AIPLA Reports

Topic(s) include:

• December 21, 2007 (PDF)

• Commerce Appropriations Preserves PTO Access to Fee Revenue
• Leahy and Hatch Agree Patent Reform Must Come in Early 2008
• N.Y. Common Law Permits Misappropriation Action for Foreign Goodwill, ITC Limited v. Punchgini, Inc., N.Y. Ct. App., USCOA2 No. 165, 12/13/07.
• Senate Ratifies Three IP Treaties: PLT, Hague Design, and Singapore
• EPO Adds to Claim Fee for Applications with More than 50 Claims

• December 11, 2007 (PDF)

• CAFC Considers Business Method Marketing Claims Under Section 101, In re Ferguson, Fed. Cir., No. 2007-1232, oral argument 12/5/07.
• AIPLA Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief on Patent Exhaustion, Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc., U.S., No. 06-937, brief filed 12/6/07.
• CAFC Reviews Validity of ‘Unintentional’ Standard for Abandonment, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited v. Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 2008-1016, appellant brief filed 12/4/07.
• Approval of Settlement Involving Unregistered Copyrights Was Invalid, In re Literary Works in Electronic Database Copyright Litigation, 2d Cir., No. 05-5943-cv(L), 11/29/07.
• Lawsuit Challenging Appointment of PTO Official Is Dismissed, Aharonian v. Gutierrez, DC DC, No. No. 07-1224 (JR), 12/6/07.

• November 27, 2007 (PDF)

• En Banc CAFC Will Examine Design Patent ‘Point of Novelty’ Requirement, Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1562, en banc review granted 11/26/07.

• November 20, 2007 (PDF)

• Presidential Candidates Weigh In on Innovation And Patent Policy
• Further Briefing and Hearing Is Ordered on Discovery in Case Against PTO, Tafas v. Dudas, E.D. Va., No. 1:07cv1008 (JCC/TRJ), discovery oral argument 11/16/07.
• ‘Chewy Vuitton’ Dog Toy Neither Infringes Nor Dillutes Vuitton Marks, Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. v. Haute Diggity Dog, LLC, 4th Cir., No. 06-2267, 11/13/07.

• November 15, 2007 (PDF)

• Trilateral Patent Offices Reach Agreement at 25th Anniversary Meeting

• November 7, 2007 (PDF)

• En Banc Review Requested on Ruling that Signal Claims Are Unpatentable, In re Nuijten, Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1371, petition filed 11/1/07.
• PTO Executives Are Noticed for Depositions in Rules Litigation; Decision Scorecard

• November 1, 2007 (PDF)

• Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking New PTO Rules, SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Dudas, E.D. Va., No. 1:07cv1008 (JCC/TRJ), amicus brief filed 10/25/07.

• October 31, 2007 (PDF)

• PTO Brief Responds to AIPLA Amicus Filing in Suit on New Rules, SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Dudas, E.D. Va., No. 1:07cv1008 (JCC/TRJ), amicus brief filed 10/25/07.

• October 26, 2007 (PDF)

• AIPLA Supports TRO Request on PTO Claims and Continuations Rules, SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Dudas, E.D. Va., No. 1:07cv1008 (JCC/TRJ), amicus brief filed 10/25/07.

• October 24, 2007 (PDF)

• USTR Announces Talks on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

• October 11, 2007 (PDF)

• PTO Issues Examiner Guidelines on Obviousness Findings after KSR

• October 8, 2007 (PDF)

• CAFC Struggles with Business Method Claim to Human Actions, In re Bilski, Fed. Cir., No. 2007-1130, oral argument 10/1/07.
• Senate Passes Vessel Hull Protection Bill
• AIPLA Urges NY High Court to Recognize Well-Known Marks Doctrine, ITC Limited v. Punchgini, Inc., N.Y. Ct. App., No. 05-0933, brief filed 10/2/07.

• October 1, 2007 (PDF)

• Supreme Court Will Review Federal Circuit Law on Patent Exhaustion, Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc., U.S., No. 06-937, 9/25/07.
  

• September 24, 2007 (PDF)

• Claims to Signals Per Se Are Not Statutory Subject Matter, In re Nuijten, Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1371, 9/20/07.
• Business Methods Requiring Only Human Thinking Are Unpatentable, In re Comiskey, Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1286, 9/20/07.

