Indianapolis, Indiana – Patent attorneys for Eli Lilly & Company of Indianapolis successfully blocked the release of generic versions of the anti-depression drug Cymbalta until the expiration of Lilly’s patent for the drug. Last week, Judge Tonya Walton Pratt of the Southern District of Indiana entered an order blocking…
Indianapolis, Indiana – In a patent infringement case, Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson of the Southern District of Indiana has denied defendants’ request to strike the report of an expert that the plaintiff had attached to a brief. The expert’s report contained a “readily-available summary of the infringement allegations.” The defendants…
Indianapolis, Indiana – The Southern District Court of Indiana has dismissed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Haycco LLC, a California limited liability company, finding a lack of personal jurisdiction. Traveler’s Joy, a Delaware Corporation, Haycco had been sued for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and dilution of trademark. Both companies…
Washington, D.C. — The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently overturned a patent infringement decision by the Southern District of Indiana. Attorneys for Centillion Data Systems, of Indianapolis, Indiana, brought a patent infringement lawsuit against Qwest Communications, a Denver, Colorado company. Centillion, which has merged with CTI…
Washington, D.C. – The United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in an appeal from three Vanderbilt University scientists who claimed that they should share ownership of the patent rights to Cialis. The Cialis patents in question, U.S. Patent numbers 5,859,006 and 6,140,329, were filed by Icos Corporation, which was…
Chicago, IL – The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a copyright infringement suit. Lawyers for HyperQuest, Inc., of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, filed a suit against N’Site, Inc. and Unitrin Direct Insurance Company alleging copyright infringement of copyrighted software used to process insurance claims. The software, eDoc,…
Batesville, IN – Patent attorneys for Batesville-based Hillenbrand Inc., and its subsidiary Batesville Casket Company, the largest U.S. maker of coffins, have won an order to ban imports of knockoff caskets from Mexico in a patent infringement decision. The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) in Washington said Monday that…