Gene Quinn with IPWatchdog.com notes that courts are reluctant to stay patent litigation pending reexam in a post dated January 11th.  The Reexamination Center’s Editor Michael D. Specht commented on this issue as well.  Read the full post here: http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/01/11/courts-reluctant-to-stay-patent-litigation-pending-reexam/id=8307/.

Patent Docs reported on the upcoming American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) 2010 Mid-Winter Institute on January 27-30, 2010 in La Quinta, CA.  The preliminary program for the Mid-Winter Institute includes a presentation on patent reexamination.  Read more about the event here: http://www.patentdocs.org/2010/01/aipla-midwinter-institute-1.html.

On January 5th, the Phoenix Business Journal reported that Lumension Security Inc. and Shavlik Technologies LLC have settled a patent dispute regarding patching security holes in networked computer systems — a dispute also involving a patent reexamination.  Read this story at http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/01/04/daily21.html.

This week, both Gambling911.com and IPWatchdog.com reported on an internet gambling related litigation that also involved patent reexamination.  You can read the full stories here:

• Gambling911.com – “Internet Gambling Patent: US Default Judgment Rendered”
• IPWatchdog.com – “Bodog Loses Again, Claim Preclusion Not Applicable in Ex Parte Reexam”

On December 13, the Spicy IP blog posted a guest post from from Professor Michael Carrier, a renowned thought leader in IP and competition policy that discussed patent reexamination.  You can read the full post here: http://spicyipindia.blogspot.com/2009/12/guest-post-innovation-for-21st-century.html.

Dennis Crouch wrote about the interplay between reexaminations, preliminary injunctions and stays of litigation on the Patently-O Blog on December 16th.  He specifically addressed the nonprecedential Federal Circuit decision in Automated Merchandising Systems (AMS) v. Crane Co (read The Reexamination Center analysis of this case here).  Read the full post here: http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/12/the-interplay-between-reexaminations-preliminary-injunctions-and-stays-of-litigation.html.

On December 17, Reuters reported on the news that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed that the patent on Merck & Co’s $4.5 billion-a-year Singulair asthma drug is valid and enforceable.  Read the full story here: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWEN770820091217.

The Chicago IP Litigation Blog featured a guest post on December 18th from Scott McKeown of Oblon Spivak titled “Patent Reexamination & Litigation in the Northern District of Illinois — Avoiding Malpractice Claims.”  Read the full post here: http://www.chicagoiplitigation.com/2009/12/articles/local-rules/patent-reexamination-litigation-in-the-northern-district-of-illinois-avoiding-malpractice-claims/.  Scott also contributed a guest post to the IPWatchdog blog on December 20th that discusses patent reexamination.  That post, titled “What the Board of Patent Appeals Can Learn from the NFL,” can be found here: http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/12/20/what-the-board-of-patent-appeals-can-learn-from-the-nfl/id=7941/.

The Virginia IP Law blog reports on the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences rejecting more of NTP’s patents, and notes that this signals further trouble for NTP’s pending patent lawsuits.  Read the full post here: http://www.virginiaiplaw.com/2009/12/articles/patent/word-to-the-wise-enforce-your-patents-before-theyre-rejected/

On December 9, the Georgia Patent Law Blog reported on a local district court judge granting a stay of the proceedings pending an inter partes reexamination of the patent-in-suit.  Read the full post here: http://www.georgiapatentlaw.com/2009/12/order-granting-motion-to-stay-pending.html.

School Transportation News reported on how patent reexamination is the latest legal twist in a litigation involving wireless mobile lifts.  Read the full story here: http://www.stnonline.com/home/latest-news/1717-gray-manufacturingstertil-koni-patent-lawsuit-being-reexamined
Finally, three lawyer-authored articles appeared online earlier this week concerning the subject of patent reexamination:

• Mass High Tech: “Patent reform benefits high-tech companies”
• Corporate Counsel:  “Get Out of the Way of Innovation!”
• LexisNexis: “Reexaminations–Fertile Ground in the Changing Landscape of Patent Law”

Earlier this week, Patently-O published a guest column from Matthew Smith at Foley & Lardner on the subject of stays pending reexamination.  Read that column here: http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/11/the-following-guest-post-is-by-matthew-smiththe-grant-rate-of-motions-to-stay-is-highly-judge-dependent-and-somewhat-less-ob.html.

This week’s Bits and Bytes column from Patently-O mentions patent reexamination, and points to a recent blog post from law firm Westerman Hattori.  Read that full post here: http://www.whdapatentlaw.com/blog/2009-11/reexamination-statistics.php.

The group at Oblon Spivak take a closer look at requests to stay Section 337 investigations pending reexamination on the ITC 337 Law Blog. Read the full post here: http://www.itcblog.com/20091106/a-closer-look-at-requests-to-stay-section-337-investigations-pending-reexamination-at-the-u-s-patent-trademark-office/.

Stephen Albainy-Jenei at Patent Baristas writes about ‘Patent Reexamination in the Life Sciences’ after a session at BIO’s IPCC Conference where Gregory Morse of the Central Reexamination Unit of the USPTO gave a presentation of the process for handling re-exams.  Read the full post here: http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2009/10/27/patent-reexamination-in-the-life-sciences/.

Kevin Noonen writes at PatentDocs about how “Patent “Reform” May Happen This Year, After All.”  As part of his explanation, he discusses how inter partes reexamination may be affected by post-grant review changes in the current patent reform legislation being debated on the hill.  Read the full post here: http://www.patentdocs.org/2009/10/patent-reform-may-happen-this-year-after-all-1.html.

This week’s Bits and Bytes column from Patently-O mentions both the re-design of the Central Reexamination Unit’s website and updated statistics posting.  Dennis Crouch also provides a shout-out to The Reexamination Center in the column.  Read the full post here: http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/10/bits-and-bytes-2.html.