Fort Wayne, Indiana – Magistrate Judge Roger Cosbey of the Northern District of Indiana denied the motion for transfer filed by patent attorneys for Anchor Packaging, Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri (“Anchor”). Anchor sought a transfer of the declaratory judgment action filed by Mullinix Packages, Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana…
Indianapolis, Indiana – A patent attorney for GS CleanTech Corporation of Alpharetta, Georgia (“CleanTech”) filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the District of Idaho alleging that Pacific Ethanol Magic Valley, LLC of Burley, Idaho (“Pacific”); ICM, Inc. of Colwich, Kansas; and David J. Vander Griend of Wichita, Kansas infringed Patent…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Patent attorneys for Bonutti Research, Inc. (“Bonutti”) and Joint Active Systems, Inc. (“JAS”), both of Effingham, Illinois, filed an intellectual property lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging that Lantz Medical, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana (“Lantz”) infringed multiple patents: “Orthosis,” Patent No. 5,848,979; “Elbow Orthosis,” Patent…
Hammond, Indiana – Patent attorneys for Four Mile Bay LLC of Wadsworth, Ohio sued in the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Zimmer Holdings, Inc. of Warsaw, Indiana and Zimmer Dental Inc. of Carlsbad, California infringed DENTAL IMPLANT WITH POROUS BODY, Patent No. 8,684,734, which has been issued by the U.S.…
Indianapolis, Indiana – Patent attorneys for GS CleanTech Corporation of New York, New York (“CleanTech”), filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Eastern District of California – Sacramento Division alleging that Pacific Ethanol Stockton LLC of Stockton, California infringed “METHOD OF PROCESSING ETHANOL BYPRODUCTS AND RELATED SUBSYSTEMS,” Patent No. 7,601,858…
South Bend, Indiana – Indiana patent attorneys for Cor-A-Vent Inc. of Mishawaka, Indiana filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Designer Cabinets Inc. d/b/a DCI Products of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania (“DCI”) infringed the patented “Moisture Resistant Roof Vent,” Patent No. 5,704,834, which has been issued by…
Fort Wayne, Indiana – Patent attorneys for Orthopaedic Hospital of Los Angeles, California (the “Hospital”) filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California alleging that DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. of Warsaw, Indiana (“DePuy”) infringed Oxidation-Resistant and Wear-Resistant Polyethylenes for Human Joint Replacements and Methods for Making Them, Patent No. 8,658,710,…
Fort Wayne, Indiana – Patent lawyers for Richard Gramm and Headsight, Inc., both of Indiana, sued in the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Deere and Company of Moline, Illinois (also known as “John Deere”) infringed the patented “Combine Header Height Control“, Patent No. 6,202,395, which has been issued by…
Indianapolis, Indiana – An Indiana patent attorney for Eli Lilly and Company of Indianapolis, Indiana (“Lilly”) filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana against multiple defendants asserting infringement of Patent Nos. 5,288,726, “Tetrahydrothienopyridine Derivatives, Furo and Pyrrolo Analogs Thereof and Their Preparation and Uses for Inhibiting Blood Platelet…
Washington, D.C. – An issue in the patent infringement dispute between medical-device giant Medtronic, Inc. and Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC (“Mirowski”) was heard by the United States Supreme Court. In question was the placement of the burden of proof in patent infringement litigation that seeks a declaratory judgment. The Supreme…