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3 Jan, 2008 2:41 am
... item concerning a matter filed yesterday in state district court in Texas in which medical technology firm Kinetic Concepts
Inc. sued competitor Innovative Therapies Inc. and three of its principals, all former Kinetic Concepts employees,
alleging theft of trade secrets. Just like last year (and every other year), though, Kinetic Concepts claims the former employees broke
confidentiality agreements, illegally appropriated Kinetic Concepts' technology and stole its ...
5 Jan, 2008 6:00 am
... (Troll Tracker), Apple - Apple settles video-on-demand patent dispute with Intertainer Inc.: (IP Law360), Crater Corp - For the third time, a judge has axed the trade ...
Law360), Illumina - USPTO orders reexamination of Affymetrix patents asserted against Illumina: (Patent Docs) Kinetic Concepts
Inc - Kinetic launches suit against Innovative Therapies ... Metrologic settle patent discord: (Philip Brooks), Parallel Networks - PN
is suing Netflix Inc., E*Trade Financial Corp. and John Wiley & Sons ...
17 Jan, 2008 10:00 pm
... customer, there is no likelihood of confusion - Custom Mfg. & Eng'g, Inc. v Midway Services: (Mondaq), Tafas v Dudas: The need for presidential appointment ... finds
'FYBY' for silkscreening services confusingly similar to 'FUBU' mark for clothing in GTFM, Inc v Wilson: (TTABlog), Google - Google denies patent infringement claim by Jarg ...
patent dispute over competing genetic data products: (SmartBrief), Kinetic Concepts Inc. - Kinetic Concepts and Wake Forest University Health Sciences files patent ...
6 Feb 7:00 am
... nonobviousness determination; highlights unpredictability of claim construction: Kinetic Concepts, Inc v Blue Sky Medical
Group, Inc (Hal Wegner) (IP Frontline) (Patently-O) ... Coeur, Ltd v Asta; General Motors of Canada v Decarie Motors Inc (TTABlog) (Canadian Trademark Blog) Chamber of
Commerce releases IP recommendations report ... scope of liability for contributory infringement: Ricoh Company Ltd v Quanta Computer Inc (International Law Office) Commercial
success: not the easy way to prove non- ...
24 Jan, 2008 4:01 am
... ended claims containing the transitional phrase 'comprising.'" (quoting KJC Corp. v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc., 223 F.3d 1351,
1356 (Fed. Cir. 2000)) "That "a" or "an" can mean ... "evince[ ] a clear intent" to limit "a" or "an" to "one."" (see KJC Corp. v. Kinetic
Concepts, Inc., 223 F.3d 1351, 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2000)) "An exception to ... claims themselves, the specification, or the prosecution history necessitate a departure from
the rule." (see Abtox Inc. v. Exitron Corp., 122 F.3d 1019 (Fed. Cir. 1997); ...
27 Feb 7:00 am
... of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law on obviousness: Kinetic Concepts, Inc v Blue Sky Medical Group,
Inc (Promote the Progress) CAFC reverses summary judgment of validity ... doubt: GREEN INDIGO not merely descriptive of clothing: In re Jones Investment Co, Inc (not
precedential) (TTABlog) TTAB reverses 2(d) refusal of QUAANTUM for trailer suspension ... TTAB fraud decisions now await CAFC review: Bose Corp v Hexawave, Inc and Grand Canyon
West, LLC v Hualapai Tribe (TTABlog) US Trade ...
12 Feb, 2008 3:40 pm
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Bluesky Medical Group, Inc., 2008 WL 151276, E.D.Tex., January 15, 2008 (NO. CIV.A. 2:07-CV-188)
Judge: T. John Ward Holding: Defendant's Motion to ... the '651 patent in the Western District of Texas-San Antonio Division. This action was assigned to Judge Furgeson, who stayed the
case pending resolution of the motion to transfer by Judge Ward. See BlueSky Medical Group, Inc. v. Kinetic Concepts,
Inc., No. 5:07-CV-454 (W.D.Tex. Oct. 11, 2007). "Although the private interest ...
17 Mar 3:12 pm
EarthTimes reports: Smith & Nephew Inc.'s Advanced Wound Management division announced that the German Federal Patent Court in Munich has held the Wake Forest patent for
negative pressure (NPWT) licensed to Kinetic Concepts, Inc. invalid in Germany. BUT from yahoofinance: Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced March 17 that the German Federal Patent Court has ruled that a German patent licensed to KCI from Wake Forest
related to KCI's V.A.C.® technology is invalid. The ...
4 Sep 12:52 pm
... that "whoever actively induces infringement of a patent shall be liable as an infringer." To actively induce infringement by another, the accused party must have the specific intent
to encourage another's infringement. Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Blue Sky Medical Group, Inc., (Fed. Cir. 2009) provides a
discussion as to when specific intent exists. In Kinetic Concepts, Inc., the technology at issue involved an apparatus and a
method for treating a wound. During testimony, the co founders of ...
