Thu, 9 Sep 2010 02:38:00 GMT
New Zealand: Software Patents Consigned To History Under New Zealand's New Patents Act - Shelston IP - In March 2010, we reported on continuing progress toward New Zealand's new Patents Act. Specifically, it was noted that, in its report to Parliament following public consultation on the Patents Bill 2008 (PB), the Commerce Select Committee provided a
from: Mondaq

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 02:38:00 GMT
Australia: The Australian Innovation Patent - A Litigation Weapon - Shelston IP - Ltd v Richard Bass Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 723 (12 July 2010), the plaintiff sued over two innovation patents in the field of fish processing machinery. It is noteworthy that the second of the innovation patents was granted after the litigation had commenced
from: Mondaq

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 21:24:00 GMT
RIM Patents 'Adaptive' Billboards for Delivering Ads Based on Traffic - Extract not available.
from: New York Times

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 12:48:00 GMT
Suven receives patent for NCE in Australia and Mexico - one of its new chemical entity (NCE) for the treatment of disorders associated with neurodegenerative diseases and these patents are valid until 2012 and 2015. With these new patents, Suven has a total of eight granted product patents for their NCEs in
from: PharmaBiz

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:55:00 GMT
International guidelines, patents and trials: Women’s health—what’s new worldwide - the DOI is cited incorrectly in your source the DOI does not resolve due to a system problem
from: BJOG

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 23:35:00 GMT
Court rejects rivals' motion to void patents on Teva's Copaxone - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries won an important victory yesterday in its battle to defend its patents for its multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone. Judge Barbara Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion for
from: Haaretz

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 21:46:00 GMT
UPDATE 1-Teva wins ruling over Copaxone patents - Extract not available.
from: Reuters UK

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:09:00 GMT
And Then There Were 16: Companies Hammered by Patent-Hoarder - Patents owned by Intellectual Ventures started popping up in lawsuits about one year ago. This week, 16 more companies found themselves on the receiving end of allegations that they had infringed
from: Corporate Council

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 13:06:00 GMT
Searching & Mapping US Patents for Patentability (Part 1) - defends a market space. This course will help you to expand your skills at searching and interpretation of patents in order to guide your product development work and communication to colleagues and the business. e-Training Course length: 90 min Date:
from: SpecialChem

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:30:00 GMT
DiaTech Oncology Files Patents for Drug Discovery - Extract not available.
from: PR Newswire

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:33:00 GMT
Research and Markets: Drug Patent Inventor Report 2010 Uses Using Data on Drugs Approved from 2000 to 2009 - 2000 to 2009, this report provides complete lists of: Top Inventors Which inventors were granted the most patents? Patents per Inventor The patents awarded to each inventor Approved Drugs per Inventor Approved Drugs per Inventor The approved drugs
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Mon, 6 Sep 2010 14:28:00 GMT
Acacia Research's subsidiary enters into license agreement with eRad - announced that its Hospital Systems subsidiary has entered into a license agreement with eRad, covering a portfolio of patents that apply to medical picture archiving and communication system technology. This agreement resolves the parties' dispute that
from: TMC Net

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 05:49:00 GMT
IPR protection - of the most important non-EU countries filing patent applications to the European Patent Office, with the number of patents submitted increasing to 1,621 in 2009.Source: Global Times
from: People's Daily Online

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 02:52:00 GMT
Chinese enterprises focus more on innovations - HEFEI - Innovation in Chinese enterprises is steadily increasing with more patents filed and more funds invested in research and development (R&D), the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) said Saturday. The top 500 Chinese enterprises possessed 169,000
from: CHINAdaily

Sun, 5 Sep 2010 07:22:00 GMT
O'Brien: Lawsuit exposes flaws in patent system - included were non-valley companies such as AOL, OfficeMax and Staples. In essence, the suit claims that Interval holds patents on some of the most common features of the modern Web, such as the widgets that show stock quotes or weather forecasts and
from: San Jose Mercury News

