(Not so) SWEET, Vonage!
4.12.07 •Due to a recent district court ruling in the ongoing Verizon v. Vonage battle, it is possible that we shan’t be seeing many Vonage commercials in the near future. Our readers may be asking, “But why? Those Vonage commercials are so sweet!” Well, as a response, TLF would like to notify our readers of district [...]
Red Alert! WARF’s Patent Claims Rejected
4.9.07 •Human embryonic stem cell patents owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) were rejected in a recent re-examination by the USPTO. So what’s WARF’s next move?
Ding Dong, ‘Reasonable Apprehension’ is Dead
4.3.07 •Last Monday, the CAFC removed any doubt as to the status of its previous test for finding an Article III case or controversy in SanDisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc.
Broadcom & Qualcomm: The Latest Volley
3.25.07 •The Commission heard testimony from Congressmen, academics, and the parties themselves. The issue at hand was to assess the scope of penalties, i.e. whether the exclusion order should apply just to the offending chips or be broadened to include the offending phones as well.
MedImmune: ‘Substantial Controversy’ is the new ‘Reasonable Apprehension’
3.12.07 •The question, according to Judge Reade “is whether the facts alleged, under all the circumstances, show that there is a substantial controversy, between parties having adverse legal interests, of sufficient immediacy and reality (emphasis added) to warrant the issuance of a declaratory judgment.”
Dudas Speaks of Patent Reform
3.5.07 •Dudas was quick to point out that he travels abroad often and is asked “How can we model our system after the U.S.?” by foreign nations. He went on to say that framing the debate around how the current system stifles innovation was the wrong way to go about it.
Software Patents May Go the Way of the Dodo
2.25.07 •Just this past week, oral arguments commenced in the Microsoft v. AT&T case. The case holds major interest in the patent community because it has the possibility of drastically increasing the reach of U.S. court jurisdiction to enforce patents overseas.
House Judiciary Comittee Hears the Need for Reform
2.18.07 •The Committee heard statements from Adam B. Jaffe, Professor and Dean at Brandeis University, Suzanne Michel, Chief IP Counsel at the FTC, Mark Myers of the National Academy of Science, and Daniel B. Ravicher, Director of PubPat.