Patent News Watch
From First to File (www.firsttofile.com)September 8th, 2008
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Kodak sues Sun over Java -Appeals Court Overturns $49M Patent Award Against TARGUSinfo -TiVo Shares Fall After No Decision In Dish Case -'Uphill battle' lies ahead in Crocs' patent claims -PATENTS; New patents study findings have been reported from University of Iowa -Can Protest Prevent Patents? -Chinese Scientists Build Big Pharma Back Home -Big Pharma Keen on Partnering With Academia -Some IP Attorneys Look to Make Their Mark as Patent-Holders -Apple admit Briton DID invent iPod, but he's still not getting any money -PENCILS: In high-tech world, what's the point? -Techman: Patent-minded woman an early musician, artist, techie Kodak sues Sun over Java (ComputerWorld) Eastman Kodak Co. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Sun Microsystems Inc. over its Java programming technology, Sun said late yesterday. The software and hardware maker offered no details of the lawsuit, and Eastman Kodak has yet to disclose its filing, which was made in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, according to a statement from Sun. Read More Appeals Court Overturns $49M Patent Award Against TARGUSinfo (MarketWatch) The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected on Aug. 29, 2008 the enhanced-damage award issued against TARGUSinfo and vacated the $49 million damages award against Targus Information Corporation (TARGUSinfo) in a patent suit over technology for routing calls to 800-numbers. Read More TiVo Shares Fall After No Decision In Dish Case (BN/MultichannelNews) TiVo shares plunged 16.5% Thursday after a federal judge did not issue a decision on the company's request to hold Dish Network in contempt of a court order related to TiVo's patent-infringement victory against the satellite operator. Read More 'Uphill battle' lies ahead in Crocs' patent claims Crocs has waged war on alleged knockoffs, filing patent-infringement complaints left and right. The company's tenacity is easy to understand. If Crocs fails, and competitors are able to sell similar shoes successfully and at lower prices, the loss of market share "could be devastating," according to Kevin O'Brien, a lawyer and professor at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business. Read More PATENTS; New patents study findings have been reported from University of Iowa (LexisNexis/PharmaBusinessWeek) According to a study from the United States, "The patent doctrine of inequitable conduct dictates that any material information a patent applicant intentionally withholds from an examiner while obtaining a patent can render the applicants patent unenforceable. Yet, the standard for materiality under the doctrine of inequitable conduct has changed frequently over the past thirty years." Read More Can Protest Prevent Patents? (Pharmtech) Americans are focused on the election in November, but it bears mentioning that voting is not the only way to participate in democracy. Expressing your opinion about an issue to legislators and other public officials can be an effective way to get them to take your side. Read More Chinese Scientists Build Big Pharma Back Home (BusinessWeek) The cocktail chatter in a private room at Manhattan's Cornell Club turned to a hush as 40 pharmaceutical executives, investment bankers, and attorneys raised their wine glasses to Raymond Wu, who died on Feb. 10. The Cornell University geneticist helped pioneer drought-resistant rice. Read More Big Pharma Keen on Partnering With Academia (RedOrbit) Big pharmaceutical companies have shifted their focus towards partnering with academic institutions for scientific discoveries and other innovations, reported the Financial Times. According to the news source, drug majors are increasingly looking towards the academia to overcome limited late-stage pipelines and failures in drug development. Rise in generic competition for top-selling drugs and shortage in the drug development pipeline are said to be the prime reasons behind the sudden focus on the industry-academia partnership. Read More Some IP Attorneys Look to Make Their Mark as Patent-Holders (Law) Looking at a patent recently asserted against a client, Silicon Valley patent litigator Chris Graham had a moment of disbelief. The Dechert attorney saw that the named inventor on the patent, which was being used to sue online resume-posting sites like his client Monster.com, was an attorney he knew -- San Jose, Calif., lawyer Michael Powell, now an associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. Read More Apple admit Briton DID invent iPod, but he's still not getting any money (DailyMail) Apple has finally admitted that a British man who left school at 15 is the inventor behind the iPod. Kane Kramer, 52, came up with the technology that drives the digital music player nearly 30 years ago but has still not seen a penny from his invention. Read More PENCILS: In high-tech world, what's the point? Like pennies and paper clips, pencils occupy the junk drawers of life. They're chewed, snapped in two, used as back-scratchers and drum sticks. They point to charts, punch in phone numbers, and prop open books. We buy them maybe once a year - if we've got children in elementary school. Read More Techman: Patent-minded woman an early musician, artist, techie (Post-Gazette) In the early 1900s, the ladies and gentlemen who donned their finery to attend a performance of the Pittsburgh Orchestra at the Carnegie Music Hall may have heard concert pianist Mary Hallock-Greenewalt perform. 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