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Microsoft and Google sued Geotag in the District of Delaware for a declaration that their customers did not infringe a Geotag patent, “Internet Organizer for Accessing Geographically and Topically Based Information,” and that the patent was invalid.

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Defendants moved to dismiss a patent infringement complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) on the theory that the complaint failed to allege facts showing that a single party performed each and every limitation of the method claim.

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No one can deny that intellectual property is a valuable asset.

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Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit for patent infringement, unfair competition and breach of fiduciary duty against several defendants, including AIM Sports.

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After the Federal Circuit’s decision in Thereasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Co., 2011 WL 2028255 (Fed. Cir. 2011), it appeared likely that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to proceed on an inequitable conduct claim.

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Plaintiff brought a patent infringement action alleging direct infringement of a single patent.

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Patent Prosecution Highways (PPH) have been established pursuant to bilateral agreements between patent offices of different countries.

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On 15 December 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a judgment in Case C-119/10 between Frisdranken Winters BV (“Winters”) and Red Bull GmbH (“Red Bull”) regarding the protection of the latter’s famous trade mark RED BULL.

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The Internet era has caused dramatic implications on the monitoring and enforcement of intellectual property rights.

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The past year has produced noteworthy decisions from the Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals – and recent Congressional hearings – regarding the applicability of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act.

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Amarula liqueur is said to be the second most popular cream liqueur in the world, after Baileys Irish Cream, and understandably, there is a temptation to adopt a trade mark that would reap some of the benefits of the reputation established by the proprietor.

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The divergent views of the same issue that courts can take was recently well illustrated in a South African court case where Adidas launched trade mark infringement proceedings in the Western Cape High Court based on its well-known three-stripe trade mark.

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How can the owners of famous trademarks enforce their rights without being given the dreaded “trademark bully” label? The answer lies in knowing where to draw the line, and in exercising diplomacy in letting people know when the line has been crossed.

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”)’s determination that it had jurisdiction to ban the importation of products made using processes protected by trade secrets, even where the misappropriation took place entirely outside of the United States.

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Yesterday the Court of Appeal of The Hague rendered its judgment in the Apple/Samsung case on design right issues.

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The recent announcement by the UK Government that weapons will be allowed on UK-flagged vessels is not perhaps as revolutionary as it might first appear. Under the relevant firearms legislation, shot guns and single shot rifles were already permitted, subject to the appropriate certification having been obtained.

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The recent announcement by the UK Government that weapons will be allowed on UK-flagged vessels is not perhaps as revolutionary as it might first appear. Under the relevant firearms legislation, shot guns and single shot rifles were already permitted, subject to the appropriate certification having been obtained.

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On January 11, the Velvet Underground (“VU”), a business entity formed by the rock group “The Velvet Underground,” filed suit against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. (the “Warhol Foundation”).

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On 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (the “ECJ”) handed down its judgment in case 70/10 Scarlet v. SABAM.

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In November 2009, the UK Court of Appeal of England and Wales and the Belgian Court of First Instance of Antwerp each referred questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) concerning the legal position of goods in transit through an EU Member State in which these goods infringe intellectual property rights (See, this Newsletter, Volume 2009, No. 11, p. 6).