Patent & IP news for February 8, 2010

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post image Goods sold f.o.b. China considered sold "within the United States" for infringement purposes from www.patentlyo.com

SEB (T-Fal) v. Montgomery Ward & Co. (Fed. Cir. 2010) The French company SEB sued Montgomery Ward, Pentalpha and others for infringement of its patent covering deep-fat-fryer. Patent No. 4,995,312. SEB won a jury ...

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post image Patently-O Bits and Bytes from www.patentlyo.com

The following is a list of upcoming events that I will be attending. I look forward to seeing you there!: Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal's 11th Annual Intellectual Property Symposium at The University of ...

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post image Monday Musings from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The Kat's wish everyone a very happy start the week and hope, if you are in London, are enjoying the snow!
The gloves are out for Aussie Olympic flag - The iconic Boxing Kangaroo flag ...

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post image Unpublished from www.patenthawk.com

ResQNet sued Lansa in 2001 for infringing five patents related to terminal emulation. Lansa found art, two unpublished user manuals for a software product called Flashpoint, that it argued anticipated one of the asserted patents ...

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post image Nilssen: Sanctioned (Yet) Again from www.patracer.com

2010-1139 Nilssen v Wal-Mart ND/IL 04-cv-5363 Judge Robert Gettlemen Plaintiffs Ole Nilssen & Geo Foundation appeal from the order of Judge Gettlemen finding the case exceptional and awarding attorneys fees. Prior to starting this action ...

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post image PCT applications fall 2009, Chinese PCT applications soar from ipkitten.blogspot.com

International patent filings under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fell by 4.5% in 2009 with sharper than average declines experienced by some industrialized countries and growth in a number of East Asian countries, the ...

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post image BPAI Announces April Conference from www.1201tuesday.com

Though the USPTO is closed for Snowmageddon and no new BPAI decisions are being posted today, apparently the website controllers were able to flip the switch recently to announce the First Annual Board Conference. The ...

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post image Federal Circuit Finds No Prosecution Disclaimer and Affirms Claim Construction From Preliminary Injunction Hearing from www.grayonclaims.com

SEB S.A. v. Montgomery Ward & Co. (Fed. Cir. Feb. 5, 2010)

In this case, the district court, after holding a claim construction hearing, granted a motion for preliminary injunction in 1999.  The Federal Circuit ...

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post image Patent Examiner Experience Levels, Part II from www.patentlyo.com

The graph below shows examiner experience as grouped by technology center as of the end of FY2009. The blue-bars represent the percent of examiners and SPEs that have fewer than three years experience at the ...

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USPTO Extends Period for Public Comment and Period of Effectiveness for Recent Programs from www.patentdocs.org

By Sarah Fendrick -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has extended the time for public comment for two recent Office initiatives and has extended the period of effectiveness for a third Office initiative. Extension ...

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USPTO Budget Request for FY 2011 and Perspectives from the Patent Community from www.patentdocs.org

By Christopher P. Singer -- On February 1, 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a press release announcing President Obama's $2.3 billion budget request for the USPTO for fiscal year 2011 ...

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Judge's Opinion on Enhanced Damages, Prejudgment Interest and Costs in Krippelz v. Ford from www.infringementupdates.com

In an update to my August 26, 2009 post on the Krippelz v. Ford, Judge James B. Zagel issued a November 18, 2009 Memorandum Opinion and Order in the Jacob Krippelz, Sr. v. Ford Motor ...

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Is this Edison, or Carlson? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

A post on californiastemcellreport includes the following description of an individual:

“He has a capacity to see things in innovative ways and to get people to work together to do things. He’s really a ...

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The Patentability of Business Methods in Canada: The Case of Amazon.com’s 1-Click technology from www.iposgoode.ca

Catherine Du Pont-Thibodeau is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is taking the Patent Law course. A topic recently caught my attention while surfing the Internet in search of a subject ...

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How Private Investigators Help Patent Litigators from www.ipwatchdog.com

Patent litigation often turns on obscure and long-buried facts, and some private investigative firms are developing expertise that can help patent counsel – on both the defendant and plaintiff sides – find information to support and even ...

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WIPO Reports 4.5% Drop in PCT Filings For 2009 from 271patent.blogspot.com

WIPO reported today that, despite the economic turmoil in 2009, PCT applications experienced a mere 4.5% drop for the year - provisional data indicates that 155,900 applications were filed in 2009 as compared to ...

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Converting CO2 into Fuel? from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com


Most people believe that the only solution to global climate change is government-imposed regulations to curb the amount of CO2 spewing into the atmosphere. But perhaps there is a market based alternative? Neil Reynolds in ...

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First-Ever Drop In Filings Under Patent Cooperation Treaty Seen In 2009 from www.ip-watch.org

International patent filings under the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Patent Cooperation Treaty fell for the first time in three decades in 2009, owing to a deep economic downturn, WIPO officials said today. Overall patent ...

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Delhi High Court directs UCB to approach IPAB from patentcircle.blogspot.com

Manish Rajan of livemint.com reported that the Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the petition filed by Global Biopharma major UCB Frachim against the Indian generic major Cipla and the Indian Patent Office over ...

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Upcoming webinar to compare U.S. and Canada patent laws from ipspotlight.com

On February 23, 2010, my partners Josh Slavitt and Susan Krembs will host a webinar that focuses on IP issues and opportunities facing companies that do business in both the U.S. and Canada. The ...

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Cheating events at Stanford on the rise from ipbiz.blogspot.com

An article by Lisa M. Krieger titled Stanford finds cheating — especially among computer science students — on the rise concludes with the following text:

"When you're in professional school at Stanford, it is foolish to ...

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Misleading Argument Concerning Disclosed Prior Art is Insufficient to Support Claim of Inequitable Conduct from docketreport.blogspot.com

In granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on defendant's inequitable conduct counterclaim, the court rejected defendant's argument that plaintiff misled the PTO in certain arguments favoring patentability over the prior art. "The ...

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Blizzards, Community, and System Ratings: Weekly Update from intellogist.wordpress.com

In case you missed it, the Washington DC area is covered in snow. I know that blizzard-like conditions are commonplace for our friends in the North but in the DC area virtually everything grinds to ...

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IP and its crucial role in start-ups from www.iposgoode.ca

Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. These days governments are funding private sector enterprises. The public purse is increasingly used to aid businesses. However, many questions remain about the effectiveness ...

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World Intellectual Property Day - 10th Anniversary from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com

The theme of World Intellectual Property Day, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, is "Innovation - Linking the World." There are many innovations that have brought the world closer together. Here is my top ...

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