IP Think Tank Global Week in Review – 22 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

  • What is IP value all about?: (Part I – IP
    finance    ), (Part II – IP
    finance    ),
  • Candidates for WIPO Director General: (Innovationpartners),
  • Cross retaliation at the WTO: Why I think WIPO is wrong: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Officials outline international organisations’ IP enforcement policies: (Intellectual Property
    Watch    ),
  • Don’t trust IP to the Post Office!: (Securing
    Innovation    ),
  • IP in unconventional industries: (Cairns)
  • Global – Trade
    Marks / Domain Names / Brands
  • ICANN
    panel questions Network Solutions on domain name frontrunning: (Ars
    Technica    ), (Out-Law),
  • ICANN:
    New TLD’s policy: (Class 46),

  • ICANN
    not yet ready to sever ties to US government: (IP
    Justice    ),

  • Comments
    to the US government on review of joint project agreement with ICANN: (IP
    Justice    ),

  • Domain
    names are bigger than trade marks: ICANN’s new consumer protection role: (IP
    Justice    ),
  • WIPO:
    domain name 4711.org registered in bad faith: Mäurer Wirtz GmbH & Co.
    KG v Lajos Kiss, Delux Befektetes    : (Class
    46    ),
  • WIPO:
    domain name audiexperience.com should be transferred to Audi: Audi AG v Mike
    Gillespie, Gillespie Auto Group    : (Class
    46    ),
  • WIPO:
    Financial magazine The Economist fails in attempt to gain control of domain
    name theeconomist.com because registrant had not heard of the magazine at time
    of registration: (Out-Law),
  • Domain
    hijacking: (Dilanchian),
  • Animals
    in trade mark design?: (Class
    46    ),
  • Paper
    on virtual trade marks: (Innovationpartners)

Global – Patents

Pharma & Biotech

Pharma & Biotech – General

  • 29
    Billion reasons to litigate?: (IP
    ThinkTank    ),
  • When
    does the patent expire?: (GenericsWeb),
  • EU: Pharmaceutical sector enquiry regarding possible
    misuse of IP rights: (GenericsWeb),
  • India:
    Indian government seeks to be a leader in deep sea bed mining to provide
    competitive edge for pharmaceutical companies in the development of new drugs:
    (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • India : Medical
    Devices Regulation Bill formulated: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • India : Pharma gets bigger
    – Novo Nordisk and Merck & Co expansion plans: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • India : US patent reform and the Indian generics market: (Patent Prospector),
  • India : Patent laws under scrutiny:
    Biotechnology Industry Association seek changes: (Spicy
    IP    ), (more from Spicy
    IP    ),
  • India : IP rights and genetic resources: the role of the
    National Biodiversity Authority: (International
    Law Office    ),
  • Nigeria :
    National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to deploy
    holographs in fight against fake drugs: (Afro-IP),
  • Thailand : WHO report on TRIPs flexibilities and
    access to medicines in Thailand :
    (Spicy
    IP    ),

  • UK: Roundabout trade avoids trade mark infringement,
    says Court of Appeal: Eli Lilly and Co & Anor v 8PM Chemist Ltd: (IPKat),
  • UK : Court of Appeal delivers verdict in Boehringer
    Ingelheim v Swingward     trade mark dispute involving reboxing of drugs and parallel
    importation: (IPKat),
  • US: Follow-on biologics and patent
    reform – Will they discourage venture capital investment in the biotechnology
    industry?: (GenericsWeb),
  • US: Dr Robert Shapiro discusses
    follow-on biologics report: (Patent
    Docs    ),
  • US: New report identifies $387
    billion in savings from generic biologics: (Holman’s
    Biotech IP Blog    ),
  • US: Can approval of biogenerics
    really save money?: (Patent
    Baristas    ),
  • Vietnam : new developments in patent protection for medical
    uses: (Patent
    Docs    ),
  • Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation licenses stem
    cell patents to BioTime: (IPBiz)

