Patent Search and Filing

Tech majors to join hands against patent suits: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Information technology giants are teaming up in defense against potential patent-infringement lawsuits, the Wall Street Journal said on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Brazil NGO opposes Gilead`s AIDS drug patent (Business Standard India)
The Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has joined Indian patient groups in opposing a patent application for Tenofovir (commonly known as Viread), a key AIDS drug marketed by Gilead Sciences in India.

Applied Materials says patent does not infringe (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Applied Materials Inc. said Tuesday that it believes its SunFab thin film solar tandem junction technology does not infringe on a European patent held by the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland.

vmSight Granted U.S. Patent for Connector ID Technology (Broadcast Newsroom)
ATLANTA, BUSINESS WIRE — vmSight(TM), the leader in monitoring virtual desktop systems for performance, reliability and compliance, today announced that the company was granted U.S. patent number 7,386,889 for its Connector ID technology. The patents applies to the technology vmSight uses to automatically, continuously and efficiently locate and track users, terminals and virtual machines in a …

Wanted: Prior Art to Bust Seer Patent (Electronic Frontier Foundations)
The Patent Busting Project fights back against bogus patents by filing requests for reexamination against the worst offenders. We’ve successfully pushed the Patent and Trademark Office to reexamine five of the ten patents on our Most Wanted list.

Patent problems (BBC News)
Why Europe’s patent system is stifling invention

Ranbaxy, Pfizer settle Lipitor patent disputes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
India’s Ranbaxy Laboratories has settled most of its patent disputes with Pfizer , allowing it to launch a generic version of the U.S. group’s blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor from November 30, 2011.

Apple, AT&T Settle iPhone Technology Patent Dispute (Enterprise Security Today)
Klausner Technologies has settled a patent-infringement lawsuit it filed late last year against Apple and codefendant AT&T. “A settlement was reached with both Apple and AT&T, and a license was granted to them,” said company founder Judah Klausner. Klausner Technologies, which owns U.S. and international patents covering visual voice-mail products and services, asserted last December that …

ADC Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against AFL Telecommunications (Centre Daily Times)
ADC (NASDAQ: ADCT)(www.adc.com), today announced that the company has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota against AFL Telecommunications LLC. In its Complaint, ADC asserts that AFL infringes U.S. Patent Nos. 7,233,731, 7,277,620 and 7,200,317, which relate to fiber distribution hubs used in ADC’s Fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) …

In today’s information-based economy, intellectual property law has received more attention than ever before. Yet little has been said about the damages and remedies that are available-until now.

Intellectual Property Law: Damages and Remedies addresses two crucial concerns of intellectual property owners-how to recover monetary compensation when an infringement has occurred and how to prevent further infringement.

This unique work explains how compensation and remedies are determined in every scenario, including infringement on the Internet. You’ll read about: ex parte seizures and stopping infringing goods at the border; provisional rights and remedies for patent owners; injunctive relief; monetary damages; punitive and statutory enhanced damages; attorneys’ fees and costs; and more. This is the first book to turn to for coverage of all the issues that arise once liability for infringement has been established. This book is updated as needed, generally two times each year.

About the Author: Terence P. Ross is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

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