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Patents
State Attorneys General Reject Revised Plavix Deal
Monday, July 31, 2006
For the second time, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis have failed to get antitrust clearance for the Plavix litigation settlement from state attorneys general. |
Chunghwa To Appeal Jury Decision
Monday, July 31, 2006
Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. announced Friday that it will appeal a jury decision to award LG Philips LCD Co. $52.5 million for patent infringement. |
ImClone Motion Denied In Erbitux Case
Monday, July 31, 2006
A federal judge on Friday dismissed ImClone Systems Inc.’s motion for summary judgment, thus setting the stage for a trial in an ongoing patent infringement battle over the cancer drug Erbitux. |
Universities, Hospitals Join Patent Litigation Bonanza
Friday, July 28, 2006
Not long ago, it was nearly unheard of for universities or hospitals to litigate patent cases. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles did not even file a patent application in its first 80 years of existence. But times have changed. |
Judge OKs SGI Disclosure As Patent Spat Is Resolved
Friday, July 28, 2006
A federal bankruptcy judge in Manhattan approved Silicon Graphics Inc.’s disclosure statement Thursday, after a last-minute amendment vitiated a claim that the disclosure didn’t contain enough information about LG Electronics' patent infringement claims against the company. |
FBI Raids Bristol-Myers Over Plavix Deal
Friday, July 28, 2006
A government antitrust investigation into a patent licensing deal over the blockbuster drug Plavix has escalated, with agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation raiding the offices of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
Rambus Accepts Slashed Jury Award
Friday, July 28, 2006
Faced with the choice of accepting a $133.6 million jury award—an amount the judge slashed by $174 million—or risking a new trial, Rambus Inc. took the safer route. |
Samsung Loses Bid For Rambus To Pay Attorney Fees
Friday, July 28, 2006
Delivering a blow to Samsung, a Virginia judge has rejected the Korean electronics maker’s request that Rambus Inc. pick up the tab for its attorneys' fees, despite the chip maker's “unclean hands” in the long-simmering semiconductor patent case. |
Rambus General Counsel Steps Down
Friday, July 28, 2006
After five years and dozens of high-stakes patent and antitrust lawsuits, former Rambus Inc. general counsel John Danforth is moving down in the company. |
DOJ Launches Criminal Probe Into Plavix Deal
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Federal prosecutors are taking aim at a deal involving the hotly-contested heart drug Plavix, launching a criminal investigation of a proposed settlement between Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Sanofi-Aventis and Apotex Inc. |
Matsushita Brings Patent Suit Against DVD Maker
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Japanese electronics giant Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. has hit a Taiwanese rival with a patent infringement suit, alleging the optical disc maker’s DVD discs violated its patents. |
Fed. Circuit Upholds Ruling In Cell Phone Dispute
Thursday, July 27, 2006
A U.S. Appeals Court upheld a lower court decision Wednesday that will allow Sony Ericsson to continue marketing two different cell phones. |
Abbott Wins Antitrust Challenge Over HIV Drug Cocktail
Thursday, July 27, 2006
When patent owners raise prices and make combination products more expensive in the process, they cannot be sued for monopoly leveraging under U.S. antitrust laws, according to a ruling Wednesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. |
FTC To Use “In Camera” Record In Rambus Case
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Exhibits and testimony offered behind closed doors may soon be made public in the ongoing antitrust litigation between semiconductor maker Rambus and several other chip makers. |
Mosaid Swings Back At Micron In DRAM Patent Suit
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Semiconductor company Mosaid Technologies Inc. shot off a countersuit against rival Micron Technology Inc. Tuesday just hours after Micron announced its own lawsuit seeking the invalidation of 14 Mosaid patents. |
Suit Over Semiconductor Wafers Settled
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Entegris Inc. and Miraial Co. Ltd. have struck a deal ending a yearlong patent infringement suit that centered on technology used to protect the fragile wafers used to manufacture microchips. |
Invitrogen Gets Biotech Patent Win In Jury Trial
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
A long-running biotech patent infringement lawsuit between life science companies Invitrogen Corp. and Stratagene Corp. over a patent involving a process of creating competent E. coli cells was brought to a close by a Texas jury’s ruling on Tuesday. |
Tyco Sticks Applied Medical With Fresh Patent Suit
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Tyco International Ltd.’s health care unit has jabbed longtime competitor Applied Medical Resources Corp. with a patent infringement suit, alleging it violated Tyco’s patents for medical devices used in minimally invasive surgery. |
Korea Pushes Drug-Pricing Law
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
With South Korea and the United States still tussling over trade agreements for pharmaceuticals, South Korea intends to forge ahead with drug-pricing legislation that could have a substantial material impact on U.S. drug sales in Korea. |
Judge Tosses Patent Case Against Stryker
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for alleged price-fixing, Stryker Corp. received a piece of good news this week when it won a summary judgment decision dismissing a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it by Luma Corp. |
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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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