Pharma & Biotech – Products

  • Floxin
    (Ofloxacin) –US Supreme Court declines Daiichi Sankyo’s request for appeal of
    CAFC decision reversing Daichii’s initial win in its ofloxacin patent
    infringement case against Apotex: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Galvus
    (Vildagliptin) – Indian patent granted to Novartis for anti-diabetic drug
    Vildagliptin: (Patent
    Circle    ),
  • Isentress
    (Raltegravir) – Indian patent granted to Merck for antiretroviral drug Raltegravir:
    (Patent
    Circle    ),
  • Kogenate
    (Recombinant factor VIII) – Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc and Novo
    Nordisk file patent suit against Bayer AG and its US subsidiary for patent
    infringement over Kogenate, hemophilia treatment: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Lipitor
    (Atorvastatin) – Netherlands High Court upholds validity of Pfizer’s Lipitor
    patent preventing Ranbaxy from launching its generic version until patent
    expiry in November 2011: (Spicy
    IP    ), (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Mircera
    (Methoxy polythylene glycol-epoetin beta) – Amgen reiterates desire for permanent injunction against Roche distributing
    Mircera in the US market, following Roche’s proposal to pay 20% royalty on
    Mircera’s US sales: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Provigil
    (Modafinil) – US FTC files complaint against Cephalon alleging the company paid
    four generic drug manufacturers (Ranbaxy, Teva, Mylan and Barr) to delay entry
    as part of litigation settlements: (IP
    Law360    ), (IP
    Law360    ), (Spicy
    IP    ),

  • Seroquel
    (Quetiapine) – AstraZeneca says no to patent deal talks because it expects to
    prevail in US patent disputes over Nexium (Esomeprazole) and Seroquel: (TherapeuticsDaily),

  • Solanesol
    – Central Tobacco Research Institute has patented Solanesol, a medical
    substance from tobacco: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Soliris
    (Eculizumab) – Alexion Pharmaceuticals agrees to pay $10 million to Oklahoma
    Medical Research Foundation to settle Soliris patent dispute: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Tarceva
    (Erlotinib) – Legal issues involved in Roche’s Indian case against CIPLA over
    Tarceva (Part 2): (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ),

  • Tarceva (Erlotinib) – Indian government to consider next week whether to
    grant compulsory licenses to Natco for the exportation of generic versions of
    Tarceva and Sutent (Sunitinib) to Nepal : (Intellectual Property
    Watch    ), (GenericsWeb),

  • Taxotere (Docetaxel) – Thailand Government Pharmaceutical Organisation signs
    deal with Dabur Pharma to distribute generic breast and lung cancer treatment in
    Thailand despite uncertainty over compulsory licensing in the country: (Spicy
    IP    )

Africa

  • Ivory
    Coast breaks ranks, goes for EPA with Europe :
    (Afro-IP),
  • Cape Town hosts WIPO’s 2008 IP executive course in April: (Afro-IP),
  • Arab world makes progress in IPR
    protection, says Business Soft Alliance, citing Morocco: (Afro-IP),
  • Crocs counterfeit raid stands up in
    SA High Court decision: (Afro-IP),
  • Zambia steps up the fight against pirates: (Afro-IP)

Australia

  • Rudd Government considers
    three-strikes policy against computer users who download songs illegally: (LawFont.com),
    (Techdirt),
    (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • Decision in Review Australia Pty
    Ltd v Innovative Lifestyle Investments Pty Ltd     concerning a registered
    design for a garment: (IP
    Down Under    ),
  • Good news for parallel importers –
    bad news for copyright owners: The Polo/Lauren Co L.P v Ziliani Holdings Pty
    Ltd    : (IP
    Down Under    ),
  • Australian governments embrace
    creative commons licensing: (Michael Geist)

Austria

  • Austrian
    Standards Institute on trade mark valuation: (IP
    finance    )

Benelux

  • Benelux
    Court of Justice rules on bad faith trade mark infringement and a claim for an
    account of profits: Michel Company Inc v IWC: (Class
    46    )

Brazil

  • Brazilian government publishes bill
    on bioprospecting/biopiracy: (Patent
    Baristas    )

Canada

  • CMPDA claims camcording all but
    disappears in Canada:
    (Michael Geist),
  • Independent report blasts Access
    Copyright over lack of transparency: (Michael Geist),
  • Gilberto Gil, Brazilian Culture
    Minister and musician, on copyright: (Michael Geist), (IP
    Justice    ),
  • National Post joins the copyright
    debate: (Michael
    Geist    ),
  • Canadian authors get short end of
    copyright collective stick: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • Canadian Heritage Committee seeks a
    say in copyright reform: (Michael Geist),
  • Corporate giants call for copyright
    compromise: (Michael
    Geist    ),
  • Montreal Gazette: Richard Stobbe on IP rights in the context
    of the internet: (ipblog.ca),

