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Indiana Patent Litigation: Eli Lilly and Teva Pharmaceuticals Clash Again over Alimta

Indianapolis, Indiana – Attorneys for Plaintiff, Eli Lilly and Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, filed suit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging that Defendants, Actavis LLC of Parsippany, New Jersey; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA of North Wales, Pennsylvania; and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. of Petach Tikva, Israel infringed its rights in…

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Indiana Copyright Litigation: Owner of Copyrighted Skyline Photograph Sues for Infringement Again

Indianapolis, Indiana –Plaintiff, Richard N. Bell of McCordsville, Indiana filed suit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging that Defendant, Anderson Schulle of Indianapolis, Indiana infringed his rights in the “Indianapolis Photo” registered on August 4, 2011 with the US Copyright Office, Registration No. VA0001785115. Bell seeks injunctive relief along…

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USPTO News: USPTO Seeks Comments on Year-Old Standard Protective Order

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has opened for comments and suggestions on the Trademark Trial and Appeal Boards Standard Protective Order.  The new order went into effect in June of 2016.  Submit comments or suggestions on the Standard Protective Order to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Boards website.…

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Indiana Patent Litigation: Thor Industries Sues The RV Factory Over RV Patents

Indianapolis, Indiana – Attorney for Plaintiff, Thor Industries, Inc. of Elkhart, Indiana filed suit in the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Defendant, The RV Factory, LLC, also of Elkhart, Indiana infringed on the U.S. Patent Nos. 7,575,251, titled Travel Trailer Having Improved Turning Radius (the ‘251 patent), and 7,938,427,…

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Indiana Patent Litigation: Klipsch Sues Chinese Defendant Over Allegedly Infringing Earphones

Indianapolis, Indiana – Attorneys for Plaintiff, Klipsch Group, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana filed suit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging that Defendant, Shenzhen Paiaudio Electronics Co., Ltd of Guangdong, China infringed on the U.S. Patent No. D603,844 (the ‘844 patent), titled “Headphone,” and violated Klipsch headphones’ trade dress. Plaintiff…

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Indiana Patent Litigation: Indianapolis-Based Home Healthcare Company Sues Former Employee for Ownership of Patent

Indianapolis, Indiana – Attorneys for Plaintiff, Home Care Providers, Inc. and Dr. Dev A. Brar, of Indianapolis, Indiana filed suit in the Southern District of Indiana against Defendant, Shawn R. Bashore, of Carmel, Indiana. This suit was filed for inventorship of the United States Patent No. 9,668,328 (“the ‘328 Patent”),…

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Indiana Patent Litigation: Carmel Tech Company Binatone USA Sued Over Allegedly Infringing Baby Monitors

Indianapolis, Indiana – Uniloc, has targeted Binatone of Carmel, Indiana in its latest patent infringement suit. Uniloc has been called a “Patent Troll in Chief” by engadget.com, and justia.com reports that it is a party to at least 343 patent cases.  In just October of 2017, Uniloc has filed 17…

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Indiana Patent Litigation: Federal Circuit reverses District Court’s dismissal of Lifetime Industries’ Patent Infringement Suit

The Plaintiff, Lifetime Industries, Inc. (doing business as Boyd Corp.) had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Defendant, Trim-Lok, Inc infringed patent no. 6,966,590, Two-Part Seal For A Slide-Out Room, which has been issued by the US Patent Office. The Court of Appeals…

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Indiana Man Arrested for “Offense Against Intellectual Property” of Call of Duty Games

Terre Haute, Indiana – Dshay Towles was charged with theft and “offense against intellectual property” for selling on eBay stolen copies of Call of Duty: WWII, which is scheduled to be released on November 3, 2017. According to FOX59, the games were stolen from the Sony DADC facility in Terre…

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The USPTO Denies Petition filed by Neptune Generics, LLC in Challenge to Indiana-based Eli Lilly’s Patent

Petitioner, Neptune Generics, LLC had filed a petition with the United States Patent and Trademark Offices against Eli Lilly & Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, challenging the validity of patent no. 7,772,209, Antifolate combination therapies, which has been issued by the USPTO. This patent covers intellectual property embodied in Alimta®, a…

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