http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/news.aspx Headline Patents Legal News from LexisNexis® en-us http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/images/lexismealeyslogo.gif 130 29 http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/news.aspx Copyright 2013 http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%201%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on April 15 appeared skeptical of claims that native DNA is patentable during oral arguments in a case closely watched by the medical community and biotech industry (The Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. Myriad Genetics Inc., No. 12-398, U.S. Sup.; See 12/17/12, Page 5). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%202%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' GREENSBORO, N.C. - After upholding the validity of a patent on the eyelash-growth drug Latisse, a North Carolina federal judge on April 23 enjoined four defendants from marketing and selling a generic equivalent (Allergan Inc. v. Apotex Inc., et al., Nos. 10-681, 11-298, 11-650 and 11-321, M.D. N.C.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%203%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Florida judge did not err in finding that a patent plaintiff is collaterally estopped from bringing infringement actions based on earlier litigation between the plaintiff and a different defendant, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 19 (Aspex Eyewear Inc. v. Zenni Optical LLC, No. 12-1318, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%204%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A California federal judge properly construed a disputed patent term as narrowed by the doctrine of prosecution history disclaimer, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 16 (Biogen Idec Inc. and Genentech Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, No. 12-1120, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%205%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A California federal judge did not err in granting Walmart.com USA LLC a summary judgment of noninfringement, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 16 in a dispute involving a patented computer data filing system (Speedtrack Inc. v. Walmart.com LLC et al., No. 12-1319, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%206%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - An effort by Broadcom Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Qualcomm Atheros Inc. (Broadcom, collectively) to obtain dismissal or transfer of a patent infringement case was thwarted April 23 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (In re: Broadcom Corp. et al., Misc. Docket No. 41, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%207%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A California federal judge applied an incorrect standard in dismissing claims of patent infringement levied against Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) and DirectTV, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 18 (K-Tech Telecommunications Inc. v. DirectTV, et al., No. 12-1446, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%208%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A New York federal judge erred in granting a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 60(b) motion in a patent dispute over a method for laser inscription on gemstones, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 19 (Lazare Kaplan International Inc. v. Photoscribe Technologies Inc., No. 12-1247, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%209%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A New York federal judge erred in granting a defendant's motion for summary judgment of patent invalidity, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 26 in a dispute over heart monitor technology (Biosig Instruments Inc. v. Nautilus Inc., No. 12-1289, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2010%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Although a Texas federal judge erred in finding certain claims of a combination ophthalmic drug treatment patent not invalid, several generic drug makers failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that an asserted claim of a related patent would have been obvious, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled May 1 (Allergan Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., et al., Nos. 2011-1619, -1620, -1635, -1639, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2011%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' CLEVELAND - A pending Covered Business Method (CBM) review by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) should be allowed to proceed before infringement litigation, an Ohio federal judge ruled April 17 in granting a stay (Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. v. Liberty Mutual Group Inc. et al., Nos. 12-1068, 12-1070, 11-82, 10-1370, N.D. Ohio). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2012%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A software company awarded $260 million on patent infringement claims will keep its award, but the terms of a permanent injunction entered by a Texas federal magistrate judge were deemed "overbroad" on May 1 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Versata Software Inc. v. SAP America Inc. et al., No. 12-1029, 1049, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2013%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' HARRISBURG, Pa. - Allegations that a patent infringement plaintiff's failure to comply with the patent-marking statute bars it from recovering infringement damages during certain time periods were accepted April 30 when a Pennsylvania federal judge granted partial summary judgment (Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. v. First Quality Baby Products LLC et al., No. 09-1685, M.D. Pa.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2014%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A District of Columbia federal judge did not err in granting the Food and Drug Administration summary judgment on allegations the agency improperly denied the makers of the brand name drug Seroquel an extended period of exclusivity, the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled April 26 (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP v. Food and Drug Administration, No. 12-5227, D.C. