Patent & IP news for September 4, 2009
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What happens if you press statements ... from ipkitten.blogspot.com A press release from the United Kingdom's Intellectual Property Office on 2 September, "Partnership - The key to protecting the creative industries", is worthy of comment, on the assumption that it reflects British governmental ...
Federal Circuit: Is a Human An Animal? Written Description; Enablement; and Inventorship from www.patentlyo.com Martek Biosciences v. Nutrinova and Lonza (Fed. Cir. 2009) [Read part I of the discussion of Martek] Sitting in as an expanded five-member panel, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has largely affirmed ...
Medinol, Bose and the "standard of fraud" from ipkitten.blogspot.com This Kat has come across news from the US Federal Circuit court that might excite those of our readers that manage trade mark portfolios that include US trade mark registrations. These readers will be familiar ...
Junk Examination from www.patenthawk.com To characterize USPTO examination quality over the past 20 years as uneven would be a complimentary understatement. 'Good enough for government work' would be more like it, with 'shoddy' pithily on-point. In the 1990s the ...
Covenant Not to Sue; Non-Exclusive Licence Nonassertion Agreement: Do The Differences Matter? from ipfinance.blogspot.com It happens from time to time. A young lawyer working on a patent licence comes into my office and earnestly asks: What is the difference between a "non-exclusive licence", a "covenant not to sue", and ...
Happy Birthday, Beauregard from www.1201tuesday.com Twenty years ago tomorrow, U.S. Patent No. 4,864,492 issued to IBM for a “System and method for network configuration.” On its face, nothing appears out of the ordinary with this patent. However ...
Coverplay from honoringtheinventor.blogspot.com 
Here's the key patent behind Coverplay, featured on ABC's Shark Tank show last week.
Allison Costa's patent 7,401,366 titled Children's play yard and elastic, removable liner was issued on ...
Federal Circuit Debates Whether Claim Term "Animal" Includes Humans from www.grayonclaims.com Martek Biosciences Corp. v. Nutrinova, Inc. (Fed. Cir. Sept. 3, 2009)
In this case, the district court (District of Delaware) entered final judgment that the defendants infringed certain claims of two of plaintiff's patents ...
Appellate Court Stays Injunction Against Microsoft Word from www.patentlyo.com
Microsoft v. i4i (Fed. Cir. 2009) Without substantive opinion the Federal Circuit has stayed enforcement of an injunction against Microsoft that could have forced the software giant to stop selling its flagship product Word. Absent ...
Microsoft v. i4i (Fed. Cir. 2009) Without substantive opinion the Federal Circuit has stayed enforcement of an injunction against Microsoft that could have forced the software giant to stop selling its flagship product Word. Absent ...
For Manufacturing Process Claim, Calculating Reasonable Royalty Based on Price of Assembled Computers Was Not Improper from docketreport.blogspot.com
Defendant's motion to exclude expert testimony concerning damages was denied. Calculating "a reasonable royalty based upon the total sales prices of the computers and other configurable products manufactured by [defendant] by assembly processes allegedly ...
Defendant's motion to exclude expert testimony concerning damages was denied. Calculating "a reasonable royalty based upon the total sales prices of the computers and other configurable products manufactured by [defendant] by assembly processes allegedly ...
USPTO, Pfizer Workshop On IP & Innovation In Mumbai from www.ip-watch.org
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is teaming up with US pharmaceutical company Pfizer to hold a workshop on 9 September on “intellectual property and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry.” Presentations at the nongovernmental ...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is teaming up with US pharmaceutical company Pfizer to hold a workshop on 9 September on “intellectual property and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry.” Presentations at the nongovernmental ...
Solo inventor goes after 3 universities for infringement from ipbiz.blogspot.com
An AP report notes that Soheil Sharafabadi filed suit "this summer" against the University of Idaho, Washington State University and Oregon State University.
Sharafabadi has one issued US patent, 4,980,186 [ Pseudoplastic yellow mustard ...
