Patent & IP news for February 23, 2010

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post image You won't get what you want if you look in the wrong place from duncanbucknell.com

Maybe a call for a Chief [insert whatever you like] Officer is the plaintive cry of a forgotten discipline?

We've seen tons of talk in the IP Blogosphere about Chief IP Officers (CIPOs) (or ...

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post image Mixed fortunes for hearsay evidence notices served out of time from patlit.blogspot.com

In today's decision of the Patents Court (England and Wales) in Intervet UK Ltd v Merial, the Queen's University of Belfast and the University of Saskatchewan [2010] EWHC 294 (Pat), Mr Justice Arnold ...

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post image Frisbee and Picking the Perfect Trademark from iplitigator.huschblackwell.com

Pluto is no longer a planet.  It is also no longer the name of the flying disc now know as a Frisbee, but which was once known as "Pluto's Platter."  I stumbled upon that ...

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post image Workshop on "How to Manage Online Identity" from spicyipindia.blogspot.com


Cyberspace & Intellectual Property Foundation (CIPFO) is organizing a workshop on “How to Manage Online Identity”. The workshop will focus on technical, legal and social aspects of Domains and User Names in Web 2.0 environment ...

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post image Of pigs and patents ... from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This morning Mr Justice Arnold, of the Patents Court for England and Wales, produced a whopping 250 paragraph (50 page) judgment in Intervet UK Ltd v Merial, the University of Belfast and the University of ...

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post image Europe's data czar speaks out over ACTA from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Yesterday Peter Hustinx (left), the European Data Protection Supervisor, issued a press statement expressing his disappointment for not being “consulted by the European Commission on the content” of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which was ...

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Disclosure Cut-and-Pasted From Another Patent Leads to Malpractice Claim from 271patent.blogspot.com

Cold Spring Harbor Lab v. R&G;, Case No. 2:10-cv-00661(E.D.N.Y.)

This case involved the prosecution of a series of patent applications on behalf of CSHL directed to RNAi technology developed ...

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USPTO Announces "Count System" Changes In Effect from www.patentdocs.org

By Sarah Fendrick -- In a press release issued last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office noted that the examiner "count system" changes announced on September 30, 2009 (see "USPTO Proposes Changes to Count ...

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Reverse Payments in Generic Drug Settlements from www.patentdocs.org

Are the Courts or the FTC Misapplying the Law? By Kevin E. Noonan -- In its report on so-called "pay for delay" settlements of ANDA litigation (otherwise known as "reverse payments"), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC ...

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Montblanc Undertakes to not sell "Gandhi" Pens from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

A legal dispute over the use of the Gandhiji's imagery on a commemorative Montblanc pen may be seeing closure soon. Montblanc gave an oral undertaking before the Kerala High Court (a bench consisting of ...

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Part of the process that received a Nobel Prize? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

An entry in "Northern Now," alumni mag of Northern Illinois University [NIU], for Thomas R. Karl has the sentence:

He was part of the IPCC process that received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Of the ...

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Plagiarism by patent attorney leads to malpractice claim from ipbiz.blogspot.com

IPBIz currently has over 500 posts on the subject of plagiarism. A new twist on the old topic appears in a post on the 271Blog titled Disclosure Cut-and-Pasted From Another Patent Leads to Malpractice Claim ...

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Tribal from ipbiz.blogspot.com

An IPBiz post on ClimateGate included a quote from Judith Curry, a researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology:

"In my opinion, there are two broader issues raised by these emails that are impeding the public ...

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The Inhofe report from ipbiz.blogspot.com

PajamasMedia mentions a report arising through the action of Senator Inhofe and staff concerning ClimateGate issues:


[The] Minority Staff of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works believe the scientists involved may have violated ...

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Selected WIPO Resources You May Not Be Aware Of from dailydoseofip.blogspot.com

While reviewing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) website for updated content, I came across a few resources that may be of help to you now or in the future.

1. Directory of Intellectual Property ...

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"Consisting Of" and "Consisting Essentially Of" are not Substantially Identical from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion to limit damages to the period of time after the PTO issued a certificate of reexamination for the asserted patent claiming a potassium bromate replacement used in commercial bread-making ...

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Science-based businesses as organizational models from www.athenaalliance.org

Gary Pisano of the Harvard Business School has a new working paper on The Evolution of Science-Based Business: Innovating How We Innovate. First of all, Pisano differentiates between technology-based and science-based businesses. Technology-based businesses, like ...

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ACTA Internet Document Leaked, New Transparency Call from www.ip-watch.org

A new leaked document from the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations confirms earlier statements by officials that the agreement does not include mandatory internet cut-off for accused copyright infringers. Yet versions of the so-called “three ...

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Are your Japanese patent searches complete? (Part 1 of 2) from www.patentbaristas.com

Patent searching is still a profession where there aren’t many formal educational opportunities, and learning generally comes with experience. However, no matter how skilled the searcher, the quality of the search is only as ...

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Remarks at the 11th Annual Privacy and Security Conference from www.iposgoode.ca

Amanda Carpenter is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada (Jennifer Stoddart) recently delivered a speech entitled “The future of privacy regulation” at the 11th Annual Privacy and Security ...

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Nothing New Under The Sun? from eyesonip.blogspot.com

Copyrights pose unique challenges both for would–be plaintiffs seeking to enforce registrations and unwary companies who find themselves on the wrong end of a cease–and–desist letter.

One difficulty is inherent in the ...

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Patent Database Review from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com

There were a lot of developments in patent information last year. Below are some of the highlights from my favorite public patent databases and related websites.

Canadian Patents Database (CIPO)

The Canadian Patents Database, which ...

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Conference Board of Canada report: Intellectual Property in the 21st Century from www.iposgoode.ca

The Conference Board of Canada has just released the report of Adjunct Professor Ruth Corbin on “Intellectual Property in the 21st Century.” Dr. Corbin is an Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property at Osgoode Hall Law ...

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IP Osgoode seeking Assistant Director from www.iposgoode.ca

Osgoode Hall Law School of York University is one of the world’s leading law schools, with a commitment to excellence in teaching and research resulting in intellectual growth and exceptional career opportunities for our ...

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