http://ip.law360.com/ The Newswire for Legal Professionals Copyright 2010 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://ip.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://ip.law360.com/ http://ip.law360.com/articles/190690 A federal judge has nixed misappropriation of trade secrets claims against ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and Winbond Electronics Corp. in a long-running patent infringement suit brought by a former IBM Corp. engineer over computer chip technology. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190690 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/191005 Data protection provider Crossroads Systems Inc. has accused D-Link Systems Inc., iStor Networks Inc. and five other companies of infringing two patents for a data storage system, while continuing to ink settlements with defendants in a separate suit over the same patents. http://ip.law360.com/articles/191005 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/191117 A New England inventor has accused General Electric Co., Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and others of making, importing and selling light bulbs that infringe a patent covering fluorescent light circuitry. http://ip.law360.com/articles/191117 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/191214 The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate medical equipment manufacturer Invacare Corp.'s claims that rival Medical Depot Inc. and a China-based exporter have infringed four patents related to adjustable-height medical beds. http://ip.law360.com/articles/191214 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190995 Ataudes Aguilares SRL, a Mexican company accused by U.S. casket maker Batesville Services Inc. of importing infringing caskets into Puerto Rico, must respond to the complaint by Sept. 21 or face an entry of default, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190995 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/191011 A video company that sued Yoko Ono over the rights to stolen videos of John Lennon has lost its bid to vacate a ruling handing ownership to the late rock legend's widow despite claims that its attorney's depression precluded a timely appeal. http://ip.law360.com/articles/191011 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190954 A former chemist has pled guilty to stealing trade secrets worth as much as $20 million from Chicago-based paint maker Valspar Corp. before embarking on a new job with competitor Nippon Paint in China. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190954 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/191052 Bayer HealthCare AG unit Intendis Inc. has accused River's Edge Pharmaceuticals LLC of issuing false statements about a prescription acne medication and inaccurately passing it off as a generic version of the plaintiff's competing treatment. http://ip.law360.com/articles/191052 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190876 Latham & Watkins LLP’s Lawrence Gotts has the uncommon ability to exploit the most complex aspects of a patent dispute while presenting a straightforward and undeniable argument at trial. With a track record that includes recent sweeps for Honeywell International Inc. and AU Optronics Corp., Gotts is among Law360’s 10 Most Admired Intellectual Property Attorneys. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190876 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/191022 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that Daewoo Electronics America Inc. must pay its share of an $8 million default judgment against its predecessor in a VCR patent fight with Funai Electric Co. http://ip.law360.com/articles/191022 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190898 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has unveiled updated guidelines for its examiners on applying the law of obviousness based on precedential appeals court rulings that have come out since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007 ruling in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190898 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190871 A federal appeals court has rejected Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s bid to overturn a permanent injunction barring the generic-drug maker from launching a copy of Eli Lilly & Co.'s blockbuster osteoporosis drug Evista before March 2014. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190871 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190749 A federal judge has foiled GlaxoSmithKline PLC's latest campaign to dismiss direct purchaser claims in a class action accusing the drugmaker of filing baseless patent suits to delay generic competition in the market for antidepressant Wellbutrin SR. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190749 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190707 Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC has agreed to release German precious metals company W.C. Heraeus GmbH from a lawsuit accusing several generic-drug makers of infringing the patents for the colon cancer drug Eloxatin. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190707 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190783 A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas won't reconsider Wyeth Inc.'s bid to move Novartis AG's lawsuit accusing it of infringing patents for hemophilia treatments. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190783 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190814 Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. has won its bid to nix trade secrets claims from a breach of contract suit brought by rival Ciena Communications Inc. over Alcatel's hiring of a former Ciena employee who had been responsible for managing accounts with AT&T Corp. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190814 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190729 A federal appeals court has backed a lower court’s finding that Hitachi Ltd. did not have a binding patent licensing agreement related to hard-disk drives with bankrupt Read-Rite Corp. and that the electronics maker waited too long to try to preserve its rights. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190729 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190706 A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of an inventor’s lawsuit alleging Google Inc.’s AdWords system infringed his patent. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190706 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190508 Microsoft Corp. has moved to intervene in a patent infringement suit PalTalk Holdings Inc. filed against Sony Corp. and others in order to protect “highly sensitive” business information from its competitors in the video game industry. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190508 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://ip.law360.com/articles/190230 Watchmaker Omega SA filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in a copyright dispute with Costco Wholesale Corp., putting forth legal and policy arguments that Costco infringed its copyright when it sold Omega watches that were bought outside the U.S. http://ip.law360.com/articles/190230 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500