Dish ordered to pay TiVo $103 mln plus interest Jun 3, 2009
Dish had lost a 2004 patent infringement case brought by TiVo, and while the case was on appeal it designed a modified software that it downloaded to customers DVRs. But TiVo said the workaround software still infringed on its patent and asked the court for a permanent injunction. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
TiVo wins $103M more in Dish patent suit Jun 3, 2009
A judge awarded TiVo the money in the U.S. District Court for East Texas after ruling that EchoStar was in contempt of a two-year-old patent infringement ruling. The decision by comes five years after Alviso-based Tivo (NASDAQ:TIVO) sued EchoStar over whether some of its DVR technology violates TiVo patents. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Verdict gives Medtronic a break Jun 3, 2009
said Tuesday an appeals court has reduced the amount of money the company must pay to resolve a patent infringement suit. The ruling affirmed a previous verdict handed down against Medtronic in the patent dispute. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
Medtronics payment to DePuy reduced Jun 3, 2009
7 million to competitor for damages related to a patent infringement verdict from a federal Circuit Court. The court reviewed a December 2007 verdict, which claimed that Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) had infringed on DePuy s patent of a line of multiaxial screws used in spinal surgery. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Microsoft ordered to pay $200M over patent May 30, 2009
A Toronto company said that has been ordered to pay $200 million to it in a patent infringement verdict. The verdict in favor of was issued in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Savi Technology Announces Settlement in Patent Infringement Case Against AeroScout May 28, 2009
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CME rival ELX set to launch, but bad blood could mar debut May 28, 2009
a former Treasury futures floor trader at the CME-owned , sued BCG Co-CEO Howard Lutnick several years ago over alleged patent infringement. Mr. Brumfield, who runs software firm Trading Technologies International Inc., claimed that Mr. Lutnicks firm, known at the time as eSpeed Inc., illegally copied Mr. Brumfields software. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Rambus: Court orders Hynix to post bond May 27, 2009
On March 10, the court entered a judgment against Hynix, ordering the South Korean firm to pay Rambus $349 million for patent infringement plus another $48 million in pre-judgment interest. According to Rambus, the court ordered Hynix to post the bonded amount of $250 million within 45 days. (EETimes)
Cable Technology May 27, 2009
com stole its idea for the Kindle, Amazon has returned the favor, filing an unrelated patent infringement suit against the cable channel in a Seattle court. Arris last week began shipping a platform designed to let cable operators offer Ethernet-based data services over a fiber-to-the-premises network. (Multichannel News)
Applied Materials, General Motors, Hologic, Spartan: U.S. Equity Preview May 26, 2009
(HOLX US): Conceptus Inc. (CPTS US) filed a patent infringement suit against the womans health-care company over the planned marketing of the Adiana Permanent Contraception system in the U.S. The shares rose 0. 1 percent to $11. (Bloomberg -- US)
Conceptus alleges Hologic infringed patent May 23, 2009
said Friday it filed suit against and its Adiana permanent contraception system, alleging patent infringement. Mountain View-based Conceptus (NASDAQ:CPTS) filed the suit in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Cornell Loses Bid for $12M in Attorney Fees in Patent Battle May 22, 2009
Although its attorneys engaged in some "marginally" vexatious litigation tactics, the Hewlett-Packard Co. should not be forced to pay some $12 million in attorney fees incurred by Cornell University during a protracted patent infringement battle over computer technology, a federal judge has ruled ... He held that the jury did not find that HP's patent infringement was willful, that HP did not engage in inequitable conduct before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and that the company did not... (Law.com)
TiVo sues EchoStar over DVR patent May 22, 2009
Digital video recorder company TiVo filed a patent infringement suit on Monday against EchoStar Communications, a satellite TV service provider. San Jose, Calif. (Yahoo News -- Digital and Interactive TV)
McKool Smith Announces $200 Million Verdict for i4i Inc. in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Microsoft May 21, 2009
TYLER, Texas, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The national law firm of is announcing a $200 million patent infringement verdict handed down in favor of Toronto-based against software giant Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: ). The verdict was issued on May 20, 2009, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division. (PR Newswire)
MIT, spinout sue Navigenics over patents May 21, 2009
