Article Archive for April 2010
An antitrust claim was brought by France based TurboHercules SAS against IBM – a leading open source software maker – before the European Commission. In 1999, the TurboHercules open source project team created an “emulator” …
On April 16, 2010, the Federal Circuit denied Verizon’s request for a new trial in its patent infringement litigation against Cox, Inc. Verizon holds a number of patents regarding packet-switched telephone systems. This technology is …
On April 13, 2010, the Federal Circuit found that the Nintendo Wii did not infringe a patent held by Anascape, Ltd. The Nintendo Wii is a popular gaming console which has sold millions of units …
Proving that the Chinese government does listen to the concerns of foreign companies, on April 13, 2010 the Ministry of Science and Technology of China published the draft of a series of new rules on …
On April 9, 2010, The North Face Apparel Corp. settled its lawsuit against The South Butt, a company run by Jimmy Winkelmann, an 18-year-old college student at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
The South Butt sells T-shirts, …
The heirs of Jack Kirby, the creator of many of Marvel’s super hero characters, are suing Marvel over copyright ownership. They have enlisted the help of Marc Toberoff, the same Los Angeles lawyer who helped …
On April 29th, 2010, China sentenced Australian-citizen Stern Hu, an executive at the British/Australian Rio Tinto Company, to 10 years in prison. In January, the Chinese government detained several employees of the British-Australian company in …
On April 7, 2010, Wi-LAN, a Canadian wireless technology company, filed suit against 19 consumer electronics companies alleging patent infringement. The list of accused companies includes Apple, Intel, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, and Sony, as well …
Consumer electronics utilize numerous patents filed by their developers. One of the emerging issues involving these patented machineries is reverse engineering by consumers. Consumers who are skilled enough to hack into the source codes of …
On February 7, 2010, U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick, the judge presiding over the Bimbo Bakeries v. Botticella trade secret dispute, granted a preliminary injunction against Chris Botticella, a former senior vice president at …
