Patent & IP news for October 17, 2009

BPAI Finds Claims Indefinite and Not Directed to Patentable Subject Matter Under Bilski from www.grayonclaims.com

Ex parte Hemmat (BPAI Oct. 13, 2009)

Today, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ("BPAI"), in an opinion by Administrative Patent Judge Horner, affirmed a rejection of claims relating to a method for defining ...

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Fairey admits misrepresentation in Obama Hope poster matter from ipbiz.blogspot.com

On 12 Feb 09, IPBiz noted:

Mark Lemley's new law firm, Durie Tangri Lemley Roberts & Kent, has wasted no time in taking a whack at Associated Press (AP), in filing a declaratory judgment action ...

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Twitter: tweet today, gone tomorrow? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

californiastemcellreport noted on 13 Oct 09:

When we Googled the terms “klein research america,” a reference to the award from “Research America” came up in the No. 5 position. But it linked to an item ...

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"I think lawyering is really very simple: It's word of mouth." from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Cooley lawyer Michael Rhodes: "I think lawyering is really very simple: It's word of mouth."

The Recorder article also mentions the Maldives, and a quote about some departing lawyers: "there's no there there ...

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"Foley's culture of bad conduct"? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Joe Mullin quotes from an email of Erich Spangenberg, arising in the context of Foley & Lardner naming him as a third-party defendant in a dispute between patent-holding company DataTern and its former lawyers at Foley ...

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