China

  • Calculation of trade mark
    infringement damages in China:
    (IP
    finance    ),
  • MPA files suit against Xunlei
    Networking Technology Co. in China
    after the company allegedly made it easy for subscribers to download US films online:
    (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • Chinese IP teleconferences – 19, 26
    February: (China
    Law Blog    ),
  • International Olympic Committee issues official blogging rules for athletes
    participating in Beijing Olympics: (Techdirt), (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • Chinese government scolds search
    engine, Baidu, for allowing internet users to access controversial celebrity
    images: (Techdirt),
  • Counterfeit iPhones smuggled
    outside China; genuine
    iPhones smuggled back into China:
    (IP
    Dragon    ),
  • Apple in China, Part 1: Apple takes an
    unfair beating on iPhone: (The China
    Game    ),
  • Supreme People’s Court’s 18 Feb 08
    judicial explanation on trade marks, enterprise names, and other prior existing
    rights: (China
    Business Law Blog    ),
  • Waves of changes in Chinese patent
    law and regulations: (Philip
    Brooks    ),
  • China innovation. And when will that be?: (China
    Law Blog    ),
  • Chinese patent trials to allow
    foreign experts as reference, not evidence: (IP
    Updates    ),
  • Seminars on IP valuation,
    litigation and damages issues in the US and surveys on attendants’
    attitudes: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Registering a trade mark in China: (Ezine
    @rticles    )

Ecuador

  • Creative commons licence drafts
    from Ecuador and Norway enter
    public discussion: (creativecommons.org)

Europe

  • Call for copyright extension for
    performers: (John Carroll),
    (The
    IP Factor    ), (Spicy
    IP    ), (Public Knowledge),
    (IPR-Helpdesk),
    (Techdirt),
    (Innovationpartners),
  • European research discussion, IP
    input urgently needed: (IPEG),
  • Contributions submitted in response
    to the green paper in the European Research Area: (IPR-Helpdesk),
  • Bundesgerichtshof refers
    ‘Bayerisches Bier’ to the ECJ to consider questions regarding extent of
    protection awarded to a GI under Council Regulation (EEC) 2081/92: (Class
    46    ), (IPKat),
  • CFI rules Orsay’s pink CTM
    applications are confusingly similar to the prior Spanish registration for
    D’ORSAY: Orsay GmbH v OHIM: (Class
    46    ),
  • ECJ ruling values confidentiality
    ahead of transparency in Case C-450/06 Varec SA v Belgium, Diehl Remschied
    GmbH & Co intervening    : (IPKat),
  • European carmakers use home courts
    to block alleged Chinese copies: (Intellectual Property
    Watch    ),
  • EU skeptical on Microsoft’s
    interoperability conversion: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • EU Parliament demands action on
    criminal IP penalties: (Out-Law),
    (IP
    Law360    ),
  • European Commission announces new
    investments in EU-Asia research cooperation: (IPR-Helpdesk)

France

  • CHASSELAS DE MOISSAC wins over a
    number of other terms used by local producers to be the future PDO for grapes:
    (Class
    46    )

Germany

  • Germany working toward implementation of the London
    Agreement: (IPKat)

India

  • Indian auto sector catching up with
    global counterparts in terms of technology, and litigation over technology: Bajaj
    v TVS    : (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Madras High Court grants order
    restraining TVS from manufacturing and selling their new Flame 125 bikes: Bajaj
    v TVS    : (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ), (Spicy
    IP    ), (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • GI protection for ‘Karbi Anglong
    ginger’ and other spices: (Spicy IP),
  • India and Pakistan work jointly to register GI for Basmati rice but no such harmony between the
    nations over GI protection for Pashmina: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Gujarat: Is the general level of industrial progress an
    accurate index of a State’s IP awareness?: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Indian gaming industry and IP
    creation: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Society for Technology Management:
    International conference on IP and technology transfer – 13-16 April: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • IP delegation from Japan to
    emphasise importance of protecting intellectual property in a situation of a
    burgeoning economy: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Exporting Bayh Dole to India: whither
    transparency?: (Part I – Spicy
    IP    ), (Part II – Spicy
    IP    ),
  • WIPO Director General race on, but no Indian running: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Recent case suggests Indian Patent Office may have granted same patent to
    two entities: (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Indian diamond industry: ‘Brighter’ times ahead (new technology and IP
    rights): (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Bharatmatrimony obtains restraining order over domain name: (contentSutra),
    (Spicy
    IP    ),
  • Good news for movie watchers – Moser Baer has developed an innovative
    strategy to fight copyright infringement: (Spicy
    IP    ),

