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Aerospace, Auto, and Defense
Honeywell $46.58 Million Jury Verdict Overturned
Thursday, August 17, 2006
A federal judge has overturned a $46.58 million jury verdict in a patent infringement case from 2001 over aircraft power unit systems. |
American Honda Asserts Generator Patents
Thursday, August 10, 2006
American Honda Motor Co. Inc. has launched a patent infringement suit against a recreational vehicle parts supplier, claiming the company has infringed its patents covering electrical generators. |
Dana Settles Patent, Antitrust Suits
Friday, August 04, 2006
Bankrupt auto parts supplier Dana Corp. has agreed to a $1.625 million settlement with American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. that, if approved, would end eight years of patent litigation. |
Acambis Boosted In Battle For Smallpox Vaccine Market
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Vaccine producer Acambis got a boost today in its battle with Bavarian Nordic A/S to become the supplier of smallpox vaccines to the U.S. government, with International Trade Commission transcripts indicating that the patents asserted by Bavarian Nordic are invalid. |
Rulings Highlight Community Patent Rift
Friday, July 14, 2006
National courts should have exclusive rights to decide on patent infringement, a European court ruled in two cases that throw a spotlight on the long-running controversy over whether Europe should streamline its national patent systems. |
Execs Charged With Peddling Trade Secrets
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Three former senior employees of Metaldyne Corporation have been charged with stealing secrets to help give its Chinese competitors a foothold as a supplier of powdered metal heavy automotive parts. |
Hawaiian Air Claims Rival Stole Trade Secrets
Friday, June 30, 2006
All is not well for Hawaiian Airlines and inter-island competitor Mesa Air Group Inc., which have been slinging allegations of trade secret violations and anti-competitive conduct against each other in bankruptcy court. |
Boeing To Pay Record $615M To Quell DOJ Probe
Friday, June 30, 2006
The Boeing Company will pay $615 million to settle U.S. Department of Justice probes into allegations that Boeing illegally obtained and used competitors' information to win contracts worth billions of dollars from NASA and the Air Force. |
Vehicle Auctioneers Settle Patent, Antitrust Claims
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Two U.S. vehicle auctioneers have resolved a dispute over patent infringement allegations fueled by an online auction system and alleged antitrust violations in the vehicle auction market. |
Supreme Court Set To Review Obviousness
Monday, June 26, 2006
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will take a look at when an invention is too obvious to receive protection in the U.S. patent system, using a quarrel over gas pedal designs as its vehicle. |
BMW, Hyundai & Kia Hit With Airbag Suit
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
A Delaware company has sued the U.S. subsidiaries of auto makers BMW, Hyundai and Kia, claiming that the defendants’ cars infringe on 11 of its patents related to air bag technology. |
Patent Appeal Would Disrupt Bankruptcy, Delphi Says
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Delphi Corp. has asked a judge to halt an appeal of a patent case that the beleaguered auto-parts maker says endangers its bankruptcy reorganization. |
Taser Takes Aim At Air Gun Company In Patent Battle
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
In an escalating fight amongst non-lethal weapon makers, Bestex Co. and Taser International are firing back and forth over a patent for an air cartridge used in their air guns, alleging unfair competition. |
High Court Should Tackle Obviousness: Solicitor General
Friday, May 26, 2006
Foreshadowing what could be the biggest patent case in a generation, the White House’s top lawyer has encouraged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case over patent “obviousness” – a ruling that would have far-reaching implications. |
Ford's $100M Airbag Patent Suit Changes Venues
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
A patent infringement lawsuit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from Ford Motor Co. has been transferred to Ford’s venue-of-choice after settlement talks over an inventor’s airbag technology collapsed. |
GM To Face $1.4B Jury Trial In Trade Secrets Case
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
In a potentially costly setback for General Motors Corp., a state supreme court has ruled the auto maker must face a new trial – this time with a jury – in the $1.4 billion trade secret lawsuit filed by an obscure inventor. |
Toyota Throws Another Punch In Hybrid Feud
