60mg and 90mg
• Canica Design Awarded Milestone U.S. Patent for Dynamic Wound Closure Systems
• Cyclone Power Technologies Files Patent Application for Critical Component of Its Green Engine
• Innovation International Americas Launches Full Suite of Services for Intellectual Property Commercialization
• Intellectual Property Litigator Shawn McDonald Joins Sheppard Mullin Del Mar Heights
• Kellie L. Carden Joins The Webb Law Firm as an Associate
• Lorus Therapeutics Announces Allowance of New United States Patent for its Anticancer Drug LOR-2040
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Sharon Hwang Elected Vice President/President-Elect of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area
• Nventa Wins European Patent Challenge Covering Lead Product Candidate HspE7 and Other HPV Therapeutics
• Spectrum Brands Refutes Claims Made By Energizer
• U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court’s Decision that Motorola Phones Do Not Infringe University of Texas System Patent
• USPTO Deputy Director Margaret J. A. Peterlin to Leave Agency

Monday, July 28, 2008

• Aaron A. Mace Joins Morgan & Finnegan
• Chadbourne Elects Four Attorneys to Partnership from New York, London Offices
• IMPAX Sued Based on ANDA Amendment for Additional Dosage Forms of Generic Opana ER
• Kontiki Awarded Patent for Distributed Content Delivery Technology
• NorthPole Companies Secures Summary Judgement Against Bravo Sports, Inc.
• Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. Named Go-To Law Firm for Technology
• Winning Edge Settles Patent Lawsuit with SportsDirect and Covers Media Group

Friday, July 25, 2008

• Barr Confirms Patent Challenge of Fentora Tablets
• Carr & Ferrell LLP’s Expands its Practice with Four New Attorneys
• Fifteen McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorneys Honored as ‘Super Lawyers’ or ‘Rising Stars’
• Lannett Company Comments on Litigation with KV Pharmaceuticals
• NeoMedia’s Patent Review Moves to Next Phase
• Warner Chilcott Announces New Information in USPTO Reexamination of TACLONEX Patent

Thursday, July 24, 2008

• Cargill Receives Patent for Breakthrough Taste Modification ID Technology
• eBay Software Pirate Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Sharon Hwang Elected to Board of Directors of Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law Firms
• Patent Partner Todd Lorenz Joins King & Spalding’s Intellectual Property Group
• PRG Group Announces Patent Filing for Real-Time Translator

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

• 10 Years After State Street Decision That Transformed Patents, Appeals Court May Reverse Field
• CalciTech US and Canadian Patent Applications Granted
• Global Ecology Corp. Files for Patent on Mobile PureWater System
• HyperRoll Wins 3 New U.S. Patents
• Latham & Watkins Antitrust Litigators Successfully Resist Class Certification on Behalf on AMD and ATI Technologies
• Monogram Announces Issuance of Key Patents Related to VeraTag Technology
• Silence Obtains Important Patent Protection for Lead Internal Development Compound, Atu027
• Students Given Opportunity to Practice Intellectual Property Law Before the USPTO

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

• Activplant Corporation Receives Patent on its Throughput Analyzer
• Cara Therapeutics Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent Covering Second Generation Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonists
• IMPAX Sued Based on ANDA for Generic Flomax®
• SFLC Files GPL Violation Lawsuit Against Extreme Networks, Inc.
• Tranzyme Pharma Receives Notices of Allowance from USPTO on Two Patents Protecting Company’s Lead Pharmaceutical Development Programs
• U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Patent for ACIPHEX Valid and Enforceable
• VocalTec Receives $9.2 Million Net from the Sale of 11 of its 22 Patents

Monday, July 21, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into a Settlement and License Agreement with BenQ America Corp. and BenQ USA Corp
• Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Action Regarding Notice of Allowance Received for Second Aversion Technology Patent
• Ciralight Awarded Daylighting Technology Patent
• Mindspeed Completes $10 Million Sale of Intellectual Property
• Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Receives U.S. Patent for New Cancer Compounds

Friday, July 18, 2008

• Andy Thomson Joins Fish & Richardson
• ContentGuard Licenses Digital Rights Management Patents to Nokia Corporation
• GPS Industries Files Patent Infringement Suit Against ProLink and Other Parties
• TriCipher Wins New Patent for Affirming Remote Users’ Identities
• United States Patent and Trademark Office to Host 13th Annual Independent Inventors Conference
• Validity of Allergan Patents Acknowledged by Jan Marini in Settlement of Allergan’s Patent Infringement Suit Against Jan Marini Skin Research, Inc.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

• Ballard’s Corey Field Elected Vice President/President-Elect of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. and Governor of the Recording Academy’s Philadelphia Chapter
• CalAmp Awarded Additional Smart Antenna Patents
• New York Federal Court Upholds Patent Infringement Case of KBT&F Client Columbia University Professor Gertrude Neumark Against Cree Inc.
• Patterson Firm Gains Strength in Electronics and Computer Technology
• Prominent Business Lawyer M. Kenneth Suddleson Joins Wildman Harrold to Lead Firm’s New L.A. Office
• SKECHERS Denies Crocs’ Baseless Claims
• Top IP and Business Litigator Joins Womble Carlyle
• USPTO and New York Law School Announce Extension and Expansion of Peer-to-Patent Pilot
• Wyeth and Impax Announce Final Settlement of Effexor XR Patent Suit

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

• American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Payless ShoeSource
• Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Signs Major IP Monetization Contract
• ByteShield™ Releases Windows Vista Version of Best Available Anti-Piracy Software Solution
• Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc. Announces U.S. Patent Issued Covering its DETERx Abuse Deterrent Sustained Release Technology
• Covington Secures Major Patent Litigation Appeals Court Victory
• Fish & Richardson Wins $18 Million Jury Verdict for DeepNines Technologies Against McAfee
• Husch Blackwell Sanders, Welsh & Katz Pool Talent: Combination Complete
• Life Sciences Patent Partner Joins Bell Boyd
• LiveVox Awarded Patent for Carrier-Grade Hosted VoIP Dialer Solution
• Morgan & Finnegan Expands Trademark Practice
• Rambus and Qimonda Sign Amended Patent License Agreement
• Rudolph Technologies, Inc. Wins Summary Judgement Ruling Against Camtek, Ltd.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

• Alloptic Receives Patent
• Christopher Sweeney Moves to Knobbe Martens’ Seattle Office
• Court of Appeals Rules in Favor Of i-Deal & Thomson
• DatCard Licenses Its DICOM Image Publishing Patent To Dicom Solutions
• EV Group Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against the 3M Company
• Judith A. Silver Joins Boca Raton Office of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP
• OPTi Receives Ruling in Markman Hearing in Patent Infringement Action Against Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
• Silverlit and Spin Master Resolve Patent Lawsuit Versus Westminster

Monday, July 14, 2008

• 3Com to Receive $70 Million from Realtek to Resolve Patent and Technology Issues
• 4C Controls Inc. Announces Exclusive Technology Licensing Agreement
• Cloudmark Granted Patent for Spam Blocking Technology, the Industry’s Largest and Most Accurate Real-Time Threat Reporting System
• Library of Congress and Partners Release International Digital Preservation and Copyright Report
• O2Micro Receives Smart Card Patent Continuation
• Patent Granted in Mexico for Breakthrough CodecSys Video Compression Technology from Broadcast International

Friday, July 11, 2008

• Federal Judge Holds Orange County, CA Real Estate Broker in Contempt of Court for Violating Judgment For Trademark Infringement of Leisure World Trademarks
• Hovey Williams LLP Adds New Attorney
• Judge Validates Both Mannatech Ambrotose Patents in Case Against Glycoproducts International
• Rambus Files Patent Infringement Suit Against NVIDIA
• Silence Therapeutics Announces Successful Opposition of Glover Patent

Thursday, July 10, 2008

• All Post-Trial Motions Denied in Saffran v. Boston Scientific
• Bosch Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• Howrey Represents Angiotech in Successful Defence of Taxus Stent Patent Before the House of Lords
• PCZL IP Law Firm Announces Two New Partners
• USA Technologies Issued EnergyMiser International Patent

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

• Allon Granted U.S. Patent for Lead Product in New Technology Platform
• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains Patent Office Approval for Technology That Removes Mercury from Power-Plant Emissions
• Drew Acquires Patent for RV Stabilizing System and Other Assets
• Electro-Chemical Technologies Ltd. Reports That the Auction of Nine of Its U.S. Patents Has Been Completed and Approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
• Hill Branscomb and IPotential Announce Multi-million Dollar Patent Sale
• InferX Corporation Receives Approval for Its Patent Application on Knowledge Inferencing and Data Visualization Method and System
• Maker of Navizon Receives Patent for Wireless Positioning System
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy and Founding Partners Recognized by Chambers USA as Intellectual Property Law Leaders
• Patent Litigator Rowena Young Joins King & Spalding
• WordLogic Corporation Files Patent Infringement Against Mercedes-Benz USA

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

• AirIQ Provides Update on Patent Infringement Claim
• Cleveland BioLabs Granted First Patent for Protectan CBLB502
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun’s Eric Brusca Joins Illini Biotechnology Organization Advisory Board
• Maureen T. Shannon Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer in Bloomfield Hills as Associate
• National Programming Service’s Right to Sell Distant Network Programming Upheld by Federal Court of Appeals
• Ocean Tomo’s www.PatentBidAsk.com Features Patents Available for Immediate Purchase
• Widevine Files Virtual Smart Card Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Verimatrix

Monday, July 07, 2008

• Advanced Biological Laboratories Patent Licensing Technologies SARL Enters U.S. Patent License Agreement With Viralliance Inc.
• Stem Cell Therapeutics Announces Issuance of Keystone Prolactin Patents

Thursday, July 03, 2008

• Cereplast Compostables® Resins Granted U.S. Patent for Composition
• Chemokine Therapeutics Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent
• InterDigital® and Nokia Agree to End English Court Actions
• NERA Economic Consulting Establishes Presence in Canada
• Sheppard Mullin Adds IP Litigation Partners in Orange County
• Summary Judgment Granted for SEROQUEL Patent Litigation in the US
• Visto Patent Ruled Valid by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Biolitec, Dornier and CoolTouch
• Workman Nydegger’s Jonathan W. Richards Elected Secretary of American Intellectual Property Association Board

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

• Gunster Yoakley’s Kevin M. Levy Serves on International Audio-Conference Panel on Technology Transfer Tactics
• James S. Blank, Noted Intellectual Property Lawyer, Joins Kaye Scholer LLP
• Joseph R. Re Installed as New President of Federal Circuit Bar Association
• Limelight Networks Provides Update on Recent Court Rulings in Akamai Patent Trial
• Orrick Continues Global IP Expansion with Los Angeles Partner
• Patent Case Results in Favorable Jury Verdict for Linear Technology
• Redknee Awarded New United States Patent

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

• arGentis Files Patent on Nucleic Acid Sequences and Polymorphisms Predictive of Patient Responses to ARG201 an Immunotherapy for Late Phase Systemic Sclerosis
• Bavarian Nordic Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Oxford BioMedica
• Stamps.com Wins Patent Trial Against Kara Technology
• TapImmune Issued U.S. Patent Relating to Methods for Enhancing an Immune Response
• Third HDL Selective Delipidation Patent Granted to Lipid Sciences

Monday, June 30, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Licenses Fraud Protection Technology to SPG
• Hoya Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• j2 Global Files Patent Infringement Suits Against Protus IP Solutions, Inc., Captaris, Inc. and EasyLink Services International Corporation
• Novelos Therapeutics Receives 6th U.S. Patent
• SiRF Requests International Trade Commission Review of Initial Determination in the SiRF Litigation Against Broadcom
• Stinger Reveals Invention of Medical Monitoring Circuit for Its S-200 Projectile Stun Guns
• Unidym Inc. Announces Launch of Patent License Option Program and Execution of First Patent License Option

Friday, June 27, 2008

• Barr Announces Favorable Ruling in Mirapex Patent Challenge
• Foley Attorney Named One of the Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory For Walgreen Co.
• National Patent Development Corporation and Five Star Products, Inc. Announce Entry Into Tender Offer and Merger Agreement
• Saxon Innovations Acquires Fundamental Electronic Address Book Patents from Gez Microsytems, Inc.
• TechRadium, Leading Notification Firm, Receiving and Defending Its Patents

Thursday, June 26, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Oki Data
• Axentis Pharma Takes Over Patents and Continues Development of Innovative Platform Technology
• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains Patent Office Approval for Technology That Removes Mercury from Power-Plant Emissions
• Clinical Data Secures EU Patent for MDR1
• Knobbe Martens Announces U.S. Court of Appeals Overturns Jury Verdict against Industrial Dynamics Co. Ltd. in Patent Infringement Case
• Korean Supreme Court Reverses Korean Patent Court Ruling That Upheld Validity of FormFactor Patent
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Continues Growth, Adds Special Counsel Jeffrey Salmon
• Patent Issued for Core Technology Used by MyECheck Inc. for Remotely Created Check Service
• PureSpectrum, Inc. Issued New Patent for High Frequency Electronic Ballast
• U.S. Patent Allowed for Key Video Compression Technology from Broadcast International
• USTelematics Announces Intention to Acquire Key Digital Media Rights Management Technology in Exchange for UTLM Stock at $1.50 Per Share

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

• Drinker Biddle Partner Robert Cannuscio Elected Secretary of PIPLA Board
• Intellectual Property Law Firm Lee & Hayes Significantly Expands Seattle Presence, Opens Austin Office
• Omniture Awarded Patent for Testing and Analytics
• STOP Announces BluTag and VeriTracks Technology and Patent License Agreement With iSECUREtrac Corp.
• V.i. Labs Secures Patent for Innovative Software Protection Technology Within its Flagship CodeArmor Solution
• vmSight Granted U.S. Patent for Connector ID Technology
• WordLogic Corporation Retains Legal Team for Patent Enforcement

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

• Alcon Enters Into Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement With AMO
• Apple Inc. and 9 Others Added to Greatly Expanded Dell, Inc. Patent Infringement Suit Brought by Typhoon Touch Technologies, Inc.
• Applied Materials Releases Statement Regarding its SunFab™ Thin Film Solar Technology
• Federal Courts Ratify Pulse~LINK Patents in UWB-Over-Coax Patent Infringement Case Against Tzero
• LifeVantage Corporation Awarded Second Patent for Protandim®
• Morrison & Foerster Adds National Group of Accomplished IP Litigators
• RegeneRx Receives First Patent on Tß4’s Ability to Repair Lung Damage Resulting from Infections and Other Disorders
• U.S. Patent on Cytori’s Celution® System Technology Issued

Monday, June 23, 2008

• Alchemia Patents Granted for Generic Fondaparinux
• BI2 Technologies Announces Patent Application for Mobile, Wireless and Hand-Held Iris Biometric Device
• George Mason University -- School of Law and Banner & Witcoff Present the Seventh Annual Symposium on Hot Topics in Patent Law
• Husch Blackwell Sanders Announces Combination With Welsh & Katz
• K&L Gates, Kennedy Covington Partners Approve Combination of Firms
• Loeb & Loeb Successfully Protects MGM’s Rights to Pink Panther Films
• Novogen Signs Spanish Patent License With Laboratorios Casen-Fleet
• Prominent IP Litigator Beth Parker Joins Arnold & Porter in San Francisco
• X1 Technologies Receives U.S. Patent for Search Efficiency

Thursday, June 19, 2008

• AVANIR Announces Grant of New Zenvia Patent
• Court Determines That University of Pittsburgh and Artecel Have Sole Rights to Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Patent
• Daniel Hampson, Elizabeth Neal, and Adam Donovan Join Fish & Richardson
• Defense Victory in Design Patent Case in Marshall, Texas
• FDA Lawyer P. Terrence Gaffney Joins Duane Morris’ Baltimore Office
• Frame Media, Inc. to Defend Patent Infringement Allegations
• Hiscock & Barclay Expands Boston Presence by Opening Downtown Office with New Attorney Group
• Howrey Continues To Expand Chicago Office
• Network-1 Enters Into New Agreement With Microsemi
• Patent Litigator Rahul Das Joins Townsend’s Washington, DC Office
• Start Licensing, Inc. Reaffirms Control of Key Cloning Patents
• Stephen J. Kontos Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer in Bloomfield Hills as Associate
• Stroock Wins Significant Summary Judgment Ruling in Trade Secrets Case for its Clients Richards Manufacturing & Glenn Luzzi
• The Patent Board Names Scott Oldach as President

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Licenses Fraud Protection Technology to Full Spectrum
• AutoGenomics Receives a Key European Patent for HPV Detection
• Cameron Luitjens, Ph.D., Joins Fish & Richardson
• Cooley Further Strengthens IP Litigation Practice in San Diego
• Given Imaging Announces Completion of Patent Litigation Settlement
• Peer-to-Patent Pilot Releases Report Demonstrating Success of Public Participation in Patent Process
• Pfizer and Ranbaxy Settle Lipitor Patent Litigation Worldwide
• Premiere Global Services, Inc. and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement
• Prominent Copyright Lawyer Jacqueline C. Charlesworth Joins Morrison & Foerster

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patent for Internet Radio Advertisement Technology
• Andrew Baraniak, Ph.D., Joins Fish & Richardson
• Audiovox Corporation Files Patent Infringement Suit Against INViSiON Industries
• Cephalon Announces Issuance of Patent for AMRIX
• Intellectual Property Practice Obtains Favorable Jury Verdict in Touchscreen Entertainment Device Patent Infringement Case
• Intradigm Announces Allowance of Key RNA Interference (RNAi) Patent

Monday, June 16, 2008

• Abraxis to Appeal Jury Ruling on Elan Patent Infringement Claim
• ADC Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against AFL Telecommunications
• Ballard Acquires Atlanta IP Group
• C2 Communications Technologies Inc. Receives Favorable Claim Construction Ruling in Patent Litigation
• Harman International Wins Patent Dispute in German Federal Court
• Odyne Corporation Awarded Patent for Battery Thermal Management System
• Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Awarded Two New U.S. Patents Broadening Its Targeted Anti-Phospholipid Patent Portfolio
• PTO Extends Reexamination of Tessera Patent
• Raymond K. Chan and Andrew D. Shupe Join Chan Law Group
• Shantanu Basu Joins Mintz Levin’s Silicon Valley Office

Friday, June 13, 2008

• Cyclone Power Technologies Receives Patent Approval for Critical Component of Its Green Engine
• Magnetek Announces Settlement of Legal Dispute
• New Partner Addition Expands Hogan & Hartson’s Intellectual Property and New Media Practices

Thursday, June 12, 2008

• Genentech Settles Dispute Related to Cabilly Patent
• iVoice Technology, Inc. Announces New Patent Application Filed for Recycled Tire Trash Can
• Motorola Sued for Stealing Pioneering Wireless Technology: Inventor Memorylink Corp. Seeks Return of Patents and Profits
• ShopKo Stores and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement
• Xtreme Coil Issued New Patent, Appoints Director

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

• Does Your Licensing Strategy Still Work? The Supreme Court Clarifies Patent Exhaustion Doctrine
• Barr Confirms Patent Challenge of Prevacid SoluTab Delayed-Release Orally Disintegrating Tablets
• Genta Receives Notice of Allowances for European Patents Related to Composition and Processes for Tesetaxel
• Metabolon Awarded Additional Metabolomics Patent
• Microsoft Patent Challenge Update: Majority of Microsoft Re-Examination Challenges of Avistar’s U.S. Patents Rejected by U.S. Patent Office
• Mylan Wins Generic Prilosec Patent Litigation
• Oerlikon Solar Takes Legal Action Against Sunfilm AG
• Paul Hastings Secures Supreme Court Victory for Quanta Computer in Patent Dispute
• Red Hat Puts Patent Issue to Rest
• SpeedGauge Receives U.S. Patent for Driver Safety Using GPS
• Telik Announces Patents on Compounds Related to TELINTRA

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

• Carlson Laboratories and Metagenics Announce Dismissal of Patent Infringement and Unfair Competition Suit
• GraphOn Awarded Two Patents Related to Firewall Security
• Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. Prepares Patent Filing for Improved First Warning™ Diagnostic System
• McDermott’s Los Angeles Office Welcomes Intellectual Property Partner
• Provectus Pharmaceuticals Receives US Patent Providing Further Protection for Novel Agent PH-12

Monday, June 09, 2008

• Amtrak and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement
• Barnes & Thornburg LLP Establishes Practice Group Focused on Nanotechnology Opportunities
• Cytori Receives Patent on Core Celution® System Technology
• OpenPages Receives Patent for Market-Leading Enterprise GRC Software
• Oriel Therapeutics Inc – Receives 4th US Patent
• RCT Licenses Ultrasound Tissue Harmonic Imaging Technology to SonoSite
• SPYRUS Granted Patent for Full Disk Encryption With Pre-Boot Authentication and Configurable Access and Encryption Controls
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Welcomes Two Litigation Associates
• USPTO to Publish New Rules Regarding Ex Parte Appeals Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Friday, June 06, 2008

• Cooley Expands IP Practice in San Diego
• Drinker Biddle’s George A. Frank Appointed American Bar Association Chair
• JA Apparel Corp. Wins Injunction Reaffirming Ownership of Joseph Abboud Brand Name

Thursday, June 05, 2008

• ALL Fuels & Energy Retains Patent Counsel For Super Enzyme Development Efforts
• MOSAID Signs Patent License Agreement With Fabless Semiconductor Memory Company
• Techalt, Inc. Announces Petition for Revival of the Patent Application for Stan’s Rodeo Ointment
• Winning Edge Settles Patent Lawsuit with VegasExperts.com and Vegas Insider

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

• Antares Receives a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Covering Anturol
• biOasis Technologies Inc. Patent Granted For a New Biomarker as an Aid to Diagnosing and Monitoring Alzheimer’s Disease
• BroadLight Secures Patent for High-Speed Internal Bus Architecture in GPON Semiconductors
• C2 Communications Technologies Inc. Settles Lawsuit Against Sprint
• Document Security Systems Signs Non-Exclusive Licensing Agreement with Litho Formas S.A. de C.V. Security Printer for Mexico
• Innurvation Taps Pachira IP for Patent Licensing Representation
• International Game Technology and Cyberview Technology, Inc. Enter into Asset Purchase Agreement and Licensing Agreement
• International Isotopes Inc. Announces the Filing of Domestic and International Patent Applications for the Company’s Fluorination Technology
• iRise Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Axure Software Solutions
• Mortgage Grader Receives U.S. Patent; Transparency and Choice for Consumers
• Spectros Corporation Closes Technology Access Agreement With Caliper Life Sciences
• Uniloc Inc. and Macrovision Corporation Agree to Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuits

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

• CDX Gas Settles Patent Litigation With CNX Gas
• Cephalon Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Watson Pharmaceuticals
• Clean Water Scientific, Inc. Files Patent for New Oxygenation Product for Fish Farming in Tidal Areas
• Extreme Networks Announces Victory in Patent Litigation
• i2Telecom International Sells VoiceStick® Patent
• Sangoma Files Patent Application for Fax Synchronization Product
• U.S. Patent Office Confirms Second of Four Viread® Patents
• VNUS Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation with AngioDynamics and Vascular Solutions

Monday, June 02, 2008

• Cherokee International Awarded Patent for DC/DC Circuit
• DialysisPPO Files Provisional Patent Application for Dialysis Cost Containment
• Fourteen of Microsoft Re-examination Challenges of Avistar’s U.S. Patents Rejected by U.S. Patent Office
• OriginOil Files Patent for Scalable and Modular Algae Growth System
• Wegener Signs $1 Million Agreement to Sell Selected Patents and Patent Applications

Friday, May 30, 2008

• Cantor Colburn Adds Eight New Attorneys to Meet Continuing Client Demand
• Cleantech Group Launched by Wolf Greenfield, Boston
• Haynes and Boone Secures Summary Judgment In Toll Collection Technology Patent Case
• Holland & Knight Expands National Intellectual Property Practice With Addition of Patent Attorney Group in Washington, D.C.
• Intellectual Property Lawyer Joseph M. Manak Joins Porzio
• Patent Office Approves O2Micro’s Power Conservation Methodology
• Third Wave Strengthens Core Intellectual Property Portfolio

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

• Boston Scientific Announces Court Decision
• Cree Announces Patent Agreement With Toyoda Gosei
• Dreier LLP Obtains Settlement Agreements with Sony, Sanyo, Exceed and Lucky Light in Landmark LED Patent Case
• Pipex Pharmaceuticals Executes Option to License Oral Flupirtine Patent Estate for Diabetes, Diabetic Retinopathy, Retinitis Pigmentosa and Glaucoma
• Power Integrations Files New Patent-Infringement Suit Against Fairchild Semiconductor and System General
• Two Leading Biotech-Pharma Patent Lawyers Join King & Spalding
• Ultramercial Granted a US Patent for its Attention-for-Access Internet Advertising Model
• VocalTec Signs Agreement to Sell 11 of Its 22 Patents for $12.5 Million

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

• Force10 Networks Awarded Patent for Innovations in Cost-Effective Design of High Performance Backplanes
• Lipid Sciences Granted Second HDL Selective Delipidation Patent
• McKool Smith Adds Ann Schofield Baker to Lead National Trademark Litigation Practice in New York
• NICE Updates on Patent Infringement Litigation Brought Against Verint; Court Reaffirms Validity of NICE’s Patent
• Optimer Pharmaceuticals Receives Polymorph Patent for Lead Product Candidate OPT-80
• Orexigen® Therapeutics Issued a Key U.S. Patent Covering Composition of Contrave® into 2025
• Peter Mlynek Bolsters Eckert Seamans’ Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Practice in Philadelphia
• Ruckus Wireless Issued Patent that Enhances Position as Worldwide Leader in Smart Wi-Fi
• SonoSite Responds to Second GE Lawsuit in Wisconsin

Friday, May 23, 2008

• Aviva USA Awarded Patent Related to Fixed Indexed Life Insurance
• Baker Hughes Announces Agreement with ReedHycalog
• Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. Responds to Re-Assertion of Failed Patent Infringement Claims by Flexsys America L.P.
• Monsanto and Syngenta Reach Royalty-Bearing Licensing Agreement on Roundup Ready 2 Yield Soybean Technology
• Synthetic Blood International, Inc. Acquires Exclusive License to Use New VCU Intellectual Property
• Wellcoaches Awarded Seminal Patent on Web-Supported Professional Coaching for Health and Well-Being

