Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be offering an audio webcast entitled: "Life After Quanta v. LGE: What Every Patent Lawyer Needs to Know" on July 7, 2008 from 1:00-2:00 PM (EDT). J. Scott Ballenger of Latham & Watkins LLP and Jeffrey T. Green of Si...
4 Jul 2008, 8:32 PM PST
The Scottish Courts website hasn't yet posted the decision , but The Scotsman reports on a decision of the Court of Session, Edinburgh, with regard to allegedly inauthentic Isle of Skye tartan [thanks, Thorsten Lauterbach, for this lead]. This episode ...
4 Jul 2008, 4:36 AM PST
Playing catch-up to Apple's QuickTime and Adobe Flash , Microsoft has been pushing Silverlight , its multimedia offering to let users watch video through their web browsers. Massachusetts-based Gotuit Media , a multimedia vendor, is having a go at Micr...
4 Jul 2008, 2:28 AM PST
The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will be holding its 2008 Annual Meeting on September 21-23, 2008 in San Diego. The meeting will have concurrent patent and trademark sessions. Among the presentations being offered in the patent sessio...
3 Jul 2008, 8:28 PM PST
Paice successfully sued Toyota for infringing hybrid vehicle drive train patents. Toyota couldn't get the verdict overturned on appeal, and SCOTUS blew them off. Not having the sense to settle, Toyota now faces a new suit. Paice's new vehicle is 7,392,...
3 Jul 2008, 3:55 PM PST
Yesterday, a district court dismissed several claims in the case Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire , in which we had, in March, filed an amicus brief . Coupons offers online coupons that consumers can access and print using software provided by Coupons. The...
3 Jul 2008, 3:01 PM PST
A few months back, SF Gate cartoonist Mark Fiore introduced his character Snuggly, the Security Bear , with a brilliant take on telecom immunity. Now, Snuggly is back, and he has a few words to say about "compromise."
3 Jul 2008, 2:02 PM PST
As we reported yesterday , Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California has just issued a key ruling in Al Haramain v. Bush , one of the cases challenging the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program. Judge Walker is also overseeing th...
3 Jul 2008, 1:26 PM PST
Boehringer Ingelheim v. Barr and Mylan , No. 05-700-JJF (D. Del. 2008) Last week, following a bench trial held in March, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware held that Boehringer Ingelheim's patent on Mirapex (pramipexole dihydrochlorid...
3 Jul 2008, 12:54 PM PST
Apparently no longer even bothering with coherent or rational arguments, supporters of the flawed surveillance bill have now resorted to namecalling. Here's Senator Orrin Hatch's argument in last Thursday's Senate debate. (h/t ThinkProgress ) "How many...
3 Jul 2008, 9:24 AM PST
Today's the day that, in the words of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) "... the wealth of technological information contained in international patent applications, a prime vector for technology transfer and innovation promotion, will...
3 Jul 2008, 12:12 AM PST
By Michael Martin . Why do patents end up in litigation? Typically, people answer that it is the amount of money at stake. This answer is not wrong. Since the cost of litigation is relatively constant, people should be (and in fact are) more willing to...
2 Jul 2008, 8:20 PM PST
New NSA Spying Decision Undermines Arguments for Telecom Immunity Today, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California, issued an opinion in Al Haramain v. Bush , one of the cases challenging the NSA warrantless wiretapping program. ...
2 Jul 2008, 5:42 PM PST
Yesterday, in the Viacom v. Google litigation , the federal court for the Southern District of New York ordered Google to produce to Viacom (over Google's objections): all data from the Logging database concerning each time a YouTube video has been vie...
2 Jul 2008, 3:02 PM PST
The IPKat has been a little slow in reporting on Monday's decision of the Paris Commercial Court to order eBay to pay 40 million euros to Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior Couture and various perfume brands owned by the LVMH group (see the Times article he...
2 Jul 2008, 9:42 AM PST
Cases involving the interpretation and enforcement of trade mark licences are none too common, which is why it's worth having a look at Leofelis SA and Leeside srl v Lonsdale Sports Ltd, Trade Mark Licensing Co Ltd and Sports World International Ltd [2...
2 Jul 2008, 2:29 AM PST
By Juliette Ancelle and William New
A unit of the European Commission has presented a new version of a proposed European framework on interoperability which it hopes will encourage member governments to further enable information sharing, such as throu...