and its spinout LLC teamed up to file a patent infringement lawsuit Tuesday against personalized genetic testing firm The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeks $75 million in damages for E8 and MIT.. Access to the filing does not include details of the case nor the nature of the filing. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
VIZIO Files TV Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Funai May 21, 2009
May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- VIZIO, Inc., the Number One Shipper of Flat Panel HDTVs in the USA, announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Funai Electric Company, Ltd., a Japanese distributor of digital televisions and related components and its wholly-owned subsidiary Funai Corporation, Inc.. (Logo: ). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Microsoft Ordered to Pay $200 Million in Patent Dispute May 21, 2009
Well, here's some news that will help restore its standing: a federal jury in Tyler, Texas, has ordered Microsoft to pay $200 million to for patent infringement. Here's the. (Law.com)
Amazon Sues Discovery May 21, 2009
com stole its idea for the Kindle, Amazon has returned the favor, filing an unrelated patent infringement suit against the cable channel in a Seattle court. in March, claiming that the online book retailer's popular Kindle electronic book infringes on network founder and chairman John Hendricks' patent for a similar device. (Multichannel News)
Amazon files patent suit against Discovery: WSJ May 20, 2009
Amazon's suit comes after Discovery filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Seattle, Washington-based online retail company in March over its popular electronic reader, the Kindle. Discovery, in the suit filed in a US District Court in Delaware, claimed Amazon violated a patent it registered in November 2007, and said the Kindle infringes Discovery's intellectual property rights. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Procter & Gamble bests Teva in Actonel lawsuit May 19, 2009
P&G filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the generic drug manufacturer in 2004 and received a favorable court decision in February 2008. Teva subsequently filed an appeal. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
PAETEC Settles Sprint Lawsuit May 19, 2009
Sprint filed a patent infringement lawsuit earlier this year claiming that PAETEC and two of its subsidiaries infringed on patents related to Sprint's Voice Over Packet portfolio. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, PAETEC management said the confidential settlement includes dismissal of Sprint's lawsuit, a release of the company's claims against PAETEC, and a licensing of Sprint patents. (R News)
Gilead files 2nd patent suit against Teva May 16, 2009
filed a second lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York against and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. alleging patent infringement. The Foster City-based company (NASDAQ:GILD) said the patents at issue are associated with emtricitabine, a component of Truvada and of Atripla, and are licensed exclusively to Gilead Sciences by Emory University. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Major League Baseball awarded geolocation patent May 16, 2009
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More IP Angst as Fish & Richardson Cuts 35 Lawyers, 85 Staff May 16, 2009
As we reported in our April issue, patent infringement filings in federal district courts were down almost a quarter for the last four months of 2008, and remained down at the same level for the first few months of 2009. by the research firm BTI Consulting Group this month found that a majority of 370 corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 companies were planning to cut IP litigation spending by more than 7 percent. (Law.com)
Can Corporations Own Your DNA? May 14, 2009
Every time anyone takes a crap, I'm charging a buck and half for patent infringement. Posted by paddyhayes at 9:40 PM : May 13, 2009. (CBS News)
DNA suit pits patients against patents May 14, 2009
But if he tried to offer such services today, he said, he would be risking a patent infringement lawsuit from Myriad. Christopher A. Hansen, senior national staff counsel for the civil liberties union, said the problem was with the patent office, not the company. (MSNBC -- Health)
Adams Golf Announces Results for First Quarter 2009 May 14, 2009
Such statements reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including, without limitation, the following: our ability to further reduce fixed costs; product development difficulties; product approval and conformity to governing body regulations; assembly difficulties; competing product introductions; patent infringement risks; uncertainty of our ability to protect our intellectual... (Primezone Releases)
Star Scientific Files First Quarter Financial Report May 13, 2009
The company also announced that the jury trial in its patent infringement lawsuit against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) will commence with jury selection on Monday, May 18. The trial will be held in US District Court, West Lombard Street in Baltimore, MD, and Star anticipates that the jury trial will last approximately three weeks. (PR Newswire)
