http://www.techlawforum.net Patent Reform and Internet Policy from Santa Clara University School of Law Fri, 09 May 2008 07:12:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to the Recording Industry Association of America's David Hughes, DRM (Digital Rights Management) is poised to make a comeback. Despite all evidence to the contrary, Hughes put together a list of "22 different ways to sell music" and figured "20 of them still require DRM." Not to be outdone in ... http://www.techlawforum.net/internet-policy/net-law/drm-not-dead-just-resting/ Applera Corp.-Applied Biosystems Group v. Illumina, Inc. (PDF) 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16712 Decided Feb. 21, 2008 Judge Alsup Judge Alsup construes six terms in this patent infringement lawsuit: 1) initializing oligonucleotide probe 2) ligating an extension oligonucleotide probe to said extendable probe terminus 3) extended oligonucleotide probe 4) identifying 5) just-ligated extension probe 6) repeating steps (b), (c) and ... http://www.techlawforum.net/patent-reform/district-court/applera-illumina-claim-construction/ Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. Doe Assigned to: Hon. Claudia Wilken Cause: 17:501 Copyright Infringement Filed: March 27, 2008 BMG Music et al v. John Doe Assigned to: Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman Cause: 17:501 Copyright Infringement Filed: March 27, 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. et al v. Doe Assigned to: Magistrate Judge Wayne D. Brazil Cause: 17:501 Copyright Infringement Filed: March ... http://www.techlawforum.net/patent-reform/district-court/march-27-record-companies-haul-out-knives/ Danny Dover, posting at SEOmoz, relates an interesting story about his decision to post video of a Saturday Night Live skit to YouTube, and the resulting reaction from NBC Universal. The story doesn't unfold the way you might expect. NBC Universal was quick to react, sending Danny an email to ... http://www.techlawforum.net/internet-policy/net-law/nbc-universal-you-tube-pirates/ NexG Networks, Inc. v. NewPath Networks LLC Assigned to: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker Cause: 35:271 Patent Infringement Filed: March 21, 2008 Rosequist v. Michael Taylor Designs, Inc. Assigned to: Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong Cause: 15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act) Filed: March 24, 2008 Gallup, Inc. v. Business Research Bureau et al Assigned to: Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte Cause: 15:1114 ... http://www.techlawforum.net/patent-reform/district-court/ip-filings-nd-cal-late-march/ Exonhit Therapeutics v. Jivan Biologics, Inc. (PDF) 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24314 Decided March 7, 2008 Judge Alsup Judge Alsup construed "region of variability" to mean "a segment of DNA within a gene or gene product that serves one role (exon, intron, exon-intron junction or exon-exon junction) with respect to one isoform of the ... http://www.techlawforum.net/patent-reform/district-court/exonhit-jivan-claim-construction/ Quantum Corp. v. Riverbed Tech. Inc. (PDF) 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11348 Decided February 4, 2008 Judge Alsup In this case Judge Alsup granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss whereas Judge Wilken denied a similar motion in a case with similar facts. Here, Plaintiff Quantum sued Defendant Riverbed for patent infringement. Riverbed contends ... http://www.techlawforum.net/patent-reform/district-court/quantum-v-riverbed-motion-to-dismiss/ At the end of last week, Microsoft gave Yahoo an ultimatum: Agree to a merger within three weeks, or it's hostile takeover time for you. Yahoo fired back over the weekend, saying Microsoft's $44.6B offer was still on the low side. While indicating it was still open to discussion, Yahoo ... http://www.techlawforum.net/internet-policy/net-law/fight-for-second-to-google/ Virgin Records America, Inc. et al v. Doe Assigned to: Hon. Jeremy Fogel Referred to: Magistrate Judge Patricia V. Trumbull Cause: 17:501 Copyright Infringement Filed: Feb. 28, 2008 Warner Bros. Records Inc. et al v. Doe Assigned to: Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong Cause: 17:501 Copyright Infringement Filed: Feb. 28, 2008 KLA-Tencor Corporation v. Fujitsu Limited et al Assigned to: Hon. ... http://www.techlawforum.net/patent-reform/district-court/feb-march-2008-nd-cal/ Nichia Corp. v. Seoul Semiconductor, Ltd. (PDF) 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12183 Decided February 7, 2008 Judge Maxine M. Chesney Plaintiff was denied a permanent injunction because it could not show it has suffered irreparable harm or that it will likely suffer irreparable harm. Defendant apparently only made one infringing sale in the US ... http://www.techlawforum.net/patent-reform/district-court/nichia-v-seoul-semiconductor-injunction-denied/