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The Hovding® airbag helmet invention
Two Swedish women have designed an airbag helmet as a university project. It is meant for cyclists. Terese Alstin and Anna Haupt had their World patent application System and method for protecting a bodypart publishedas [...]
ZeniMax sues Oculus VR
ZeniMax Media filed suit against Oculus VR today, accusing the virtual reality headset manufacturer and its founder, Palmer Luckey, of misappropriating trade secrets. The Oculus Rift is being constructed on trade secrets that Oculus VR's founder and [...]
Ropes & Gray to Spin Off Patent Practice
Boston-based Ropes & Gray plans to spin off about 100 lawyers and staff over the next couple of months in a major restructuring aimed at creating a new patent prosecution practice firm. Joseph Giuliano, co-head of [...]
Stryker, Biomet poaching spat
Stryker Corp. sues orthopedics rival Biomet and a pair of ex-sales reps, accusing them of a scheme to poach Stryker sales teams and diverting customers. Stryker accused Biomet and a pair of former sales representatives [...]
US ITC Blocks Converse Chuck Look a Likes
In a wide-ranging investigation before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC),Converse asserted four trademarks against 31 respondents in an alleged Chuck Taylor look-a-like industry. After 22 of those respondents settled and five more defaulted, [...]
Bayer’s Nexavar: Under Bolar Exemption
In a significant development today, Justice Endlaw of the Delhi High Court held that ‘export’ of a patented invention for experimental purposes is also covered under Section 107A of the Patents Act, 1970 (India’s [...]