Patent News Watch
From First to File (www.firsttofile.com)May 27th, 2008
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-DuPont wins appeal in case against MacDermid
-Future Apple Devices May Be Solar Powered
-Volkswagen Challenges Texas Judge Ruling the Most Patent Suits
-Arkansas company wants to put legal squeeze on Smucker
-EU official wants disclosure to end patent ambush
-Mexico farmers celebrate U.S. revocation of bean patent
-Patent litigation under a future Biosimilars Act
-FTC: Legal Settlements Delay Cheaper Drugs
-MISTER BIRO: Exclusive inventor who wrote his own name in the history books, 70 years of the ballpoint pen
Cornell, HP square off in patent trial
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A $900 million heavyweight fight pits one of the nation's leading universities against one of the world's largest tech companies.
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DuPont wins appeal in case against MacDermid
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Chemical maker DuPont on Thursday said it won an appeal in patent-infringement case against MacDermid Printing Solutions LLC.
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Future Apple Devices May Be Solar Powered
Employees at Apple have filed a patent for integrating solar cells into portable devices by placing them underneath the layers of a touch-sensitive display, according to the filing.
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Volkswagen Challenges Texas Judge Ruling the Most Patent Suits
May 23 (Bloomberg) In the hearing yesterday before a New Orleans appeals court, Volkswagen AG contended that a claim for damages in an auto fatality should be moved to Dallas, closer to the site of the accident. Ward had turned down Volkswagen's motion. The appeals court hasn't yet issued a ruling.
Arkansas company wants to put legal squeeze on Smucker
BENTONVILLE, Arkansas - An Arkansas company wants to put the squeeze on the J.M. Smucker Co. in federal court over squeezable food dispensers.
DuPont wins appeal in case against MacDermid
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Chemical maker DuPont on Thursday said it won an appeal in patent-infringement case against MacDermid Printing Solutions LLC.
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Future Apple Devices May Be Solar Powered
Employees at Apple have filed a patent for integrating solar cells into portable devices by placing them underneath the layers of a touch-sensitive display, according to the filing.
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Volkswagen Challenges Texas Judge Ruling the Most Patent Suits
May 23 (Bloomberg) In the hearing yesterday before a New Orleans appeals court, Volkswagen AG contended that a claim for damages in an auto fatality should be moved to Dallas, closer to the site of the accident. Ward had turned down Volkswagen's motion. The appeals court hasn't yet issued a ruling.
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Arkansas company wants to put legal squeeze on Smucker
BENTONVILLE, Arkansas - An Arkansas company wants to put the squeeze on the J.M. Smucker Co. in federal court over squeezable food dispensers.
EU official wants disclosure to end patent ambush
Standards have always been an essential part of industry, for everything from the width of railroad tracks to broadcasting specifications. Some of these are worked out by companies, then blessed by standards organizations.
Standards have always been an essential part of industry, for everything from the width of railroad tracks to broadcasting specifications. Some of these are worked out by companies, then blessed by standards organizations.
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Mexico farmers celebrate U.S. revocation of bean patent
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, May 21, 2008 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has finally revoked a patent that it granted to a U.S. citizen years ago for a common type of Mexican bean.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, May 21, 2008 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has finally revoked a patent that it granted to a U.S. citizen years ago for a common type of Mexican bean.
Patent Litigation Under a Future Biosimilars Act
Biopharmaceuticals, such as Epogen(epoetin) and Erbitux(cetuximab), are becoming increasingly important for the treatment of disease. U.S. sales of such drugs were about $40 billion in 2006 and are expected to rise to over $90 billion in 2009.
FTC: Legal Settlements Delay Cheaper Drugs
Pharmaceutical companies eager to keep less expensive alternatives to their drugs off the market are increasingly reaching legal agreements with generic drugmakers to accomplish that goal, a government agency said Wednesday.
MISTER BIRO: Exclusive inventor who wrote his own name in the history books, 70 years of the ballpoint pen
His new invention would sweep the world one day - and so too would his name. Biro... Laszlo Biro. No prizes, then, for guessing what his brilliant idea was.
Read MoreHis new invention would sweep the world one day - and so too would his name. Biro... Laszlo Biro. No prizes, then, for guessing what his brilliant idea was.
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