Robert Cohn Was Once Middleweight Boxing Champion Of Princeton

2009-1031 Marrin v. GriffinCD/CA 07-239Judge George Wu
Patentees' Jeff and Claudia Griffin appeal from Judge George Wu's grant of summary judgment finding claims 1-4 of their 5,154,448 patent invalid under 102 and 103.  The patent relates to a label that allows users to write without using a pen or the like–Marrin is the founder of Etch-It, [...]

Christmas Won’t Be Christmas Without Any Presents

2009-1027 Kara Technology v. Stamps.comCD/CA 05-cv-1890Judge Consuelo Marshall
Plaintiff Kara appeals from the orders of Judge Consuelo Marshall denying its post-trial motions and from the jury verdict of non-infringement in favor of Stamps.com.  The asserted patents were 6,505,179 and 6,735,575.
Stamps.com is an online postage stamp business, essentially an alternative to a stamp metering machine.  The accused [...]

“Now What I Want Is, Facts.” On The Radar: October 2008

Hard Times by Charles Dickens. 
Which brings us to the cold, hard facts of October 2008 new filings of patent cases (aka NOS 830 in PACER-speak).

An interesting item is Sanofi-Aventis v. Genentech, filed in the Eastern District of Texas.  I have not seen too many pharma cases down in Marshall et al.–probably because a reputation [...]

All This Happened, More Or Less.

2009-1024 Responsible Me v. EvenfloSD/FL 06-61736 Judge Daniel Hurley
Plaintiff Responsible Me appeals from the summary judgment decision of Judge Daniel Hurley finding that Evenflo did not infringe 7,134,714, generally directed to a detachable sub-tray for use with trays from car seats, highchairs, strollers and similar seats.
Despite the post's title, not much happened in this case, [...]

This Is A Blog Post About A Patent Case

2009-1023 Amgen v. ARIADD/DE 06-259Judge Mary Pat Thynge
ARIAD appeals from the Orders of Judge Mary Pay Thynge granting Amgen summary judgment of non-infringement on ARIAD's US Patent No. 6,410,516.  This is the same patent, directed to inhibiting or reducing NF-κB activity in cells, that ARIAD successfully used against Lilly, reported here.
The Court's opinions begin, "This [...]

Amgen Scores TKO On EPO

2009-1020 Amgen v. Hoffman-La RocheD/MA 05-12237Judge Willam Young
Roche appeals from the judgment of Judge William Young finding that it infringes U.S. Patent Nos. 5,441,868, 5,547,933, 5,618,698, 5,621,080, 5,756,349,
and 5,955,422 relating to Amgen’s recombinant
erythropoietin (“EPO”).  The Court also entered a permanent injunction.

The Court's Order checks in at 150 pages so, rather than summarizing it myself, I [...]