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Seattle Patent Litigation Update: August, 2008

Mark P. Walters
September 05, 2008 16:54

While August was a relatively slow month for new cases in Seattle (only one, Laughing Rabbit Inc. v. OpticsPlanet, Inc (08-01176 JLR), area technology companies were busy elsewhere dealing with a variety of patent issues. Notably, Microsoft settled its dispute with Immersion Corp, obtaining a...

Seattle Patent Law Community Mourns the Passing of Lee Johnson

Mark P. Walters
August 27, 2008 16:13

Friends, family, and local patent practitioners met yesterday to mourn the loss of Lee Johnson, a talented engineer and patent lawyer who spent over 35 years as named partner of one of Seattle's oldest IP boutiques, Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness (commonly referred to by the acronym COJK)....

Hillcrest Labs Sues Nintendo and Its Wii Video Game

Brian Wm. Higgins
August 25, 2008 02:28

Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al      Hillcrest Labs sued Nintendo of America (based in Redmond, WA, Nintendo Ltd. is based in Kyoto, Japan), maker of the widely-popular "Wii" (TM), for patent infringement on August 20, 2008, in the...

Law of the Game on Joystiq: Trademark infringement? Not like-wii

Mark Methenitis
August 04, 2008 23:15

So, heard about the weemote? Well, this week's Law of the Game on Joystiq discusses the dispute between the weemote and the wiimote. It's a trademark throwdown with a twist: the wiimote term was created by fans, not Nintendo.Read on!Disclaimer The content of this blog is not legal advice. It only...

Seattle Patent Litigation Update (May-June 2008)

Mark P. Walters
July 14, 2008 03:21

So my trial is now over. My posts will pick up and be more frequent. I'm happy to report a victory for one local inventor over Sears Roebuck and their advertising firm, Young & Rubicam. Jury returned a verdict for $1.7 million on Wednesday afternoon. It's a copyright case, so I won't go into...