  • NLSIU to hold national symposium on challenges to India ’s patent regime – 12, 13
    April: (Spicy
    IP    )

Iraq

  • Iraq waives Israel Boycott declaration requirement: (The
    IP Factor    )

Italy

  • Italian government seeks GI protection for Radicchio di Chioggia for cabbages:
    (Class
    46    ),
  • New national legislation infringes EU copyright law: (International
    Law Office    )

Korea

  • Korean University Professor Lee
    Keung-hae wins patent infringement case against Microsoft: (Patent
    Prospector    ),

Kosovo

  • Declaration of Kosovo independence
    and IP rights: (IPKat)

Luxembourg

  • ECJ rules that Luxembourg failed to implement provisions of IP
    Enforcement Directive:Commission des Communautés européennes v Grand-Duché
    de Luxembourg    :
    (IPKat)

Norway

  • Creative commons licence drafts
    from Ecuador and Norway enter
    public discussion: (creativecommons.org)

Russia

  • New Russian law focuses on domain
    names, licences: (Class
    46    )

Spain

  • Spanish PTO will use email to notify parties not having a domicile in Spain: (Class
    46    )

United Kingdom

  • ISP’s don’t want to enforce ‘three strikes’ rule
    for copyright abusers: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • UK ISPs to start tracking your
    surfing to serve you advertisements: (Techdirt),
  • Intellectual property rights and
    software protection – a programmer’s view: (Ezine
    @rticles    ),
  • Settlement agreement clause not to
    challenge patent validity may be void in Europe,
    says England & Wales Patent Court: Knorr-Bremse
    Systems for Commercial Vehicles Ltd v Haldex Brake Products GmbH    : (IP
    Updates    ), (IPKat),
  • Budweiser trade mark dispute on
    again, in Chancery Division this time: Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik v
    Anheuser-Busch Inc.    : (IPKat),
  • CPA to float? UK patent
    service providers report record profits: (IAM),
  • Franchisor wins trade mark appeal
    but is given ‘little hope’ of damages: Gary Fearns (t/a Autopaint
    International) v Anglo-Dutch Paint & Chemical Co & Ors    : (IPKat),
  • BBC Radio 4 to broadcast programs
    on ‘global war between the defenders of IP and those determined to share it’
    (25-29 Feb) and specifically on trade marks (26 Feb): (Class
    46    ),
  • Information Commissioner: ‘Data
    protection and privacy have come of age’: (IMPACT),
  • Facebook bows to protest and allows
    account deletion: (Out-Law),
  • Lawyers penalized for data
    protection breach: (Out-Law),
  • Information Tribunal orders
    disclosure of legal advice on public interest grounds: (IMPACT)

United States

US
General

US Patent
Reform

  • The PTO is not broken – please
    don’t fix: (PLI),Vote on patent reform delayed: (Anticipate
    This!    ), (IAM),

  • Patent reform is again before Washington legislators,
    as Congress continue to fail to reach a consensus on the legislation: (Intellectual
    Property Law Blog    ),

  • BIO CEO provides update on patent
    reform and follow-on biologics legislation: (Part II – Patent
    Docs    ),

  • Patent reform losing steam in the
    Senate: (PLI),Discussion of Senators Leahy and
    Hatch’s Washington Times editorial: (Patently-O),
    (IPBiz),

  • Response to Senators Leahy and
    Hatch’s Washington Times editorial by George Margolin of the Professional
    Inventors Alliance: (Patent Prospector),

  • Patent reform could protect Data
    Treasury defendants: (Techdirt),

  • The (Un)intended consequences of
    the law (how proposed patent reform could assist Data Treasury defendants, The
    Medicines Company and others): (Patent
    Docs    ),

  • Patent reform could hurt
    innovation, economy according to study: (IP
    Law360    ),

  • Patent reform could increase
    deficit by $1.4 billion according to Congressional Budget Office estimate: (IP
    Law360    ),

  • Provision of reform bill will
    triple cost of patents: (IP
    Law360    ),

  • Are VCs, rather than patent law,
    thwarting innovation?: (IPBiz),

  • Brian Yost on patent reform: (IPBiz),

  • Judge Michel on patent reform: (Patent
    Docs    ),

  • CAFC on patent reform: (Patent
    Prospector    ),

  • Bernard Frieder on patent reform: (Patent
    Prospector    ),

  • US patent system: don’t fix the system, fix the
    people: (PLI),

  • Patent Reform Act goes down to the
    wire: (IAM),

  • Suppressing innovation? – comments
    on earlier post ‘An unwitting dupe, duped again?’: (IPBiz)

