Walgreen Co. ’s Drugstore.
Com unit named in USAS.
A Canadian company tried to stop complaints from trade agents who imported infringing toys.
Standard Innovation
Based in Ottawa, a complaint was filed on December. 2 with the U. S.
Washington International Trade Commission seeks to block orders from competitors to ship their products to the United StatesS.
The controversy centered on US-
Standard Innovation describes Vibe as a "couple device" worn by women during sex, and is packed in gift bags in 2009 and 2010 Oscars and 2010 Super Bowls.
The company says it has sold more than 1 million of its equipment, including about 400,000 in the United States. S.
Competing products, several of which are sold through Bellevue, Washington-Based on pharmacies.
Two patents, including one design patent, were violated according to the complaint.
The companies named in the complaint include 4 manufacturers, 4 distributors and 11 retailers.
Standard Innovation also sued Leloi AB, one of the manufacturers in Sweden, in a federal court in Houston.
The International Trade Commission of the United States is a quasi-
Judicial authority entitled to block imports of products that violate U. S. lawS. patent rights.
If it agrees to investigate the complaint, it usually does the job within 16 to 19 months.
The ITC case involves sports therapy equipment, complaint number2862, U. S.
Committee on International Trade (Washington).
Civil litigation is a standard innovation company. v. Leloi AB, 4:11-cv-04172, U. S.
District Court of Southern Texas (Houston).
Apple seeks patents on audio technology
Cable companies
Manufacturers of IPod and iPhone are seeking a technology patent that allows users of portable electronic devices to charge by wrapping audio cables around charging coils.
According to the application No. 20110188677 submitted on February 2010, this technology is equivalent to the technology used by some electronic toothbrushes, which are charged by an induction receiving coil placed near the charging seat.
Apple says the advantage of the technology is that it can use smaller charging stations and reduce the size of portable devices.
According to the US databaseS.
Patent and Trademark Office, there is no external lawyer in the application filed by Cupertino, Californiabased Apple.
Micron was sued by the University of Illinois for chip issues
University of Illinois sued Micron Technology for patent
For infringement patents related to semiconductor manufacturing.
According to the complaint submitted on December.
In the federal court in Urbana, Illinois, Micron violated 5,872,387, 6,444,533 and 6,888,204 patents.
These patents cover the method of treating silicon wafers with hydrogen isotope tritium to limit chip degradation.
The university says it has delivered a speech to Boise, Idaho --
Based on the benefits of using its patented technology, Meiguang was established in 2004.
The school requires the court to compensate for money losses, attorney fees and legal costs, and the court to compensate for the additional losses it claims to be intentional infringement.
The school did not require a ban on the manufacture or sale of products allegedly infringing patents.
The Micron representative did not reply to the email immediately
An email seeking comment on the lawsuit.
The university is limited by Joseph tooth profile, Keith forgert of George Field, Rolf Stadheim and Steve Petersen Stadheim and tooth profile. of Chicago.
In the case of the board of directors of the University of Illinois v.
Meiguang Technology Co. , Ltd. , 2:11-cv-02288-MPM-DGB, U. S.
Central District Court of Illinois (Urbana).
Samsung and Biogen Idec have agreed to set up VentureSamsung biological products company worth $0. 3 billion.
Agreed to establish a $0. 3 billion joint venture with Biogen Idec Inc.
As South Korea's largest business group seeks to promote health, develop and sell biomedical productsNursing operation.
Samsung Group plans to start production of biosimilars in 2016, starting with Biogen for the treatment of leukemia and ruitexan for Roche Holdings
Kim said in February that he Jiejin's lymphoma and arthritis.
Prior to this, Samsung biological products company plans
Make drugs.
It has patent protection in the United States. S.
Until 2018, in the rest of the world until 2013, Roche spokesman Nina Schwab said on last May.
It generated $6 in sales.
Last year, 11 billion, became the ninth in the world-best-
According to data compiled by Bloomberg, drugs are sold.
Samsung biological products was established in April by Samsung Group and Kuntai multinational company.
According to a joint statement issued by the Samsung Group, the company will have a 85% stake in South Korea.
The new company will develop, manufacture and sell copies of bio-generic or bio-pharmaceutical products that do not include versions of bio-original proprietary products, the statement said.
The agreement allows the Samsung Group to work with the world's largest manufacturer of multiple hardened drugs to produce biological drugs, which Samsung chairman Lee Kun Hee noted is one of the five major sources of future growth.
Samsung Group said it plans to spend 2 pounds. 1 trillion won ($1. 9 billion)
Generate more than 1.
By 2020, bio-pharmaceutical 8 trillion won.
"We are taking an important step towards becoming a major player in the bio-pharmaceutical industry and investing in an important growth engine for our company," said Kim Taehan, chief executive of Samsung bio-products, said in a statement yesterday.
Kim said in February that Samsung Group's ultimate goal after gaining experience in manufacturing bio-pharmaceutical through cooperation with other companies was to develop its own bio-pharmaceutical.
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The NFL sued the hamburger chain for "raiding a country" advertising campaign. The National Football League and Oakland Raiders sued a tightly controlled California in an advertising campaign to raid a country.
In a complaint filed on December
In the federal court in San Francisco, the Alliance opposed the American Food Service.
Use "raid a country when hunger strikes.
Oakland fans call themselves the "Raiders country" and the team has expressed opposition to billboards advertising National burgers near its stadium.