Thursday, May 22, 2008

• Arriva Pharmaceuticals Granted Fusion Protein Patent
• AVEO Pharmaceuticals Granted Patent for Unique Genetic Screen to Identify Novel Cancer Drug Targets
• DuPont Wins Patent Infringement Appeal Against MacDermid Printing Solutions
• Harvard Business School Introduces Executive Education Program on Maximizing the Value of Intellectual Property
• Weil Gotshal Makes Major Expansion of Patent Litigation Team in DC

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

• Corning Awarded Additional Patent for Label-free Drug Development Technology
• Experian and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit
• Flexpoint Files Patent on Near Market Ready Seat Switch Technology
• Freedom Wireless, Inc. Settles Patent Infringement Suit Against VeriSign, Inc.
• Scripps Research Institute Awarded Patent for Remarkable Chemical Technology

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

• BioExx Files Process Patent Application for Production of Unique Protein Concentrates and Protein Isolates
• Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. Grants License for Certain Patents and Patent Applications to Wyeth and Elan Pharma International Ltd.
• iVoice Technology, Inc. Announces New Patent Application Filing for Vehicle Mud Flaps Made of Recycled Tires
• NMT Medical Announces Settlement of Damages Claims in Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Cardia
• Pipex Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of Additional US Patent Covering CD4 Inhibitor Molecules
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants Re-Examination of Patent 6,881,571 on Behalf of Jivan
• Widevine Files Second Patent in Lawsuit Against Verimatrix

Monday, May 19, 2008

• Biopure Wins European Patent Challenge
• Lotus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Obtains Patent and Exclusive Production Rights to Laevo-Bambutero Asthma Treatment
• PhytoPharmacon Strengthens Intellectual Property Position

Friday, May 16, 2008

• Atrua Files Countersuit Against Authentec for Patent Infringement and Business Interference
• District Court Decision Affirmed in U.S. Lovenox (enoxaparin sodium) Patent Infringement Case
• Functional Genetics, Inc. Selects Amphora’s PatentSafe Solution to Protect their Research Investment
• Hewlett-Packard Awarded $51 Million Judgment Against Insurer, ACE
• Kodak Settles Patent Litigation with St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants
• Pop N Go Renews Popcorn Machine Patent
• Thomson Reuters Expands Japanese Patent Coverage in Derwent World Patents Index

Thursday, May 15, 2008

• Access Display Group, Inc. Swings Open its Newly Patented Display Frame System With Gravity Lock
• Banner Day in Auction Software Piracy Fight: SIIA Announces 26th Lawsuit of ’08 and Guilty Plea Entered in Auction Site Piracy Criminal Case
• Gamecaster Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent
• General Patent Obtains 150 Licenses for its Acticon Patent Portfolio
• Salix Commences Patent Infringement Litigation Against Novel Laboratories
• Tracking System and Method Patent to Be Offered for Sale at Ocean Tomo Live IP Auction in Amsterdam on June 26th

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

• Axon Awarded Key Patent on Resistance-Change Memory Technology
• Den-Mat® Corp. Wins Patent Infringement Suit on LUMINEERS®
• Flexsys Files Patent-Infringement Complaint With U.S. International Trade Commission Against Sinorgchem, KKPC and Kumho Tire
• Hydra Fuel Cell Corp. Foe Seeks to Withdraw Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Marc Levy Joins Faegre & Benson Trademark Litigation Practice
• Patent Infringement Suit Dismissed With Prejudice
• Sayles Werbner Announces Texas Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against National Semiconductor Inc.
• Today on the Copyright Alliance Blog: There’s Good News and Bad News on Software Piracy
• United States Patent and Trademark Office Denies Stinger’s Reexamination Request of TASER International’s Patent
• Veteran Patent Litigation Attorney William G. Todd Joins McKool Smith’s Expansion in New York
• ZIOPHARM Receives Notices of Allowance for Two U.S. Patent Applications Covering Darinaparsin

Monday, May 12, 2008

• Jury Validates Key Mannatech Technology Patents Involving Its Ambrotose Glyconutrient Products
• Networks In Motion Issued U.S. Patent for Social Networking Applications Using GPS-Enabled Wireless Device
• StemCells Files Second Suit Against Neuralstem to Protect Intellectual Property
• TransAct Technologies Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation With FutureLogic

Friday, May 09, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Serif
• Boston Scientific Announces Dismissal of Johnson & Johnson Patent Lawsuit in Canada
• Burst.com and RealNetworks Reach Settlement Agreement
• Nektar Receives Patent Covering Pulmonary Targeted Antibiotics
• U.S. Patent Office Allows Another Significant VNUS Patent

Thursday, May 08, 2008

• Court Awards $5.7 Million to Milbank Client Fisher-Price in Patent Dispute
• Federal Circuit Court Advised on Risks of Limiting Patent Protection
• K&L Gates Adds Two Intellectual Property Lawyers in New York Office
• Kaye Scholer LLP Strengthens its Frankfurt Office With Top Litigator Johann-Christoph Gaedertz
• Playtex Products, Inc. Files Infringement Suit
• WolfBlock Scores Victory for Client in IP Case Against Local Defendant

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

• Alphatec Holdings, Inc. Reaches Successful Settlement and Release Agreement to License Pedicle Screw Technology
• International Trade Commission Section 337 Complaint Targets Owners of Classic American Sports Car
• Lipid Sciences Broadens Intellectual Property Portfolio With Two New Patents
• Neuralstem Sues StemCells, Inc. Over New Patent
• Pipex Pharmaceuticals Announces Notice of Allowance of U.S. Patent for Oral TTM for Alzheimer’s Disease
• VioQuest Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

• AuthenTec Wins Summary Judgment In Atmel Patent Litigation Lawsuit
• Digimarc and Mobile Data Systems Announce Growing Momentum for Digital Watermarking-Based Print-to-Web Solutions
• FTS Group Retains International Consulting Firm to Complete Patent-Pending Cell Phone Translation Technology Utility Patent Application
• ISSYS Awarded New Patent for Biochemical Warfare Agent Detection & Treatment System
• OFS and Draka Comteq Settle Patent Infringement Suit
• Redknee Awarded New European Patent
• Ruckus Wireless Files Suit Against NETGEAR and Rayspan for Infringement of Wi-Fi Patents
• WIPO Panel Rules Boston Scientific Liberte and TAXUS Liberte Stents Do Not Infringe Medinol Patents

Monday, May 05, 2008

• Cyberlux Corporation Awarded U.S. Patent Claims for Multiple Lighting Technology Applications
• GraphOn Awarded a Patent for Two-Factor Authentication of a User Access Request to a Firewall-Protected Device
• InterDigital® Signs Both Asustek And Pegatron to Worldwide 2G And 3G Patent License Agreements
• Japan Patent Office Licenses GeneCards from Xennex, Inc.
• LCD TV/LCD Monitor System Patent Granted to O2Micro
• Ludwig Enterprises, Inc. in Process of Filing Patent Applications for Revolutionary New Technology Platform
• Maxwell Technologies and NessCap Sign Memorandum of Understanding Outlining Framework for Settling Patent Disputes
• Nortel Strengthens the Case for Deployment of LTE by Publishing Competitive Patent Royalty Rates
• P&G Sues J&J for Patent Infringement on Tooth-Whitening Strips
• Shutts & Bowen LLP Adds Partner to Intellectual Property Practice Group

Thursday, May 01, 2008

• Buchanan Adds Two Intellectual Property Attorneys in Philadelphia
• Butkus Reaches Settlement in Award Dispute
• Law Firm Merger Talks: Charlotte-based Kennedy Covington and K&L Gates Discuss Combining Firms
• MacArthur Prize-Winner and Leading IP Scholar Pamela Samuelson and Technology Innovator Robert Glushko Announce Gift Following Levine Lecture April 30
• MOSAID Sells Selected Patents to SAtech Group A.B. Limited Liability Company
• New Software Reads Patents and Finds Potential Infringers
• Redpoint Bio Corporation Receives U.S. Patent for Method of Identifying Activators of Key Ion Channel Involved in Taste Signaling
• Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. and T-Mobile USA Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter Into License Agreement
• Sepracor Announces Final Settlement of XOPENEX® Inhalation Solution Patent Infringement Litigation with Breath Limited
• US Patent Office Rejects US Company’s Patent Protection for Bean Commonly Grown by Latin American Farmers

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

• Appeals Court Sides with Rambus in Samsung Matter
• Boardwalktech Awarded US Patent for Boardwalk Collaboration Platform (BCP)
• Dickstein Shapiro LLP Adds Four Intellectual Property Partners to Continue Strategic Growth of Practice
• IntelliDOT® Secures Second Patent for Innovative Patient Safety Processes
• Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Prevails in Opposition Hearing for NicVAX Patent
• Spansion and IBM Sign Cross Licensing Agreement
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Confirm Patentability of Lipitor Basic Patent

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

• Elixir Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of SIRT Patent Covering Development of New Therapies Based on Breakthrough Science
• iVoice Technology, Inc. Announces New Patent Application Filing for Recycled Tire Pod with Appliance Recess Guide
• Mintz Levin Continues Its West Coast Expansion with the Addition of Patent Litigators in Palo Alto
• New Book: LEFT ON RED --- How to Ignite, Leverage and Build Visionary Companies
• Onkyo Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• SureFire Sues PentagonLight for Patent Infringement and False Advertising
• Tessera Licenses SHELLCASE MVP Technology to Nemotek

Monday, April 28, 2008

• Brooks Kushman P.C. Names Phyllis Golden Morey as Inaugural Chief Diversity Officer
• Dickstein Shapiro LLP’s Charles Ossola Named a Leading Lawyer in Intellectual Property
• MOSAID Grants First Wireless Patent Portfolio License to Matsushita Electric
• NewEconomyPatents.org Web Site Advocates Open, Neutral Patent System
• USPTO and EPO to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway

Friday, April 25, 2008

• GlucoLight Awarded Patent for Tissue Oximetry Measurement Technology
• LG Electronics Charges Whirlpool With Patent Infringement on Refrigerator Technology
• Rebecca Bodfish Joins Fish & Richardson
• Rueh Joins DLA Piper’s Intellectual Property Practice in New York
• Urigen Announces US Patent Office Notice of Allowance of Claims for URG101
• Zecotek Granted Australian Patent for 3D2D Display System

Thursday, April 24, 2008

• CPA Lacasse Offers Clients Chemical Structure and Biological Sequence Patent Research and Analysis
• Force10 Networks Granted Patent for Innovations in System-Level Traffic Processing Productivity
• Gamma Pharmaceuticals Inc’s Patent Application Accepted
• Karrier Communications Settles Patent Litigation With GPS Industries, Inc.
• StemCells, Inc. Granted Key U.S. Patent Covering Composition of Neural Stem Cells Derived From Any Tissue Source, Including Embryonic
• Teledyne and Honeywell Enter Patent Settlement and Cross-License Agreement

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

• ADA-ES Awarded Patent for Enhancement of Mercury Control Equipment
• ImageWare Systems Granted Another Patent on Multimodal Biometric Technology
• Jury Awards Grantley $66 Million in Patent Infringement Suit Against Clear Channel Communications
• Kilpatrick Stockton Names Georges Nahitchevansky New York Office Managing Partner
• LifeSync Corporation Agrees to Sublicense Patent Portfolio to Triage Wireless
• MedicInvent Receives U.S. Patent for Potentially Life Saving Catheter Design
• Signalife Awarded New U.S. Patent
• STEC Retains Patent Law Firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP to Supplement Its Defense Against Seagate Technology
• TCS Issued Patent for Sending Text Messages to Web Servers

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

• Braintech, Inc. is Granted Valuable U.S. Patent Multi-Camera Surround 3D Technology
• Eckert Seamans Attorneys Serve as Faculty at Pennsylvania Bar Institute 2nd Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute
• Foley Expands Intellectual Property Department With Addition of Two Prominent Patent Attorneys
• Mintz Levin Adds Leading Patent Litigators to Its Growing San Diego Office
• MPEG-2 Patent Owners Sue Target Corporation for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
• New Reference from Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Provides Complete Coverage of BioPharma Patent Topics
• Nucleonics Says USPTO Rejects All Claims for Fourth Time in Re-Exam of Benitec’s Patent
• Perrigo Confirms Patent Challenge of Monistat 1 Combination Pack
• RegeneRx Receives Ophthalmic Patent in Hong Kong
• RIM and The TPL Group Agree to Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio License
• Seoul Semiconductor and Everlight Electronics Settle ITC Action in Landmark LED and LD Patent Case Brought by Columbia Professor Emerita Gertrude Neumark Rothschild
• The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. and PNC Bank Settle Landmark Patent Infringement Litigation
• Thomson Innovation Enhances Intellectual Property Research with Business and News Information
• Two Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Partners Named To Firm’s Management Team

Monday, April 21, 2008

• BroadLight Is Awarded Another Key PON Patent
• Elron Announces That Given Imaging Announces Patent Litigation Settlement
• For the Golfer in All of Us A New Revolutionary Patent Pending Invention for a Client of South Jersey Patent Attorney Stuart M. Goldstein
• Franklin Pierce Law Center Celebrates World Intellectual Property Day
• Gemstar-TV Guide and Digeo Enter Into Patent License Agreement
• i2Telecom International Licenses Mobile Payment System Patents
• Meda Has Settled The U.S. Astelin® Patent Litigation with Apotex
• St. Jude Medical Awarded U.S. Patent for Neurostimulation Therapy for Depression

Friday, April 18, 2008

• Harness Dickey Expands Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice With New Biotechnology Principal
• Immersion Medical Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Mentice AB, Mentice SA, Simbionix USA Corp., and Simbionix Ltd.
• Loeb & Loeb Bolsters Patent Litigation Team in New York Office
• Neuftec Patent Validity Confirmed in Re-Examination Proceedings Initiated by Oxonica PLC
• U.S. Patent Office Allows Significant New VNUS Patent
• VistaPrint Awarded Three New Patents

Thursday, April 17, 2008

• Aspen Publishers Offers New Legal Writing Resource
• Cequint Acquires Key Caller ID Patent
• Decision Reached in Magnetek Appeal of Patent Arbitration Award
• DTL Licenses Key Cell Phone Patent to LG Electronics
• Foreclosure Prevention Financing Patent Awarded to Attorney with Tucson Law Firm Weeks & Laird PLLC
• OraSure Technologies to Defend Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• ParkerVision’s Patent Portfolio for its Innovative d2pTM RF Transmit Chain Technology Continues to Grow
• Polsinelli Further Expands Thriving Intellectual Property Division
• Saul Ewing LLP Expands Its Intellectual Property Capabilities With the Addition of Four New Patent Partners

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

• 3DIcon Team Files Provisional Patent for Unique Optically Controlled Organic LEDs (OLEDs)
• 3G Mobile Terminal Patent Licensing Programme Renews Joint License Agreement with Reduced Royalty Rates
• CardinalCommerce and ipCapital Group Announce Strategic Alliance
• GeNOsys Announces New Patent Filing
• ISSYS Awarded New Patent for a Method of Making Microtubes and Microfluidic Devices
• Neuralstem Responds to Incorrect StemCells, Inc. Release on Patents
• Power-One Wins Permanent Injunction against Artesyn Technologies and Others for Digital Power
• Silverlit and Spin Master Resolve Patent Lawsuit Versus Westminster
• U.S. Patent Office Upholds StemCells, Inc.’s Patents in Reexamination Decisions

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

• Duane Morris Welcomes IP Lawyers to Los Angeles and Princeton Offices
• MonoSol Rx Granted US Patent for Thin Film Manufacturing Process
• Provectus Pharmaceuticals Receives Patent Allowance in the EU for PH-10 Dermatology Agent
• STEC Official Response to Patent Infringement Claims From Seagate
• TCS Enters Into Patent Lawsuit Standstill Agreement With RIM

Monday, April 14, 2008

• Genta Receives Key Patent Related to Oral Gallium Compound G4544
• Intellectual Property Simplified With the Help of New British Library E-courses
• McDermott Will & Emery Adds IP Partner to New York Practice

Friday, April 11, 2008

• 3Com Wins Patent Infringement Trial Against Realtek
• BIO Commends Senator Specter For Standing Firm On Patent Reform Legislation
• Great American Group Announces Formation of IP Advisors
• Liquid Engines Files for Patent Protection on Real-time Analytic Technology
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Definitive Victory for Client Stryker Corporation

Thursday, April 10, 2008

• AirTight Granted Another Patent on Accurate Autoclassification Technology
• Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Announces Winners of the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship
• Foley Expands Intellectual Property Department With Addition of Three Prominent Trademark, Copyright Attorneys
• Helix BioMedix Announces U.S. Patent Issuance for Cosmetic Compositions Containing Short Bioactive Peptides
• iRise Awarded Second Patent on Visualization Software
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Announces Five New Board Members, Five New Partners
• Morris, Manning & Martin Expands

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

• Amish Naturals, Inc. Files Patent Applications to Secure Intellectual Property Protection for High-Fiber Food Technology
• Butkus Scores Victory Over Name Use
• Fish & Richardson Settles Patent Case for Repligen
• Infringement Verdict Against Heller Ehrman Client Bitek Overturned
• LECG Adds Leading Forensic Accountant and Intellectual Property Expert Christian Tregillis to Firm’s Damages and Intellectual Property Practice
• LML Payment Systems Reports Issuance of United States Patent No. RE40,220
• Manfred Neuberg, Ph.D., Joins Fish & Richardson
• Merchant & Gould Scores Litigation Victory for Inventor
• Patent Quality Reports Analyze Patents in Cases Decided by the Federal Circuit
• Vascular Solutions Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation With Diomed
• Wintringham Joins DLA Piper ’s Intellectual Property Practice in New York

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

• Depomed Settles Patent Litigation Against IVAX
• Gemstar-TV Guide and TiVo Enter into Patent License Agreement for International Deployments of TiVo Service
• Howrey Expands IP Practice into New York
• Intermec Grants RFID Patent Licenses to Intelleflex
• Optimer Pharmaceuticals Receives Notice of Allowance for OPT-80 Patent Application
• Overture Networks Announces US Patent for Multipoint Protected Switching Ring
• Repligen Announces Settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb in Orencia Lawsuit
• USPTO Pilots Law School Clinical Certification Program

Monday, April 07, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patents for Laparoscopic Surgery Technology
• Antares Pharma Announces Issuance of Key Patent Covering ATD™ Technology
• Baxter Healthcare Wins Patent Infringement Suit
• CalAmp Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Claims Against iMetrik
• CommVault Granted Four New Patents for Simpana Software Suite
• Dovarri Submits Patent for Revolutionary Sales Management Technology
• Haynes and Boone Secures Injunction, Damages for Client In Heart Repair Device Patent Infringement Suit

Friday, April 04, 2008

• District Court Blocks USPTO’s Bid to Revamp Patent Rules
• AeroVironment Awarded Patents for Architectural Wind Building-Integrated Energy Generation System
• GTT to Sell Fundamental Mobile VoIP Patent Portfolio
• Pet Ecology to File Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Sprint Signs License Under Klausner Patents for Visual Voicemail
• Takeda Wins Definitive Decision in Patent Infringement Litigation on Appeal against an ANDA Filer for Generic Actos
• Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Responds to Allegations of Patent Infringement
• Wi-LAN Files Motion to Dismiss Marvell Complaint

Thursday, April 03, 2008

• Bank of America Patents Innovative Technology for Corporate Cards
• Lentigen Licenses Fundamental Lentiviral Vector Technology Patent From the University of Cambridge
• MAQUET Cardiovascular Announces Patent Infringement Complaints Against Terumo
• TCS Issued Patent for Optimizing Data Transmissions

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Condé Nast
• DiaKine Therapeutics to Be Awarded Patent for Restoring Insulin Producing Cell Function in Diabetics
• IMED Issued European Patent
• Perfect Web Technologies Inc. is Issued Patent Number 7,353,199
• Philips Introduces Patent Licenses for Blu-ray Disc
• Smith Micro Software Receives Patent Grant for System and Method for Mobile Network Management
• Troll Busters LLC Files for Reexamination of United States Patent 6,814,934 Controlled by Applied BioSystems Inc.

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

• Affinity Announces 2007 Financial Results
• Awarepoint Corporation Issued Third Wireless Patent
• Connolly Bove Names Top Litigator As Managing Partner And Former Managing Partner As Chair Of Its IP Litigation Group
• DSM Desotech Inc. Files Antitrust and Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against 3D Systems Corporation
• Irell & Manella Names Andra Barmash Greene Managing Partner of its Newport Beach, CA, Office
• Miller Canfield Opens Office in Toronto
• Morris, Manning & Martin Expands in D.C. Adding Two Intellectual Property Partners
• Patent Holders Reach Agreement on Royalty Rates for DVB-H Patent Pool
• Raptor Networks Technology Notes Issuance of Distributed Core Switching Fabric Patent by USPTO
• Teva Provides Update on Generic Prevacid® Litigation
• The United States Patent and Trademark Office Grants TransUnion Patent for Healthcare Financing Method
• USPTO and IP Australia to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway

Monday, March 31, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Settles Litigation with Garmin USA, Inc., Magellan Navigation, Inc., and TomTom, Inc.
• Codon Devices and Blue Heron Biotechnology Announce Settlement of Dispute
• New Addition to Drinker Biddle’s IP Practice in Chicago
• Paul Hastings Obtains Preliminary Injunction in a Patent Infringement Case on Behalf of Eisai Pharmaceuticals
• QPC Lasers Announces 8th Issued Patent
• USPTO Celebrates Trademarks

Thursday, March 27, 2008

• Barrier Therapeutics Granted Second Interim Patent Term Extension for Vusion Ointment
• Nixon Peabody LLP Opens Asia Office

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

• Miller Canfield Sponsors Bio Intellectual Property Counsels’ Spring Conference in California
• Robert Millman, J.D. and Elizabeth Stoner, M.D. Join MPM Senior Investment Team
• Technology Sales Veteran Takes Leadership Post at Cost Management Innovator

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

• Cereplast Granted European Formulation Patent
• Edward J. Naughton Joins Brown Rudnick’s Boston Office As a Partner in the Firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice
• Firm’s Partner Appointed Chairman of the Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection

Monday, March 24, 2008

• Established Intellectual Property Boutique and Emerging Minority Law Firm Form First-of-Its-Kind Alliance
• Gemstar-TV Guide Expands European Patent Licensing Through Agreement with Humax, a Leading Provider of Retail Set-Top Boxes

Friday, March 21, 2008

• Alnylam Grants Shanghai GenePharma License to Kreutzer-Limmer Patents for the RNA Interference (RNAi) Research Products Market
• Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins and IPCo, LLC Files Patent Infringement Suit Against CenterPoint Energy, Eaton Corp. and Itron, Inc.
• Inventive Step in Australia – Significant Appellate Decision
• NetClarity Wins U.S. Patent for Next Generation Network Access Control Appliance: NACwall
• Oncothyreon Announces Issuance of Patent for PX-867
• Thompson Hine Launches Fuel Cell Patent Website

Thursday, March 20, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and Patent License Agreement with AOL
• Aerocrine Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Medisoft in Germany
• Cook Incorporated Wins Judgment In Patent Infringement Suit Filed By Edwards
• Electroglas Receives Patent for Advanced Dual Loop Z-Stage Control
• Faegre & Benson Wins RFID Patent Infringement Suit for Target
• Fay Sharpe Names Three New Partners
• MedCom Announces Court Rules Card Activation Technologies’ Patent Is Valid
• Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. and Continental Airlines Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement
• SemiSouth Announces New Silicon Carbide Manufacturing Patent
• SIIA Continues To Wage War Against Auction Piracy By Filing Eight New Lawsuits Against eBay Sellers

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

• Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp. Inc. Announces Patent Protection
• IP Litigator David Maxwell Joins Duane Morris as a Trial Partner in Atlanta
• Laser Atlanta Awarded Patent for Nautical Collision Avoidance Technology
• OSI Pharmaceuticals Announces That the Prior Revocation of Its European DP-IV Patent Has Been Upheld
• Precision BioSciences’ Response to Cellectis Lawsuit
• Roger D. Wylie Joins Townsend’s Growing Seattle Office
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Announces Four New Associates
• Yamaha Motor Corporation Successfully Defends Snowmobile Seat Patent Infringement Claim Filed by Boss Industries, Inc.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

• 3D Radio Expands Patent Portfolio
• BusyBox Developers Agree To End GPL Lawsuit Against Verizon
• Emerson Radio Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• Fulbright Names New Leaders of Global Intellectual Property Practice
• Joseph Benz Joins Coughlin Stoia’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group
• Katten Adds Colbern Stuart as Los Angeles-Based Partner in Intellectual Property Practice
• OPKO Health Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent
• Reed Smith Adds Robert Muha to Firmwide IP Practice

Thursday, March 13, 2008

• @hand Awarded Patents for Mobile Software Technology
• Proteon Therapeutics Receives European Patent Covering New Method of Dilating Arteries and Veins
• Secure Computing Responds to Finjan Patent Infringement Lawsuit Verdict

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

• InsWeb Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Autobytel and Related Entities
• Patent Awarded for Miniature Chemical Detection Device
• Redpoint Bio Corporation Receives U.S. Patent for Method of Identifying Modulators of Key Ion Channel Involved in Taste Signaling
• Trial Date Set For Seroquel Patent Litigation
• U.S. Patent Office Upholds Two Additional Human Embryonic Stem Cell Patents in Reexamination Decisions

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

• Barnes & Thornburg LLP Hires Leading IP Attorney in Firm’s Chicago Office
• CyberFone Technologies to Sell Mobile and Fixed Communication Patent Portfolio at April 2nd Live Auction
• DTL Settles Lawsuit Wth Cingular and AT&T Mobility and Licenses Key Cell Phone Patent
• enGene Inc. Announces Issuance of Core U.S. Patent
• GraphOn Files Lawsuit for Patent Infringement
• Howrey Team Wins Again on Appeal for Fifth Third Bank
• Inclinix Announces New Patent for Expert System Platform
• Onstream Media Takes Action to Protect and Expedite Approval of its Patent Pending User Generated Video Technology
• Seastone Reaches Patent Dispute Settlement Concerning Gift Card Tins
• Sidley Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Claims Against LED Manufacturer

