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Patent infringement lawsuit filed against five online gaming companies

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 by admin

NEWS RELEASE
May 5, 2008 
 
St. Louis – A lawsuit has been filed in a St. Louis federal court against seven online-gaming companies alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,564,001, titled “Method and System for Interactively Transmitting Information Over A Network Which Requires Reduced Bandwidth.”
The suit was filed on April 25 in the United States District Court […]

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Patent infringement lawsuit filed by St. Louis-based manufacturer US Ring Binder against retailer Staples

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 by admin

NEWS RELEASE 
April 29, 2008
 
St. Louis – A patent infringement lawsuit has been filed in a St. Louis federal court on behalf of St. Louis-based manufacturer US Ring Binder against the Framingham, Mass.-based retailer Staples.
Filed on April 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, as detailed in the complaint, US Ring […]

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News Release - AOL settles lawsuit over background “whisper ad” patent

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 by admin

NEWS RELEASE
 
April 2, 2008
 
St. Louis – A patent infringement lawsuit filed on behalf of Newport Beach, Calif.-based Creative Internet Advertising Corp. against AOL LLC over “whisper ad” technology that displays background images in instant messages and e-mails has been settled.
Last July, CIAC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Acacia Research Corp., filed a patent infringement lawsuit […]

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Simon Passanante lawyer files patent infringement suit over Clorox product

Thursday, August 16th, 2007 by Anthony Simon

Attorney Anthony G. Simon of Simon Passanante filed suit on Aug. 14 against The Clorox Company alleging its product, Clorox UltimateCare Premium Bleach, infringed two patents owned by Maryland-based LHTaylor Associates, Inc.
The two patents allegedly infringed include one entitled “Methods and Equipment for Removing Stains from Fabrics Using a Composition Comprising Hydroxide and Hypochlorite” and […]

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SP lawyer files suit against Yahoo, Time Warner; featured in two IP Law 360 articles

Thursday, August 9th, 2007 by Anthony Simon

Attorney Anthony G. Simon of Simon Passanante was featured in two articles that appeared in the July 30 issue of IP Law 360.
Simon represents California-based Creative Internet Advertising Corp. in a patent infringement lawsuit filed on July 29 in a Texas federal court against Yahoo Inc. and Time Warner, parent of AOL. The first article […]

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Simon Passanante featured in Forbes Magazine

Saturday, May 12th, 2007 by Erich Vieth

Simon Passanante recently appeared in Forbes Magazine in a piece titled “Law Firm Delivers Results in High-Stakes Cases.” The focus was the firm’s successes in handling intellectual property, antitrust and commercial litigation cases. For more: forbes-april-07.pdf
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects “strict approach” to obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103: KSR Int’l v. Teleflex, Inc.

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 by Erich Vieth

In the Supreme Court’s recent decision in KSR Int’l v. Teleflex, Inc., 550 U.S. ___ (2007), the Court rejected the “strict” approach previously utilized by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and held that a determination of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 requires a broader inquiry. The Court held that the […]

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The Practice Areas of Simon Passanante

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 by Erich Vieth

Since founding their law firm six years ago, Simon Passanante has expanded into more than twenty practice areas.   At its founding Simon Passanante focused on catastrophic personal injuries.   Those cases remain a substantial practice area.   However, the firm’s practice areas now also include areas such as Environmental Law (an area headed by Todd Hageman), Commercial […]

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The Lawyers of Simon Passanante [As seen in St. Louis Magazine - January 2007]

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 by Erich Vieth

The lawyers at Simon·Passanante try cases and they do it well. Law firm partner John Simon notes, “You have one shot trying your client’s case in front of the jury.  You either win your case or you lose it.  There is no substitute for experience.”
The firm has extensive courtroom experience representing businesses and individuals in […]

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Simon Passanante settles complex copyright/antitrust suit concerning robotic tape library error code access.

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 by Erich Vieth

After four years of protracted litigation, Fenton-based Custom Hardware Engineering & Consulting, originally sued for copyright infringement, received a cash settlement and promise not to sue from StorageTek, who had initiated the litigation, and its parent Sun Microsystems.
St. Louis – Even though Storage Technology Company (StorageTek or STK) originally filed a copyright and patent infringement […]

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Clients Deserve Results [As seen in Forbes Magazine - April 16, 2007]

Monday, April 16th, 2007 by Erich Vieth

According to John Simon, a partner at the law firm of Simon Passanante, “You have one shot trying your client’s case in front of the jury. You either win your case or you lose it. There is no substitute for experience.”
Founded in 2000, Simon۰Passanante has been described by the National Law Journal as one of […]

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