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- High court ruling may boost patent litigation; Case eases standard for legal challenges to existing patents.(News)
- Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-Although the full impact of a U.S. Supreme Court decision exposing patents to broader legal challenges won't be clear for years, holders of existing patents may have a tougher time defending them in court, legal Byline: MARK A....
- Research articles 2007-05-07
- Informix Responds to IBM's Patent Infringement Allegations and Asserts Eight Patent Infringement Claims Against IBM
- Business Editors & High Tech Writers
- Research articles 2000-03-29
- Apple Sued For Patent Infringement Over Web Browsing On iPhone
- Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is being sued for patent infringement over the way its iPhone surfs the internet, arguably one of the device's greatest features. EMG Technology sued Apple in the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that the company infringes on a patent it holds for navigating the internet on...
- External links 2008-11-24
- Tech Legal Week: EU Tells MS No IE, Dell Settles, Nortel Files, More
- EU tells Microsoft to decouple Internet Explorer from Windows; Dell settles with 34 states; Nortel files for bankruptcy, but some analysts think that it ultimately won't help; RealNetworks gets Friskit patents tossed; Global Crossing gives up and licenses Katz Technology patents; USPTO to reexamine TiVo patent; and Xpoint sues Microsoft,...
- Blog posts 2009-01-18
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- How the spending clause can solve the dilemma of state sovereign immunity from intellectual property suits.(states' 11th Amendment immunity from patent and trademark infringement suits)
- INTRODUCTION The United States Supreme Court held in two cases, Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank ("Florida Prepaid") (1) and College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board ("College Savings Bank"), (2) that states' Eleventh Amendment immunity...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- Supreme Corq Commences Federal Patent and Trademark Action Against Nomaco, Synthetic Wine Cork Imitator; Suit Charges Pirating of Technology and Imitative Marketing Practices
- KENT, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 28, 1998--Supreme Corq, Inc., the world leader in synthetic closures for bottling wine, has filed suit against Nomaco, Inc., claiming patent and trademark infringement, and deceptive trade practices. The suit was filed in United States District Court for the Western District of Washington...
- Research articles 1998-07-29
- Supreme Corq Commences Federal Patent and Trademark Action Against Nomaco, Synthetic Wine Cork Imitator; Suit Charges Pirating of Technology and Imitative Marketing Practices
- KENT, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 28, 1998--Supreme Corq, Inc., the world leader in synthetic closures for bottling wine, has filed suit against Nomaco, Inc., claiming patent and trademark infringement, and deceptive trade practices.The suit was filed in United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle.The legal action comes...
- Research articles 1998-07-28
- Supreme Corq Commences Federal Patent and Trademark Action Against Nomaco, Synthetic Wine Cork Imitator; Suit Charges Pirating of Technology and Imitative Marketing Practices
- KENT, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 28, 1998--Supreme Corq, Inc., the world leader in synthetic closures for bottling wine, has filed suit against Nomaco, Inc., claiming patent and trademark infringement, and deceptive trade practices.The suit was filed in United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle.The legal action comes...
- Research articles 1998-07-29
- GENENTECH: Genentech issues new t-PA patent and files patent infringement suit against Centocor.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 February 1999-GENENTECH: Genentech issues new t-PA patent and files patent infringement suit against Centocor's thrombolytic agent C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:090299 South San Francisco, Calif. -- Genentech, Inc. (NYSE: GNE) today announced that it was issued U.S. Patent No....
- Research articles 1999-02-10
- United States Patent and Trademark Office rejects Vitrolife patent claims.
- In November 2005, IVFonline.com, LLC (Guilford, CT), among others, was sued for patent infringement of United States Patent 6,838,235 (the '235 patent) by Vitrolife, AB Sweden. In particular, Vitrolife claimed the exclusive right to market embryo culture medium containing alanyl-glutamine. Since that time, IVFonline has vigorously...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Congress approves law to expand patent re-examinations.(Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002)
- A provision added to an unrelated spending bill at the last minute, the Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002, will expand the scope of patent re-examination and reduce expensive litigation. Re-examination is the process by which patent owners or other parties...