Friday, March 07, 2008

• Biotechnology and IP Lawyer Jennifer Camacho Joins Proskauer Rose as Partner in Boston
• CalAmp and PROCON Settle Patent Infringement Suit
• Euroscreen Wins Opposition Related to its CCR5 Patent Claims
• Gerber Scientific Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• Jivan Awarded US Patent #7,340,349 for Splice Array Analysis
• LexisNexis® Expands Intellectual Property Solutions to Help Customers Protect Valuable Assets
• Wi-LAN Signs Multiple V-chip and Wi-Fi Licenses

Thursday, March 06, 2008

• Altair and ilumisys Successfully Enforce LED Lighting Technology Patent
• Astute Solutions Receives Allowance on RealDialog™ Patent
• Barr Subsidiary Sues Watson for SEASONIQUE Patent Infringement
• e.Digital Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Avid Electronics, Casio America, LG Electronics USA, Nikon, Olympus America, Samsung Electronics America and Sanyo North America
• Festo Corporation Urges Nation’s Highest Court to Restore Patent Rights to Innovators
• Miles Hall Joins Fish & Richardson
• Patent Issued to Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. for Real Time PCR Analysis of the Different Human Herpes Viruses
• PokerTek Says Lightning Poker’s Patent Lawsuit is Without Merit
• Power3 Medical Files Patents for Protein Biomarkers
• Rivulet Communications Receives Patent for Its Endpoint Packet Scheduling System for Ethernet Networks
• SRI International Offers Patent Portfolio for Voice-to-Database Search Technology

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

• Christie, Parker & Hale Completes Telecom Patent Sale on Behalf of Prominent Industry Figure, Irving Reed
• Duane Morris Attorney Named Vice-Chair of IPO’s IP Licensing Committee
• Partner to Moderate Mexico City Conference Panel on Intellectual Property

Friday, February 29, 2008

• Church & Dwight Obtains Favorable Verdict in Patent Infringement Case against Abbott Laboratories
• eBay Inc. and MercExchange, L.L.C. Reach Settlement Agreement
• Leading College Publishers Settle Trademark and Copyright Suit Against Valorebooks.com

Thursday, February 28, 2008

• Counsel Subsidiary, C2 Global, Settles Lawsuit Against Verizon
• IDC Receives Patent on Dual Energy Imaging Technology
• Nano-Proprietary, Inc. Announces Nanobiosensor Patent
• Peter Gordon Joins Fish & Richardson P.C.
• Pfizer to Seek to Appeal Lipitor Enantiomer Patent Ruling in the Netherlands
• Solomon Announces Patent Case Oral Arguments
• The Impact of Changing European Patent Regulations on U.S. Businesses
• U.S. Patent Office Upholds Key Human Embryonic Stem Cell Patent

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

• Caliper and AntiCancer Announce Cross-Licensing of Intellectual Property and Settlement of Litigation
• Cannasat Therapeutics Provides Update on Patent Application for Drug Development Programs
• General Patent Subsidiary Awarded Permanent Injunction, Treble Damages and Attorney Fees in Patent Infringement Suit Against Lycom and Advance Creative
• IPG Photonics Purchases Major Photonics Patent Portfolio
• ITC Case Against Tessera Stayed Due to Patent Reexaminations By Siliconware
• Kaye Scholer (Germany) LLP Strengthens its Frankfurt Office with Prestigious Patent Litigator Wolfgang Leip
• Lee & Hayes Names Cross Firm’s First CEO
• Sonnenschein Substantially Expands Its Intellectual Property Practice with Key Patent Group

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

• Bruce W. Jenett Joins DLA Piper as Co-Chair of the Firm’s Global Life Sciences Practice
• InsWeb Files Answer in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Brought by Autobytel
• Microsoft Challenges Avistar Patents

Monday, February 25, 2008

• Dickstein Shapiro LLP Forms Strategic Alliance with Hisao Tatsumi Launching Presence in Asia
• Grizzly Industrial and Woodstock International Prevail in Seven-Month Battle with WMH Tool Group Over Release of Machinery Detained by U.S. Customs
• Judge Dismisses Trademark Infringement Claims Against ESPN
• Mattel Becomes 40th Licensee, Setting a Major Milestone in Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Licensing Program
• New Stream Capital Provides IP-Based Financing to Paul Frank Industries
• Woodcock Washburn Welcomes Adam Forman and Michael Jordan

Friday, February 22, 2008

• Abviva Announces Patent Issuance for Core Technology Used in Mammastatin Serum Assay Diagnostic Test for Breast Cancer
• Federal Jury Rules in Favor of Covidien in Patent Litigation Trial
• Higgins Joins Eckert Seamans in Philadelphia
• Luis Fernández-Novoa Joins Howrey Martinez Lage
• Patent Infringement Suit Against Dell and Motion Computing Brought by Typhoon Touch Technologies & Nova Mobility Systems Settled by Motion Computing
• Ring Plus Defies AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.’s Attempt to Declare Its Ring Back Signal Patent Invalid
• VisiGen Receives Patent for Real-Time Single-Molecule DNA Sequencing

Thursday, February 21, 2008

• Capella Awarded 27th Patent for Optical Routing Technology & Control
• QPC Lasers Announces New Patent
• Smith & Nephew and Synthes Settle Patent Dispute for Trochanteric Fixation Nails

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

• Christie, Parker & Hale Names Gregory S. Lampert Managing Partner
• IP Litigator William Abrams Named Managing Partner of Bingham’s Silicon Valley Office and IP Group Co-Leader
• ITC Judge Rules in Favor of SMC Corporation Concerning Patent Infringement Claim
• Kristin L. Yohannan Joins Sonnenschein’s Patent Litigation Group
• Licensing Executives Society International Conference Coming to Chicago in May 2008
• Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Announces Opening Of Boston Office, Bringing Total Number Of Offices To 12
• SIIA Anti-Piracy Division Reports Record 2007 after Aggressive Enforcement, Educational Outreach
• Winston & Strawn Adds Prominent Litigation Partners to West Coast Offices

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

• AirTight Granted Two Additional Patents on Wireless Intrusion Prevention Technology
• Counsel Corp. Subsidiary, C2 Global, Settles Lawsuit Against AT&T
• Document Security Systems Announces Delay in Patent Validity Decision by Netherlands Court
• IPotential Announces Record Patent Sales of $104 Million in 2007

Monday, February 18, 2008

• Duane Morris Welcomes Two Prominent IP Attorneys to San Diego Office
• Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Wins Decisive Copyright Victory For HIT Entertainment’s Thomas & Friends
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory for Broadcom Corporation and Inventor

Friday, February 15, 2008

• Alexion Acquires All Rights to OMRF Patents Related to Soliris
• BioShaft Water Technology Inc. Announces License Agreement With FPS International in Kuwait
• Ecology Coatings Announces Awarding of Fifth U.S. Patent
• Progressive Receives U.S. Patent for Its Concierge Claims Service Method
• XDx Files Reexamination Request for Source MDx Patent

Thursday, February 14, 2008

• Accu-Break Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Issued First Two Patents for Its Accu-Break™ Technologies
• Duane Morris Welcomes Three IP Partners to Chicago Office
• Federal High Court Rejects OLPC’s Application to Dismiss LANCOR’s Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• GenOdyssee Receives Notice of Allowance from U.S. Patent Office for Improved Interferon-Alpha Aimed at Hepatitis C
• Patent Infringement Suit Filed Against Office Media Network
• Tissue Extraction Devices Files a Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Hologic, Inc. and Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.
• Turning Technologies, LLC Announces US Patent Award

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

• Bell, Boyd & Lloyd Opens San Diego Office
• Edwards Lifesciences Initiates Patent Infringement Litigation Against CoreValve in the U.S.
• In Most Aggressive Legal Action to Date, SIIA Sues Nine Accused of Selling Pirated Software on eBay
• iVoice, Inc. Announces New Patent Application Filing
• Trimedyne Issued U.S. Patent on New Laser Device for Treating Enlarged Prostates
• United States Patent Office Grants CryoCor’s Request for Patent Interference

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patent for Online Ad Tracking Technology
• Boston Scientific Announces Court Decision
• Brooks Kushman P.C. Announces New Hires and Plans Continued Growth
• Christie, Parker & Hale LLP Prevails in Motion for Summary Judgment on Behalf of Human Touch®
• NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Receives Allowance of Patent Covering NeutroPhase™ Product
• ROK Entertainment Group Inc. Granted Patents for Mobile Technology

Monday, February 11, 2008

• CashEdge Awarded Patent for Implementing Financial Transactions
• Dickstein Shapiro LLP Continues Growth of Intellectual Property Practice with Additions of Jeffrey Sherwood and Frank Cimino, Jr.
• Intertrust Announces Patent License Agreement with Motorola
• Network-1 Commences Patent Litigation Against Cisco Systems and Other Major Data Networking Companies

Friday, February 08, 2008

• $41 Million Patent Infringement Verdict Awarded in Contact Lens Case
• Ampex Announces Appeals Court Affirms Kodak Summary Judgment
• Aurora Flight Sciences Receives US Patent for Flight Suit Self-Actuating Survival Seal
• Hogan & Hartson Obtains Dismissal of Patent Infringement Case Against Client Sun Microsystems
• Legacy Holding, Inc. Applies for Patent Protection in Mainland China for Revolutionary Organostrip Product
• Orion Sues Sun Pharmaceuticals In The U.S. To Enforce Orion’s U.S. Patent No. 5,446,194 Covering Its Proprietary Drug Stalevo®
• Security With Advanced Technology Announces Issuance of Patent No. 7,272,179 Associated With Remote Surveillance Technology

Thursday, February 07, 2008

• Axela Receives Key Patent on Light Diffraction Based Assays and Opens U.S. Facility
• Canady Technology Victorious Against ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH and ERBE, USA Over Patent Infringement Lawsuits
• Kilpatrick Stockton Adds Prominent Partners to Leading Intellectual Property Department
• Limelight Networks Announces Rulings on Pretrial Motions
• Nanobac Pharmaceuticals Inc. Engages Legal Team to Enforce Patent Rights
• Networks In Motion Issued U.S. Patent for Searching Points of Interest Using GPS-Enabled Device
• O2Micro Granted Key Power Management Patent
• Obituary: James B. Bear, Orange County IP Lawyer Icon
• Occlutech Wins Confirmation of its Intellectual Property Position Versus AGA Medical Patent by AIPPI
• ParkerVision Granted Second Patent for its Innovative d2p RF Transmit Chain Technology
• Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P., Adds New Litigator to Houston Office
• Reed Smith’s West Coast Expansion Continues

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Cobra Electronics
• CTS Cement Manufacturing Corporation Wins Patent Lawsuit on Rapid-Setting Cement
• Horton Joins DLA Piper in East Palo Alto
• International Trade Commission Initiates Investigation Over Importation of Base Plugs from China
• O’Melveny Expands Intellectual Property Litigation Practice in Silicon Valley
• Tokyo Electron Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License

Monday, February 04, 2008

• Axeda Corporation Awarded European Patents for Innovations That Drive Remote Service Scalability & Security
• Elixir Gaming Wins Summary Judgment on All Claims in Shuffle Master Patent Litigation
• Kangaroo Media Settles Patent Complaint and Acquires Exclusive Worldwide Licensing Rights from Immersion
• Kangaroo Media Settles Patent Complaint and Acquires Exclusive Worldwide Licensing Rights from Immersion
• MOSAID Settles Litigation With ProMOS and Mosel Vitelic
• Purio Announces New Patent Filing

Friday, February 01, 2008

• Federal Appellate Court Upholds Irell & Manella’s $94 Million Patent Infringement Judgment for DVR Market Leader TiVo
• Global Warming Solutions Files Provisional Patent for GEM Hybrid Engine
• Nanogen Patent Portfolio in Realtime PCR Strengthened
• OREXIGEN Therapeutics Announces Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Extending Exclusivity for Composition of Contrave to 2024
• Valent U.S.A. and Sumitomo Chemical File Complaints at ITC and in Courts Against Syngenta AG and Subsidiaries in a Dispute Over Insecticide Patents
• Xtendwave Granted Patents for Technology that Improves Broadband Signal Strength and Distance for DSL and HDTV

Thursday, January 31, 2008

• Advanced Medical Optics Enters into Phacoemulsification Patent Agreement with Bausch & Lomb
• CompuLaw’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Database Now Includes Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s New Institution Order Rules
• Fiberstar Wins Second Patent Infringement Lawsuit Initiated by Z Trim
• Fish & Richardson Names 16 Attorneys As Principals
• GSPI Has Acquired a License for Next Generation Algae to Biofuels Process
• ISSYS, Inc. Awarded a Patent for Wireless, Batteryless, Implantable Sensors
• J. Montieth Estes to Present at Capital Forum
• KoolSpan Awarded Two U.S. Patents
• Matsushita Electric Settles Semiconductor Patent Infringement Suits With Samsung Electronics
• Noted Intellectual Property Attorney Joins Baker Donelson Richard A. Walker Joins Firm’s Atlanta Office
• Pipex Pharmaceuticals Announces First Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Covering Uses of Low Potency Bioidentical Estrogens for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases of Women
• SecureLogix Receives Thirteenth Patent
• SecurityPoint Media LLC Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Solomon Files Toyota Patent Reply
• Wayne A. Jones Joins Squire Sanders IP Practice
• World Intellectual Property Organization and Pierce Law Sponsor Tenth Comprehensive Patent Cooperation Treaty Seminar April 25-26

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

• Banner & Witcoff Announces Newly Elected Shareholders and Associates
• Barracuda Networks Defends Free and Open Source Software From Patent Threat by Trend Micro
• Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins Adds Premier IP Litigation Group
• Medifacts Systems, Inc. Grants Exclusive License for Genetic Test Patent to Mayo Clinic
• SRI International Receives Patent for Voice-Based Search Technology
• Via Licensing Issues Call for MPEG Surround Patents

Monday, January 28, 2008

• Aero Performance Products, Inc. Announces Progress of EU Patent Protection as Part of European Expansion Strategy
• Gentag’s RFID Cell Phone Patent Covering Diagnostic Applications Allowed in Korea
• InkSure and AuthentiForm Announce Assignment of Patent Portfolio
• Skincare Company Dismissed Without Prejudice from Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed by Allergan, Inc.
• USPTO Expands Patent Prosecution Highway Network to Canadian, Korean Patent Offices

Friday, January 25, 2008

• IGI, Inc. Announces Filing of a US Patent for a New Class of Novasome® Wall Forming Materials
• Ludvik Capital Completes Synertech License
• Markzware Announces Settlement Agreement in Patent Case
• Melissa J. Pytel Rejoins Merchant & Gould’s Minneapolis Office
• OmniReliant Holdings, Inc. Acquires Topical Pharmaceutical Patent
• TechLaw Group, Inc. Appoints New Executive Board
• USPTO Hosts Leaders of Foreign Intellectual Property Offices

Thursday, January 24, 2008

• Airtrax Awarded Fifth U.S. Patent for Omni-Directional Vehicle Technology
• Anthony Grillo Joins Saxon Innovations as Senior Vice President of Licensing
• Foley Expands Intellectual Property Department With Addition of Peter F. McLaughlin
• Former United States IP Negotiator Jon Santamauro Joins Sidley’s Washington Office
• Gemstar-TV Guide Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Virgin Media in the United Kingdom
• Intellectual Property Special Counsel Join Washington Office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures a Victory For SurModics, Inc.
• NutraCea Files a Provisional Patent on Its Technology to Stabilize Wheat Bran
• SEASONIQUE® Patent Issues
• Sprint Takes Legal Action to Protect VOP Patent Portfolio
• U.S. Patent Office Rejects Key HIV/AIDS Drug Patents at PUBPAT Request
• USPTO to Administer National Medal of Technology and Innovation
• Whirlpool Corp. Files Patent Infringement Action Against LG With International Trade Commission (ITC)

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

• Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP Expands Intellectual Property Practice
• Barr and Ortho Women’s Health & Urology in Discussions to Settle ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN LO Patent Litigation
• Crowell & Moring Adds Seven Lawyers to Intellectual Property Group
• Duane Morris Welcomes Two IP Attorneys to Its Houston Office
• Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of 7th Canadian Patent
• TapImmune Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Relating to Methods for Enhancing an Immune Response
• TCS Issued Location Patent for Geographic Monitoring

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

• Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announce Issuance of Patent Covering Testim
• Chinese and U.S. Patents Issue to Grant Life Sciences for Its Blood Test That Detects Cervical Cancer
• Intellectual Property Fraud Grows Exponentially Affecting Even More Industries from Electronics to Pharmaceuticals
• Javelin Pharmaceuticals Expands Patent Protection for PMI-150 in Canada
• LogicEase Receives Notice of Allowance in the U.S. for Automated Loan Compliance Patent
• Novexel and Forest Laboratories Announce License Agreement for NXL 104, a Novel Broad-Spectrum Beta Lactamase Inhibitor

Monday, January 21, 2008

• Dr. Reddy’s Announces Settlement of Exelon® ANDA Litigation With Novartis
• McGovern Joins Boyle Fredrickson
• Medistem Files Patent Application on Therapeutic Cell Population Found in Fat Tissue
• Move to Hartford Marks Significant Expansion for Cantor Colburn LLP
• Ranbaxy Announces Settlement of Possible Imitrex Litigation With GlaxoSmithKline

Friday, January 18, 2008

• HydroGen Corporation and Samsung Corporation Enter Into a Series of Strategic Cooperation Agreements for the Sale, Marketing and Distribution of Fuel Cell Power Plants
• InterDigital Appoints Lawrence Shay President of Patent Licensing
• Payment Data Systems Inc. Closes Sale of Bill Payment Patent
• Psion Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Finding that Abbott Infringed Innogenetics’ HCV Genotyping Patent, and Orders Abbott to Pay Innogenetics Monetary Damages and Sanctions

Thursday, January 17, 2008

• Bell Boyd to Sponsor MIT Enterprise Forum Monthly Programs
• Brian Coggio Joins Fish & Richardson
• Cold Jet, LLC and Phoenix Unlimited Have Resolved Their Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Crucell Announces STAR Technology Research License with Korean-based ISU ABXIS
• Fish & Richardson, P.C., Names Tommy Jacks as Of Counsel
• Gina A. Hough, Former Fannie Mae Vice President and Deputy GC, Joins Dickstein Shapiro LLP’s Intellectual Property Practice
• Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds Announces New Hires and a Promotion
• Justin S. Cohen Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer in Bloomfield Hills as Associate
• Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Announces Three New Partners
• Nashua Corporation Announces Settlement With Ricoh Company Ltd.
• New Massage Patent Saves Therapist Careers Worldwide
• New Patents Strengthen Avistar’s Lead in Technology and Intellectual Property for Unified Communications
• Steptoe & Johnson Names Managing Member-Elect
• The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Decides in Favor of Convolve Against Seagate in Disk Drive Technology Interference
• Wi-LAN Signs V-Chip Licenses for the NTIA Converter Box Program

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

• 3DIcon Team Files Provisional Patent for Virtual Moving Screen to Render 3D Images
• DTL Licenses Key Cell Phone Patent to Nokia
• Fred C. Hernandez Joins Mintz Levin’s San Diego Office Further Expanding IP Capabilities
• IMPAX Announces Lawsuit Related to Generic Version of SOLODYN®
• McKool Smith Opening New York Office
• Medical Nutrition USA Receives Wound Care Patent
• Microsoft and JVC Enter Into Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement to Foster Mutual Innovation and Collaboration
• NeoMagic Corporation Reports Sale of Embedded DRAM Patents Nets $9.5 Million
• Paul Sennott Joins Fish & Richardson
• Wegener Receives U.S. Patent for Cost-Effective Solution for Preserving Data Services Embedded in Video Signals

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Surgical Catheter Patent
• Cadwalader Promotes Two Litigators to Partnership
• Christopher Southgate Joins Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
• Court Sets Hearing Date for Diomed Preliminary Injunction Against Total Vein Solutions
• Dendreon Receives European Patent Covering PROVENGE and Company’s ACI Platform Technology
• Johnson Controls Gains U.S. Patent for Wireless Communication System That Enables Hands-free Cellular Phone Use in Automobiles
• Knobbe Martens Names Nine New Partners Firm Wide
• Paid, Inc. Receives Notification of Issuance for Online Shipping Calculation Patent From USPTO
• Skincare Company Dismissed Without Prejudice from Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed by Allergan, Inc.
• Tripwire Extends Leadership With Patent for Homogenous Monitoring of Heterogeneous Nodes

Monday, January 14, 2008

• CEVEC Again Successful in Challenge to Crucell Patent
• Gemstar-TV Guide Signs Patent License Agreement with MobiTV for Mobile Interactive Program Guides
• InterDigital Signs Giant Electronics to Worldwide 2G and 3G Patent License Agreement
• Pfizer Receives Initial Communication from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Regarding Lipitor Basic Patent
• Senomyx Announces Issuance of Five New U.S. Patents Related to the Human Sweet and Umami Taste Receptors

Friday, January 11, 2008

• Admiralty Holding Company to File Revised Application for Fifth Patent
• Brooks Kushman P.C. Appoints Five New Shareholders
• Competitive Technologies Obtains License Rights to Non-Invasive Early-Detection Test for Breast Cancer
• Court Reverses Jury Decision in eSpeed-Trading Technologies Patent Case
• Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KgaA File Lawsuits Against Several Companies for Patent Infringement
• Frankfurt Kurnit Law Firm Adds New Entertainment Partner
• LG.Philips LCD Extends Scope of License with Fergason Patent Properties
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures a Victory for Grundfos Pumps Manufacturing Corporation
• Nixon Peabody LLP Expands Technology and Intellectual Property Practice
• Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen Names New Partners
• PD-LD Awarded Laser Locking Patent
• Thompson & Knight’s IP Practice Expands in Dallas

Thursday, January 10, 2008

• Affymetrix and Illumina Settle Their Patent Disputes
• CSMG Technologies Announces Four New Patents for Its Subsidiary Live Tissue Connect, Inc.
• Cynosure Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against CoolTouch Inc.
• Document Security Systems Announces Ruling in Patent Validity Lawsuit by French Court
• Five Individuals Join Merchant & Gould From Greenberg Traurig
• Peerless Systems Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Intellectual Property and Other Assets to Kyocera Mita Corporation in $37 Million Cash Transaction
• Simtek Corporation Focuses Efforts on Expanding Intellectual Property Assets
• SXC Health Solutions Announces $3.0 Million Software License Agreement with the Province of British Columbia

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

• Aerocrine Strengthens Its Patent Portfolio
• Banner & Witcoff Breaks Design Patent Procurement Record for the Second Year in a Row
• Clean Coal Technologies Acquires New Technology
• Goodwin Procter Adds New Partner in Palo Alto
• Guest Presenters Outline Intellectual Property Issues Before International Trade Commission
• K&L Gates Opens Paris Office
• Linhong Zhang Joins Fish & Richardson P.C.
• Nanophase Announces New Patent
• Nastech Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Related to Methods for Identifying Cell-Specific Targeting Peptides
• Prominent Life Sciences and Medical Device Corporate Lawyer Stephen Thau Joins Morrison & Foerster
• Proteologics Granted First siRNA Patent in the Ubiquitin Ligase Field
• Stinger Systems Request Reexamination of Taser International’s Intellectual Property
• Theratechnologies Extends Patent Protection for Tesamorelin in the Treatment of HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy
• Three Associates Join Fish & Richardson
• Wolf Greenfield, Boston, Names Two New Shareholders
• Xencor Receives Patent for its Proprietary Antibody Fc Optimization Technology

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

• Court of Appeals Upholds Verdicts in Favor of Cordis Corporation on Patents Infringed by Medtronic, Inc. and Boston Scientific Corporation
• CryoLife Announces Worldwide License Agreement With Trophic Solutions, LLC for an Organ Transport Solution That Could Extend the Storage Time for Kidneys From 3 to 6 Days
• CytoGenix Announces Notice of Allowance in the U.S. for Herpes Patent
• Dickstein Shapiro LLP Welcomes Charles D. Ossola to its Intellectual Property Practice
• DiObex, Inc. Awarded Patent for the Prevention of Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia
• Greenberg Traurig Expands IP Roster in Silicon Valley, Adds Litigator J. James Li
• Irell & Manella Elects Litigator Alan Heinrich to Partnership
• iVoice Enters into Technology Transfer Agreement with GlynnTech
• Patent Litigator Cummings Joins Covington’s New York Office
• Stem Cell Therapeutics Announces Issuance of Additional Patent
• Townsend Announces 2008 Partners
• Welsh & Katz Founding Partner Endows New Intellectual Property Law Speaker Fund at The George Washington University Law School
• Winston & Strawn Hires Prominent IP Lawyer Trio Westreich, Michael and Mitchell

Monday, January 07, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement with Verizon Wireless
• Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc. Acquires Key Intellectual Property
• Focus Enhancements Granted Patent for Ultra Wideband Technology
• Jeremy S. Pitcock Joins Morgan & Finnegan
• Nanomix Announces New Patent
• Rosetta Genomics Licenses Roche PCR Technology for Use in its MicroRNA-Based Diagnostics
• U. Mass Medical School and Carnegie Announce Licensing Agreements With Oxford BioMedica

Friday, January 04, 2008

• Dickstein Shapiro LLP Elects Four Attorneys to Partnership
• Humax Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• Lightning Poker, Inc. Awarded U.S. Patent
• Mobius Photonics Acquires Exclusive License to Harvard Patent Regarding UV Laser Sources Based on Fiber Amplifiers
• Pfizer to Appeal Canadian Federal Court Ruling on Lipitor Patent
• RCT Licenses Ultrasound Tissue Harmonic Imaging Technology to Biosound Esaote
• Ring Plus Filed a Motion to Disqualify AT&T Wireless Attorneys from Baker Botts Law Firm for Ex-Parte Communications with Board Member

