Patent Law 
United States: Something New Under The Sun: The Patent Reform Act Of 2011 Represents The First Major Overhaul Of Patent Law Since 1952 – Mondaq
After passing Congress with bipartisan support, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, also known as the Patent Reform Act, 1 was signed by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The new law significantly reforms the way inventors protect their …
India’s patent ruling on cancer may open door for cheaper HIV drugs – Times of India
“This could well be the first of many compulsory rulings here,” said Gopakumar G Nair, head of patent law firm Gopakumar Nair Associates and former president of the Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association. “Global pharmaceutical manufacturers are …
Patent Troll War Catches Google, HTC, Motorola in Crossfire – PC Magazine
A subsidiary of Cascades Ventures, a patent licensing company, has sued RPX Corp, a spinoff of Intellectual Ventures, as well as Dell, Google, HTC, LG, and Motorola Mobility for violations of antitrust law and conspiracy to “monopsonize,” or accumulate a … Continue reading
Alnylam Retains Key Claims for Kinesin Spindle Protein (KSP) RNAi Patent in Interference Proceedings – MSN Money
The next phase of the interference proceedings will examine the respective priority date for each of the parties’ claims consistent with current U.S. patent law’s “first to invent” statute. “The maintained claims in the KSP RNAi patent …
Store-brand and generic pharmaceuticals maker Perrigo Co. has new legal counsel, IT expertise and three to its staff changes. – MLive.com
Prior to joining Perrigo, she practiced law as a senior-level intellectual property associate at Schiff Hardin LLP in Chicago. Smith also teaches pharmaceutical patent law as an adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law The Grand Rapids …
I Hope Yahoo Crushes Facebook In Its Patent Suit – Seekingalpha.com
Excerpted with permission from Mark Cuban’s “Blog Maverick” weblog: Anyone who reads this blog knows how much I hate patent laws. I think 99% of the time they are anti-competitive, corruptive, impede creativity and innovation and can kill small businesses.
Yahoo! suing Facebook over alleged patent infringement – Out-Law
Facebook is accused of using 10 patents belonging to Yahoo! without a proper licence to do so, including inventions related to “measures and systems” for internet advertising, according to a report by news agency Reuters. “Only two of the 10 … Continue reading
Patent Trolls Like Yahoo Will Ruin Silicon Valley, Says Yammer CEO – The Business Insider
Yammer CEO David Sacks is really angry about Yahoo’s patent suit against Facebook … Sacks told us, “The only reason why big companies wouldn’t go into this line of work — the law certainly allows it — is because of … Continue reading
An Uneasy Cultural Exchange – New York Times
The lawsuit, filed in February in United States District Court in New Mexico, alleged violations of trademark law and the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act, which makes it illegal to suggest that goods are of authentic Indian manufacture when … Continue reading
Motorola, HTC, Samsung among those facing new antitrust suit – Infoworld
a company that protects customers from patent infringement claims by nonpracticing entities, the defendants have broken antitrust laws. RPX is also named in the suit. In 2010, RPX approached Cascades about acquiring license rights to some of its …
