Patent News Watch
From First to File (www.firsttofile.com)April 7th, 2008
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Headlines for the week: (Scroll down for articles)
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-Microsoft ordered to pay $367M to Alacatel-Lucent for infringing on 2 patents~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Symantec drops Microsoft lawsuit
-US court reverses ruling for Forest in Caraco suit
-Patent Lawyers Do the Boogie as Court Shoots Down PTO Rules
-Patent Issues a Growing Concern for Banks
-Bush Administration Speaks Against Patent Overhaul
-Organized labor's opposition to patent reform bill could put Democratic senators in tough spot
-Internet, consumer patents rule at auction
-Miami-Dade sued in patent case
Microsoft ordered to pay $367M to Alacatel-Lucent for infringing on 2 patents
(International Harald Tribune) A jury ordered Microsoft Corp. on Friday to pay $367.4 million (€233.7 million) to Alcatel-Lucent for infringing on two patents, a decision the software maker vowed to appeal.
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Symantec drops Microsoft lawsuit
(The Register) Microsoft and Symantec have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed two years ago over the use of Veritas code in Microsoft products, including Windows Vista.
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US court reverses ruling for Forest in Caraco suit
(Reuters) A federal appeals court reversed on Tuesday a ruling favoring Forest Laboratories Inc in a patent dispute with generic drugmaker Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories over the blockbuster antidepressant drug Lexapro.
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Patent Lawyers Do the Boogie as Court Shoots Down PTO Rules
(The Wall Street Jornal) The patent crowd is an excitable bunch. Whenever a big ruling is handed down, the Law Blog typically receives a few helpful e-mails from lawyers in that practice area giving us their thoughts.
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Patent Issues a Growing Concern for Banks
(Banktech) Patents are one of the issues that hover in the backs of bankers' minds -- they know patents can be important, but seldom do they address the topic unless prompted to do so by a lawsuit, say experts. Unfortunately for the banking industry, legal wrangling around financial services patents is becoming all too common.
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Bush Administration Speaks Against Patent Overhaul
(PCWorld) U.S. Senate negotiators are getting closer to hammering out disagreements that are holding up a patent system overhaul, but President George Bush's administration still has concerns about the bill, an administration official said Friday.
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Organized labor's opposition to patent reform bill could put Democratic senators in tough spot
(AP) The battle over patent reform, a sleepy sounding subject that affects new, cheaper medicines, Chinese counterfeits and BlackBerry addicts, has always sent high-tech companies and drugmakers to their respective corners.
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Internet, consumer patents rule at auction
(CNet) Jonathan Bari didn't seem too nervous until the $725,000 glitch. A woman, taking commands from someone at the other end of her cell phone, had bid $750,000 on the patent portfolio he was selling at the Ocean Tomo IP Auction last week in San Francisco. The patents covered an online authentication system for consumers devised by his old company Catavault.
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Miami-Dade sued in patent case
(Miami Herald) A lawsuit alleges Miami International Airport does not have a licensing agreement to use a patented parking security system that helps to identify stolen cars as they leave the airport's parking lots.
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