Patent & IP news for February 2, 2010
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Patent of the Week: Condom Valve from www.1201tuesday.com Was it only this past September that we discovered this gem (see list at bottom of page) among several pro se patent applications by a Hawaiian doctor? Appropriate for today, I'm feeling a bit ...
Invalidity of the Extension of a Patent Term from www.patentlyo.com Thousands of requests will be filed in the next couple of weeks asking the USPTO to recalculate the patent term adjustment (PTA) owed to recently issued US patents. [LINK] In a prior post, I suggested ...
Earlier Contract Case Now Bars Invalidity DJ from www.patracer.com 2010-1134 Cummins v. TAS Distribution CD/CA 09-cv-1096 Judge Joe Billy McDade Cummins appeals from the summary judgment of Judge McDade finding its declaratory judgment action for patent invalidity, misuse, and contract termination barred under ...
Inherent Anticipation from www.patenthawk.com Abbott sued Beckton, Dickinson and Company and Nova Biomedical for infringing 5,628,890, which claims a glucose sensor. A jury found '890 anticipated. Abbott appealed the trial judge's jury instruction over the meaning ...
Apple and Fujitsu in iPad trade mark dispute from ipkitten.blogspot.com Update: a wise blogger recently remarked that realising that someone else has already blogged about the same topic is one of the little quirks of a blogger's life. Not realising it and blogging anyway ...
Patent Issues, Sees Shadow, Crawls Back to PTO from www.1201tuesday.com So what are the odds that only the 23rd patent granted to a Punxsutawney inventor in the last 35 years just so happens to issue on Groundhog Day? Coincidence? You decide. Could it be that ...
Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada) Celebrates 45 Years from duncanbucknell.com
Happy to pass this on from LES (USA & Canada) - a great network.
Alexandria, VA, January 19, 2010—The Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada) Inc., is celebrating 45 years of leadership in the business of intellectual ...
Year Ahead Copyright 2010: Between An Enforcement “Gold Standard” And Stronger Limitations from www.ip-watch.org
The secretly negotiated Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is now in centre stage in the global debates around copyright, as is a prospective new international treaty on access to online books for the visually impaired which comes ...
The secretly negotiated Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is now in centre stage in the global debates around copyright, as is a prospective new international treaty on access to online books for the visually impaired which comes ...
Exceptions Properly So-Called from www.iposgoode.ca
Professor Abraham Drassinower (University of Toronto) has a new paper available on SSRN, “Exceptions Properly So-Called“. His paper is described below. The paper sets out to distinguish four kinds of copyright limitations, of which only ...
Professor Abraham Drassinower (University of Toronto) has a new paper available on SSRN, “Exceptions Properly So-Called“. His paper is described below. The paper sets out to distinguish four kinds of copyright limitations, of which only ...
Clash of the Smartphone Titans – Nokia vs. Apple from www.iposgoode.ca
Amanda Branch is a J.D. Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is taking the Patent Law course. Clashes between large companies are hardly uncommon, particularly when the salient issue concerns valuable intellectual property ...
Amanda Branch is a J.D. Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is taking the Patent Law course. Clashes between large companies are hardly uncommon, particularly when the salient issue concerns valuable intellectual property ...
Real World Difficulty in Combining Prior Art Teachings Does Not Trump Express Suggestion to Combine from docketreport.blogspot.com
In concluding that one of ordinary skill in the art would be motivated to combine the teachings of a prior art betting system with the teachings of a prior art banking system, the court found ...
In concluding that one of ordinary skill in the art would be motivated to combine the teachings of a prior art betting system with the teachings of a prior art banking system, the court found ...
USPTO Offers Procedure to Obtain PTA Recalculation for Free from dailydoseofip.blogspot.com
On Thursday, the USPTO announced an interim procedure for certain patentees to request a patent term adjustment (PTA) calculation in view of the recent Federal Circuit decision in Wyeth v. Kappos. This announcement (press release ...
On Thursday, the USPTO announced an interim procedure for certain patentees to request a patent term adjustment (PTA) calculation in view of the recent Federal Circuit decision in Wyeth v. Kappos. This announcement (press release ...
