Patent News Watch
From First to File (www.firsttofile.com)May 12th, 2008
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Headlines for the week: (Scroll down for articles)
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-Appeals court issues split ruling in Alcatel-Lucent patent case~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-INVISTA sues Dupont for withholding 'inventors'
-US trade agency wants to end deals delaying generics
-Report: Toyota loses Prius patent appeal
-Armstrong Foundation sued over "LiveStrong" tagline
-Online Gambling Patent Matter Could Get Ugly
-Patent Changes: Coming and Going
-U.S. Court Mulls Standard For Business Method Patents
-In the Air Who says big ideas are rare?
-A Guardian Angel In Your Cell Phone
Appeals court issues split ruling in Alcatel-Lucent patent case
(CNet) A federal appeals court issued a split ruling on Alcatel-Lucent's patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and Dell.
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INVISTA sues Dupont for withholding 'inventors'
(Reuters) A Koch Industries Inc subsidiary sued DuPont Co (DD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday to force the U.S. chemical company to provide three staffers the unit needs to defend itself in a patent dispute.
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US trade agency wants to end deals delaying generics
(Reuters) A practice by major pharmaceutical companies of paying generic drug companies to delay putting cheaper medicines on the market violates federal law and must be stopped, a top ranking official with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said.
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Report: Toyota loses Prius patent appeal
(Detroit Newswire) The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a $4.3 million award against Toyota Motor Corp. for using another company's patented technology in gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, including the top-selling Prius, Bloomberg News reported today.
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Armstrong Foundation sued over "LiveStrong" tagline
(Bizjornals) An Oklahoma man has sued the nonprofit foundation created by Lance Armstrong for patent infringement over black and yellow dog collars showing the "LiveStrong" logo.
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Online Gambling Patent Matter Could Get Ugly
(Gambling911) A complaint filed in a Missouri Supreme Court against seven online-gaming companies alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,564,001, titled "Method and System for Interactively Transmitting Information Over A Network Which Requires Reduced Bandwidth" could result in default judgments and potential confiscation of domain names.
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Patent Changes: Coming and Going
(Patentbaristas) It appears that the Senate has pulled the plug on the Patent Reform Act (S. 1145) after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the bill from the floor schedule. This is not a huge surprise given the interests against it.
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U.S. Court Mulls Standard For Business Method Patents
A U.S. appeals court heard arguments Thursday over whether a patent should have been issued for a method to reduce the risk of sudden changes in energy costs.
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In the Air Who says big ideas are rare?
(The New Yorker) Nathan Myhrvold met Jack Horner on the set of the "Jurassic Park" sequel in 1996. Horner is an eminent paleontologist, and was a consultant on the movie. Myhrvold was there because he really likes dinosaurs. Between takes, the two men got to talking, and Horner asked Myhrvold if he was interested in funding dinosaur expeditions.
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A Guardian Angel In Your Cell Phone
(Slashdot) "Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie are listed as inventors of the Guardian Angel, which is described in a most unusual Microsoft patent application that should intrigue privacy advocates.
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