IPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Friday gave Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. another shot at proving that its two patents for a diabetes-related glucose monitoring system were not invalid in light of prior art, as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had found upon reexamination.
The PTO’s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences adopted unreasonable
IPNews® – The estate of author Mario Puzo on Wednesday lost its bid to invalidate a 1969 agreement granting copyrights in the “Godfather” series of novels to Paramount Pictures Corp.
Paramount is suing the estate for copyright infringement over its plans to publish a prequel to the “Godfather” novels. The estate’s counterclaims seeking to cancel
IPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Friday affirmed a Texas federal court’s patent infringement finding and accompanying injunction barring three generic drug manufacturers from making, selling or marketing generic versions of Pozen Inc.’s migraine treatment Treximet.
Par Pharmaceutical Inc., Alphapharm Pty Ltd. and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc. could not overcome the presumption of validity of
IPNews® – Wright Medical Technology is wrongly borrowing the trademark name for a recently-debuted Stryker Corp. knee implant in order to bring more attention and sales to Wright’s own knee implant products, Stryker alleged in a new infringement lawsuit Thursday.
Stryker launched its GetAroundKnee product earlier this year in conjunction with a massive advertising campaign
IPNews® – A Missouri federal judge on Thursday let Dow AgroSciences LLC off the hook for Bayer CropScience AG’s claims that Dow is infringing its patent for a way to genetically modify plants to be unharmed by a powerful herbicide.
Bayer claimed Dow’s “Enlist Weed Control” product infringed its U.S. Patent Number 6,153,401 for a
IPNews® – DC Comics accused a Florida barbershop proprietor on Tuesday of misappropriating its trademarks for the Superman name and logo.
Reginal Jones, operator of Supermen Fades To Fros and Superman Pro Barbershop, is using Superman iconography on his barbers’ shirts, aprons and capes as well as the very names and signage of his businesses
IPNews® – A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday let Liz Claiborne Inc. and its Lucky Brand Dungarees Inc. denim subsidiary off the hook for a rival fashion group’s trademark infringement claims over its trademark for the phrase “Get Lucky.”
Marcel Fashions Group Inc. already had the opportunity to seek the injunction it is asking for
IPNews® – Apple Inc. is seeking patent protection for its Siri voice assistant feature on the iPhone, according to a patent application the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published Thursday.
The application continuation, originally filed in June and titled “Intelligent automated assistant,” covers a system with which a user can engage in natural, conversational dialogue
IPNews® – An actress in the anti-Muslim video “Innocence of Muslims” that sparked violent uprisings across the globe sued Google Inc. and YouTube LLC in Los Angeles federal court Wednesday over alleged copyright violations in the unauthorized use of her performance in the video.
Google and YouTube have refused to take the video down despite
IPNews® – The Humane Society of the United States came under fire Monday from the National Pork Board for its newly filed lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over its authorization of the $60 million purchase of the trademark “The Other White Meat” from a pork industry political lobbying group.
The board, a quasi-governmental