IP Think Tank Global Week in Review – 29 February 2008

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Here is IP Think Tank’s weekly
selection of top intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and
internet.

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and please do let me know if you think we’ve missed something important, or if
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Highlights this week included:

Global

Global – General

Global – Trade Marks / Domain Names / Brands

  • Xerox –
    avoiding genericide: (Afro-IP),
  • Big business urges adoption of Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty:
    (IP
    Justice    ),
  • WIPO press release ‘Record number of international trade
    mark filings in 2007’: (WIPO),
    (Class
    46    ), (IP
    Law360    )

Global – Patents

Global – Copyright

Pharma & Biotech

Pharma & Biotech – General

  • Science Commons news: A commons-sense approach to winning
    the drug discovery lottery: (creativecommons.org),
  • India:
    Hindu Business Line reports on why pharma companies are pushing for tax
    incentives: (Spicy
    IP    ),

  • India:
    J Mitra gets injunction against Span Diagnostics in patent dispute before Delhi
    High Court over device used in detection of Hep C: (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ),

  • India:
    Patent Office releases new ‘draft’ manual for patent practice and procedure: (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ),

  • India:
    Multinational pharma corporations struggle in India: (Spicy
    IP    ),

  • Israel: Israel Patent
    Office awards realistic legal expenses to Teva in its patent dispute with
    Pfizer: (IP
    Factor    ),

  • Israel:
    Inventive step is an objective criterion?! – Teva’s opposition proceedings
    regarding IL 130424 to Pfizer: (IP
    Factor    ),

  • Thailand:
    Thai chief drug price negotiator removed from post: (GenericsWeb),

  • Thailand:
    Compulsory licences cannot be revoked: (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ), (more from Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ),

  • UK: Court of Appeal for England and Wales hands down
    decision in Boehringer Ingelheim KG and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG v
    Swingward Limited     relating to repackaging and de-branding of
    parallel-imported pharma products: (Class
    46    ),

  • US: Geron receives US patent for producing pancreatic
    islets from embryonic stem cells: (Patent
    Docs    ),

  • US: Pharma would rather fight than switch, when it come to
    DTC: (Pharma
    Blogosphere    )
  • US: Chemistry approach promising less expensive drugs: (IPBiz),
  • US: Wall Street Journal article on pharma industry
    strategies that could be viewed as patent abuse: (Economic Logic),
  • US:Chandler Burr’s New York
    Times article ‘Ahhh, the seductive fragrance of molecules under patent’ shows
    similarities between the perfume and pharmaceutical innovator industries: (Fire of
    Genius    ), (Patent
    Docs    ),
  • US: Supreme Court declines to review ruling by CAFC that
    there is no constitutional right to access experimental drugs: (California
    Biotech Law Blog    ),
  • US: Generic biologics – how to compete: (Biotech
    Blog    ),
  • US: FDA to collaborate with Congress on developing follow-on
    biologics legislation: (California
    Biotech Law Blog    ),
  • US: Genentech’s Cabilly patent faring poorly in
    re-examination: (IPBiz),
  • US: Stem cell companies looking ahead to new
    administration: (California
    Biotech Law Blog    ),
  • US: In re Comiskey and its implications for
    biotechnology patents: (Holman’s
    Biotech IP Blog    ),
  • US: PTO upholds WARF stem cell patent claim: (California
    Biotech Law Blog    ), (IPBiz),
  • US: CaliforniaFederal Court
    allows Foley & Lardner LLP to add new defenses against Vaxiion’s claim that
    it lost international rights to drug delivery technology due to Foley &
    Lardner’s late filing of their patent application: (IP
    Law360    )

Pharma & Biotech – Products

  • Apo-TRACE – NeuroSurvival licenses Sigma-Aldrich to market
    and manufacture Apo-TRACE marker that can detect apoptosis: (GenericsWeb),
  • Avastin (Bevacizumab) – US FDA rejects Advisory Panel’s
    recommendation and approves Avastin for breast cancer treatment: (Patent
    Docs    ), (Therapeutics
    Daily    ),
  • Avodart (Dutasteride) – GlaxoSmithKline files patent suit
    against Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., claiming infringement of three patents
    covering its enlarged-prostate treatment, Avodart; Barr challenges GSK’s Avodart
    patent: (IP
    Law360    ), (GenericsWeb),
  • Fosamax (Alendronate) – Courts in Netherlands and France both
    invalidate Merck Sharp & Dohme’s European patents for Alendronate: (IP
    Law360    ), (The
    IP Factor    ), (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ),

