Unclear Grammar Lands AbbVie-Novartis IP Row In Arbitration A California federal judge on Thursday sent AbbVie Inc.’s suit seeking to nix Novartis’ hepatitis C patents to arbitration, finding that while a licensing agreement between the…
Video In Dr. Phil Imprisonment Suit Not Fair Use: Gilstrap A Texas federal judge ruled Wednesday that the submission of a video of Dr. Phil McGraw by a former CBS employee in a California state…
Apple invents another Series of Haptic Mice but has yet to bring a single version to Market Looking at some of the last reviews of Apple’s Magic Mouse 2 and at Apple forums, it’s clear…
Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear Ax Of Cleveland Clinic Test Patent The Federal Circuit on Thursday rejected the Cleveland Clinic’s request for the full court to rehear a panel decision that three of its heart disease…
Claims Survive On Both Sides In Stoli Vodka TM Battle A New York federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss trademark infringement claims by a Russian state-owned entity against two men who allegedly usurped the…
Frost Brown Adds Bio-Med Patent Expert To Ohio Office Patent attorney Courtney J. Miller had been looking for a regional platform to overcome constraints of running a high-tech intellectual property practice in Columbus, Ohio, and the…
Ex-Partner Sues Neil deGrasse Tyson For Infringement, Fraud Photographer David Gamble sued astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and their business partner in New York federal court Thursday, saying he’d been tricked into selling his ownership interest…
Intellectual Ventures Hit With Fee Shift In Patent Fight A Delaware federal judge ruled Thursday that nonpracticing entity Intellectual Ventures LLC should cover a portion of computer security company Trend Micro Inc.’s legal fees, based…
Federal Circuit Orders Rehearing En Banc in Nantkwest v. Matal The first scene in the iconic dystopian 1985 sci-fi movie Brazil by Terry Gilliam (one of the Monty Python troop) is of a peaceful citizen…
Nude Resort Can't Ax Testimony In Models' Suit Over Photos A Florida magistrate judge on Thursday declined to exclude expert testimony provided by a group of models who claim a clothing-optional resort used their images…
Atty Allegedly Caught Stealing Secrets In Medical Device Co. A Canadian and Chinese dual national who claims to be an attorney was arrested Thursday on charges he entered the secured offices of Medrobotics Corp. without…
Attorney Fees: What is the meaning of “all expenses?” In a sua sponte en banc order, the Federal Circuit has announced its intent to reevaluate the NantKwest decision permitting the PTO to recoup its attorney fees in defending…
Apple confirms the iPhone Event at the Steve Jobs Theater On Monday we posted a report titled "Multiple Sources Report that Apple’s Anniversary iPhone Event is Set for September 12," and today Apple officially sent…
Apple Reveals all-new iDevice Case Concepts for iPad & iPhone with an Embedded Keyboard & More It’s been a while since we’ve seen a fresh new accessory patent from Apple and today the US Patent…
Former ITC judge joins Hogan Lovells Former US International Trade Commission (ITC) Administrative Law Judge Theodore R Essex has joined Hogan Lovells. View the original article here: Former ITC judge joins Hogan Lovells The article…
Predictive Analytics Patent Claims Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 The court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss because the asserted claims of plaintiff’s predictive analytics patent encompassed unpatentable subject matter and found that the…
Network Gaming Patent Claims Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 The court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss on the ground that plaintiff’s network gaming patents encompassed unpatentable subject matter because the asserted claims were…
Three Major Smart Fabric Patents Surfaced today Focusing on Smart Clothing, Wearables & Future Devices Apple has a few standing patent application in regards to using future smart fabrics for various devices such as a…
Chinese Regulators are now reviewing an Antitrust Complaint Filed against Apple by 28 Chinese Developers A formal complaint against Apple that was filed in early August on behalf of 28 local developers is now being…
New Balance secures highest Chinese damages award of .47m Precedent-setting judgment tops maximum statutory amount; verdict sends ‘a victory for confidence’ for brand owners View the original article here: New Balance secures highest Chinese damages…