2 Jul 2008, 1:39 AM PST
By Kevin E. Noonan -- Four Congressman recently stepped into the crisis in world drug pricing, sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab last Thursday. The letter, signed by Congressman Charles Rangel (NY-15th Dist.), Congressman Rahm ...
1 Jul 2008, 9:55 PM PST
Teva announced yesterday that the FDA granted final approval to its ANDA for generic Risperdal (risperidone) tablets, that it was awarded 180-day exclusivity as the first paragraph IV filer for risperidone, and that it immediately commenced a commercia...
1 Jul 2008, 8:13 PM PST
I’m back from the ICANN meeting last week but moving into move-mode for the next few days. I’m moving my base of operations to Ann Arbor, Michigan as of July 3. All contact information, phone/email, remains the same. Back July 7.
1 Jul 2008, 2:42 PM PST
By Eric Goldman Trademarks/Domain Names * Utah Lighthouse Ministry v. Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research, 2008 WL 22043807 (10th...
1 Jul 2008, 1:32 PM PST
According to a UK-IPO press release issued today, a new consultation has been launched in respect of certain copyright exemptions applying to playing recorded music in public. More details, including some proposed changes to various sections of the (al...
1 Jul 2008, 9:32 AM PST
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch
PARIS - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the "biggest extension of the DNS [domain name system] in 40 years" after its decision last week to finish implementation...
1 Jul 2008, 5:23 AM PST
By TJ Chiang Last week, the Supreme Court decided Sprint Communications Co. v. APCC Services , a case that received more attention for Chief Justice Roberts' citation to Bob Dylan than the mundane federal jurisdiction issues involved. The case involved...
1 Jul 2008, 2:47 AM PST
By Bennett Lincoff The music industry has been in a decade-long death-spiral. This predicament results primarily from insistence by those who benefited most from how the industry operated before the internet arose that the established relationships upo...
1 Jul 2008, 1:08 AM PST
By Donald Zuhn -- For the past few months, Patent Docs has been following and reporting on biotech and pharma lobbying efforts. Our interest in this topic stems from the push by Congress over the past year to pass patent reform and follow-on biologics ...
30 Jun 2008, 9:31 PM PST
There is a growing movement to surveil the drivers of cars — for insurance purposes. One idea is that vehicle insurance premiums should depend on verifiable, periodic measurements of how far a car has been driven. The case for such premiums is st...
30 Jun 2008, 4:34 PM PST
Not for the first time , IPKat team blogger Jeremy is searching the readership of this weblog for some help. If you * have a good understanding of trade-related intellectual property issues; * are familiar with investment-related literature as well as ...
30 Jun 2008, 2:34 PM PST
Hal Wegner displays astonishing senility in a disjointed and practically schizophrenic review of pulp fiction by academics Bessen and Meurer (B&M). Wegner: "The U.S. patent system is not working. It stands accused on all sides of stifling inno...
30 Jun 2008, 10:58 AM PST
The book “ Best Practices in Biotechnology Business Development ” is a guidebook for those seeking to understand how to practice the business of biotechnology in order to become empowered to better manage their operations. This is not a typ...
30 Jun 2008, 9:11 AM PST
The World Customs Organization's advisory body met from 23 - 24 June, where IP enforcement via customs offices was among issues discussed. This document is a summary of recommendations made to the WCO's decision-making Council. Please note: this articl...
30 Jun 2008, 8:34 AM PST
By Kevin E. Noonan -- On June 9, 2008, the University of Pittsburgh obtained a judgment correcting inventorship of U.S. Patent No. 6,777,231 under 35 U.S.C. § 256. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California determined that several ...
29 Jun 2008, 9:42 PM PST
On June 20th, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) concluded its 2008 International Convention. More than 20,000 attendees from over 2,100 biotech companies, organizations, and institutions -- including Patent Docs authors (and MBHB attorneys)...
29 Jun 2008, 8:47 PM PST
The Allied Security Trust is an alliance of computer-based technology companies, aimed at buying patents to avoid having them asserted against them. The entrance fee is $250,000, plus $5 million in escrow. Verizon, Google, Cisco, and HP are reputed fou...
29 Jun 2008, 7:32 PM PST
Boehringer Ingelheim sued Barr and Mylan for infringing 4,886,812 after the two filed ANDAs seeking to market generic versions of Mirapex , used to treat Parkinson's disease. Delaware district court Judge Joseph J. Farnan Jr. penned a careful decision,...