  • Hectorol – Genzyme Corp launches US patent suit against Pentech
    Pharmaceuticals to prevent it from marketing a generic version of Hectorol: (IP
    Law360    ),

  • Lipitor (Atorvastatin) – Dutch Court invalidates a patent for
    Pfizer’s Lipitor but Ranbaxy is still blocked from launching generic version of
    the drug: (IP
    Law360    ),

  • Neurontin (Gabapentin) – Apotex Corp and Pfizer Inc. settle
    all outstanding patent infringement and antitrust litigation over Pfizer’s
    blockbuster epilepsy drug, Neurontin: (IP
    Law360    ), (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ),
  • Nexium (Esomeprazole) – Several companies including Ranbaxy
    and Teva challenge AstraZeneca’s US patent relating to Nexium heartburn
    medication: (Spicy
    IP    ),

  • Plavix (Clopidogrel) – Cadila decides against exporting
    generic Clopidogrel to Thailand:
    (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ),

  • Prilosec (Omeprazole) – US Federal Judge rules AstraZeneca
    did not violate antitrust law when it put its marketing muscle behind heartburn
    drug Nexium instead of Prilosec as the latter’s patent protection was about to
    lapse: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Provigil (Modafinil) – Jon Leibowitz’ Washington Post
    column on US FTC’s suit against Cephalon testing the legality of entering into
    ‘pay for delay’ settlements: (California
    Biotech Law Blog    ),
  • Rispen (Risperidone) – Sun Pharmaceuticals files post-grant
    opposition in respect of Janssen Pharmaceutical’s Indian patent for a
    sustained-release microparticle of Risperidone: (Patent
    Circle    ),
  • Tarceva (Erlotinib) – Indian government to consider whether
    to grant compulsory licenses to Natco for the exportation of generic versions
    of Tarceva and Sutent (Sunitinib) to Nepal : (Spicy
    IP    ), (Spicy
    IP    ), (Spicy
    IP    ), (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ), (IP
    Law360    ), (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Tarceva (Erlotinib) – OSI Pharmaceuticals seeks to re-issue
    key Tarceva US patent: (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ),
  • Wellbutrin (Bupropion) – Biovail receives Canadian approval
    for Wellbutrin XL for the prevention of seasonal major depressive illness: (Therapeutics
    Daily    ),
  • Ziagen (Abacavir) – GSK announces price cuts on a range of
    HIV drugs including Ziagen for developing countries: (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ),

  • Zonisamide – OREXIGEN Therapeutics secures allowance for US application
    covering Zonisamide: (Patent
    Docs    )

Africa

  • Zambia steps up fight against counterfeits: (Afro-IP),
  • Uganda: Draft Plant Variety Bill before parliament: (Afro-IP),
  • Egypt and South
    Africa in top ten in latest PCT stats: (Afro-IP),

  • Radio
    frequency ID technology – a potential anti-counterfeiting measure in Africa: (Afro-IP),
  • NiRA to
    regulate .ng: (Afro-IP),
  • Zimbabwe
    Music Rights Association calls for whistleblowers: (Afro-IP),
  • ARIPO’s
    first trade mark appeal decision: (Afro-IP),
  • ARIPO’s
    first patent appeal decision: (Afro-IP),
  • Professional
    Musicians Association of Ghana (PROMAG) member blames Musicians Union of Ghana
    (MUSIGA) for ‘the failure of Charterhouse to adhere to copyright laws’: (Afro-IP),
  • South
    African Advertising Standards Authority upholds complaint by General Motors over
    use of their HUMMER mark in a Professional Provident Society advertisement: (Afro-IP),
  • South Africa leads in Fairtrade tourism certification: (Afro-IP)

Asia

  • .Asia domain launched under sunrise policy: (Spicy
    IP    ), (IP
    Dragon    ), (IP
    Updates    )
  • Is Asia
    surpassing Europe in innovation by 2015?: (IPEG),
  • Jury
    still out on Asian innovation, despite WIPO figures: (IAM),