Year Ahead Copyright 2010: Between An Enforcement “Gold Standard” And Stronger Limitations from www.ip-watch.org
The secretly negotiated Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is now in centre stage in the global debates around copyright, as is a prospective new international treaty on access to online books for the visually impaired which comes ...
The secretly negotiated Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is now in centre stage in the global debates around copyright, as is a prospective new international treaty on access to online books for the visually impaired which comes ...
Recapping the IP Career Panel – Wednesday January 27 from www.iposgoode.ca
Brian Chau is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall. Special thanks to the panelists for contributing their perspectives and insight to the Osgoode community, and to Amanda Carpenter who has assisted me in writing this ...
Brian Chau is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall. Special thanks to the panelists for contributing their perspectives and insight to the Osgoode community, and to Amanda Carpenter who has assisted me in writing this ...
Kappos Announces Obama’s FY 2011 Budget Request for PTO from www.ipwatchdog.com
EDITOR’S NOTE: President Obama’s recently submitted budget would allow the USPTO to hire 1,000 patent examiners during both FY 2011 and FY 2012. It would also provide an interim fee increase on ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: President Obama’s recently submitted budget would allow the USPTO to hire 1,000 patent examiners during both FY 2011 and FY 2012. It would also provide an interim fee increase on ...
Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 317 from www.patentlyo.com
Learning International IP: A relatively new patent-attorney asks the following question: "I find myself very unfamiliar with foreign patent practice. Could you recommend a book/other resource that discusses the intricacies of patent prosecution in ...
Learning International IP: A relatively new patent-attorney asks the following question: "I find myself very unfamiliar with foreign patent practice. Could you recommend a book/other resource that discusses the intricacies of patent prosecution in ...
Obama FY2011 Proposed Budget for the USPTO (Including at Least a 15% Increase in Fees) from www.patentlyo.com
USPTO estimates $2.322 billion in revenue for FY2011. FY2009 USPTO revenue was $1.901 billion and FY2010 revenue is projected at $2.003 billion. The jump in expected revenue is largely based on a ...
USPTO estimates $2.322 billion in revenue for FY2011. FY2009 USPTO revenue was $1.901 billion and FY2010 revenue is projected at $2.003 billion. The jump in expected revenue is largely based on a ...
How to value patents: in the eye of the beholder? from ipbiz.blogspot.com
In a recent post, the IAM blog, in discussing patent valuation by the National Science Foundation [NSF], noted:
Patents on inventions for which protection is sought in the United States, the EU, and Japan require ...
In a recent post, the IAM blog, in discussing patent valuation by the National Science Foundation [NSF], noted:
Patents on inventions for which protection is sought in the United States, the EU, and Japan require ...
Changes in the Implementing Rules of the European Patent Convention (EPC) from www.patentbaristas.com
The Administrative Council of the EPO decided, in March 2009, to make significant changes to the Implementing Rules of the European Patent Convention (EPC). These changes will enter into force on April 1, 2010 and ...
The Administrative Council of the EPO decided, in March 2009, to make significant changes to the Implementing Rules of the European Patent Convention (EPC). These changes will enter into force on April 1, 2010 and ...
Electronic filing at the EPO - how not to do it from ipkitten.blogspot.com
The IPKat noticed, thanks to Laurent Teyssedre's blog, some further clarifications on what can and cannot be done with the EPO's electronic filing system, known as epoline, and what the consequences are for ...
The IPKat noticed, thanks to Laurent Teyssedre's blog, some further clarifications on what can and cannot be done with the EPO's electronic filing system, known as epoline, and what the consequences are for ...
A FEW WAYS TO GET ON THE BAD SIDE OF YOUR EXAMINER from patentablydefined.com
© 2010, Michael E. Kondoudis It is almost always in an Applicant’s best interest to maintain the best working relationship possible with an Examiner. After all, a happy Examiner is more likely to be a ...
© 2010, Michael E. Kondoudis It is almost always in an Applicant’s best interest to maintain the best working relationship possible with an Examiner. After all, a happy Examiner is more likely to be a ...
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