US
Patents

US
Copyright

  • Discussion
    of Zahr Said Stauffer article: ‘Po-mo karaoke’ or postcolonial pastiche? What
    fair use analysis could draw from literary criticism: (43(B)log),
  • Could US copyright law be in for a change?: (The
    IP Factor    ),
  • Fraud
    and preemption: Shuptrine v McDougal Littell: (Patry
    Copyright Blog    ),
  • Researcher
    maps out plan to target BitTorrent uploaders: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • LA
    Times article on whether file sharing amounts to stealing: (Techdirt),
  • While
    US blames P2P for everything, EU invests money in it: (Techdirt),
  • Copyright
    Registrar requires separate license determination under sections 112 and 114: (IP
    Updates    )
  • The owner of the SAT college
    entrance exam, CEEB sues Karen Dillard College Prep LP for copyright
    infringement, claiming that KDCP copied and distributed stolen materials to
    students: (IP
    Law360    ),

US
Trademarks

US
– Companies / Entities

  • adidas America – Court finds in
    favour of adidas in its product design trade dress infringement case against
    Payless Shoesource: (43(B)log),
  • Advanced Micro Devices – Federal Judge
    hands down order meant to resolve loose ends in patent case between Silicon
    Graphics and AMD but AMD asks for
    clarification to ensure record is accurate in case SGI lodges an appeal: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • American Civil Liberties Union – US
    Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in ACLU’s privacy case against the US
    government over the NSA’s program of tapping phone lines without a warrant: (Out-Law),
  • AT&T – Counsel Corporation
    subsidiary C2 settles patent dispute with AT&T over VoIP technology: (Philip
    Brooks    ), (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Atlanta Attachment – CAFC reverses summary judgment of
    infringement because embodiments were on sale before critical date:
  • Atlanta Attachment v Leggett & Platt: (Patent
    Prospector    ),
  • Boston Scientific – Radiologist, Dr
    Bruce N Saffran’s award jumps to $501 million in patent infringement case
    against Boston Scientific after judge adds $69 million in interest: (Spicy
    IP    ), (IP
    Law360    ), (Patent
    Troll Tracker    ), (Patent Prospector),
  • Broadcom – Federal Judge rules that
    doctrine of laches bars software engineer, Mark Moore, from bringing claims
    against Broadcom over patent on TV recording and replaying technology: (IP
    Law360    ), (Peter
    Zura’s 271 Patent Blog    ),
  • CardioFocus – CardioFocus sues nine
    competitors for patent infringement over laser heart device: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Chamberlain Group – Inconsistency
    in claim construction results in CAFC’s reversal of preliminary injunction: Chamberlain
    Group v Lear    : (Patent
    Prospector    ), (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Data Network Storage – Data Network
    Storage launches patent infringement suit against Hewlett-Packard Co, Dell, and
    Network Appliance over data storage system: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Emergis Techs – Federal Circuit
    reverses construction but upholds noninfringement in Emergis’ patent
    infringement case against PNM Resources & Otter Tail Corporation: (Chicago
    IP Litigation Blog    ),
  • Enkay Rubber Co – Indian company,
    Enkay sues Score American Soccer Co, Uniroyal Goorich and Michelin NA for
    infringement of its US patent relating to bladder shells for inflatable balls:
    (Spicy
    IP    )
  • Erico International – CAFC: As a
    matter of law, preliminary injunction defeated by ‘casting doubt’ on patent’s
    validity: Erico Int’l v Vutec Doc’s Marketing: (Patently-O),
    (IP
    Updates    ), (Peter
    Zura’s 271 Patent Blog    ), (Patent
    Prospector    ), (Generic
    Pharmaceuticals & IP    ), (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Eva’s Bridal – Alleged destruction
    of good name states trade mark abandonment claim: Eva’s Bridal Ltd v
    Halanick Enter., Inc    .: (Chicago
    IP Litigation Blog    ),
  • Google – Former Google contractor
    sues Google claiming the idea for ‘Google Sky’ was his: (Techdirt),
  • Implicit Networks – Implicit
    Networks launches patent lawsuit against AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, Raza, RealNetworks
    and Sun over data processing system: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • Intel – Wisconsin Alumni Research
    Foundation sues Intel for infringement of a patent covering a circuit developed
    at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: (IPBiz),
  • Intel – High Court won’t hear
    patent battle over microprocessor technology brought by now defunct All
    Computers Inc against Intel: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Lennon – Yoko Ono clarifies Lennon
    trade mark dispute with a singer Lennon Murphy: (Techdirt),
  • Mars Company – New York street