Thursday, January 03, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patents for Vehicle Maintenance System
• Intermec Grants RFID Patent Licenses to Honeywell
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures a Victory For Hamsar Diversco Inc.
• PNY Signs License Agreement With SanDisk to Settle Patent Litigation
• Sharps Compliance Corp. and Drive Medical Design & Manufacturing Announces Settlement of Patent Dispute
• TracFone Wireless, Inc. and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter Into License Agreement
• Wi-LAN and Bang & Olufsen Sign V-chip License Agreements

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

• Banner & Witcoff Remembers Partner, Mark T. Banner
• Boutique IP Firm Sieberth & Patty Joins McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
• Fitzpatrick Cella Elects Three New Partners
• InferX Corporation Awarded Patent for Distributed Data Mining and Compression Method and System
• Injunction Against Certain Qualcomm Products for the U.S. Market Provides Some Limited Licenses
• LES Now Accepting Applications for Licensing Professional Credentialing Program
• Lumension Security Is Awarded Patent for Its Innovative Shadowing Technology as a Key Component to Its Sanctuary® Device Control Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) Solution
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory for Rexam Beverage Can Co.
• Motorola and Metrologic Resolve Patent Disputes
• Stoel Rives LLP Successfully Defends Targus Against Patent Infringement Claims Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Wi-LAN Enters License Agreement With Tranzeo
• ZymeQuest Licenses Proprietary Enzyme Technology to Publicly Traded Life Sciences Company

Friday, December 28, 2007

• Columbia River Resources Inc. Acquires Cutting-Edge Pharmaceutical RFID Company
• Curis, Inc. Announces Sale of its BMP-7 Assets to Stryker Corporation
• Tombstone Cards Files Patent Application for Web-Based Customization Software
• Toshiba Seeks Court Remedies for Infringement of Essential DVD Patent in Italy

Thursday, December 27, 2007

• Audiovox Corporation Responds to MPEG LA Suit
• BSM Technologies Closes Acquisition of Netistix Technologies
• NeuroMetrix Completes the Acquisition of the Assets of EyeTel Imaging
• Nutra Pharma Expands Licensing Agreement to Include Environmental Testing for Nontuberculous Mycobacterium
• Qwest Communications International Inc. and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement
• U.S. District Court Decision About Eisai’s Legal Action Over Aricept ODT ANDA Filing

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

• Document Security Systems to Move Forward with Infringement Suit vs. ECB
• Fairchild Semiconductor Reviewing Alternatives in Power Integrations Lawsuit
• Star Scientific Files Reply Brief in Appeal of Ruling in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against RJ Reynolds

Friday, December 21, 2007

• ASML, Zeiss and Canon Cross-License Lithography Equipment Patent Portfolios
• English High Court Rules That InterDigital European Patent (UK) 0,515,610 Is Essential to the 3G UMTS WCDMA European Standard
• Home Diagnostics, Inc. and Roche Reach Settlement Agreement
• MPEG LA Sues Audiovox for Breach of MPEG-2 and 1394 Patent Pool Contractual Obligations
• Protexis’ Fifth and Sixth Patents Approved, Further Expanding Its E-commerce IP Portfolio
• Settlement Reached Between Dilon Technologies and Naviscan on Patent Rights
• The United States Patent and Trademark Office Orders the Re-Examination of Two Patents Included in the Patent Litigation between Illumina and Affymetrix
• Verigy Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License

Thursday, December 20, 2007

• CAP Wireless Issues Statement of Clarification Regarding Successful Defense of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• eBay Inc. Applauds Victory in District Court Ruling in Netcraft v. eBay and PayPal Patent Case
• Emerging Companies Face Greater Uncertainty But Are Not Panicked, According to Foley & Lardner Survey
• Lonza Withdraws Majority of Claims in Patent Lawsuit Against Northwest Biotherapeutics
• Morgan & Finnegan Elects Two New Partners
• Pivotal Patent Issued to VirtualScopics
• QIAGEN and Ventana Announce Settlement of Patent Dispute
• SpeedDate.com Secures Exclusive License Agreement for Online Speed Dating Patent
• Thomson Scientific Bestows Award Celebrating Innovation and Entrepreneurship in India
• Winbond Electronics Signs New License to MOSAID Patent Portfolio

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

• Accenture Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Guidewire
• Cyberonics Acquires Stroke/Brain Injury Patent Rights
• DermTech Is Issued U.S. Patent for the Early Detection, Staging and Monitoring of Melanoma
• Document Security Systems to Move Forward with Infringement Suit vs. ECB
• Permabit Advances Technology Edge With Patent for Protecting Archive Data

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

• BusyBox Developers and Xterasys Corporation Agree to Settle GPL Lawsuit
• Cyberonics Licenses Obesity-Related Patents
• Dynamic Card Solutions Continues to Lead in Card Innovation With Second Patent Filing
• Generex Biotechnology Awarded Patent in Japan For Its Antigen Presentation Technology
• K&L Gates, Hughes & Luce Partners Vote to Combine Firms Effective January 1, 2008
• Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi LLP Launches Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Practice With Addition of Key Intellectual Property Lawyers from Fish & Richardson P.C.
• Mindpix Files Product Patent Prior to Upcoming Q1 2008 UltraFlex Launch
• Nivita Beri Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer in Bloomfield Hills as Associate
• TPL and NEC Electronics America Resolve Their Dispute Over the Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio
• ULURU Inc. Announces Issuance of Notice of Allowance for Nanoparticle Aggregate Patent
• Universal Music Group (UMG) and XM Satellite Radio Reach Agreement on Pioneer Inno
• Wegener Receives Two U.S. Patents for Innovative Techniques Ensuring Superior Quality of Service for Satellite Distribution Networks

Monday, December 17, 2007

• Armstrong World Industries Wins Patent Dispute With Pergo, Inc.
• Callaway Golf and TaylorMade Golf Reach Patent Settlement
• RCT Licenses Ultrasound Tissue Harmonic Imaging Technology to General Electric
• Sensory Analytics Awarded Third Patent for Coating Measurement Technologies
• ShengdaTech Receives Patent Approval for Advanced NPCC Technology

Friday, December 14, 2007

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology with Hertz
• Bard Announces Patent Infringement Verdict Against W. L. Gore & Associates
• Enable IPC, University of Wisconsin Finalize Exclusive License
• EXACT Sciences Wins Patent Ruling on DNA Technology
• International Datacasting Corporation Awarded Encryption Patent
• Mike Margain of Arochi, Marroquin & Lindner Receives International Award for Excellence in IP Litigation
• Monolithic Power Systems Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Chip Advanced Technology
• SIIA Launches Don’t Get Mad, Get Even Campaign To Protect Consumers From Software Auction Fraud
• Tesco Corporation Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Claims Against Fluid Design Solutions

Thursday, December 13, 2007

• Administrative Law Judge Issues Initial Determination in Patent Infringement Complaint filed by Qualcomm with the ITC
• Advance Nanotech Subsidiary Is Awarded Its First U.S. Patent for Chemical Detection
• Court Grants Depomed’s Motion for Summary Judgment of Patent Infringement Against IVAX
• Eight New Associates Join Fish & Richardson
• Hemispherx Biopharma Announces Licensing/Research Agreements On Ampligen as Influenza Adjuvant With Japan’s BIKEN
• Judge Grants MercExchange Damages Award in eBay Patent Infringement Case
• Procter & Gamble Files Infringement Lawsuit
• Protus Wins Patent Lawsuit brought by j2 Global Communications Affiliate
• Quickparts® Awarded Patent for Instant Online Quoting of Rapid Prototypes and Custom-Manufactured Parts
• TriMas Subsidiary Cequent Prevails in Patent Litigation Against Willful Infringer
• Vignette Awarded Several Patents for Web Experience Innovation

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

• Cadwalader Again Expands Intellectual Property Group
• MarketTools Announces Industry-First Data Quality Patent Filing
• Odyssey Thera Granted U.S. Patent for Animal Imaging
• Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of 25th U.S. Patent
• Ontario Grower Ordered to Pay Monsanto $160 Per Acre for Violating Patent Rights on Roundup Ready® Soybeans
• Provectus Pharmaceuticals Receives Patent in India for Lead Oncology Product
• Start Licensing, Inc. Further Strengthens Position in Cloning Industry With New Patents
• Supreme Court Rejects Miller’s Petition in Miller v. Brand and Capital Machine
• Three IP Attorneys Named Partners at Choate, Hall & Stewart
• Wavestream Corporation Issues Statement of Clarification Regarding Its Recent Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against CAP Wireless
• Winston & Strawn Continues Growth of D.C. IP Team With Addition of Partner Richard Gilly

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

• Banyan Biomarkers Announces Issuance of US Patent Relating to Brain Injury Biomarkers
• CalAmp Licenses Patents for Vehicle Location Technology to DriveOK
• Decision Biomarkers Awarded U.S. Patent for Protein Array Surface Chemistry
• HydroCision’s Patent Portfolio is Expanding: Twenty-seventh Patent is Allowed
• Novo Nordisk Settles With Pfizer On Patent Infringement Suit
• Universal Detection Technology: Patent Granted for Bioterrorism Detection Technology

Monday, December 10, 2007

• Alpine Electronics Purchases Microprocessor Patent Portfolio License
• Arcadia Biosciences Reports Progress in Drought-Tolerance Crop Development
• Court Does Not Postpone Its Ruling - It Immediately Denies Maxwell Technologies, Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment Against NessCap
• Experienced Patent Attorney Joins Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.
• GeoVector Announces New Patent to Enhance Local Search
• iCAD, Inc. Awarded Two Additional Patents for Its Computer-Aided Detection Technology
• PICA Corporation Partners with London-Based Brand Enforcement UK to Enhance IP Protection in the United Kingdom
• PuriCore Receives Additional U.S. Patent on Sterilox Systems to Control the Spread of Infectious Pathogens
• Tessera Files New ITC and District Court Complaints Aimed at Infringing DRAM Devices

Friday, December 07, 2007

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Sprint Nextel
• Bard Signs Agreement to Acquire LifeStent® from Edwards Lifesciences
• BusyBox Developers File GPL Infringement Lawsuit Against Verizon Communications
• CryoCor Files Response to Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Dell and Motion Computing Sued for Patent Infringement by Typhoon Touch Technologies & Nova Mobility Systems
• Florida’s Largest Intellectual Property Practice Continues to Grow
• IBM Files ITC Complaint Against ASUSTeK
• Lite-On IT Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• Top Intellectual Property Professor Joins Loeb & Loeb
• Tracy Hitt, Aamir Kazi, and Kiran Raj Join Fish & Richardson
• Watson and Novartis Settle Lawsuit Over Exelon® Patent Litigation
• Wi-LAN Signs Canadian V-chip License with Acer

Thursday, December 06, 2007

• ADA Technologies Receives Three New Patents
• Business Development Academy to Run Unique Course on Best Practices for Allocating Your Intellectual Property Budget
• Court Postpones Immediate Determination on Maxwell Technologies’ Alleged Infringement of NessCap Patent
• febit Appoints David Mahoney Director of Global Intellectual Property and U.S. Legal Affairs
• Foley Opens New Office in China
• International Patent Expert Joins Vedder Price
• Kenneth Jenkins Joins Townsend’s San Diego Office
• Provectus Pharmaceuticals Receives Patent Allowance from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Star Navigation Files Motion to Dismiss Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• TapImmune Inc. Announces Granting of U.S. Pat. Appln No. 10/046,542 Petition to Revive and Secure Bridge Financing
• Troll Busters LLC Files for Reexamination of United States Patent 5,582,989 Exclusively Licensed to Abbott Laboratories

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

• Amarillo Biosciences Files Patent Application to Treat Chronic Cough with Oral Interferon
• Ionfinity Receives Japanese Patent Grant for a Soft Ionization Device and Applications Thereof
• Revenue Science Announces Website Exchange Technology for Audiences
• Seoul Semiconductor Files a Complaint Against Nichia With ITC
• Shining Technology Granted Patent for Its Direct Audio, Video Recording-Editing Technology
• Sutura Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit With Abbott Laboratories
• TelcoBlue, Inc. Signs Non-Disclosure Agreement With DashSmart

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

• Daewoo Electronics Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• Force10 Networks Awarded Patents for Advances in Reliable Switching and Routing System Design
• iovation Awarded Patent for Network Security and Fraud Detection Technology
• King Pharmaceuticals Reports Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied
• Quiet Solution and Supress Products Reach Agreement on Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• ScholarOne Awarded Two Patents for Innovative Technology Behind Web-Based Solutions
• UCT Comments On Court Injunction
• Watson and Biovail Settle Lawsuit Over Cardizem® LA

Monday, December 03, 2007

• Acacia Subsidiaries Enter Into Settlement With Miranda Technologies
• Celerity Wins Permanent Injunction Against Ultra Clean
• GTE Granted EU Patent for On-Wing Turbine Wash Technology
• ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Agrees to Acquire Molecular Antibody Technology
• Neoprobe’s Lymphoseek Issued Japanese Patent
• Santarus Licenses Rights to GlaxoSmithKline for ZEGERID Immediate-Release Omeprazole Products in Over 100 Countries
• Six Associates Join the Minneapolis Office of Fish & Richardson P.C.
• Tessera Licenses OptiML Focus Technology to Toshiba
• Thomson Scientific Launches Thomson Innovation, the New Standard for Intellectual Property Research and Analysis
• Wi-LAN Sells Think Broadband Solutions

Friday, November 30, 2007

• Delcath Granted Japanese Patent for Delcath System
• Kaplan, SIIA Sue Individuals Over Piracy of Test Preparation Materials
• Pixelplus Announces Complete Withdrawal of Claims on the Disputed Contact Hole Process Patent Asserted by MagnaChip in Seoul High Court
• SuperArray Bioscience Corporation Licenses RNA Interference Patent From The Carnegie Institution
• U.S. Patent 7,299,083 Awarded to Signalife
• Vaccinex, Inc. Announces Award of Key Patent in Europe for its Antibody Discovery Technology

Thursday, November 29, 2007

• 1st Media / TouchTunes Music Corporation Patent Infringement Case Withdrawn
• Acacia Subsidiary Enters Into Settlement Agreement Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology With Z Gallerie
• Advanced Card Technologies Settles Patent Lawsuit with UV Color and Licenses Its Patents to Several Other Companies
• Group of Four Intellectual Property Attorneys Joins Duane Morris in Atlanta
• GyrusLogic Awarded Patent for Self Service Conversational Dialogue System and Application Development Methodology
• Iron Mountain Digital’s Escrow Program Helps Secure Internet Address System for ICANN-Accredited Domain Name Registrars
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Elects Aaron Peters to Partner
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Sharon Hwang Named One of National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s 2007 Best Lawyers Under 40
• Morrison & Foerster Advises Japan’s Astellas Pharma Inc. in $537 Million Acquisition of California Biotech Company, Agensys, Inc.
• Neurostimulation Patent Awarded to NeuroMEDx
• US Patent and Trademark Office Allows CRi’s Patent Application for Spectral Imaging of Deep Tissue
• Wyle Employees Receive Patent for Improving Phone Sound Quality

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

• AirDefense Receives Allowance of 6th Patent for Wireless Intrusion Prevention
• Asylum Research Eliminates Half of Veeco Patent Claims
• Christie, Parker & Hale Announces Five New Associates
• Intellectual Property Practice Expands at Troutman Sanders
• NanoLogix Inc. Files Multiple International Patent Applications for BioNanoChannel™ and Hydrogen Bioreactor Technology
• Patent Court Ruling In Germany
• Patent Granted for Migo Software Content Synchronization and Virtualization Technology
• Pierce Law to Hold Sixteenth Annual Advanced Licensing Institute in January
• Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C. Names New Counsel
• TCS Awarded Operational Support System Patent
• Vermillion Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent Covering Method for Aiding Diagnosis of Kidney Disorder

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

• Aethlon Medical Files Cancer Diagnostic Patent
• AirMagnet Awarded Patent for Wireless LAN Performance Measurement
• Avionica Acquires Wireless Communications Patent
• Datasci and etrials Worldwide Announce Settlement in Patent Dispute
• Hemisphere GPS Awarded Two New GPS Technology Patents
• Lagos Analysis Corp. (LANCOR) Files Lawsuit Against Nicholas Negroponte and OLPC Association for Patent Infringement
• Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of 24th U.S. Patent
• Pioneering Files Patent for New Platform Technology
• RFID Consortium LLC Established
• ShoreGroup Awarded Patent for High-Availability Systems Management Technology

Monday, November 26, 2007

• Alnylam Announces Grant of Broad Patent Covering RNAi Therapeutics in Germany
• ImageWare Systems Granted Patent for Multimodal Biometric Platform
• InterMune Buys Out License Agreement for Pirfenidone
• Macrovision Announces Licensing Agreement with Leading Set Top Box Manufacturer
• Widevine® Intellectual Property Portfolio Expands in Asia

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

• BioMarck Pharmaceuticals Enhances IP Portfolio
• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Announces Six New Shareholders
• Canon’s Preliminary Injunction Against GCC Affirmed by Appeals Court
• CIBA Vision, the Eye Care Unit of Novartis, Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation With CooperVision, Inc.
• Former Ratner Prestia Shareholder Daniel Calder Joins Volpe and Koenig
• Genesis Pharmaceuticals Announces Cooperation Agreement with The Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Molecular Profiles Strengthens Pharmaceutical IP Services with Prestigious Addition to Scientific Panel
• Telespree Awarded Additional Patent on Instant Wireless Activation and Provisioning
• Trial Date Set For Copyright Infringement Case Involving US Playing Card Company - Division of the Jarden Corporation

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

• Affiris Granted European Patent for Alzheimer’s Vaccine
• Appeals Court Upholds ITC Decision in Favor of Power Integrations
• Business Launch Combines License Royalty Auditing with Patent Engineering
• Data I/O Announces Sale and License Back of Patents
• Droplets, Inc. Adds International Patents for Its Rich Internet Application Technology
• Entrepreneur Prevails in Case Against Microsoft for Willful Infringement of Anti-Piracy Software Patents
• Gene Logic Drug Repositioning Program Discovery Results in Filing of New Therapeutic Use Patent by Pfizer
• MorphoSys and Dyax Sign License Agreement on Antibody-related Patents
• Second Round of GPL Infringement Lawsuits Filed on Behalf of BusyBox Developers
• Wi-LAN Enters License Agreement With Hyundai

Monday, November 19, 2007

• Covington’s Defense of STOLICHNAYA Trademark Wins WORLDleaders International IP Award
• Morphotek Receives U.S. Patent Regarding Methods for Generating Genetically Altered Antibodies with Enhanced Affinity and Antibodies Produced by Them
• New Additions to Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
• Regulus Therapeutics Announces Allowance of Key Patent on microRNA Therapeutics for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Friday, November 16, 2007

• Cellport Licenses Wireless Connectivity Patents and Technology to Tokyo-Based Con-X
• European Patent Office Upholds Martek European DHA Food Patent
• Fighting Movie Piracy -- Policy and Policing Technology
• FormFactor Seeks Relief From the US International Trade Commission for Infringement of Six US Patents
• Local.com Begins Licensing Local Search Technology
• Pathway Diagnostics Announces Patent Issuance for the Diagnostic Measurement of HIV Tropism for the Initiation or Modification of HIV Therapy
• Power-One Wins Infringement Lawsuit on Digital Power
• TEAC Corporation Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• Thomas C. Wolski Joins The Webb Law Firm as a Patent Attorney

Thursday, November 15, 2007

• Al Vredeveld Joins Merchant & Gould’s Minneapolis Office
• BroadLight Adds to Its Intellectual Property Rights for GPON
• Dutch and German Courts Dismiss Nokia’s Patent Exhaustion Complaints
• Esquire Innovations Prevails in ISCRUB.com Domain Name Dispute
• Garmin and TomTom Reach Global Settlement of Litigation
• Heelys Wins Patent Infringement Case
• Mark Murphy, Ph.D. Joins Merchant & Gould’s Atlanta Office
• MedaSorb Technologies Gains New Patent Allowance
• OraSure Technologies and Schering-Plough to Settle Patent Infringement Litigation
• USPTO Grants the EFF’s Request for Re-Examination of NeoMedia Technologies’ Patent

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

• Blake Sorensen Joins Merchant & Gould’s Atlanta Office
• Card Activation Technologies Files Suit Against TJX Companies for Violation of Patent
• Catch Curve Executes Two More License Agreements to the AudioFAX Patent Portfolio
• Halozyme Therapeutics Names Matthew R. Hooper Vice President, General Counsel
• ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Names Interim President, Files Key Patent Applications
• IP Litigator Kenneth Korea Joins Dechert LLP as Partner
• Licensing Executives Society Submits Amicus Brief to Supreme Court in Quanta v. LG Electronics Case
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Announces Diversity in Patent Law Fellowship
• Michael S. Brayer Joins Boyle Fredrickson Staff
• Microsoft and Kyocera Mita Enter Broad Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement
• NetMotion Wireless Receives Additional Patent for Mobile VPN Technology
• Orion Sues Sun Pharmaceuticals In The U.S. To Enforce A Patent For Stalevo®
• Panopto Secures Exclusive License for Patent-Pending CourseCast Video Capture System from Carnegie Mellon University
• Quest Announces Exclusive Rights Agreement With JL Products Development Inc.
• Riverbed Files Patent Infringement Claim Against Quantum
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Announces Newly Appointed Associates
• Xenomics Announces Issuance of a US Patent That Covers Use of Transrenal Nucleic Acid Technology for Infectious Disease Diagnostics and Monitoring

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

• Foamix Announces New Foam Patent Approvals
• Intellectual Property Being Lost Due to Undefined Business Processes
• Kane Biotech Inc.: DispersinB™ Biofilm Patent Issued in the United States
• M:Metrics Wins Summary Judgment Dismissing Patent Infringement Claim by Telephia
• Materialise Launches U.S. Lawsuit Against Nobel Biocare for Patent Infringement
• Sigaba Granted Patent for Managing Business Processes Using Key Server Events
• USPTO Issues Patent for Avicena Group’s Proprietary Compounds to Treat Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• WhiteFence Acquires GetConnected Technology and Intellectual Property Assets

Monday, November 12, 2007

• Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Patent for Compiler Technology
• Choate, Hall & Stewart Names New Intellectual Property Practice Group Leaders
• LodgeNet Awarded U.S. Patent on Time-Shifting Technology
• Nexidia Technology Awarded Patents
• O2Micro Issued Patent for Audio CD Player

Friday, November 09, 2007

• 25th Annual Trilateral Conference
• BIOLASE Receives Two New U.S. Patents
• Michael J. Fogarty, III and Thomas J. Meaney Join Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.
• Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index Outperforms S&P 500 by More Than 1,000 Basis Points in Its First Year
• OpenTV Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Patent on Technology for the Delivery of Stem Cells to the Human Heart Issued to CellCyte Genetics Corp.
• Troll Busters LLC Announces the Patent Office Acceptance of All of the Issues Presented in its Reexamination Brief Against the Original Symyx Technologies Patent
• William Finkelstein of Dreier Stein & Kahan LLP To Receive 2007 International Trademark Association President’s Award

Thursday, November 08, 2007

• AirTight Networks Scores Resounding Victory in Patent Interference Provoked by AirDefense
• Astellas and Boehringer Ingelheim Reach Settlement Agreement with Ranbaxy on Flomax Patent Case
• Europe Grants Steering of Roaming Patent to Roamware, Inc.
• European Patent Granted for Technology Licensed by Aqua Society, Inc.
• Harris Corporation Signs Licensing Agreement for Aviation Applications
• Kenneth Bass III, Of Counsel, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. to Speak at KC’s Event on Clarifying KSR & Its Impact on Patent Law on November 20, 2007
• Reed Smith’s New York Office Adds New Partner
• Tessera Provides Update on Patent Actions
• Wyeth Scientists Receive 2007 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

• Atmos Energy Corporation Purchases a License under the Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Patents
• CDMA2000: SISVEL Announces Development of Patent License and Issues Call for Essential Patents
• Dot Hill Wins Patent for Storage Controller Architecture and Access Control
• Insituform Technologies, Inc. Announces Patent Infringement Suit
• Manatt Adds Robert Graham Gibbons to Intellectual Property Litigation Group
• Patent Filed by MyPointPool, Inc., for MyPointPool.com to Protect Business Model for Community Sport
• Uniquely Formulated Microcarrier Patent to Be Auctioned
• Welsh & Katz Client, Papst Licensing, Sues ACT-RX Technology for Failure to Pay Patent Royalties
• Workman Nydegger Attorney Jonathan W. Richards Honored by American Intellectual Property Association

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

• ArchPort™ Shoes Sues VF Outdoor for Patent Infringement
• Imaging Diagnostic Systems Expands Key Patent Coverage
• Microsemi and O2 Micro Settle Litigation
• MPEG LA Sues Alcatel Lucent for Breach of MPEG-2 Patent Pool Contractual Obligations
• QuantumSphere Awarded Key U.S. Patent for Automated, Scalable, and Environmentally Safe Nanomaterials Manufacturing Process
• Thomson Scientific Releases New Data on Emerging Economic Markets
• USA Technologies Issued Patent for VM2iQ® Vending Machine Energy Conservation Technology
• Warp 9 Signs Licensing Agreement for Patent-Pending Mobile Technology
• Wipro Files for Patent for Its e-Enabler SOA Framework
• WordLogic Corporation: Pioneer Patent Granted

Monday, November 05, 2007

• Decas Botanical Synergies Settles Patent Law Suit on Favorable Terms
• Meredith Martin Addy Named Chair of AIPLA’s Amicus Committee
• Patent Issued for e-Smart Technologies, Inc.’s First Biometric Match-on-Card Technology
• Russian Patent Office Provides Notification of Intention to Grant Hythiam Patent for Treatment of Cocaine Dependence
• Susan M. Coletti Joins Fish & Richardson P.C.
• TeleContinuity Awarded its First Patent to Provide Voice Communications During Disasters, Emergencies or Evacuations
• Vermillion Announces U.S. Patent Office Re-Issues Seldi Mass Spectrometry Patent

Friday, November 02, 2007

• Alloptic Receives Patent for Passive Optical Network (PON) Technology
• Kensey Nash Announces Exclusive License of Optical Guidance Patent to Enhance Chronic Total Occlusion Platform
• Martek to Obtain Permanent Injunction Against Lonza in U.S. Patent Infringement Suit
• ProLink Holdings Corp. Files Suit in U.S. Federal District Court Against GPS Industries Inc. and Uplink Corp.

