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Case Analysis: Sitrick v. DreamWorks
Sitrick v. DreamWorks, LLC et al. 516 F.3d 993 (Fed. Cir. 2008) This case, decided February 1, 2008, emphasizes the importance of enablement in determining the validity of patent claims, specifically…
Case Update: Fenner Investments v. Microsoft
Fenner Investments, Ltd. v. Microsoft et al. United States District Court for E.D. Tex. Filed 1/5/07, Decided 3/16/09 (Opinion issued 6/3/09) Background This case revolved around Fenner Investment’s U.S. Patent No. 6,297,751,…
Conan the Mushroom King
CONAN THE MUSHROOM KING So we’ve noticed some buzz on the Internet lately about the backdrop to Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show set. The guys at Serious Lunch posted the backdrop, and what…
New Case: Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. John Does 1-5
Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. John Does 1-5 United States District Court for N.D. Cal. Case No.: 3:09-cv-02441-CRB, Filed 6/2/09 Zynga Game Network, whose settlement with CLZ Concepts we just commented…
Case Update: Fenner Investments v. Microsoft et al.
Fenner Investments Ltd. v. Microsoft et al. United States District Court for E.D. Tex. Filed 1/5/07 As you may recall this case consisted of a claim by Fenner that defendants had…
Case Settled: Zynga v. CLZ Concepts (Filed 2/27/09, N.D. Cal.)
Zynga Game Network had filed suit on February 27, 2009 against CLZ Concepts, Jeff Chen and James Zhang asserting copyright infringement. Yesterday a settlement conference was held, and the parties appear to…
News: Worlds.com patent invalid???
Article One Partners is a company that offers rewards to people for finding prior art that can be used to try to invalidate patents, and Article One is willing to pay serious…
New Case: Yahoo! Inc. v. National Football League Players Association, Inc. et al.
Yahoo! Inc. v. Nat’l Football League Players Association, Inc. et al. United States District Court for D. Minn. Case No.: 0:09-cv-01272-PJS-FLN, Filed June 1, 2009 Continuing the trend of fantasy sports…
New Case: IQ Biometrix, Inc. v. Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. et al.
IQ Biometrix, Inc. v. Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. et al. United States District Court for N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division Case No.: 1:09-cv-03180, Filed May 27, 2009 IQ Biometrix, Inc. on May 27,…
Supreme Court grants Cert in Bilski appeal
Today the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case Bilski v. Doll. As many readers may know, the case In re Bilski is the case in which the Federal Circuit…
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News: First software patent issued!
On this day in history, as reported by Wired.com, on May 26, 1981, the USPTO granted the first pure software patent, U.S. Patent No. 4,270,182, to Satya Pal Asija. Video games are…
CASE UPDATE: Paltalk v. Microsoft
Online chat company Paltalk Holdings, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation have formally dismissed the patent suit between them in the Eastern District of Texas. In the suit, Paltalk alleged that the chat and…
News: bits and, well, more bits…
Two items of note, one of which is in two parts: 1) Square Enix reportedly kills Chrono Trigger fan project based on alleged copyright infringement. 2) Duke Nukem Forever news…2.1) 3 minutes…
New Case: Keller v. Electronic Arts [Publicity]
Samuel Michael Keller v. Electronic Arts inc. et al. case number 09-cv-1967 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California From Law360: Law360, New York (May 06, 2009) — A former…
Case Update: Taser v Linden Research
In an interesting twist, Taser International voluntarily dismissed this case before Linden even answered the complaint. Taser filed a Notice of Voluntary Case Dismissal on May 5, 2009. Because Linden never filed…
News: Patent Arcade author handles one of the highest profile virtual law cases.
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a nice article today about virtual law, including quotes from yours truly. The high point (at least in MY opinion): But some attorneys set up virtual offices…
New Case: Taser v. Linden Research [T]
I’m short on time today, but Bloomberg reported a new lawsuit filed by Taser against Second Life (via its parent Linden Research Inc.). No sense in recreating the wheel, and Virtual World…
Case Update: Worlds.com asserts second patent
Sorry for the delay on this, but on March 23, 2009, Worlds Inc. amended its complaint in the lawsuit against NCSoft to assert a second patent. The lawsuit now involves both of…
Video game trademark dispute brewing over OCTOMOM…
On April 10, 2009, Nadya Suleman, who became famous in January when she gave birth to octuplets, filed a pair of trademark applications at the USPTO. She wants to use the mark…