Indianapolis, Indiana – Patent counsel for Polymer Technology Systems, Inc. of Indianapolis, IN, have filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit against Roche Diagnostics Corporation of Indianapolis, IN, seeking a ruling that Roche’s Patent No. 5,366,609, titled Biosensing meter with pluggable memory key, as issued by the U.S. Patent Office, is invalid and not infringed.
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Indianapolis, Indiana – Patent lawyers for Sepro Corporation of Carmel, IN, filed an infringement suit alleging Phoenix Environmental Care, LLC of Valdosta, GA, infringed Patent No. 7,135,435, titled PLANT GROWTH REGULATION COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING GIBBERELLIN BIOSYNTHESIS INHIBITOR COMBINATIONS, as issued by the U.S. Patent Office.
The plaintiff makes and sells aquatic and horticultural products, and its ‘435 patent relates to plant growth regulation compositions, while the defendant is a chemical company in the business of marketing fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides. The complaint claims that the defendant has directly infringed the ‘435 patent by marketing an infringing turf growth regulation composition and induced infringement of the patent by directing a university study of the composition.
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Indianapolis, Indiana – Patent lawyers for Dow AgroSciences LLC of Indianapolis, IN, and The Dow Chemical Company of Midland, MI, have filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit against Cooper Industries, LLC of Houston, TX, and Cooper Power Systems, Inc. of Waukesha, WI of Waukesha, WI, seeking a ruling that several patents, as issued by the U.S. Patent Office, are invalid and/or not infringed, including the following: Patent No. 5,736,915, titled HERMETICALLY SEALED, NON-VENTING ELECTRICAL APPARATUS WITH DIELECTRIC FLUID HAVING DEFINED CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; Patent No. 5,766,517, titled DIELECTRIC FLUID FOR USE IN POWER DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT; Patent No. 6,037,537, titled VEGETABLE OIL BASED DIELECTRIC COOLANT; and Patent No. 6,184,459, titled VEGETABLE OIL BASED DIELECTRIC COOLANT.
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South Bend, Indiana – Copyright lawyers for Forest River Housing, Inc. of Elkhart, IN, filed a lawsuit alleging Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC , also of Elkhart, infringed the copyrighted work RP-176 FLOORPLAN.
The plaintiff manufactures and sells recreational vehicles to dealers; its asserted work is a travel trailer floor plan, for which an application to register the copyright has been filed with the U.S. Copyright Office. The defendant is a direct competitor alleged to have obtained a copy of the floor plan at issue, incorporated it into their own advertising, and created derivative floor plans based on the plaintiff’s copyrighted plan.
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The following patent, trademark and copyright litigation suits were filed by intellectual property lawyers in Indiana in December, 2009.
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Cause of Action |
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December 21, 2009 |
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INND |
Springmann |
Patent |
Patent Infringement |
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INSD |
Young |
Trademark |
Trademark Infringement |
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INSD |
Young |
Copyright |
Fed. Question |
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December 17, 2009 |
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INSD |
Young |
Both |
Federal Question |
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December 16, 2009 |
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INSD |
Barker |
Patent |
Patent Infringement |
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December 15, 2009 |
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INSD |
Lawrence |
Trademark |
Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act) |
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December 11, 2009 |
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INSD |
Barker |
Trademark |
Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act) |
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December 10, 2009 |
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INSD |
Barker |
Patent |
Patent Infringement |
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December 4, 2009 |
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BATESVILLE SERVICES, INC. v. STAR LEGACY FUNERAL NETWORK, INC. |
INSD |
Young |
None |
Federal Question |
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 81 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in December, 2009:
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Response time detection in a network having shared interfaces |
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The US Trademark Office issued the following 124 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in December, 2009, based on applications filed by Indiana Trademark Attorneys:
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Reg. Number |
Mark |
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| 1 | 3,730,032 | MAAGUZI | View | |
| 2 | 3,730,093 | INFINITY PREMIER INSURANCE COMPANY | View | |
| 3 | 3,726,736 | C CUMMINS TURBO TECHNOLOGIES | View | |
| 4 | 3,726,733 | SLURRICHIP | View | |
| 5 | 3,726,690 | ARMORTECH | View |
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 70 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in November, 2009:
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Method and system for improving voltage regulator accuracy in vehicle alternators |
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Terminals and connections between multi-set segmented hairpin windings |
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The US Trademark Office issued the following 124 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in November, 2009, based on applications filed by Indiana Trademark Attorneys:
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| 1 | 3,715,306 | FONO | View | |
| 2 | 3,716,958 | ACTIPLEX | View | |
| 3 | 3,716,947 | FIRST FOUR | View | |
| 4 | 3,713,417 | NEAT | View | |
| 5 | 3,708,729 | DEMETER | View |
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 80 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in October, 2009:
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Multi-functional plasmon-resonant contrast agents for optical coherence tomography |
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