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- Custom Chrome, Inc. Sued by Performance Machine Inc. for Design Patent and Trade Dress Infringement
- Business/Automotive Editors &Legal Writers LA PALMA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 20, 2000 Plaintiff Alleges The T.S.6 Wheel Is A Wrongful Replication Of Its &uot;Twister&uot; Motorcycle Wheel Performance Machine Inc. filed suit yesterday in Los Angeles Federal Court for design patent and trade dress infringement and unfair competition. The...
- Research articles 2000-01-20
- Oerlikon USA Announces Decision by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Grant Request for Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,919,001
- PFAFFIKON, Switzerland -- Oerlikon USA Inc., a subsidiary of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG (SWX: OERL), Pfaffikon, Switzerland announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a decision on Friday, April 27, 2007 granting its request for reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,919,001, which is owned by Intevac, Inc....
- Research articles 2007-05-07
- US Patent and Trademark Office Approves WebTech Wireless Request for Re-Examination of Lunar Eye Patent
- WebTech Wireless Inc. (TSX: WEW), a leading provider of location-based and fleet Telematics services, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office USPTO has granted the company's request for the re-examination of the Lunar Eye patent which is the subject of a patent infringement suit filed by Lunar Eye...
- Research articles 2007-12-05
- The United States Patent and Trademark Office Orders The Re-Examination of Two Additional Patents Included in the Patent Litigation Between Illumina and Affymetrix
- SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark office has ordered the re-examination of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,545,531 and 5,795,716. The serial numbers for the re-examinations are 90/008,888 and 90/008,886, respectively. They were assigned the same filing date of November 27, 2007. The...
- Research articles 2007-12-21
- The United States Patent and Trademark Office Orders the Re-Examination of Two Patents Included in the Patent Litigation between Illumina and Affymetrix
- SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark office has ordered the re-examination of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,355,432 and 6,646,243. The serial numbers for the re-examinations are 90/008,885 and 90/008,889, respectively. They were assigned the same filing date of November 27, 2007. The...
- Research articles 2007-12-21
- Cogent Systems and UPEK Inc. Announce Settlement and Patent License Agreement
- SOUTH PASADENA, Calif. & EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Cogent Systems (Nasdaq:COGT) and UPEK, Inc. announced today that they have reached a settlement and patent licensing agreement. Under the terms of this agreement Cogent has withdrawn its lawsuit against UPEK Inc. for infringement of U.S. Patent number 6,002,815 (entitled "Linear Sensor Imaging...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- DexCom Announces U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Reexamine Abbott Patents at Issue in Abbott's Lawsuit against DexCom
- SAN DIEGO -- DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has granted its requests for reexamination of four patents owned by Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. ("Abbott"). The four patents in question were acquired by Abbott in its 2004 acquisition of TheraSense, Inc. and currently...
- Research articles 2006-03-29
- Digital Island Files Interference Action With U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Claiming Ownership of Key Inventions Covering Content Delivery Networks
- Business and Entertainment Editors SAN FRANCISCO--ENTERTAINMENT WIRE--Sept. 18, 2000 Digital Island Sues Akamai for Patent Infringement Digital Island, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISLD), a leading global e-Business Delivery Network, announced today it is filing an Interference Action with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office against Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AKAM) and...
- Research articles 2000-09-18
- iRobot Settles Patent and Copyright Infringement Lawsuit to Protect Roomba Floor Vacuuming Robot
- BURLINGTON, Mass. -- iRobot Corp. today announced that it has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed against Koolatron, Inc. and Urus Industrial Corp., of Ontario, Canada, now known as Koolatron Corporation. The lawsuit was filed to protect the patent, copyright and trade dress rights of iRobot's RoombaR Floor Vacuuming Robot.
- Research articles 2005-08-25
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