Australia

  • Increase
    in auDRP fees: (IP Down
    Under    ),
  • auDA New
    Registrant Transfers Policy – Implementation plan: (IP
    Down Under    ),
  • Unsuccessful
    trade mark opponent seeks leave to appeal to Full Court: Scotch Whisky Association
    Ltd v de Witt    : (IPwar’s),
  • High
    Court Judge recognizes that technology outpaces the law: (Techdirt),
  • Full
    Court dismisses appeal in smartcard television piracy case: Haddad v Foxtel
    Management Pty Ltd    : (IP
    Down Under    ),
  • ‘The
    Fanatics’ Songbook is not fair dealing for purposes of parody or satire: (LawFont.com),
  • New time
    limit for grace period for renewal of trade mark registration: (IP
    Down Under    ),
  • New
    Trade Marks Office practice in relation to trade marks containing the words
    WORLD or LAND: (IP
    Down Under    ),
  • New
    Trade Marks Office practice regarding letters of consent: (IP
    Down Under    ),
  • IP
    Australia announces beta release of new online patent searching tool AUSPAT: (IPwar’s),
  • Government
    innovation review: (IPwar’s),
  • Melbourne
    Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research ‘Application pendency times
    and outcomes across four patent offices’ compares patent stats from USPTO, JPO,
    EPO and Australian Patent Office: (LawFont.com),
  • Dale
    Clapperton and Stephen Corones publish paper arguing that deal locking iPhone
    to a single telephone network could breach competition laws: (LawFont.com),
    (LawFont.com),
  • Thomson
    Scientific to honour Australia’s
    top researchers with dedicated Australian Research Day: (Thomson)

Canada

  • Nature
    Journal criticizes Canadian science policy: (Michael Geist),
  • Conservative Party accused of copyright
    infringement: (Michael
    Geist    ),
  • CHEAP TICKETS and CHEAP TICKETS AND TRAVEL &
    DESIGN trade mark registrations expunged: Cheap Tickets and Travel Inc v
    Emall.ca Inc    : (Canadian
    Trademark Blog    ),
  • CIPO releases updated tools to assist practitioners
    in drafting and filing industrial design applications, including sample
    drawings: (ipblog.ca),
  • ITWorldCanada covers emergence of Business
    Coalition for Balanced Copyright as key voice in copyright debate: (Michael Geist),
  • Canadian government submitts comments to US government
    on continuing ICANN oversight: (Michael Geist),
  • Discussion of Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC)
    proposal for full legalization of peer-to-peer file sharing by adding a $5 levy
    to the monthly Internet bill: (Michael Geist), (Techdirt), (Michael Geist),
  • National Union of Public and General Employees
    calls for net neutrality consultations: (Michael Geist),
  • Minister Jim Prentice faces questions on Conservative
    Party copyright infringement: (Michael Geist),
  • Liberals argue Prentice should step aside on
    copyright: (Michael
    Geist    ), (Techdirt),
  • Canadians play lead role in ‘Books 2.0’: (Michael Geist)

China

Europe

  • First
    300 registered community design decisions now available: (IPKat),
  • Registered
    community designs invalidated in 65% of first 300 decisions published by OHIM:
    (IP
    Updates    ),
  • Google
    argues against European data protection leaders’ plan to make IP addresses
    ‘personal data’: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • EU
    Commissioner Charlie McCreevy calls for 95 year copyright for sound recordings:
    (IMPACT),
  • EU seeks
    privacy safeguards with radio frequency identification tags: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • Patent
    owners brace for rising fees in Europe: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • EC responds
    to Microsoft’s interoperability announcements: (John Carroll), (Out-Law),
  • EC
    imposes 899 million Euro penalty on Microsoft for non-compliance with 2004 antitrust
    ruling: (IPwar’s),
    (Out-Law), (IAM),
  • Standards
    Body weighs Microsoft’s competing format for document sharing: (Intellectual Property
    Watch    ),
  • Council
    of Europe lurches forward to create
    broadcasters rights: (IP
    Justice    ),
  • Europe’s
    data protection watchdogs warn that internet companies that do any personal
    data processing in Europe must comply with its privacy laws even if they are
    based outside of Europe: (Out-Law),
  • ECJ
    rules that ‘only cheeses bearing the PDO “Parmagiano Reggiano” can be sold
    under the name “Parmesan”’: (IPKat),
    (Class
    46    ), (Catch
    Us If You Can!!!    ), (more from IPKat), (IP
    Updates    ), (IP
    Law360    ),
  • New OHIM
    practice manual on its way: (Class
    46    ),
  • EU and
    US team up to seize 360,000 fake chips: (Out-Law),
  • OHIM
    recognizes two new ‘world expositions’ – ‘Water and sustainable development
    expo’, Spain and ‘Better
    city, better life expo’, China:
    (Class
    46    ),
  • Trade
    marks and cognitive science: (Class
    46    ),
  • INTA roundtable:
    ‘CTM with reputation – enforcement issues’ – Alicante
    (Spain),
    10 March 2008: (IPR-Helpdesk),
  • Maple motifs
    and national emblems: CFI allows appeal against OHIM refusal to register RW
    figurative mark as a CTM: Clothing Associates SA v OHIM: (Class
    46    ),
  • CFI finds
    WORLDLINK, figurative LINK sufficiently similar to cause confusion: Citigroup,
    Inc (formerly Citicorp) v OHIM, Link Interchange Network Ltd    : (Class
    46    )

