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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

• HomeVestors Attains Victory Over Trademark Infringers
• Mitsubishi Prevails Before Federal Circuit in Patent Infringement Suit
• USPTO Extends Deadline for Patent Application Exchange Program by One Year

Monday, November 22, 2010

• 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
• 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
• McDonald Hopkins Intellectual Property Alert -- Who Is the Patent Owner of Federally Funded Inventions?
• Validity of KCI Patents Upheld in United Kingdom

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

• Jagex Games Studio Wins Patent Infringement Case
• UC Irvine Extension Offers New Online Course in Patent Law and Procedure: Preparation, Prosecution, and Beyond

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

• BLG Files Appeal to Federal Circuit on Patent Reissue Rights
• IGT Files Suit for Patent Infringement Against Aristocrat
• Otsuka Prevails in U.S. Abilify Patent Litigation
• SAFE Corporation Announces CodeScreener Online Service for Detecting Software Plagiarism
• U.S. District Court Rules from Bench in Lilly’s Favor, Confirms Validity of Alimta Patent

Monday, November 15, 2010

• Copyright, Entertainment Lawyers to Discuss Music’s Fair Use vs. Infringement
• President Obama to Honor Recipients of the 2009 National Medal of Science & National Medal of Technology and Innovation
• Thomson Reuters Introduces New Japanese Language Patent Research Offering with Single-Login Access to Japanese and Global Patent Collections
• 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
• 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

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

• Merck Wins TEMODAR Patent Infringement Lawsuit on Appeal
• Rembrandt IP Management Announces Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Seagate and Western Digital
• USPTO Extends Deadline to Participate in Green Technology Pilot Program by One Year

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

• Ralink Sues Lantiq for Patent Infringement

Monday, November 08, 2010

• Composite Technology Receives Court Authorization to Broaden Its Case Against Mercury Cable & Energy
• KM Enterprises Files Suit Against Global Traffic Technologies

Friday, November 05, 2010

• Business Method Patents - Is Canada Leading The Way? Amazon’s One Click Appeal
• Revolution Eyewear Patent Infringement Victory
• Trade Secrets and Covenants Not to Compete: Whose Secret Is It Anyway? -- Live Video Webcast

Thursday, November 04, 2010

• Soitec Has Prevailed in its Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against MEMC

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

• Camtek Ltd. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Rudolph Technologies Inc.
• Dickstein Shapiro Secures Victory for Hovione in Flumethasone Patent Case
• 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

• BIO and AUTM File Joint Brief Defending Patentability of DNA-Based Inventions
• Duane Morris’ Matthew C. Gaudet to Speak at the Practising Law Institute’s Patent Litigation 2010 Conference
• Sidense Files Action Against Kilopass Patents at USPTO

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.
• CPA Global Discover Sets New Standard for Patent Search
• Impax Laboratories Announces Litigation Against Shire Relating to Supply of Generic Adderall XR
• Register Now for the Nov. 3 Presentation: Current Criteria in the Linkage System in Mexico

Friday, October 29, 2010

• Black Eyed Peas Sued for Willful Copyright Infringement by Artists from Chicago and Texas

Thursday, October 28, 2010

• InComm v. Blackhawk Lawsuit Update
• Precision BioSciences Announces that the US Patent Office Issues Final Decisions Rejecting Claims of Four Cellectis Patents

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

• Watson Confirms Crestor Patent Challenge

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)
• Shire Receives INTUNIV Paragraph IV Notice Letter
• ThyssenKrupp Elevator Prevails in Patent Lawsuit

Monday, October 25, 2010

• 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
• SMART Modular Technologies Files Patent Office Requests to Challenge Netlist Patents
• USPTO and EPO Work Toward Joint Patent Classification System

Friday, October 22, 2010

• Avery Dennison Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against 3M
• Farouk Systems, Inc. Awarded $300 Million Judgment Against Internet Counterfeiters
• Occlutech Wins Dutch Appeal Court Ruling Against AGA Medical
• Steinbeck Family on New York Federal Appeals Court Ruling

Thursday, October 21, 2010

• Knobbe Martens Scores Major Patent Litigation Victory for Smith & Nephew
• 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

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

• 1SaleADay (US) Awarded Trademark Ownership of Australian Copycat Website
• 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
• Christie, Parker & Hale, on Behalf of Its Client, Vederi, LLC, Sues Google for Patent Infringement Based on Google Street View
• New Book - Thesaurus of Claim Construction
• 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
• GreenShift Files Infringement Action Against Flottweg

Friday, October 15, 2010

• Sidense Reports: US Court Rules That No Further Amendments of the Complaint Will Be Allowed by Kilopass
• Warner Chilcott Announces Settlement with Lupin of Loestrin 24 Fe and Femcon Fe Patent Litigations

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

• Federal Circuit Rules for Solvay Against Honeywell in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

• 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
• Proveris Issues the Following Statement on Pivotal Federal Court Ruling Finding InnovaSystems, Inc. in Contempt

Monday, October 11, 2010

• Belwith Products, LLC Announces Federal Action Against J.G. Edelen (Cool Knobs)
• Graco Inc. Reaches Favorable Settlement to Enforce Patent and Trademark Rights
• Quinn Emanuel Wins Stolichnaya Trademark Appeal in Second Circuit

Friday, October 08, 2010

• 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.
• USPTO Adopts New Patent Examination Quality Measurement Procedures

Thursday, October 07, 2010

• Affymax® Announces Decision in Arbitration Against Johnson & Johnson
• Lucky Litter LLC Vindicated in International Trade Commission Dispute
• MGA Entertainment’s Statement in Response to Innovation First Lawsuit
• 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

• Countries Representing More than Half of World Trade Agree to Criminalize Copyright Piracy, Including Software License Infringement by End Users
• NuVasive Announces XLIF® Clinical Evidence at NASS and Initiates Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Globus Medical, Inc.
• SIIA Catches Eight Online Software Piracy Operations, Files Lawsuits

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

• Appellate Court Reaffirms Extreme Networks Patents
• U.S. Government Does Not Appeal Decision in Favor of The Medicines Company in PTO Litigation
• Watson Confirms Azilect Patent Challenge
• WiLAN Initiates Litigation

Monday, October 04, 2010

• Genesis Electronics Enforcing Solar Patents
• Quarles & Brady Client Munchkin, Inc. Granted Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement in Patent Dispute

Friday, October 01, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Settles Patent Litigation
• AIPLA Urges Congress to Stabilize USPTO Via Long-Term Sustainable Funding
• 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

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
• Mars Defense of Flavanol Patent Portfolio Successful
• OPTi Enters into Patent License and Arbitration Settlement Agreement with NVIDIA Corporation

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

• Court Increases DataTreasury’s Jury Award to More than $60 Million in Patent Case against U.S. Bank
• LecTec Corporation Announces Orders Provided by United States District Court

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

• Incisive Surgical Issued Notice of Allowance for Key Absorbable Skin Stapler 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
• Pratt & Whitney Files Complaint Against Rolls-Royce
• 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

Friday, September 24, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Heidelberg
• 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
• Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. Awarded Permanent Injunction in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Competitor, HemCon, Inc.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

• Newegg Confirms Commitment to Challenging Patent Claims Covering Common E-Commerce Functionalities
• Teva Files Complaint against Mylan for Infringement of Four Copaxone-Related Patents

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

• Card Activation Technologies Files Suit Against Seven Major National Retailers
• CGGVeritas Announces Federal District Court in Texarkana Partially Overturned Jury’s Verdict
• Key Decision by U.S. International Trade Commission Will Prohibit the Unlicensed Entry of Energy Drink Products That Infringe on Red Bull Trademark
• Opposing Lawyers in Gene Patent Case That Could Change the Future of Medical Research to Debate
• WiLAN Announces Release of Markman Order

Monday, September 20, 2010

• USPTO Launches Effort to Incentivize Humanitarian Technologies
• HemCon Medical Technologies Will Appeal Patent Judgment
• PIJIP Releases Series of Working Papers on International Intellectual Property Enforcement
• Volcano Corporation Files Counterclaim Asserting St. Jude Infringes Three Volcano Patents

Friday, September 17, 2010

• Canon Announces the Resolution of Two Patent Infringement Lawsuits
• 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

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
• Protegrity Sues Ingrian Networks, Safenet, nuBridges and Voltage Security for Infringement of Data Encryption Patents
• Uniloc USA Inc. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Adobe, Symantec and CA Technologies

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

• The IP Summit 2010: The Power of IP for Business Success
• Finisar Corporation and Source Photonics Settle Patent Dispute
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory For American Medical Systems, Inc. and Laserscope
• Mega Brands Comments on Favorable European Court Decision on Trademarks

Monday, September 13, 2010

• BSKB to Conduct U.S. Trademark Bootcamp in Los Angeles
• Loeb & Loeb Obtains Preliminary Injunction in Celsis In Vitro Patent Case

Friday, September 10, 2010

• 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

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
• Helicos BioSciences Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pacific Biosciences
• 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

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
• The Estee Lauder Companies and OXIS International Resolve Patent Dispute
• 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

• USPTO Issues Update to KSR Examination Guidelines

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

• Court of Appeals Finds Violations of Legrand/Pass & Seymour’s GFCI Patent Rights
• Pacific Biosciences Responds to Patent Infringement Complaint by Helicos Biosciences
• U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Validity of Lilly’s Evista Patents Through March of 2014

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

• Canadian Man Fined, Sentenced for Selling Counterfeit Cancer Drugs and Pirated Business Software
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory for Global Instruments, Inc. and Global Concepts Limited, Inc. in False Marking Case

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

• SAFE Corporation’s BitMatch Used in Winning Preliminary Injunction for Splitfish AG

Monday, August 23, 2010

• 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

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

• Patent Dispatch from Canada: Use Disclaimers with Caution

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
• 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

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

• Lathrop & Gage Tosses Copyright Suit Against Bruno Film
• Morrison & Foerster Wins Patent Interference at USPTO on Behalf of Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

• U. S. District Court Rules in Favor of Rudolph Technologies

Monday, August 02, 2010

• 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

• 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
• Nanotechnology R&D Grows in Beauty Industry According to Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property Analysis

Monday, July 12, 2010

• Federal Judge Rules No Infringement In Protective Headband Patent Case
• 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

Thursday, July 01, 2010

• U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Headlines Copyright Policy Symposium

Monday, June 28, 2010

• AIPLA Gratified By Supreme Court Bilski Decision
• Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada) Comments on Long-Awaited Supreme Court Decision – Bilski v. Kappos

Friday, June 25, 2010

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

Thursday, June 24, 2010

• Kennedy, Clark & Williams Continues Success in High Stakes Litigation

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

• ITC Confirms MPS Patent Victory Against O2 Micro

Monday, June 21, 2010

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

Friday, June 18, 2010

• 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

• 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
• 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

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

• USPTO Joint Labor-Management Task Force Proposes Changes to Patent Examiner Performance Standards

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

• Bayer Sues Teva and Barr for False Advertising and Patent Infringement in Connection with Teva’s Generic Oral Contraceptive Gianvi
• The Lanier Law Firm Announces Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against EA Over Mirror’s Edge Video Game

Monday, June 14, 2010

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Bosch and Inverness Settle Litigation
• I-Flow Resolves Patent Infringement, Trade Secret Litigation against Apex Medical Technologies, Zone Medical
• 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
• TiVo Statement on Decision by United States Patent and Trademark Office

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

• 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.
• Endo and Penwest Enter Into Agreement with Sandoz to Settle OPANA ER Patent Litigation
• IPO Education Foundation Honors Top Inventors of 2010
• PNC Enters Into License Agreement With LML

Friday, June 04, 2010

• Jackson Laboratory Cleared of Patent Infringement in Mouse Case
• Labopharm Comments on Judgment in Purdue Appeal of Decision Relating to Patents
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of May 31, 2010

Thursday, June 03, 2010

• BackWeb Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Microsoft
• Camtek Intends to Aggressively Defend Against New Rudolph Patent Lawsuit
• Shire Files Suit Against Anchen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Anchen, Inc.
• 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
• 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
• VirnetX Granted Claims Dismissal, Microsoft Exits Patent Review

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

• Federal Appellate Court Affirms Dow Jones’ Win in Patent Case Over Online Technology Rights
• KluwerPatentLaw.com -- New Premier Research Solution for IP Professionals

Friday, May 28, 2010

• 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
• 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
• ITC Extends Target Date of Final Determination in Rambus Matter Regarding NVIDIA Products
• 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

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

• 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
• Phoenix Technologies Resolves Litigation Dispute With DeviceVM
• Watson Confirms Renvela Patent Challenge

Monday, May 24, 2010

• Patent Prosecution Highway: A Key Strategy For Reducing Patent Backlogs
• Retractable Technologies, Inc. Reports Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction in Patent Litigation Suit and Litigation Fee Arrangement
• Sidense to Prove Kilopass Patent Invalid -- Company Taking Actions to Prove Invalidity of Kilopass 1T Patent Infringement Assertions

Friday, May 21, 2010

• HP Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against APM
• The Medicines Company Provides PTO Litigation Update
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of May 17, 2010

Thursday, May 20, 2010

• austriamicrosystems Scores Success in Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Melexis
• Building and Monetizing Your Patent Portfolio: Wolf Greenfield Seminar, June 17, Boston
• USPTO and SIPO Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation
• USPTO Eliminates Patent Prosecution Highway Petition Fee

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

• 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
• European Patent Office Appeal Board Rules in Favor of Alnylam’s Kreutzer-Limmer Patent

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

• 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
• Teva Reaches Settlement Agreement With AstraZeneca Regarding Generic Entocort® EC Capsules

Monday, May 17, 2010

• USPTO Opens Application Exchange Program to All Applicants to Reduce Patent Backlog
• AIPLA Opposes Granting USPTO Fee-Setting Authority Without Ending the Problem of Fee Diversion
• Augme Seeks to Add AOL, Inc. as Additional Defendant to Augme’s Pending Patent Infringement Case Against Tacoda, Inc.
• Copyright Alliance Announces Creators Across America Campaign and Information Resource
• Microsoft and VirnetX Settle Patent Infringement Cases
• 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
• 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

Thursday, May 13, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement with Quintum Technologies, LLC
• Shire Files Suit Against Actavis Elizabeth LLC and Actavis Inc.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

• Markman Hearing in CUBICIN Patent Litigation Rescheduled to June 9, 2010
• HTC Sues Apple for Patent Infringement
• 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

• BSA Reports $51 Billion Worth of Software Theft in 2009
• Innovation First Sues Urban Trend for Infringing Intellectual Property on the HEXBUG Nano Toy
• 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.

