South Bend; IN – Trademark lawyers for Zimmer, Inc. of Warsaw, Indiana filed a trademark infringement suit alleging that Ari Kresch, a Michigan attorney, and other law firms and attorneys in Michigan and Texas infringed various trademark registrations, including Trademark No. 647,921, Trademark No. 1,778,807 and Trademark No. 1,707,…
Indianapolis and Hammond, Indiana — Indiana’s federal district courts have recently amended their local rules. Some of the recent changes have implications for Indiana intellectual property attorneys filing patent, trademark, and copyright lawsuits. Effective January 1, 2011, the Southern District Court of Indiana amended its discovery rules to “encourage…
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…
Indianapolis — This week, an attorney from the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) asked Indiana-based Eli Lilly for clarification regarding Lilly’s allegations of patent infringement over the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine. Eli Lilly owns U.S. Patent Number 5,606,048, which is a process of preparing the gemcitabine. The FDA approved…
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…
Indianapolis and Hammond, Indiana – Attorneys practicing in Indiana’s two federal district courts, the Northern District of Indiana and the Southern District of Indiana, expect numerous patent, copyright and trademark infringement lawsuits to be filed in 2011, continuing the trend of the last two years. In 2009 and 2010,…
Indianapolis, IN – Copyright lawyers for Dion Designs of Quebec, Canada have filed an infringement suit against Allwin Powersports, Corporation, Inc., Arthur Liao, MHR Helmet Co., Ltd., Foshan Shunde Fengxing Helmets, Ltd., and Jiangmen Pengcheng Helmets, Ltd. Plaintiff Dion claims he is a famous designer of helmets, who signed…
In an action that would affect patent applicants in Indiana and other states, the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 3, 2011, approved an Amendment to S. 23, patent reform legislation to implement a first-inventor-to-file system, revise provisions on damages awards, create a new post-grant review system, and grant the…
Indianapolis, IN – A trademark attorney for Noble Roman’s, an Indianapolis-based pizza maker, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Brabham Oil, a South Carolina corporation. The compliant, filed by Noble Roman’s lawyer, alleges that Brabham Oil formerly operated seven Noble Roman’s franchise locations. According to the complaint, Brabham continued…
Indianapolis, IN – Patent lawyers for Dataflow Systems, Inc. of Indianapolis, IN, filed a declaratory judgment suit seeking a ruling that the company has not violated certain patents held by Defendants Arrival Star S.A. or Melvino Technologies Limited. The lawsuit concerns several patents, issued by the U.S. Patent Office,…