Nokia sues Apple for patent violation Oct 23, 2009
Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement- Hardware-Infotech-The Economic Times ... Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement22 Oct 2009, 2142 hrs IST, REUTERS. (India Times)
Nokia suing Apple over the iPhone Oct 23, 2009
The alleged patent infringement applies to all iPhones since its 2007 launch ... The 10 alleged patent infringements involve wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption. (BBC News -- Americas)
Earle Cooley, skilled litigator, chairman of BU trustees Oct 21, 2009
A much-abbreviated list of Earle Cooley s law clients might read like this: Boston University, the Celtics, and the Church of Scientology, along with divorce cases, patent infringement challenges for Fortune 500 companies, and criminal defendants who included those accused of drug dealing or murder. He said to me: Look, when you have skills as a trial lawyer, you can try anything. (Boston Globe)
Medical patent builds Orange Park business Oct 20, 2009
That could mean not only dealing with competition from knockoffs, but costly litigation stemming from patent infringement. Then there was the troubling future around the patent s expiration, which in this case was just seven years. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
STC settles with Toshiba Corp. Oct 17, 2009
The s Science and Technology Corp. has reached a settlement with over an accusation of patent infringement. The STC, which manages technology transfer at UNM, had filed a complaint in U.S District Court in New Mexico last March. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Litigation Trends Survey Offers (a Little) Reason for Optimism Oct 16, 2009
Only 9 percent of the largest companies in the survey said they expected to pursue patent infringement claims next year, compared to 12 percent a year ago. "We have been reducing the number of active cases," one energy company lawyer told surveyors. (Law.com)
MicroStrategy files lawsuit over $19M employee theft Oct 16, 2009
The company survived the stock crash that followed the disclosures but is still fighting off patent infringement litigation related to MicroStrategy 8 Business Intelligence Platform, an earlier version of its signature product. A rival, , a subsidiary of , initiated that litigation in November 2007. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Bag of gifts for Mayor Johnson Oct 16, 2009
3 billion postal products and services firm, has sued the company providing the technology for San Francisco's pilot program, alleging patent infringement. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Southern California, alleges that Zumbox, a secure e-mail service that allows senders to contact people online using their street address, infringes on three Pitney Bowes patents. (San Francisco Chronicle)
KCI faces set back in Smith & Nephew case Oct 13, 2009
An Australian appeals court has lifted the temporary injunction against until s patent infringement case can proceed against the company next summer. San Antonio-based Kinetic Concepts Inc. (NYSE: KCI) filed a patent lawsuit against Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN) in Australia, alleging that Smith & Nephew s negative-pressure wound therapy infringes on a license issued to KCI by. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
The great TV sale propaganda Oct 11, 2009
After slapping Samsung with numerous patent infringement law suits (and then subsequently losing all of them), I think they got a little tired. The US International Trade Commission recently issued a ruling banning the import of Sharp LCD panels into the US. Who knows what the exact situation in India is. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
UPS settles patent suit with Katz Oct 8, 2009
has paid an undisclosed amount to to dismiss a patent infringement lawsuit. Atlanta-based UPS (NYSE: UPS) paid the undisclosed sum for a nonexclusive license under a comprehensive portfolio of patents that Katz owns relating to interactive voice applications, according to Los Angeles-based Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing. (Louisville Business First, KY)
DAX Index Drops for Fourth Day, Extending Weekly Decline; Banks Retreat Oct 3, 2009
Separately, said a U.S. District Court granted the company a preliminary injunction against Infineon, Infineon Technologies North America Corp. and Primarion Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit. Europes largest engineering company, declined 2. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Big River, Sprint settle patent suit Oct 2, 2009
Big River, Sprint settle patent infringement suit - St. Louis Business Journal ... Big River, Sprint settle patent infringement suit ... has settled its patent infringement suit against Cape Girardeau, Mo. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Red Hat files brief in Supreme Court patent case Oct 2, 2009
