Patent News

May 16, 2008

05:32

Thomson Reuters Expands Japanese Patent Coverage in Derwent World ...
FOXBusiness - 27 minutes ago
"By offering this critical Japanese patent data, we are extending our leadership position in providing the most comprehensive English-language coverage of ...

May 15, 2008

20:54

US Agency to Investigate Semiconductor Patent Complaints
PC World - 9 hours ago
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to investigate complaints by two US companies that 18 other companies are violating their patent for ...
20:52

Washington Post

Nintendo Told to Pay $21 Million in Wii Patent Trial (Update1)
Bloomberg - 9 hours ago
Nintendo said that it didn't use Anascape's technology and challenged the patent's validity. The verdict ``confirms that the company's technology is second ...
Nintendo loses patent fight in Texas Bizjournals.com
Nintendo Loses Patent Infringement Case Wired News
Nintendo Loses Patent Suit, Must Pay $21M PC Magazine
The Associated Press - JURIST
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18:27

VeriSign wins patent for typo redirection
Globe and Mail, Canada - 11 hours ago
AP NEW YORK — The company that runs many of the Internet's core directory systems has won a patent for its controversial service that helps Internet users ...
Woohoo! It's Like Irrational Exuberance All Over Again Wired News
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18:02

Patent reform dead for 2008
ZDNet - 11 hours ago
The death of the Patent Reform Act in the Senate spells hard times for open source. That’s because one of the act’s main aims was to end “forum shopping,” ...
Medical companies celebrate death of patent reform ZDNet
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16:43

India Infoline.com

Satyam to appeal against UK verdict
Hindustan Times, India - 13 hours ago
Upaid Systems wanted to patent this product and asked Satyam to provide support as specified under their contract to Upaid to obtain the patent. ...
IPR deed badly backfires for Satyam Sify
Satyam loses appeal in Upaid Case Business Standard
We don’t agree with Upaid's allegation at all: Satyam Moneycontrol.com
Equity Bulls - Moneycontrol.com
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08:13

Sanofi-Aventis 'considering legal options'; US Lovenox patent ...
Forbes, NY - 21 hours ago
As a result of the Court of Appeals ruling the US Lovenox patent is deemed to be 'unenforceable', the company said. 'While several generic manufacturers ...
Sanofi Loses Appeal in Lovenox Patent Case Wall Street Journal
Sanofi: US appeals court upholds ruling in Lovenox patent dispute Hemscott
District Court Decision Affirmed in US Lovenox(R) (enoxaparin ... Earthtimes (press release)
Motley Fool - FiercePharma
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03:54

Salix begins Patent Infringement Litigation Against Novel ...
RTT News, NY - May 14, 2008
... United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against Novel Laboratories Inc. for infringement of Norgine's patent protecting Moviprep. ...

May 14, 2008

20:38

Salix Pharma sues Novel over drug patent
Houston Chronicle, United States - May 14, 2008
2008 AP RALEIGH, NC — Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said Wednesday it is suing Novel Laboratories Inc. for patent infringement in a dispute over the bowel ...
19:18

Salix Commences Patent Infringement Litigation Against Novel ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - May 14, 2008
... regarding Novel’s intent to market a generic version of MOVIPREP in the United States prior to the September 1, 2024 expiration of US patent #7169381. ...
04:17

Company infringed on patent, suit says
Youngstown Vindicator, OH - 1 hour ago
YOUNGSTOWN — A sister company to Turning Technologies has filed a lawsuit that says a competitor has infringed on a patent used in its audience response ...

May 13, 2008

23:04

Axis-Shield loses US court case over patent claim
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 6 hours ago
AXIS-Shield has lost a long- running legal dispute in which it claimed that one of its rivals was infringing its patents on a test for cardiac risk. ...
Axis-Shield loses product appeal, US court confirms homocysteine ... Hemscott
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20:32

Eruces gains US patent for security software
Bizjournals.com, NC - 9 hours ago
A Lenexa-based software company has garnered its first US patent for its data security software. The US Patent and Trademark Office granted Eruces Inc. a ...
ERUCES Awarded US Patent for its Cryptographic Key Management Emediawire (press release)
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19:27

Australian chosen to head UN patent body
ABC Online, Australia - 10 hours ago
Australian patent lawyer Francis Gurry won a tight ballot overnight to take over later this year as head of the United Nations' World Intellectual Property ...
Australian, Brazilian face off at UN patent body guardian.co.uk
Australian wins vote to head UN patent agency Reuters India
Francis Gurry elected UN patent chief Houston Chronicle
International Herald Tribune - Ninemsn
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18:35

Latha Jishnu: Roche`s blockbuster patent and biodiversity
Business Standard, India - 11 hours ago
The American research outfit Cetus Corporation got the sample of Taqs for just $35 but it sold the patent for the PCR process to the Swiss pharma giant ...
16:51

Footwear News

Collective Brands sees strong Q1;to fight patent ruling
Reuters - 13 hours ago
The strong forecast succeeded in calming investors, who had sent the shoe maker's shares down more than 18 percent since news of the Adidas patent verdict. ...
UPDATE 1-Collective Brands sees strong Q1;to fight patent ruling Reuters
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15:32

Patent Office Hosts Toy Design Competition For Students
InformationWeek, NY - 14 hours ago
By KC Jones Students on the East Coast will have the opportunity to tout their skills as toy designers during a competition hosted by the US Patent and ...
13:42

Barco files patent infringement lawsuit against Aydin Displays
Forbes, NY - 16 hours ago
BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - Imaging technology group Barco NV said it and its unit, Barco Federal Systems LLC., have filed a patent infringement lawsuit ...
12:59

ARM cleared in MMP patent appeal case
EETimes.com - 17 hours ago
And last October, Technology Properties Ltd. , the company that administers the Moore Microprocessor Patent intellectual property portfolio, filed an appeal ...

May 12, 2008

20:53

Toyota Loses Bid to Overturn $4.3 Million Prius Patent Award
Bloomberg - May 12, 2008
In its Supreme Court appeal, Toyota called Paice a ``patent litigation company'' that was ``attempting to impose a royalty toll on the Prius and similar ...
Next-gen Prius due in January 2009 BusinessWeek
Hybrids Save Gas -- But Will They Save You Money? NewsBlaze
Toyota Prius Supply Shrinks as Waiting Lists Grow (Update2) Bloomberg
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