Intellectual Property Rights
No Violation in Amkor MLF Patent Case Against Carsem - ITC
CHANDLER, ARIZ. - Amkor Technology Inc. announced in a press release that the International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a Notice of Commission Final Determination (the “Notice”) dated July 20, 2010, in which the Commission determined that there is no violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act in Amkor’s patent infringement case against Carsem. “We are disappointed by this determination and ... More »
Quick-Med Technologies Receives Notice of Allowance for Fourth NIMBUS Patent
GAINESVILLE, FLA. - Quick-Med Technologies Inc., a life sciences company that is developing innovative technologies for the healthcare and consumer markets, announced in a press release that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for a key patent related to the Company's proprietary NIMBUS antimicrobial technology. The forthcoming patent protects a process of ... More »
WIPO Director General Holds High Level Talks in Bangladesh, Addresses LDCs Forum
GENEVA - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry wrapped up a three day official visit to Dhaka on July 20, 2010 during which he held a series of high level meetings, including with the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina. A press release by the Organization stated that talks focused on ways to enhance cooperation between WIPO and Bangladesh as well as a range... More »
Charter Transportation Provider Settles Claims of Unlicensed Software Use
WASHINGTON - The Business Software Alliance (BSA), the voice of the world’s commercial software industry, announced in a press release a settlement with Starr Tours of Trenton, NJ. Starr Tours paid $70,000 to BSA to settle claims that it had unlicensed copies of Microsoft software installed on its computers. As part of the settlement agreement, the company agreed to delete all unlicensed co... More »
Money Transmitter Company Pays $130,000 to Settle Claims of Unlicensed Software Use
WASHINGTON - The Business Software Alliance (BSA), the voice of the world’s commercial software industry, announced in a press release a settlement with Envios de Valores La Nacional Corp., a New York-based money transmitter company serving more than 50 countries from the United States. La Nacional paid $130,000 to BSA to settle claims that it had unlicensed copies of Adobe, Microsoft and Sybase ... More »
eNom Announces the Launch of .CO Domains to All Resellers
SANTA MONICA, CA. - eNom Inc., the world’s largest ICANN accredited domain name wholesaler, announced in a press release at HostingCon 2010 the availability of .CO domain names to all eNom resellers. The launch of the General Availability (GA) window for .CO marks the final stage of the re-launch of the .CO top-level-domain extension. eNom is one of ten accredited registrars selected by the... More »
MOSAID Signs New Patent License Agreement with Nanya Technology
OTTAWA, ONTARIO - MOSAID Technologies Inc. today announced in a press release that it has signed a seven year, royalty bearing patent portfolio license agreement with Nanya Technology Corporation of Taiwan. Nanya’s new agreement begins on October 1, 2010, following the expiration of its current five year agreement on September 30, 2010. The new agreement grants Nanya a license under MOSAID’s memo... More »
TurboSonic Settles Patent Infringement Case
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA - TurboSonic Technologies Inc., a global provider of clean air technologies, today announced in a press release that it has settled a patent infringement case brought by EnviroCare International Inc., related to its TurboSorb Spray-Dry Absorption (SDA) technology. The EnviroCare patents apply only in the USA and Canada. As a consequence of this settlement, TurboSonic is ... More »
Network-1 Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation with Major Networking Vendors
NEW YORK, NY - Network-1 Security Solutions Inc. announced in a press release that it agreed to settle its patent litigation against Adtran Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco-Linksys, LLC, (collectively, “Cisco”), Enterasys Networks Inc., Extreme Networks Inc., Foundry Networks Inc., and 3Com Corporation Inc., pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Di... More »
Nycomeds US Patent for Protonix (Pantoprazole) Valid
ZURICH - Nycomed announced today in a press release that Judge Jose L. Linares of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey has confirmed the jury verdict in favor of Nycomed and Pfizer Inc. The decision upholds the jury verdict issued on April 23, 2010, confirming that the patent is valid and rejecting allegations by the defendants that the patent was invalid as obvious and invalid fo... More »