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 23:15:00 GMT
Chinese enterprises file more patents, focus more attention on innovations - HEFEI, Sep. 4 (Xinhua) -- Innovation in Chinese enterprises is steadily increasing with more patents filed and more funds invested in research and development (R&D), the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) said Saturday. The top 500 Chinese enterprises
from: Xinhua News Agency

Fri, 3 Sep 2010 08:05:00 GMT
US Court of Appeals upholds validity of Lilly's Evista patents - prior ruling by the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana that the company's method-of-use patents for Evista (raloxifene HCl tablets) are valid. These patents provide protection for Evista in the US through March of 2014. "We are
from: PharmaBiz

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:00:00 GMT
U.S. Court Of Appeals Upholds Validity Of Lilly's Evista Patents Through March Of 2014 - ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana that the company's method-of-use patents for Evista® (raloxifene HCl tablets) are valid. These patents provide protection for Evista in the U.S. through March of 2014. "We are
from: Pharmaceutical Online

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:54:00 GMT
Global struggle over software patents - It is common currency in open source to say that patents are an American problem. That?s not true. Software patents, or patents on what is expressed in software, are a global problem. (Picture from our Apple Core blog, co-starring Jason O?Grady
from: ZDNet

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:47:00 GMT
U.S. Court Of Appeals Upholds Validity Of Lilly's Evista Patents ... - Extract not available.
from: Pharmaceutical Online

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:35:00 GMT
Acacia Research Unit Reaches License Deal With ERad - Quick Facts - said its Hospital Systems Corporation subsidiary entered into a license agreement with eRad Inc. covering a portfolio of patents that apply to medical picture archiving and communication system or PACS technology. The company noted that this deal
from: RTTNews.com

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 01:20:00 GMT
And Then There Were ... 16! Companies Hammered With Suits From Patent-Hoarder - Patents owned by Intellectual Ventures started popping up in lawsuits about one year ago. This week, 16 more companies found themselves on the receiving end of allegations that they had infringed
from: Corporate Council

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:18:00 GMT
Suing Silicon Valley - that fortune by suing some of Silicon Valley's biggest companies, which he accuses of violating heretofore unheard-of patents on some core Internet technologies. The lawsuit by Allen's Interval Licensing is based on four patents obtained since 2000 by
from: Los Angeles Times

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 23:07:00 GMT
Interval Research Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits - has filed several patent infringement lawsuits against several key Internet players, claiming they improperly used his company's patents from Interval Research Corporation. This should get very interesting... To view the full article in its entirety,
from: DevSource

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 21:22:00 GMT
Microsoft co-founder sues over patents - nine other companies, for patent infringement. Allen claims the 11 companies are using technology for which he owns patents, according to court documents filed in a Seattle district court Friday. The papers were filed by Allen's company, Interval
from: CNN Money

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:50:00 GMT
Oracle lawsuit unlikely to prompt Java forking - Oracle's lawsuit against Google over Java patents could alienate some people in the Java space, but the litigation is not likely to prompt a forking of the Java platform itself, the founder of the popular Spring Framework
from: InfoWorld

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:47:00 GMT
UPDATE 2-US appeals court says no to Teva's generic Evista - * Evista a big seller for Lilly (Adds comment from Lilly, details of patents and case
from: Reuters

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:33:00 GMT
Court affirms Eli Lilly patents protecting Evista - INDIANAPOLIS - Eli Lilly and Co. said Wednesday a federal appeals court upheld patents protecting its osteoporosis treatment Evista, giving the drugmaker a victory after some patent-related setbacks this summer. The Indianapolis company said the U.S.
from: CNBC

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:23:00 GMT
Lilly: Appeals court backs Evista method patents - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Eli Lilly & Co. said Wednesday a federal appeals court ruled that method-of-use patents for the drug maker's osteoporosis medication Evista are valid. The patents are in effect until March 2014, Lilly said. The drug maker
from: MarketWatch

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:11:00 GMT
More Intellectual Ventures Patents Used in East Texas Lawsuit - Patents owned by Intellectual Ventures started popping up in lawsuits about one year ago. This week, 16 more companies found themselves on the receiving end of allegations that they had infringed
from: Corporate Council