clouds-desert.jpgIPNews® – Netlist Inc., an Irvine, California based producer of memory modules for cloud computing, said today that it has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a second look at a recently issued patent its rival SMART Modular Technologies Inc. is asserting against Netlist.

SMART claims Netlist’s HyperCloud memory module products infringe the

ipad-iphone.jpgIPNews® – VirnetX Holding Corp. filed a new patent infringement complaint against Apple Inc. on Monday in the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging the tech giant wrongly poached VirnetX’s wireless security technology for its latest iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Macintosh computers.

Science Applications International Corp., which sold VirnetX part of its patent portfolio in 2006

knife.jpgIPNews® – A German regional chamber of commerce sued Martha Stewart, her company, Emeril Lagasse and the Home Shopping Network last week for infringing its trademark for the name “Solingen” as it relates to knives and other cutlery.

Cutlery bearing the protected Solingen name is by law supposed to be made only in Solingen, Germany

samsung.jpgIPNews® – A U.S. International Trade Commission judge on Friday delivered Apple Inc. its latest win in its patent war with Samsung Electronics Co.

None of the accused devices Apple is importing into the U.S. infringe Samsung’s patents, Administrative Law Judge James Gildea’s initial determination in Samsung’s Section 337 case against Apple said. To continue

Libyan flag.pngIPNews® – Libya does not have valid, protectable trademarks for the names of its embassy, a District of Columbia federal judge ruled last week, foreclosing on the nation’s challenge to an individual’s registration of domain names using the terms “Libyan Embassy” and “Embassy of Libya.”

The individual, Ahmad Miski, works as a third party expeditor

brick_house.jpgIPNews® – Zillow Inc. accused its rival real estate information website operator Trulia Inc. on Wednesday of ripping off its patented method for automatically refining home valuations based on input from homeowners and other users.

The complaint in Seattle federal court alleges that Trulia.com’s “Trulia Estimates” service introduced in September 2011 infringes a patent Zillow

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IPNews® – Facebook Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Walt Disney Co. are the targets of new patent infringement lawsuits the Regents of the University of California filed on Wednesday over interactive hypermedia technology.

All three companies are allegedly using patented university technology for displaying interactive information through web pages or software, the university claims in

amazon.jpgIPNews® – A California federal judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of Amazon.com Inc. in OIP Technologies Inc.’s patent infringement suit alleging the world’s largest online retailer used OIP’s technology for an automated online commerce pricing system without authorization.

OIP sued Amazon in March alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Number 7,970,713, titled “Method and apparatus

pills.jpgIPNews® – Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. won a major patent infringement victory Tuesday when a New Jersey federal judge held that its patent for the popular birth control drug Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo is valid.

The validity finding amounts to a finding of infringement against generic drug maker Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc., which filed