Articles Posted in Declaratory Judgments

Evansville, Indiana – Patent attorneys for Berry Plastics Corporation of Evansville, IN, initiated a lawsuit seeking a declaratory ruling that a patent held by Intertape Polymer Corporation of Bradenton, FL, is invalid and unenforceable due to inequitable conduct before the U.S. Patent Office. Namely, the complaint asserts that Patent No. 7,476,416, titled PROCESS FOR PREPARING ADHESIVE USING PLANETARY EXTRUDER, is invalid as, prior to their patent application date, two of the co-inventors saw a similar product displayed at a trade show and had it explained to them in detail, but never disclosed this prior public presentation to the Patent Office.

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 Evansville, Indiana – Patent attorneys for Berry Plastics Corporation of Evansville, IN, initiated a lawsuit seeking a court declaration that a patent held by Intertape Polymer Corporation of Bradenton, FL, is invalid and unenforceable due to inequitable conduct before the U.S. Patent Office. Namely, the complaint asserts that Patent No. 7,476,416, titled PROCESS FOR PREPARING ADHESIVE USING PLANETARY EXTRUDER, is invalid as, prior to their patent application date, two of the co-inventors saw a similar product displayed at a trade show and had it explained to them in detail, but never disclosed this prior public presentation to the Patent Office.
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 Indianapolis, Indiana – Patent counsel for Polymer Technology Systems, Inc. of Indianapolis, IN, have filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit against Roche Diagnostics Corporation of Indianapolis, IN, seeking a ruling that Roche’s Patent No. 5,366,609, titled Biosensing meter with pluggable memory key, as issued by the U.S. Patent Office, is invalid and not infringed.
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 Indianapolis, Indiana – Patent lawyers for Dow AgroSciences LLC of Indianapolis, IN, and The Dow Chemical Company of Midland, MI, have filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit against Cooper Industries, LLC of Houston, TX, and Cooper Power Systems, Inc. of Waukesha, WI of Waukesha, WI, seeking a ruling that several patents, as issued by the U.S. Patent Office, are invalid and/or not infringed, including the following: Patent No. 5,736,915, titled HERMETICALLY SEALED, NON-VENTING ELECTRICAL APPARATUS WITH DIELECTRIC FLUID HAVING DEFINED CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; Patent No. 5,766,517, titled DIELECTRIC FLUID FOR USE IN POWER DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT; Patent No. 6,037,537, titled VEGETABLE OIL BASED DIELECTRIC COOLANT; and Patent No. 6,184,459, titled VEGETABLE OIL BASED DIELECTRIC COOLANT.
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