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Obviousness is Reviewed De Novo

Muniauction, Inc. v. Thomson Corp. and I-Deal (Fed. Cir. 2008) (Part II) [Read Part I discussing joint infringement] Muniauction's patent relates to municipal bond auctions. During cross examination at trial, Muni's expert admitted that two of the claims were identical... (original story)

Federal Circuit likely to uphold preliminary injunction in Amgen ... - Financial Times

This article is provided to FT.com readers by Pharmawire —a news service focused on providing insight into the most price sensitive issues in the global pharmaceutical market. www.pharmawire.com (original story)

Obviousness is Reviewed De Novo

Muniauction, Inc. v. Thomson Corp. and I-Deal (Fed. Cir. 2008) (Part II) [Read Part I discussing joint infringement] Muniauction's patent relates to municipal bond auctions. During cross examination at trial, Muni's expert admitted that two of the claims were identical... (original story)

Tiffany Fails to Prove eBay Contributed to Mark Violation - Law.com

Tiffany and Co. cannot blame eBay for the proliferation of counterfeit jewelry hawked on the online auction site, a federal judge ruled Monday. Southern District of New York Judge Richard Sullivan, following a bench trial, rejected several claims by ... (original story)

USPTO Patent Quality - It's Not As Bad As You Think

Over the past five years, there has been an obsession within the patent community to find ways to increase "patent quality." No matter how you define it, most people agree that there have been periods where the ... (original story)

MUNIAUCTION: Joint Infringement Requires Mastermind

Muniauction, Inc. v. Thomson Corp. and I-Deal (Fed. Cir. 2008) Ray Niro's team helped Muniauction win a jury verdict of willful infringement resulting in an award of $77 million for lost profit and enhanced damages. On appeal, the CAFC reversed... (original story)

MUNIAUCTION: Joint Infringement Requires Mastermind

Muniauction, Inc. v. Thomson Corp. and I-Deal (Fed. Cir. 2008) Ray Niro's team helped Muniauction win a jury verdict of willful infringement resulting in an award of $77 million for lost profit and enhanced damages. On appeal, the CAFC reversed... (original story)

Apple patent involves pair crossover on serial bus

An Apple patent for a method and apparatus for automatic detection and healing of signal pair crossover on a high performance serial bus has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. (original story)

Patent Associate - Law Firm - Washington, D.C.

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eBay Shines in Tiffany Trademark Fight

In Tiffany v. eBay , decided today, the Southern District of New York gives helpful bounds to secondary liability for trademark infringement, saying eBay is not liable for its use of the term "Tiffany" nor for ... (original story)

Patent Counsel - Large Corporation - Sunnyvale, Calif.

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Patent quality on the rise?

Joff Wild has a post which includes text about work suggesting patent quality is rising: All of this is clearly going to infuriate a lot of people. (original story)

Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 50

Query: Does anyone use the XML links found within private PAIR? Obviousness: Secondary factors are generally used to prove that an invention is nonobvious. Symmetry may cause us to think that factors may also exist that are useful in showing... (original story)

Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 50

Query: Does anyone use the XML links found within private PAIR? Obviousness: Secondary factors are generally used to prove that an invention is nonobvious. Symmetry may cause us to think that factors may also exist that are useful in showing... (original story)

Patent Attorney - Small Corporation - Bellevue, Wash.

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