Court Sinks Trebor’s Infringement Claims

2011-1208 Trebor Indus. v. JL Gory, LLC S.D. Fla. 09-60214-CIV Judge William Dimitroulas Plaintiff Trebor appeals from the grant of summary judgment for non-infringement in favor of defendants JL Gory d/b/a The Airline by J. Sink.  Plaintiffs patents are directed to a quick release diving belt for scuba divers and the like.

Bayer Appeals Claim Construction

2011-1207 Bayer Healthcare v. Centocor Ortho Biotech D. Mass. 09-cv-113620 Judge F Dennis Saylor IV Bayer appeals from a stipulated judgment of non-infringement following Judge Saylor’s claim construction of U.S. 5,654,407.  Bayer alleged infringement of SIMPONI®(golimumab), an anti-TNF therapy for certain types of adult arthritis.

NEW Federal Circuit Feed From PATracer

One of our new features here at PATracer is PATalert, which alerts you to newly announced opinions and decisions from the Federal Circuit.  PATalerts are listed on the site (to the right), and you can subscribe to get an RSS feed or daily email.  You can subscribe anywhere on PATracer that you see the black [...]

Sometimes A Cigar Is Just A Cigar

2010-1151 Taylor Brands v.  GB II Corp ED/TN 08-cv-325 Mag. Judge Dennis Inman Patentee Taylor appeals from the order of Judge Dennis Inman granting GB II summary judgment of non-infringement.  The case involves U.S. Patent No. 6,651,344 which is generally directed to a spring assisted opening knife.  At issue was the claim term “a set [...]

Introducing: Oral Argument Previews

At the beginning of each month, we’ll be posting the Federal Circuit’s oral argument calendar for the next month.  Then, during the ensuing weeks leading up to arguments, we’ll preview a few of the cases that catch our collective eye.  We’re admittedly a little late for March, but we’ll try and squeeze a few posts in before [...]

PATracer’s New Home

Although our old Typepad account was great, we thought WordPress was even better, so we have transitioned to our new home.  Some of the earlier posts have lost their attachments and some links/images may have disappeared or broke, so I apologize if something doesn’t work.

Lilly’s Gemzar Patent Invalid For Double-Patenting

2010-1105 Sun Pharma v. Eli Lilly ED/MI 07-cv-15087 Judge George Caram Steeh Eli Lilly appeals from the grant of partial summary judgment by Judge George Caram Steeh finding that certain claims of its US Patent No. 5,464,826 invalid for double patenting.  The case arose from Sun's ANDA filing seeking to market a generic form of [...]

Vita-Mix Can’t Smooth(ie) Over Missing Claim Elements

2008-1479/1517 Vita-Mix v. Basic HoldingND/OH 06-CV-2622Judge Patricia A. Gaughan Vita-Mix has appealed from Judge Patricia A. Gaughan’s judgment of noninfringment and denial of Vita-Mix’s cross-motion for summary judgment of infringement.  Defendants (Basic Holding, West Bend Houswares, Focus Electrics, and Focus Products Group) have cross-appealed the Court’s grant of summary judgment on validity and enforceability and [...]

Razorback Alum Consults Wolverine Law To Dismiss Wildcat’s Patent Claims

2008-1467 National Institute v. Ford MotorED/TX 08-CV-84Judge David Folsom The National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization ("NITSAC") appeals from Judge David Folsom’s order dismissing its complaint against Ford Motor Company.  NITSAC is a not-for-profit organization "formed under the auspices of Kansas State University" (home of the Wildcats) for "facilitating the commercialization of new [...]

FAQs Answered By Kyle and Josh

          Grab some patent news. It don’t cost nothin’! Since starting PATracer, we have received numerous emails, calls and comments from people wanting to know how we did this, why we did that, or if Josh can really snowboard. While some questions are best left unanswered (or unasked), we compiled some [...]