As busy as ... well, you know May 12, 2009
However, Allgeyer is noticing an increase in the number of patent skirmishes, smaller cases of patent infringement. Traditionally, most patent cases settle out of court, but Allgeyer said more and more clients want to pursue their claims. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
AMICAS Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2009 May 12, 2009
Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, which include, but are not limited to, the following: a significant portion of the Company's quarterly sales are concluded in the last month of the fiscal quarter; the length of sales and delivery cycles; the deferral and/or realization of deferred software license and system revenues according to contract terms; the timing, cost, and success or... (PR Newswire)
The Court Supports Bavarian Nordic's Decision to Start Patent Infringement Case Against Oxford BioMedica May 10, 2009
KVISTGARD, Denmark, May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oxford Biomedica's second attempt to dismiss Bavarian Nordic's patent infringement suit in the United States has failed. Instead of denying infringement, Oxford Biomedica made yet another attempt to dismiss the suit arguing that it was premature because TroVax(R) was still evaluated in clinical trials. (PR Newswire)
Video: Intel, startup face off in patent debate May 8, 2009
David Simon of Intel said the bills now before Congress try to address three outstanding problems that dog the giant chip maker and many of its partners how patent infringement damages are calculated, how venues are chosen for the cases and provisions against willful infringement that mean engineers are often told not to read patents at all. Steve Perlman, chief executive of startup incubator Rearden who holds more than 80 patents, said the current bills undermine the patent system without... (EETimes)
Limelight Networks posts 1st profit as public firm May 7, 2009
4 million jury award against it for alleged patent infringement. Limelight had accrued $66 million to cover that amount and for damages following the ruling in favor of competitor Akamai Technologies Inc.. (AZCentral -- Business)
Limelight Networks reports $55M profit May 7, 2009
reported first-quarter net income of $55 million, the result of favorable growth and an appeals court win in a patent infringement lawsuit ... Results include $66 million the company had put aside to pay for damages and legal fees in its ongoing fight over Akamai Technologies Inc. alleged patent infringement. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Monsanto and DuPont Fight in the Weeds Over Crop Biotech Patent May 7, 2009
On Monday the big seed company Monsanto filed a patent infringement suit in St. Louis federal district court against E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. and its subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International over the allegedly unlawful use of Monsanto's Roundup Ready herbicide-tolerant technologies in a new Pioneer line of genetically modified soybean and corn seeds. Here's and here's. (Law.com)
Savient Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results May 7, 2009
The increase was mainly due to an additional severance liability recorded during the quarter partially offset by lower legal fees as the prior year results reflect expenses for Oxandrin-related patent infringement litigation. Investment income, net decreased $1. (PR Newswire)
Destiny Media Responds to Press Release From Canadian Competitor May 7, 2009
According to their release, Yangaroo states that a claim for patent infringement against Destiny was filed in Wisconsin today for a patent issued yesterday. Destiny has not yet been served with this claim but is familiar with this patent and Destiny's management is confident that the claims are without merit. (PR Newswire)
Illumina files patent infringement suit against Affymetrix May 6, 2009
said Tuesday it filed a patent infringement suit against. San Diego-based Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) said the suit, filed in United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, asserts that Affymetrix GeneChip HT Array Plate and GeneChip HT Array Plate Scanner infringe upon an Illumina patent. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Harris Corporation Reports Higher Revenue, Income and Earnings Per Share for the Third Quarter May 6, 2009
The Company's consolidated results and the forward-looking statements could be affected by many factors, including but not limited to: the loss of our relationship with the U.S. government or a shift in U.S. government funding; potential changes in U.S. government or customer priorities; risks inherent with large long-term fixed-price contracts, particularly the ability to contain cost overruns; financial and government and regulatory risks relating to international sales and operations; our... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Govt plans action against costly drugs May 5, 2009
The generics company can then take the risk of infringing on the patent and launch the drug in the Indian market with the hope of winning the patent infringement case. If a patented drugs generic equivalents are available in the market, the government may not strongly negotiate with the patent-holding company. (India Times)