Software products may involve thousands of patentable components, leaving developers to risk defending costly patent infringement claims. In the Bilski case involving the standard for patenting a process, a U.S. Court of Appeals restricted patenting of business methods. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Court Grants Volterra's Preliminary Injunction Motion in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Infineon / Primarion Oct 2, 2009
Oct. 1, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Volterra Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: - ), a leading provider of high-performance analog and mixed-signal power management semiconductors, today announced that at a September 30, 2009 hearing, the U.S. District Court granted Volterra's motion for a preliminary injunction against Infineon Technologies AG, Infineon Technologies North America Corporation and Primarion Inc. (Infineon/Primarion) in a patent infringement lawsuit. Related Quotes. (Primezone Releases)
Federal Judge Tosses Out $388 Million Patent Verdict Against Microsoft Oct 1, 2009
When The Am Law Litigation Daily featured last April, after he won a $388 million patent infringement verdict against Microsoft, we warned that he'd better not start spending his contingency fee yet ... The ruling for Microsoft is the second time this month that the software giant has wiped out a huge patent infringement jury verdict against it. (Law.com)
RI Judge Tosses Patent Verdict Against Microsoft Oct 1, 2009
SEATTLE -- A federal judge in Rhode Island threw out a $388 million patent infringement jury verdict against Microsoft Corp., ending a six-year legal skirmish. In April, a jury found that the world's largest software maker had infringed on a patent owned by Uniloc Inc.. (KIRO TV, WA)
Report: Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson Settle Stent Lawsuits Sep 30, 2009
Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) has agreed to pay Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) a settlement of $716 million to put to rest several lawsuits alleging patent infringement in regard to medical stents made by the companies. Stents, or medical devices used to remove coronary artery blockages, have become the subject of much litigation, as several firms in the medical device market have launched patent infringement suits to prevent the launch of new stents by competitors, the paper said. (Fox News)
Boston Scientific Will Pay J&J $716M in Stent Suit Sep 30, 2009
3 million to settle 14 patent infringement lawsuits related to the use of stents in treating heart disease. Boston Scientific, of Natick, Mass. (ABC News -- Wire)
MoneyGram loses patent infringement case Sep 26, 2009
5 million to for patent infringement. Englewood, Colo. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
WhoGlue sues Facebook over patent Sep 24, 2009
Baltimore software company is suing social networking company for patent infringement. The suit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Delaware, claims Palo Alto-based Facebook violated a patent awarded to WhoGlue in 2007 for an information management system to control personal information as human networks and technology increasingly mesh. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Trans World sues Calif. company Sep 24, 2009
A legal tussle brewing for several years behind the scenes at over alleged patent infringement has come into the open ... The parent company of Financial Systems Innovation, , has been threatening to sue Trans World since 2005 over the alleged patent infringement unless the music and video retail chain signs a licensing agreement. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Wins Patent Appeal for Cook Incorporated Sep 24, 2009
CHICAGO, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., today announced that the firm has won a decisive victory on behalf of its long-time client Cook Incorporated in a patent infringement case brought by Edwards Lifesciences LLC and EndoGAD Research Pty Limited. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the previous ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that Cook... (PR Newswire)
Netlist Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Inphi Sep 24, 2009
Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netlist, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) announced today that it has commenced federal litigation against Westlake Village, CA-based Inphi Corporation, a high-speed analog semiconductor company, alleging that Inphi's iMB line of isolation memory buffer integrated circuits infringe Netlist's U.S. Patent No. 7,532,537. "Netlist is a pioneer of memory system technologies essential to advancing next-generation utility computing. Our innovations protected by the '537 patent enable... (PR Newswire)
Troll Tracker Defamation Trial Ends in Truce Sep 23, 2009