    theatre performer known as the ‘The Naked Cowboy’ sues Mars company for trade
    mark infringement over their advertisement involving animated M&Ms wearing
    underwear and cowboy hats set in a virtual Times Square: (Techdirt), (IPBiz),
    (Counterfeit
    Chic    ),
  • 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: (IP
    Directions    ),
  • Microsoft – Microsoft launches
    initiative to foster better interoperability with competing products and
    technologies: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • Motorola – Motorola brings patent
    infringement lawsuit against Research in Motion (RIM) over cell phone
    technologies, RIM files patent infringement countersuit: (Techdirt), (PLI),
    (IP
    Law360    ), (Patent
    Prospector    ), (Out-Law),
  • Northbrook Digital Corp – Federal
    Judge rules software used by now-defunct Browster infringed five of Northbrook’s web-browsing patents: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Nuijten – CAFC denies en banc
    rehearing – decision of non-patentability for signal claims stands: In Re
    Petrus A.C.M. Nuijten    : (PLI),
  • Oracle – Federal Judge orders Oracle
    and SAP AG into mediation to resolve their trade secrets feud: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Phoenix Solutions – Phoenix
    Solutions sues DirecTV Group, alleging that interactive voice response system
    the defendant uses to field calls from customers infringes four patents related
    to computer-based speech recognition technology: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Pirate Bay –
    Prince, The Village People and others to launch lawsuits against BitTorrent
    tracker, Pirate Bay , in US and Swedish courts: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • Rembrandt IP – Rembrandt IP seeks
    huge patent licensee fees from cable companies, television broadcasters: (Techdirt),
  • Retractable Technologies –
    Retractable Technologies sues RadioShack, Fry’s Electronics and Belkin
    International for infringement of its retractable USB cable patent: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • RIAA – Improper joiner rulings,
    sanctions threats don’t deter RIAA: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • RIAA – Judge dismisses malicious
    prosecution lawsuit brought by Tanya Andersen against RIAA and MediaSentry: (Ars
    Technica    ),
  • RIAA – In leaked ‘training video’
    put together by the RIAA for the National District Attorneys Association, RIAA
    representatives talk about how prosecutors can use music piracy charges to go
    after drug dealers and terrorists: (Techdirt),
  • Sandata – Sandata loses bid to
    dismiss antitrust counterclaims brought by Infocrossing in response to
    Sandata’s patent suit over health care worker monitoring systems: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Sanofi-Aventis – Sanofi-Aventis
    files suit against Safety Syringes Inc in attempt to defend itself against
    patent infringement allegations that are part of a different lawsuit Safety
    Syringes has filed against Plastef Investissements: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • SCO – Stephen Norris Capital
    Partners finances reorganization of SCO and plans for SCO to pursue Novell/IBM
    litigation aggressively despite the company’s earlier litigation failure: (Ars
    Technica    ), (Techdirt),
    (IP
    Law360    ), (Against
    Monopoly    ),
  • SMC – ITC Judge rules that SMC did
    not infringe Norgren Inc’s patent relating to pneumatic devices: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Smith & Nephew – Federal Judge
    approves a deal that resolves a patent suit Smith & Nephew Plc filed
    against Synthes Inc. in 2002 and dissolves a 2006 injunction: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe – Buzztime Entertainment brings trademark
    infringement lawsuit against Sony over Sony’s use of the name Buzz! and the
    tagline “It’s time to get buzzing!’ in connection with quiz games: (Class
    46    ),
  • Spirits International – TTAB rules
    ordinary American purchasers include those knowledgeable in English and foreign
    language, therefore Spirits International’s ‘Moskovskaya’ mark meaning ‘of or
    from Moscow’ is misleading: In re Spirits International NV: (IP
    Updates    ), (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Sports Authority – Product recall
    of Fun2Fly Microcopter toys sparks copyright infringement suit involving three
    toy companies and retailer, Sports Authority: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • TomTom – TomTom launches patent
    suit against Aisin AW, alleging the company violated four patents for car
    navigation systems: (IP
    Law360    ),
  • Virgin Enterprises – Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit rules that TTAB personal subpoena power extends to foreign trade mark
    applicant corporations: Rosenruist-Gestao E Servicos LDA v Virgin
    Enterprises Ltd    : (IP
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