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Patent Claim Covering Both an Apparatus and a Method for Using that Apparatus is Invalid for Indefiniteness

By Lauren Gelman • December 13, 2005 at 2:44 pm

Plaintiff-appellant IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. (“IPXL”) holds a patent for an “electronic fund transfer or transaction system” that stores user information, displays that information to the user in a single screen, and allows the user to select a transaction. The goal of the patented system is to allow users to execute financial transactions in fewer steps. Read more » about Patent Claim Covering Both an Apparatus and a Method for Using that Apparatus is Invalid for Indefiniteness

Federal Circuit Rules Alternatives Must be Specifically Identified to be Dedicated to the Public

By Lauren Gelman • December 13, 2005 at 2:42 pm

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction granted by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey enjoining defendants Teva Pharmaceuticals and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals from selling a generic version of Accupril, a patented drug manufactured by plaintiffs Pfizer, Inc. and Warner-Lambert Company, LLC. The patent covered a pharmaceutical composition containing ACE inhibitors and other chemicals (claim 1) and their methods of manufacture (claim 16). Read more » about Federal Circuit Rules Alternatives Must be Specifically Identified to be Dedicated to the Public

Court denies summary judgment motions focused on the meaning of “interactive” under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

By Lauren Gelman • December 13, 2005 at 2:39 pm

In a case before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, plaintiffs, major recording industry members including BMG Music, Virgin Records, Sony Music Entertainment, and UMG Recordings, among others, sued the Internet music company Launch Media, Inc. Read more » about Court denies summary judgment motions focused on the meaning of “interactive” under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

Court Denies Preliminary Injunction in Domain Name Trademark Case

By Lauren Gelman • November 22, 2005 at 1:18 pm

This is a recently published opinion in a trademark case involving a dispute over the use of the name “Jupiter Hosting” by Santa Clara, California-based Internet firm Jupiter Hosting, Inc. The name “Jupiter Hosting” is similar to the trademark “JUPITER” registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) by Jupitermedia Corporation, an Internet research company based in Darien, Connecticut. On May 7, 2004, Jupiter Hosting filed a complaint in U.S. Read more » about Court Denies Preliminary Injunction in Domain Name Trademark Case

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