ITW Pillar Technologies (Hartland, WI) reports that it has been granted a patent for an on-board Maintenance Indicator for corona treatment systems. The device alerts maintenance personnel of contamination to the corona treater's ground roll,…
A recently published Apple patent describes a "Dual display equipment with enhanced visibility and suppressed reflections" and the device pictured in it looks like a MacBook with an OLED touchscreen area that replaces the traditional…
A Delaware judge on Wednesday dismissed a derivative shareholder suit against Orexigen Therapeutics Inc.’s board over the publicizing of information about an unfinished obesity-drug trial, saying there was a complete failure to show demand futility….
A New York Supreme Court judge has disqualified King & Spalding LLP from representing an animal health company in international arbitration, ruling that its past work with the company’s adversaries in the case presents a…
The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board has dismissed two challenges brought by adult entertainment streaming media company IML to streaming media patents belonging to WAG Acquisition after finding that IML failed to identify an…
Financial companies are leading the rush to file patents for tools and products based on blockchain, the ledger technology underlying bitcoin, and a wave of litigation could be on the horizon. Here is what intellectual…
A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to grant Snapchat’s bid for an early exit from Vaporstream’s patent infringement suit over methods to reduce the traceability of electronic messages, saying that competing expert testimony from both…
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced yesterday the filing for a new provisional patent with the Australian government for an updated method for deriving alumina from kaolin and other such sources. Altech's new patent involves…
16, 2018, a federal judge in Wilmington, DE reversed a 2016 jury verdict requiring Gilead Sciences to pay $2.54 billion for patent infringement to competitor Merck & Co. over Gilead's two best-selling Hepatitis C drugs,…
Apple has been granted a patent that imagines using an OLED or LCD display as a dynamic keyboard — hinting at a possible addition to the MacBook or iPad Pro lineup. Patent number 9,904,502, titled…
Judge Rodney Gilstrap tapped a former Hunton & Williams partner as “special liaison” to check the health of a FedEx expert the shipping giant said had a medical emergency when it asked to substitute another witness in…
On Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released a set of recently approved Apple patents. Among the 26 new patents is a design for a dual screen MacBook that would eliminate the keyboard and…
The production company behind the “Dr. Phil” TV show has settled its suit against a former CBS employee whom it had accused of stealing a copyrighted video clip of Dr. Phil McGraw before quitting and…
Two founding members of intellectual property boutique Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson LLP have rejoined DLA Piper, where they will ply their years of experience in computer, phone and software technology patent litigation, the firm…
Boehringer Ingelheim and Teva have asked a Connecticut federal court to sanction Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana for allegedly dodging discovery in multidistrict litigation in which it’s accusing the drugmakers of entering into…
Singer Meat Loaf and the composer of his hit single “I’d Do Anything For Love” asked a California federal judge on Tuesday to toss a copyright infringement suit claiming they stole the tune more than…
Ex parte Naeymi-Rad (PTAB 2018) Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc. (IMO) has an interesting business of capturing, standardizing, and simplifying medical documentation used in 3,500 hospitals and by 450,000 doctors. This process is critical for both…
Technology set to change enforcement landscape; downside of getting something wrong could be ‘very costly’ View the original article here: ‘Robust’ clearance searches vital, says Superdry’s IP counsel The article was originally posted on IPMagazine….
The court deferred ruling on defendants’ motion to substitute one of its experts and appointed a special liaison to help determine whether the expert would be able to proceed at trial. “Subsequent to his retention,…
Nalco v. Chem-Mod (Fed. Cir. 2018) The district court dismissed Nalco’s patent infringement complaint with prejudice on a R. 12(b)(6) motion for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. On appeal,…