Patent Law 
How Texas Instruments Transformed the Eastern District of Texas – Law.com
“TI, which was very aggressive in those days at enforcing their patent portfolio, ended up loving the Eastern District and filed 25 or 30 suits during the 1990s in the Eastern District,” says Roth, founder of the Roth Law Firm … Continue reading
Billion Dollar Patent Lawyer Hunting Facebook, Twitter – paidContent.org
John Desmarais is famous in patent law circles for obtaining a $1.5 billion verdict against Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) in 2007 and, more recently, for being a subject in an NPR documentary about the harm caused by so-called patent trolls. Now … Continue reading
Apple wins ‘slide-to-unlock’ patent – TG Daily
Android vendors will need to brace themselves for another battle, thanks to a patent granted to Apple yesterday. The company now has the right to the ‘slide-to-unlock’ feature seen in most touchscreen smartphones and tablets, thanks to patent 8,046,721.
Wrapsol Asks United States Patent and Trademark Office to Declare That Zagg’s Patent Should Not Have Been Granted – msnbc.com
BOSTON, MA — Cooley Manion Jones LLP and Miele Law Group, P.C., on behalf of their client Wrapsol, LLC, filed a request for an inter partes reexamination of Zagg Intellectual Properties, Inc.’s (Zagg’s) U.S. Patent No. 7,957,524 with the …
Rhema Law Successfully Defends Client Coast Building and Plumbing in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Involving U.S. Patent 7,858,149 – Yahoo Finance
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Rhema Law Group, P.C. (“Rhema Law”) and Coast Building and Plumbing, Inc. (“Coast Building”) announced that it has obtained a dismissal of a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Pipe Restoration …
Rhema Law Successfully Defends Client Coast Building and Plumbing in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Involving U.S. Patent 7,858,149 – paidContent.org
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Rhema Law Group, P.C. (“Rhema Law”) and Coast Building and Plumbing, Inc. (“Coast Building”) announced that it has obtained a dismissal of a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Pipe …
The America Invents Act – a timeline for the next 18 months – Lexology
The America Invents Act will broadly impact most areas of patent law but will do so over a period of eighteen months – not all at once. Patent litigation, patent prosecution, and funding for the United States Patent and Trademark … Continue reading
Patent Law Limits On False Marking Suits Legal: Judge – site.law360.com
Law360, New York (October 21, 2011, 8:13 PM ET) — A California federal judge on Wednesday shot down a challenge to the new America Invents Act, ruling the patent reform law’s retroactive false marking provisions do not violate the U.S. … Continue reading
Walker Drops Video Patent Suit Against ABC, Others – site.law360.com
Law360, New York (October 20, 2011, 10:22 PM ET) — A Delaware federal judge on Wednesday tossed Walker Digital LLC’s lawsuit against several media companies, including American Broadcasting Co. Inc., over a video patent, settling all claims and …
United States: Law On Divided Infringement Remains Uncertain – Mondaq
In some cases, one of those entities might be an infringer. The law of divided patent infringement will remain in flux while the Akamai and McKesson cases are pending. For the present, it is prudent not to rely solely on … Continue reading