France

  • French
    Commission on intangible economy publishes follow-up report: (IPR-Helpdesk),
  • France seeks to add French gastronomy to UNESCO World
    Heritage List: (Class
    46    ), (IPKat)

Germany

  • Cancellation
    request for German trade mark ‘Vollmond-Salami’: (Class
    46    ),
  • German
    Patent and Trade Mark Office reports on effect of new case law regarding retail
    services: (Class
    46    ),
  • Nuremburg
    Zoo commences proceedings against confectionary maker Fair Field over rights to
    the trade marks FLOCKE, FLOCKE THE POLAR BEAR, and FLOCKE THE POLAR BEAR CUB: (IPKat),
    (Catch
    Us If You Can!!!    ),
  • German
    Federal Constitutional Court: unauthorised government surveillance of personal
    computers breaches individual’s right to privacy: (Catch
    Us If You Can!!!    ), (IPKat),
    (Ars
    Technica    ), (Techdirt),
    (Electronic
    Frontier Foundation    )

Greece

  • Unauthorised youtube.gr domain cancelled in Greece: (Class
    46    )

India

  • Rural
    Innovations Network tells urban counterparts its time to catch up in terms of
    innovation: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Search
    for traditional remedies for Bird Flu: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Indiaa R&D outsourcing hub – Is the sheen wearing
    off?: (Spicy
    IP    ),

  • Society
    for Technology Management to host graduate course in IPR and technology
    transfer, Ooty, 13-16 April: (IPKat),
  • Telegraph India article on dispute
    between India and Pakistan over
    GI protection for Sozni shawls: (IPKat),
  • Tea Board
    plans to obtain GI protection for teas from Assam and the Nilgiris: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Increased
    need for specialized IP Rights Bench: (International
    Law Office    ),
  • Learning
    from the TVS/Bajaj patent spat: (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ),
  • High
    Court grants injunction preventing Span Diagnostics from making or selling any
    diagnostic test that might infringe J Mitra’s HCV-TRIDOT patent: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Case at
    Delhi High Court suggests that the Mumbai
    and Chennai Patent Offices have granted exclusive rights to identical
    technologies claimed by two separate companies: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Basmati
    GI stirs up new protests: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • YouTube
    and T-Series given time to settle copyright infringement dispute: (contentSutra)
  • Italy ‘Made in Italy’ does not necessarily mean made in
    the Italian way: (43(B)log)

Netherlands

  • Luba
    against Lunajob – Likelihood of confusion?: District Court in The Hague decides
    on a trade mark infringement case between two temporary employment agencies: (Class
    46    ),
  • District
    Court of The Hague finds Mulder & Schneider BV infringed on Perfetti Van
    Melle SpA’s ‘Chupa Chup’ trade mark by using an adaption of the mark on its
    porn site: (Class
    46    ),

New Zealand

Thailand

United Kingdom

  • British
    MP puts forward Private Members’ Bill to extend copyright for sound recordings:
    (IPKat),
  • UK
    government considers plan for making ISPs implement anti-piracy systems by
    2009: (Ars
    Technica    ), (Techdirt),
    (Public Knowledge),
  • BBC
    Radio 4 to broadcast programs on ‘global war between the defenders of IP and
    those determined to share it’ (25-29 Feb): (IMPACT),
  • National
    Consumer Council files complaint with the Office of Fair Trading, claiming
    software licences are unfair: (Out-Law),
  • 11th
    Burrell Competition Lecture on IP and competition law – monopolists v
    anti-monopolists: (IPKat),
  • British
    ISPs hand over your surfing data to (former?) spyware firm for the purpose of
    generating advertisements based on your surfing history: (Techdirt),
  • BlackBerry
    maker, Research In Motion, prevails in UK patent clash against Visto Corp: (IP
    Law360    )