Throughout the litigation, Frenkel maintained that the two blog posts at the heart of the case, which he wrote about a changed date in the docket in Albritton's ESN v. Cisco patent infringement suit, contained both true facts and constitutionally protected opinion about "abusive" patent litigation in East Texas. On the witness stand, Frenkel apologized for referring to the Eastern District of Texas as a "Banana Republic" in one of the offending posts, which he later revised to eliminate that... (Law.com)
Get The Scoop On A Stock Before Buying Sep 23, 2009
Many leaders also fail because of stories: a patent infringement lawsuit, for example, or a new competitor making inroads. Finding the story behind a stock is a crucial piece to what investors call fundamental research. (Investors Business Daily)
In Patent Troll Tracker Trial, It's Frenkel on the Grill Sep 18, 2009
Former patent blogger Rick Frenkel took the stand in the federal courthouse in Tyler, Texas, on Wednesday, and apologized for referring to the Eastern District of Texas as a "Banana Republic" in a post he published as the "." But Frenkel insisted his blogging about a patent infringement suit against his then-employer, Cisco Systems, was not defamatory ... Frenkel: "When I first got to Cisco it surprised me that all the litigation Cisco had were against companies I had never heard of. It turns... (Law.com)
An 'Obvious' Question for Patent Cases -- but Should Juries Answer It? Sep 18, 2009
Obviousness is a killer weapon for a defense lawyer in a patent infringement case ... The case is Medela AG v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc., and as points out, the question is: "Whether a person accused of patent infringement has a right to independent judicial, as distinct from lay jury, determination of whether an asserted patent claim satisfies the non-obvious subject matter' condition for patentability.". (Law.com)
InnerLoop: Blackboard heads back to court Sep 18, 2009
Critics say Blackboard bought the technology just to defeat a patent infringement claim from a third-party competitor and now wants to skip out on payment because that claim has been settled. Here is the back story: In May 2008, a Texas company, TechRadium Inc., sued Blackboard, alleging that Blackboard was selling products that infringed on TechRadium s patent on an alert-notification technology. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Microsoft Claims i4i's Evidence is 'Irrelevant' Sep 17, 2009
te with i4i, Monday was the day for the software titan to submit its final brief in the smaller firm's $290 million patent infringement case. Meanwhile, Toronto-based i4i submitted its final brief in the case. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Medtronic settles patent dispute with Gore Sep 17, 2009
has settled a patent infringement lawsuit it filed against , Medtronic announced Wednesday. Specific terms were not disclosed, though Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) said it expects to report a one-time gain in its second-quarter earnings as a result of the settlement. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
TechRadium files lawsuit against 11 cos. Sep 16, 2009
TechRadium files patent infringement lawsuit against 11 companies - Houston Business Journal ... TechRadium files patent infringement lawsuit against 11 companies ... Mass-notification company , which in August a patent infringement lawsuit against micro-blogging giant , has filed infringement charges against 11 more companies. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Intel's Sewell Replaces Cooperman as Apple GC Sep 16, 2009
The company also has the usual mix of litigation facing tech companies, like patent infringement and product liability lawsuits. Sewell, 50, was general counsel at Intel for the past five years. (Law.com)
Dr Reddys Lab embroiled in patent infringement row with AMRI Sep 16, 2009
Dr Reddys Lab embroiled in patent infringement row with AMRI- Pharmaceuticals-Healthcare / Biotech-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times ... Dr Reddys Lab embroiled in patent infringement row with AMRI16 Sep 2009, 1056 hrs IST, ET Bureau ... HYDERABAD: NYSE listed Dr Reddys Laboratories (DRL), Indias second largest company by revenue, is embroiled in a fresh patent infringement row with US based drug-discovery firm Albany Molecular Research Inc (AMRI). (India Times)
Westwood’s Turbine Inc. named in patent infringement lawsuit Sep 16, 2009
Westwood s Turbine Inc. named in patent infringement lawsuit - The Boston Globe ... Westwood-based video game maker named in patent infringement suit ... Turbine Inc. of Westwood, a leading maker of Internet-based, multiplayer video games, has been named in a patent infringement lawsuit that targets several of the world s largest online gaming firms. (Boston Globe)
Patent Troll Tracker Defamation Case Goes to Trial Sep 16, 2009
It gets a bit complicated: The specifics of the case involve a date change in the court docket in ESN v. Cisco, an E.D. Texas patent infringement lawsuit in which Albritton represented ESN, a patent-holding company. In an Oct. 17, 2007, post titled "Troll Jumps the Gun, Sues Cisco Too Early" Frenkel wrote that ESN had filed suit on Oct. 15, even though its patent, No. 7,283,519, was issued on Oct. 16; he was upset that the court clerk had changed the date on the docket and complaint. (Law.com)