Monday, May 10, 2010

• Merck Settles Patent Infringement Case for Zetia (ezetimibe)

Thursday, May 06, 2010

• Aspen Publishers Launches Aspen Patent Authority and Longacre Patent Bar Review
• FASB Defendant in Suit Alleging Antitrust Violations and Patent Misappropriation
• Intellipharmaceutics Announces Approval of Settlement Related to ADHD Drug Focalin XR
• Pirate Website www.Htmlcomics.com Shut Down by Coordinated Efforts of Department of Justice, FBI, Katten and Consortium of Comic Publishers
• Syneron Prevails in Patent Litigation Case With Cardiofocus

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
• Watson Confirms EVISTA Patent Challenge
• Watson Confirms SIMCOR Patent Challenge

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

• Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. Awarded $29.4 Million in Patent Infringement Law Suit
• Newegg Obtains Successful Outcome in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Monday, May 03, 2010

• Acacia Research Subsidiary, IP Innovation LLC, Receives Jury Verdict in Patent Infringement Case
• Arlon Successfully Resolves Patent Infringement Litigation
• 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
• Red Hat Prevails in Federal District Court
• Simmons Firm Announces Settlement of Contingent Fee Antitrust Lawsuit

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
• Mannatech’s Ambrotose Product Patents Further Validated Against EvenBetterNow and Oasis
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory For Axiom Worldwide
• 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
• Howrey Wins Ninth Circuit Reversal of Summary Judgment on Issue of Trademark Distinctiveness

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement with Metaswitch Corporation

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

• Special Feature -- U.S. Supreme Court to Consider First-Sale Doctrine
• New Patent Blog From Kluwer Law International Features Informative, Timely Discussion by Leading European Experts

Monday, April 26, 2010

• HTC Sued by Klausner Technologies for Visual Voicemail Patent Infringement
• Leading Attorney Cautions that IP Contracts Overlook Bankruptcy Issues
• Patent Infringement Suit Filed Against Yahoo! Inc. by DDB Technologies
• Patriot Scientific Corporation Files Complaint Against The TPL Group
• 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

• 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

• 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.)
• IP Leaders Gather in Boston May 19-21 for LES (USA & Canada) Spring Meeting Focused on Deals & Commercializing Early Stage Technologies
• 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.
• 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
• Stay Lifted on Patent Infringement Complaint by Tillotson Corporation Against Top Glove Sdn Bhd and TG Medical Sdn Bhd
• WiLAN and TELUS Settle Lawsuit

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

• 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
• Pattishall Firm Protects Johnny Carson in Life and Death
• U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Report on Role of Patent Reform in Supporting Innovation and Job Creation
• 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.
• BT Group Subsidiary Ribbit Corp. Settles Patent Litigation with Klausner Technologies
• 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

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
• Federal Circuit Rules Patent Applications Must Have Separate Written Description
• 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
• EPO Rules European Patent for XP13512 Is Valid
• Kelley Drye Wins Over $30 Million Judgment For Advanced Duplication Services in Theft of Trade Secret Case In Minnesota State Court
• Par Pharmaceutical Wins on Invalidity in Zegerid Patent Litigation

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

• 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
• POZEN Enters into Settlement Agreement With Teva Regarding Paragraph IV Patent Litigation

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

• DDB Technologies Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against ESPN
• Federal Circuit Court Vindicates Nintendo in Patent Lawsuit
• 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

Monday, April 12, 2010

• Article One Partners Strengthens Global Automaker Patent Claims
• 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
• 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
• WiLAN Initiates Patent Litigation

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

• Aerocrine Provides Update on Its Legal Action Against Apieron
• Discus Dental and Zap Lasers File Lawsuit Against BIOLASE
• Pernod Ricard USA Intends to Appeal the Ruling About Bacardi’s Puerto Rican Rum Havana Club

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

• Card Activation Technologies, Inc. Files Suit Against 10 Major Retail Companies for Violation of Patent
• Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Prevails in Opposition to Drug Abuse Therapy Patent
• USPTO Launches Ombudsman Pilot Program

Monday, April 05, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement with Sonus Networks, Inc.
• EMG Technology Accuses Apple’s New iPad of Patent Infringement
• Genesis Electronics to Investigate Patent Infringements
• 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

Friday, April 02, 2010

• 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
• American College of Medical Genetics Lauds Federal Court Ruling of Gene Patents as Invalid
• Fresenius Kabi Enters Into Licensing and Settlement Agreements with sanofi-aventis
• Hospira Announces Agreement on Oxaliplatin Patent Challenge
• HP Reaches Settlement with Print-Rite
• Intellectual Property Law Firm Greenberg & Lieberman Prevails in Trademark, Trade Secret and Cybersquatting Dispute
• 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
• U.S. District Court Rules on Validity of Lilly’s Gemzar Patent

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
• Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Power-One’s Capstone Patent for Digital Power Technology
• Peerless Network Praises the Court’s Unconditional Denial of Neutral Tandem’s Preliminary Injunction Request

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
• CryoLife Files for Preliminary Injunction Against Medafor
• Federal District Court Rules Isolated DNA Claims are Not Patentable
• Patent Reform, Google Books Settlement, Biosimilars and Net Neutrality Among Key Topics at 25th Annual ABA Intellectual Property Law Conference

Monday, March 29, 2010

• Enzo Biochem Says Favorable Patent Appeals Court Decision Will Allow Pursuit of Claim for Substantial Damages
• Medtronic and AGA Medical Settle Patent Dispute
• 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
• 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.
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Attorney Offers Proposal To Streamline Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
• The Medicines Company Files Follow Up PTO Lawsuit

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
• Greatbatch Introducer Patent Infringement Verdict Vacated -- Federal Circuit Review Concludes Trial Court Erred
• Thomas Whitelaw Obtains Complete Dismissal in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

• 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
• IDT Receives Favorable Ruling in Patent Action Versus LSI Logic
• 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
• ARIAD Announces Court Ruling Regarding NF-KB Patent Lawsuit with Lilly
• Covidien Prevails in Patent Litigation against Applied Medical
• International Trade Commission Judge Finds 25 Additional Patent Violations of Linear Technology’s Burst Mode Invention by Advanced Analogic Technologies
• Merchant & Gould Succeeds in Establishing Copyrightable Subject Matter within Software Used for Controlling Surface Mining Machines
• TurboHercules SAS Files Formal Complaint against IBM with the European Commission for Violations of EU Antitrust Law
• US District Court Returns Binding Verdict of Invalidity of Two Claims of Covidien Patent Covering Trocar Seal Technology

Monday, March 22, 2010

• Cognex and Fuji Resolve Vision Software Patent Dispute
• Licensing Executives Society, (USA & Canada) Celebrates World IP Day on April 26th With a Series of Local Events Uniting Business Professionals Across the Globe

Friday, March 19, 2010

• 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
• New Website Will Help Consumers Identify and Report Counterfeit Goods
• VirnetX Files New Complaint Against Microsoft - Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Named

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

• 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
• 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
• Health Insurance Provider Pays $61,500 to Settle Claims of Unlicensed Software Use
• Shire Receives INTUNIV Paragraph IV Notice Letter From Teva Pharmaceuticals
• SmartMetric Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Visa and MasterCard in US Federal Court

Monday, March 15, 2010

• Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc. Announces Declaration of Interference by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• 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

Thursday, March 11, 2010

• GroupCast d/b/a SchoolReach Dismissed from TechRadium Patent Suit
• Protecting Trademarks: Wolf Greenfield’s Martin Gives Five Key Steps in Women’s Business Boston

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
• Smith & Nephew Announces Next Steps in Patent Infringement Litigation
• USPTO and UKIPO Announce Action Plan to Reduce Global Patent Backlogs
• Watson Announces Actos Patent Challenge Settlement

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

• e.Digital Announces License and Settlement Agreement With Roland
• RPost Sues Swiss Post for Patent and Trademark Infringement

Monday, March 08, 2010

• Court Issues Permanent Injunction Enjoining OMI from Infringing a Retractable Technologies, Inc. Syringe Patent
• 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

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
• Sandata Technologies and Infocrossing Settle Patent Infringement Suit
• 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
• 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

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Ledil Oy
• Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman Filed the Most U.S. Trademark Oppositions in 2009

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

• Alnylam Provides Update on Ongoing Patent Litigation Regarding the Tuschl I Patent Series
• Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement
• Court Issues Preliminary Injunction In Favor Of Weight Watchers Against Curves
• Fairchild Semiconductor Files Patent Lawsuit Against Power Integrations in China
• 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
• Teva Announces Favorable Court Ruling in Generic Hyzaar and Cozaar Litigation

Monday, March 01, 2010

• 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
• Leading Coalition of Innovative Companies Supports Senate Patent Bill
• Patent Owners Find Protection in Landmark Case Argued Before ITC By Pepper Hamilton

Friday, February 26, 2010

• CompX Announces Favorable International Trade Commission Ruling
• 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

Thursday, February 25, 2010

• 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
• PaperPro Files Patent Suit Against Acco/Swingline

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.
• U.S. Federal Court Rules to Protect Malibu Trade Dress

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

• 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.
• ICOP Digital, Inc. and L-3 Communications Mobile-Vision, Inc. Resolve Patent Litigation
• ITC Remands Investigation to Administrative Law Judge in Amkor Patent Case against Carsem
• Network-1 Receives Markman Order in Patent Litigation Against Major Data Networking Equipment Manufacturers
• Quintic Corp. Rejects Patent Infringement Claims as Baseless
• TechRadium Adds a New Patent Licensee and Reaches Settlement Agreement with Saf-T-Net

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
• 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

• 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
• Recently Announced Changes to USPTO’s Examiner Count System Go Into Effect
• Through Alliance, Intellectual Property Investigation Firms Provide Enhanced Global Supply Chain Security
• U.S. Copyright Industries Identify Trading Partners With Serious Intellectual Property Rights Deficiencies

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

• Amsted Secures 10-Year Exclusion Order and 10-Year Cease and Desist Orders Against Tianrui, Tianrui Foundry, SCT and Barber
• Patent Information Affecting Seven Litigations Uncovered by Article One Partners
• SIIA Announces Content Piracy Case Settlement

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

• GreenShift Subsidiary Sues Big River Resources for Patent Infringement
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Finds Arthrex Guilty of Infringing Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Patent

Monday, February 15, 2010

• Lifetime Products Files Patent Infringement Complaint Against Three Chinese Companies
• 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
• Perrigo Granted Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement in Mucinex Case
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog - Week of February 8, 2010

Thursday, February 11, 2010

• Ablynx Wins Patent Oppostion Case Against Domantis/GlaxoSmithKline
• German Appeals Court Says CoreValve Devices From Medtronic Do Not Infringe Edwards Lifesciences’ Andersen Patent
• LVM / eBay - The Paris District Court Rules Against eBay
• Netlist Expands Its Patent Infringement Suit Against Inphi
• Successful Patent Defense by EuroMed Helps Reaffirm Proprietary Value

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

• Amerigon Comments on W.E.T. Automotive AG Lawsuit
• General Patent Corporation Secures Tenth Licensee for Renhcol’s Web-Based Prediction Marketplace Patent
• Schweitzer-Mauduit Announces Patent Infringement Action

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
• Cynosure Announces Successful Settlement in Patent Lawsuit Against CoolTouch, Inc.
• TecSec Files Patent Infringement Suit Against IBM, SAP, SUN, eBay, Adobe, Cisco, Oracle, and Others

Monday, February 08, 2010

• Delaware Court Orders Dismissal of Analog Devices’ Claims Against Knowles Electronics
• 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
• 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.
• Mylan Confirms First-to-File Patent Challenge Relating to Caduet
• UPEK Comments on AuthenTec’s Meritless Legal Claims

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

• Acacia Research Subsidiary Receives Final Judgment of $12.4 Million in Patent Infringement Case Against Yahoo! Inc.
• AuthenTec Files Claims Against UPEK for Patent Infringement and Theft of Trade Secrets

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

• Celsis Initiates Patent Infringement Action Against XenoTech and Sekisui
• Court Cases to Stop Use of INVISTA ADN Technology Proceed Against Rhodia, Partners
• Fluxion Biosciences Will Vigorously Defend Against Patent Infringement Claim Filed by Cellectricon

Monday, February 01, 2010

• 2010 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees to be Announced at National Press Club
• Boston Scientific Settles Longstanding Patent Disputes With J&J
• Cellectricon Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Fluxion Biosciences
• EPIC and Freescale Enter Into Agreements to Settle Pending Litigation
• ION Wins $25 Million Patent Infringement Jury Verdict Against Sercel
• 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

• No Future for Non-copyrighted Content
• This Week on The Copyright Blog - Week of January 25th, 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

• Captivate Network and Office Media Network Settle Litigation
• Court Issues Order Construing Disputed Terms in Neutral Tandem Patent Infringement Case
• Gilead Sciences Announces Notification of ANDA Filing for Viread
• 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

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

• Special Feature -- The EU Sends Infringers Where They Belong – To Customs Detention
• BSKB’s Nicholas Godici to Address IP Reform and Potential Effects on San Diego Technology Sector
• Excentus Corporation and Safeway Inc. Settle Lawsuit and Enter Into Patent Licensing Agreement
• Johnson Outdoors Files Suit in Federal Court Against Maker of Lowrance
• MiMTiD Launches Copyright Infringement Search Web Application
• Ropes & Gray Gains Appellate Victory in Patent Dispute on Behalf of Becton Dickinson & Nova Biomedical
• SIIA Announces Major Anti-Piracy Win in Kaplan vs. Chou

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

• Silicon Laboratories Asserts Intellectual Property Rights
• U.S. District Court Rules Against Merck in TEMODAR (temozolomide) Patent Lawsuit
• 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.
• Report on New Patent Litigation Trends and the Increasing Impact of Nonpracticing Entities Released by PricewaterhouseCoopers

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
• Barnes & Thornburg LLP Client Martin Engineering Wins Second Victory in Patent Dispute with CCC Group
• Infineon Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Volterra Semiconductor
• International Trade Commission Initial Determination Finds Rambus Patents Invalid
• 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
• 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
• Nomadix Broadens Patent Enforcement, Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against SolutionInc Technologies Ltd.
• WiLAN Canadian Litigation Update

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

• inovia Launches Foreign Patent Filing Blog
• Outdoor Channel Takes Steps To Protect Its Trademarks
• TiVo Releases Statement on Recent Microsoft Legal Action