United States

US General

  • Office of
    Management and Budget receives additional submission regarding PTO rules
    packages: (Patent
    Docs    ), (PLI),
  • Ed
    Markey’s Net Neutrality Bill: (Public Knowledge),
  • Andy
    Kessler’s Wall Street Journal article explaining why we need a Broadband
    Competition Act, not a Net Neutrality Act: (Techdirt),
  • Top ten
    cyberlaw trends: (Chicago
    IP Litigation Blog    ),
  • Citation
    of blogs by law reviews: (IPBiz),
    (further comments – IPBiz),
    (IPBiz reader comments – IPBiz),
  • Lawrence
    Lessig decides not to run for Congress: (Cairns),
    (Techdirt),
    (Ars
    Technica    ), (Lessig),
  • Washington
    and California looking to outlaw obtaining RFID data without consent: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • World Research
    Group webinar on bankruptcy and IP, 28 March 2008: (Philip
    Brooks    ),
  • Department
    of Justice touts increase in counterfeiting prosecutions; stiff sentences: (The
    Counterfeit Blog    ),
  • If it’s
    property why no property tax: (Against Monopoly)

US Patent Reform

US Patents

US Copyright

  • Columbia Teachers College: no rules governing plagiarism?: (IPBiz),
  • On punishing plagiarizers and falsifiers: (IPBiz),
  • Do law schools promote a culture of copying?: (IPBiz),

  • New bill proposed in Tennessee
    state senate aims to reduce copyright infringement at universities by forcing
    the schools to become anti-piracy enforcers: (Ars
    Technica    ),

  • An idea by any other name: (Patry
    Copyright Blog    ),
  • HR4279 –
    Protecting Intellectual Property (Pro-IP): (Counterfeit
    Blog    ),
  • How
    ‘free’ has even more value than people think it should: (Techdirt),
  • Surfer
    plagiarism and rules for bloggers: (IPBiz)

US Trademarks

  • Cyberlawyer
    gives up attempt to register ‘Cyberlaw’ as a trade mark: (Techdirt),
  • With
    counterfeiting, you want government in your business: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Unfriendly
    shores? Recent developments in US
    law may trouble foreign trade mark owners: (TTABlog)