Appeals Court Affirms Patent Infringement Rulings Against Roche's peg-EPO Product Sep 16, 2009
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Broadcom files infringement suit against Emulex Sep 15, 2009
14) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the rival network IC vendor. (Irvine, Calif. (EETimes)
Trial to Begin in Suit Against Cisco, Patent Troll Tracker Blogger Sep 12, 2009
The events that led to the defamation suit began in October 2007, when Albritton and Ward filed a patent infringement suit against Cisco for client ESN LLC. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, which attracts a huge number of the nation's IP suits because of its so-called "rocket docket.". Frenkel alleged in his Oct. 18, 2007, blog posting that ESN's "local counsel" called the "Eastern District court clerk" and "convinced him/her" to alter the filing date... (Law.com)
Lupin, Novartis end patent row Sep 12, 2009
In an e-mail response, a Novartis spokesperson said, Novartis reached a settlement agreement with Lupin Pharmaceuticals related to ongoing patent infringement litigation on Lotrel patent. Terms of the agreement are confidential. (India Times)
Open Source Group Buys Microsoft Patents to Ward Off Patent Trolls Sep 9, 2009
However, patent and intellectual property rights exist and the open source community has been forced to both defend itself from patent infringement suits and pursue those who misappropriate open source code ... You might think facing a steady stream of accusations of patent infringement such as and other legal challenges would make Microsoft less trigger-happy about initiating its own patent suits ... This purchase is an opportunity for OIN to continue to fulfill its mission of protecting the... (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Dish to pay TiVo $200 mln for injunction violation Sep 6, 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 ... patent infringement case. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Microsoft Gets OK to Keep Selling Word Sep 5, 2009
In its patent infringement case, i4i claimed that XML technology used in Word file formats violates its patent on such "custom" uses of XML. Microsoft argued that i4i's patent is invalid -- but a lower court jury ... "I4i is confident that the Final Judgment in favor of i4i, which included a finding of willful patent infringement by Microsoft and an injunction against Microsoft Word, was the correct decision and that i4i will prevail on the appeal.". (SmallBusinessComputing)
Dish Network to Pay TiVo $200 Million for Injunction Violation Sep 5, 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. (Law.com)
India says no to HIV drug patents Sep 4, 2009
"Cipla decided to fight rather than sign up to the license; it took a risk and it has paid off," says Childs, noting that Cipla risked patent infringement if it lost. The patent office decision taken on 30 July but communicated to Cipla on 29 August appears to vindicate the company s case. (Scientific American)
Microsoft found guilty of patent infringement, ordered to halt sales Sep 3, 2009
Start your midterm essays now. Microsoft has 38 days to stop selling Microsoft Word-based products. (Daily Orange, NY)
Tower Semiconductor Raises $16 Million From Institutional Investors Sep 3, 2009
Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with: (i) maintaining existing customers and attracting additional customers, (ii) not receiving orders from our customers, which can result in unutilized capacity, (iii) the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and the resulting periodic overcapacity, fluctuations in operating results and future average selling price erosion, (iv) the large amount of debt and liabilities and having... (PR Newswire)
Inventor urges patent law change Sep 2, 2009
" Other members of the institute are more forthright. One calls the idea of criminalising patent infringement "barking mad". Another says the parallel with copyright protection is not as close as it might appear: "Patent infringement is not remotely like flogging knock-off CDs. "Honest, decent people running reputable businesses infringe patents. They might not know the patent exists, or their patent attorney might have told them it was valid or infringed.". (BBC News -- UK)
Intellectual Ventures Takes Indirect Route to Court Sep 1, 2009
And he and others at IV like to point out that they've never once used the cudgel of a patent infringement lawsuit to get a deal done. With its new practice of selling off patents to third parties, litigation is much more likely. (Law.com)
TiVo Claims Most DVRs Use Its Technology Sep 1, 2009
In a patent infringement case coming to a head against Dish Network as well as cases filed last week against Verizon and ATTiVo tivo says that it owns the technology behind processes found in almost every DVR.. That includes a function called the "time warp" that controls everything from fast-forward and rewind to the ability to view the beginning of a TV show as the DVR records the ending. (ABC News -- Business)