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2015%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) properly sustained the patentability of various claims of a mechanism for bicycle gear shifting, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 29 (Shimano Inc. v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and MBI Co. Ltd., Nos. 12-1286, 1294, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2016%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Citing its recent ruling in Gunn v. Minton (568 U.S. ___ 2013; See 3/4/13, Page 6), the U.S. Supreme Court on April 15 granted certiorari in a dispute over a failed patent prosecution, for the limited purpose of vacating and remanding to the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (USPPS Ltd. v. Avery Denison Corp., No. 12-539, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2017%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 1 affirmed a ruling by a district court awarding bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co. more than $33.72 million in a patent licensing dispute with Asia Optical (Eastman Kodak Company v. Asia Optical Company Inc., No. 3206, 2nd Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2018%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' TYLER, Texas - A license granted to Microsoft Corp. following an adverse verdict on patent infringement allegations has since been exceeded by the software giant, VirnetX Inc. alleged in an April 22 complaint (VirnetX Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 13-351, E.D. Texas). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2019%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc. and The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, No. 12-786; 2013 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1820; See 1/22/13, Page 21. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-23%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2020%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, et al. v. 1st Media, LLC, No. 12-1086, U.S. Sup.; 2013 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1922; See 4/1/13, Page 30. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%201%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A request by the United States to participate in upcoming oral arguments in a dispute over the patentability of human genes was granted April 1 by the U.S. Supreme Court (Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics Inc. et al., No. 12-398, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%202%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' PITTSBURGH - Efforts by defendant Apple Inc. to invalidate a patent suffered a setback April 11, when a Pennsylvania federal judge rejected as untimely Apple's citations to newly identified prior art (Sight Sound Technologies LLC v. Apple Inc., No. 11-1292, W.D. Pa.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%203%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An email sent by patent infringement defendant Micron Technology Inc. to faculty members at the University of Illinois, while a cause for concern, is not worthy of an injunction, an Illinois federal judge ruled April 11 (Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois v. Micron Technology Inc., No. 11-2288, C.D. Ill.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%204%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LOS ANGELES - An Israeli digital camera company that does not sell directly to U.S. residents will nonetheless face patent infringement allegations in the United States, thanks to an April 8 ruling by a California federal judge (Digitech Image Technologies LLC v. Leaf Imaging Ltd., No. 12-1675, C.D. Calif.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%205%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' PITTSBURGH - Efforts by Marvell Technology Group Ltd. to seal demonstrative slides shown during a 2012 patent infringement trial that ended in a $1.1 billion award were unsuccessful on March 29, when a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled that the documents are subject to a common-law presumption of public access (Carnegie Mellon University v. Marvell Technology Group Ltd., No. 09-290, W.D. Pa.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%206%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A New York federal judge did not err in granting summary judgment of noninfringement in favor of Verifone Systems Inc., the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 8 (Chikezie Ottah v. Verifone Systems Inc., No. 13-1106, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%207%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Texas federal judge's determination that Johnson & Johnson and Cordis Corp. (Cordis, collectively) infringed various claims of a coronary stent patent was erroneous, according to an April 4 ruling by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Dr. Bruce N. Saffran v. Johnson & Johnson et al., No. 12-1043, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%208%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - By imposing a new single-user limitation on its Windows operating systems, Microsoft Corp. was enacting "an entirely valid exercise" of its intellectual property rights, a New York federal judge ruled March 28, dismissing a rival software firm's antitrust claims against it (MiniFrame Ltd. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 1:11-cv-07419, S.D. N.Y.). (Memorandum and order available. Document #24-130418-014Z.) License Agreements http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%209%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania federal judge on April 11 denied a patent infringement defendant's request for summary judgment of nonwillfulness (Kimberly Clark Worldwide Inc. v. First Quality Baby Products LLC et al., No. 09-1685, M.D. Pa.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2010%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WILMINGTON, Del. - In conjunction with a claims construction order issued the same day, a Delaware federal judge on April 9 concluded that Apple Inc. did not infringe two patents pertaining to the random access channel (RACH) process in wireless communication technology with certain of its iPhone and iPad products (Golden Bridge Technology v. Apple Inc., et al., No. 1:10-cv-00428, D. Del.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50778). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2011%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Mirror Worlds, LLC v. Apple Inc., No. 12-1158, U.S. Sup.; 2013 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1629. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2012%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management Systems, Inc., No. 12-1163, U.S. Sup.; 2013 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1633. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2013%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., No. 12-1184, U.S. Sup.; 2013 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1768. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-22%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2014%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: The Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., et al., No. 12-398, U.S. Sup.; See 4/1/13, Page 25. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%201%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Trade Commission told the U.S. Supreme Court in oral arguments on March 25 that the court should treat reverse-payment settlements of patent litigation between the holder of a drug patent and potential generic manufacturers of the drug as presumptively invalid (Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., et al., No. 12-416, U.S. Sup.; See 2/4/13, Page 21). