Patent & IP news for August 8, 2009

Rigging Data: IPR's and the IMPACT of Counterfeits from spicyipindia.blogspot.com


There's no dearth of counterfeiting and piracy data. And the figures escalate year after year. Naturally these figures are followed up with clarion calls to have more aggressive IPR enforcement. And often times, these ...

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IIT alums lead the way in incubating ideas from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

A new project of the PanIIT Alumni India to promote innovation in India may be just the right push needed to bring the achievements of budding inventors and innovators to fruition.

EFY Times reports that ...

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Are You Certain You Don't Have Coverage for the IP Dispute? from www.ipadrblog.com

Once, a long, long time ago in a legal practice far, far away, I represented, for a brief time, the interests of Guess? in litigation against Jordache.  Many years after I'd left the firm ...

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SpicyIP Tidbits: E-book on Evolving Contours of GIs from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

There is growing awareness in India of geographical indications as a separate form of intellectual property, even if there is constant mis-reporting of GIs as patents, trademarks, etc., which we will continue to berate here ...

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David Kappos Confirmed as USPTO Director from www.ipwatchdog.com

With no notice to the public, and after the Senate was reported to have adjourned for their August recess, on Friday, August 7, 2009, David Kappos was confirmed as Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property ...

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ITC Ends Rothschild LED Patent Infringement Investigation Against Xiamen from greenpatentblog.com

In a previous post, I wrote about the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) investigation of six companies based in China and Taiwan, prompted by a complaint by retired Columbia University Professor and LED ...

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Patents, and the assassination of President Lincoln from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The military trial of those involved in the assassination of President Lincoln was presided over by Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt. Holt, a Southerner from Kentucky and a lawyer, supported James Buchanan in the presidential ...

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