Intellectual Property Law360

  • Internet Radio Escapes Online Ad Patent Suit
    Internet Radio Inc. has become the latest defendant to exit a patent infringement suit brought by Fowler Woods LLC over technology for displaying electronic advertisements with streaming audio.

  • Sanofi Loses Injunction Bid In Generic Eloxatin Spat
    A federal judge has again denied Sanofi-Aventis US LLC's request for a preliminary injunction against Fresenius Kabi Pharma Ltd., one of the last remaining defendants in the pharmaceutical giant's battle to keep generic versions of popular colon cancer drug Eloxatin off the market.

  • Sony Claims Victory In 'God Of War' Copyright Spat
    A federal judge has ruled that Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s popular video game “God of War” does not infringe on copyrights held by a pair of screenwriters whose works also tell the tale of a heroic quest set in motion by the Greek gods.

  • Tight Budget May Delay Kappos' Plans For USPTO
    Director David Kappos is the first to admit that the growing backlog of patent applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office poses a huge problem, and while he has a plan of attack ready, his biggest challenge may prove to be finding the cash to pay for it.

  • Microsoft Denied Willfulness Rehearing In I4i Patent Suit
    In a suit brought by i4i LP over a document formatting patent, a federal appeals court has denied Microsoft Corp.'s bid for a rehearing on the issue of willful infringement, which contributed about $40 million in enhanced damages to a landmark $290 million award to the plaintiff.

  • Wilson Sonsini Lures Back Cytokinetics GC
    Biotechnology company Cytokinetics Inc.'s general counsel and senior vice president — a former patent examiner — has jumped ship back to the world of corporate law, joining forces once again with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC.

  • Google Books Deal Violates NAFTA: Canadian Authors
    Hundreds of Canadian authors have objected to a proposed settlement that would allow Google Inc. to create a massive digital library, saying that it would trample their rights under the North American Free Trade Agreement and that it didn't respect Canadian copyright law.

  • Smith & Nephew Infringed Wound Treatment IP: Jury
    A federal jury has found that Smith & Nephew PLC’s negative pressure wound therapy devices violate two patents held by Kinetic Concepts Inc., awarding the medical technology company more than $1 million.

  • Western Union Strikes Deal In Actus E-Payment IP Suit
    Western Union Financial Services Inc. has settled a patent infringement suit brought by patent-holding company Actus LLC over technology for electronic methods of processing payments, joining a number of other defendants that have resolved the litigation.

  • Biovail Targets Paddock Over Aplenzin ANDA
    Biovail Laboratories International SRL has shot off a patent infringement suit against Paddock Laboratories Inc. over its plans to market a generic version of the antidepressant Aplenzin.

  • Watson To License Takeda's Actos In Patent Deal
    Takeda Chemical Industrials Ltd. has agreed to license diabetes medication Actos to rival Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. and drop a long-running patent infringement case, the generics maker announced Wednesday.

  • Adobe Smacked With False Patent Marking Suit
    Nonprofit group Public Patent Foundation Inc. has accused Adobe Systems Inc. of deceiving the public by marking its Adobe Reader product with expired and inapplicable patent numbers.

  • GSK Tries To Axe Wellbutrin Consumer Antitrust Suit
    GlaxoSmithKline PLC has asked a judge to dismiss claims brought by employee benefit plans over the alleged filing of baseless patent suits to delay generic competition with Wellbutrin SR, arguing that the plans cannot proceed under the laws of their home states.

  • Baker Donelson Wants IP Malpractice Suit Dumped
    Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has asked a federal court to throw out a malpractice suit accusing the firm of failing to file a patent application in Canada for ballistic defense walls.

  • Google, Facebook Hit With IP Suit Over Mobile Sites
    Mobile content management company Wireless Ink Corp. has slapped Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. with a patent infringement suit over their social networking Web sites designed for cell phone users.

  • Loeb Snags Video Game Guru From Nixon Peabody
    Daniel Offner — who specializes in intellectual property, financing and other issues that affect video game companies — has left Nixon Peabody LLP to join Loeb & Loeb LLP as chair of the firm's interactive entertainment practice group.

  • Landrieu Pushes For Small Business Patent Power
    Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., has put forward a new bill designed to keep small businesses in the running as inventors, while a push for patent reform continues to makes it way through Congress.

  • Artist's Heirs Go For KO In Marvel Comics Copyright Suit
    The heirs of comic book artist Jack Kirby are trying to bring down a lawsuit by Marvel Characters Inc. seeking to block their efforts to terminate the Walt Disney Co. unit's rights to several superhero characters, including the Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man and the X-Men.

  • GSK Tries To Halt Teva's Generic Combivir Launch
    GlaxoSmithKline PLC has asked a court to block Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s planned May launch of a generic version of GSK's HIV drug Combivir.

  • Instinet Nabs Partial Win In 40-Year Licensing Feud
    A judge has granted partial summary judgment in favor of securities trading software maker Instinet Inc. in a dispute over a 1970s-era contract that one-time collaborator Ariel UK Ltd. claims entitles it to royalties from the trading software Instinet has produced since then.

 

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