US – Companies / Entities

  • Abbott
    Laboraties – Federal jury finds Church & Dwight Co’s pregnancy test patents
    valid and awards damages of $14.6 million in patent battle with Abbott
    Laboraties: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Accenture
    – Top Accenture scientist patents system for ‘rapid knowledge transfer among
    workers’ for offshoring jobs: (Techdirt), (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Advanced
    Micro Devices – AMD files suit against Samsung Electronics for alleged
    infringement of six semiconductor patents: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • American
    Express – Privasys files patent infringement suit against American Express over
    its ExpressPay system: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Apple –Utah couple, James and
    Marguerite Driessen file patent infringement suit against Apple and Starbucks
    over ‘retail point of sale apparatus for internet merchandising’: (Ars
    Technica    ), (Against
    Monopoly    ),
  • Apple – Caller ID
    patent holder, Romek Figa, files infringement suit against Apple over iPhone: (IP
    Law360    ), (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • Aristocrat
    Technologies Australia – Summary judgment of indefiniteness in claim
    construction was ruled in error because “genuine issues of material fact
    remained pertinent”: Aristocrat Technologies Australia v Multimedia
    Games    : (Patent
    Prospector    ), (IPBiz),
    (Peter
    Zura’s 271 Patent Blog    ), (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Aristocrat
    Technologies – Pending case Aristocrat Technologies v IGT before the
    CAFC concerns reviving unintentionally abandoned patent applications and will
    decide the scope of PTO authority in advance of Tafas v Dudas: (Patently-O),
  • ARM
    Holdings Plc – Federal Appellate Court upholds non-infringement summary
    judgment awarded to ARM Holdings in its patent dispute with Nazomi over Java
    accelerator hardware: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Atlanta
    Attachment Co – Sale of prototype sewing machine before critical date created
    on-sale bar: Atlanta Attachment Co v Leggett & Platt, Inc: (IP
    Law Observer    ), (Patently-O),
    (IP
    Updates    ), (IP
    Law360    ), (IPBiz),
    (Intellectual
    Property Directions    ),
  • Black
    & Decker – Claim construction reversal requires new trial: Black & Decker,
    Inc v Robert Bosch Tool Corp    : (Chicago
    IP Litigation Blog    ),
  • Blackboard
    – Jury finds Desire2Learn infringed Blackboard’s patent and awards $3.1 million:
    (EDTexweblog.com),
    (Patent
    Prospector    ), (Patent Troll
    Tracker    ), (Securing
    Innovation    ), (IPBiz),
    (Techdirt),
    (Michael Geist),
    (EDTexweblog.com),
  • BUC
    International – 11th Circuit rules that the one-satisfaction rule
    applies to copyright infringement actions: BUC International Corp v International
    Yacht Council Ltd    : (Patry
    Copyright Blog    ),
  • Chamberlain
    Group – Federal Circuit reverses lower court’s construction of ‘binary code’: Chamberlain
    Group v Lear    : (Chicago
    IP Litigation Blog    ), (Patently-O),
  • College
    Entrance Examination Board – Karen Dillard College Prep LP files countersuit
    claiming CEEB’s copyright infringement suit was an attempt to eliminate
    competition: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • CytoDyn
    – CytoDyn alleging unjust enrichment in taking of patents and trademarks did
    not allow award of attorneys’ fees to Amerimmune Pharm under California
    Trade Secrets Act     despite erroneous claim for attorneys’ fees under Trade
    Secrets Act     in prayer for relief: (IP
    Law Observer    ),
  • Dako – CAFC
    hands down decision in dispute over DNA screening patents: The Regents of
    the University of California bbot v
    Dako: (Patent
    Prospector    ) Abbot v
    Dako    : (Patent
    Prospector    )
  • Dell –
    Motion Computing, Dell’s co-defendant in a tablet PC patent suit brought by
    Typhoon Touch Technologies and Nova Mobility Systems, settles: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • eBay –
    Software Information Industry Association says 90% of software sold on eBay is
    pirated: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • eBay –
    eBay acquires three patents from MercExchange in order to end long-running
    legal dispute: (Ars
    Technica    ), (Techdirt),
    (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Elliott
    Management Corp – Elliott sues Cedar Hill Capital Partners LLC accusing the
    rival of secret conspiracy to steal confidential trading software with the help
    of two Elliott employees: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Evans
    Engineering – Evans Engineering and inventor Robert W Evans have accused rival
    Impact Selector of infringing on a patent for oil drilling technology: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Foo
    Fighters – Foo Fighters files copyright infringe
  • Global
    Patent Holdings – GPH lawyers emphasise low wealth and health problems of
    inventors in GPH patent dispute with Boca Resort: (Techdirt),
  • Google –
    Google announces pilot project that would allow users to combine all their
    personal health records into a single new service that would be as accessible
    as a Gmail account – World Privacy Forum raises privacy concerns: (Electronic
    Frontier Foundation    ),
  • IBM –
    IBM applies for patent for ‘method and structure for automated crediting to
    customers for waiting’: (IPBiz),
  • Learning
    Curve – District Court holds that Schrock lacks copyright in his photos of
    Learning Curve’s products because they are derivative works and Learning Curve had
    never granted authority to register any copyright interest in these derivative
    works: (43(B)log),
    (Chicago
    IP Litigation Blog    ),
  • Mattel
    Inc – 9th Circuit reverses summary judgment on trademark
    infringement, dilution and copyright claims in dispute between toy makers: Jada
    Toys, Inc v Mattel, Inc: (IP
    Law Observer    ),
  • Medtronic
    – District Court holds Medtronic and the law firm representing them, McDermott
    Will & Emery, liable for Brainlab’s costs in the patent infringement case
    brought by Medtronic: (Patent Prospector),
    (Peter
    Zura’s 271 Patent Blog    ), (IP
    Updates    ), (Patent
    Prospector    ), (Techdirt),
  • Medtronic
    – Feder

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