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

• 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
• Modavox Provides Update Regarding Initial Response by Yahoo! Inc. to Previously Filed Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• SATA and 3M Settle Patent Infringement Suit Regarding Paint Cup System
• Sybase Continues to Assert Vertica’s Infringement of Sybase Patents
• 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
• SuperSpeed LLC Patents Re-emerge from Reexamination

Friday, January 15, 2010

• Alnylam’s Kreutzer-Limmer I Patent Upheld in German Opposition Proceedings
• 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
• 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
• Federal Circuit Affirms Decision Finding USPTO Miscalculates Patent Term Adjustment
• Kodak Alleges Patent Infringement by Apple and RIM
• Mannatech Patents for Ambrotose Product Validated in Case Against Techmedica and Ionx

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

• 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
• JA Apparel Corp. Again Wins Injunction Affirming Ownership of Joseph Abboud Brand Name
• OFS and Sterlite Settle Lawsuit

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

• American Innovators for Patent Reform Joins the Small Business Coalition on Patent Legislation
• Appeals Court Affirms Patent Infringement Rulings Against Emptoris
• Inventors Take Heart: Federal Court Restores Patent Term Guarantees, at Last Protecting Innovators from Patent Office Delays, Noted Professor Says
• SIIA Says 21-Month Federal Jail Sentence for Software Pirate Demonstrates Consequences of Software Piracy
• 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

• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Adds FibroGen Decision to Its Win Record
• Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Reports Appeal of Korean Decision Regarding Infringement by Cheil Industries, Inc.
• DeviceVM Sues Phoenix Technologies over Patent Infringement
• Oilmatic Systems Vindicated: It’s Bulk Oil Distribution System Cleared Of Patent Infringement
• 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

Friday, January 08, 2010

• 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
• This Week on the Copyright Blog - Week of January 4th, 2010

Thursday, January 07, 2010

• First Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Ruling in Favor of Great Clips
• Panel to Forecast Reputation, Patents, Security and Other Intangible Sources of Corporate Value on Friday, January 8
• 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
• 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

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

• American Board of Internal Medicine Files Complaint Against Arora Board Review, Rajender Arora, M.D., and Anise Kachadourian, M.D.
• Lumension and Shavlik Technologies Announce Resolution of Patent Dispute
• Palomar’s Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Candela and Syneron Reopened
• 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

Monday, January 04, 2010

• 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

Thursday, December 31, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Resolves Litigation with Oracle Corporation

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

• Google Loses Domain Name Dispute
• ITC Issues Notice of Final Determination in Tessera’s DRAM Action
• Orrick Successfully Defends Three Semiconductor Companies Before the ITC

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

• Nokia Requests ITC Investigation Into Apple Patent Infringement

Monday, December 28, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement with Eclipsys Corporation
• Fairchild Semiconductor and Infineon Reach Patent Settlement, Cross-License
• Infineon Reaches Agreement to Settle Legal Dispute with Fairchild

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

• 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

• Amgen Resolves EPO Patent Dispute With Roche
• i4i Wins Appeal by Microsoft
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Hologic Announces Decision in Patent Infringement Suit
• Morrison & Foerster Wins Reversal on Appeal for Novell, Inc.
• Patent Verdict Favors Verizon Wireless, Other Carriers and Novatel Wireless

Friday, December 18, 2009

• ITC Affirms Amsted’s Victory Against U.S. And Chinese Cast Steel Railway Wheel Competitors
• 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
• 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

• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains Award of Attorneys’ Fees against Patent Holding Company and Its Law Firm
• The Simon Law Firm Files Trademark Infringement Suit Against Microsoft on Behalf of Bing!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

• Special Feature - Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Issues Take Center Stage in UNFCCC Negotiations
• Eppendorf Successfully Initiates Import ban Against Nanosphere, Inc. for the Countries of the European Union
• FTC Challenges Intel’s Dominance of Worldwide Microprocessor Markets
• Illinois Man Sentenced for Selling Pirated Software

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
• Blackboard, Desire2Learn Announce Patent Cross License Agreement and Settlement of Litigation
• 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
• IP Advocate Joins Small Business Coalition on Patent Legislation To Protect and Promote Rights of University Scientists in Federal Patent Debate
• McGuireWoods Wins Key Patent Trial for Wireless Carriers
• 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
• Sun Microsystems Wins Legal Judgments Against Intellectual Property Violators

Monday, December 14, 2009

• Best Buy, Samsung, Westinghouse, And Eleven Other Brands Named In SFLC Lawsuit
• General Patent Corporation Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Audiovox
• Haemonetics Files a New Legal Action to Stop Fenwal Inc.’s Continued Patent Infringement
• Modavox Provides Update Regarding Motion for Sanctions for Spoliation of Evidence and Evasive Disclosure Practices in Tacoda Patent Infringement Case
• U.S. Patent Office Grants Geron’s Request for an Interference With U.S. Patent No. 7,510,876 to Novocell
• USPTO Launches Two Pilot Programs for Accelerating Patent Applications for Green Technologies and Small Entities

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

• 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
• Games Developer & Footwear Company Settle With BSA for Unlicensed Software Use, Agree to Pay $175,000
• OPTi Files for Arbitration Against NVIDIA Corporation
• SmartMetric Preparing Filing of Federal Case for Patent Infringement Damages

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

• $540,000 Judgment Awarded in Software Counterfeiting Case
• European Commission Accepts Rambus Commitments in Final Settlement
• Mercury Cable Provides Update on Patent Litigation with Composite Technology Corporation
• 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
• Stertil-Koni Gains Ground in Patent Infringement Suit, as Request for Reexamination is Granted by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. District Court Rejects Motion to Dismiss in Phoenix Technologies’ Lawsuit Against DeviceVM

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

• 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

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

Friday, December 04, 2009

• Dickstein Shapiro Secures Reversal of Patent Infringement Judgment Against Arthrex, Inc. and a Remand for a New Trial
• OPTi Receives Final Judgment in Patent Infringement Action Against Apple Inc.
• 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

• Judge Rules Against Ocean Spray in Legal Case

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

• Cephalon Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Teva Pharmaceuticals
• 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

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

• 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
• USPTO to Deploy New Intellectual Property Training Modules

Monday, November 30, 2009

• Depomed Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Lupin Limited
• German Court Declares EFI Victorious In Important Patent Litigation Against Durst Involving Inkjet Technology

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Additional Victory For Sinochem

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

• 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
• Munck Carter Obtains Complete Defense Verdict In Eastern District of Texas Patent Infringement Case
• Nomadix Initiates Lawsuit to Enforce Its Network Gateway Patents
• USPTO Invalidates 28 of 29 Claims Contained in the ‘319’ Patent of Composite Technology Corporation for Composite ACCC Core

Friday, November 20, 2009

• Hogan & Hartson Successfully Defends French Champagne House’s Right to Its Cristal Trademark in Russia
• 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

Thursday, November 19, 2009

• Harvard International, Formerly Doing Business as Alba, Enters Into MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 License in Settlement of Litigation
• Novartis Wins Patent Infringement Suit Against Teva
• Precision BioSciences Announces that Cellectis Loses Patent Protection for Single-Chain Meganucleases in Europe
• St. Jude Scores Victory in Theft of Trade Secrets Case

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

• Amerigon Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

• Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains Summary Judgment for a Group of Defendants in a Patent Infringement Case
• Digimarc Sues Shazam for Patent Infringement
• Modavox Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Yahoo! Inc.

Monday, November 16, 2009

• Datacard Group Files Lawsuit in UK against Eagle Technologies, Ltd.

Friday, November 13, 2009

• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Wins Jury Verdict for Client Ren Judkins in Patent Infringement Case
• ITC Issues Final Determination in FormFactor’s Wafer Probe Card ITC Action
• Multimedia Patent Trust Dealt Setback in Video Compression Patent Lawsuit
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog

Thursday, November 12, 2009

• AMD and Intel Announce Settlement of All Antitrust and IP Disputes
• 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

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

• 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
• Oblon, Spivak Launches Patents Post Grant Law Blog
• PCTEL and Wider Networks Settle Intellectual Property Dispute
• Teva Files Amended Complaint Against Momenta/Sandoz to Include Infringement of Three COPAXONE-Related Patents
• Teva Receives Favorable Court Decision Regarding Generic Prevacid SoluTab

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

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

• Jury Determines Streck Patents Valid

Sunday, November 01, 2009

• Amsted Wins ITC Recommendation For 10-Year Exclusion Order And Cease And Desist Orders Against Cast Steel Railway Wheel Competitors

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

• Fish & Richardson Wins Patent Infringement Suit for Allergan, Inc. Over Leading Glaucoma Drug

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
• This Week on the Copyright Alliance Blog

Thursday, October 22, 2009

• Covington Secures Key Victory for AAA in Domain Name Cybersquatting Dispute

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

Monday, October 19, 2009

• 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

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
• UTStarcom and Starent Networks Announce Settlement Agreement
• Yes, You Can Use Copyrighted Material in Your Open Courseware

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

• iRise Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Axure Software Solutions

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

• Pictometry International Corp. Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Geospan Corporation
• Shire and Sandoz Settle all Pending Litigation Concerning ADDERALL XR

Monday, October 12, 2009

• ITC Judge Rules in Favor of LG Electronics in Whirlpool Refrigerator Patent Case

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
• Patent Infringement Suit Filed to Protect U.S. Ethernet Innovation’s 3Com Ethernet Inventions

Thursday, October 08, 2009

• SunPower and SunLink Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

• AGA Medical Wins Patent Validity Case Against Occlutech
• Impax Laboratories Settles Pending Litigation for FLOMAX®
• Judge Validates Key Mannatech Patents for Technology Related to its Ambrotose Glyconutrient Products

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

• Eolas Technologies Files Infringement Lawsuit

Friday, October 02, 2009

• AnalogicTech Comments on Recent Developments in Patent Litigation
• 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
• Red Hat Urges Supreme Court to Address Difficulties Posed By Patents to Software

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

• Qualcomm Confirms Japan Fair Trade Commission Order

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

• District Court in New Jersey Awards $570,000 to Bakery Supply Company
• Precision BioSciences Announces U.S. Patent Office Reexamination of Cellectis Patents Involved in Litigation

Friday, September 25, 2009

• Baldwin and technotrans End Patent Dispute
• Western Union Wins Patent Infringement Lawsuit against MoneyGram

Thursday, September 24, 2009

• Aerocrine Wins Patent Infringement Suit against Medisoft in Germany
• 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.
• Quarles & Brady Obtains Summary Judgment for Netgear, Inc. in Dispute Over 802.11 Wireless Products
• 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

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

Monday, September 21, 2009

• Cognex Receives Second Settlement in Vision Software Patent Dispute
• Impax Laboratories Confirms Patent Challenge Relating to ORACEA Delayed-Release Capsules, 40mg
• Minerva and Cymbalta Patent Invalidity Evidence Uncovered by Article One Partners Community

Thursday, September 17, 2009

• Medtronic and W.L. Gore & Associates Settle Patent Dispute
• Merchant & Gould Scores Litigation Victory for The First National Bank in Sioux Falls

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

• MMP Portfolio Prevails After Multiple Reexams

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

Monday, September 14, 2009

• Card Activation Technologies, Inc. Receives Ruling on Claims Construction Issues
• Ropes & Gray Client Triumphs in High-Stakes Trade Secret Litigation in California

Friday, September 11, 2009

• 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
• Martek Announces Settlement of Patent Dispute with Capsugel France
• Paul Hastings Secures Dismissal in Patent Infringement Case on Behalf of Eisai
• Trex Company Prevails in Patent Litigation

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

• Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. Prevails in Patent Infringement Suit Filed Against the Company by Lam Research in Taiwan
• 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
• YANGAROO Wins Ruling in Injunction Case Against Destiny Media

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

• Cognex Receives Settlement in Patent Dispute

Friday, September 04, 2009

• Microsoft Says i4i Victory Requires Time to Redesign Word Office
• Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Files Amended Complaint in Lawsuit Against DeviceVM

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

• 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

Monday, August 31, 2009

• ITC Issues Initial Determination in Tessera’s DRAM ITC Action

Friday, August 28, 2009

• Surfware/Celeritive Lawsuit Settled
• Versata Wins $138 Million Patent Infringement Suit Against SAP America

Thursday, August 27, 2009

• 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

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

• USPTO Grants Mercury Cable & Energy’s Petition for Reexamination of Composite Technology Corporation’s Patents for Composite ACCC Core

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

Friday, August 21, 2009

• Expedited Appeal Schedule in i4i vs. Microsoft Patent Infringement Case
• 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

• 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
• Merck Wins SINGULAIR Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Teva Provides Update on Generic Singulair Litigation

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

• Haier Sued for Infringing Digital Television Patents
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory for Bausch & Lomb

Monday, August 17, 2009

• Appellate Court Rules That Pro V1 Patent Case Should Proceed
• Biovail Comments on Ultram ER Court Ruling
• InterDigital Receives Notice of Initial Determination in ITC Patent Infringement Action Against Nokia

Thursday, August 13, 2009

• Medion Sued for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement

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.
• TechRadium Reaches Agreement With Blackboard Inc. to Cross-License Notification Patents
• TeleCommunication Systems Clarifies USPTO Action in Patent Re-Exam

Monday, August 10, 2009

• eInstruction Protects Technology Patent
• Foley & Lardner Successfully Represents Desire2Learn in Patent Infringement Case
• Somanetics Corporation Files Patent Infringement Action Against CAS Medical Systems, Inc.

