Aggregate IP Data is Nice, But What About All Those Other Countries? from ipfinance.blogspot.com I guess I am a micro-man at heart, and I have never quite understood what one is to make of macro data on IP filings and registrations. Even without seeing the most recent data international ...
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Troll Tracker defamation case settles before going to jury from thepriorart.typepad.com After four days of testimony, the "Troll Tracker" defamation lawsuit ended in a confidential settlement the day before the East Texas jury hearing it was set to begin deliberations. Plaintiff Eric Albritton and defendants Cisco ...
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Google AdWords -- the wait is over from ipkitten.blogspot.com This morning the IPKat rejoices that the wait is over for the initially expedited and subsequently delayed Opinion of the Advocate General in Joined Cases C-236 to 238/08
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Negotiating Resolution with Hi-Lo Agreements from www.ipadrblog.com
Below, ADR Services colleague Ralph Williams' September 2009 ADR Tip.
High - Low Agreements, also known as "Mini - Maxi" agreements are used to limit or bracket arbitration awards and jury verdicts. They can be made at ...
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Contest: Longest claim ever? from www.1201tuesday.com Last week the PatentlyO blog ran a guest post by Stephen Schott arguing for a repeal of the "single sentence" rule. Schott alluded to the existence of at least one patent claim consisting of "a ...
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Fast-Tracking Cleantech Patents: What Choice is There? from www.iposgoode.ca Alex Gloor is a JD student at Osgoode Hall Law School. Cleantech is everywhere you look. Hybrid cars. Energy efficient appliances. Geothermal power. There is a global realization that continuing our coal-burning, energy guzzling ways ...
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Kappos Lays Out Ambitious Agenda for USPTO in Speech at IPO from www.ipwatchdog.com Last week David Kappos addressed the IPO annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Kappos’ remarks were varied and really set a new tone for the future of the USPTO under his watch. Kappos continued the theme ...
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Mylan, AMD bankruptcy candidates? from ipbiz.blogspot.com Two companies who have been involved in patent litigation (Mylan and AMD) showed up in yahoo.finance's
Ten Big Companies That Are Veering Toward Bankruptcy:
Mylan: In a classic case of management empire building ...
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University of Virginia to change definition of plagiarism? from ipbiz.blogspot.com Following the ghastly treatment of Alison Routman during the "Semester at Sea" program, the University of Virginia is working on a new definition of plagiarism.
The Cavalier Daily noted:
The present definition begins with, “Plagiarism ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Kappos on the US Economy, Music to My Ears from www.ipwatchdog.com Last week USPTO Director David Kappos explained during his speech at IPO that intellectual property law “is widely recognized as the engine that drives our information age economy, maintains our competitiveness and is responsible for ...
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Companies Express Concerns with Post-Grant Opposition from inventivestep.net Last week, a group of 59 tech companies wrote a letter to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke expressing serious concerns with the post-grant opposition procedures included in the patent reform bills currently pending in Congress. The ...
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Fate Of Traditional Knowledge A Key Decision At WIPO Assemblies from www.ip-watch.org The World Intellectual Property Organization must be able to set norms for innovation, from the latest development in technology to traditional knowledge systems, if it is to retain its relevance in policymaking, said its director ...
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Research Funding Agreement Granting "Unrestricted Rights" to "Results of Research" Did Not Convey License to Resulting Patent from docketreport.blogspot.com Research funding agreements granting Intel "unrestricted rights at no cost to the results of [the funded] research" was vague with respect to the patent rights conferred to Intel, requiring consideration of extrinsic evidence to interpret ...
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IP Protection Commitment In US Innovation Strategy from www.ip-watch.org America’s “economic growth has rested for too long on an unstable foundation,” and it is now necessary to “redouble our efforts to give our world-leading innovators every chance to succeed,” reads the text of ...
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To all the "next big things" that weren't from ipbiz.blogspot.com Within a post titled
Kappos on the US Economy, Music to My Ears at IPWatchDog, one has the text:
On March 30, 2009, I wrote A Patent Proposal for Green Technology, suggesting:
On July 28 ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
McDonald’s has its McLimits from www.iposgoode.ca Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. After a prolonged 8-year battle, the highest court in Malaysia has unanimously confirmed that ...
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Pending patent backlog at 4.2 million, says WIPO from ipkitten.blogspot.com The IPKat noticed the following
press release issued recently from WIPO. Relevant bits are highlighted, for those who tend to find such things interminable [
and some IPKat comments are provided in red].
A two-day international ...
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Public Accessibility of Prior Art: PTO Must Provide Evidence of Indexing Date from www.patentlyo.com In re Lister (Fed. Cir. 2009) Lister is attempting to patent his method of playing golf that allows a player to tee-up each shot (except for hazards and greens). He filed his patent application in ...
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The Intellectual Property Bargain: Consumer Perspectives in a Global Economy from www.iposgoode.ca George Nathanael is a second-year JD student at Osgoode Hall Law School On a beautiful Friday at the Schulich School of Business, IP Osgoode presented “The Intellectual Property Bargain: Consumer Perspectives in a Global Economy ...
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USPTO Seeking Comments on Interim Patentable Subjet Matter Guidelines from 271patent.blogspot.com Earlier, the USPTO issued interim examination instructions for evaluating patent subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101 (
Interim Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Examination Instructions) pending the Bilski decision. According to the USPTO, the ...
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