Thursday, November 01, 2007

• ART Advanced Research Technologies is Granted Key Patent for Imaging of Breast Physiology
• Boston Scientific Announces Verdict in Cordis Litigation
• Darryl Woo Named Litigation Group Leader at Fenwick & West
• Licensing Executives Society Now Accepting Applications for Certification
• NanoDynamics Expands Relationship with Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• OSRAM and Toyoda Gosei Sign Patent Agreement
• Perrigo Announces that Dexcel’s Settlement with AstraZeneca Allows OTC Omeprazole Launch Following Final FDA Approval
• Veteran Patent Attorney, James B. Conte, Joins Welsh & Katz from Barnes & Thornburg
• Wi-LAN Initiates Litigation for Patent Infringement

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

• Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking the PTO’s New Rules
• 8x8, Inc. Awarded New VoIP Patent
• Axeda Awarded Multiple Patents for Technology Driving Remote Service Security & Scalability
• BusyBox Developers and Monsoon Multimedia Agree to Dismiss GPL Lawsuit
• Christie, Parker & Hale Partner Thomas J. Daly to Serve as President-Elect of Pasadena Bar Association
• Cooley Successfully Advises on IP Settlement for Largest Company in Taiwan
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Announces the Addition of Kenneth Smith to the Austin Office
• ev3 Inc. Announces Agreements in Principle to Settle Patent Litigation
• Genoil’s GHU® Technology Patent Approved by Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• Harvard Law School Remains the Nation’s Best According to the Latest Edition of Judging the Law Schools
• Mitek Receives Fourth U.S. Patent for Signature Fraud Detection Software
• Sky Technologies’ Patent Litigation Case Against Ariba Set for Trial
• Veripat Releases Free Claims Counter Software Beta
• VISICU Patent Re-Examination Certificate Issued and New Patent Granted

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

• 3M Settles Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Patent Suits with CDW Corp. and Hitachi Koki
• China Grants Patent for ThermoEnergy’s TIPS Clean Coal Process
• Gene Screen Patent Leads to 2007 Deal of Distinction Award from the Licensing Executives Society
• Lapidus Joins Hiscock & Barclay Law Firm
• Law Firms Plan to Merge
• MIKOH’s Patent-Protected Smart&Secure Technology Delivers RFID Certainty
• New Intellectual Property Lawyers Ramp Up Haynes and Boone DC Practice
• Patent Attorney Adds Engineering Technical Skill to Briggs’ IP Team
• Patent Awarded to MediQuest Therapeutics
• Pfizer to Appeal German Court Decision in Lipitor Patent Case
• Provectus Receives Patent Allowance From U.S. Patent Office
• Ryogen Gets Patent on Soluble Aminopeptidase P Gene
• WideVine® Allowed Patent for Smart Card-Less Conditional Access and Digital Rights Management

Monday, October 29, 2007

• Affinity Announces December 3, 2007 Date for Oral Arguments in Appeal of Patent Cases
• AngioDynamics Granted Summary Judgment Motion On Willfulness in VNUS Litigation
• Bizy, Inc. Granted Registration of the Trademark ’Place Management’ by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• DUSA and River’s Edge Announce Settlement Agreement Involving Nicomide®
• Foamix Acquires Rights to Dual Chamber Aerosol Foam Technology
• Intermec Signs License Agreement With Metrologic
• Patent Attorney Joins Jones Day Munich Office as Partner
• Pixelplus Obtains Completely Positive Ruling from the Korean Patent Court on the Disputed Contact Hole Process Patent Claimed by MagnaChip
• Royal Philips Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License

Friday, October 26, 2007

• Destiny Files Watermarking Patent for Industry Standard Play MPE Media Distribution System
• iVoice Receives Notice of Allowance of Patent
• Roche Considering Legal Options In Patent Litigation Case
• Sigma-Aldrich and Oxford BioMedica Win Key Ruling in Open Biosystems Patent Infringement Dispute
• Vonage and Verizon Settle Patent Dispute

Thursday, October 25, 2007

• 3M and Sanyo Settle Suit over Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Intellectual Property
• Arkados Awarded Patent for Coupling In-Home and To-The-Home Powerline Communications Systems
• California Healthcare Institute Joins with Coalition to Ensure Patent Reform Does Not Undermine Biotech Innovation
• Document Security Systems Announces Second Delay in Patent Validity Decision by French Court
• European Patent Office Upholds Verathon’s IP Against Aircraft Medical Challenge
• llumina Named as Defendant in Patent Infringement Suits
• Megan Blackwell, Ph.D., Joins Fish & Richardson
• SanDisk Sues to Enforce Memory System Patents
• SOMA Cycle, Inc Files Patent on Zigo LEADER™
• Volume Bragg Grating Technologies Earn Two New U.S. Patents
• X-spine Systems, Inc. Granted Key Patent for Disk Augmentation System

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

• Acrongenomics and Molecular Vision Further Strengthen Intellectual Property with BioLED Technology Patent Granted in Japan
• Diomed Responds to VNUS Patent Litigation Trial Delay and Summary Judgment Motion Ruling
• FTS Group Closes Acquisition of Patent Pending Cell Phone Translation Technology
• Infinity and MedImmune Announce Issuance of U.S. Patent for Proprietary Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitors
• Martek Wins German DHA Patent Infringement Actions Against Lonza and One of Nutrinova’s Customers in Suits Relating to DHA Product Marketed for Use in Functional Foods and Dietary Supplements
• Spanish Appellate Court Rules in Pfizer’s Favor, Upholds Lipitor Patent
• Transmeta Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation, Technology Transfer and License Agreement with Intel
• USPTO Names California Library to Support Intellectual Property Needs of Inventors and Entrepreneurs

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

• Card Activation Technologies Reports It Has Issued 364 Letters of Notice to Violators of Its Patent
• Euroscreen Receives Key US Patent Covering Methods for Identifying Compounds Which Decrease HIV Entry Into Cells
• GTE to Receive US Patent for On-Wing Turbine Wash Technology
• Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Welcomes Attorney M. Joel Prather To The Firm’s Corporate And Insurance Practices
• Mobile Aspects Receives Additional Patent for RFID Technology
• Morgan Miller Blair Files Federal Amicus Brief for Wireless Technology Companies
• Mylan Announces Settlement of Paroxetine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets with GlaxoSmithKline
• Pace Shave and Dorco Halt Shipments and Sticker Erroneous Labels in Court Case
• Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc. Receives Patent Grant for Proprietary SFP Iron-Delivery in Mexico
• Saul Ewing LLP Adds Six New Members to Its Life Sciences and Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Groups
• Wellman, Inc. Initiates PET Resin Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Eastman Chemical Company
• Woodcock Washburn Continues Growth with Major Additions to its Trademark and Copyright Practice

Monday, October 22, 2007

• Adenoscan® Patent Lawsuits Settled
• ElcomSoft Files Patent for Revolutionary Technique to Recover Lost Passwords Quickly
• FatPipe Networks Is Granted a 5th Patent for Wide Area Network/Internet Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• Gunnebo Industrier: Telesteps Wins Patent Dispute

Friday, October 19, 2007

• EnWave Files nutraREV Equipment and Methodology Patent for Food Dehydration
• HemoSense Receives Patent Infringement Notification from Beckman Coulter
• Protox Strengthens Patent Portfolio and Protection of PRX302

Thursday, October 18, 2007

• Accelr8 Announces Patent Allowance for Rapid Bacterial Diagnostic Method
• AngioGenex Files Patent on First Small Molecule Id-Inhibitors for the Treatment of Cancer
• Context Connect Awarded European Patent for Directory Services and eCommerce
• FTS Group Signs Binding Letter of Intent to Acquire Patent-Pending Cellular Phone Translator Technology
• Innogenetics Concludes Settlement and Licensing Agreement in the Field of Hepatitis C Diagnostics
• Nutratech Prevails in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Provectus Receives Patent Protection Notice From U.S. Patent Office
• SHB Obtains $69.5 Million Verdict for Sprint

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

• 3M Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against LGS Co., Ltd.
• BioVentrix Loses Round One in Patent Infringement Trial
• Broadband Energy Acquires Key AMI Meter-Gateway Patent
• Clickshare Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent On Technology Enabling Federated Internet e-Commerce
• CryoCath Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Cytomedix Licenses Technology Patent to Smith & Nephew
• Dr. Elie H. Gendloff Joins Sonnenschein’s Intellectual Property & Technology Group
• Experienced Patent Litigator Steven Rizzi Joins Thelen in New York
• Gemstar-TV Guide Subsidiary Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Toshiba Corporation in Japan
• Health Discovery Corporation Receives Notice of Allowance of U.S. Patent Application Covering Kernel Selection Methods for SVMs and Other Learning Machines
• Human Pheromone Sciences Files U.S. Provisional Patent for Naturally-Occurring Compound After Years of Studies and Research
• Immunomedics Awarded U.S. Patent for Humanized PAM4 Monoclonal Antibody and Its Use in the Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Greg Vogler Receives Outstanding Service to DePaul University Award
• Misonix Subsidiary Sonora Medical Awarded U.S. Patent for Ultrasound Testing Device

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

• Davis Wright Tremaine Enhances Intellectual Property Practice With Hiring of Experienced Patent Attorney Bill Birdwell
• GPS Industries Secures Patent Settlement from GPS GolfPro, LLC
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Favorable Settlement for Design Firm The Jane A. Sassaman Co.
• Microsoft and Olympus Enter Into Broad Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement
• Myricks Joins PatentCafe as Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
• National Stem Cell Holding Announces Patent Application for Newly Discovered Cellular Derived Biomaterials for Anti-Aging Applications
• New Patent Recognizes Redknee Innovation in Telecommunication Services
• Townsend Adds to San Diego Litigation Practice

Monday, October 15, 2007

• Barr and Par Settle Diazepam Rectal Gel Patent Challenge with Valeant
• BioForce Nanosciences Announces Confirmation of Its Nanoarray Patent
• CompuMed, Inc. Awarded US Patent for Technology to Monitor Joint Disease
• DVB-H: SISVEL Announces Development of a Joint Patent License and Issues a Call for Essential Patents

Friday, October 12, 2007

• Aida Granted Additional Anti-Cancer Patent
• Artec Technologies Investigating Infractions of its IPTV Patent by Arcor
• Bose McKinney & Evans to Host Free Seminars on Understanding Changes in Patent Law
• Card Activation Technologies Begins Trading on OTC Bulletin Board
• ConjuChem’s Request for Patent Reexamination is Granted by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
• WHAM-O Awarded $6 Million in Trademark Infringement Trial

Thursday, October 11, 2007

• Cardima Announces Patent for INTELLITEMP® Energy Management Device
• Critical Therapeutics Announces the Issuance of Four New Patents for Its Alpha-7 and HMGB1 Preclinical Programs
• Decision Announced in eSpeed-Trading Technologies Patent Case
• Haynes and Boone Wins in Heart Repair Device Patent Infringement Jury Trial
• InterDigital Signs RIM to Worldwide 3G Patent License
• IPG Photonics and Scientific-Atlanta Settle Litigation
• Kenyon & Kenyon Wins Dismissal of Lanham Act and Antitrust Complaint for Iovate Health Sciences Research
• Key Novartis HIV Diagnostic Patent Invalidated by Patent Office
• Patent Litigator Healey Joins Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
• Prominent Patent Litigator Robert A. Schroeder Joins Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson
• Venable Adds Multi-Faceted Intellectual Property Attorney Thomas Speiss to Los Angeles Office

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

• Integra5 Awarded U.S. Patent for TV Call Management Technology
• Javien to Earn Micropayment Aggregation Engine Patent
• Maxim Integrated Products Announces Legal Action to Enforce DirectDrive Technology Patent
• Miller Canfield Expands IP, Life Sciences and Biotechnology Practices
• Quantum Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Riverbed
• Rothwell Figg Adds Two Partners
• Seasoned IP Litigator Joins Mayer Brown New York Office
• Selectica and Versata Software Announce Settlement of Patent Litigation and Development of Joint Marketing Relationship
• Syneron and Shaldot Resolve Patent Litigation
• USPTO Publishes Examination Guidelines for Determining Obviousness in Light of the Supreme Court’s KSR v. Teleflex Decision

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

• Applied NeuroSolutions Announces US Patent Issued Covering Unique Gene Potentially Involved in Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease
• EPO Rules European Nexium Process Patent Valid
• Former Boston Scientific Corp. Chief Patent Counsel Joins Bingham’s IP Group in Boston
• IpAuctions Selling Hudson Research Solid State Scanner Patent
• Sinobiomed Subsidiary Granted Chinese Patent for Recombinant Hepato Regeneration Factor
• TowerData Awarded U.S. Patent for it’s Email Change of Address Technology
• Vicor Technologies Announces Issuance of Fourth Patent Expanding the Company’s Diagnostic Platform
• Vonage and Sprint Settle Patent Dispute

Monday, October 08, 2007

• Concurrent and C-COR Enter into Patent License Agreement
• Duane Morris Welcomes Two IP Partners in Chicago
• Electric Car Patent and Trademark Allowed for ZAP XEBRA®
• Paul Hastings Secures Favorable Settlement for Bridgestone Sports Co. in Patent Dispute
• PuriCore Receives US Patent on Wound Therapy Method
• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Welcomes a Dozen New Associates and an of Counsel

Friday, October 05, 2007

• GameTech Successfully Defends Patent Case Appeal Against Planet Bingo
• Idera Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of US Patent for Novel Oligonucleotide Compositions Targeted to Toll-like Receptors
• IMPAX Comments on Status of ANDA for Generic Opana® ER
• Mylan Settles Its First-to-File Opportunity on Levetiracetam with UCB
• Syngenta Rights to GA21 in Corn Reaffirmed by US Federal Appeals Court

Thursday, October 04, 2007

• American Power Conversion (APC) to be Covered by Patriot Scientific Patent License
• AngioDynamics Granted Patent for Laser Treatment Innovation
• Knowledge Networks Earns Patent for Innovative Internet Survey Technique
• No Clearance from U.S. Customs for Importation of Epistar’s Phoenix and Aquarius LED Products
• Patent for Key Word and Phrase Matching Methodology Issued to News Technologies, LLC
• VNUS Medical’s Patent Lawsuit Against Laser Competitors to Proceed to Trial

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

• $58 Billion in Economic Damage and 373,000 Jobs Lost in U.S. Due to Copyright Piracy
• Patent Valuation and the Top 5 List of Patent Damages Issues
• Barracuda Networks Becomes an Open Invention Network Licensee
• BSA Sponsors US Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Summit
• Christie, Parker & Hale Prevails in Trademark Infringement Action Brought on Behalf of True Religion Jeans’ Maker
• Ferris & Britton, of San Diego, CA Joins the International Society of Primerus Law Firms
• Generex Biotechnology Awarded United States Patent
• Idera Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of US Patent for Novel Oligonucleotide Compositions Targeted to Toll-like Receptors
• Michael Stolarski Joins Howrey LLP as Intellectual Property Partner in Chicago Office
• Rader, Fishman & Grauer Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
• Sonnenschein’s Patent Litigation Group Adds Two Attorneys in Silicon Valley Office
• Swarmcast Granted Patent for Next Generation Internet Video Delivery Technology
• Vascular Solutions Comments On Summary Judgment Rulings in Patent Litigation With VNUS Medical
• VCSY’s Subsidiary Files a New Patent Application and Will Market the Patent-Pending Fair Labor Standards Act Payroll System to the U.S. Government Sector

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

• HP and Cenzic Enter Into a Cross-License Agreement for Disputed Patents
• Intertrust Launches Patent Licensing Program for OMA and Marlin Devices
• JMD Awarded European Patent for Organic Passive Components
• Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Official Today
• Shiner International Receives Key Patent Approval for Coated Plastic Films From China Patent Office
• Wells-Gardner Announces Filing of a New Patent Application for Flexible LCDs

Monday, October 01, 2007

• U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Pfizer’s Request for a Writ of Certiorari
• 3M and Avery Dennison Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuits
• AMO and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG Agree on U.S. Patent License Agreement
• Former Pfizer Patent Attorneys Join Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
• IP Attorney Chipo M. Jolibois Joins Flaster/Greenberg’s Trenton Office as Counsel
• ISTO Technologies Granted Key Patent for Cartilage Cell Expansion by the United States Patent Office
• Morgan Lewis Adds Renowned Trial Lawyer to Houston Office
• Nanogen Extends IP Portfolio with Nucleic Acid Detection and Genotyping Technology Patents
• Senniger Powers Hires David E. Crawford, Jr., Two Associates
• Two Patent Infringement Actions Result in More Than $100 Million Being Awarded to U.S. Philips Corporation
• U.S. Patent Law Changes to be Analyzed at Licensing Executives Society Meeting
• Zippi™ Networks Files U.S. Patent to Protect Unprecedented Online Auction Sales Method & Services

Friday, September 28, 2007

• European Patent Granted for ’Tilt and Scroll’ Smartphone Technology
• Hemisphere GPS Completes Settlement Of Patent Infringement Lawsuits
• IP Litigator Thomas E. Bejin Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer as Member
• Kilpatrick Stockton’s Washington, DC Office: Connie Robinson Elected to Firm’s Executive Committee; Steve Baskin Named DC Office Managing Partner
• Medtronic Will Appeal Jury Verdict
• NEC Licenses Digital Microwave Radio Patents to DragonWave
• Patent Reform Legislation Proposes Sweeping Changes to U.S. Patent Laws
• Universal Announces Court Victory

Thursday, September 27, 2007

• Adams Respiratory Therapeutics Files Lawsuit Against Perrigo for Infringement of Mucinex Patent
• AirDefense Receives Allowance of 4th and 5th Patent for Wireless Intrusion Prevention
• Biodel Inc. Receives Notice of Issuance for U.S. Patent Covering Lead Product Candidates VIAject™ and VIAtab™
• Eifion Phillips Joins Fish & Richardson P.C.
• Euroscreen Receives Key US Patent Covering Screening Methods Using Human P2Y11 Purinergic Receptor
• i2Telecom Receives Notice of Allowance from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for VoiceStick® Patent
• Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Granted Commercially Important U.S. Patent for Intranasal Ketamine
• RAE Systems Receives U.S. Patent for Oxygen Sensor
• Software Freedom Law Center Completes Review of Linux Wireless Code
• Yodlee and CashEdge Reach Settlement Agreement Resolving Patent Litigation

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

• Dr. Stefan C. Grant Joins Buchanan’s Intellectual Property Section in New York
• Howrey Expands Competition Practice to Madrid
• IAA: Customs Authorities’ Mobile Control Group in Action Against Product Pirates
• Imation’s Patent Recognition Awards Program Honors Innovations in Technology
• IPLAC to Hold Annual Judges’ Dinner
• Jury Awards Sprint Nextel $69.5 Million Plus Royalties in Infringement Lawsuit Against Vonage
• Stem Cell Therapeutics Announces Issuance of Additional Patent

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

• An Important Two-Day Conference on Gamer Technology Law
• California Intellectual Property Practice Welcomes New Partner
• DOR BioPharma Announces Issuance of Patents for Oral Graft Versus Host Disease
• Microsoft and Kenwood Enter Into Broad Patent Licensing Agreement to Foster Innovation and Collaboration
• NIR Diagnostics Joins Shaklee in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Masimo Corporation
• Patent and Trademark Office Reissues SEASONALE ’032 Patent
• Tissue Extraction Devices Retains IPinvestments Group to Commercialize its Intellectual Property Portfolio Related to Biopsy Devices

Monday, September 24, 2007

• ARM Technology Ruled To Not Infringe In TPL Patent Litigation
• Arrowhead Subsidiary, Insert Therapeutics, Awarded Patent for Cyclosert™ Camptothecin, the Company’s Lead Oncology Candidate
• BioNanomatrix Announces Issuance of Key Nanofluidics Patent Enabling Single Molecule Whole Genome Analysis
• Constance Martin Joins Fish & Richardson
• Cyclone Power Technologies Files Patent Application for New, Eco-Friendly Waste Heat Engine Technology
• Jury Upholds Validity of Power Integrations Patents
• Leading Intellectual Property Attorney, Raymond Millien, Creates New IP Advisory and Asset Management Firm
• Monebo Technologies Issued Patent for Driver Fatigue Monitoring System
• U.S. ITC Investigation of Tessera’s Patent Infringement Complaint Advances with Hearing Date Set for February 25, 2008
• Warner Chilcott Files Lawsuit Against Barr Laboratories, Inc. for Infringement of FEMCON FE Patent

Friday, September 21, 2007

• CalAmp Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits to Protect Vehicle Location Technology
• Fay Sharpe Names Overberger as New Partner
• Patent Attorneys Jake Grove and Rick Hoffmann Included On 2007 Michigan Super Lawyers List
• PureDepth Secures Base Patent in China
• Urigen Pharmaceuticals Announces Issued Patent

Thursday, September 20, 2007

• AntiBreach to Sell Its Landmark Invention in Public-Key Cryptography at the Ocean Tomo Live IP Auction in Chicago on October 25, 2007
• Covington Secures Appeal Victory for Juniper Networks
• IP Attorney Samuel Abrams Joins Dechert LLP as Partner
• IP Litigator Newest Partner in Fulbright’s Minneapolis Office
• KMA Achieves Key Milestone in Quest for U.S. Patent Approval for DUALTag
• On Behalf of BusyBox Developers, SFLC Files First Ever U.S. GPL Violation Lawsuit
• Solomon Files Toyota Case Appeal
• Wesmar Purchases Patent Rights to Manufacture and Sell Auxiliary Propulsion Unit

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

• 8x8, Inc. Awarded Speech Processing Patent
• Claim Construction Ruling Issued in Starpay’s Patent Litigation Against Visa
• ExaGrid Systems Awarded Two New Patents
• Feist, Facts and Functions: IP Protection for Works Beyond Entertainment
• Microsoft and Cadence to Cross-License Patent Portfolios
• MPEG LA Sues Opta Corporation and Opta Systems, LLC, Formerly Doing Business as GoVideo, for Breach of MPEG-2 and 1394 License Agreements
• Power3 Medical Products, Inc. Files Two Patent Applications for Parkinson’s Disease
• Townsend Opens Doors to New Washington, DC Office and Announces New Arrivals
• Ultreo, Inc. Granted U.S. Patent for Ultrasonic Toothbrush Employing an Acoustic Waveguide

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

• AeroVironment Awarded Patent for Core Battery Charging Technology
• Cadwalader Adds Intellectual Property Attorneys
• Callidus Announces Patent-Pending Scientific Approach to Measure Sales Performance
• Gemstar-TV Guide Signs Patent License Agreement with MediaFLO USA for Its Mobile Interactive Program Guides
• Goldman Sachs Opens Patent Submission for GSTrUE
• ICU Medical, Inc. Wins Summary Judgment in Medegen Patent Lawsuit
• TruePosition Wins Patent Infringement Litigation Against Andrew Corporation
• United States and Swedish Patent Offices to Cooperate on International Search and Examination Services

Monday, September 17, 2007

• Angiotech Reaches Agreement With Johnson & Johnson to Settle Outstanding Patent Litigation
• Axial Vector Receives Notice of a U.S. Patent Allowance for New Internal Combustion Engine
• Cree Announces Expanded Patent Cross License With Nichia
• Kepware Purchases iSNMP Products and Patent
• McKool Smith Announces $156 Million Verdict In Patent Infringement Lawsuit against AT&T
• StemCells to Begin Patent Reexamination Process with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Woodcock Washburn Welcomes William F. Smith as Of Counsel

Friday, September 14, 2007

• Belkin Wins Appeal Against ACCO
• Court’s Dismissal of Claims in Cutting-Edge Case Good News for Online Businesses
• Diageo Selects Anaqua’s IP Management Solution
• EnWave Files bioREV Equipment and Methodology Patent for Vaccine Dehydration
• Fractal Antenna Awarded Broad Patent for Fractal Electronics
• J. Montieth Estes to Serve as Speaker for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• New Intellectual Property Partner Joins Rome Office to Lead Italian IP Practice
• Patent Obviousness Standard is Subject of New Conference Presented by BNA & ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law
• Raymond Van Dyke Appointed Chair of AIPLA’s Emerging Technologies Committee
• SmarTire Sues Siemens and Schrader-Bridgeport for Patent Infringement
• Two New Intellectual Property Lawyers Bring Strong Legal and Technological Expertise to Growing Client Base
• Utah Law Firm Workman Nydegger Scores Trademark Judgment on Behalf of its Client, Sinclair Oil Corp.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

• Angiotech Receives Favorable Patent Decision from New Zealand’s Intellectual Property Office
• AntiCancer, Inc. Receives Patent for New Type of AIDS Drug
• BIOLASE Receives New U.S. Patent for Electromagnetic Cleaning and Whitening Toothbrush System
• Cubist Pharmaceuticals to Seek Technical Correction in One of Its U.S. CUBICIN Patents
• Document Security Systems Announces Jurisdiction Decision by European Court of First Instance
• Franklin Pierce Law Center Professor Karl Jorda to be Inducted Into the Intellectual Property Hall of Fame
• New Generation of Online Resources Helping Intellectual Property Professionals Manage Patents More Effectively in a Dynamic Global Market
• U.S. District Court Judge Sets Terms for AMS Patent Infringement Case
• Wi-LAN Acquires Essential Wireless Patent Portfolio

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

• 12th Annual Independent Inventors Conference Comes to Raleigh, NC
• ArrayComm Suit Claims Patent Infringement by Atheros Communications Inc.
• Direct Computer Resources, Inc. Awarded Patent for Computer-Implemented Software System that Manages and Manipulates Data from Heterogeneous Data Systems
• Fish & Richardson to Open Office in Munich Germany
• Imaging3 Receives Notice of Allowance for Its Continuation Patent
• K&L Gates’ Palo Alto Office Expands Intellectual Property Practice With Addition of Partner Ben Bedi
• RegeneRx Receives U.S. Patent for Wound Healing Technology
• Second Patent Affirms Modavox’s Leading-Edge Role in Web Processes Such as User-Based Customization of Online Content
• Star Scientific Files Opening Brief in Appeal of Ruling in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against RJ Reynolds
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Issues Fundamental Patent for Carbon Nanotube-Based Transparent Electrodes

