Covidien Prevails in Patent Litigation against Applied Medical

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:09:55 GMT

(NORTH HAVEN, Conn.) Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that a subsidiary of the Company won a patent infringement suit against Applied Medical Resources Corporation relating to certain of Applied Medical's Kii(TM) and Universal® laparoscopic trocars.

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ARIAD Announces Court Ruling Regarding NF-?B Patent Lawsuit with Lilly

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:08:33 GMT

(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) and its co-plaintiffs today announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the "Federal Circuit") has ruled in favor of Eli Lilly & Co. following an en banc rehearing last December. The rehearing concerned a 2007 judgment that held Lilly liable for…

(NATICK, Mass.) Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) is pleased to announce it has reached a settlement with Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary Fuji America Corporation concerning the importation and sale of equipment using machine vision software. Terms of the resolution between the parties were not made public. Cognex's dispute…

Corporate Counsel Names Top Ten IP Litigation Wins of 2009, Including Biggest Patent Award Ever

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:04:57 GMT

(NEW YORK) The April issue of Corporate Counsel, the nation's leading publication for general counsel and in-house attorneys at corporations and nonprofits, profiles the top ten victories from 2009's intellectual property litigation docket. Reflecting the differing objectives of IP litigation today, they range from multimillion-dollar jury verdicts and a ruling affirming the…

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Research and Markets: Argentina's Pharmaceutical Business Environment Still Suffers from a Number of Intellectual Property Environment Deficiencies according to this Q2 2010 Report

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:40:28 GMT

(DUBLIN) Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/def8bb/argentina_pharmace) has announced the addition of the "Argentina Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2010 " report to their offering.

The Argentina Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report provides industry professionals

Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:58:56 GMT

(SAN FRANCISCO) Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.

The previously confidential information came out as part of the evid

HP settles patent violation cases with importers

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:55:54 GMT

(PALO ALTO, Calif.) Hewlett Packard Co. said Thursday that it has reached a settlement with three companies that have been accused of infringing on the printer company's patents for ink cartridges.

HP filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission in September, seeking to ban imports of ink cartr

Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:47:40 GMT

(SAN FRANCISCO) A legal tussle pitting media conglomerate Viacom Inc. against online video leader YouTube is about to get dirtier as a federal judge prepares to release documents that will expose their secrets and other confidential information.

The information expected to be unsealed Thursday will include some

Mannatech Vigorously Defends Ambrotose® Product Patents With Latest Legal Action Against Multiple Companies; Mannatech Sues Seven Companies for Alleged Patent Infringement

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:43:58 GMT

(COPPELL, Texas) Mannatech, Incorporated (NASDAQ: MTEX ), a global pioneer in the development of high-quality health , weight and fitness and skin care solutions based on nutritional science , announced it has filed a complaint against seven independent companies for infringement on Mannatech's patents (U.S. Patents 6,929,807; 7,157,431; 7,199,104; and 7,202,220)…

(LOS ANGELES) ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., a biotechnology company that is developing immune based therapies for the treatment of various forms of cancer, announced today it received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering technology relating to monoclonal antibodies that bind to certain epitopes present on pancreatic…

Akoo International Files Federal Trademark Infringement Complaint Against T.I.'s Akoo Clothing Brand

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:39:02 GMT

(CHICAGO) Akoo International , the world's largest social music television network, today announced that it has filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Clifford J. Harris, Jr., also known as rapper T.I., and his Akoo Clothing Brand, for trademark infringement. Akoo International…

SAN FRANCISCO) A jury has awarded communications company VirnetX Holding nearly $106 million after determining Microsoft violated two of its patents.

The verdict came Tuesday after a weeklong trial in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

US regulators examine competition in agriculture

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:18:22 GMT

(ANKENY, Iowa) Federal officials concerned about how much control a few corporations have over the nation's food supply pledged Friday to begin a new era of antitrust enforcement, seeking to balance agricultural power between companies, farmers and consumers.

More than 650 farmers, slaughterhouse workers

OpenGate Capital Acquires NICOLE FARHI Fashion Brand

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:57:52 GMT

( LOS ANGELES) OpenGate Capital, a global private equity firm, will acquire the highly respected fashion label NICOLE FARHI from French Connection Group PLC in a transaction expected to close within the next 90 days. The deal is the third major equity investment by OpenGate in the past 12 months and further extends….

TiVo prevails in patent rights case against Dish

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:13:43 GMT

(AP) A federal appeals court has sided with TiVo in the second phase of its long-running patent lawsuit against Dish Network.

TiVo Inc. says the decision Thursday paves the way for the digital video recorder pioneer to collect about $300 million from Dish Network Corp. in damages and contempt sanctions it…

NEW YORK-(AP) Apple Inc., increasingly facing tougher competition in the lucrative market for smart phones, sued Taiwanese phone maker HTC Corp. on Tuesday, accusing the rival of violating patents related to the popular iPhone.

HTC was the first company to manufacture a cell phone based on Google Inc.'s Android operating system, which…

KOUROU, French Guiana-(AP) Joel Barre, the head of Europe's tropical spaceport in French Guiana, is relaxed about letting a former Cold War rival into the very heart of the Guiana Space Center 's control center.

Unthinkable twenty years ago, Europe is lett

Glaxo leads FTSE fallers after US Senate's warning

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:37:11 GMT

LONDON-(AP) Shares in GlaxoSmithKline PLC topped the list of fallers on Britain's FTSE 100 index of leading shares Monday after a U.S. Senate report said the drug maker knew of possible heart attack risks tied to Avandia, its blockbuster diabetes medication, years before such evidence became public.

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Boston Scientific cuts staff as costs persists

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:06:20 GMT

WASHINGTON – (AP) Medical device maker Boston Scientific on Wednesday posted a $1.1 billion loss in the fourth quarter after settling a patent dispute with Johnson & Johnson, and said it will cut as many as 1,300 jobs.

The company, based in Natick, Mass., said it will

Report says Silicon Valley economy sputtering

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:05:26 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. – (AP) Silicon Valley's economy took a big hit during the global meltdown and could have trouble climbing out, according to a report released Wednesday.

The 2010 Index of Silicon Valley said the region is entering a &quo

UN patent filings dropped for 1st time since 1978

LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:30:32 GMT

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