IPNews® – Reynolds Innovations Inc. recently filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against SAS Technologies related to electronic cigarettes.
The lawsuit alleges that SAS Technologies is infringing on Reynolds’ Camel and Winston brands. In addition to cigarettes, the Alabama-based SAS Technologies manufactures and sells flavored liquid nicotine products for use with the smokeless cigarettes. To continue reading, click: R.J. Reynolds Sues Electronic Cigarette Maker for Trademark Infringement
IPNews® – Tim Tebow’s trademark application for his famous “Tebowing” slogan is one step closer to trademark registration.
The famous slogan was published for opposition by the USPTO in October. If no one opposes the application, the registration will issue soon therafter. To continue reading, click: Tebowing Is One Step Closer To Trademark Registration.
IPNews® – Just days after a successful release of its Windows 8 Live Tiles, Microsoft found itself in court defending a patent infringement lawsuit.
SurfCast, a company based in Portland, Maine claims that it developed the same technology in the 1990’s that Microsoft is using in its Live Tiles. SurfCast is seeking damages related to what it claims is contributory infringement and the “direct willful infringement” by Microsoft of its patented functionality. To continue reading, click: Microsoft Accused Of Patent Infringement Over Windows 8 Live Tiles Technology.
IPNews® – California Central District Court Judge Andrew Guilford kept the trademark infringement claims of Hero Nutritionals alive this week in a ruling against Nutraceutical Corporation’s motion for summary judgment.
Hero owns the “Yummi Bear” trademark for vitamins and claims that Nutraceutical Corporation is violating those rights by marketing and selling vitamins with such names as “Yummy Greens” and “Yummy Gummy”. To continue reading, click: Yummi Bears Trademark Lawsuit Still Alive After Judge’s Ruling
IPNews® – Uniloc Inc. sued 12 different companies in Texas federal court on Friday for allegedly infringing its patented system of administering software licenses across a network of computers.
Altair Engineering Inc., Altera Corp., Altium Inc., Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp., Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Mintab Inc., Originlab Corp., Parametric Technology Corp., SlickEdit Inc., SofTech inc., System Development Inc. and Waterloo Maple Inc. all stand accused of infringing U.S. Patent Number 5,579,222. The companies are all making, using and selling software that includes concurrent license administration functionality that permits the borrowing or “checking out” of licenses, according to the complaints. To continue reading, click: Uniloc Sues 12 For Software Licensing System Patent Infringement
IPNews® – Lenovo Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and other tablet makers are infringing Hopewell Culture & Design LLC’s patent for a double-click user interaction system, Hopewell said in a barrage of new lawsuits filed Friday.
B&N’s Nook, Amazon’s Kindle, Lenovo’s ThinkPad andIdea Pad, Coby Electronics Corp.’s Kyros, Viewsonic Corp.’s ViewBook and Viewpad and Vizio Inc.’s VTAB1008 all infringe U.S. Patent Number 7,171,625, according to the complaints. The allegedly infringing features include software allowing a user to double click or double tap a visual element representing interactive content and interact with a second version of the interactive content. To continue reading, click: Lenovo, B&N, Other Tablet Makers Sued Over Double-Click Patent
IPNews® – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not take up Nova Chemicals Corp.’s appeal of a $61.7 million patent infringement judgment in favor of Dow Chemical Co. in a case over advanced plastic polymers.
A Delaware federal jury handed down its infringement verdict in 2010, and the district court refused to modify or overturn the judgment despite Nova’s arguments. The Federal Circuit rejected Nova’s appeal of the verdict in April, ruling that there was no error in the district court’s standing and invalidity analyses, and that substantial evidence support’s the jury’s infringement finding. To continue reading, click: SCOTUS Won’t Hear Nova Appeal Of $61.7M Dow Plastic Patent Verdict
IPNews® – The gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender student fraternal organization Delta Lambda Phi sued a new fraternity at the University of California at Santa Cruz that it says is infringing its trademark rights with a confusingly similar name and acronym.
Delta Lambda Psi was formed in 2005 after a group of gay students came into contact with Delta Lambda Phi at a conference at the university. The use of a name differing in only one letter and syllable has already caused extensive confusion, and will continue to do so unless Delta Lambda Psi is enjoined, the plaintiff fraternity says. To continue reading, click: LGBT Fraternity Sues Upstart Chapter For Trademark Infringement
IPNews® – GlaxoSmithKline LLC and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. were accused in a new class action in New Jersey federal court on Thursday of striking illegal deals to delay the entry of generic versions of Glaxo’s epilepsy drug Lamictal to the market until Glaxo’s patent for it expired.
Glaxo sued Teva after it filed an abbreviated new drug application for generic Lamictal. After a judge invalidated a key Lamictal patent claim, the companies agreed to settle to preserve the patent’s validity and Teva’s 180-day exclusivity period, The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 595 Health and Welfare Fund says. To continue reading, click: Union Sues Glaxo, Teva Over Lamictal Pay-For-Delay Patent Deal
IPNews® – The U.S. Copyright Office issued its latest triennial exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act on Thursday, saying that copying DVD clips for fair use is allowed under the law but not “jailbreaking” tablets or video game systems.
The office declined to take up proposals from digital rights groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation to exempt jailbreaking, which involves modifying a device to run software not supported by its maker, but kept open a similar exemption for smartphones. Portions of copyrighted DVDs may be ripped for use on other devices for the purposes of commentary, criticism or education, but nothing beyond that, the office said. To continue reading, click: Unlocking Game Systems, Tablets, DVD Rips All Violate DMCA, Copyright Office Says