Saturday, August 08, 2009

• 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
• 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
• BIO Urges Supreme Court to Reject Rigid Bilski Rule
• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Files Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court in Bilski
• 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
• TechRadium Files Lawsuit Against Twitter, Alleges Infringement of Three Patents

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

• ICU Medical, Inc. and Medegen, Inc. Announce Resolution of Patent Litigation
• Luminetx and AccuVein Reach Settlement Agreement

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreements Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology
• EnLink Geoenergy Announces Patent Infringement Litigation

Monday, August 03, 2009

• American Fireglass Wins Patent, Trademark and Copyright Infringement Case
• Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Announces Settlement of Ethyol ANDA Patent Litigation

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
• 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
• Morrison & Foerster Secures Another Victory for Funai in Patent Infringement Case

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

• 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

• 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

Monday, July 27, 2009

• Abbott and Medtronic Reach Agreement on Global Patent Disputes
• 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
• 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
• 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
• VALID Systems Files Federal Lawsuit Against Chexar Networks

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

• Align Technology Provides Update on Patent Litigation with Ormco Corporation
• Medversant Files Lawsuit Against Morrissey Associates for Patent Infringement

Monday, July 20, 2009

• IntusIQ and Comverge, Inc. Resolve Patent Litigation

Friday, July 17, 2009

• EFI Wins Important Patent Lawsuit on Its VUTEk Inkjet Technology
• Personalized User Model, L.L.P Files Search Engine Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Google
• Vanguard ID Systems Wins Patent Decision Over Bank of America

Thursday, July 16, 2009

• Federal Court Rules That Actsoft Alcohol Bracelet Can’t Actually Monitor Blood Alcohol Content
• Hexagon Metrology Initiates Litigation Against Metris and Mitutoyo

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement Regarding Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology with The Finish Line

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
• MagSil Corporation and Seagate Technology Resolve Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• MOSAID Sues IBM for Patent Infringement
• Patent Infringement Verdict Awards Nearly $8M in Damages to Denver Entrepreneur
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Rejects Additional Patent Claims That Rambus is Asserting Against NVIDIA

Monday, July 13, 2009

• Everett Laboratories and Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Settle Patent Litigation Matters

Friday, July 10, 2009

• Forest Laboratories and H. Lundbeck A/S Enter Into Settlement Agreement With Sun and Caraco Related to Lexapro Patent Litigation

Thursday, July 09, 2009

• Ropes & Gray Achieves Complete Victory in Patent Infringement Case on Behalf of RouteOne LLC
• VIZIO Wins U.S. Customs Ruling

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

• 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
• Millipore Sues W.L. Gore & Associates for Patent Infringement

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

• Growing Minneapolis IP Litigation Firm Nails Back-to-Back $20+ Million Wins
• 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

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

• 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

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

• 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
• ITC Issues Initial Determination in FormFactor’s Wafer Probecard ITC Action

Monday, June 29, 2009

• WebTech Wireless Announces Developments in Patent Lawsuit

Friday, June 26, 2009

• 3M Wins Revocation of HTC Patent by European Patent Office
• Federal District Judge Upholds Patent Judgment in Favor of Lincoln Financial Group
• Jury Renders Verdict for Ormco - Align’s Invisalign Product Infringes Ormco Patent

Thursday, June 25, 2009

• Court Affirms Ruling Against CVS to Stop Sale of Counterfeit and Decoded Davidoff Fragrances

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
• NIKE and the NBA Basketball Hall of Fame Sued for Fraud and Other Claims by SportsFuzion Over Michael Jordan Products

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

• Excentus Files Lawsuit against Safeway and Its Subsidiaries Blackhawk and Randalls/Tom Thumb for Patent Infringement and Theft of Trade Secrets

Monday, June 22, 2009

• ION Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against WesternGeco
• Just Enterprises, Inc. Prevails in Trademark Dispute

Thursday, June 18, 2009

• Federal Court Rules CEIVA Patent Is Infringed by Frame Media

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

• DuPont Asserts Anti-Trust, Patent Claims Against Monsanto
• Priviam and EncryptaKey Resolve Patent Litigation

Monday, June 15, 2009

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

Friday, June 12, 2009

• Edwards Lifesciences Prevails on Validity and Infringement in UK Patent Case Against Cook
• Joseph Abboud Wins Appeal

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

• Aperio Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Olympus America, Hamamatsu Corporation and Hamamatsu Photonics
• KV Pharmaceutical Company, Purdue Pharma L.P. Settle OxyContin Dispute
• Rambus Moves to Withdraw Patents From ITC Proceedings Against NVIDIA

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

• GraphOn Corp. Files Countersuit Against Juniper Networks for Patent Infringement
• 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

Friday, June 05, 2009

• 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

Thursday, June 04, 2009

• Fenwal Statement Regarding Patent Litigation

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

• McDermott Will & Emery Achieves Significant Patent Win on Behalf of Honeywell International in Appellate Court

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

• Niutang Sucralose Patent Litigation Successfully Concluded
• 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

Friday, May 29, 2009

• State Supreme Court Decision Paves Way for Intellectual Property Law Development

Thursday, May 28, 2009

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into a Settlement and License Agreement with Dukane Corp.
• Network-1 Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation with NETGEAR

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

• HANS Serves Patent Infringement Suit Against defNder
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory for Client Stryker Corporation
• PANDORA Wins Key Ruling in Patent Infringement Case
• Savi Technology Announces Settlement in Patent Infringement Case Against AeroScout
• U.S. District Court Orders Hynix to Post Security for Infringing Rambus Patents

Thursday, May 21, 2009

• Irell & Manella Helps Tessera Secure Second Significant Victory This Year

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

• Simpson Thacher Wins Dismissal of Antitrust Suit Tied to Generic Patent Drug

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

• Automated Valet Refutes Claim of Patent Infringement
• Inventors’ Group Supporters Call Intel Founder Andy Grove’s Comments about Patents Absurd and Irresponsible

Monday, May 18, 2009

• Patton Boggs Wins Major Intellectual Property Case

Thursday, May 14, 2009

• 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

• Peabody Hotels Successfully Protects Peabody Brand, Peabody Duck Imagery Against Trademark Infringement

Sunday, May 10, 2009

• Court Upholds Markman Judgment in Strand Bamboo Patent Litigation

Saturday, May 09, 2009

• iLight Technologies Prevails in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

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
• 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

Thursday, April 30, 2009

• Federal Court Rules Bally Infringes IGT’s Bonusing Patents
• US Patent Office Confirms Wider Networks Patent

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

• Court Grants Motion to Move Modavox Patent and Trademark Infringement Cases Brought Against Time Warner, AOL and Platform-A from California to New York
• U.S. District Court Issues Decision Regarding Samsung Contract Claims in Rambus Case

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

• Federal Court Rules that DSM Desotech’s Antitrust and Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against 3D Systems Corporation Can Proceed
• Nanosys Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Nanoco Technologies Ltd./Sigma Aldrich

Monday, April 27, 2009

• Akamai to Appeal Decision in Patent Litigation Case
• PDP Files Lawsuit Against Dreamgear for Patent Infringement

Friday, April 24, 2009

• 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
• 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
• Quest Diagnostics to Pay U.S. $302 Million to Resolve Allegations That a Subsidiary Sold Misbranded Test Kits
• USPTO Finds Convolve Patent Valid in Reexamination

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

• 1st Technology/Bodog Patent Dispute Resolved
• IPLAC Presents Seminar On Proposed Local Patent Rules For The Northern District Of Illinois
• Thompson & Knight Client Obtains Judgment as a Matter of Law in Eastern District of Texas Patent Case

Friday, April 17, 2009

• Court Grants AstraZeneca Temporary Restraining Order Against Apotex in PULMICORT RESPULES Patent Litigation
• Sepracor Announces Patent Interference Proceedings (and Schedule) Against Wyeth for Claims Related to O-desmethylvenlafaxine Succinate

Thursday, April 16, 2009

• BackWeb Adds Sybase and iAnywhere as Defendants in its Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• OmniComm Systems Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation With DataSci, LLC

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

• Inventor Sues Therative, Inc. Over Inventorship of Patent on ThermaClear Device
• TableMAX Files Lawsuit Against Shuffle Master for Patent Infringement

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
• K&L Gates Secures Win for Silicon Motion in U.S. International Trade Commission Patent Suit Brought by SanDisk
• Morrison & Foerster Secures Victory for Funai before U.S. International Trade Commission in Patent Infringement Suit

Friday, April 10, 2009

• ClearCorrect Voluntarily Dismisses Lawsuit Against Invisalign Maker Align Technology
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Definitive Victory for Client Alaris Medical Systems
• U.S. International Trade Commission Finds Competitors Violated LitterMaid Patent

Thursday, April 09, 2009

• InTouch Technologies Announces Settlement Agreement Regarding US Patent Dispute

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

• SIIA Continues Aggressive Online Piracy Fight with Its First-Ever Lawsuits for Infringement of Clip Art

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

• 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
• 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
• District Court Decision Received in CONCERTA Patent Case

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Secures Significant Defense Victory for Client emsCharts, Inc. in Patent Infringement Case
• 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
• Osteologix Prevails in European Patent Opposition for Osteoporosis Drug
• United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Rules in Smith & Nephew’s Favor and Confirms Patent Claims Infringed by Arthrex Inc.

Monday, March 30, 2009

• 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

Friday, March 27, 2009

• ITC Extends Final Determination Date in Tessera’s ITC Wireless Action to May 20, 2009
• US Patent Office Rejects 95% of Verathon Claims in Patent Case With Aircraft Medical

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

• HP Resolves Ink Cartridge Patent Infringement with Ninestar
• Pacific Biosciences Named Senior Party in Patent Interference with Life Technologies

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

• Cubist Pharmaceuticals Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Teva Parenteral Medicines, Inc.
• Dutch Supreme Court Rules on the Partial Validity of Patents: Keith is Not Doing Too Well but May Survive
• Retail Decisions Awarded Victory in Patent Dispute Against CyberSource
• Shock Doctor Obtains Permanent Injunction Against XO Athletic

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

• Special Feature -- Gatekeeper Run Amok: The Patent Reform Act of 2009 and the Seventh Amendment
• Calypso Wireless Inc.’s Update Regarding Patent Infringement Suit Against T-Mobile USA, Inc.
• German Federal Patent Court Invalidates Wake Forest NPWT Patents Licensed to KCI

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

• Autobytel and Edmunds Enter Settlement Agreement
• Impax Confirms Patent Challenge Relating to RENAGEL Tablets, 400 mg and 800 mg
• 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 Issues Preliminary Ruling Rejecting All Sixteen Claims of Fourth Patent Asserted Against Aruba Networks by Motorola

Monday, March 16, 2009

• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Issues Final Rejection of All Claims in Funai’s ’074 Patent

Thursday, March 12, 2009

• Hensley Kim & Holzer Wins a $5.35 Million Jury Verdict for Patent Infringement
• Local Wave Machine Company Wins Critical Round of Patent Dispute
• ON Semiconductor Announces Settlement of Patent Dispute With Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

• 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
• 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

• 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

• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Files Amicus Brief in In re Bilski
• Kount Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against iovation

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

• Special Feature: BPAI Reaches Beyond Bilski to Machines
• Callaway Golf Files New Patent Infringement Suit Against Acushnet
• Cynosure Obtains Favorable Markman Rulings in Patent Infringement Case Against CoolTouch

Friday, February 27, 2009

• 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

Thursday, February 26, 2009

• Seoul Semiconductor Announces Its Position on Fundamental Indium Gallium Nitride-Based Light Emitting Device Patent

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

• Genentech Receives Final Notification Upholding Cabilly Patent in Reexamination Proceeding
• Lincoln Financial Group Patent Upheld by Jury

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

• In Another Favorable Preliminary Ruling, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Rejects All Claims of Third Patent Asserted Against Aruba Networks by Motorola
• Ruyan Asserts Patent Rights to E-cigarette in Key China Court Ruling

Monday, February 23, 2009

• Kilpatrick Stockton Secures Judgment in Favor of its Client Universal Furniture International Inc.
• Mobular and NewRiver Settle Patent Litigation

Friday, February 20, 2009

• Court Upholds Settlement Agreement in Great Clips Trademark Case
• DLA Piper Successfully Represents the Associated Press

Thursday, February 19, 2009

• Kasowitz Benson Wins Favorable Ruling for Client WebXchange in Patent Case Against Microsoft
• NVIDIA Responds to Intel Court Filing
• 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
• Covington Prevails for American Automobile Association in Important Domain Name Arbitration
• Merchant & Gould Scores Litigation Victory for Voss of Norway, ASA
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Issues a Preliminary Report Rejecting Majority of Claims of a Second Patent Asserted Against Aruba Networks by Motorola

Friday, February 13, 2009

• 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

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Issues a Preliminary Decision Rejecting All Claims of Patent Asserted Against Aruba Networks by Motorola

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

• Chicago Law Firm Scores Big Win Defending $18 Million Patent Dispute
• 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

Monday, February 09, 2009

• Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP Stops Bad C.A.T.’s Patent Infringement
• 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

Friday, February 06, 2009

• Court Awards Sanctions to Classified Cosmetics in Patent Lawsuit Against Del Laboratories
• Intellectual Property Practice Secures Stay of Injunction In Surgical Suture Case

Thursday, February 05, 2009

• Analog Devices Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Hittite Microwave Corporation
• Sherin and Lodgen LLP Obtains $15.7 Million Patent Infringement Verdict

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

• Masimo Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Philips

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

• Alsius Corporation Prepared to Invalidate Zoll Temperature Management Patents
• KCI Announces That Court of Appeals Affirms Lower Court Ruling, Including Validity of NPWT Patents

Monday, February 02, 2009

• MOSAID and Micron Settle Patent Litigation
• Watson Acknowledges Federal Trade Commission Action Regarding AndroGel Patent Settlement

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

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

• Finnegan Files Petition For a Writ of Certiorari in U.S. Supreme Court in Bilski Case
• Huntington Bancshares Incorporated and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

• Card Activation Technologies Files Suit Against Five Major National Companies for Infringement of Its Patent
• Tony Duquette Files Infringement Suit Against Michael Kors

Monday, January 26, 2009

• 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

• Rehncol Settles Patent Lawsuit with Pregame

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

• 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

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

• Christie, Parker & Hale Prevails in Lawsuit Charging Infringement of Copyright and Trade Dress for Rings
• 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

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
• Oscient Pharmaceuticals and Ethypharm SA File Lawsuit Against Lupin for Infringement of ANTARA® Patent
• RealNetworks Patent Victory Affirmed

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

• Special Feature: Federal Circuit Clarifies Requirements of Specific Personal Jurisdiction in Patent DJ Actions
• 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

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

• Appliance Recycling Centers of America Reports Litigation Summary Judgment
• Federal Circuit Finds In Favor of SMC Corporation Affirming Summary Judgment of Obviousness
• ITC Judge Finds Violations of Pass & Seymour’s Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter Patent Rights
• 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
• Lincoln Electric Sues Distributors for Patent and Trademark Infringement

Friday, January 09, 2009

• CoreValve Prevails in United Kingdom Patent Infringement Action
• Furniture Brands Settles Lawsuit Against Lifestyle Enterprises
• Zircon Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against The Stanley Works

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

• German Appeals Court Rules in Favor of AGA Medical in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Occlutech
• Procter & Gamble Reaches Settlement on Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• 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

• Audiovox Corporation Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Vizualogic
• Jury Finds MEI Infringes on JCM Global Patent
• Saxon Innovations Files Complaint in International Trade Commission