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%202%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A February 2012 ruling by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that patents are not exhausted as to products that are manufactured and sold in a foreign country remains intact, thanks to a March 25 denial of certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court (Ninestar Technology Co. Ltd. et al. v. International Trade Commission et al., No. 12-552, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%203%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Massachusetts federal judge properly found that two doctors are not entitled to a substitution of inventorship under 35 U.S. Code Section 256, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 28 (Dr. Berish Y. Rubin et al. v. General Hospital Corp., No. 11-1439, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%204%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WILMINGTON, Del. - Although a defendant's motion for transfer was denied, a Delaware federal judge on March 27 granted dismissal of indirect patent infringement allegations (John H. Stephenson v. Game Show Network LLC, No. 12-614, D. Del.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%205%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Several digital camera manufacturers accused of patent infringement won summary judgment March 19 when a District of Columbia federal judge agreed that the accused devices do not meet the limitations of two patents in suit (In re: Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. KG Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1880, D. D.C.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%206%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Virginia judge properly quashed two subpoenas issued pursuant to 35 U.S. Code Section 24 in an inter partes re-examination proceeding, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 20 in a case of first impression (Abbott Laboratories v. Cordis Corporation, No. 12-1244, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%207%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Utah federal judge abused his discretion in granting an adverse inference sanction against ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and Asus Computer International (ASUS, collectively), based on their failure to produce the source code for an executable software program used to detect floppy disk controller (FDC) defects, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 18 (Phillip M. Adams & Associates LLC v. ASUSTek Computer Inc. et al., No. 12-1238, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%208%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Although a New York federal judge properly engaged in an analysis of whether three patents satisfy the "best mode" requirement, despite elimination of the requirement by the America Invents Act (AIA), he erred in granting summary judgment, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 22 (Anvik Corp. v. Nikon Precision Inc. et al., Nos. 2012-1320, -1321, -1322, -1323, -1324, -1325, -1326, -1327, -1328 and -1329, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%209%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A North Carolina federal judge did not err in granting summary judgment of noninfringement in a dispute over a patented method of insecticide application, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 21 (Bayer S.A.S., et al. v. Makhteshim Agan of North America, et al., No. 12-1206, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2010%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' PITTSBURGH - Relying on Execware, LLC v. Staples, Inc. (D. Del. Dec. 10, 2012) for support, a Pennsylvania federal judge on March 22 denied dismissal of a patent infringement case, citing written correspondence between counsel for a plaintiff and defendant as sufficient for establishing willfulness (Brookville Equipment Corporation v. A.L. Lee Corporation, No. 13-59, W.D. Pa.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2011%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 25 reversed a $6.6 million award of attorney fees in a longstanding patent dispute over an anti-shoplifting device (Checkpoint Systems Inc. v. All-Tag Security Americas Inc. et al., No. 12-1085, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2012%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A divided Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 25 refused to overturn findings by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences that the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) failed to establish sole conception of a patented method by a doctor who declined participation in the relevant patent application (Chandler Dawson v. Chandler Dawson and Lyle Bowman, Nos. 12-1214, -1215, -1216, -1217, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2013%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Although declining the opportunity to adopt the doctrine of "marking estoppel," the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals agreed with a plaintiff March 15 that a defendant's decision to mark its products with the plaintiff's patent number supports an inference that the products fall within the patent claims (Jack L. Frolow v. Wilson Sporting Goods Co., No. 12-1185, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2014%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two months after finding that an electronic circuit patent is invalid as indefinite, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals announced March 15 that it would rehear the dispute en banc (Lighting Ballast Control LLC v. Universal Lighting Technologies Inc., Nos. 12-1014, 1015, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2015%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A drug patent holder that settled patent infringement litigation by granting licenses to and entering requirements contracts with generic manufacturers does not violate federal antitrust law by breaching those requirements contracts, a federal judge in New York ruled March 6 (Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Inc. v. Shire LLC, et al., No. 12 Civ. 3711, S.D. N.Y.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2016%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: The Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., et al., No. 12-398, U.S. Sup.; See 3/18/13, Page 17. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2017%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Aspex Eyewear, Inc. and Contour Optik, Inc. v. Altair Eyewear, Inc., No. 12-1120, U.S. Sup.; 2013 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1463. http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=20-21%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Patents%2018%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' Case: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, et al. v. 1st Media, LLC, No. 12-1086, U.S. Sup.; 2013 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1291.