2 Feb 10:38 am
... patent infringement case that the Federal Circuit decided today, the defendants did just that. Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Blue
Sky Medical Group, Inc., No. 07-1430 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 2, 2009). The lawsuit concerned patents that "relate to treating difficult-to-heal wounds by applying suction". After ... .
Accordingly, we find no abuse of discretion in the court's denial of KCI's motion for a new trial. Kinetic Concepts, slip op. at 23-24.
Our groundhog saw its shadow today.
24 Jul 11:22 pm
... re-examination fight but suggests outcomes have been different in other jurisdictions (countries): Smith & Nephew Inc.'s Advanced Wound Management division announced that
the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Office) ... actions in re-examination proceedings involving three of the negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) patents licensed to
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. , confirming the patentability of the re-examined claims. The re-examination proceedings are still
pending, and Smith & ...
19 Feb, 2007 5:24 pm
... a" and "an" to mean"one or more" in open-ended claims containing the transitional phrase "comprising." See, e.g., KCJ Corp. v. Kinetic
Concepts, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2000, 99-1248). Unless the claim is specific as to the number of elements, the term "a" receives a singular interpretation only in rare
circumstances when the patentee evinces a clear intent to so limit the term. Accordingly, barring the rare circumstances ...
19 Jun, 2007 4:37 pm
... many companies fall in love like cartoon characters - suddenly, completely, unabashedly. But no cute red hearts fly around, just green dollar signs. In October 2005 Kinetic Concepts, Inc. brought in Mark Carbeau to head KCI USA. Soon there were some changes at the top ... and a bonus of $169,000, plus a
chunk of options that look to be way way in the money right now. (Kinetic is chugging along nicely on sales of high-tech wound treatments used
on soldiers and diabetics; they also ...
31 Aug 7:25 pm
... Union Carbide; components of a patented invention not 'methods or processes': Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. St. Jude Medical (IP Frontline) (PatLit) District Court N D ... Law
Blog) Supreme Court asked to hear Medela AG v Kinetic Concepts, Inc - Should obviousness be determined by the court or the jury?
(Inventive Step) Review of some of ... ) refusal of TIANA, finding clothing and jewelry related: In re Disney Enterprises, Inc (not precedential) (TTABlog) TTAB finds NO FRIGGIN
CLUE confusingly similar to ...
24 Aug 7:01 am
... Supreme Court asked to yank obviousness from the purview of juries: Medela AG v Kinetic Concepts, Inc (Peter Zura's 271
Patent Blog) (Patently-O) All you ... registered mark SUN-LAND for 'raisins, dried fruits, preserved fruits': In re Sunland Inc (not precedential) (TTABlog) TTAB finds WOW
PRINTABLE COUPONS confusingly similar to ... HERO applicant lacked bona fide intent: DC Comics and Marvel Characters Inc v Michael Craig Silver (not precedential) (TTABlog) In re
Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust ...
11 Nov 8:00 am
... certiorari Brief in opposition Docket: 09-198 Title: Medela AG v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Issue: Whether a person accused of
patent infringement has a right to an independent judicial ... Cisco Systems, Google, Microsoft, et al. Amicus brief of Intel, SAP America, and Shoretel, Inc. Docket: 09-322
Title: Gregory v. Dillard's, ... Petitioner's reply Docket: 09-326 Title: Harjo v. Pro-Football, Inc. Issue: Whether the doctrine of laches is applicable to a cancellation
petition filed pursuant to Section 1064 ...
11 Aug 8:51 am
/**/ Smith & Nephew Inc's Advanced Wound Management division (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN) announced that the German District Court in Dusseldorf decided in favour of Smith &
Nephew by rejecting a request from Kinetic Concepts, Inc (NYSE: KCI) for a Preliminary Injunction against the marketing of Smith
& Nephew's RENASYS* ... , innovation and trust. The Company operates in 32 countries around the world. Annual sales in 2008 were nearly $3.8 billion. SOURCE Smith & Nephew
Inc
10 Jan, 2008 11:48 pm
from RTTNews: Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI) announced that, together with Wake Forest University Health Sciences, it has filed a
patent infringement lawsuit against Innovative Therapies, Inc. (ITI) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. The federal complaint alleges that a
negative pressure wound therapy device recently introduced by ITI infringes three Wake Forest patents, ...
7 Nov, 2008 8:23 am
"[A] potential infringer should not be able to create subject matter jurisdiction [for a declaratory relief claim] sub rosa (in this case, by initiating telephone conversations to
employees of the patentee who were not in decision-making positions and who were not informed of the real purpose behind the conversations)." Innovative Therapies Inc. v.
Kinetic Concepts Inc., 1-07-cv-00589 (DED November 5, 2008, Memorandum Order)
18 Aug 8:58 am
Medela AG v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (petition for a writ of certiorari) Question presented: Whether a person accused of patent
infringement has a right to independent judicial, as distinct from lay jury, determination of whether an asserted patent ... 's precedents on obviousness, which have repeatedly
described obviousness as "a legal determination," KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc, 550 U.S. 398, 427 (2007), stated that obviousness analysis was to be conducted by "a court, or
patent examiner", and ...
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