Evansville, Ind. — Trademark lawyers for XP Innovation, LLC d/b/a Dan’s Comp (“Dan’s Comp”) of Mt. Vernon, Ind. sued Ian Smith (“Smith”) of Massillon, Ohio alleging that he infringed various trademarks owned by Dan’s Comp, Registration Nos. 2,176,911, 2,176,580, 2,607,447, 3,853,112, 3,940,083, 3,957,948, 4,074,705 and 4,101,708, which have been registered with…
Washington, D.C. — Indiana inventors can now take advantage of new Patent Office procedure by having their patent attorneys file the appropriate paperwork. The USPTO launched the After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP 2.0) on May 19, 2013. Designed to be more efficient and effective than the AFCP, AFCP 2.0…
South Bend, Ind. – Patent lawyers for Automated Products International, LLC (“API”) of LaGrange, Ind. sued alleging that Norco Industries, Inc. (“Norco”) of Elkhart, Ind. infringed Patent No. 7,134,711 (the “‘711 Patent”) which has been issued by the U.S. Patent Office. The ‘711 Patent is directed to recreational-vehicle roof-support rafters. …
Indianapolis, Ind. — Copyright lawyers for Keystone Management Systems, Inc. f/k/a Keystone Builders Resource Group, Inc. (“Keystone Management”) and Lockridge Homes-Indianapolis, LLC (“Lockridge”), both of Richmond, Va., filed a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging William Clyde Moore, Jr. (“Moore”) and Carol Cooper (“Cooper”), d/b/a DrafTech, both of Indianapolis, Ind., infringed the…
Indianapolis, Ind. — Intellectual property lawyers for J & J Sports Productions, Inc. (“J&J Sports”) of Campbell, Calif. have sued five Indianapolis restaurants and their owners in the Southern District of Indiana for illegally displaying the 2011 World Boxing Organization Welterweight Championship Fight. J & J Sports was granted exclusive…
Washington D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that “patent exhaustion” does not bar an infringement claim against Indiana farmer Vernon Bowman for reproducing patented seeds by planting and harvesting second generation seeds without the patent holder’s permission. Bowman v. Monsanto Co., U.S., No 11-796, 5/13/2013. Monsanto produces and…
Lafayette, Ind. — Purdue University students are creating and patenting products while pursuing their degrees. Purdue is celebrating the inventiveness of five of those students: Julia Alspaugh, Zachary Amodt, Sean Connell, Andrew Glassman and Anne Dye Zakrajsek. Julia Alspaugh, a mechanical engineer in her second year as a master’s student,…
Indianapolis, Ind. — The Indiana Court of Appeals has vacated a trial court’s judgment in favor of the LaPorte County Convention and Visitors Bureau (the “Bureau”) of LaPorte, Ind., holding that neither trademark infringement nor cybersquatting had been committed by Serenity Springs (“Serenity”) of LaPorte, Ind. Serenity operates a resort…
Washington, D.C. — The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied the petition of ArcelorMittal for a rehearing in its patent infringement lawsuit against AK Steel involving ULTRALUME®. AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon and stainless and electrical steels. Their products are primarily for automotive, infrastructure, manufacturing, construction,…
As reported by the American Intellectual Property Law Association, in a severely splintered decision, the en banc Federal Circuit was unable to agree on a rationale for analyzing the abstract idea exception to patent eligibility for computer implemented method claims, computer-readable media, and system claims. CLS Bank International v. Alice…