7 Mar 2012
On September 15, 2006, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided in a copyright case that Lexis Nexis(Lexis) did not infringe on the copyright of the plaintiff corporation LawMode. Ross Brovins & Oehmke v. Lexis Group, Case No. 05-1513 (6th Cir., Sept. 25, 2006) More specifically, the court held that Lexis’ compilation...
28 Feb 2012
View patents here: issued on February 28, 2012 & issued on December 12, 2012
7 Jan 2012
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that defendant’s request for an injunction on a theory of trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C.S. § 1114(1) was barred by laches. Tillamook Country Smoker v. Tillamook County Creamery Association, Case No. 04-35843 (9th cir., Oct. 11, 2006). Defendant Tillamook County Creamery...
6 Dec 2011
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in the Dystar Textilfarben v. C.H. Patrick Co. and Bann Quimica decision that defended the use of the “motivation-suggesting teaching” (hereinafter: “M-S-T”) test in order to determine a finding of obviousness in the matter of patented inventions. The opinion is of particular interest...
6 Nov 2011
In Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. v. Mayne Pharma (USA), Inc., Case No. 06-1118 (Fed. Cir., Nov. 15, 2006), pharmaceutical company, Mayne Pharma, Inc. (Mayne), lost an appeal from a district court’s decision finding their infringing product was specifically designed to mimic their competitor’s improved anesthetic. But although Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. (Abraxis) ultimately won their patent infringement...