Patent Law

Starting last fall and stretching through mid-2013, the O.S. has been overhauling the patent-approval process for the first time since 1952. The biggest change: our first-to-invent system, which favors creators, will become a...

Tokyo, Jan 30, 2012 - (JCN) - SANYO Electric Co. Ltd has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Sharp Corp. in the Tokyo District Court. SANYO is seeking permanent injunctions and compensatory damages for...

LAW Moritt Hock & Hamroff in Garden City added a new area of practice in the patent sector with the addition of Steven S. Rubin as counsel. Rubin, who has 15 years of...

The settlement also includes APP's agreement to dismiss its appeal of the August 2010 federal district court decision holding that MDCO's application for Hatch Waxman patent term extension of the Angiomax composition of...

The Medicines Company (MDCO) has settled the lawsuits filed in the US district court for the district of Delaware relating to the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) filed by APP Pharmaceuticals, LLC (APP)...

Eli Lilly and Co. is pouring more money than ever into its research and development pipeline, but Wall Street has been rewarding companies that cut such spending, according to a recent report by...

TOKYO -- Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4217)(Head Office: Tokyo; President and CEO: Kazuyuki Tanaka; Capital: 15.5 billion yen; hereinafter referred to as "Hitachi Chemical") has filed a lawsuit against INNOX Corporation (Head Office:...

NEWARK, N.J. -- McCarter & English LLP has elected nine new partners in its offices in Newark, Boston, Hartford and Wilmington, effective as of January 1, 2012. The new partners practice in a...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced that it has filed a joint motion to release Alcatel-Lucent from Cypress's complaint to the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) regarding...

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Vera M. Elson is joining the firm's Palo Alto office as a partner in the intellectual property litigation practice. Ms. Elson...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., alleging infringement of certain patents related to Kodak digital imaging technology. The complaint,...

SALT LAKE CITY -- In January 2011, local technology innovator, eTAGZ, sued Primos, Inc, a Flora, Mississippi company that sells hunting-related products, for patent infringement. Primos denied the claims. In October 2011 eTAGZ...

Four partners will form the nucleus of a new Schiff Hardin office in Ann Arbor, Mich. CHICAGO -- Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce the addition of a distinguished group of nationally...

HOUSTON -- Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. has promoted seven senior associates and three senior counsel to join the firm's global partnership. The appointment of new partners in the firm's London and Riyadh practices,...

NEW YORK -- Griffon Corporation ("Griffon" or "the Company") (NYSE: GFF), a diversified holding company, announced that it has appointed Alan H. Koblin as President of its Clopay Plastics business. Clopay Plastics is...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/147783/successful_strateg) has announced the addition of the "Successful Strategies for Pharmaceutical Reformulation" report to their offering. This report assesses the various approaches to reformulation in the protection of...

A Texas jury awarded $482 million to a radiologist on his claim that a medical stent manufacturer willfully infringed his patent. It took only two hours for the jury to deliberate and then...

According to Haus, Roman and Banks, LLP MADISON, Wis. -- On September 14, 2011, Mirus Biosciences, LLC sued Fugent, LLC for patent infringement, and approximately 3 months later, on December 23, 2011, the...

Firm ranked top in practice areas nationally and locally PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Scott & Bush Ltd., a Providence, RI law firm specializing in intellectual property and business litigation, today announced it has been...