Stanford University Patent Infringement Case Is Dismissed and University Learns Lesson in Drafting Assignment Agreements By Adrienne Baker – Edited by Anthony Kammer Bd. of Trs. v. Roche Molecular Sys., Inc., 2008-1509, -1510 (CAFC Sept. 30, 2009) Opinion On September 30, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded with instructions the District Court for the Northern District of California decision. The lower court’s decision held several Stanford University patents invalid ... Read More...
Archive for October, 2009
Massive Patent Verdict Overturned By Jia Ryu – Edited by Stephanie Young Uniloc v. Microsoft, No. 03-440 S (D. R.I. Sept. 29, 2009) Opinion The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island vacated one of the largest patent verdicts in history, in which a jury held that Microsoft’s “Product Activation System” (“PA”) infringed on Uniloc’s patented “System for Software Registration” (the “‘216 patent”). In holding that Microsoft did not infringe as a matter of law, the District ... Read More...
By Michelle Berger Congressional Bills: Heading Down the Series of Tubes Near You? On October 2, The Washington Post reported that the recent proposed health care legislation has re-sparked debate over openness and online information availability in Congress. A group of 180 members of Congress have signed a petition to require that all bills be placed online for at least 72 hours before voting. Advocates say this would allow greater government transparency and give legislators time to actually read the ... Read More...
Public Accessibility Prior to Patent By Stuart K. Tubis – Edited by Caity Ross In re Lister, No. 2009-1060 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 22, 2009) Slip Op. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, siding with Dr. Lister, vacated and remanded the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences decision, which had affirmed an examiner’s rejection of Dr. Lister’s patent application under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). The Federal Circuit held that the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences erred ... Read More...
By Sharona Hakimi EU Court Advisor Supports Google Keyword Searches in Trademark Suit On September 22, Reuters reported that an advocate general to the European Court of Justice, the EU’s highest court, stated that Google did not infringe trademark rights of luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton (LVMH). Google sells keywords that use the company’s trademarks, but Advocate General Poiares Maduro concluded that trademark protections do not extend to search advertising keywords because they are not considered a product sold to ... Read More...