• September 12 , 2007 (PDF)

• House Passes Patent Bill with Modifications
• Final Rule Amendments Respond to PCT Amendments

• August 21, 2007 (PDF)

• Final Rules Limiting Patent Claiming and Continuation Practice Are Issued
• Federal Circuit Drops ‘Duty’ of Underwater Devices and Trial Counsel Waiver, In re Seagate Technology, LLC, Fed. Cir., Misc. No. 830, 8/20/07.

• August 19, 2007 (PDF )

• Verdict Against Microsoft on Liability and Damages Is Vacated, Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Gateway Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
• Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction Was Improperly Denied, Sony Electronics, Inc. v. Guardian Media Technologies, Ltd.
• Revisions to Board of Appeals Rules Are Proposed

• August 7, 2007 (PDF)

• Patent Reform Bills Await Action as Congress Recesses
• Final Rules Are Issued Amending Rules of Practice before TTAB
• AIPLA Amicus Brief Urges Review of Well-Known Marks Decision, ITC Limited v. Punchgini, Inc., U.S., No. 06-1722, brief filed 7/25/07.

• July 9, 2007 (PDF)

• Equivalents Claim May be Barred Even If Purpose of Equivalent Was Unforeseeable, Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd., Fed. Cir., No. 05-1492, 7/5/07.
• Copyright Office Issues Interim Rules for On-line Registration

• June 30, 2007 (PDF)

• Reform Bill Stalls in Senate Judiciary for Lack of Quorum
• ‘Obvious to Try’ Basis for Invalidity Has Its Limits, Takeda Chem. Indus., Ltd. v. Alphapharm Pty., Ltd., Fed. Cir., No. 06-1329, 6/28/07.
• AIPLA Board Adopts Resolutions on PTO Fraud Standards for Trademarks
• ‘Known Methods’ Statement Does Not Recite Corresponding Structure for §112 ¶6, Biomedino, LLC, v. Water Technologies Corp., Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1350, 6/18/07.
• PTO Sanctions on Invention Promotion Attorney Were Not Arbitrary, Bender v. Dudas, Fed. Cir. No. 2006-1243, 6/21/07.

• June 22, 2007 (PDF)

• Senate Judiciary Makes Initial Amendments to Patent Reform Bill

• June 19, 2007 (PDF)

• CAFC Chief Judge’s Letter to Senators Follows Up on Patent Reform

• June 11, 2007 (PDF)

• En Banc CAFC Hears Oral Argument on Willfulness and Scope of Privilege, In re Seagate, Fed. Cir., No. 06-M830, oral argument 6/7/07.
• Senate Judiciary Takes PTO Testimony on Patent Reform
• New Peer-to-Peer Pilot on Prior Art Submissions Begins June 15
• Denial of En Banc Review Over Dissenting Opinions Suggests KSR Approach, Pfizer, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1261, en banc review denied, 5/21/07.
• Warnings Go Out on Bogus Trademark Publication and Cancellation Notices

• May 25, 2007 (PDF)

• CAFC Chief Judge Urges Deletion of Patent Reform Provisions On Apportionment of Damages and Claim Construction Appeals

• May 20, 2007 (PDF)

• House Subcommittee Approves Patent Reform Bill as Introduced
• Administration Letter Endorses Some Patent Reforms in H.R. 1908

• May 6, 2007 (PDF)

• DOJ and FTC Release Report on Antitrust and IP Rights
• De Novo Review of Claim Construction Renders District Court Process Irrelevant, Acumed LLC v. Stryker Corp., Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1260, 4/12/07.

• May 1, 2007 (PDF)

• Federal Circuit’s TSM Test Survives But May Not Be Rigidly Applied, KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc. U.S., No. 04-1350, 4/30/07.
• Section 271(f) Was Not Violated by Foreign-Made Copies of Software, Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp., U.S. No. 05-1056, 4/30/07.

• April 8, 2007 (PDF)

• ‘Totality of Circumstances’ Is Test for Article III Case or Controversy, SanDisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 05-1300, 3/26/07; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Novartis, Inc., Fed. Cir., No 06-1181, 3/30/07.
• Federal Trademark Law Does Not Recognize Famous Name Doctrine, ITC Limited v. Punchgini, Inc., 2d Cir., No. 05-0933-cv, 3/28/07.

