Chicago, Ill. – The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the Northern District of Illinois assignment of a “service agreement” in a bankruptcy case, despite a trademark license owner’s claim that the agreement was a trademark sub-license. In 2009, XMH Corp. filed for bankruptcy and requested the bankruptcy…
Washington, D.C. – The America Invents Act, also called the Leahy-Smith Patent Reform Act, was passed by the U.S. Senate last week. The bill was sent to President Obama’s desk, ready for his signature before it can become law. The President is expected to sign the bill. President Obama…
Evansville, IN – Patent lawyers for SOP Services of Las Vegas, Nevada and Bear Archery of Evansville, Indiana filed a patent infringement suit in alleging Vital Hunting Gear, Inc. of Lexington, KY infringed patent no. 7,159,325 and 7,343,686, BOW SIGHT WITH FIBER OPTICS, which has been issued by the…
Chicago, Ill. – The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has instituted a circuit rule change that now requires all documents to be filed and served electronically. The rule does not apply to unrepresented parties, unless the party is an attorney representing herself. It also allows a party to request…
Indianapolis, IN – The Southern District of Indiana has issued a claim construction order in a patent infringement lawsuit. Cook Incorporated, of Bloomington, Indiana, had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana against Endologix, Inc., of Irvine, California. The patents at issue are owned by…
[Disclosure: Overhauser Law Offices, LLC, the publisher of this website, represents a party in this litigation] Chief Judge Philip P. Simon for the Northern District of Indiana has construed the claims of Patent No. 5,866,210, METHOD FOR COATING A SUBSTRATE. The ‘210 patent describes a method of coating substrates…
Evansville IN – Patent lawyers for GHJ Holdings of Texarkana, Texas filed a patent infringement suit in the Eastern District of Texas alleging Indian Industries, Inc. d/b/a Escalade Sports of Evansville, Indiana falsely marked products with expired and inapplicable patent no. 5,899,824, SNAP-FIT DART AND ADAPTER, 5,498,004, GAME DART, 5,271,625, FLEXIBLE POINT…
Fort Wayne, IN – The Northern District of Indiana has granted partial summary judgment in a patent infringement case. Geocel LLC, of Elkhart, Indiana, had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Indiana seeking a declaratory judgment that patent no. RE 41,586, PITCH POCKET AND SEALANT,…
Washington, D.C. – The United States Patent and Trademark Office has launched a new web tool that shows that trademark application processing times are down to record lows. The average pendency to a first action on a new application is down to 2.7 months, while total pendency — defined…
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 182 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in August, 2011: PAT. NO. TITLE 1 D644,146 Race car 2 8,010,455 Waste processing system and method 3 8,008,487 Substituted thieno[2,3-D]pyrimidines as fungicides 4 8,008,466 Use of untranslated…