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Monthly Archives: April 2004
Smithkline Beecham Corp., et al. v. Apotex Corp., et al.
Smithkline Beecham Corp., et al. v. Apotex Corp., et al.
Opinion by Rader, concurring opinion by Gajarsa
Federal Circuit, April 23, 2004
Following a bench trial, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois determined that the paroxetine hydrochloride anhydrate product produced by Apotex Corp., Apotex, Inc., and TorPharm, Inc. will not infringe claim 1 [...]
Scanner Technologies Corporation v. Icos Vision Systems Corporation, N.V.
Scanner Technologies Corporation v. Icos Vision Systems Corporation, N.V.
Federal Circuit, April 23, 2004
Scanner Technologies Corporation appealed from an order granting summary judgment of non-infringement to ICOS Vision Systems Corporation, N.V. based on a finding that ICOS’s accused products did not literally infringe the claims of United States Patent Nos. 6,064,756 and 6,064,757 as construed, and [...]
New favorite blog
I’ve got a new favorite blog (which I need to add to my BlogRoll). It is called “the [non]billable hour” by Matthew Homann. His posts cover a wide range of topics (client relations, client service, law office economics, marketing, and time management (to name a few)). Here are a couple of my [...]
IP Jobs @ Google
I guess Google is looking for IP help too. If you want to move to Mountain View, CA…Google Job Opportunities
• Patent Counsel
• Intellectual Property Counsel
• Intellectual Property Legal Assistant
USPTO on-line chat for independent inventors
According to today’s USPTO home page (United States Patent and Trademark Office Home Page:
USPTO To Hold Live On-Line for Independent Inventors
Senior officials of the United States Patent and Trademark Office will be available live on line next Thursday, April 29 from 2 to 3 pm (EDT). They will be answering questions and offering tips for [...]
Windows v. Macintosh v. Linux
I (a Windows user) had always heard that Macintosh makes up 10% of the market. I have always thought that was one of the most ludicrously bloated statements I had ever heard. However…I recently started using BlogPatrol to help track stats (what pages people are looking at, what they are searching for, etc.). [...]
More on Prior Art Databases and “traditional knowledge”
The Patently Obvious Blog has an interesting post re: prior art/traditional knowledge. See: Patently Obvious: Traditional Knowledge
See also my previous posts:
Prior art databases
Internet Non-Patent Prior Art Databases
Shiver Me Timbers
“Pirates of the 21st Century: The Curse of the Black Market.â€
The Statement of Acting Under Secretary Jon Dudas before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia regarding counterfeiting and intellectual property theft.
Feedback
This blog has been up and running for 100+ days now. Time for a little feedback. I know there are a number of you who visit the site regularly or use a news aggregator to view the feeds. Help me improve it. If you have a second, could you either add [...]