KCI claims partial victory in patent fight against Smith & Nephew May 2, 2009
(KCI) said Friday that the Patents Court of the High Court of England and Wales has entered a judgment against Smith & Nephew in KCI s ongoing patent infringement case in the United Kingdom ... The court dismissed seven out of 10 claims leveled against Smith & Nephew by KCI. Smith & Nephew officials issued a statement Friday indicating that the company will appeal the three other patent infringement claims. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Federal Judge Upholds Jury Award Against HP Over Patent Violation May 2, 2009
Judge Randall R. Rader refused the company's request to set aside the 2008 patent infringement verdict by a Syracuse jury that HP servers and workstations, starting in the late 1980s, contained technology licensed by Cornell University and a faculty scientist, Hwa C. Torng ... Cornell originally filed its patent infringement action in December 2001. (Law.com)
How to get 100 miles per gallon May 2, 2009
Here are the facts: Gil explains, "When we started developing our hybrid system, it was the normal course of business to do a patent search. We realized that some of our ideas might infringe on Toyota's hybrid patents. We contacted them. It just so happened that Toyota was developing some diesel engine technology that might infringe on existing patents owned by Ford. The companies decided to allow the patent infringement as kind of a trade.". But there's more, and Gil continues, "While our... (CNN -- Tech)
* NBA: Shaq sets trend for NBA undergarments Apr 29, 2009
McDavid is suing Nike and Adidas, citing patent infringement. Derek Kent, a Nike spokesman, said that the lawsuit lacked factual merit and that Nike filed for its own patent nearly two years ago. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Sun Microsystems Wins Patent Defense Verdict in Eastern District of Texas Apr 29, 2009
For at least the second time this month, a defendant has won a patent infringement trial in federal district court in East Texas ... Now we have news that last Friday a jury in Marshall, Texas, cleared Sun Microsystems of a wide range of claims -- including patent infringement, trade secret theft and breach of contract -- made by a Versata Software, which was seeking more than $100 million in damages. (Law.com)
Qualcomm to pay Broadcom $891M to settle patent disputes Apr 28, 2009
Sunday's agreement will result in the dismissal of all litigation between the companies, including all patent infringement claims in the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, Calif. as well as the withdrawal by Broadcom of its complaints to the European Commission and the Korea Fair Trade Commission, the companies said. (EETimes)
Chip Makers' $891 Million Settlement Infused by New Blood Apr 28, 2009
Led by William Lee and his colleagues at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Broadcom sued Qualcomm in California and Washington, D.C., for patent infringement, and in New Jersey for antitrust violations. Qualcomm answered with lawsuits of its own but didn't have much success. (Law.com)
Verizon Sues Charter Over Voice Patents Apr 19, 2009
Verizon Communications has sued a second cable company -- Charter Communications -- for patent infringement, less than a month after filing an identical lawsuit againstCox Communications. The telephone company filed the complaint against Charter Feb. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. (Multichannel News)
> Patent reform hinged on issues such as infringement damages Apr 18, 2009
One beef the coalition has with the bills is with the notion of prior art subtraction, essentially taking out the value of previous inventions in order to help calculate damages for patent infringement. Provisions intentionally designed to reduce damages, such as prior art subtraction, should not be part of any patent reform enacted by Congress, the coalition announced in a recent news release. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Stent maker to record charge Apr 16, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO - , the world's biggest seller of heart stents, said it will record a $197 million after-tax charge in the first quarter as a result of a patent infringement case it lost to. Boston Scientific also will book $26 million for job cuts, plant closings, and other previously announced restructuring expenses and $43 million in the settlement of a patent lawsuit with a New Jersey doctor, the Natick, Mass. (Boston Globe)
Obama's 2nd Circuit Pick Says He Didn't Ask for Nomination Apr 11, 2009
He also mentions the 2007 sexual harassment trial involving then-New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, as well as cases involving patent infringement, murder, and racketeering. He lists 12 cases in which a higher court reversed his decision (and he offers some commentary on each, i.e., "I must have been very wrong ..."). (Law.com)
Microsoft's Patent Tab: $388M Ought to Do It Apr 11, 2009
