Reexamination Requests For the Weeks of October 18th and 25th
Here is the latest installment of Reexamination Requests from Scott M. Daniels, of Reeaxamination Alert and Practice Center Contributor which includes the requests for the weeks of October 18th and October 25th….
NVIDIA Attack on Rambus Patent Among Requests Filed the Week of October 18th
In their litigation/reexamination wars, Rambus and NVIDIA often look like two boxers trying to slug each other into submission. That was true last Wednesday. The same day that the PTO issued its Notice of Intent to issue a reexamination certificate, confirming the claims of Rambus’ U.S. Patent No. 6,715,020, NVIDIA requested another reexamination (Inter Partes Request No. 2 below). The ‘020 patent is just one of 17 patents that Rambus has accused NVIDIA of infringing in their case pending in the Central District of California. Five of those Rambus patents in litigation were the subject of a recently settled ITC investigation. The ‘020 patent is related to Rambus’ U.S. Patent No. 7,209,997, which is also part of the California litigation and the subject of two pending reexaminations. NVIDIA is now appealing the reexamination examiner’s decision to confirm the patentability of the ‘997 claims (95/000,471). (more…)
Reexamination Request Against Taser Patent Among Those Filed Week of October 11th
Here is the latest installment of Reexamination Requests from our friends at Reexamination Alert….
The clear stand-out among the reexamination requests filed last week was one against U.S. Patent No. 6,999,295, the patent for the famous Taser® stun gun, owned by Taser International. The preamble of one of the ‘295 claims euphemistically recites a “dual operating mode electronic disabling device for immobilizing a target.” Taser successfully sued Stinger Systems in Arizona for infringement of the ‘295 patent, culminating in an infringement judgment in August. Taser owns another patent, U.S. Patent No. 7,102,870, claim 3 of which has been held to be invalid as obvious over the prior art.
A request was also filed against Apple’s U.S. Patent No. 5,946,647 (Ex parte No. 10). As reported by our friend Gene Quinn in IPWatchdog, Apple has sued HTC and Exeda for infringement of the ‘647 patent, among many other patents. (more…)
10.25.10 | Reexamination Requests | Stefanie Levine
Reexamination Request Against Honeywell’s HFC Patent Among Those Filed Week of October 4th
Here is this week’s installment of Reexamination Requests from our friends at Reexamination Alert….
Honeywell has obtained a number of patents in recent years for hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) patents. HFCs are environmentally friendly alternatives to the hydrochlorofluorocarbons for use in aerosols and refrigerants. Inter partes Request No. 2 below challenges Honeywell’s patent.
A request was also filed against Medicis’ patent (Ex parte Request No. 9) for foaming pad containing benzoyl peroxide, used to treat acne. The ‘355 patent is the subject of a contentious case in Arizona, filed earlier this year. (more…)
10.16.10 | Reexamination Requests | Stefanie Levine
Reexamination Request against Wireless Game Controller Patent among those Filed Week of September 20th
Here is this week’s installment of Reexamination Requests from Scott M. Daniels, of Reeaxamination Alert and Practice Center Contributor….
The most interesting reexamination request last week was filed against a patent that claims a radio frequency remote game controller and is owned by the Canadian company Eleven Engineering (Ex parte No. 22). Last November Eleven Engineering and its U.S. subsidiary sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft for infringement of that patent and two others. The accused games are Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Wii Balance Board, Sony’s Playstation3, and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. The case is before Judge Stark in Delaware and has not progressed beyond the pleading stage.
Another notable request was filed by Volkswagen against a car brake safety patent (Inter partes No. 3). The patent is owned by 55 Brake LLC who sued 12 major automobile companies for infringement of that patent. The case is in Idaho and a trial is scheduled to begin in March 2011. (more…)
Reexamination Requests Filed the Week of September 13th
Here is this week’s installment of Reexamination Requests from Scott M. Daniels, of Reeaxamination Alert and Practice Center Contributor….
Perhaps the most important reexamination request last week was filed by Google against a Xerox patent (Ex parte No. 6). The patent is the subject of a pending law suit in Delaware between the parties. Earlier this month, Magistrate Judge Mary Pat Thynge issued a decision in that case allowing Google to use counsel from its litigation team for any reexamination – essentially, she concluded that the potential harm to Google of limiting its choice of reexamination counsel outweighed the risk of improper use by Google’s reexamination counsel of Xerox’s protective order information.
Another interesting request was filed against an Amylin patent (Ex parte No. 13) for exendins which are peptide hormones that regulate blood glucose levels. A reexamination (95/000,276) has been pending since 2007 against similar Amylin extendins patent – the ‘276 reexamination is noteworthy in that it features that rare creature: the reexamination continuation. The earlier Amylin reexamination was filed by competitor ConjuChem. (more…)
09.24.10 | Federal Circuit Cases, Patent Litigation, posts, Reexamination Requests | Stefanie Levine
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