TiVo sues EchoStar over DVR patent Aug 31, 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)
Microsoft continues battle to save Word Aug 29, 2009
Microsoft has appealed a final judgment against it in a patent infringement case brought by i4i LP.. concerns i4i's XML-based technology, which received Patent No. 5,787,449 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1998. (FCW.com)
Snow Leopard debuts, FBI investigates laptops Aug 29, 2009
Nancy Weil, IDG News Service\Boston Bureau. Friday, August 28, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Analyst Picks and Pans: Boeing, TiVo, Harley-Davidson, Jackson Hewitt Aug 28, 2009
TiVo sued ATand Verizon () on Wednesday, claiming patent infringement related to its DVR technology. The suits came on the same day as a setback for the company in a similar case against Dish Network Corp. (). (BusinessWeek)
TiVo Files Complaints for Patent Infringement Against AT&T and Verizon Communications in United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas; Seeking Damages and Injunction Aug 27, 2009
TiVo Files Complaints for Patent Infringement Against ATVerizon Communications in United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas; Seeking Damages and Injunction ... TiVo Files Complaints for Patent Infringement Against ATVerizon Communications in United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas; Seeking Damages and Injunction. (PR Newswire)
TiVo Reports Results for the Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Ended July 31, 2009 Aug 27, 2009
- TiVo files complaints for patent infringement against AT&T and Verizon ... - TiVo files complaints for patent infringement against AT&T and Verizon. (PR Newswire)
Microsoft Takes Aim at Judge in Brief Asking Federal Circuit to Overturn $290 Million Judgment Aug 27, 2009
That's the message we took away from the (pdf) Microsoft filed Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, seeking to overturn a $290 million patent infringement judgment entered earlier this month against Microsoft by Tyler, Texas, federal district court Judge Leonard Davis. In his (pdf), on behalf of a Canadian company called , Davis also entered an injunction against Microsoft -- which prevents it from selling certain versions of Microsoft Word -- and took Microsoft's lead... (Law.com)
TiVo Inc. Sues AT&T, Verizon Over DVR Patents Aug 27, 2009
TiVo Inc. sues ATVerizon for patent infringement of its DVR technology ... TiVo Inc. on Wednesday sued AT and Verizon Communications Inc. for patent infringement, including one covering the ability to pause and rewind live TV.. (ABC News -- Wire)
TiVo Inc. posts smaller-than-expected 2Q loss Aug 27, 2009
Separately, the company filed lawsuits against AT and Verizon Communications Inc. for patent infringement, including one covering the ability to pause and rewind live TV. TiVo, a maker of digital video recorders that also licenses its technology to other companies, also received a minor setback in a similar lawsuit against Dish Network Corp.. In the quarter, TiVo lost $2. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
TIVO'S Q2 LOSS BEATS FORECAST Aug 27, 2009
Separately, TiVo said it had filed complaints in the US District Court in the eastern district of Texas against AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. for patent infringement. Shares of Alviso, California-based TiVo closed at 10. (New York Post -- Business)
* SanDisk wins ITC review of patent infringement case Aug 26, 2009
SanDisk wins ITC review of patent infringement case. BLOOMBERG Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009, Page 12. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Nintendo settles US trade fight over Wii Aug 25, 2009
Nintendo settles Wii patent infringement fight in the US. You are here. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Foley & Lardner Sued for Allegedly Revealing Trade Secrets Aug 25, 2009
Foley represented Japanese electronics manufacturer Kyocera in 2008 after SPH brought a patent infringement case against the company over technology used in its cell phones ... The new suit also claims that Foley lawyers published SPH's patent infringement charts, which they acquired during discovery. (Law.com)
Court Rules Against Class Action in Patent Suit Aug 25, 2009
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Data-breach indictments, Google book fight Aug 22, 2009
As expected, Microsoft appealed an injunction in a patent infringement lawsuit that could halt sales of Word. Microsoft asked the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to expedite its review of the appeal, which comes after the court said last week that Microsoft had 60 days to quit selling Word products that allow users to create custom XML documents. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