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

• BioExx Files for Fourth Patent
• Cincinnati Firm Wood, Herron & Evans L.L.P. Announces Expansion and New Office Opening in Louisville
• Ener1 Signs Exclusive License Agreement with ITOCHU
• Grant Life Sciences Announces That U.S. Patent Will Be Issued for Blood Test That Detects Cervical Cancer
• Intellijet Marine, Inc. Granted Patent for Variable Marine Jet
• Omniture Awarded a Patent Related to Behavioral Targeting, Testing and Content Optimization
• VIASPACE Patent Application Expands Claims to Humidity Sensing in Automobile Exhaust Systems and Factory Emissions

Monday, September 10, 2007

• Acacia Technologies Enters into Settlement Agreement with Ingles Market for Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology
• BladeLogic Awarded Patent Related to Data Center Automation
• Copyright Alliance Announces September Speaking Appearances
• ImClone Settles Patent Lawsuit and Gains Rights to Additional Intellectual Property
• IPLAC to Host Seminar on Ethical Conduct in Trademark Law
• Jacob Gatschet Joins Fish & Richardson
• Marger Johnson & McCollom Names New Patent Agents
• McKool Smith Opening DC Office, Expanding U.S. International Trade Commission Practice
• Novelos Therapeutics Receives 5th U.S. Patent
• Yina Mo, Ph.D., Joins Fish & Richardson

Friday, September 07, 2007

• Entrepreneur Licenses Role Automation Patent
• Mintz Levin Represents Renowned Physician, Dr. Peter Rentrop, in Major Patent Infringement Victory
• Oscient Pharmaceuticals Receives Notice of Allowance for Ramoplanin Patent Application
• Patriot Scientific Licenses Microprocessor Patents to DMP Electronics Inc.
• Safecell In-flight Cellphone Patent Lodged in 137 Countries
• X-Rite Gets Patent and Unveils Affordable, In-Line Spectrophotometer for Industry

Thursday, September 06, 2007

• bioMETRX, Inc. Acquires Patent for Biometric Padlock
• Brooks Kushman P.C. Law Firm Appoints New Leadership
• Cogent Systems and UPEK Inc. Announce Settlement and Patent License Agreement
• Copyright Alliance Urges Congress to Throw Out Proposal Eliminating Researchers’ Copyright Protections
• Goldfarb Joins DLA Piper’s Litigation Practice in Dallas
• Nixon Peabody LLP Expands Intellectual Property Practice in Chicago
• Paul Hastings Continues to Expand IP Practice with Addition of Sam Talpalatsky to Orange County Office
• Pipex Pharmaceuticals Announces Broadly Issued European Patent Covering Uses of Oral TRIMESTA for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases, Including Multiple Sclerosis
• PureSpectrum, Inc. Issued Two New Patents Related to Lighting Technology
• ROMER Infinite Rotation Patent Re-Affirmed by U.S. Patent Office

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

• 3 New Patent Lawsuits Aug 31st - View The Details on RFC Express
• 3M Dismisses Lenovo from ITC Investigation over Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Patents
• Astro-Med, Inc. Granted Patent for High-Speed Color Thermal Transfer Label Printing
• ChipMOS Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Walton Advanced Engineering Inc.
• Dykema Enters Dallas Market With Addition of Seven Intellectual Property and Commercial Litigation Lawyers
• Greenberg Traurig Expands its Intellectual Property Practice with the Addition of Scott E. Thompson in New York
• US Patent for the Petris Dynamic Common Model (PetrisWINDS Enterprise)
• US Patent Office Issues Simulation Patent to Zeidman Consulting
• USPTO and United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway
• Video Display Corporation Unit Awarded Patent for Encapsulated, PCB-Mountable AC/DC Converter
• Welsh & Katz Helps Papst Licensing Reach Agreement With Seagate Technology

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

• Euroscreen Licenses CCR5 Patent Rights to Boehringer Ingelheim

Friday, August 31, 2007

• ADS-B and Multilateration Optimization Patent Awarded to Era
• Idera Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of US Patent for Novel Immunostimulatory Oligonucleotide Compositions
• Mistral Pharma Announces Licensing of a Patent Application for MIST-B02
• Pharmexa Again Prevails Against Geron In Patent Appeal
• Seoul Semiconductor, Korea and OSRAM, Germany Have Signed a Patent Cross-License Agreement
• U.S. Patent Office Issues New Patent for BUGS Carbon Treatment Technology

Thursday, August 30, 2007

• Chambers USA 2007 Ranks Outstanding Patent Attorneys - Cites Skills Of Richard L. Byrne and Kent E. Baldauf
• Competitive Technologies Obtains License Rights to Innovative Surgical Device
• Document Security Systems Announces Formal Written Decision by German Federal Patent Court
• HKH Adds Further Depth and Experience to Litigation Group with Three New Attorneys
• Patriot Scientific Announces Licensing Agreement with the LEGO Group
• Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Issued First Patent in Canada

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

• Court Denies Maxwell Technologies, Inc.’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against NessCap
• ITS Corporation Wins $45 Million US Patent and Trademark Office Contract
• Ocean Tomo To Sell Ground-Breaking Social Networking Patent at Oct 25 Auction in Chicago
• Prominent Intellectual Property Litigator Mark C. Scarsi Joins Milbank
• PURE Bioscience Granted US Patent on 14 New Ionic Silver/Organic Acid Complexes
• Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson’s Partner Robert Rose Receives Senior Member Status at IEEE

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

• ACE DuraFlo Surrenders Right to Sue in Patent Dispute with Nu Flow
• Astro-Med, Inc. Granted Patent for Color Label Printing
• Dow Corning Electronics Receives U.S. Patent for New Method of Making Next-Generation Thin Films for Low-k Semiconductor Fabrication
• IPotential Announces Record Month – Patent Brokerage Generates $29.1 Million, Completes Eight Transactions
• Procter & Gamble Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Kraft Foods
• XPEL Secures Patent for On-Demand Remote Design and Manufacturing of Vehicle Protection Products

Monday, August 27, 2007

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• Special Report: PTO Issues Much Anticipated New Rules on Continuation Applications and Claims
• Align Technology Announces Victory in Ormco Patent Litigation
• APCON, Inc. and MRV Communications Settle Patent Dispute
• Digital Angel Corporation Settles Patent Infringement Litigation Against Datamars
• NanoLogix Inc. Appoints Director of IP and Makes Progress on Rapid Anthrax Detection
• PowerFile Sets Standard for Archive Storage Density, Scalability and Energy Efficiency With New Active Archive Appliance Enterprise Edition

Friday, August 24, 2007

• HTH Worldwide Awarded U.S. Patent for Online Appointment Scheduling Process With Physicians
• Nuclear Solutions, Inc. Awarded Patent for Semiconductor Laser Based Specific Density Detector
• Pixelplus Obtains a Completely Positive Decision from the Korean Patent Court on the Cancellation and Invalidation of Item 12 of the Disputed Sensor Patent Claimed by MagnaChip
• Smith & Nephew Sues Arthrex, Inc. for Patent Infringement
• The First Shot is Fired
• U.S. Patent Allowed for CodecSys Video Compression Technology from Broadcast International

Thursday, August 23, 2007

• RFC Express Announces Additional Litigation Research Services
• Kilpatrick Stockton’s Ted Davis Elected Financial Officer of the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law
• Nixon Peabody LLP Expands its Business Practice in New England
• Rambus Receives European Commission Statement of Objections
• Shoplogix Granted Patent for Advanced Machine Monitoring System
• String of Litigation Victories for IBA Culminates in Favorable Settlement

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

• 6 New Patent Lawsuits Filed - Aug 21st - View their details on RFC Express with a Free Trial
• CAS Sets Record for New Scientific Data Recorded in one Week, Additional Database Expansions Announced
• ISSYS Receives Patent for Fuel Cell Sensor
• Leading California Firm Announces New Office Opening in Santa Monica
• McDermott Achieves Precedent-Setting Victory in Federal Circuit Patent Case
• New Exhibit to Open in Patent and Trademark Office Museum
• Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Obtains Victory for Charles Schwab & Co. in Patent Infringement Suit
• TCS Issued Patent for Voice Over Internet Protocol Wi-Fi E9-1-1 Calls
• Third-Order Nanotechnologies Completes Significant Patent Filings
• USPTO Utility Patent Issued for FUNSTAX ® -- The Pizza Happy Meal -- Marketing and Advertising Box Lid Support

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

• Federal Appeals Court Sets New Precedent for Attorney-Client Privilege in Patent Lawsuits
• Dickstein Shapiro LLP’s Intellectual Property Team Thwarts Infringement Claim Regarding Surgical Sutures
• Health Discovery Corporation Receives Notice of Acceptance of Australian Patent Application Covering Biomarker Selection Using SVMs
• iRobot Files Lawsuit to Stop Infringement of Patents on Combat-Proven PackBot Robot
• MitoPharm Receives Notice of a U.S. Patent Allowance for Its Newly Discovered Compound
• Morrison & Foerster Wins Summary Judgment for Hemisphere GPS, in Defense of Patent Infringement Claim on Terrestrial GPS Devices Used Worldwide by Farmers
• Skinvisible Granted Comprehensive Patent for Invisicare® in India
• SonoSite Amends Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against GE with Additional Counterclaims
• USPTO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Educate California Businesses About the Importance of Intellectual Property Protection
• Winston & Strawn Hires Prominent Intellectual Property Lawyer Johnny Kumar

Monday, August 20, 2007

• 7 Patent lawsuits added from Aug 17th - Click to view
• Foley Expands Intellectual Property Litigation Practice With Addition of John T. Gutkoski
• Hiscock & Barclay Expands Intellectual Property & Technology Practice
• Occlutech Initiates Non-Infringement Proceedings and Files for Invalidation of AGA Medical’s European Patent in the U.K.
• OriginOil Files Patent for Breakthrough Technology to Transform Algae into Oil
• USPTO to Publish Measures to Improve Patent Quality
• Visual Sciences Announces Settlement and Patent License Agreement with NetRatings

Friday, August 17, 2007

• Foley Hoag Secures $10.7M Award for CytoLogix Corporation
• INTA Joins Forces With U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Combat Counterfeiting and Piracy
• Intellectual Property Litigator Christopher A. Hughes to Join Cadwalader
• Pharmaceutical Testing Device Manufacturer Likely Infringed Competitor’s Trademarks
• USPTO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Senator Patrick Leahy Educate Vermont

Thursday, August 16, 2007

• 6 New Patent Lawsuits Added Aug 16th 2007 - Receive A Special email when you sign up for a free trial
• Nisus Corp. v. Perma-Chink Sys., Inc.
• Albemarle Corporation Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Isochem Kautschuk GmbH in German Court
• Armstrong Teasdale Significantly Expands Its Intellectual Property Practice
• Christopher Dillon Joins Fish & Richardson
• Howrey LLP Adds Biochemistry Expert as Partner in Chicago Office
• Intellectual Property Attorney Named to Best of Class List by Best of the US LLC
• Senniger Powers Announces Key Victory in MEMC Antitrust Case
• SIIA Announces First Content Piracy Case Settlement
• TMT Capital Corporation Consummates Merger and Acquisition With Freedom Wireless Corporation
• WilmerHale Strengthens Palo Alto Practice With Veteran IP Litigator

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

• 14 Patent Lawsuits Added - Click & view - Free Trial
• MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
• Accolades and High Honors Acknowledge McAndrews, Held & Malloy and its Attorneys as Intellectual Property Law Leaders
• Asimina (Sylvia) Georges, Ph.D., Joins Fish & Richardson
• Aspen Publishers Offers Authoritative, Updated Copyright Resources
• Blank Rome Attorney, Brian Higgins, Launches New Maryland Intellectual Property Law Website
• Experienced Entertainment & Intellectual Property Litigator Michael Garfinkel Joins Venable in Los Angeles
• LifeSync Corporation Agrees to Sublicense Patent Portfolio to Medtronic
• National Stem Cell Holding, Inc. Discovers Non-Embryonic Biomaterials that Promote Tissue Repair
• Patent Infringement Suit against Fibercore Settles Favorably for OFS
• RFID S.M.A.R.T. Container Patent Issued to ODIN technologies
• Rival Technologies Inc.-Trademarks TRU™ and TRULITE™
• VisEn Medical Files Action to Invalidate New Caliper Life Sciences Patent

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

• Avalon Receives Paraffin Wax Patent for Enhanced Oil Recovery
• BSD Medical Obtains Patent License for Primary Breast Cancer Treatment System from Duke University
• Industrial Defender Awarded Patent for Cyber Risk Mitigation Technology

Monday, August 13, 2007

• Special: To The Editor
• Caliper Life Sciences Grants Multi-Year Imaging Patent License
• Grant Life Sciences Terminates Negotiations with Diagnostic Technologies Ltd. to Develop and Commercialize Grant’s Serum-Based Cervical Cancer-Diagnostic Platform
• King & Spalding’s Growth Continues in New York
• USPTO Grants Reexaminations on Patents Covering Software Used By Futures Traders
• Veteran IP Litigator Wayne Matus Joins Pillsbury’s New York Office

Friday, August 10, 2007

• Firm Fuses Expert Legal & Technology Disciplines to Streamline One-Pass Solutions for New FRCP E-Discovery Amendments
• Georgia-based Intellectual Property Partners Launches Long TiO2 Nanowires
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP Continues Growth with Addition of Three Associates
• Seoul Semiconductor Wins Patent Case in Taiwan
• USPTO Proposes New Measure to Improve Patent Quality and Reduce Pendency

Thursday, August 09, 2007

• Bitstream Awarded Two Patents for Mobile Browsing Technology
• Datalight Receives Patent for Groundbreaking Reliance Technology
• ECD’s Battery Subsidiary Grants Patent License to Shenzhen Grepow
• Genoa Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Mitsubishi and Samsung
• HKH Strengthens its Intellectual Property Group With the Addition of Sarah
• Modavox Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Tacoda
• Wildman Harrold Grows IP Group as Lewis T. Steadman Joins as Partner

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

• AppStream Awarded New Patent
• Health Discovery Corporation Announces Allowance of New U.S. Patent and Issuance of a European Patent Covering Fractal Genomics Modeling Technology
• Opexa Therapeutics Receives European Patent Notification for T-Cell Vaccine
• Prokop Labs, LLC Files a Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Chinese Manufacturer
• RADinfo SYSTEMS™ Announces the DICOMmail™ Technology for Patent
• Smith Micro Receives Patent for ’’System and Method for Secure Network Mobility’’
• TransAct Technologies Issues Update on Lawsuit Against FutureLogic
• USPTO, U.S. Chamber and Washington State Attorney General to Educate Washington Businesses About the Threats of Counterfeiting and Piracy and the Importance of Intellectual Property Protection
• Vedder Price Expands Intellectual Property Group

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

• Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Welcomes Five Former Nixon Peabody Attorneys to New York Office
• MetaPower International, Inc. Announces Patent Acceptance for UCoDA
• Microsoft Wins Reversal of $1.5 Billion Patent Decision
• Open Invention Network Extends The Linux Ecosystem As Google Becomes Its First End-User Licensee
• San Diego Federal Court Finds That Qualcomm Engaged in Aggravated Litigation Misconduct and Intentional Abuse of Industry Standards
• Sharp Files LCD Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Samsung
• Tiffany Obtains Injunction and Large Award Against Counterfeiters
• Veteran Litigator Keith Grady Joins Polsinelli as Chair of the IP Litigation Practice

Monday, August 06, 2007

• JCM Victorious in German Patent Court in Mars Lawsuit
• Nucleonics Challenges Dismissal of Counterclaims Against Benitec
• U.S. Court of Appeals Has Upheld Debt Resolve’s Patent, No. 6,330,551
• VIA Pharmaceuticals Announces Grant of New Patent Rights - Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors

Friday, August 03, 2007

• Special Feature: The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Changes Its Rules of Practice: A New Era of Enhanced Disclosure
• AppliedE™ Business Method Patent Issued by European Patent Office
• CA Files Lawsuit Against Rocket Software for Misappropriation of Intellectual Property
• Knock-Off Knock Out: Emeco Granted Trademark Protection for Iconic Aluminum 1006 Navy® Chair
• McDermott Will & Emery Names New Practice Head for Orange County Intellectual Property Practice
• Morrison & Foerster Names Anand David Director of Attorney Recruiting
• Retirement Engineering, Inc. Receives U.S. Patent for Innovative Features of Investment Products
• Ropak Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Plastican
• Santarus Receives Notice of European Patent Issuance
• Unigen Announces Settlement in Patent Infringement Case
• Widevine Wins Global Excellence Award for Content Protection & Digital Rights Management

Thursday, August 02, 2007

• Cohera Medical, Inc. Awarded Patent, Second SBIR Grant
• DuPont Settles Patent Infringement Case
• HP Resolves Ink Patent Infringement Suit Against Pelikan
• Intellectual Property Attorney David Weild III Joins New York Office of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge as Partner
• Meghan Quigley Toner Joins Hoffman Warnick & D’Alessandro
• RealNetworks Wins Complete Victory in Patent Suit
• Surety Introduces AbsoluteProof Desktop
• Time Warner and IBM Enter Patent Cross-License Agreement
• Widevine Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Verimatrix
• Winston & Strawn Continues D.C. Expansion With Hiring of Top I.P. Attorney Raymond Van Dyke

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

• Allowance Of US Patent On Isobaric Tandem Mass Tags® (TMT®)
• Boyle Fredrickson Adds Two Associates to Staff
• Cellport Licenses U.S. Telematics Patents to Point To Point Technology
• Court Takes Matter of Wyeth’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction Under Advisement
• Cruickshank’s Appoints Richard O’Connor as General Manager
• Digital Reasoning® Awarded Patent for Discovering Meaning of Words Solely from Data
• Egenera Granted Patent for Processing Area Network
• Nixon Peabody LLP Expands Its Life Sciences Practice
• Sernova Files Worldwide Patent Application for Innovative Component of Diabetes Cell Therapy
• ShoreTel Files Counterclaims Against Mitel Networks
• Signature Devices Expands Intellectual Property Portfolio
• Whirlpool Senior Counsel Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

• Biothera and MIT File Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Biorgin
• Eugene Science Obtains Patent on Producing Plant Sterol Beverage Using Nano Technology in Australia
• Finnegan Henderson Adds Two Bay Area IP Lawyers
• Health Discovery Corporation Announces Allowance of New U.S. Patent Covering SVM Pre-Processing Methods
• NAPP Announces New Slate of Officers
• Rosetta Genomics is Issued Another Patent Relating to MicroRNAs
• Sinobiomed Subsidiary Granted Chinese Patent for Recombinant Batroxobin (rBAT)
• Transocean Announces Settlement and License Agreement with Noble for Transocean’s Dual Activity Patents
• Wireless Software for Linux Cleared of Legal Uncertainty by Software Freedom Law Center

Monday, July 30, 2007

• Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd. v. Merck KGaA
• MOSAID Completes Sale of Semiconductor IP Assets to Synopsys
• Thirteenth Annual Advanced Patent and Licensing Seminar to Be Held September 10 – 21 in the International Law Office of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
• U.S. Patent Office Reaffirms Validity of CollegeNET’s ’042 Patent Covering Web Admissions Application Processing
• USPTO and the Japan Patent Office Launch Electronic Priority Document Exchange
• Xenomics Announces Issuance of a European Patent That Covers Use of Transrenal Nucleic Acid Technology for Prenatal Diagnostics

Friday, July 27, 2007

• Bayer CropScience Successfully Defended Imidacloprid Patent
• Kilpatrick Stockton Client PepsiCo Beats Coca-Cola on Summary Judgment
• Leading Copyright and New Media Lawyer Steven R. Englund Joins Jenner & Block
• Los Angeles Office of McDermott Will & Emery Welcomes Two New IP Attorneys
• MSU Law Names Acting Director of Intellectual Property & Communications Law Program
• Parus Interactive Awarded Patent for Natural Intuitive Speech Recognition to Manage Communications
• Price Heneveld Forms New Management Committee Team
• Wi-LAN to Grant a License of Wi-LAN Patent Portfolio to Fujitsu

Thursday, July 26, 2007

• Cybersettle Announces that the US Court of Appeals Has Upheld the Application of the Company’s Patent
• Unigen Sues Target In Federal Court Over Patent Infringement

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

• Cyclone Power Technologies Announces Filing of Worldwide Patents to Protect 11 Major Components of Its Clean & Green Engine
• Darren A. Handler Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer’s Bloomfield Hills Office as an Associate
• Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Opens 10th US Office in Washington, DC and Expands Intellectual Property Presence
• Jeffrey T. Gedeon Joins Rader, Fishman & Garuer’s Bloomfield Hills Office as an Associate
• Koronis Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for KP-1461 Therapeutic in Development for Treatment of HIV
• Phiar Files Patent For Integrated Antenna and Analog Electronics—Simplifies Millimeter-wave Radio Development to Enable Multi-Gigabit Wireless Solutions
• Unigen Announces Settlement in Patent Infringement Case Against Leiner Health Products, LLC and Safeway Inc.

Monday, July 23, 2007

• Acacia Technologies Acquires Rights to Patent for Ecommerce Pricing Technology
• Prokop Labs Files a Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Staples Corp
• Solgar Vitamin and Herb Enters Into Exclusive Trademark Licensing Agreement with Optigenex Inc. to Brand, Market and Distribute AC-11® as a Natural DNA Repair Dietary Supplement

Friday, July 20, 2007

• Apogee Files Two U.S. Patent Applications Supporting Its Intradermal Drug Delivery System
• Broadcom and Verizon Wireless Enter into Licensing Agreement Allowing Verizon Wireless to Offer Cell Phones Banned by ITC
• Glenmark Purchases Rights to Two Therapeutic Antibodies from Chromos
• Mannea Files Patent Applications for Innovative Technology
• Nexxus Lighting Issued Two New LED Lighting Technology Patents
• Stankovic Elected to Board of Directors of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin
• Telespree Awarded Patent on Instant Wireless Activation and Provisioning
• VGX Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of a Key U.S. Patent Covering New Electroporation Technology for Delivery of Macromolecules to Cells

Thursday, July 19, 2007

• Alnylam Grants Hayashi Kasei License to Kreutzer-Limmer Patents for the RNA Interference (RNAi) Research Products Market
• Award Winning Singapore Law Firm Boosts Its Patent Practice With a Second Senior U.S. Attorney
• Bentley Receives Broad U.S. Patent Protection for Its Intranasal Drug Delivery Technology
• Dyax Corp. Expands Patent Protection for DX-88 in On-Pump Cardiothoracic Surgery (CTS)
• Ortho-McNeil, Inc. Settles Patent Infringement Litigation Against Par/Kali
• Patterson & Sheridan, LLP, Adds Four New Attorneys to Houston Office
• Preservation Sciences Announces It Will Receive a U.S. Patent on Its Natural Choice Technology

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

• Biscom Announces Patent Assignment Agreement with Canon, Inc.
• Garrett Miedema Joins Fish & Richardson
• Introgen Obtains Exclusive US Patent for Development of Adenoviral Vector Based Gene Therapies
• Kemin Files Patent Infringement Suit Against OmniActive
• Morris, Manning & Martin Receives Summary Judgment in High Profile Patent Case
• Senomyx Announces Issuance of a New U.S. Patent Covering the Human Taste Receptor That Responds to Sweet and Savory Tastes

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

• Boyle Fredrickson Announces Move to Plankinton Avenue and Simplified Name
• Michael Best Continues to Grow Intellectual Property Law Practice in Chicago
• Reising Ethington Shareholder Jake Grove Appointed Adjunct Professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

Monday, July 16, 2007

• Biopack Receives U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Final Approval
• Cooley Godward Kronish Expands to Boston
• Kori Anne Bagrowski and Pyong Yoon Join Fish & Richardson
• MOSAID to Sell Semiconductor IP Assets to Synopsys
• WilmerHale Strengthens DC Intellectual Property Practice with Hire of Former NASA Engineer

Friday, July 13, 2007

• Avicena Engages Rothschild and Bionest as Strategic Advisors
• China Sunergy Announces Approval of N-type Cell Patent
• Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform Statement on Senate Mark Up of S. 1145
• Hi-Tech Wealth Expands Patent Portfolio
• LifeVantage Corporation Obtains Patent for Science-Based Dietary Supplement Product
• Morningstar’s Ibbotson Unit Receives Patent on Its Portfolio Creation Technique Using the Concept of Human Capital

Thursday, July 12, 2007

• Finnegan Henderson Appoints New Leadership in Taiwan
• Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc. Secures Key Intellectual Property in Optimized Sample Injection Structures in Microfluidic Separations from Pathwork Diagnostics
• Paul Hastings Files Patent Infringement Complaint on Behalf of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Against Barr Pharmaceuticals

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

• SIIA Announces the Ten Most Significant eCommerce Developments of the Last Decade
• Court Issues Claim Construction Order in GraphOn Corp. Litigation with AutoTrader.com
• Drew Meunier Joins Fish & Richardson
• Foley Hoag Names New Chairs of Intellectual Property Group
• Immersion Issues Patent Licenses for Tactile Feedback Video Game Console Peripherals
• Loeb & Loeb Further Bolsters Its Intellectual Property Litigation Team
• Sandstorm Enterprises Awarded U.S. Patent On NetIntercept Technology
• Senomyx Announces Issuance of a New U.S. Patent Covering the Human Taste Receptor That Responds to Sweet Taste
• Visto and SEVEN Announce Litigation Settlement
• WellGen, Inc. Announces Patent Awarded for WG0401, an Enriched Black-Tea Extract

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

• ConjuChem Biotechnologies Announces Filing of Patent Reexamination Request in U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
• Court Rules in Favor of ARIAD and Co-Plaintiffs in Lilly NF-KB Patent Infringement Lawsuit: Patent Found Valid and Enforceable
• Emily A. Dertz Joins Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds as a Technology Specialist
• Macrochem Acquires Option To License Pexiganan, a Novel Topical Anti-Infective for Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infection, from Genaera
• ViaCell Prevails Over PharmaStem in Federal Circuit Patent Appeal
• Xirrus and BYU-Idaho Jointly Submit Wi-Fi Availability Assurance Patent