Monday, January 05, 2009

• Alexion Pharmaceuticals and PDL BioPharma Resolve Patent Dispute
• General Patent Corp Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Oberthur
• Perfect Web Technologies, Inc. Has Begun Appeal in the ’400 Patent Case

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

• Worlds.com Sues NCSoft for Infringing Key Virtual Worlds Patent

Monday, December 29, 2008

• Bridgelux Settles Patent Litigation With Cree

Friday, December 26, 2008

• Faegre & Benson Helps Secure Win for Seagate in Patent Trial
• Warner Chilcott Files Lawsuits for Infringement of DORYX Patent

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

• Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Announce Settlement of Clarinex (Desloratadine) ANDA Patent Litigation With Schering Corporation and Sepracor Inc.
• Warner Chilcott and Barr Announce Settlement of Femcon Fe Patent Challenge

Monday, December 22, 2008

• 3M and EV Group Settle Patent Infringement Suit
• RJ Softwares Settles Litigation Brought by Hasbro

Friday, December 19, 2008

• KCI Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Convatec and Boehringer

Thursday, December 18, 2008

• Emptoris Comments on Official Judgment in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

• 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
• Mangosoft Settles Pending Patent Litigation
• Nintendo, Nyko Settle Patent and Trademark Infringement Lawsuit

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

• Bartlit Beck Announce Verdict in Krippelz v. Ford Motor Co.
• Energizer Holdings, Inc. Settles With Spectrum Brands

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
• 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
• 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
• Terumo Corporation Announces Settlement of all Patent Litigation with Maquet Cardiovascular
• Young Basile Secures Victory For Altair Engineering Inc.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Bose Headphone Patent Litigation Settled
• Control Screening Issues Retraction Concerning AS&E Litigation and Patent Reexamination
• 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

• Drinker Biddle & Reath Wins Summary Judgment on All Claims for Midway Games in Copyright Infringement Case

Thursday, December 04, 2008

• Crocs, Inc. and Skechers, Inc. Announce Settlement of Litigation
• Lucky Litter LLC Announces ALJ Decision in ITC Case
• Perrigo Settles Desloratadine Patent Litigation

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
• Medegen Prevails on Appeal in ICU Medical Inc. Patent Infringement Case
• Mylan Announces Settlement Agreement with Novartis Related to Femara First-to-File Opportunity

Friday, November 28, 2008

• 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

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

• Crossroads Successfully Settles Outstanding Patent Litigation
• InterDigital Announces Settlement of Samsung Patent Licensing Disputes
• LML Patent Corp. Files Patent Infringement Suit Against 19 Defendants
• USPTO Confirms Validity of Bystolic Patent

Monday, November 24, 2008

• EMG Technology Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple
• Hesco Bastion Wins Second U.S. Patent Infringement Case
• 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
• Federal Circuit Vacates ICU Medical Summary Judgment Against Medegen and Remands to District Court
• Move, Inc. Prevails on Summary Judgment in Keithley Patent Case
• Susman Godfrey Wins Patent Verdict Against Dell, Ergotron and CDW

Thursday, November 20, 2008

• Handal & Associates Slaps Nebraska Motorcycle Brake Company, GMA Engineering Inc., With Patent Infringement Suit
• Leader Sues Facebook for Patent Infringement

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

• Morrison & Foerster Secures Victory for Funai Against 14 Companies in Patent Infringement Suit

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

• Court Stays Patent Infringement Suit Brought Against Candela by Palomar
• Spansion Sues Samsung in One of Technology Industry’s Largest Patent Infringement Suits

Monday, November 17, 2008

• Funky Brown Chick Sues Funky Black Chick for Trademark Infringement
• IPCO, LLC and Itron, Inc. Resolve Patent Litigation

Friday, November 14, 2008

• Calypso Wireless, Inc. Files Patent Infringement Suit Against T-Mobile USA, Inc.
• HP Resolves Ink Cartridge Patent Infringement with LexJet Corporation
• Universal Avionics Wins Major Rulings in Patent Dispute Against Honeywell

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
• The Lanier Law Firm Announces Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Nintendo Over Wii Video Game Technology

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

• Callaway Golf Wins Post Trial Motions in Lawsuit Against Acushnet
• General Patent Corporation Names Ed Gomez Chief IP Counsel

Monday, November 10, 2008

• Teva Provides Update on Generic Prevacid® Litigation
• 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

• Datalogic Scanning Brings Another Lawsuit Against Metrologic

Thursday, November 06, 2008

• 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

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

• 3M and Illinois Tool Works Settle Suit over Patent Infringement
• International Trade Commission Again Vindicates Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
• US Patent and Trademark Office Withdraws Right of Appeal Notice in ’419 Patent Reexamination

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

• Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Wins Motion in Unfair Competition and Tortious Interference Case

Monday, November 03, 2008

• Audiovox Reaches Settlement with INViSiON Industries on Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Energizer Keeps Going

Friday, October 31, 2008

• Dickstein Shapiro LLP’s Intellectual Property Practice Wins Appeal of Infringement Claim Regarding Surgical Sutures

Thursday, October 30, 2008

• Special Feature: Court Limits Patents on Business Methods
• Ariba Wins Patent Case Against Emptoris
• Occlutech Obtains Favourable Court Ruling in Patent Litigation in The Hague Against AGA Medical

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

• PIONEER Wins Patent Infringement Suit against Samsung SDI
• Powerchip Semiconductor Settles Litigation With MOSAID

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

• 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

• Court Rules in Favor of LG Electronics in Patent Case
• Gabriel Technologies Corporation Announces Federal Lawsuit Involving Patent Infringement and Misappropriation of Technology Against Qualcomm Inc.

Friday, October 24, 2008

• Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation with Kraft
• Verizon and Klausner Technologies Settle Patent Litigation
• Watson Files Lawsuit Against Barr for OXYTROL Patent Infringement

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

• Surgery Tool Maker Sues Rival Over Drill Guide Patent

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

• Mannatech Awarded More Than $700 Thousand in Attorneys’ Fees Against Glycoproducts International
• PCTEL Requests Re-exam of Interference Detection Patent

Friday, October 17, 2008

• ArvinMeritor and ZF Win Court Decision on Transmission Patent Infringement Suit

Thursday, October 16, 2008

• Barr Says Court of Appeals Upholds 2005 District Court Decision on 1997 Cipro Settlement
• German Court Finds Edwards Lifesciences’ Transcatheter Valve Patent Not Infringed by CoreValve

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

• Appellate Court Affirms UCT Infringed Celerity Patents
• Court Closes the Book on Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Fairchild Semiconductor Files New Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Power Integrations
• Nidec Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit in Japan Against LG Innotek, Korea

Monday, October 13, 2008

• I-Flow Corporation Continues to Enforce Its Patent and Trade Secret Rights Against Apex Medical’s Solace Pump Distributed by Zone Medical, LLC

Friday, October 10, 2008

• 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

• Lighting Science Group Obtains Preliminary Injunction Order Against Philips
• National Arbitration Forum Orders Cyberwire to Transfer Domain Names to BA Software
• Zone Medical, LLC Announces That The U.S. Patent Office Rejected All Claims of Key Patent of I-Flow Corporation

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

• ARIAD Announces Favorable Ruling Permitting Immediate Appeal of District Court Findings on NF-KB Patent in Amgen Litigation
• Eastman Receives Favorable Decision in ParaStar PET Patent Infringement Case
• IXYS Reports Denial Of International Rectifier’s Petition For Supreme Court Review

Monday, October 06, 2008

• TiVo Statement on United States Supreme Court Decision to Deny EchoStar’s Appeal

Friday, October 03, 2008

• District Court Affirms Patent Infringement Rulings and Finds That Amgen is Entitled to a Permanent Injunction Against Roche
• 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
• 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

• DealerTrack Prevails On Claim Construction and Summary Judgment Rulings in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• 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

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
• Latham & Watkins IP Litigators Lead Fashion Client to Interim Victory in US District Court Case

Thursday, September 25, 2008

• CryoCath Announces Settlement of Pending Suits with CryoCor, Inc. (Boston Scientific) and AMS Research Corp.
• 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
• Procter & Gamble Files Infringement Lawsuit
• 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

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

• Federal Circuit Vacates and Remands in CSIRO v. Buffalo
• Niutang Receives Favorable Ruling on Sucralose Patents From International Trade Commission Judge

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
• Star Navigation Files Amended Patent Infringement Complaint Against Aeromechanical Services and Provides USPTO Update

Friday, September 19, 2008

• Arete Power, Inc. Announces Trial Date Schedule in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Deere Loses Five Year Legal Battle Against American Farmers
• DVD Disc Manufacturer Dicentia Infringing MPEG-2 Patents, German Court Says
• 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

• 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
• Perrigo Dismissed from Miconazole Patent Litigation

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
• Depuy Spine And Biedermann Motech Resolve Patent Litigation With Allez Spine
• Merchant & Gould Successfully Defends Fabric Duct System’s Brand Against Multiple Trademark Infringements In China
• United States District Court Awards $4.55 Million Dollars in Damages to Human Touch in Trademark/Trade Dress Infringement Action

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

• 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

• Kaye Scholer LLP Secures Defendant Verdict on Invalidity

Thursday, September 11, 2008

• IGT Announces Summary Judgment Entered in Its Favor Against Bally
• Ligand Pharmaceuticals and the SALK Institute Enter Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of All Claims

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

• CAFC Affirms Invalidity Finding of Ricoh’s Patents
• Merchant & Gould Client Receives Doubled Award in Infringement Case Against Hasbro
• Salix Commences Patent Infringement Litigation Against Novel Laboratories

Monday, September 08, 2008

• Metamaterial Pioneer Rayspan Files for Reexamination of Ruckus Patents

Friday, September 05, 2008

• High Court Rules Oxford University Spin-Out Oxonica Breached Patent License
• SmarTire Reaches Settlement with Schrader-Bridgeport International on Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Thursday, September 04, 2008

• 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
• 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

• Monsanto and Pilot Grove Coop Reach Settlement

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

• 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
• Dechert Client Advanced Analogic Technologies Receives Major Victory in Federal Circuit
• Patent Appeals Court Rules on One of Two Linear v. AATI Cases on Appeal from the USITC
• PTO Reexamination Finds Convolve Patent Valid

Thursday, August 28, 2008

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

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

• Mintz Levin Achieves Significant Victory Against Microsoft Corporation in Patent Infringement Case
• Parlay Entertainment and 1st Technology Settle Patent Dispute
• Verizon and LG Sued By Klausner Technologies for Patent Infringement on Visual Voicemail

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

• Motorola, General Patent Settle Patent Infringement Suit Involving Digital Output Transducer
• Nuance and Its Subsidiary Tegic Communications File Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Zi Corporation
• Star Scientific Successful in Appeal of Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against RJ Reynolds Tobacco

Monday, August 25, 2008

• 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
• Venable Secures Victory in Internet Business Method Patent Dispute

Friday, August 22, 2008

• 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
• LendingTree, LLC and IMX, Inc. Announce Settlement of Patent Litigation
• NuVasive Announces Patent Infringement Complaint Brought by Medtronic Sofamor Danek
• 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

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

• 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
• 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

Monday, August 18, 2008

• GraphOn Files Lawsuit against Google for Patent Infringement
• 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

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

• John Steinbeck’s Widow’s Heirs Win Major Copyright Case
• Watson Announces District Court Ruling in Naproxen Sodium Patent Suit

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

• Overstock.com Dismissed From Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Techalt, Inc. Announces U.S. Patent Office Grants Petition to Revive Review of the Patent Application for Stan’s Rodeo Ointment

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

• Barr Announces Agreements to Settle Mirapex and Aggrenox Patent Challenges

Monday, August 11, 2008

• Veeco and Asylum Research Settle Patent Dispute

Friday, August 08, 2008

• Technology Research Corporation and Shanghai ELE Announce Settlement
• Texas Court Issues Markman Ruling in Candela’s Suit Against Palomar

Thursday, August 07, 2008

• 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

• SiRF Requests Reexamination of Broadcom Patents Asserted Against SiRF

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

• Orrick Announced Patent Office Rejects Tessera’s U.S. Patent No. 5,852,326 Again
• QIAGEN and Idaho Technology Settle Patent Dispute
• TruePosition Wins Permanent Injunction Against Andrew Corporation For Cell Phone Location Technology

Monday, August 04, 2008

• Altera Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Zilog

Friday, August 01, 2008

• Global Bio-Chem Technology Group Company Limited, Foley Hoag LLP, and Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg LLP Prevail in International Trade Commission Patent Infringement Investigation
• Second Circuit Reverses Injunction Preventing InterDigital from Proceeding Against Nokia Before U.S. International Trade Commission
• SonoSite and GE Resolve First Lawsuit

Thursday, July 31, 2008

• Affinity Settles Lawsuit with Ameritrade
• Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Receives Ruling in Markman Hearing in Patent
• 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
• Microsoft Files Patent Infringement Action With the ITC Against Primax

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

• DealerTrack Prevails On Five Pre-Trial Rulings in Patent-Infringement Lawsuit
• Florida Federal Court Confirms Dismissal of CMCD Patent Challenge by Indeco
• Nidec Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
• RouteOne Favored on Key Rulings in Patent-Infringement Lawsuit

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

• Barr Confirms Patent Challenge of Sensipar Tablets, 30mg, 60mg and 90mg
• 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

Monday, July 28, 2008

• IMPAX Sued Based on ANDA Amendment for Additional Dosage Forms of Generic Opana ER
• NorthPole Companies Secures Summary Judgement Against Bravo Sports, Inc.
• Winning Edge Settles Patent Lawsuit with SportsDirect and Covers Media Group

Friday, July 25, 2008

• Barr Confirms Patent Challenge of Fentora Tablets
• 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

• eBay Software Pirate Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

• 10 Years After State Street Decision That Transformed Patents, Appeals Court May Reverse Field
• Latham & Watkins Antitrust Litigators Successfully Resist Class Certification on Behalf on AMD and ATI Technologies

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

• IMPAX Sued Based on ANDA for Generic Flomax®
• SFLC Files GPL Violation Lawsuit Against Extreme Networks, Inc.
• U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Patent for ACIPHEX Valid and Enforceable

Friday, July 18, 2008

• GPS Industries Files Patent Infringement Suit Against ProLink and Other Parties
• 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

• New York Federal Court Upholds Patent Infringement Case of KBT&F Client Columbia University Professor Gertrude Neumark Against Cree Inc.
• SKECHERS Denies Crocs’ Baseless Claims
• 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
• Covington Secures Major Patent Litigation Appeals Court Victory
• Fish & Richardson Wins $18 Million Jury Verdict for DeepNines Technologies Against McAfee
• Rudolph Technologies, Inc. Wins Summary Judgement Ruling Against Camtek, Ltd.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

