Biggest IP cases of 2002

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday December 29, 2002 @05:44AM from the stuff-that-matters dept.

scubacuda writes "Law.com's article, The Biggest IP Cases of 2002, has a nice summary of some of the intellectual property cases that have caught our attention this last year. Of particular interest to slashdotters: Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp. (regarding Arriba's visual search engine), Enzo Biochem Inc. v. Gen-Probe Inc. (regarding a gene patent being invalid because it did not meet the written description requirement), an Illinois federal court injunction against Aimster, United States v. Elcom Ltd a/k/a Elcomsoft Co. Ltd. , and Playboy Enterprises Inc. v. Welles (regarding Playmate of the Year, Terri Welles, using Playboy's marks and metatags on her website)."

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Re:a place in the toilet queue patent by kedi · 2002-12-29 07:34 · Score: 0, Redundant

While we are on the subject of patents and toilets, here is an interesting article at ZDnet:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s212 3791,00. html
"IBM eliminates loo patent
08:37 Monday 14th October 2002
Troy Wolverton, CNET News.com

The computing giant decides not to press claims on a system for reserving a place in the toilet queue. The patent probably should not have been granted in the first place, an expert says

IBM has quietly eliminated a patent it received on a method for determining who gets to use the toilet next."