April 28th, 2008
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Headlines for the week: (Scroll down for articles)
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-LG accuses Whirlpool of patent infringement~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-New York Mom Sues Victoria's Secret Over Bra Design
-MPEG-2 Patent Owners Sue Target Corporation for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
-Bayer CropScience Goes After Chinese Company In Patent Suit
-Ex-Bristol-Myers Squibb official indicted for lying to feds
-Can Anyone Stop DataTreasury In its Patents Crusade?
-Could Constitutional Flaw Unravel Eight Years of Patent Board Rulings?
-Court asks government's views on states' patent liability
-Patent Office CIO to resign
-Patents in China - Is There Any Real Protection?
-Public successfully participates in U.S. Patent Examinination Proces
LG accuses Whirlpool of patent infringement
(Reuters) LG Electronics on Thursday accused top appliance maker Whirlpool Corp of infringing three of the South Korean company's appliance patents.
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New York Mom Sues Victoria's Secret Over Bra Design
(FoxNews) A woman sued Victoria's Secret on Monday, claiming the lingerie company's latest secret is that they stole her idea for a bra whose straps can be worn different ways.
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MPEG-2 Patent Owners Sue Target Corporation for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
(BusinessWire) MPEG LA, LLC, announced that several MPEG-2 patent owners have filed an enforcement action in the Federal District Court of the Southern District of New York against Target Corporation ("Target") and Doe Corporations 1-10, fictitious names for corporations currently unknown to the plaintiffs, for infringing patents essential to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard used worldwide in digital television broadcasting and DVD.
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Bayer CropScience Goes After Chinese Company In Patent Suit
(ChinaCSR) Bayer CropScience says it has filed a lawsuit against the Chinese company Jiangsu Tian Rong in an intermediate court in Jiangsu to enforce rights under its Chinese Mefenpyr patent.
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Ex-Bristol-Myers Squibb official indicted for lying to feds
(AFP) A former senior vice president of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) has been indicted for lying about a patent deal involving the blood-thinning drug Plavix, justice officials said Wednesday.
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Can Anyone Stop DataTreasury In its Patents Crusade?
(BankTech) It looks like Data Treasury has claimed yet another victim in its patents game. It was announced recently that PNC Financial was the latest FI to settle with the notorious patent litigant over technology around electronic check imaging.
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Could Constitutional Flaw Unravel Eight Years of Patent Board Rulings?
(Law.com) The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may have a major problem on its hands -- the possibly unconstitutional appointment of nearly two-thirds of its patent appeals judges.
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Court asks government's views on states' patent liability
(CNN/AP) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Bush administration to weigh in on a long-running fight between states and big business over whether states can be held liable for patent infringement.
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Patent Office CIO to resign
(FCW) David Freeland, who has been chief information officer at the Patent and Trademark Office since 2005, has announced his plans to leave the agency.
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Patents in China - Is There Any Real Protection?
(LocalTechWire) With increased pressure from the West and the World Trade Organization, China has instituted a number of reforms to its patent system.
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Public successfully participates in U.S. Patent Examinination Process
(NYLS) For the first time in patent history, the general public has successfully used the Internet to help improve the quality of patent applications.
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