• Court of Appeals Rules in Favor Of i-Deal & Thomson
• EV Group Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against the 3M Company
• 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

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
• 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
• Howrey Represents Angiotech in Successful Defence of Taxus Stent Patent Before the House of Lords

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

• WordLogic Corporation Files Patent Infringement Against Mercedes-Benz USA

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

• AirIQ Provides Update on Patent Infringement Claim
• National Programming Service’s Right to Sell Distant Network Programming Upheld by Federal Court of Appeals
• Widevine Files Virtual Smart Card Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Verimatrix

Thursday, July 03, 2008

• InterDigital® and Nokia Agree to End English Court Actions
• 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

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

• Limelight Networks Provides Update on Recent Court Rulings in Akamai Patent Trial
• Patent Case Results in Favorable Jury Verdict for Linear Technology

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

• Bavarian Nordic Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Oxford BioMedica
• Stamps.com Wins Patent Trial Against Kara Technology

Monday, June 30, 2008

• j2 Global Files Patent Infringement Suits Against Protus IP Solutions, Inc., Captaris, Inc. and EasyLink Services International Corporation
• SiRF Requests International Trade Commission Review of Initial Determination in the SiRF Litigation Against Broadcom

Friday, June 27, 2008

• Barr Announces Favorable Ruling in Mirapex Patent Challenge
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Victory For Walgreen Co.
• TechRadium, Leading Notification Firm, Receiving and Defending Its Patents

Thursday, June 26, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement and License Agreement with Oki Data
• 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

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

• 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

Monday, June 23, 2008

• Loeb & Loeb Successfully Protects MGM’s Rights to Pink Panther Films

Thursday, June 19, 2008

• Court Determines That University of Pittsburgh and Artecel Have Sole Rights to Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Patent
• Defense Victory in Design Patent Case in Marshall, Texas
• Frame Media, Inc. to Defend Patent Infringement Allegations
• Stroock Wins Significant Summary Judgment Ruling in Trade Secrets Case for its Clients Richards Manufacturing & Glenn Luzzi

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

• Given Imaging Announces Completion of Patent Litigation Settlement
• Pfizer and Ranbaxy Settle Lipitor Patent Litigation Worldwide

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

• Audiovox Corporation Files Patent Infringement Suit Against INViSiON Industries
• Intellectual Property Practice Obtains Favorable Jury Verdict in Touchscreen Entertainment Device Patent Infringement Case

Monday, June 16, 2008

• Abraxis to Appeal Jury Ruling on Elan Patent Infringement Claim
• ADC Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against AFL Telecommunications
• C2 Communications Technologies Inc. Receives Favorable Claim Construction Ruling in Patent Litigation
• Harman International Wins Patent Dispute in German Federal Court
• PTO Extends Reexamination of Tessera Patent

Friday, June 13, 2008

• Magnetek Announces Settlement of Legal Dispute

Thursday, June 12, 2008

• Genentech Settles Dispute Related to Cabilly Patent
• Motorola Sued for Stealing Pioneering Wireless Technology: Inventor Memorylink Corp. Seeks Return of Patents and Profits

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
• 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

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

• Carlson Laboratories and Metagenics Announce Dismissal of Patent Infringement and Unfair Competition Suit

Monday, June 09, 2008

• Amtrak and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit and Enter into License Agreement
• USPTO to Publish New Rules Regarding Ex Parte Appeals Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Friday, June 06, 2008

• JA Apparel Corp. Wins Injunction Reaffirming Ownership of Joseph Abboud Brand Name

Thursday, June 05, 2008

• Winning Edge Settles Patent Lawsuit with VegasExperts.com and Vegas Insider

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

• C2 Communications Technologies Inc. Settles Lawsuit Against Sprint
• iRise Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Axure Software Solutions
• 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
• Extreme Networks Announces Victory in Patent Litigation
• VNUS Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation with AngioDynamics and Vascular Solutions

Monday, June 02, 2008

• Fourteen of Microsoft Re-examination Challenges of Avistar’s U.S. Patents Rejected by U.S. Patent Office

Friday, May 30, 2008

• Haynes and Boone Secures Summary Judgment In Toll Collection Technology Patent Case

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

• Boston Scientific Announces Court Decision
• Dreier LLP Obtains Settlement Agreements with Sony, Sanyo, Exceed and Lucky Light in Landmark LED Patent Case
• Power Integrations Files New Patent-Infringement Suit Against Fairchild Semiconductor and System General

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

• NICE Updates on Patent Infringement Litigation Brought Against Verint; Court Reaffirms Validity of NICE’s Patent
• SonoSite Responds to Second GE Lawsuit in Wisconsin

Friday, May 23, 2008

• 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.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

• DuPont Wins Patent Infringement Appeal Against MacDermid Printing Solutions

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

• Experian and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Settle Patent Lawsuit
• Freedom Wireless, Inc. Settles Patent Infringement Suit Against VeriSign, Inc.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

• NMT Medical Announces Settlement of Damages Claims in Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Cardia
• 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

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
• Kodak Settles Patent Litigation with St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants

Thursday, May 15, 2008

• Salix Commences Patent Infringement Litigation Against Novel Laboratories

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

• 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
• Patent Infringement Suit Dismissed With Prejudice
• Sayles Werbner Announces Texas Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against National Semiconductor Inc.
• United States Patent and Trademark Office Denies Stinger’s Reexamination Request of TASER International’s Patent

Monday, May 12, 2008

• Jury Validates Key Mannatech Technology Patents Involving Its Ambrotose Glyconutrient Products
• StemCells Files Second Suit Against Neuralstem to Protect Intellectual Property
• TransAct Technologies Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation With FutureLogic

Friday, May 09, 2008

• Boston Scientific Announces Dismissal of Johnson & Johnson Patent Lawsuit in Canada
• Burst.com and RealNetworks Reach Settlement Agreement

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
• 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
• Neuralstem Sues StemCells, Inc. Over New Patent

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

• AuthenTec Wins Summary Judgment In Atmel Patent Litigation Lawsuit
• OFS and Draka Comteq Settle Patent Infringement Suit
• 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

• Maxwell Technologies and NessCap Sign Memorandum of Understanding Outlining Framework for Settling Patent Disputes
• P&G Sues J&J for Patent Infringement on Tooth-Whitening Strips

Thursday, May 01, 2008

• Butkus Reaches Settlement in Award Dispute
• 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
• Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Prevails in Opposition Hearing for NicVAX Patent
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Confirm Patentability of Lipitor Basic Patent

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

• SureFire Sues PentagonLight for Patent Infringement and False Advertising

Friday, April 25, 2008

• LG Electronics Charges Whirlpool With Patent Infringement on Refrigerator Technology

Thursday, April 24, 2008

• Karrier Communications Settles Patent Litigation With GPS Industries, Inc.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

• Jury Awards Grantley $66 Million in Patent Infringement Suit Against Clear Channel Communications
• STEC Retains Patent Law Firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP to Supplement Its Defense Against Seagate Technology

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

• MPEG-2 Patent Owners Sue Target Corporation for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
• Perrigo Confirms Patent Challenge of Monistat 1 Combination Pack
• 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

Monday, April 21, 2008

• Elron Announces That Given Imaging Announces Patent Litigation Settlement
• Meda Has Settled The U.S. Astelin® Patent Litigation with Apotex

Friday, April 18, 2008

• Immersion Medical Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Mentice AB, Mentice SA, Simbionix USA Corp., and Simbionix Ltd.
• Neuftec Patent Validity Confirmed in Re-Examination Proceedings Initiated by Oxonica PLC

Thursday, April 17, 2008

• Decision Reached in Magnetek Appeal of Patent Arbitration Award
• OraSure Technologies to Defend Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

• 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

• STEC Official Response to Patent Infringement Claims From Seagate
• TCS Enters Into Patent Lawsuit Standstill Agreement With RIM

Friday, April 11, 2008

• 3Com Wins Patent Infringement Trial Against Realtek
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Definitive Victory for Client Stryker Corporation

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

• Butkus Scores Victory Over Name Use
• Fish & Richardson Settles Patent Case for Repligen
• Infringement Verdict Against Heller Ehrman Client Bitek Overturned
• 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

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

• Depomed Settles Patent Litigation Against IVAX
• Repligen Announces Settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb in Orencia Lawsuit

Monday, April 07, 2008

• Baxter Healthcare Wins Patent Infringement Suit
• CalAmp Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Claims Against iMetrik
• 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
• Pet Ecology to File Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• 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

• MAQUET Cardiovascular Announces Patent Infringement Complaints Against Terumo

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

• Troll Busters LLC Files for Reexamination of United States Patent 6,814,934 Controlled by Applied BioSystems Inc.

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

• DSM Desotech Inc. Files Antitrust and Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against 3D Systems Corporation
• Teva Provides Update on Generic Prevacid® Litigation

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
• Paul Hastings Obtains Preliminary Injunction in a Patent Infringement Case on Behalf of Eisai Pharmaceuticals

Friday, March 21, 2008

• 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

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
• Faegre & Benson Wins RFID Patent Infringement Suit for Target
• 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
• SIIA Continues To Wage War Against Auction Piracy By Filing Eight New Lawsuits Against eBay Sellers

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

• OSI Pharmaceuticals Announces That the Prior Revocation of Its European DP-IV Patent Has Been Upheld
• Precision BioSciences’ Response to Cellectis Lawsuit
• Yamaha Motor Corporation Successfully Defends Snowmobile Seat Patent Infringement Claim Filed by Boss Industries, Inc.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

• BusyBox Developers Agree To End GPL Lawsuit Against Verizon

Thursday, March 13, 2008

• Secure Computing Responds to Finjan Patent Infringement Lawsuit Verdict

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

• InsWeb Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Autobytel and Related Entities
• 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

• DTL Settles Lawsuit Wth Cingular and AT&T Mobility and Licenses Key Cell Phone Patent
• GraphOn Files Lawsuit for Patent Infringement
• Howrey Team Wins Again on Appeal for Fifth Third Bank
• Seastone Reaches Patent Dispute Settlement Concerning Gift Card Tins
• Sidley Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Claims Against LED Manufacturer

Friday, March 07, 2008

• CalAmp and PROCON Settle Patent Infringement Suit
• Euroscreen Wins Opposition Related to its CCR5 Patent Claims

Thursday, March 06, 2008

• Altair and ilumisys Successfully Enforce LED Lighting Technology 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
• PokerTek Says Lightning Poker’s Patent Lawsuit is Without Merit

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
• Pfizer to Seek to Appeal Lipitor Enantiomer Patent Ruling in the Netherlands
• Solomon Announces Patent Case Oral Arguments
• U.S. Patent Office Upholds Key Human Embryonic Stem Cell Patent

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

• General Patent Subsidiary Awarded Permanent Injunction, Treble Damages and Attorney Fees in Patent Infringement Suit Against Lycom and Advance Creative
• ITC Case Against Tessera Stayed Due to Patent Reexaminations By Siliconware

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

• InsWeb Files Answer in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Brought by Autobytel
• Microsoft Challenges Avistar Patents

Monday, February 25, 2008

• 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

Friday, February 22, 2008

• Federal Jury Rules in Favor of Covidien in Patent Litigation Trial
• 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

Thursday, February 21, 2008

• Smith & Nephew and Synthes Settle Patent Dispute for Trochanteric Fixation Nails

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

• ITC Judge Rules in Favor of SMC Corporation Concerning Patent Infringement Claim

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

• Counsel Corp. Subsidiary, C2 Global, Settles Lawsuit Against AT&T
• Document Security Systems Announces Delay in Patent Validity Decision by Netherlands Court

Monday, February 18, 2008

• 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

• XDx Files Reexamination Request for Source MDx Patent

Thursday, February 14, 2008

• Federal High Court Rejects OLPC’s Application to Dismiss LANCOR’s Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Patent Infringement Suit Filed Against Office Media Network
• Tissue Extraction Devices Files a Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Hologic, Inc. and Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

• 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
• United States Patent Office Grants CryoCor’s Request for Patent Interference

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

• Boston Scientific Announces Court Decision
• Christie, Parker & Hale LLP Prevails in Motion for Summary Judgment on Behalf of Human Touch®

Monday, February 11, 2008

• 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
• Hogan & Hartson Obtains Dismissal of Patent Infringement Case Against Client Sun Microsystems
• Orion Sues Sun Pharmaceuticals In The U.S. To Enforce Orion’s U.S. Patent No. 5,446,194 Covering Its Proprietary Drug Stalevo®

Thursday, February 07, 2008

• Canady Technology Victorious Against ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH and ERBE, USA Over Patent Infringement Lawsuits
• Limelight Networks Announces Rulings on Pretrial Motions
• Occlutech Wins Confirmation of its Intellectual Property Position Versus AGA Medical Patent by AIPPI

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

• CTS Cement Manufacturing Corporation Wins Patent Lawsuit on Rapid-Setting Cement
• International Trade Commission Initiates Investigation Over Importation of Base Plugs from China

Monday, February 04, 2008

• 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
• MOSAID Settles Litigation With ProMOS and Mosel Vitelic

Friday, February 01, 2008

• Federal Appellate Court Upholds Irell & Manella’s $94 Million Patent Infringement Judgment for DVR Market Leader TiVo
• 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

Thursday, January 31, 2008

• 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
• Matsushita Electric Settles Semiconductor Patent Infringement Suits With Samsung Electronics
• SecurityPoint Media LLC Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Solomon Files Toyota Patent Reply

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

• Barracuda Networks Defends Free and Open Source Software From Patent Threat by Trend Micro

Monday, January 28, 2008

• Skincare Company Dismissed Without Prejudice from Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed by Allergan, Inc.

Friday, January 25, 2008

• Markzware Announces Settlement Agreement in Patent Case

Thursday, January 24, 2008

• Gemstar-TV Guide Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Virgin Media in the United Kingdom
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures a Victory For SurModics, Inc.
• Sprint Takes Legal Action to Protect VOP Patent Portfolio
• U.S. Patent Office Rejects Key HIV/AIDS Drug Patents at PUBPAT Request
• Whirlpool Corp. Files Patent Infringement Action Against LG With International Trade Commission (ITC)

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

• Barr and Ortho Women’s Health & Urology in Discussions to Settle ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN LO Patent Litigation

Monday, January 21, 2008

• Dr. Reddy’s Announces Settlement of Exelon® ANDA Litigation With Novartis
• Ranbaxy Announces Settlement of Possible Imitrex Litigation With GlaxoSmithKline

Friday, January 18, 2008

• 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

• Cold Jet, LLC and Phoenix Unlimited Have Resolved Their Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Nashua Corporation Announces Settlement With Ricoh Company Ltd.
• The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Decides in Favor of Convolve Against Seagate in Disk Drive Technology Interference

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

• IMPAX Announces Lawsuit Related to Generic Version of SOLODYN®

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

• Court Sets Hearing Date for Diomed Preliminary Injunction Against Total Vein Solutions
• Skincare Company Dismissed Without Prejudice from Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed by Allergan, Inc.

