A lawsuit was filed on Monday in the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleging patent infringement by Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich for their use of Facebook business pages. Also included as defendants are unnamed does 1-10. The lawsuit alleges infringement of US Patents 6,671,714 and 7,644,122 (’714 [...]
In THE LARYNGEAL MASK COMPANY LTD. AND LMA NORTH AMERICA, INC., v. AMBU A/S, AMBU INC., AND AMBU LTD, 10-1028 (CAFC, September 21, 2010), the CAFC reversed the US District Court for the Southern District of California on Claim Construction and Satisfaction of Written Description Requirement. The Laryngeal Mask Company Ltd. and LMA North America, [...]
IN SEB S.A. and T-FAL Corporation v. Montgomery Ward et al., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) considered the appeal of a host of issues concerning the infringement of US Patent 4,995,312 (“the ‘312 patent”) relating to a jury verdict and the district court’s post-trial rulings. The ‘312 covered deep fryers having [...]
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) found the District Court for the Southern District of New York erred in its claim construction of critical claim terms in Shindler Elevator Corp. et al. v. Otis ElevatorCompany, 2009-1146 (CAFC, January 15, 2010). As a result, the District Court’s summary judgment of non-infringement by Otis [...]
The North Face Apparel Company has sued the South Butt LLC for trademark infringement in Missouri. This links to the complaint. South Butt will argue that its mark is a parody of the North Face, while North Face is alleging multiple claims against South Butt including trademark infringement/likelihood of confusion, dilution, misrepresentation, inducement to infringe, [...]
