| Patent-suit award: $25 million | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 6:46:14 AM by Blog57 Team | | A federal jury has awarded $25 million to an Altamonte Springs company that sued four companies for patent infringement in 2002. The Oct. 30 verdict came after a six-week trial that pitted 800 Adept, owned by Juan F. Sierra and Eugenie Sierra, against Murex Securities Ltd. of Isle of Man; Murex Licensing Corp. and Targus Information Corp., both of Vienna, Va.; and West Corp. of Omaha, Neb. .... | |
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| | | How To Avoid The Patent Trap | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 6:46:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | Almost two years ago, IBM donated 500 software patents to the open source community, with a pledge that it would not enforce its license rights to the technologies. But the company remains fiercely protective of its vast portfolio of intellectual property, as Amazon.com learned last week when IBM filed a patent-infringement suit claiming the Internet retailer built its business using IBM-developed technology and processes. Welcome to the tortuous world of technology patents and IP, where community-minded vendors share original ideas manifest as software code one day--then bring the hammer down on suspected scofflaws the next. Over the past two months, Microsoft has released three internally developed technologies--related to Web services, its virtual hard disk format, and its Sender ID--with promises that they can be used by others in perpetuity.... | |
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| | | Dateline Pittsburgh: 10/25/06 | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 12:46:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | TheSoulPitt.com was recently nominated for "Best Local/Community Site -- East USA Category by BlackWebAwards.com (BWA). Donna M. Baxter is the founder and Web mistress of TheSoulPitt.com, Frederick Kohun, professor and associate dean, School of Communications and Information Systems, Robert Morris University, received the Best Paper Award for his project "Dealing with Isolation Feelings in IS Doctoral Programs" at the InSite (Informing Science + Information Technology Education) 2006 joint conference June 25-28 at the University of Salford in Greater Manchester, U.K. The paper, which Kohun co-authored with Azad Ali, D.Sc., associate professor of computer information systems at Butler County Community College and a 2003 graduate of RMU's doctor of science in information systems and communications program, was selected for the award over submissions from around the globe.... | |
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| | | Rehearing in Lipitor Appeal is Denied: The Federal Circuit Preserves Its Prior Decision | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:46:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied rehearing in the U.S. patent case involving Lipitor®. This ruling leaves unaltered the Court's August decision that Lipitor® will remain covered by Pfizer's basic patent in the U.S. until 2010. In one of the most economically significant patent cases of the last century, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP served as lead counsel at both trial and on appeal and successfully sustained Pfizer's basic patent and its term extension to preserve Pfizer's exclusivity over Lipitor®. The Federal Circuit appeal was argued by Rudolf Hutz and the trial team consisted of Rudolf Hutz, Mary Bourke, Collins Seitz, Jr., Jeffrey Bove and William McShane. This win secures Lipitor®'s status as the world's best selling drug. This decision comes on the heels of a series of wins at the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals for Connolly Bove.... | |
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| | | Calif. Shops Sue for 'Surf City' Rights | | Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 6:45:35 PM by Blog57 Team | | Two Santa Cruz, Calif., beachwear shop owners are going to court in an attempt to wipe out the city of Huntington Beach's trademark on the nickname "Surf City USA." Attorneys for the shop owners filed a lawsuit Thursday in response to Huntington Beach's demands that they stop selling T-shirts emblazoned with "Surf City USA" in a circular border around "Santa Cruz California." "This case is not about which city has the most legitimate claim to be called the true Surf City USA," said attorney Ted Herhold, who represents the owners of Shoreline Surf Shop and Noland's on the Wharf. "Rather, this is about the freedom of individuals and merchants to conduct their business free from spurious claims of trademark infringement." The Huntington Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau announced in May that it had secured a trademark giving it exclusive use of the "Surf City USA" brand name in ads and on clothing.... | |
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| | | WARF Stem Cell Patents to Be Re-Examined; Patent Office Finds 'Substantial Question' Regarding Validity of WARF's Claim | | Posted Saturday, October 07, 2006 10:45:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has granted requests from a consumer group and public service patent attorneys to re-examine three overreaching patents on human embryonic stem cells held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the groups said today. The challenges were brought by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) against WARF patents that are impeding scientific progress and driving vital stem cell research overseas. In granting the requests to re-examine the three WARF patents, the PTO found that there were "substantial questions" regarding their validity. "We're pleased the PTO has decided to re-examine these patents," said John M.... | |
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| | | King & Spalding Adds Tony Askew, Steve Schaetzel and Jim Johnson as Partners in Its Intellectual Property Group | | Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 2:45:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today that it has added three new partners to its intellectual property group: Tony Askew, Steve Schaetzel and Jim Johnson. The additions significantly bolster the firm's capabilities in patent and trademark litigation and patent prosecution, particularly in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical fields. They will practice from the firm's Atlanta office. Askew, Schaetzel and Johnson join King & Spalding from Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. Askew was a co-founder of the IP boutique that became Jones & Askew, which Kilpatrick Stockton acquired in 2000, and all three lawyers practiced together at Jones & Askew before the acquisition. "Tony, Steve and Jim are highly regarded patent lawyers with a long history of handling high-profile matters across the country," said Courtland L.... | |
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| | | Speedy disposal of IPRs cases underlined | | Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:46:30 AM by Blog57 Team | | F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Public-private partnership in the Intellectual Policy, interalia, increased public awareness, speedy disposal of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) litigations in the courts of law coupled with enhanced enforcement, will not only stand in good stead to prevent the infringement of IP Rights and laws but also make Pakistan IP-based nation. These were the concluding remarks of a few foreign and local speakers, who belonged to judiciary and IP law experts, in a two-day (Intellectual Property Judicial Conference on Adjudication of IP disputes in Pakistan? which was organized in collaboration Federal Judicial Academy, Islamabad, IPO- Pakistan, The Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) and United States Patent and Trademark Office. The Conference concluded with award of certificates to all participants of who were judicial officers from four provinces, attorneys and IP experts.... | |
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| | | GOP Fundraiser Noe Sentenced; Validates Baumgartner | | Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:46:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | OAK HARBOR, OHIO---A federal judge sentenced Republican fundraiser Tom Noe to 27 months in prison and fined him $136,200 for funneling $45,400 into President Bush's reelection campaign. Before coin dealer Noe, longtime friend and ally of Ohio Bob Taft begins his prison term for the fundraising scandal, he will first have to stand trial next month in Lucas County Common Pleas Court on state charges of racketeering and the alleged theft of over $2 million from a $50 million investment in rare coins which he oversaw for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. Noe had pleaded guilty in May to making illegal campaign contributions, causing a false statement to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and knowingly and willfully making $45,400 in illegal campaign contributions to President Bush's 2004 re-election campaign.... | |
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| | | Bristol-Myers and Sanofi Get Apotex to Stop | | Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 2:45:58 AM by Blog57 Team | | Selling a generic version of a drug under patent dispute is one tactic that generic companies have been using in the high stakes competition between generic drug manufacturers and major pharmaceutical companies. As with the case of Cephalon (Nasdaq: CEPH - News) earlier in the year, disputes over the length of time a patent grants drug exclusivity frequently get settled outside of court, but not always. .... | |
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