The NFL and the attackers said in the document that the advertising campaign was an "ambush" marketing and an unauthorized attempt to get on the team's "goodwill, reputation and popularity ".
The league and the team have asked the court to ban El serrito, California-
From the use of this sentence in its logo and advertising, to the award of money losses, legal costs and attorney fees, this is a concept based on the state.
The country did not reply to the email immediately
A request for comment on the lawsuit was mailed.
Bruce P represents the team and the league.
Keller of New York Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Dawn Newton of David Newton
Li and Richard Thomas White from the Fitzgerald Abbott and bear Zili law firms in Auckland.
Case is NFL Properties LLC v.
National food service, 3:11-cv-05818-NC, U. S.
District Court of Northern California (San Francisco).
According to ZDNet, Apple may have to rename the IPad in China.
IPod and iPad maker ZDNet has lost a legal dispute in China over the iPad trademark.
Com Technology news website reports.
Proview Technology Co. , Ltd.
Registered a trademark in China in 2000 and sued Apple in October for payment of 10 billion yuan ($1. 6 billion)
According to ZDNet, in damages. com.
Although Apple has bought the rights to the trademark from Proview's parent company, the Chinese patent court in Shenzhen, China, is in favor of Proview, and ZDNet has ruled. com reported.
Apple may now be forced to find a new name for the iPad tablet in China, but has not commented on the ruling ZDNet. com reported.
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RIAA highlighted "fair use" in the copyright appeal ". Music industry trade group American Record Industry AssociationS.
Court of Appeal for permission to file a friend-of-the-
Court brief concerning the copyright case of Righthaven LLC in Las Vegas.
Right thaven, who is trying to enforce the copyright of the Stephens Media Group newspaper, has encountered objections from federal judges who say they suspect it is eligible to enforce the copyright. In its Dec.
5 documents from Washington
According to RIAA, its argument "will help the court to analyze the issues raised by the appeal.
"The organization stated that it did not file for either party supporting the dispute.
RIAA told the court of appeal that the lower courts where Righthaven is not eligible to sue, and that it should not be said that the respondent's posting on the blog is "fair use" under federal copyright law ".
The parties to the case, because they do not have any power to take advantage of copyrighted works, RIAA said in the filing: "We are unable to make relevant arguments on the critical issue of the impact of the use of such exploitation by the accused. ".
The trade organization said that if the trial court correctly found that Righthaven had no right to sue for copyright infringement, it should stop there without deciding whether the defendant's actions constituted a "fair use ".
In its briefing, RIAA said that by looking at "reasonable use" after deciding that right thaven had no right to sue, the court of first instance "came up with an issue that it did not have the right to consider ".
Steven J. submitted a briefing for the trade groupMetalitz and J.
Matthew Williams in Los Angeles
Mitchell Silverberg and Knupp LLP represent RIAA in a number of cases involving the use of its member content.
Appeal by Righthaven LLC v. Hoehn, 11-16751, U. S.
Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit.
The case of the lower court is Righthaven LLC v. Hoehn, 2:11-cv-00050-PMP-RJJ, U. S.
District Court of Nevada (Las Vegas). Apple, E-
Book publishers surveyed by EU regulators Apple Inc.
The world's largest technology company and five e-commerce companies
EU antitrust regulators are investigating deals that book publishers may restrict sales across the region.
Probe aiming iPad-
Maker's deal with Hachette Livre of news group Lagardere SCA
Harper Collins of CBS
The European Commission said in an email that Pearson's penguins Simon and Schuster, as well as Macmillan at Verlagsgruppe Georg von Hooper Brinck GmbH
Mailing statement
Transactions between publishers and retailers have also been reviewed.
In a January report, Europe said
Book sales have been sluggish for some reasons
English titles and fixed price agreements between publishers and stores in 13 countries. Amazon. com Inc.
The world's largest Internet retailer could sell up to 5 million
According to a report by Forrester Research Inc. , book readers in the fourth quarter
Amazon sold about half of the 12 companies. 8 million e-
IDC said in the third quarter that it bought book readers worldwide last year. E-
Media tablets such as IPad and Samsung Electronics also sell books. ’s Galaxy.
Lack of piracy, price and non-contentEnglish-
English-speaking countries have suppressed the spread of e-commerce.
Mario Lombard, senior research analyst at IDC, said books in Europe.
Partly due to VAT, many
The cost of the book is the same or much harder
Copy the version, he said.
The investigation is not Apple's first contact with EU antitrust agencies.
The company resolved EU antitrust cases in 2009 by agreeing to lower US prices. K.
ITunes music downloads and was investigated for restrictions on iPhone apps in a case that the EU closed last year.
Earlier this year, some European newspapers also protested Apple's proposed iPad subscription model.
Regulators said last month that Apple and Samsung were recently asked by the Commission about the use of smartphone patents.
Apple based in Cupertino, California, Paris
Companies based in Lagardere and Macmillan declined to comment on the EU statement.
French technology news website 01net.
Com reported on Wednesday that Francis emenard, president of Albin Michel SA, said the raid by regulators on his company and other companies was triggered by Amazon's complaint.
Amazon did not respond to calls and emails immediately
Emails seeking comments
The UK Fair Trade Office, which began its investigation on February, issued a statement on its website yesterday saying it would abandon its investigation into e-commerce.
Books that allow EU officials to take the lead.
According to an email, Harper Collins is "fully cooperating with the investigation"
Spokesman Siobhan Kenny mailed the statement.
Spokesman Adam Rosberg said in an email that Simon and Schuster are also working with the investigationmail.