Monday, July 09, 2007

• Ashland / Cargill License Technology From Davy Process Technology Ltd. for planned JV
• Maxwell Technologies Obtains License To Patent Covering Use Of Ultracapacitors In Wind Turbine Blade Pitch Systems
• Silicon Valley Office of McDermott, Will & Emery Adds Intellectual Property Partner
• Terocelo Awarded Self-Tuning Transmitter Patent
• TheraDoc® Awarded Patents for Expert System Platform® and Interface Technologies
• Transocean Announces License Agreement with Pride for Transocean’s Dual Activity Patents
• Weil Gotshal Silicon Valley Office Partner Becomes President of the Federal Circuit Bar Association

Friday, July 06, 2007

• Federal Circuit Again Finds in Favor of SMC in Landmark Festo Case
• 3M and Batteries.com LLC Reach Agreement
• Bull Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• G-Mail Lawsuit: Giersch Wins Against Google
• Health Discovery Corporation Settles Patent Infringement Suit against Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc.
• HKE Announces Firm Name Change
• Microchip Technology Takes Legal Action Against Shanghai Haier Integrated Circuit
• Overstock.com Applauds Favorable Appellate Rulings in Two Cases
• Patterson & Sheridan, LLP, Adds Technical Advisor to Shrewsbury Office
• U.S. International Trade Commission Investigates Nitrile Glove Manufacturers in Response to Patent Infringement Complaint By Tillotson Corporation

Thursday, July 05, 2007

• Gemstar-TV Guide Signs Multi-Year Patent License Agreement with SKY Italia
• Schulte Roth & Zabel Client Ninestar Technology Granted International Trade Commission Review of Initial Determination in Seiko Epson Ink Cartridge Case
• SonoSite Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against GE

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

• Adaptik Insurance Solutions Is Awarded Second Patent for Innovative Technology
• CSSI Astrodynamicist Awarded Software Patent
• Judge Grants Diomed Permanent Injunction in ‘777 Patent Case

Monday, July 02, 2007

• Maxwell Technologies Obtains License to Patent Covering Use of Ultracapacitors in Wind Turbine Blade Pitch Systems
• Michael Tieff Joins Fish & Richardson P.C.
• Millennium Acquires Belvedere Trademark in The U.S.
• Paul Hastings Wins Markman Ruling for Biovail
• Paul Hastings Wins Patent Ruling for Waters Technologies Corp.
• SanDisk and Ritek Sign Card Patent License Agreement
• Sivananda Reddy Joins Fish & Richardson
• Takeda Wins Patent Infringement Litigation on Appeal Against ANDA Filers for Generic Actos
• Townsend Goes National with Launch of Washington, DC Office

Friday, June 29, 2007

• BioFit Awarded Patent for Table Locking System
• Faegre & Benson Achieves Patent Victory for Saunders Group in Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
• Medela Files Patent Nullity Claim in Germany
• Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Receives Key U.S. Patent for Cancer Compound RX-0047
• Shine Holdings Announces Patent Filing for Bioremediation Process
• Star Scientific Files Notice of Appeal in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against RJ Reynolds
• StemCells, Inc. Agrees to Stay Litigation against Neuralstem Pending Reexamination of Patents Involved in Lawsuit

Thursday, June 28, 2007

• Avistar and RADVISION Announce Patent License Agreement
• Business Objects Prevails Against MicroStrategy in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Court Rules in Favor of eSpeed in Trading Technologies Patent Case
• N. Meyer Zohn Joins Rader, Fishman & Grauer’s Washington, D.C. Office as an Associate
• U.S. Patent Office Allows Pending Patent Application for Electronic Learning Products and Its Breakthrough Language, Literacy and Music Software

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

• See-Saw Battle in Toner Cartridge Patent, Copyright Case
• Celerity Prevails in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Ultra Clean
• Gemstar-TV Guide Signs Patent License Agreement with MeeVee for Program Guides for Its MeeVee.com and Other Web Sites
• HEPI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Files Patent Application to Protect Potential Active Components of ProAlgaZyme®
• Interneer, Inc. Awarded U.S. Patent for Instant Application Platform (IAP)
• Kilpatrick Stockton Client Knapp Logistics and Automation Wins Significant Patent Ruling
• Patent Office Ruling in Favor of Neuralstem Leads to Stay of Stemcells Inc. Lawsuit
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Wins Patent Infringement Suit
• Roamware Announces The Arrival Of Next Generation Multimodal Communication Technology
• Wells-Gardner Announces Filing of First Patent Application for Medical Market Involving LCDs

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

• 7 New Patent Lawsuits Filed June 22-25 View Details with RFC Express
• AirMagnet Allowed Patent for Ability to Detect Counterfeit Access Points
• Arrow International and Johns Hopkins Awarded Judgment Against Datascope in Patent Litigation
• Howrey LLP Expands Intellectual Property Practice in DC with the Addition of Cecil Key
• Local.com Granted U.S. Patent Number 7,231,405
• U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Tamoxifen Citrate Antitrust Lawsuits

Monday, June 25, 2007

• Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. Obtains Validation of European Patent for Clinical Candidate in 18 Countries
• My Screen Mobile Files Patent Application With U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Ontario Grower Ordered to Pay Monsanto $107,000 for Violating Patent Rights on Roundup Ready® Soybeans
• Patent Issued to NavQuest.com for Navigation Assistance Method & System
• PhytoLabs Inc. Announces Granting of Patent for Most Powerful Immuno-stimulatory Dietary Supplement

Friday, June 22, 2007

• ITC Denies Request to Stay Exclusion Order Against Qualcomm Products Found to Infringe Broadcom Patent
• Dewey Ballantine Adds Three Partners and New Co-Chair to IP Litigation Practice
• Electro Energy Adds Chinese Patent to Patent Portfolio
• German Court Confirms Validity of Metabolix Patent
• Heller Ehrman Welcomes Prominent IP Litigator to NY Office
• Kurve Technology Awarded U.S. Patent on Nasal Drug Delivery Technology
• Pulse~LINK Asserts IP Rights Against Tzero Technologies for Patent Infringement

Thursday, June 21, 2007

• ACE*COMM Awarded Patent for Creation of Technologies for Telecommunications Operations
• Actions and SigmaTel Settle All Patent Litigation and Enter into Cross-License Agreement
• DuPont Takes Legal Action to Protect Global Intellectual Property
• Exploration Orbite Deposes a Patent Application for its Unique Aluminium Extraction Process Technology
• OmniReliant Acquires Rights to Patent-Pending Breakthrough Acne Treatment Solution
• Summary Judgment Entered in Favor of IGT in Multi-Level Progressive Technology Lawsuit Filed by Aristocrat
• Thermage Sues Alma Lasers for Patent Infringement
• ZEOX Receives Non-Exclusive Patent Rights From Halliburton

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

• Special Feature: Standards for Patent Injunctions Remain Uncertain
• Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP Adds Three Lawyers To Huntsville Office
• Genesis Bioventures Announces Breast Cancer Marker Granted European Diagnostic and Therapeutic Patent Approval
• MOSAID Licenses Patent Portfolio to Taiwan’s Etron Technology
• Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb Prevail in U.S. Plavix Patent Litigation
• Townsend’s Seattle Office Adds Three Litigators
• U.S. Patent Office Upholds Final Rejection of Claims in Lectrolarm Patent Re-Examination Proceeding
• VIASPACE Subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation Files Patent Application on Tamper Resistant Fuel Cartridges

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

• HP Files Unfair Competition Lawsuit Against Pelikan
• McDermott Will & Emery’s Los Angeles Office Continues to Expand
• MedMira Receives Patent for Rapid Test Technology
• Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. and the University of Michigan Sign Patent Licensing Agreement

Monday, June 18, 2007

• Jay Smith III Joins Fish & Richardson
• LG Files Patent Lawsuit Against Hitachi
• Mark Logic Granted Patent on Key Technology in MarkLogic Server
• MedShare Files for Patent Protection and Discloses New Inventions
• NetDeposit Awarded Two Patents for Electronic Check Processes
• PricewaterhouseCoopers Study Reveals Companies Need to Address Widening Economic Impact of Unlicensed Technology
• SenoRx Announces Additional Patent Granted for Radiation Balloon
• Texas Court Ruling Confirms Strength of Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio
• Townsend Wins Permanent Injunction For Its Client Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• United States Patent and Trademark Office Begins Pilot Program to Open Patent Examination Process for Online Public Participation
• Verimatrix Announces Allowance of Patent on Key Components of the VCAS Technology Portfolio

Friday, June 15, 2007

• 1-800-FREE411 Receives Patent for Free 411 Ad-Supported Directory Assistance Service
• Color Kinetics and High End Systems Announce Licensing Agreement
• CryoLife Awarded U. S. Patent for BioFoam®
• Power Integrations Files Patent-Infringement Lawsuit Against BCD Semiconductor, Revises Second-Quarter Revenue Guidance
• Richard L. Byrne of The Webb Law Firm Named 2007 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
• TASER International Awarded Judgment Against Thomas Watkins in Patent Litigation
• VISICU eICU® Patent Reaffirmed … Again

Thursday, June 14, 2007

• Biomoda Files Patent Protection to Speed Up Marketing of Its Lung Cancer Detection Technology
• Hunton & Williams’ Atlanta IP Group Continues Local Expansion
• Microsoft and Linspire Collaboration Promotes Interoperability and Customer Choice
• MOSAID Signs Two Seasoned Executives as Intellectual Property Licensing Consultants
• PharmaNutrients Awarded US Patent # 7,208,522 for Method and Composition of CLA for Prevention and Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome
• Sonus Pharmaceuticals Awarded Patent for TOCOSOL® Camptothecin, the Company’s Second Oncology Product Candidate
• Supreme Court Finally Decides DyStar’s Patent Invalid
• The Aegenis Group Files for Patent on AR² Risk Methodology

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

• Special Feature: Recent Broadcom Victories Demonstrate Value of ITC Litigation
• Aethlon Medical Announces Issuance of Virus Treatment Patent
• Chembio Issued U.S. Patent for Universal Rapid Test & Method in Detection of Tuberculosis in Multiple Host Species
• Javelin Pharmaceuticals’ Dyloject™ Gains an Additional 10 Years of Patent Protection with Issuance of New European Patent
• Katten Wins Key Summary Judgment Rulings on Behalf of SMART Technologies in Patent Infringement Case
• NVE Notified of Grant of Thermomagnetically Assisted Spin-Momentum Transfer MRAM Patent
• Patent Attorney Joins Hutchison Law Group
• Patent Attorneys Jerry Fellows and Raye L. Daugherty Join Greenberg Traurig’s Expanding Intellectual Property Practice
• Repligen Reports Ruling on Sanctions Motion Against ImClone
• TransAct Technologies Charges FutureLogic with Patent Infringement For Dual Port Technology
• USPTO and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Join Forces to Educate Businesses About the Threats of Counterfeiting and Piracy and the Importance of Intellectual Property Protection

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

• Barr Announces Withdrawal of ZYPREXA® Zydis® Patent Litigation
• Cantor Colburn Expands to Alexandria, VA
• Darby & Darby Moves to New 7 World Trade Center Office
• Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Receives U.S. Patent Covering Composition of Matter for Recombinant, Non-Glycosylated Human Alpha-fetoprotein
• Nastech Announces Issuance of a U.S. Patent for Nascobal® Nasal Spray
• NEOPHARM, Inc. Signs Exclusive License Agreement for the Use of CINTREDEKIN
• New Patent Approvals Secure Fargo’s Innovation Position
• Salt Lake City’s Workman Nydegger Announces a Record Number of Advancements

Monday, June 11, 2007

• Black Duck Software Deepens Work with IBM Rational Through Expanded Software Integration
• Daniel Yan Joins Fish & Richardson
• Judgment Enters in Favor of Proveris Scientific Corporation in Patent Infringement Lawsuit against InnovaSystems, Inc.
• Michael Shevlin Joins Townsend’s San Diego Office
• Nokia Asks Texas Court to Stop Qualcomm’s Unauthorized Use of Nokia’s MediaFLO and BREW Patents
• Solucorp Receives Patent for its IFS Heavy Metal Remediating Paint Stripper Technology

Friday, June 08, 2007

• Broadcom Wins ITC Order Barring Certain Qualcomm Baseband Chips and Cellular Phones from Importation into the U.S.
• Delta Beta Files Interference Suggestion Against Acacia With U.S. Patent Office
• Goodwin Procter Opens Office in Palo Alto
• Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Bolsters Patent Prosecution with Addition of Jeffrey Canfield
• Perrigo Wins Famotidine Complete Patent Litigation
• Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals, LLC Protects Its Intellectual Property

Thursday, June 07, 2007

• Four Attorneys Join Woodcock Washburn’s Atlanta Office
• Medoctor, Inc. Receives US Patent
• Microsoft and LG Electronics Announce Broad Patent-Licensing Agreement
• Mister Money Awarded Patent for Automated Payday Loan Process
• Mistral Pharma Submits a Provisional Patent Application for a New Oral Delivery Platform
• New Associates With Pattishall, McAuliffe
• NMT Medical Wins Favorable Ruling in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Cardia
• Sharp Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Taiwan-based LCD Maker HannStar
• Sixth Annual Hot Topics in Patent Law Symposium
• Urodynamix Files Patent Applications
• USPTO to Test Impact of Public Input on Improving Patent Quality in the Computer Technologies

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

• Apollo Pharmaceutical, Inc. Announces Grant of a Joint US Patent for Encapsulated Mahonia Aquifolium (Psorberine)
• BigBand Networks Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Imagine Communications
• ESI Granted Voice Mail over IP Patent
• Force10 Networks Awarded Patent for Advances in Delivering Reliable Switching and Routing Performance
• Graphon Corp. Files Lawsuit against Juniper Networks for Patent Infringement
• IFI Patent Intelligence Partners with IPB Corporation to Offer Customized Patent-Analysis Service
• Mylan Wins Its Amlodipine Case With Pfizer
• Sonnenschein Expands Biotech and Life Sciences Practice

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

• Barr and Eli Lilly Voluntarily Dismiss Patent Litigation on Prozac Weekly
• Beat the Traffic Earns a Third U.S. Patent Entitled Three Dimensional Traffic Reports
• C2 Global Technologies Inc. Granted Patent for Private IP Communication Network Architecture
• Harvard Licenses Broad Portfolio of Nanotechnologies to Nano-Terra
• O2Micro Receives PC Controller Patent
• USPTO Celebrates a Decade of Telework
• Via Licensing and Participating Licensors Introduce Joint Licensing Program for Essential NFC Patents

Monday, June 04, 2007

• AnazaoHealth Corporation Receives U.S. Patent Issue Notification for Stabilized and Lyophilized Radiopharmaceutical Agents
• BioGenex, Ventana Settle Patent Litigation
• Bovie Medical Corporation Completes Manufacturing and Distribution Agreements with Canady Technology
• CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals Announces USPTO Schedules Date for Issuance of Additional Oracea Patent
• Leading IP Litigation Team Joins Heller Ehrman’s New York Office
• NuTech Finalizes Acquisition of 49% Interest in Resource Protection Management, LP
• Universal Electronics Inc. and Remote Technologies Inc. Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Friday, June 01, 2007

• Jibbitz, LLC Wins $1.8 Million Judgment for Intellectual Property Infringement
• Mylan Wins Omeprazole Patent Litigation
• Power Integrations Announces Postponement of Patent-Validity Trial
• TASER International Clarifies Discovery Issue in Patent Litigation
• WARF Response on Stem Cell Patents as Expected, Consumer Groups Say

Thursday, May 31, 2007

• Special Feature: Google Wins.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Pleads Guilty to Lying to the Federal Government About Deal Involving Blood-Thinning Drug
• California Healthcare Institute Issues White Paper on Patent Reform Outlining Implications for Biotech Industry
• Caliper Life Sciences Receives Significant Patent on Key Biophotonic Imaging Technology
• Certicom Files Suit Against Sony For Patent Infringement
• Ciphergen Biosystems Announces Issuance of European Patent Covering a Method for Aiding Bladder Cancer Diagnosis
• diaDexus Announces Additional U.S. Patent for Lp-PLA2 Activity-Based Atherosclerosis Diagnostic Test
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Panasonic Corporation of North America, and 3M Reach Agreement
• Secure Computing Files Patent Infringement and Unfair Competition Lawsuit Against Finjan Software
• U.S. Starcom Files Provisional Patent
• Workman Nydegger Welcomes Four New Associates

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

• Acacia Technologies Acquires Rights to Patents for Remote Management of Imaging Devices
• Fay Sharpe Partner Wins Physics Alumnus Award from John Carroll University
• Federal Jury Finds QUALCOMM Infringes Three Broadcom Patents
• King & Spalding Continues the Aggressive Expansion of its IP Practice With the Arrival of Partner Ethan Horwitz in New York
• KODAK Security Solutions Create a Virtual Fortress to Fend Off Counterfeiters
• Martek Withdraws Original European ARA Infant Formula Patent in Light of New European ARA Infant Formula Patent
• MedPointe Settles Litigation with Hi-Tech and Successfully Enforces Patent Covering its Tussi-12® D Products
• Romy L. Celli Returns to the Biotechnology & Chemistry Practice of Townsend & Townsend & Crew
• Senomyx Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent Covering Methods for the Identification of Sweet Taste Modulators
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants Patent to The Self-Service Shredder
• Web.com Awarded Twenty-First Patent

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

• Biomoda Files Additional Patent Protection for Its Lung Cancer Detection Technology
• Bridgetech Forms Strategic Alliance With ValiRx Plc to Foster Technology Transfer Between Europe and Greater China
• Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of 21st U.S. Patent
• Pfizer Will Immediately Seek to Appeal Lipitor Patent Ruling in Norway
• PreMD Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance for a United States Patent on PREVU* LT
• Sinobiomed International Patent Application for Recombinant Batroxobin (rBAT) Accepted

Saturday, May 26, 2007

• AppliedE™ Business Method Patent Issued by U.S. Patent Office
• CS Wins Inter-Carrier Messaging Patent Infringement Case Against Sybase 365
• New York Court Rules in Favor of ICOS Vision Systems, Dismisses Scanner Patent Infringement Charges

Friday, May 25, 2007

• Special Feature: Pleading Bar Raised for Antitrust Plaintiffs
• Overstock.com Marks Appellate Panel Decision in Patent Troll Case
• Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc. Receives Japanese Patent Grant for Proprietary SFP Iron-Delivery

Thursday, May 24, 2007

• AfterCollege Awarded Online Recruiting Patent
• Battery IC Architecture Patent Granted to O2Micro
• CCID Consulting: Patent Fees Become a Bargaining Chip in Market Competition
• Hop-on Delivers U.S. Patent and Trademark Appeal Victory at Annual Shareholders Meeting
• Milbank Wins Patent Infringement Victory for Invitrogen
• Nokia Responds to Qualcomm Lawsuit in Wisconsin, Files its First Patent Counter Assertions and Seeks Injunction
• Sanderson Engine Receives Technology Patents For Ultra High-Efficiency Engine Concepts
• Seyfarth Shaw Welcomes Four Leading Patent Attorneys in Boston with a Broad Range of Technological Expertise and Litigation Capability
• Sweet Success Files Patent Application on Its Nutraceutical Beverage, GlucaSafe

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

• Carl Haber to Discuss Capturing Recorded Sound Through Digital Imaging on June 18th At Library of Congress
• Dechert Client Advanced Analogic Technologies Receives Full Defense Verdict in International Trade Commission Patent Case
• Fellowes, Inc. Wins Key Patent Verdict in Case Against Chinese Shredder Manufacturer
• Judge Rules for Diomed in Patent Post Trial Hearing
• Laird Technologies Protects Patent Rights
• New Patent Issues to MSV on Satellite-Terrestrial Communications Systems
• Orrick Expands Intellectual Property Practice
• PhRMA Meets with Thai Health Minister
• Pliant Corporation Settles Patent Dispute
• Tri-Vision Continues to Add V-chip Licenses

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

• 10 More Patent Lawsuits Added May 22nd - Available for Viewing
• EchoStar Wins Patent Suit
• Integrien Files Patents for Key Integrity Management Technology
• MedicalCV, Inc. Receives Three Additional Notices of Allowance on Patent Applications for Laser-Based Surgical Ablation Technology Platform
• Novartis Pursues Legal Actions to Defend Intellectual Property Rights for High Blood Pressure Medicine Lotrel Following US Court Ruling
• SIIA Settles Suit Against Individual Selling Pirated Software on eBay
• Wizards of the Coast Awarded Patent for Constructible Strategy Game

Monday, May 21, 2007

• 13 Patent Lawsuits Added May 19th - Available for Viewing
• Champions Biotechnology, Inc. Acquires Biomerk, Inc.
• Dickinson Wright PLLC Combines with Artz & Artz to Form Intellectual Property Powerhouse
• Fairchild Semiconductor Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
• MarkAny Licenses Digimarc Digital Watermarking Patents for Deterring Music Piracy
• QuikOrder Awarded Patent for Revolutionary One-Click Ordering Technology
• U.S. Patent Office Issues WindSpring Patent for Data Miniaturization Technology Processes
• Universal Detection Patent for Bacterial Spore Detection Technology Allowed by the European Patent Office

Friday, May 18, 2007

• 10 Patent Lawsuitsuits Added May16th - Available for Viewing
• 9 Patent Lawsuits Added May 18th - Available for Viewing
• AdvantaPure Receives Patent for Equipment Tracking System
• Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and Parsons Hsue & De Runtz LLP Law Firms to Merge
• Informatica Awarded Injunction Against Business Objects in Patent Infringement Case
• Ken Kozik Joins Greenberg Traurig as Shareholder
• Speedus and Verizon Wireless Agree to Dismissal of Patent Suits
• TVG Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Magna, HRTV and XpressBet
• U.S. Patent Office Awards Patent to Catcher Holdings, Reaffirming Commitment to Innovation

Thursday, May 17, 2007

• 8 Patent Lawsuits Added May 17th - Available for Viewing
• Artists and Academia Unite to Promote Copyright and Creativity, Jobs and Economic Growth
• Franklin Pierce Law Center Faculty to Join U.S. Chamber of Commerce Initiative on Intellectual Property in China
• Gabriel Joins Dykema Intellectual Property Litigation Group in Los Angeles
• LogicLibrary Receives Patent on Dynamic Technique to Present Complex Asset and Service Relationships
• Markzware Files Digital Documents Preflight Infringement Lawsuit Against Enfocus
• Nano-Terra Inc. Announces Multi-Year Development and Licensing Agreement with 3M
• New York Office of K&L Gates Continues Recent Growth with Partner Addition
• Oracle Invests in Intellectual Property Management Solutions Leader Sophoi
• QUALCOMM and DigiBee Sign CDMA2000 Subscriber Unit and Modem Card License Agreement
• Sirenza Microdevices Awarded Patent on Dynamic Feedback Linearization
• SMEs Challenge Patent Office Over Absurd Software Policy

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

• 8x8 Awarded Additional Voice over IP (VoIP) Patent
• FSI International Receives U.S. Patent for Method of Combining Uniform Etching with Rinsing and Drying in a Single Immersion Tank
• HistoRx Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent Covering Core AQUA® Technology
• MOSAID Announces Three Senior Appointments
• O2Micro Plans To Appeal Jury Verdict in Patent Trial Against MPS
• Rosetta Genomics Receives First Ever Patent Supporting MicroRNA-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics
• Samaritan Breast Cancer Diagnostic Issued U.S. Patent
• Symantec Files Series of Software Piracy Suits Totaling More Than $55 Million

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

• Australian Biotech Signs Licensing Deal with Roche for Lung Health Biomarker
• Chordiant Awarded New Patent for Predictive Decisioning
• EVault Awarded Patent for Online Backup and Recovery Technology
• FreeDesign Receives Patent for FreeDimension Technology
• Magma Offers Royalty-Free License for Low-Power Chip Design Patent
• MSU Law Professor Authors Amicus Brief Filed With U.S. Supreme Court
• Open Invention Network Comments on Article in Fortune
• Sideman & Bancroft LLP Launches IP Group
• VistaPrint Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Taylor Subsidiaries 123Print and Drawing Board

Monday, May 14, 2007

• GeneLink Receives U.S. Patent for Its DNA-Based Skin Health Assessment
• GPS Industries, Inc. Files U.S. Patent Infringement Suit Against Ten Companies
• Kantner Joins DLA Piper Intellectual Property Practice in Dallas
• Memcorp Inc. Files Motion to Stay Proceedings in DVD Patent Infringement Case Filed by Toshiba
• Paul Hastings Wins Patent Trial for Eisai Pharmaceuticals
• SmartSound and Sony Creative Software Reach Patent License Agreement
• VuBotics and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Announce Patents Issued for VIPAR Technology

Friday, May 11, 2007

• Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Adds Two Top Patent Litigators
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces Agreement in Principle to Resolve Federal Antitrust Investigation
• Edwards Lifesciences Initiates Patent Infringement Litigation Against CoreValve
• InfoLogix, Inc. Acquires Healthcare Mobility Services and RFID Business from AMTSystems, Inc.
• Magellan Biosciences Acquires Intellectual Property Portfolio to Support Its Point-of-Care Strategy and New Products
• Nanometrics Announces Settlement Of Nova Measuring Patent Litigation
• Newly Filed Patent Cases of May 10th. 2007 Provided by RFC Express
• Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation Announces First Quarter 2007 Financial Results
• Patent Lawsuit Dispute Between Epistar and Philips Lumileds Intensifies
• Preliminary Injunction Denied in Digene Patent Infringement Case Against Ventana Medical Systems
• Super Micro Settles Patent Litigation With Rackable
• U.S. Patent Trademark Office Reaffirms Lambda Surface Enhancement Technology

Thursday, May 10, 2007

• Brian Rostocki Joins Fish & Richardson P.C.
• Cedara Software and Varian Medical Systems Announce Licensing Agreement for the Cedara I-Response™ Software for Analyzing Tumor Response to Treatment
• Fay Sharpe Adds Two to Professional Staff
• KineMed Acquires Option to Exclusively License Patents Covering SR-B1 as a Target for Atherosclerotic Heart Disease from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Managing Director of Patent Licensing for BellSouth Joins IPinvestments Group
• Newly Filed Patent Cases of May 9th Provided by RFC Ezpress
• Peak International Announces Breakthrough UltraLite™ Designs
• Safety Sleep Systems, Inc. Applies for Patent for New System and Method for Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Disorders
• Sobieraj Named President of IPLAC
• Synovis Life Technologies Receives U.S. Patent for Flow Coupler

