January 25, 2011

RatnerPrestia Delaware IP Litigation Insight 

 

RatnerPrestia Delaware IP Litigation Insight provides updates on IP litigation practice in the District of Delaware, one of the most active patent courts in the United States.  It is published electronically three times per year.  Included in each issue are summaries of news and important legal decisions - both procedural and substantive - coming out of the district in the preceding four months. 

RatnerPrestia is a full service intellectual property law firm with offices in Wilmington, Delaware and Berwyn and Allentown, Pennsylvania.  Gerard O'Rourke and George Pazuniak, experienced Delaware litigators, are members of RatnerPrestia's Litigation Group.

If RatnerPrestia can be of service to you in the District of Delaware or elsewhere, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Information in this newsletter is provided as a public service by RatnerPrestia.  Nothing in this newsletter should be construed as legal advice or as the basis for an attorney client relationship.

 

  

Case Summaries for September 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Motion To Stay In Light Of Reexamination Granted Where Reexamination Was Filed Before Lawsuit Was Filed and Parties Were Not Competitors. (Robinson, J.)  (More)

Vehicle IP, LLC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

Failure To Get FDA Approval Is Evidence Of "Failure Of Others" For Obviousness Analysis. (Robinson, J.)  (More)

In re: Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Capsule Patent Litigation

 

Motion To Stay In Light Of Reexamination Denied Notwithstanding Final Rejection Of All Claims in USPTO And Appeal Taken To Board Of Patent Appeals And Interferences. (Robinson, J.)  (More)

Oracle Corp. v. Parallel Networks, LLP

 

Motion To Stay In Light Of Reexamination Denied, But Docketing Of Reexamination Appeal At Board Of Patent Appeals And Interferences Is A Factor Favoring A Stay. (Robinson, J.)  (More)

Belden Technologies, Inc., v. Superior Essex Communications LP 

 

Showing Of Hardship and Inequity Generally Needed To Show That Balance Of Equities Favors A Stay Pending Reexamination. (Stark, J.)  (More)

Cooper Notification, Inc. v. Twitter, Inc.

 

Rule 30(b)(6) Requires A Parent Corporation To Produce A Witness To Testify Regarding The Knowledge Of Its Foreign Subsidiary. (Thynge, MJ)  (More)

Ethypharm S.A. v. Abbott Laboratories

 

Accused Infringer's Knowledge Of Prior Claim Construction In Other Proceedings Relevant And Admissible In Willfulness Inquiry. (Stark, J.)  (More)

ICU Medical, Inc. v. Rymed Technologies, Inc. 

 

Trial Counsel Having Access To Defendant's Confidential Information Permitted To Represent Patentee In Reexamination Proceeding. (Thynge, MJ)  (More)

Xerox Corp. v. Google, Inc. 

  

News From The District

 

New Magistrate Judge Sought For The District Of Delaware. (More)

 

 

 

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Gerard M. O'Rourke

(302) 778-3466

gorourke@ratnerprestia.com

 

George Pazuniak

(302) 778-3471

gpazuniak@ratnerprestia.com

 

 

   

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