However, a federal appeals court ruling reinstated of the patent infringement claims, and the case went before the jury ... Meanwhile, last fall, Microsoft , on appeal, a patent infringement case brought by Alcatel-Lucent regarding its use of MP3 technologies. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Humana settles patent lawsuit with Ronald A. Katz Technology, signs licensing agreement Apr 10, 2009
has settled a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing LP, and signed a licensing agreement with the Los Angeles-based interactive technology company. Financial terms of the settlement and the licensing agreement were not disclosed. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Will Microsoft's Latest IP Loss Stick? Apr 10, 2009
The Mintz lawyers said it was the fifth-largest patent infringement verdict in history -- and Microsoft is on the list more than once. The software company set the record when a San Diego jury ordered it to pay $1. (Law.com)
* [BUSINESS BRIEFS] Apr 9, 2009
Elan Microelectronics Corp (qql) has filed a patent infringement suit against Apple Inc in a US court, the Hsinchu-based company said in an exchange filing yesterday. The patents are used in Apples Macbook, iPhone and iPod touch products, the statement said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
AstraZeneca Seeks to Stop Apotex Sales of Asthma Drug Pulmicourt Respules Apr 7, 2009
Weve chosen to file a motion for interim relief seeking to prohibit sales of Apotexs generic product until the court makes a determination on the merits of AstraZenecas patent infringement case, said , an AstraZeneca spokesman. AstraZeneca has full confidence in the strength of its intellectual property rights protecting Pulmicort Respules. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Patent reform bill goes to Senate Apr 3, 2009
The trio successfully amended the bill to include a compromise they (March 31) on issues including patent infringement damages. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz. (EETimes)
Shire sues Natco over generic Fosrenol Apr 3, 2009
filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Thursday alleging that Natco, in an effort to sell a generic version of Shire s Fosrenol drug, violated two Shire patents. Fosrenol is prescribed for patients with chronic kidney disease who suffer from hyperphosphatemia, an electrolyte disturbance that causes an abnormally high level of phosphate in their blood. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Appeals court dismisses Third Wave case Apr 3, 2009
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by of Madison against a competitor that accused Third Wave of patent infringement ... As for the initial patent infringement case filed by Digene (Qiagen) against Third Wave, the court upheld an earlier ruling that narrowly construed terms of the case in favor of Third Wave. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Banking on Beijing Apr 1, 2009
Does any issue sum it up better than patent infringement. We can t do business with a country which pirates The Dark Knight and Microsoft Office, screams America. (The American Conservative)
Senators strike deal on patent reform Apr 1, 2009
The compromise spans a broad range of issues including how damages are calculated in patent infringement cases, the most controversial part of the current bill in the Senate (). Senators Patrick Leahy (D.-Vt. (EETimes)
CSIRO cashes in on patent claim Apr 1, 2009
CSIRO spokesman Huw Morgan confirmed a confidential settlement had been reached with Hewlett-Packard in a patent infringement case relating to technology built into wireless local area network (WLAN) equipment. But the battle continues against the other big names in the IT industry, with the CSIRO arguing a patent granted to it in 1996 entitles it to royalties from any company that incorporate the 802. (The Age, Australia)
UNM sues Toshiba Corp. Apr 1, 2009
The s Science and Technology Corp. filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in New Mexico on March 30 against for patent infringement. STC manages technology transfer at UNM. It alleges that Toshiba Corp. and have unlawfully used a patented UNM invention that significantly improves the capability of semiconductor manufacturers to make next generation chips. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Investor group helps LSI grow Mar 30, 2009
In February 2008, Bonati named St. Louis, Perry and two additional LSI doctors in anther lawsuit claiming patent infringement for patented medical procedures and patented surgical instruments. The case will go to court later this year, legal documents show. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Biotechnology seed bill tabled by Senators Mar 26, 2009
A Montana Senate committee has sidelined a seed bill that sought standards for how biotech companies test crops for patent infringement, burying the bill after attending a private dinner also attended by Monsanto representatives ... In 2001, one such lawsuit prompted the North Dakota Legislature to pass what is known as the Nelson bill, which requires biotech companies to notify farmers when they suspect them of patent infringements. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