Monday, January 14, 2008

• CEVEC Again Successful in Challenge to Crucell Patent
• Pfizer Receives Initial Communication from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Regarding Lipitor Basic Patent

Friday, January 11, 2008

• 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
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures a Victory for Grundfos Pumps Manufacturing Corporation

Thursday, January 10, 2008

• Affymetrix and Illumina Settle Their Patent Disputes
• Cynosure Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against CoolTouch Inc.
• Document Security Systems Announces Ruling in Patent Validity Lawsuit by French Court

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

• Stinger Systems Request Reexamination of Taser International’s Intellectual Property

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

• Court of Appeals Upholds Verdicts in Favor of Cordis Corporation on Patents Infringed by Medtronic, Inc. and Boston Scientific Corporation

Monday, January 07, 2008

• Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement with Verizon Wireless

Friday, January 04, 2008

• Pfizer to Appeal Canadian Federal Court Ruling on Lipitor Patent
• 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

• 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

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

• Banner & Witcoff Remembers Partner, Mark T. Banner
• Injunction Against Certain Qualcomm Products for the U.S. Market Provides Some Limited Licenses
• 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

Friday, December 28, 2007

• Toshiba Seeks Court Remedies for Infringement of Essential DVD Patent in Italy

Thursday, December 27, 2007

• Audiovox Corporation Responds to MPEG LA Suit
• 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

• 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
• 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

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
• Lonza Withdraws Majority of Claims in Patent Lawsuit Against Northwest Biotherapeutics
• QIAGEN and Ventana Announce Settlement of Patent Dispute

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

• Accenture Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Guidewire
• Document Security Systems to Move Forward with Infringement Suit vs. ECB

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

• BusyBox Developers and Xterasys Corporation Agree to Settle GPL Lawsuit
• TPL and NEC Electronics America Resolve Their Dispute Over the Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio
• Universal Music Group (UMG) and XM Satellite Radio Reach Agreement on Pioneer Inno

Monday, December 17, 2007

• Armstrong World Industries Wins Patent Dispute With Pergo, Inc.
• Callaway Golf and TaylorMade Golf Reach Patent Settlement

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
• EXACT Sciences Wins Patent Ruling on DNA Technology
• Monolithic Power Systems Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Chip Advanced Technology
• 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
• Court Grants Depomed’s Motion for Summary Judgment of Patent Infringement Against IVAX
• 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
• TriMas Subsidiary Cequent Prevails in Patent Litigation Against Willful Infringer

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

• Ontario Grower Ordered to Pay Monsanto $160 Per Acre for Violating Patent Rights on Roundup Ready® Soybeans
• Supreme Court Rejects Miller’s Petition in Miller v. Brand and Capital Machine
• Wavestream Corporation Issues Statement of Clarification Regarding Its Recent Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against CAP Wireless

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

• Novo Nordisk Settles With Pfizer On Patent Infringement Suit

Monday, December 10, 2007

• Court Does Not Postpone Its Ruling - It Immediately Denies Maxwell Technologies, Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment Against NessCap
• Tessera Files New ITC and District Court Complaints Aimed at Infringing DRAM Devices

Friday, December 07, 2007

• 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
• IBM Files ITC Complaint Against ASUSTeK
• Watson and Novartis Settle Lawsuit Over Exelon® Patent Litigation

Thursday, December 06, 2007

• Court Postpones Immediate Determination on Maxwell Technologies’ Alleged Infringement of NessCap Patent
• Star Navigation Files Motion to Dismiss Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Troll Busters LLC Files for Reexamination of United States Patent 5,582,989 Exclusively Licensed to Abbott Laboratories

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

• Seoul Semiconductor Files a Complaint Against Nichia With ITC
• Sutura Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit With Abbott Laboratories

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

• King Pharmaceuticals Reports Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied
• Quiet Solution and Supress Products Reach Agreement on Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• 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

Friday, November 30, 2007

• 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

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

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

• Asylum Research Eliminates Half of Veeco Patent Claims
• Patent Court Ruling In Germany

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

• Datasci and etrials Worldwide Announce Settlement in Patent Dispute
• Lagos Analysis Corp. (LANCOR) Files Lawsuit Against Nicholas Negroponte and OLPC Association for Patent Infringement

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

• 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.
• Trial Date Set For Copyright Infringement Case Involving US Playing Card Company - Division of the Jarden Corporation

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

• Appeals Court Upholds ITC Decision in Favor of Power Integrations
• Entrepreneur Prevails in Case Against Microsoft for Willful Infringement of Anti-Piracy Software Patents
• Second Round of GPL Infringement Lawsuits Filed on Behalf of BusyBox Developers

Friday, November 16, 2007

• 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
• Power-One Wins Infringement Lawsuit on Digital Power

Thursday, November 15, 2007

• 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
• 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

• Card Activation Technologies Files Suit Against TJX Companies for Violation of Patent
• Licensing Executives Society Submits Amicus Brief to Supreme Court in Quanta v. LG Electronics Case
• Orion Sues Sun Pharmaceuticals In The U.S. To Enforce A Patent For Stalevo®
• Riverbed Files Patent Infringement Claim Against Quantum

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

• M:Metrics Wins Summary Judgment Dismissing Patent Infringement Claim by Telephia
• Materialise Launches U.S. Lawsuit Against Nobel Biocare for Patent Infringement

Friday, November 09, 2007

• OpenTV Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Troll Busters LLC Announces the Patent Office Acceptance of All of the Issues Presented in its Reexamination Brief Against the Original Symyx Technologies Patent

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
• Tessera Provides Update on Patent Actions

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

• Insituform Technologies, Inc. Announces Patent Infringement Suit
• Welsh & Katz Client, Papst Licensing, Sues ACT-RX Technology for Failure to Pay Patent Royalties

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

• ArchPort™ Shoes Sues VF Outdoor for Patent Infringement
• Microsemi and O2 Micro Settle Litigation
• MPEG LA Sues Alcatel Lucent for Breach of MPEG-2 Patent Pool Contractual Obligations

Monday, November 05, 2007

• Decas Botanical Synergies Settles Patent Law Suit on Favorable Terms

Friday, November 02, 2007

• 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

• Boston Scientific Announces Verdict in Cordis Litigation
• Perrigo Announces that Dexcel’s Settlement with AstraZeneca Allows OTC Omeprazole Launch Following Final FDA Approval
• Wi-LAN Initiates Litigation for Patent Infringement

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

• Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking the PTO’s New Rules
• BusyBox Developers and Monsoon Multimedia Agree to Dismiss GPL Lawsuit
• Cooley Successfully Advises on IP Settlement for Largest Company in Taiwan
• ev3 Inc. Announces Agreements in Principle to Settle Patent Litigation
• Sky Technologies’ Patent Litigation Case Against Ariba Set for Trial

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

• 3M Settles Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Patent Suits with CDW Corp. and Hitachi Koki
• Pfizer to Appeal German Court Decision in Lipitor Patent Case

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
• DUSA and River’s Edge Announce Settlement Agreement Involving Nicomide®
• Pixelplus Obtains Completely Positive Ruling from the Korean Patent Court on the Disputed Contact Hole Process Patent Claimed by MagnaChip

Friday, October 26, 2007

• 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
• 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
• SanDisk Sues to Enforce Memory System Patents

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

• Diomed Responds to VNUS Patent Litigation Trial Delay and Summary Judgment Motion Ruling
• 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

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

• Morgan Miller Blair Files Federal Amicus Brief for Wireless Technology Companies
• Mylan Announces Settlement of Paroxetine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets with GlaxoSmithKline
• Wellman, Inc. Initiates PET Resin Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Eastman Chemical Company

Monday, October 22, 2007

• Adenoscan® Patent Lawsuits Settled
• Gunnebo Industrier: Telesteps Wins Patent Dispute

Friday, October 19, 2007

• HemoSense Receives Patent Infringement Notification from Beckman Coulter

Thursday, October 18, 2007

• Nutratech Prevails in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• 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
• CryoCath Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Gemstar-TV Guide Subsidiary Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Toshiba Corporation in Japan

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

• GPS Industries Secures Patent Settlement from GPS GolfPro, LLC
• McAndrews, Held & Malloy Secures Favorable Settlement for Design Firm The Jane A. Sassaman Co.

Monday, October 15, 2007

• Barr and Par Settle Diazepam Rectal Gel Patent Challenge with Valeant

Friday, October 12, 2007

• Artec Technologies Investigating Infractions of its IPTV Patent by Arcor
• 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

• Decision Announced in eSpeed-Trading Technologies Patent Case
• Haynes and Boone Wins in Heart Repair Device Patent Infringement Jury Trial
• 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

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

• Maxim Integrated Products Announces Legal Action to Enforce DirectDrive Technology Patent
• Quantum Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Riverbed
• 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

• EPO Rules European Nexium Process Patent Valid
• Vonage and Sprint Settle Patent Dispute

Monday, October 08, 2007

• Paul Hastings Secures Favorable Settlement for Bridgestone Sports Co. in Patent Dispute

Friday, October 05, 2007

• GameTech Successfully Defends Patent Case Appeal Against Planet Bingo
• 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

• No Clearance from U.S. Customs for Importation of Epistar’s Phoenix and Aquarius LED Products
• VNUS Medical’s Patent Lawsuit Against Laser Competitors to Proceed to Trial

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

• Patent Valuation and the Top 5 List of Patent Damages Issues
• Christie, Parker & Hale Prevails in Trademark Infringement Action Brought on Behalf of True Religion Jeans’ Maker
• Vascular Solutions Comments On Summary Judgment Rulings in Patent Litigation With VNUS Medical

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
• Two Patent Infringement Actions Result in More Than $100 Million Being Awarded to U.S. Philips Corporation

Friday, September 28, 2007

• Hemisphere GPS Completes Settlement Of Patent Infringement Lawsuits
• Medtronic Will Appeal Jury Verdict
• Universal Announces Court Victory

Thursday, September 27, 2007

• Adams Respiratory Therapeutics Files Lawsuit Against Perrigo for Infringement of Mucinex Patent
• Yodlee and CashEdge Reach Settlement Agreement Resolving Patent Litigation

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

• Jury Awards Sprint Nextel $69.5 Million Plus Royalties in Infringement Lawsuit Against Vonage

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

• NIR Diagnostics Joins Shaklee in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Masimo Corporation

Monday, September 24, 2007

• ARM Technology Ruled To Not Infringe In TPL Patent Litigation
• Jury Upholds Validity of Power Integrations Patents
• 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

Thursday, September 20, 2007

• Covington Secures Appeal Victory for Juniper Networks
• On Behalf of BusyBox Developers, SFLC Files First Ever U.S. GPL Violation Lawsuit
• Solomon Files Toyota Case Appeal

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

• Claim Construction Ruling Issued in Starpay’s Patent Litigation Against Visa
• MPEG LA Sues Opta Corporation and Opta Systems, LLC, Formerly Doing Business as GoVideo, for Breach of MPEG-2 and 1394 License Agreements

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

• ICU Medical, Inc. Wins Summary Judgment in Medegen Patent Lawsuit
• TruePosition Wins Patent Infringement Litigation Against Andrew Corporation

Monday, September 17, 2007

• Angiotech Reaches Agreement With Johnson & Johnson to Settle Outstanding Patent Litigation
• 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

Friday, September 14, 2007

• Belkin Wins Appeal Against ACCO
• Court’s Dismissal of Claims in Cutting-Edge Case Good News for Online Businesses
• SmarTire Sues Siemens and Schrader-Bridgeport for Patent Infringement
• 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
• Document Security Systems Announces Jurisdiction Decision by European Court of First Instance
• U.S. District Court Judge Sets Terms for AMS Patent Infringement Case

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

• 12th Annual Independent Inventors Conference Comes to Raleigh, NC
• ArrayComm Suit Claims Patent Infringement by Atheros Communications Inc.
• Star Scientific Files Opening Brief in Appeal of Ruling in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against RJ Reynolds

Monday, September 10, 2007

• Acacia Technologies Enters into Settlement Agreement with Ingles Market for Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology
• Copyright Alliance Announces September Speaking Appearances
• IPLAC to Host Seminar on Ethical Conduct in Trademark Law

Friday, September 07, 2007

• Mintz Levin Represents Renowned Physician, Dr. Peter Rentrop, in Major Patent Infringement Victory

Thursday, September 06, 2007

• Copyright Alliance Urges Congress to Throw Out Proposal Eliminating Researchers’ Copyright Protections
• 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
• ChipMOS Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Walton Advanced Engineering Inc.

