New Appeals, 2011-02-15

Tuesday, February 15 was a light day for new infringement filings with only 2 new cases: 2011-1211 Joao Bock v Sleepy Hollow SD/NY 03-cv-10199 Judge Warren Eginton Plaintiff appeals from the jury verdict that the asserted claims of 6,529,725 were invalid (§ 102(a), (b) and (e) and § 103) and not infringed.  The patent relates [...]

“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 [...]

On the Radar: September 2008

I am fresh off my panel appearance at the Center for American and International Law's 46th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law in Plano, Texas.  The panel "All the News That's Fit to Blawg" was moderated by Bruce Sostek of Thompson & Knight (Dallas) and included: Stephen R. Albainy-Jenei • Patent Baristas, Frost Brown Todd [...]

On The Radar: August 2008

So much for my raging optimism last month.  This week’s stock charts have more vertical drop than Aspen Mountain.  And while I’d rather watch a Caddyshack II/Howard The Duck double feature than another minute of CNBC, I just can’t look away.  In dire need of an escape, I decided to dial up last month’s patent [...]

On The Radar: July 2008

Like any good journalist, I want to cover the big story–unexpected events, the triumph of an underdog, a fantastic finish.  But lately I’m getting less action than the movie critic for a community newspaper.  July’s On The Radar has few plot twists and a predictable finish.  The Eastern District of Texas steals the show, the [...]

On The Radar: June 2008

What sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom?  Opposable thumbs?  Free will? Tools?  Not even close.  It may not be what Darwin had in mind, but my theory is that our branch of the evolutionary tree broke off right about the time someone figured out how to keep score. Mankind can make [...]

On The Radar: May 2008

When Kyle and I started PATracer earlier this year, we committed to tracking every case heading to the Federal Circuit.  At the time, even we thought we were nuts.  But a funny thing happened on the way to the blog a few weeks ago–we caught up with the Federal Circuit docket, mostly due to Kyle’s [...]