Via NYLawyer.com, NY Judge Quashes Subpoena Aimed at Patent Counsel
Defendants in a patent action may not depose the plaintiff’s litigation counsel, even though he was responsible for prosecuting the patents at issue in the case, a Southern District judge ruled yesterday.
Monthly Archives: July 2004
Deposing your opponent’s patent counsel
TGIF — How well do you know corporate logos?
OK fellow trademark attorneys…how well do you know corporate logos/brands? Check out the “Retail Alphabet Game” where you are presented with 26 letters snipped out of corporate logo…your job is to guess the corporation/brand. Have fun.
Lawyer jokes
Don’t you love it when one of your family members goes out of their way to tell you a “new” lawyer joke (that you’ve heard 400 times before)? Robert J. Ambrogi recently wrote an article on Law.com regarding websites devoted to lawyer jokes and humor. law.com – Article [Via The Blawg Channel]
Mars, Inc. v. H.J. Heinz Company, L.P., et al. (Fed. Cir.)
Mars, Inc. v. H.J. Heinz Company, L.P., et al.
Federal Circuit, July 29, 2004
Before SCHALL, DYK (opinion) and PROST, Circuit Judges.
Appellant Mars, Inc. (“Marsâ€) appeals the final judgment of the United States District Court for the Central District of California granting appellees H.J. Heinz Company, L.P., Heinz Management Company, and Del Monte Corporation (collectively “Heinzâ€) summary [...]
High Concrete Structures, Inc. v. New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., Inc., et al. (Fed. Cir.)
High Concrete Structures, Inc. v. New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., Inc., et al.
Download: [zipped .exe file from the court] or [pdf I created]
Federal Circuit, July 29, 2004
Before MAYER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN (opinion) and CLEVENGER, Circuit Judges.
High Concrete Structures, Inc. (“High Concrete”) appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern [...]
Glaxo Group Limited, et al. v. Apotex, Inc. (Fed. Cir.)
Glaxo Group Limited, et al. v. Apotex, Inc.
Federal Circuit, July 27, 2004
Before SCHALL, GAJARSA, and DYK, Circuit Judges.
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge GAJARSA.
Opinion concurring-in-part and dissenting-in-part filed by Circuit Judge DYK.
Apotex, Inc. (“Apotexâ€) appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, which found that Apotex’s [...]
Running around like Chicken Little with its head cut off
An interesting post this morning by Ernie The Attorney on the INDUCE Act. Ernie states that he “not a fan of the INDUCE Act” and likewise is “not a fan of the whole ‘chicken little’ approach that some opponents of the INDUCE Act are taking. When you try to get people’s attention by saying [...]
Articles: PTO Reexam process & Licensing lawyers
A couple more articles from this month’s IP Law & Business
PTO Update: A Second Look
The reexamination process may be in need of a reexamination.
By Stephen Maebius, Sean Passino, and Harold Wegner
License to Hire
With deals on the rise, companies want their own licensing lawyers.
By Alexei Oreskovic
InventBlog.com
I have done some “domain mapping” here at NP blog…moving to the URL www.inventblog.com. This shouldn’t (in theory) affect any of you…you can still go to nip.blogs.com/patent or nip.blogs.com to see the site.
Neccessity’s Progeny is (of course) Invention…so a gradual transition to the “Invent Blog” has been in the works for some [...]
Reminder re: USPTO fees
Matthew at Promote the Progress reminding us all that the latest USPTO fee increase went into effect yesterday….note to self.
