Nokia & IPCOM
The claimant, Nokia Corporation, seeks revocation of European Patent (UK) No. 1 841 268 ("the patent" or "268") which belongs to the defendant IPCom. This action is yet another stage in the litigation which is pending in a number of…
Enercon India Ltd (EIL) Vs Enercon GMBH (EG)
This article is directed to interested persons who have not been regularly following the Enercon Case, one the few patent litigation battles which have seen the light of day and are setting new standards in decision making on issues relating…
Clear and Convincing …Says US Apex
This blog is just an update of the US Supreme Court hearing in the case “Microsoft Vs. i4i”. For more details about the initial proceedings, please click here to visit my earlier blog “Clear and Convincing evidence” posted on January…
Bruce N. Saffran Vs Johnson & Johnson and Cordis Corporation
Introduction A patent infringement suit filed by Bruce N. Saffran, a New Jersey Radiologist (“Plaintiff”) against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Cordis Corporation (“Defendants”) claiming that defendants directly infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,653,760 (filed Aug. 9, 1995) (the `760 patent;)…
DataCard Corporation Vs Eagle Technologies – Part 1
Introduction: It is a direct Patent Infringement case, the claimant “Data card Corporation” (Datacard) sued Eagle technologies for infringing its couple of patents: UK 1458572 (‘572) and UK 1534530 (‘530) and also a couple of trademarks: UK 1399698 (‘698) and…
Microsoft Corp V/s TiVo, Inc
The present case relates to an infringement petition filed by Microsoft Corp against TiVo, Inc. in California Northern District Court, for infringing its two patents, Patent No. US 6,008,803, (‘803) and Patent No. 6,055,314, (‘314). The case was filed on…
Due Diligence Search Strategies…2
This article is in continuation with the blog “Due Diligence Search Strategies for Determining Patentability of Exemplary Indian Patent Applications” by IIPRD (Please click here to read the blog), an initiative from IIPRD to randomly pick up recently published Indian…
Due Diligence Search Strategies for Determining Patentability of Exemplary Indian Patent Applications
When Patent experts advise to Large and Small Corporations and Institutes to focus on Due-Diligence before filing patent application, it’s not without any substantive motive. What is the point of having a patent, even though it gets a grant, if…
Soy Meal a “Dead Material”- No Functional DNA
A Patent Infringement suit was filed by Monsanto Technology LLC against Cefetra, Vopak Agencies and Alfred C. Toepfer International GmbH, for exporting soy meal from Argentina to European Community. The judgement was carried out by the court of justice of…
Clear and Convincing Evidence
Case “Microsoft Vs i4i” interests me as I saw the recent Supreme Court decision to hear this case again. Long story, in short, i4i filed a patent in 1994 and gets granted on 07/98 (US 5,787,449). ‘449 relates to a…