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

• Former Sony/ATV And ASCAP In-House Counsel Andrew Jonas Sanders Joins Lathrop & Gage
• Grandis Awarded Three Key STT-RAM Patents
• Human Pheromone Sciences Announces License Agreement
• Imaging Diagnostic Systems Receives Second Patent for Small Animal Optical Scanner
• MOSAID and LSI Sign Exclusive Patent Licensing Agreement
• New Software Program Prepares Professional Confidentiality Agreements For Various Business Deals
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from May 8, 2007 Provided by RFC Express
• Stephenson Harwood Promotes Lucy Harrold to IP Partner
• University of Alabama School of Law Wins International Trademark Association - Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

• $49 Million Class Action Settlement Reached on Behalf of BAR/BRI Bar Review Course Students
• The Original Patent Troll Returns
• Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Names Margaret J.A. Peterlin Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Eyespot Launches Media Mashup Moderation Platform for Copyrighted Video
• LED Lighting Fixtures Receives First Patent
• Newly Filed Patent Cases of May 7, 2007 Provided by RFC Express
• Palamida Extends IP Amplifier™ Day One Reporting of Open Source Intellectual Property and Security Risks

Monday, May 07, 2007

• Cytokine PharmaSciences, Inc. Issued Patent for MIF Gene Polymorphism Diagnostics
• MOSAID Introduces Breakthrough Flash Memory Architecture
• Newly Filed Patent Cases of May 4, 2007 Provided by RFC Express
• Oerlikon USA Announces Decision by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Grant Request for Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,919,001
• Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C. Names New Associate
• TorreyPines Therapeutics Transfers Intellectual Property and Compounds for Treating Autoimmune Diseases to CalciMedica

Friday, May 04, 2007

• Brazil Breaks Merck Drug Patent in Major Victory for AIDS Activism, Says AHF
• Destiny Software Productions Inc. Sues Musicrypt, John Heaven and Clifford Hunt
• Key Patents Issued for ARCAD™ Instillate for the Prevention of Surgical Adhesions
• King Camp Gillette Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame
• MSU Law Professor and Student Position Paper Submitted to Hong Kong Government
• Newly Filed Patent Cases of May 3, 2007 from RFC Express
• Patriot Scientific Announces Nokia Purchase of Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License
• Stroock Wins Significant Summary Judgment Ruling in Trade Secrets Case for its Client Richards Manufacturing

Thursday, May 03, 2007

• Aristocrat to Appeal Summary Judgement Decision
• Autodesk Launches Autodesk Inventor LT
• Blank Rome Wins Significant Verdict for Iconix Brand Group
• Caliper Life Sciences Licenses Monogram Bioscience Microfluidics Patents
• Helix BioPharma Awarded First U.S. Patent for DOS47
• IsoTis Receives US Patent Related to Reverse Phase Medium Technology
• LED Lighting Fixtures Adds Director of Intellectual Property to Management Team
• MultiCell Technologies Receives Two International Trademark Protections
• NanoDynamics Launches TechBank™ IP Technology Portfolio
• Newly Filed Cases of May 2, 2007 from RFC Express
• Nventa Granted U.S. Patent Covering Heat Shock Protein Fusion to Treat Anogenital Warts
• Stankovic Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Scholarship

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

• Campbell Joins Goodwin Procter IP Practice
• Euclid Discoveries is Granted 1st Patent from The United States Patent and Trademark Office
• IACC Supports USTR 2007 Special 301 Decisions
• IGT Announces Summary Judgment Entered in Its Favor Against Aristocrat in Litigation Over Multiway® Technology
• IPotential Names Steve Knauer as Chief Patent Counsel
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Pooley & Oliver Joining Morrison & Foerster
• Russian Government Suffers Defeat in Use of Trade Name for Flagship International TV Network
• The KSR Decision – What Does it Really Mean?
• Tidel Announces Purchase of Two Patents
• Vical Wins Final Decision Upholding Key Japanese Patent
• Vonage Files Motion to Vacate and Remand U.S. District Court Decision in Light of U.S. Supreme Court Landmark Patent Decision

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

• College YouTubers in the Dark About Copyright Law
• Department of Justice Will Not Oppose Standards-Setting Organization Proposal on Patent Information Policy
• Diagnocure Acquires Exclusive Worldwide Rights to Gene-Based Tests for Colorectal Cancer
• Licensing Executives Society Warns Supreme Court Decisions May Water Down U.S. Patent Laws
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Oramed Pharmaceuticals Expands Product Line With the Addition of Two New Provisional Patents in the Intellectual Property Portfolio
• Supreme Court Decision: KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
• USPTO EFS-Web Electronic Patent Filing System Celebrates Successful First Year
• Wisconsin Stem Cell Patent Foundation Managing Director Should Quit Patent Office Post to Avoid Conflict of Interest, Consumer Advocates Say

Monday, April 30, 2007

• KSR Int’l v. Teleflex Inc. Rejects the Federal Circuit Obviousness Test
• Around 80% of Corporations in TEDA Are Setting Up Stratagem and Systems for Intellectual Property Rights
• Avicena Files Composition of Matter Patent Application for Treatment of Huntingtons Disease
• DuPont Settles Patent Infringement Litigation with Bio-Rad Laboratories
• Garmin Receives Ruling in Wisconsin Patent Litigation
• Intellectual Property Industry Executives Testify on Federal Patent Reform Bill
• Motorola Phones Held Not to Infringe University of Texas System Patent
• NEC Licenses its Digital Microwave Radio Patents to Microwave Networks, Inc.
• Newly Filed patent Cases From RFC Express
• QUALCOMM and 4G Systems Enter Into OFDM/OFDMA Modem Card and Router License Agreement
• Sangamo BioSciences Announces Research and License Agreement With Genentech for ZFP Technology for Protein Pharmaceutical Production
• U.S. Supreme Court Decisions in Microsoft, KSR Patent Cases a Huge Boost for U.S. Innovation, Growth and Competitiveness

Friday, April 27, 2007

• Newly Filed Patent Cases From RFC Express
• Seton Hall Law School Receives $9.1 Million Endowment

Thursday, April 26, 2007

• David Simonelli and Rick Hoffmann Join Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.
• Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Receives 2007 Burton Legal Achievement Award
• Goodwin Procter Grows Intellectual Property Practice
• IP Investment Summit and Live Auction 2007 Catalogue Now Available Online
• Jeannine Yoo Sano to Join Howrey in East Palo Alto
• La Jolla Pharmaceutical Receives Riquent® Composition of Matter Patents in Europe and China
• New Blood Test Can Diagnose and Monitor Treatment of Parkinsons Disease
• Newly Filed Patent Cases From RFC Express
• Thomson Scientific Publishes -World IP Today- Analyzing Global Patent Activity and Technology Innovations Over the Past Decade

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

• Andrew Rose Appointed Managing Partner of Nixon Peabody LLP Albany Office
• BD Discloses Notice of Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Proceedings
• Celera and LabCorp® Announce Licensing Agreement to Commercialize Breast Cancer Testing Essays
• INTA Welcomes European Parliament Vote on Criminal Sanctions As Step in Right Direction
• IsoTis Completes Transfer of PolyActive IP Estate to OctoPlus
• Saft Adds New Lithium Technology to its Product Portfolio
• Smith Micro Awarded Patent for High Speed Firmware Over-The-Air Update Technology
• Vonage Wins Permanent Stay in Verizon Patent Litigation

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

• Computer Dealer Association Files Complaint Against Sun Microsystems With UK Competition Authority
• IDEXX Laboratories Denied Motion That Would Have Prevented Discovery in Multi-million Dollar Antitrust Lawsuit Brought by CYNTEGRA Inc.
• Luminex Licenses Cystic Fibrosis Gene Patent From John Hopkins University
• Minebea Co., Ltd. To Pay Papst Licensing $6.7 Million Settlement
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• PDL BioPharma European Patent Claims Upheld

Monday, April 23, 2007

• American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Files Lawsuit Against Payless ShoeSource
• Autodesk Announces Famed as Inventor of the Month for April 2007
• Chinese Fuel Cell Patent Issued to Caltech
• Color Kinetics Licenses Patents to TRUMPF for Medical Lighting Systems
• Microsoft and Samsung Announce Broad Patent Agreement
• Miller Canfield Opens Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• New Patent Covers Push-To-Send Functionality in Satellite Communication Systems
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• O2Micro Issued Patent for Low Dropout Voltage Regulator Architecture
• Pharmacyclics Announces FDA Filing of New Drug Application for Xcytrin® Injection to Treat Lung Cancer Brain Metastases

Friday, April 20, 2007

• Coalition for Patent Fairness Supports Introduction of Bipartisan, Bicameral Patent Reform Bills
• Network-1 Completes $5,000,000 Financing
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Shire Completes Acquisition of New River

Thursday, April 19, 2007

• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

• Finjan Launches Breakthrough Security Assistance Tool for Web Browsers
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Qualcomm is the Largest User of Nokia Technology and Patents
• Qualcomm is the Largest User of Nokia Technology and Patents

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

• Broadcom Charges Qualcomm with Unfair Competition, Fraud and Breach of Contract
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Osprey Pharmaceuticals Limited Announces Issuance of 3 U.S. Patents

Monday, April 16, 2007

• $49 Million Judgment in Florida Patent Infringement Lawsuit Announced by Maher, Guiley and Maher, P.A.
• Entrex and Arthur Lipper Agree to Create -Trading Market- for Royalties
• Luce Forward Client Eldorado Stone Awarded Over $20 Million in Trade Secret Misappropriation Case
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express

Friday, April 13, 2007

• Broadcom Charges Qualcomm with Unfair Competition, Fraud and Breach of Contract
• New European ARA Infant Formula Patent Strengthens Martek Intellectual Property Position
• QIAGEN Signs Agreement for the Acquisition of eGene
• Secure Computing Awarded Three New Patents for Web & Messaging Gateway Security

Thursday, April 12, 2007

• DNA Therapeutics Reports a Novel Mechanism of Action and a Biomarker of its Lead Molecule Dbait That Open an Innovative Pathway-Targeting in Molecular Cancer Therapy
• Federal District Court Grants Maxwell Technologies Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Bar Sale of Nesscap Ultracapacitor Products That Infringe Maxwell Patent
• Luminescent Receives Second Patent for Inverse Lithography Technology (ILT)
• SRU Biosystems Strengthens Intellecutal Property Position Surrounding Label-Free Detection Technology
• Transgenomic, Inc. Purchases Certain Assets and Signs Licenses to Supply Customers of SpectruMedix LLC

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

• Beach Boys Lose $60 Million Intellectual Property Lawsuit Against Music Memorabilia Collector and Former Rocker Roy Sciacca
• Chadbourne Wins Trademark Lawsuit Involving Gloria Vanderbilt and GLO Brands
• InfoLogix, Inc. Expands Intellectual Property Assets with Acquisition of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Patent Portfolio Company
• New Wave Research, Inc. Obtains Preliminary Injunction Against Japanese Equipment Manufacturer
• PubPat Request to Reexamine Patriot Scientific Microprocessor Patent Granted by U.S. Patent Office
• Skinvisible® Signs License Agreement for Leading Topical Pain Reliever

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

• Cablevision Appeals Remote-Storage DVR Decision
• Carrington Subsidiary DelSite and Nastech Sign Technology Evaluation Agreement for GelSite® Polymer
• Discovery Creates Opportunity for Anyone to Grow Sought-After Morel Mushroom
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Raytheon Offers a Spectrum of Innovative Technologies to Solve Tactical Space Needs
• Start Licensing Grants License Rights to GTC Biotherapeutics
• U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez Unveils National Campaign to Inspire Invention in Children
• Uroplasty Announces the Close of the Agreement to Purchase Urgent® PC Intellectual Property Assets
• USPTO Asked to Reexamine Patents Covering Software Used By Futures Traders
• Where Is the Economics Behind Lucent v. Gateway et al.?

Monday, April 09, 2007

• Accomplished Patent Litigator Joins WilmerHale in its Expanding New York Office
• Ironclad Awarded Patent on Unique Glove Technology
• Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP Scores A Decisive Trademark Victory For PBM Products
• MOSAID Names New CEO and New Chairman of the Board
• Omni-Tract® Surgical Awarded New European Patents
• Upaid Dismisses All Patent Claims Against QUALCOMM
• XTX Energy Signs Asset Purchase Agreement With Rothschild Trust Holdings, LLC

Saturday, April 07, 2007

• kSolo and 1st Media Resolve Dispute Regarding Advanced Internet Karaoke Technology

Friday, April 06, 2007

• Alteon Expands Licensing Agreement With Biorap Technologies for Diagnostic Assays That Identify High Risk Cardiovascular Patients
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• PTO Rejects Human Stem Cell Patents at Behest of Consumer Groups
• Tasker Products Issues U.S. Patent

Thursday, April 05, 2007

• Aureus Pharma Licenses AurSCOPE Knowledge Databases to Bayer CropScience
• China Direct Announces 2006 Year End Financial Results
• Michael J. Fox Foundation Continues to Lead Search for Biomarkers of Parkinsons Disease
• New Job Opportunities
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Nokia Makes Payment to Qualcomm for Right to Use UMTS Patents After April 9, 2007
• PureSpectrum Inc. Files Patent Application for Innovative Circuitry Design
• Treatment of Cellulite with Mid-Infrared Laser - Patent Allowed By USPTO to CoolTouch Inc.
• U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez to Unveil New Campaign to Inspire Invention
• Virage by Autonomy Automates Copyright Infringement Detection for Online Video

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

• AboveNet Acquires Metro Fiber from AT&T and Verizon
• Dutch Inventors Nominated for Prestigious European Prize
• K&L Gates San Francisco Further Expands Intellectual Property Presence with Addition of Former Taiwan Semiconductor IP Director
• Largest Anticounterfeiting Group Convenes in Chicago
• Morrison & Foerster Adds Senior Patent/Life Sciences Attorney from Ropes & Gray
• NeoGenomics and Power3 Medical Products to Form Joint Venture Contract Research Organization
• New Leadership and Breakthrough Therapeutics Are Focus of Two-Day Conference on Biotechnology, Life Sciences and Specialty Pharmaceuticals
• RFI Ingredients Enters into Exclusive Trademark Licensing Agreement with Optigenex Inc. to Market and Distribute AC-11® to Healthcare Practitioners

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

• Antitrust Division Statement Regarding the Release of the Antitrust Modernization Commission Report
• Digilab Inc. Awarded Exclusive Distributorship for Boehringer Ingelheim MicroParts Optical Technologies and Products
• Mintz Levin Continues San Diego and Palo Alto Growth With Major Additions Including Former Partners From Sonnenschein and Buchanan Ingersoll
• QUALCOMM Files Additional GSM Patent Infringement Suits Against Nokia
• Sun Microelectronics Licenses Multithreaded 10 Gigabit Ethernet Technology to Marvell

Monday, April 02, 2007

• Alma Admits Infringement and Validity of Palomar Patents and Agrees to Change Trade Dress
• Federal Circuit Confirms That Patents With Terminal Disclaimers Are Eligible for Patent Term Extension Under 35 U.S.C. § 156
• Fitzpatrick Cella Wins Appeal on Behalf of Merck & Co. in Trusopt Patent-Infringement Case
• LSI Completes Merger With Agere Systems
• Nixon Peabody Adds Intellectual Property and Life Sciences Resource
• Paul Hastings Strengthens Intellectual Property Practice with Addition of James Coughlan to Chicago Office
• Purdue Pharma L.P. Announces Agreement to End OxyContin® Patent Lawsuit with IMPAX Laboratories

Saturday, March 31, 2007

• Nanofactories Can Make and Deliver Targeted Drugs

Friday, March 30, 2007

• Bell Boyd Expands IP Practice in DC Office
• Boston Life Sciences Completes Final License Fee Payment for Exclusive, Worldwide Rights to Develop and Commercialize Phase II Spinal Cord Injury Drug, Cethrin®
• Brooks Automation Completes Sale of its Software Division to Applied Materials
• Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform Seeks to Protect American Innovation and Competitiveness
• Digital Freedom Campaign Responds to Recording Industry Lawsuits
• DLA Piper Wins Second Victory for CollegeNET in Dispute Against Xap Corp. Judge Upholds Damages Verdict
• Greenberg Traurig LLP, Title Sponsor of the the 20th Annual Astounding Inventions Competition, Selects Winning Student
• K&L Gates Intellectual Property Practice Continues Growth with Addition of Seattle Partner
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Comments on Lawsuit
• Pixelplus Announces Complete Withdrawal of Claims in its Preliminary Injunction and Lawsuit Against MagnaChip in Seoul Central District Court
• SanDisk v. STMicroelectronics: The Federal Circuit Announces a New Test for Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction
• Synopsys And Magma Agree To Settle All Litigation
• ViaLogy PLC Technology Update

Thursday, March 29, 2007

• Court Holds Pfizer Patent for Celebrex® Valid and Enforceable Against Teva
• InfoUSA Sued for Patent Infringement
• Innocoll Files US and Irish Patent Applications for its CollaRx® BUPIVACAINE IMPLANT for the Management of Post-operative Pain
• Intellectual Property Insurance Services to Offer Increased Policy Limits
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Nventa Wins Challenge to U.S. Patents for Core Fusion Technology
• Wolf Greenfield Client Diomed Holdings Wins $12.5 Million Award in Patent Case

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

• Amended Judgment Awards Czechoslovakian Emigrant Physician Over $12 Million in Compensatory Damages
• Andersen Corp. Sues Pella Corp. and W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. for Patent Infringement
• LG Electronics Licenses Patents for Mobile Handsets from Intertrust
• Lifeblood Medical, Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Senomyx Granted Exclusive License to TRPM5 Patent Rights Covering Modulation of Sweet, Bitter, and Savory Tastes

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

• Merchant & Gould Coaches University of Minnesota Moot Court Team to Regional Championship
• Nanophase Announces New Patent
• Patent Highway Between the UK and Japan to Open Shortly
• ROMER and FARO Announce Settlement of All Outstanding Lawsuits
• Websense Awarded Two Patents for Internet Intelligence

Monday, March 26, 2007

• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Oracle Signs License Agreement with Open Invention Network

Saturday, March 24, 2007

• Italy Welcomes BioForce Nanosciences Technology
• NanoMarkets Announces New Upcoming Report on Thin-Film, Organic and Printable Photovoltaics Markets
• Nanotechnology Events Summits and Conferences

Friday, March 23, 2007

• AT&T Corp. v. Aerotel Ltd. - Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Dan-Dee International Inc. v. Spin Master Inc., et al - Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Federal Judge Rules QUALCOMM Conduct Before U.S. Patent Office Lawful But Finds QUALCOMM Did Not Meet Unwritten IPR Disclosure Expectations of Standard Setting Group
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Pain Therapeutics Licenses Biotechnology To Treat Rare Disorder
• Professor Jeffrey L. Cummings Appointed Chair of Prana Biotechnology R&D Advisory Board
• Starz Entertainment Sues Disney for Copyright, Contract Violations
• U.S. District Court Grants Permanent Injunction Prohibiting Mylan from Marketing Generic Version of TOPAMAX®

Thursday, March 22, 2007

• Adams Respiratory Therapeutics Enters Into Settlement Agreement With Mutual Pharmaceutical
• ADDERALL XR® - Shire Files Suit Against Colony Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Actavis, Inc. and Actavis Group hf
• Bose Corporation v. GN Netcom Inc., et al
• Datascape Inc. v. Nextel Sprint Inc.
• Life Cycle Assessment Essential to Nanotech Commercial Development
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Significant Victory for Client Stryker Corporation
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Tyco Healthcare Group LC, et al v. Pharmaceutical Holdings Corp., et al
• Veridigm Further Defines New Exclusive Licensing Agreement for Leading Gaming Software That Generated More Than $125 Million in Wagering in 2006

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

• Court Finds Wrinkles in Suit; Denies Preliminary Injunction in Favor of Tuxedos, Inc.
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Postini Awarded New Patents for Email Processing

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

• Experts Predict Economic Boom From Nanotechnology
• Leading Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Scholars To Gather At MSU For Conference
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express

Monday, March 19, 2007

• Absolute Software Helps Educators Across the Nation Fight Computer Crime
• Israels High-Tech Industry Lauds Top IP Services
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Trimble Introduces Mini GPS Clock for Precise Timing

Saturday, March 17, 2007

• Promise Unveils a Comprehensive Line of SAS Storage Products at CeBIT 2007 and Is Positioned to be a Dominant RAID Storage Supplier in the Industry

Friday, March 16, 2007

• Angiotech Receives Favorable Decision From The European Patent Office
• Friendster Receives Third Social Networking Patent as Part of Growing Portfolio
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Penwest Confirms Patent and Trademark Office Action on Oxymorphone Patent Application
• QUALCOMM and Nortel Sign Cross-License Agreement

Thursday, March 15, 2007

• Codon Devices Files Lawsuit Against Blue Heron for Patent Infringement
• Newly Filed Patent Cases RFC Express
• Poker Players Move for Summary Judgment Against The World Poker Tour
• USPTO Grants First Patent Under New Accelerated Review Option
• ZONARE Responds to Patent Infringement Allegations

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

• Court Confirms DuPont Ownership of Soybean Marker Technology
• U.S. Court Finds In Favor of Esquel on Patent Infringement Case
• Virax Grants Transgene Co-X-Gene™ Technology License for Two Immunotherapeutic Products
• Vodka Sellers Violate Jimi Hendrix Trademarks

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

• Authernative Granted US Patent for User Authentication Method and Interface
• bioMETRX, Inc. Acquires Patent on Biometric Security for Thermostats and HVAC Controllers
• Court Rules on All Remaining Motions in IRIDEX Litigation
• GTG and Sciona Enter Into Nutrigenomics Intellectual Property Agreement

Monday, March 12, 2007

• Jury to Determine Validity of Iridex Patent
• Spansion and Macronix International Co. Ltd Announce Resolution of Lawsuit
• ThermoGenesis Corp. Granted Three Additional Patents by the U.S.P.T.O.

Friday, March 09, 2007

• Archemix is Granted Two European Patents for the Identification and Use of Therapeutic Aptamers
• DealerTrack Granted Additional Patent on Its Credit Application Processing Technology
• Irvine Sensors Announces High Speed Stacking and New Patent Coverage
• Seismic Structural Design Associates Successfully Upholds Its Groundbreaking Patent for Design of Structural Steel Seismic Connections
• U.S. Court of Appeals Reinstates Permanent Injunction Against Abbott Laboratories for Infringing an Innogenetics Patent
• U.S. District Court Finds Vonage Guilty of Patent Infringement

Thursday, March 08, 2007

• Avicena Receives Additional U.S. Patent Claim Covering Use of Creatine or Creatine Compounds for Skin Preservation
• ContentGuard Licenses Digital Rights Management Patents to LGE for Mobile Handsets
• Drinker Biddle Lawyers Successfully Defends Patent for a Better Mouse Trap
• Fish & Richardson Names Katherine Lutton National Head of Litigation
• INEX and Alnylam Announce Allowance of New U.S. Patent Covering Delivery of RNAi Therapeutics

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

• Asempra Technologies Awarded Patent
• Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of 19th U.S. Patent
• PureSpectrum Inc. Files Patent Application That Could Improve High Intensity Discharge Lighting

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

• Chadbourne Wins Appellate Victory in Patent Case for Avent Ltd.
• Court Grants Nova Stay in Nanometrics Patent Lawsuit
• Intellectual Property Breaches Plague 32 Percent of Surveyed Companies
• QLT Settles MEEI Lawsuit With Respect to Patent # 6,225,303

Monday, March 05, 2007

• Bayer, Rolls-Royce, Famous Research Centres and Individual Inventors Sell Their Patents and Licences at Live Auction in Munich
• Smith Micro Issued Patent for Lossless Compression of Digital Images
• USPTO Report Finds That Inadvertent Filesharing Threatens Personal, Government and Corporate Data

Friday, March 02, 2007

• Immersion and Sony Computer Entertainment Conclude Litigation and Enter Into Business Agreement
• IPB Corporation Announces Availability of U.S. PATENTATLAS
• Third Wave Files Response to Digene Patent Suit

Thursday, March 01, 2007

• Authentidate Holding Successfully Defends Validity of Its Proprietary Technologies Against Claims by TimeCertain
• Dot Hill Awarded Patent for Software Boosting System Data Availability
• Hamilton Beach and Back to Basics Settle Patent Suit
• IntraLase Settles Litigation With Escalon Medical Corp.
• Quiet Solution Awarded First Patent on Soundproof Drywall
• Turbodyne Technologies Announces New Patent Application

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

• Court Rules Synergetics Infringes IRIDEX Patent
• EMCORE Files to Expand Patent Lawsuit Against Optium
• iMDsoft Announces that USPTO Re-Examination Successfully Limits Visicu Patent
• Old Dominion Quacks Held Not to Infringe Crocs Foam Shoes
• Pfizer Wins Challenge to Norvasc Patent by Mylan
• SpectraScience Receives Second Patent Notification

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

• Applied Business Software, Inc. Obtains Judgment Against Freedom Financial & Trust, LTD
• Banner & Witcoff Names New President and Announces Record-Breaking Year
• Inspec® Lands Major Contract With US Patent and Trademark Office
• Ira Blumberg Joins IPotential as Senior Vice President of Licensing
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures A Consent Judgment And $8 Million Settlement for CSP Technologies
• QUALCOMM and Broadcom Agree to Dismiss Certain Patent Claims
• Vonage Comments on Verizon Patent Litigation

Monday, February 26, 2007

• 2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers Patent and Trademark Damages Study
• M-I L.L.C. Files Antitrust Case Against Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
• Panasonic Mobile and Motorola Sign Global Patent Cross License
• Patent Information Professionals
• Patent Litigator from Skadden Moves to Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
• Secure Resolutions, Inc. Awarded U.S. Patent for Managed Software Distribution Via the Internet
• U.S. District Judge Grants Nano-Proprietary’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Against Canon, Inc.