• March 25, 2007 (PDF)

• Government Views Are Requested on Reverse Payments in Drug Patent Case, Joblove v. Barr Labs, Inc., U.S., No. 06-830, brief requested 3/19/07.
• Tangential Relation Argument Did Not Rebut Prosecution History Estoppel, Cross Medical Products, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 05-1415, 3/20/07.
• PTO Rescinds Waiver of Restriction Requirements for Nucleotide Claims
• AIPLA Files Amicus Brief on Willful Infringement and Attorney/Client Privilege, In re Seagate, Fed. Cir., Misc. No. 830, brief filed 3/19/07.
• Teaching for Nonobviousness Need Not Be Explicit in Prior Art, Pfizer, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1261, 3/22/07.
• Embodiment under Broad Claim Construction Required Enablement, Liebel-Flarsheim Company v. Medrad, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 06-1156, 3/22/07.
• Copyright Office Proposes Reducing Electronic Filing Fee to $35

• March 10, 2007 (PDF)

• Subject Matter Issues for Business Method Patents Are Presented to CAFC, In re Comiskey, Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1286, supplemental brief filed 3/6/07.
• New Bill Would Create Exceptions to DMCA Anticircumvention Law
• Amendments to Rules on Representing Clients to PTO Are Proposed

• February 24, 2007 (PDF)

• $1.5 Billion Verdict Included Foreign Windows Sales under Section 271(f), Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Gateway Inc. and Microsoft Corp., S.D. Calif., No. 02CV2060-B(CAB), 2/22/07.
• Oral Argument Explores Application of Section 271(f) to PC Software, Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp., U.S. No. 05-1056, oral argument 2/19/07.

• February 17, 2007 (PDF)

• Enacted Appropriations Bill Allows PTO to Spend All of Its Collected Fees
• House Passes Bill on Pilot Program for Designating Judges in Patent Cases
• Senate Judiciary Clears Bill on Drug Patent Agreements That Block Generics
• House IP Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Patent Reform
• Record Rental Exception to First Sale Defense Is Only for Music Sound Recordings, Brilliance Audio, Inc. v. Haights Cross Communications, Inc., 6th Cir., No. 05-1209, 1/26/07.
• Focus on Ornamental Feature Did Not Overcome Res Judicata Effect of Prior Ruling, In re Bose, Fed. Cir. No. 06-1173, 2/8/07.
• Good Faith Did Not Outweigh Inferred Intent to Deceive, Cargill Inc. v. Canbra Foods, Ltd., Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1265, 2/14/07.
• Comment Is Invited on Trademark and Patent Rule Amendments
• TTAB Policy Change Permits Citation of Non-Precedential Opinions

• February 3, 2007 (PDF)

• Supplemental Jurisdiction Does Not Extend to Foreign Infringement of Foreign Patents, Voda v. Cordis Corp., Fed. Cir., No. 05-1238, 2/1/07.
• New Rules Set Receipt Time as Submission Time for Patent Correspondence
• Receiver/Recorder Exposes XM to Liability for Music Distribution, Atlantic Recording Corp. v. XM Satellite Radio, Inc., S.D.N.Y., No. 06 Civ. 3733 (DAB), 1/18/07.

• January 30, 2007 (PDF)

• En Banc CAFC Will Consider Attorney-Client Privilege and Willfulness, In re Seagate, Fed. Cir., Misc. No. 830, 1/26/07.

• January 20, 2007 (PDF)

• New PTO Rule Permits Electronic Exchange of Priority Documents
• Bill Would Apply Exhaustion Doctrine to Foreign Sales of Patented Drugs
• Bill Would Bar Drug Patent Agreements to Delay Marketing of Generics
• Use in United States for Opposition Need Not Be Use in Commerce, First Niagara Ins. Brokers, Inc. v. First Niagara Financial Group, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 06-1202, 1/9/07.
• Bill Would Establish Royalty Parity for Compulsory Licensed Technologies
• Bill Would Create Statutory License to Overturn Satellite Injunction
• Preliminary Injunction Ruling Was Not Preclusive under Blonder Tongue, Abbott Laboratories v. Andrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 06-1101, 1/5/07.

• January 10, 2007 (PDF)

• Article III Case or Controversy Does Not Require Licensee to Breach Agreement for DJ Claim, Medimmune Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., U.S., No. 05-608, 1/9/07.

• January 6, 2007 (PDF)

• Bill on Pilot Program for Designating Judges in Patent Cases Is Reintroduced
• Licensee Lacked Standing to Sue Even with Patentee Joined as Party-Plaintiff, Propat Int’l v. RPost, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1222, 1/4/07.
• Damages Cap in Settlement Did Not Preclude Claim of Irreparable Harm, Sanofi-Synthelabo v. Apotex, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 06-1613, 12/8/06.
• Florida IP Certification Is Now Available

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