Friday, August 31, 2007

• Pharmexa Again Prevails Against Geron In Patent Appeal

Thursday, August 30, 2007

• Document Security Systems Announces Formal Written Decision by German Federal Patent Court

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

• Court Denies Maxwell Technologies, Inc.’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against NessCap

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

• ACE DuraFlo Surrenders Right to Sue in Patent Dispute with Nu Flow
• Procter & Gamble Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Kraft Foods

Monday, August 27, 2007

• 13,000+ Searchable Patent Lawsuits at RFC Express - Free Trial
• 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

Friday, August 24, 2007

• 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

Thursday, August 23, 2007

• RFC Express Announces Additional Litigation Research Services
• Rambus Receives European Commission Statement of Objections
• 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
• McDermott Achieves Precedent-Setting Victory in Federal Circuit Patent Case
• Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Obtains Victory for Charles Schwab & Co. in Patent Infringement Suit

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
• iRobot Files Lawsuit to Stop Infringement of Patents on Combat-Proven PackBot Robot
• Morrison & Foerster Wins Summary Judgment for Hemisphere GPS, in Defense of Patent Infringement Claim on Terrestrial GPS Devices Used Worldwide by Farmers
• 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

Monday, August 20, 2007

• 7 Patent lawsuits added from Aug 17th - Click to view
• Occlutech Initiates Non-Infringement Proceedings and Files for Invalidation of AGA Medical’s European Patent in the U.K.
• USPTO to Publish Measures to Improve Patent Quality

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
• 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
• Senniger Powers Announces Key Victory in MEMC Antitrust Case
• SIIA Announces First Content Piracy Case Settlement

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

• 14 Patent Lawsuits Added - Click & view - Free Trial
• MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
• Aspen Publishers Offers Authoritative, Updated Copyright Resources
• Patent Infringement Suit against Fibercore Settles Favorably for OFS
• Rival Technologies Inc.-Trademarks TRU™ and TRULITE™
• VisEn Medical Files Action to Invalidate New Caliper Life Sciences Patent

Monday, August 13, 2007

• Special: To The Editor
• USPTO Grants Reexaminations on Patents Covering Software Used By Futures Traders

Friday, August 10, 2007

• Seoul Semiconductor Wins Patent Case in Taiwan
• USPTO Proposes New Measure to Improve Patent Quality and Reduce Pendency

Thursday, August 09, 2007

• Genoa Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Mitsubishi and Samsung
• Modavox Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Tacoda

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

• Prokop Labs, LLC Files a Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Chinese Manufacturer
• TransAct Technologies Issues Update on Lawsuit Against FutureLogic

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

• Microsoft Wins Reversal of $1.5 Billion Patent Decision
• 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

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

Friday, August 03, 2007

• Special Feature: The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Changes Its Rules of Practice: A New Era of Enhanced Disclosure
• CA Files Lawsuit Against Rocket Software for Misappropriation of Intellectual Property
• Ropak Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Plastican
• Unigen Announces Settlement in Patent Infringement Case

Thursday, August 02, 2007

• DuPont Settles Patent Infringement Case
• HP Resolves Ink Patent Infringement Suit Against Pelikan
• RealNetworks Wins Complete Victory in Patent Suit
• Widevine Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Verimatrix

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

• Court Takes Matter of Wyeth’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction Under Advisement
• ShoreTel Files Counterclaims Against Mitel Networks

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

• Biothera and MIT File Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Biorgin
• Wireless Software for Linux Cleared of Legal Uncertainty by Software Freedom Law Center

Monday, July 30, 2007

• Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd. v. Merck KGaA
• 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

Friday, July 27, 2007

• Bayer CropScience Successfully Defended Imidacloprid Patent
• Kilpatrick Stockton Client PepsiCo Beats Coca-Cola on Summary Judgment

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
• 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

• Prokop Labs Files a Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Staples Corp

Thursday, July 19, 2007

• Ortho-McNeil, Inc. Settles Patent Infringement Litigation Against Par/Kali

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

• Kemin Files Patent Infringement Suit Against OmniActive
• Morris, Manning & Martin Receives Summary Judgment in High Profile Patent Case

Monday, July 16, 2007

• Biopack Receives U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Final Approval

Friday, July 13, 2007

• Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform Statement on Senate Mark Up of S. 1145

Thursday, July 12, 2007

• Paul Hastings Files Patent Infringement Complaint on Behalf of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Against Barr Pharmaceuticals

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

• Court Issues Claim Construction Order in GraphOn Corp. Litigation with AutoTrader.com

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
• ViaCell Prevails Over PharmaStem in Federal Circuit Patent Appeal

Friday, July 06, 2007

• Federal Circuit Again Finds in Favor of SMC in Landmark Festo Case
• 3M and Batteries.com LLC Reach Agreement
• G-Mail Lawsuit: Giersch Wins Against Google
• Microchip Technology Takes Legal Action Against Shanghai Haier Integrated Circuit
• Overstock.com Applauds Favorable Appellate Rulings in Two Cases
• U.S. International Trade Commission Investigates Nitrile Glove Manufacturers in Response to Patent Infringement Complaint By Tillotson Corporation

Thursday, July 05, 2007

• 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

• Judge Grants Diomed Permanent Injunction in ‘777 Patent Case

Monday, July 02, 2007

• Paul Hastings Wins Markman Ruling for Biovail
• Paul Hastings Wins Patent Ruling for Waters Technologies Corp.
• Takeda Wins Patent Infringement Litigation on Appeal Against ANDA Filers for Generic Actos

Friday, June 29, 2007

• Faegre & Benson Achieves Patent Victory for Saunders Group in Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
• 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

• Business Objects Prevails Against MicroStrategy in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Court Rules in Favor of eSpeed in Trading Technologies Patent Case

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

• See-Saw Battle in Toner Cartridge Patent, Copyright Case
• Celerity Prevails in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Ultra Clean
• 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

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

• 7 New Patent Lawsuits Filed June 22-25 View Details with RFC Express
• Arrow International and Johns Hopkins Awarded Judgment Against Datascope in Patent Litigation
• U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Tamoxifen Citrate Antitrust Lawsuits

Monday, June 25, 2007

• Ontario Grower Ordered to Pay Monsanto $107,000 for Violating Patent Rights on Roundup Ready® Soybeans

Friday, June 22, 2007

• ITC Denies Request to Stay Exclusion Order Against Qualcomm Products Found to Infringe Broadcom Patent
• German Court Confirms Validity of Metabolix Patent
• Pulse~LINK Asserts IP Rights Against Tzero Technologies for Patent Infringement

Thursday, June 21, 2007

• Actions and SigmaTel Settle All Patent Litigation and Enter into Cross-License Agreement
• DuPont Takes Legal Action to Protect Global Intellectual Property
• Summary Judgment Entered in Favor of IGT in Multi-Level Progressive Technology Lawsuit Filed by Aristocrat
• Thermage Sues Alma Lasers for Patent Infringement

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

• Special Feature: Standards for Patent Injunctions Remain Uncertain
• Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb Prevail in U.S. Plavix Patent Litigation
• U.S. Patent Office Upholds Final Rejection of Claims in Lectrolarm Patent Re-Examination Proceeding

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

• HP Files Unfair Competition Lawsuit Against Pelikan

Monday, June 18, 2007

• LG Files Patent Lawsuit Against Hitachi
• Texas Court Ruling Confirms Strength of Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio
• Townsend Wins Permanent Injunction For Its Client Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Friday, June 15, 2007

• Power Integrations Files Patent-Infringement Lawsuit Against BCD Semiconductor, Revises Second-Quarter Revenue Guidance
• TASER International Awarded Judgment Against Thomas Watkins in Patent Litigation
• VISICU eICU® Patent Reaffirmed … Again

Thursday, June 14, 2007

• Supreme Court Finally Decides DyStar’s Patent Invalid

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

• Special Feature: Recent Broadcom Victories Demonstrate Value of ITC Litigation
• Katten Wins Key Summary Judgment Rulings on Behalf of SMART Technologies in Patent Infringement Case
• Repligen Reports Ruling on Sanctions Motion Against ImClone
• TransAct Technologies Charges FutureLogic with Patent Infringement For Dual Port Technology

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

• Barr Announces Withdrawal of ZYPREXA® Zydis® Patent Litigation

Monday, June 11, 2007

• Judgment Enters in Favor of Proveris Scientific Corporation in Patent Infringement Lawsuit against InnovaSystems, Inc.
• Nokia Asks Texas Court to Stop Qualcomm’s Unauthorized Use of Nokia’s MediaFLO and BREW Patents

Friday, June 08, 2007

• Delta Beta Files Interference Suggestion Against Acacia With U.S. Patent Office
• Perrigo Wins Famotidine Complete Patent Litigation
• Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals, LLC Protects Its Intellectual Property

Thursday, June 07, 2007

• NMT Medical Wins Favorable Ruling in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Cardia
• Sharp Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Taiwan-based LCD Maker HannStar

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

• BigBand Networks Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Imagine Communications
• Graphon Corp. Files Lawsuit against Juniper Networks for Patent Infringement
• Mylan Wins Its Amlodipine Case With Pfizer

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

• Barr and Eli Lilly Voluntarily Dismiss Patent Litigation on Prozac Weekly

Monday, June 04, 2007

• BioGenex, Ventana Settle Patent Litigation
• Universal Electronics Inc. and Remote Technologies Inc. Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Friday, June 01, 2007

• Mylan Wins Omeprazole Patent Litigation
• TASER International Clarifies Discovery Issue in Patent Litigation

Thursday, May 31, 2007

• Special Feature: Google Wins.
• Certicom Files Suit Against Sony For Patent Infringement
• 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

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

• Federal Jury Finds QUALCOMM Infringes Three Broadcom Patents
• MedPointe Settles Litigation with Hi-Tech and Successfully Enforces Patent Covering its Tussi-12® D Products

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

• Pfizer Will Immediately Seek to Appeal Lipitor Patent Ruling in Norway

Saturday, May 26, 2007

• 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

• Overstock.com Marks Appellate Panel Decision in Patent Troll Case

Thursday, May 24, 2007

• 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

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

• 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

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

• 10 More Patent Lawsuits Added May 22nd - Available for Viewing
• EchoStar Wins Patent Suit
• 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

Monday, May 21, 2007

• 13 Patent Lawsuits Added May 19th - Available for Viewing
• Fairchild Semiconductor Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Alpha & Omega Semiconductor

Friday, May 18, 2007

• 10 Patent Lawsuitsuits Added May16th - Available for Viewing
• 9 Patent Lawsuits Added May 18th - Available for Viewing
• Informatica Awarded Injunction Against Business Objects in Patent Infringement Case
• Speedus and Verizon Wireless Agree to Dismissal of Patent Suits
• TVG Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Magna, HRTV and XpressBet

Thursday, May 17, 2007

• 8 Patent Lawsuits Added May 17th - Available for Viewing
• Franklin Pierce Law Center Faculty to Join U.S. Chamber of Commerce Initiative on Intellectual Property in China
• Markzware Files Digital Documents Preflight Infringement Lawsuit Against Enfocus
• SMEs Challenge Patent Office Over Absurd Software Policy

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

• O2Micro Plans To Appeal Jury Verdict in Patent Trial Against MPS
• Symantec Files Series of Software Piracy Suits Totaling More Than $55 Million

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

• Open Invention Network Comments on Article in Fortune
• VistaPrint Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Taylor Subsidiaries 123Print and Drawing Board

Monday, May 14, 2007

• GPS Industries, Inc. Files U.S. Patent Infringement Suit Against Ten Companies
• Memcorp Inc. Files Motion to Stay Proceedings in DVD Patent Infringement Case Filed by Toshiba
• Paul Hastings Wins Patent Trial for Eisai Pharmaceuticals

Friday, May 11, 2007

• Edwards Lifesciences Initiates Patent Infringement Litigation Against CoreValve
• Nanometrics Announces Settlement Of Nova Measuring Patent Litigation
• Newly Filed Patent Cases of May 10th. 2007 Provided by RFC Express
• 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

Thursday, May 10, 2007

• Managing Director of Patent Licensing for BellSouth Joins IPinvestments Group
• Newly Filed Patent Cases of May 9th Provided by RFC Ezpress
• Sobieraj Named President of IPLAC

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

• Newly Filed Patent Cases from May 8, 2007 Provided by RFC Express

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

• 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
• LED Lighting Fixtures Receives First Patent
• Newly Filed Patent Cases of May 7, 2007 Provided by RFC Express

Monday, May 07, 2007

• 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

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
• Newly Filed Patent Cases of May 3, 2007 from RFC Express
• 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
• MultiCell Technologies Receives Two International Trademark Protections
• Newly Filed Cases of May 2, 2007 from RFC Express

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

• IGT Announces Summary Judgment Entered in Its Favor Against Aristocrat in Litigation Over Multiway® Technology
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• The KSR Decision – What Does it Really Mean?
• 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

• Department of Justice Will Not Oppose Standards-Setting Organization Proposal on Patent Information Policy
• Licensing Executives Society Warns Supreme Court Decisions May Water Down U.S. Patent Laws
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Supreme Court Decision: KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
• USPTO EFS-Web Electronic Patent Filing System Celebrates Successful First Year

Monday, April 30, 2007

• KSR Int’l v. Teleflex Inc. Rejects the Federal Circuit Obviousness Test
• 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
• Newly Filed patent Cases From RFC Express
• 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

Thursday, April 26, 2007

• La Jolla Pharmaceutical Receives Riquent® Composition of Matter Patents in Europe and China
• Newly Filed Patent Cases From RFC Express

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

• INTA Welcomes European Parliament Vote on Criminal Sanctions As Step in Right Direction
• 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

• 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

• Chinese Fuel Cell Patent Issued to Caltech
• Microsoft and Samsung Announce Broad Patent Agreement
• 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

Friday, April 20, 2007

• Coalition for Patent Fairness Supports Introduction of Bipartisan, Bicameral Patent Reform Bills
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express

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

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.
• 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

• New European ARA Infant Formula Patent Strengthens Martek Intellectual Property Position
• Secure Computing Awarded Three New Patents for Web & Messaging Gateway Security

Thursday, April 12, 2007

• 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

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
• PubPat Request to Reexamine Patriot Scientific Microprocessor Patent Granted by U.S. Patent Office

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Start Licensing Grants License Rights to GTC Biotherapeutics
• U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez Unveils National Campaign to Inspire Invention in Children
• USPTO Asked to Reexamine Patents Covering Software Used By Futures Traders

Monday, April 09, 2007

• Ironclad Awarded Patent on Unique Glove Technology
• Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP Scores A Decisive Trademark Victory For PBM Products
• Omni-Tract® Surgical Awarded New European Patents
• Upaid Dismisses All Patent Claims Against QUALCOMM

Saturday, April 07, 2007

• kSolo and 1st Media Resolve Dispute Regarding Advanced Internet Karaoke Technology

Friday, April 06, 2007

• 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

• 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.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

• Dutch Inventors Nominated for Prestigious European Prize
• RFI Ingredients Enters into Exclusive Trademark Licensing Agreement with Optigenex Inc. to Market and Distribute AC-11® to Healthcare Practitioners

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

• QUALCOMM Files Additional GSM Patent Infringement Suits Against Nokia

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
• Purdue Pharma L.P. Announces Agreement to End OxyContin® Patent Lawsuit with IMPAX Laboratories

Friday, March 30, 2007

• Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform Seeks to Protect American Innovation and Competitiveness
• DLA Piper Wins Second Victory for CollegeNET in Dispute Against Xap Corp. Judge Upholds Damages Verdict
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express
• Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Comments on Lawsuit
• Synopsys And Magma Agree To Settle All Litigation

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
• 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

• Nanophase Announces New Patent
• 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

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
• 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.
• 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

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

• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express

Monday, March 19, 2007

• Israels High-Tech Industry Lauds Top IP Services
• Newly Filed Patent Cases from RFC Express

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

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
• 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.

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