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Intellectual Property Law

Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog

Analysis of relevant case law, summaries of pending litigation, statistical information, and miscellaneous commentary relating to intellectual property issues affecting Maryland businesses, individuals and governments.
By Brian Wm. Higgin

Post Frequency: 20.7/day

Last Entry: December 13, 2009 at 14:36:44

Guilford Pharmaceuticals: Two Acquisitions in Two Years

Posted on December 19, 2007
Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc., was a well established Baltimore biotech/pharma company when it was acquired in 2005 by Minnesota-based MGI Pharma, Inc., in a deal reported to be worth about $177.5 million (announcement)...

Does Seagate Signal The End of Bifurcated Patent Trials, And Caution Against Procuring Opinions of Counsel?

Posted on December 17, 2007
An IP360 email notice last week commented about a pending Central District of California case--Applied Medical Resources Corp. v. U.S. Surgical Corp., No. 03-cv-01267--in which the court (Judge Carney, in this case) reconsidered a defendant's summary judgment motion in view of In Re Seagate Technology, LLC, 83 USPQ2d 1 (Fed...

Maryland IP Litigation Cases for the Week of Dec. 3, 2007

Posted on December 12, 2007
Below is a summary of the two IP-related cases filed in the the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland last week (source: Justia). Both lawsuits involve allegations of trademark infringement. Sage Dining Services, Inc...

More Copyright Legislation Introduced in House

Posted on December 11, 2007
A few weeks ago I posted "Congress and Copyrights: A Busy Legislative Year," in which I summarized three Congressional bills targeting copyright infringement/infringers: The Intellectual Property Enhanced Criminal Enforcement Act of 2007 (H...

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Court Dismisses Suit Challenging Peterlin Appointment

Posted on December 07, 2007
The District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit today brought by Gregory Aharonian and others against Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce, in April 2007 after Margaret J.A. Peterlin was sworn in as Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)...

Nacre v. Silynx (or QuietPro v. QuietOps): Garnering Lots of Attention

Posted on December 05, 2007
Of the many IP cases summarized on the Maryland IP Law blog recently, two have garnered the most attention from site visitors: Technology Patents LLC v. Deutsche Telekom, which I summarized in November, and Nacre v. Silynx Communications, which I discussed in October...

Number of Trademarks Registered to Maryland Entities Surge

Posted on December 04, 2007
Summary: Number of applications down, but registrations up 41% over 2006 numbersThe first eleven months of 2007 saw an increase in the number of federal trademarks registered to Maryland entities and/or individuals, compared to the same period in 2006...

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