Chicago Ip Litigation Blog

RSS Feed

Chicago IP Litigation Blog tracks intellectual property cases in the Northern District of Illinois.

Author: Author R. David Donoghue is a Chicago litigator focusing on intellectual property disputes with DLA Piper.

Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • 7th Circuit Court • States • Illinois

Recent Posts from Chicago IP Litigation Blog

Memorial Service for Judge Moran
The Northern District recently sent out the following notice of a memorial service for Judge Moran to all e-filers: The Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois cordially invite…
Claim Constructions Result in Invalidity Summary Judgment
Microthin.com, Inc. v. SiliconeZone USA, LLC, No. 06 C 1522, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. May 6, 2009) (Kendall, J.). Judge Kendall construed the claims of plaintiff Microthin's patents to non-slip mats and based on…
More on Judge Posner and the Intersection of Copyright and the Internet
LexBlog's Kevin O'Keefe picked up on Judge Posner's proposal to make linking and summarizing news stories copyright infringement, which I blogged about Friday. O'Keefe takes a different approach than I did, based in part upon a…
Judge Posner Suggests Tighter Copyright Rules to Protect News Reporting
The Seventh Circuit's Judge Posner has weighed in on the newspaper crisis at his Becker-Posner Blog suggesting that a fix to the news revenue issue might be to change copyright laws to prevent linking to…
Northern District of Illinois Expands E-Filing
As of June 15, the Northern District of Illinois is requiring that all sealed or restricted documents be e-filed through the Northern District's ECF system. And sealed documents may only be filed pursuant to a protective…
Meet the Bloggers VI at IP Business Congress Tonight
IP Business Congress 2009 is in Chicago through this afternoon. Unfortunately, client commitments have kept me from attending as much of the event as I would have liked, but you can see from the following Twitter…
Happy Father's Day from Blawg Review
Blawg Review #217 is up at Securing Innovation, brought to you by the IP.com team -- click here to read it. This Review's theme is Father's Day, and it is very well done. In addition to…
Obama Announces Kappos as Nominee for Director of the Patent Office
Yesterday, President Obama announced his intent to nominate David J. Kappos as the next Director of the Patent and Trademark Office, also known as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property. Kappos is currently IBM's…
Post-Filing Patent Assignement Cannot Create Standing
MacLean-Fogg Co. v. Edge Composites, L.L.C., No. 08 C 6367, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Apr. 14, 2009) (Conlon, J.). Judge Conlon granted defendants' motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs (collectively "MacLean") alleged that defendant Edge Composites ("Edge") violated…
IP Business Congress Comes to Chicago
Next week, June 21-23, Chicago plays host to IAM's IP Business Congress 2009. IAM promises that attendees will include "Chief IP Officers from Fortune 500 companies, heads of IP at other major companies, global IP thought leaders…