29 Jun 2008, 3:23 AM PST
On Wednesday the Court of Appeal for England and Wales (Lords Justices Mummery, Jacob and Wilson) heard the appeal in Leo Pharma and another v Sandoz Ltd , a decision of Mr Justice Mann this March (see earlier IPKat post, "Dangerous to use common sense...
28 Jun 2008, 3:35 PM PST
By Kevin E. Noonan -- In 2001, The Medicines Company failed to file a patent term extension application for its anticoagulant drug Angiomax® (bivalirudin) within the 60-day time limit set forth under 35 U.S.C. § 156(d)(1); the application was filed o...
27 Jun 2008, 9:14 PM PST
Fargo Electronics sued IRIS for infringing 5,755,519 and 6,152,625 , which claim a ribbon type sensor for a printer. IRIS sells replacement ribbons compatible with Fargo printers. A couple of claims fell on the reasonable repair doctrine. Incompetent p...
27 Jun 2008, 6:50 PM PST
The schedule for the Senate's return on July 8 allows for three amendments to be introduced. One, from Senators Dodd and Leahy, would strip immunity from the bill altogether. A second, from Senator Specter [PDF] , would would allow the court to deny im...
27 Jun 2008, 4:34 PM PST
25 Shocking Facts Laura Milligan uncovered 25 of the most shocking facts about the pharmaceutical industry . While some aren’t really shocking — like the price of drugs is increasing faster than anything else a patient pays for — so...
27 Jun 2008, 4:12 PM PST
The IPKat's 'Forthcoming Events' feature, which you will find in the left-hand side-bar of this weblog's front page, contains some fresh entries which you may not yet have seen. Don't forget to check them out. Judging by his post-box , the IPKat guesse...
27 Jun 2008, 10:32 AM PST
I missed this one in March, but, happily, my Westlaw tracking just picked it up … In March, Judge Camp, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, issued his opinion in a bench trial in a patent case. Among the issues Judge Camp ...
27 Jun 2008, 9:25 AM PST
“Think Small First”: a "Small Business Act" for Europe is the catchy short title for a 21-page document, the Communication From the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of ...
27 Jun 2008, 6:56 AM PST
Par Kaitlin Mara
Cette semaine, l’Ouganda a présenté au comité de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) chargé des questions de propriété intellectuelle un programme visant à répondre à ses besoins prioritaires dans ce domaine et dans ...
27 Jun 2008, 6:12 AM PST
Within the 157 pages of opinions in yesterday’s Supreme Court District of Columbia v. Heller opinion, upholding, as expected Judge Silberman’s opinion for the DC Circuit invalidating the DC total ban in handguns, is the issue of how we interpret co...
27 Jun 2008, 5:40 AM PST
Review by Professor Shubha Ghosh A Patent Lie A Novel by Paul Goldstein For those who are planning a summer trip, especially those IP-geeks who cannot completely get away from work, make sure to pack a copy of Paul Goldstein's latest A Patent Lie . Lik...
27 Jun 2008, 7:33 AM PST
Por Catherine Saez
Según la Asociación Internacional de Marcas (INTA) y la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), los titulares de marcas que procuran ampliar el alcance de protección de sus productos recurren cada vez más al reg...
27 Jun 2008, 12:57 AM PST
By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, a panel of biopharma attorneys participated in a breakout session at the BIO International Convention to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc. on biopharma patent prosecution a...
26 Jun 2008, 9:51 PM PST
Schwarzenegger Asks ISPs to Block Newsgroups The California Governor and Attorney General have asked ISPs to jump on the newsgroup-blocking bandwagon -- an attempt to stop child porn that will likely block legitimate speech as well. Prince v. Tribute t...
26 Jun 2008, 5:39 PM PST
EFF and others have long suspected that one reason the White House and its allies have fought for telecom immunity so fervently has been their fear that a judicial ruling on the legality of telecoms' participation would lead to a ruling rejecting the l...
26 Jun 2008, 2:38 PM PST
PLI CLE on Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.
The "bazaar" tale of "tartan tat"
Silver Bullet
Court Rejects Attempt to Expand the DMCA
In a "Surprising" Victory, Barr and Mylan Invalidate Boehringer Ingelheim's Patent on Mirapex
Reigniting the Engine of Growth with the Sparkplug of Invention
European Interoperability Framework Nears Final Stage Of Revision
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June 2008 Quick Links
Book Review Monday: Biotechnology Business Development
Kleen-Tex: Nonobviousness at Trial
Guns and Copyright
Court Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube User Data
Case Update: Anascape v. Nintendo