The Rising Stature of Reexaminations (Meet in St. Louis) from www.patentlyo.com On Thursday, March 4, 2010, 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm, I will be speaking at the Washington University Law School (Room 305 in Anheuser-Busch Hall) on the topic of patent reexaminations. The talk will ...
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Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com The IPKat thanks his friend and
1709 Blog colleague Hugo Cox for drawing his attention to
Content and Carrier, an impressively presented and well-written weblog on European electronic communications and media law from a talented ...
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Fragments from www.patenthawk.com Andrew Chapman and David King had a patent idea "directed to divalent antibody fragments comprising two antibody heavy chains and at least one polymer molecule attached to the heavy chains in a site-specific manner on ...
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Patent Litigation Weekly: Inventor from ESN v. Cisco and Troll Tracker Lawsuits Arrested on Weapons Charges from thepriorart.typepad.com The inventor who holds the patent that was at the heart of two libel lawsuits against "Patent Troll Tracker" blogger Rick Frenkel and Cisco Systems was arrested last week, after police found an illegal stockpile ...
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Cipriani appeal emphasises limits of "own name" defence from ipkitten.blogspot.com Back in December 2008 Mr Justice Arnold delivered a major trade mark infringement and passing off judgment in
Hotel Cipriani SRL and others v Cipriani (Grosvenor Street) Ltd and others [2008] EWHC 3032 (Ch) (noted ...
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Biotech/Pharma Docket from www.patentdocs.org By Suresh Pillai -- Lupin Claims Tri-Cyclen® Patent Invalid Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. has filed counterclaims in its suit with Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., alleging that Ortho's patent covering its Tri-Cyclen® Lo contraceptive, U.S. Patent No ...
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Reverse Payments in Generic Drug Settlements - Part II 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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Could Patent Trolls Save Innovation? from www.iposgoode.ca Stuart Freen is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is taking the Patent Law course. Non-practicing entities (NPEs) are rarely depicted in a positive light. Particularly in the IT sector, NPEs ...
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Federal Circuit's En Banc Review of Written Description Requirement Does Not Constitute "Intervening Change" or Alter "Existing Standards" from docketreport.blogspot.com The court denied in part plaintiff's motion for judgment as a matter of law of no invalidity for lack of written description on the basis that "35 U.S.C. § 112, paragraph 1 . . . does ...
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Practicing a method well from ipbiz.blogspot.com On January 17, 2010,
"60 Minutes" did a piece on football players from Samoa with a tag line like: how a territory with a smaller population than a pro-football stadium sends more players to the ...
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USPTO Announces Trademark Feedback Mailbox from dailydoseofip.blogspot.com On February 18, 2010, the USPTO announced that it has introduced a new "Trademark Feedback mailbox" so that the public can directly contact the USPTO "with complaints, compliments, or other feedback" in connection with trademark ...
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Generational attitudes on plagiarism from ipbiz.blogspot.com In a commentary titled Generation Plagiarism, SARAH WILENSKY writes in the Indiana Daily Student:
In a 300-level political science class, we spent nearly an entire day of lecture reviewing how to effectively write without any ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Microsoft, Amazon cross-license; pragmatic solution? from ipbiz.blogspot.com The deal covers aspects of Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader and its use of Linux-based servers.
Microsoft has entered into more than 600 licensing deals since 2002.
See press release
Microsoft and Amazon.com Sign ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Inventors Eye: The Patent Office’s New Publication for Inventors from www.patentbaristas.com Inventors Eye, a new electronic publication by the United States Patent and Trademark Office is a bimonthly publication for the independent inventor community. According to the USPTO, Inventors Eye is for and about America’s ...
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Are your Japanese patent searches complete? (Part 2 of 2) from www.patentbaristas.com In my last post, I discussed the approaches taken by four commercial search systems with regard to their Japanese collections: Minesoft PatBase, Questel’s QPAT and orbit.com platforms, Thomson Reuters Thomson Innovation , and LexisNexis ...
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Patently-O Bits and Bytes from www.patentlyo.com InventorsEye is the PTO's new publication for the independent inventor community with a goal of bi-monthly publication. Looks good. As expected, the publication provides good information with a solid mix of propaganda. The first ...
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Economist Article on IV from www.tangible-ip.com I see that the Economist online are running an article titled Brilliant Inventor or Patent Troll about Nathan and IV at http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15570585 A view. To try to ...
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The Written Description Requirements of 35 U.S.C. §112 and Ariad Pharms. Inc. v. Eli Lilly & Co. from www.iplawalert.com Recently certain members of the patent law bar have expressed surprise that the Federal Circuit has used the written description requirements of 35 U.S.C. §112, first paragraph to invalidate patents such as the ...
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ClimateGate at the AAAS (San Diego) on 19 Feb 2010 from ipbiz.blogspot.com On Friday, February 19, 2010: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM, in Room 6F (San Diego Convention Center), the AAAS had a session touching on topics related to ClimateGate:
Past controversies over historical climate trends and ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Kappos Trying to Sell Patent Reform to Independent Inventors from www.ipwatchdog.com Director Kappos is making his case for patent reform by making 4 key points. First, patent reform would lower patent office fees for independent inventors and presumably small businesses by establishing a new class --- micro ...
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Seminar on “Music and Copyright” from spicyipindia.blogspot.com The seminar is being organized by the Tech-IPR Cell of ILS Law College, Pune.
Date: 6th March 2010
Time: 9:45 am to 6:45 pm
Venue: Laxmi Building (behind Pavilion), ILS Law College, Law ...
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Crocs Prevails Against the ITC from 37thoughts.wordpress.com 19 USC Sec 337 allows for exclusion from the United States of articles which infringe a valid and enforceable United States patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right. A patent owner, for example, may ...
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Inventive professor hired actors to appear as witnesses in misconduct hearing from ipbiz.blogspot.com A reader tipped IPBiz to this incredible, hard to believe story wherein a professor hired
actors to appear as witnesses in a misconduct hearing against the professor. The professor prevailed in the misconduct hearing, but ...
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Broad Anticipation in the Case of the Horny Goat Weed from www.iposgoode.ca Alex Gloor is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is taking the Patent Law course. The world of patent law has certainly been excited since the Febuary 12th decision of Ex Parte ...
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Ex parte Karaoguz: "when" means "during" rather than "in response to" from allthingspros.blogspot.com Ex parte Karaoguz(Appeal 2009-001433; Serial No. 11/093,369; Tech. Center 2600)
Decided: September 21, 2009
The claim limitation at issue was:
a gateway ... capable of transmitting at least a portion of the collected ...
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