Patent Search and Filing

Toshiba sues Italian DVD maker in patent dispute (Electronics Supply and Manufacturing)
LONDON Toshiba Corp. has filed a patent-infringement suit against Italian DVD disc replicator ACME SpA in a Milan court.

Litter box patent is being infringed upon, company says (Detroit Free Press)
WASHINGTON Patent lawsuits can get pretty messy and this one is bound to be littered with dirty details.

TCS Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSYS), a leading provider of mission-critical wireless communications, today announced it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Research In Motion Limited for patent infringement.

Accenture Sues Guidewire for Patent Infringement Accenture alleges claims software rival Guidewire deliberately used … (Finance Technology Network)
Yesterday afternoon Accenture filed a lawsuit alleging that claims software rival San Mateo-based Guidewire Software has infringed the U.S. patent protecting the Accenture Claim Components solution and has misappropriated trade secrets related to the design, coding and implementation of the Accenture software.

Patent for cancer treatment at the center of biotechs’ legal dispute (BizJournals)
A Swiss biomanufacturer with an office in Frederick County and a plant in Baltimore filed a federal lawsuit Nov. 27 against a Bethesda-based biotechnology company, alleging patent infringement.

Patent infringement decision against eBay upheld (BetaNews)
MercExchange, a tiny Virginia-based company that has taken eBay to all levels of the US court system for patent infringement, has won at the District Court level in Virginia.

Monolithic says Taiwan company infringed patent (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Monolithic Power Systems Inc. said Wednesday it filed a patent infringement suit against Chip Advanced Technology Inc.

Tessera files new patent complaint before U.S. ITC (Electronic Engineering Times Asia)
Tessera Technologies has filed a new patent infringement complaint against several companies with the U.S. ITC.

IBM starts patent dispute over power, cooling and clustering technology (Computer Weekly)
IBM has filed a patent infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission against ASUSTeK over power, cooling and clustering technology for PCs, servers, routers and other kit.

IBM sues Asustek over patent dispute (The Register)
Big Blue calls for import ban as licensing row goes legal IBM is calling on the US government to ban imports of computers and networking kit manufactured by Asustek over alleged patent violations.