Patent News Watch
From First to File (www.firsttofile.com)April 21st, 2008
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Headlines for the week: (Scroll down for articles)
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-Pfizer wins blood-pressure drug patent decision in Canada~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-AstraZeneca shares soar as patent case settled
-Appeals Court Overturns $78.9 Million Patent Verdict Against DirecTV
-Seagate files patent suit against drive-maker Stec
-US senator says "trying to resuscitate" patent bill
-U.S. patent chief: applications up, quality down
-Cisco blogger dragged into patent lawyer suit
-The Greening Of Patent Litigation
-Patent trolls and patent-busters
-Apple patent could revolutionize online shopping
Pfizer wins blood-pressure drug patent decision in Canada
(Forbes) Drug developer Pfizer Inc. said late Thursday that a Canadian court upheld a patent covering the active ingredient in its blood-pressure drug Norvasc.
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AstraZeneca shares soar as patent case settled
(TimesOnline) Shares in AstraZeneca rose sharply after the pharmaceuticals group settled a legal battle against India's largest generic drugs maker over the rights to produce one of the world's most valuable medicines.
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Appeals Court Overturns $78.9 Million Patent Verdict Against DirecTV
(Dow Jones/CNN) A Washington-based appeals court Friday overturned a $78.9 million patent infringement judgment against DirecTV Group Inc., in a lawsuit involving claims by Finisar Corp.
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Seagate files patent suit against drive-maker Stec
(AP/Chron) Stec Inc., which makes solid-state computer drives, said Tuesday it is being sued by disk-drive maker Seagate Technology LLC for patent infringement.
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US senator says "trying to resuscitate" patent bill
(Reuters) A leading senator said on Wednesday that the troubled patent bill, which has pitted big drug companies against high-tech firms, may be salvageable.
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U.S. patent chief: applications up, quality down
(EE TIMES) The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently received an application seeking a patent for what was claimed to be a better way to stand in line while waiting to use an airplane toilet.
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Cisco blogger dragged into patent lawyer suit
(MarketWatch) A Cisco Systems Inc. employee who authored a controversial blog about so-called "patent trolls" has continued to draw unwanted attention to the company, this time being dragged into a high-profile tussle between a law firm and one of its ousted attorneys.
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The Greening Of Patent Litigation
(Energy-Daily) The Cleantech Group at Heslin Rothenberg Farley and Mesiti P.C. continues to monitor Intellectual Property trends in the Cleantech arena. In addition to its signature Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, the Group has analyzed litigation trends in the clean energy area and has found that litigation has proliferated over the last several years.
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Patent trolls and patent-busters
(ABC News) Once upon a time, Abraham Lincoln famously said that the patent system was intended to secure "to the inventor, for a limited time, the exclusive use of his invention; and thereby added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius, in the discovery and production of new and useful things."
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Apple patent could revolutionize online shopping
(Palluxo) Apple seems to be creating a new way of interaction with with their online store. Their latest patent filing titled "Enhancing Online Shopping Atmosphere" demonstrates Apple's commitment to revolutionize the online shopping experience.
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