An AP report notes that Soheil Sharafabadi filed suit "this summer" against the University of Idaho, Washington State University and Oregon State University.
Sharafabadi has one issued US patent, 4,980,186 [ Pseudoplastic yellow mustard ...
Wikipedia and global warming from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Bob Park's 28 Aug 09 WN has two entries about Wikipedia, then goes on to global warming:
Newspapers around the country have carried the story of the US Chamber of Commerce, the top US ...
Bob Park's 28 Aug 09 WN has two entries about Wikipedia, then goes on to global warming:
Newspapers around the country have carried the story of the US Chamber of Commerce, the top US ...
Goodbye Gasoline? from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Channel 12.3 (WHYY) re-broadcast on 3 Sept 09 the Alan Alda Scientific American show "Goodbye Gasoline.".
The show includes the observation that DaimlerChrysler plans to sell fuel cell vehicles to commercial fleet operators by ...
Channel 12.3 (WHYY) re-broadcast on 3 Sept 09 the Alan Alda Scientific American show "Goodbye Gasoline.".
The show includes the observation that DaimlerChrysler plans to sell fuel cell vehicles to commercial fleet operators by ...
NYT gives arguments against the current patent reform proposals from ipbiz.blogspot.com
The 4 Sept 09 NYT has an article by Scott Shane titled Protecting the Patent System for Entrepreneurs.
Alluding to current patent reform bills [H.R. 1260 and S. 515 ], the article cites to Mario ...
The 4 Sept 09 NYT has an article by Scott Shane titled Protecting the Patent System for Entrepreneurs.
Alluding to current patent reform bills [H.R. 1260 and S. 515 ], the article cites to Mario ...
Commissioner for Patents John Doll to Retire; Robert L. Stoll Nominated as Successor. from anticipatethis.wordpress.com
Per this press release at the USPTO website yesterday: USPTO Announces Senior Management Changes Commissioner for Patents John Doll to Retire; Robert L. Stoll Nominated as Successor Margaret Focarino Named Deputy Commissioner WASHINGTON – The Department ...
Per this press release at the USPTO website yesterday: USPTO Announces Senior Management Changes Commissioner for Patents John Doll to Retire; Robert L. Stoll Nominated as Successor Margaret Focarino Named Deputy Commissioner WASHINGTON – The Department ...
Martek case on definitions, priority, enablement, corroboration from ipbiz.blogspot.com
The Martek case illustrates that one will get the definition one presents in a specification, even if that definition
is not consistent with the rest of the specification. The key question was relatively simple: are ...
The Martek case illustrates that one will get the definition one presents in a specification, even if that definition
is not consistent with the rest of the specification. The key question was relatively simple: are ...
Federal Circuit Grant Stay to Microsoft Injunction? from www.ipwatchdog.com
Perhaps you have come across this story in the popular press over the last day. It seems to be widely reported that Microsoft has convinced the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ...
Perhaps you have come across this story in the popular press over the last day. It seems to be widely reported that Microsoft has convinced the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ...
Early Drafts Show Disagreement On UN Framework For Climate Services from www.ip-watch.org
Senior officials from well over 100 nations at a five-day United Nations conference on Thursday issued a succinct declaration committing them to establish a global framework on the delivery of products and services related to ...
Senior officials from well over 100 nations at a five-day United Nations conference on Thursday issued a succinct declaration committing them to establish a global framework on the delivery of products and services related to ...
Specific Intent Required for Active Inducement of Patent Infringement from ocpatentlawyer.com
Liability for patent infringement may arise directly or indirectly. For direct patent infringement liability, a defendant makes, uses, sells, offers for sale or imports a product that infringes a patent. For indirect patent infringement liability ...
Liability for patent infringement may arise directly or indirectly. For direct patent infringement liability, a defendant makes, uses, sells, offers for sale or imports a product that infringes a patent. For indirect patent infringement liability ...
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