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Japanese automaker Toyota is striking back at a small transmission company that sued the auto giant last year in Germany for hybrid transmission design patent infringement, this week initiating a countersuit against Antonov Automotive Technology BV in a Japanese court. |
Delphi Seeks To Retain Dickinson As IP Counsel
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Still wrangling over the details of its restructuring, bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi Corp. has requested court permission to retain Dickinson Wright Pllc as its intellectual property counsel. |
Federal Circuit Clarifies Willful Infringement
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
A decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has further clarified the 2004 Knorr-Bremse ruling, which marked significant changes to willful infringement law over adverse jury inferences and failure to obtain counsel. |
ITC To Investigate Toyota In Hybrid Patent Battle
Friday, February 10, 2006
The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to open an investigation into a tiny electric engine maker’s claims that auto giant Toyota infringed its patented hybrid car technology. |
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French Tax Raises Money For Drugs—And IP Concerns
As international governments and drug companies struggle to find a balance between protection of intellectual property and the rights of poor nations to access crucial medications, a controversial new French initiative stands to fuel the growing debate by pressuring the pharmaceutical industry to lower its prices. |
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Latest Articles
London Fog Lets Go Of Trademark
Monday, August 21, 2006
Still selling off its assets, bankrupt rainwear maker London Fog Group Inc. has unloaded its famed trademark, with Iconix Brand Group Inc. snapping up the recognizable brand for $30.5 million in cash and $7 million in stock.
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No End In Sight In Plavix Battle
Monday, August 21, 2006
Attorneys spent a second day in court Monday arguing over whether Apotex’ generic version of the blockbuster blood thinner Plavix should be allowed on the market.
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Lengthy Patent Battle Wages On For Microsoft
Monday, August 21, 2006
Timeline Inc. announced Monday that it has terminated a limited license with Microsoft Corp. for use of its patents with the software giant’s SQL Servers, and has asked a federal court to add Microsoft to a patent infringement lawsuit.
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eBay Opinion Doesn’t Affect Preliminary Injunctions, Judge Rules
Monday, August 21, 2006
A federal judge has ruled that a landmark Supreme Court decision involving eBay only relates to permanent injunctions and not preliminary ones.
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Federal Circuit Overturns Jury Verdict Against ACell
Monday, August 21, 2006
The Federal Circuit has overturned a jury verdict that found biotechnology company ACell Inc. liable for patent infringement of a tissue-engineering method for healing wounds and scars, ruling against Cook Biotech Inc. and Purdue Research Foundation.
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Silicon Graphics To Retain Paul Hastings
Monday, August 21, 2006
Silicon Graphics Inc. has requested permission to hire Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP to act as its special intellectual property counsel.
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Courts Write History on Permanent Injunctions In Patent Actions
Monday, August 21, 2006
Although a few more pages have been filled on the subject, there are still more pages that need to be written before the full impact and proper manner of applying the logic set forth in eBay will be understood, say Anthony F. Lo Cicero and Charles R. Macedo of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP.
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DexCom Scores Stay, Partial Dismissal In Abbott Suit
Friday, August 18, 2006
DexCom Inc. revealed Friday that it received a favorable ruling in a patent infringement dispute with rival Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. over technology related to glucose monitors used by diabetics.
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EchoStar Wins Block Of Damaging DVR Injunction
Friday, August 18, 2006
The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Friday blocked a temporary injunction that would have prevented Echostar Communication Corp. from selling some of its digitial video recorders and stopped the service of about 4 million DVRs within 30 days.
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Gloves Come Off In Plavix Battle
Friday, August 18, 2006
Canadian generic drug maker Apotex has accused Bristol-Myers of engaging in illegal secret side deals that led to a Department of Justice investigation into a Plavix settlement agreement.
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