District court finding of indefiniteness reversed by CAFC in ULTIMATEPOINTER
The outcome:UltimatePointer, LLC (“UltimatePointer”) appealsfrom a final judgment in favor of Nintendo Co., Ltd. andNintendo of America, Inc. (collectively, “Nintendo”) afterthe district court granted...
View ArticleUNA TECNOLOGÍA PERMITE QUE LOS ‘SMARTPHONES’ CONSUMAN DIEZ MIL VECES MENOS...
Por Agencia ID Un grupo de científicos de la Universidad de Washington, en EEUU, ha desarrollado un sistema de ‘Wi-Fi pasivo’, un tipo de conexión que logra “conexiones inalámbricas que usan diez mil...
View ArticleDISEÑA MEXICANO EN SUECIA PRIMERA PRÓTESIS CON CONEXIÓN DIRECTA A HUESO,...
Por Agencia Id La primera prótesis en el mundo que se conecta directamente al hueso, nervios y músculos, permite a la persona tener sensaciones, libre movilidad y prácticamente se maneja con la mente....
View ArticleStupid Patent of the Month: 100+ companies sued over “personalized content”
(credit: USPTO via EFF) "Personalized content" is a phrase so vague that it could mean just about anything. That quality makes it just about perfect for use by a patent troll. This month, the...
View ArticleUS Patent No. 8,430,752: Methods and apparatus to meter video game play
U.S. Patent No. 8,430,752: Methods and apparatus to meter video game playIssued Apr. 30, 2013, to The Nielsen Company (US), LLCSummary:The ‘752 patent describes a device which can be attached to a...
View ArticleCorporate Compliance Center Joins Hall of Shame
It is time to add another corporate compliance vendor – Corporate Compliance Center – to this blog’s Hall of Shame. This story is so common that it would be boring if we weren’t discussing scam...
View ArticleBill Cosby Libel Accusers Want to Depose Quincy Jones, WME
Tamara Green, and six other women, are suing Cosby for libel over denials by his reps that they were sexually assaulted. read more
View ArticleAmazon Fights Injunction in FTC Action Over In-App Billing Practices
Practical Guidance In-app purchasing remains a priority for regulators.
View ArticleOrder prohibiting Google from delivering search results heads to SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal from a decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal which upheld a worldwide injunction against Google Inc. (“Google”), wherein Google was ordered to...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Case Law Summary of High Point SARL v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.,...
Please find below a case summary of a Federal Circuit decision from this month that has patent exhaustion and licensing context. In High Point SARL v. T-Mobile USA, Inc., No. 15-1235 (Fed. Cir. Feb....
View ArticleNo Tortious Interference if Contract Already Breached
Everybody knows you can get in trouble for breaching a contract. But did you know that you can also get sued for inducing someone else to breach a contract that you’re not even a party to? Virginia,...
View ArticleDid Campbell v Acuff-Rose find 2 Live Crew’s song to be fair use?
Last week, a group of organizations including the Association of Research Libraries, EFF, and Public Knowledge celebrated “Fair Use Week.” As part of the celebration, a trio of writers and illustrators...
View ArticleOregon Trademark Litigation Update – Too Marker Products et al v. Peter...
Plaintiff manufactures and sells high-end markers for illustrators and design professionals. Their “COPIC” line of markers have distinctive squarish bodies and distinctive squarish cap-ends, both...
View ArticleFACTORY OUTLET CENTERS AND THE GERMAN FEDERAL CARTEL OFFICE’S DECISION ON...
By Carla Nicolai (Frankfurt) The establishment of factory outlet centers as a new retail concept started as a trend in the US. These centers, which tend to be located away from big cities, offer...
View ArticleFriday’s Endnotes – 03/04/16
Software Piracy Hurts Linux Adoption, Research Finds — The theory is that if the commercial product is easily available for free, people will choose that over lower cost or even free open-source...
View ArticleCourt Denies Stay Pending PTAB's Consideration of Petition to Institute IPR
In a March 3, 2016 ruling, Judge Katherine Polk Failla denied the defendant's motion for a stay of the plaintiff's patent infringement claims pending the PTAB's decision on whether to institute an IPR....
View ArticleNY Federal Judge Gets it Right, Rules in Favor of Apple
This is not an easy read, and at 50 pages, it might not be worthy of your time, unless you really want to parse through the factors the court considers in deciding whether the 200+ year-old All Writs...
View ArticleTWiL 338: 11/10, Would Pet Again
Hosts: Denise Howell, Emory Roane Guests: Marty Schwimmer, J. Michael Keyes The latest on Apple vs. the FBI, South Park covers Rush, trollish DMCA claims and a SpongeBob ukelele with an IP lesson....
View ArticleVehicle Intelligence v. Mercedes-Benz: Ineligibility as a Proxy for Lack of...
The Federal Circuit has issued six decisions since December 1, 2015, all of course invalidating the patents in suit, four per curiam (Clear With Computers v. Altec Indus; Cloud Satchel v. Amazon.com;...
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