Patent & IP news for March 28, 2010
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Patent & IP Blogs
The Relevance of Invention Date in Patent Prosecution: Part V (Strategies) from www.patentlyo.com This is Part V of my series on the relevance of the invention date in patent prosecution. You may download my entire paper here. This part discusses results of my survey on patent practitioner strategies ...
Wartsila and Topsoe Make Methane Into Energy With First Landfill Gas Fuel Cell Unit from greenpatentblog.com 
An interesting article from Distributed Energy magazine discusses a methane gas-fed fuel cell power unit developed by diesel and gas engine maker Wartsila. According to the article, the Finnish company’s WFC20 is the first ...
Relationship between Patents and Standards – the Dutch Case from www.tangible-ip.com We reported some months ago on the German case concerning the relationship between patents and standards for recordable CDs.
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Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com Just over a month ago (in a coda to "'Hungarians' and Hungarians attack the CTM"), the IPKat mentioned a Hungarian Patent Office decision, CITY INN v C CITY HOTEL, which preferred the approach taken by ...
Letter from AmeriKat II - Viacom v YouTube (YouTube/Google) from ipkitten.blogspot.com YOUTUBE and GOOGLE
YouTube and Google's motion starts off by explaining the meritorious and important public function of YouTube's activities - specifically that it is "prominent source of political information". So much so ...
IPAB’s Power of Review from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
This is a slightly dated order of the IPAB (August 2009), where it was held that IPAB does not have the power of substantive review of its decisions. The order was delivered in an appeal ...
ICAP Ocean Tomo Auction Sees Record Bidding from ipfinance.blogspot.com
It's good to see that Patent Auctions are apparently back up running again. ICAP OceanTomo issued a press release yesterday to highlight the USD 11.43 Million received in their 11th auction.
The press ...
It's good to see that Patent Auctions are apparently back up running again. ICAP OceanTomo issued a press release yesterday to highlight the USD 11.43 Million received in their 11th auction.
The press ...
SpicyIP Events: The 1st IJLT-CIS Annual Law Lecture Series from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
The Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Law and Technology, Student Bar Association, The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is organizing a lecture series along with the Centre for Internet and Society ...
The Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Law and Technology, Student Bar Association, The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is organizing a lecture series along with the Centre for Internet and Society ...
The Relevance of Invention Date in Patent Prosecution: Part V (Strategies) from www.patentlyo.com
This is Part V of my series on the relevance of the invention date in patent prosecution. You may download my entire paper here. This part discusses results of my survey on patent practitioner strategies ...
This is Part V of my series on the relevance of the invention date in patent prosecution. You may download my entire paper here. This part discusses results of my survey on patent practitioner strategies ...
Think, Create – How Universities in Netherlands Can Do Better from www.ipeg.eu
The interaction between university, industry and government is key to innovation and growth. Innovation simply defined is “fresh thinking that creates value [1]“. Capable of fresh thinking by the brightest minds, universities (or other knowledge ...
The interaction between university, industry and government is key to innovation and growth. Innovation simply defined is “fresh thinking that creates value [1]“. Capable of fresh thinking by the brightest minds, universities (or other knowledge ...
POPA talks about fee diversion from ipbiz.blogspot.com
The February 2010 POPA newsletter, unlike Senate bill S.515, directly addressed fee diversion from the USPTO:
They outlined the harm to patent examination
done by diverting patent fees to the general treasury
and requiring ...
The February 2010 POPA newsletter, unlike Senate bill S.515, directly addressed fee diversion from the USPTO:
They outlined the harm to patent examination
done by diverting patent fees to the general treasury
and requiring ...
Plagiarism as "academic malpractice" from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Back in 2006, IPBiz noted that Jiaotong University had announced the firing of star professor Chen Jin for
allegedly faking research on computer chips.
Fast forward to 2010, and one has the report of Xi ...
Back in 2006, IPBiz noted that Jiaotong University had announced the firing of star professor Chen Jin for
allegedly faking research on computer chips.
Fast forward to 2010, and one has the report of Xi ...
The continuing saga of the Shepard Fairey poster from ipbiz.blogspot.com
SONIA K. KATYAL & EDUARDO M. PEÑALVER discuss the Shepard Fairey copyright matter and note that Fairey "appears to have acquired a new set of lawyers, from the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School, after his ...
SONIA K. KATYAL & EDUARDO M. PEÑALVER discuss the Shepard Fairey copyright matter and note that Fairey "appears to have acquired a new set of lawyers, from the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School, after his ...
Lamy: “Not Where We Wanted To Be” In WTO Round from www.ip-watch.org
World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy on Friday said that there are “technically no insurmountable obstacles” in resolving the long-struggling Doha Round of trade liberalisation talks this year, but that this timeline was always ...
World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy on Friday said that there are “technically no insurmountable obstacles” in resolving the long-struggling Doha Round of trade liberalisation talks this year, but that this timeline was always ...
Results of the 1st Annual Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition by VJLT and Altacit Global from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
As the readers of Spicy IP are aware of, the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, in collaboration with Altacit Global (an intellectual property law firm that is known for its specialty in offering strategic board-level ...
As the readers of Spicy IP are aware of, the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, in collaboration with Altacit Global (an intellectual property law firm that is known for its specialty in offering strategic board-level ...
British Official Appointed To Lead UPOV As Civil Society Interest Rises from www.ip-watch.org
The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), an intergovernmental agency that provides technical advice and guidelines for the identification and protection of new plants, will have a new leader for ...
The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), an intergovernmental agency that provides technical advice and guidelines for the identification and protection of new plants, will have a new leader for ...
Letter from AmeriKat I - Viacom v YouTube (Viacom) from ipkitten.blogspot.com
Last week the AmeriKat experienced one of those weeks that could only be described as chaotic. Presentations to prepare for, client work deadlines to meet and a flurry of unexpected issues raining down on her ...
Last week the AmeriKat experienced one of those weeks that could only be described as chaotic. Presentations to prepare for, client work deadlines to meet and a flurry of unexpected issues raining down on her ...
Leaked ACTA Text Shows Possible Contradictions With National Laws from www.ip-watch.org
“No changes in domestic” law promised the partners currently negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A leaked 56-page recent consolidated version of the much-discussed agreement shows that this might not be completely true. The draft version ...
“No changes in domestic” law promised the partners currently negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A leaked 56-page recent consolidated version of the much-discussed agreement shows that this might not be completely true. The draft version ...
Ropes & Gray Seeks Dismissal of Patent Malpractice Lawsuit from www.ipwatchdog.com
On Tuesday, March 23, 2010, Ropes & Gray filed a motion seeking to dismiss a malpractice claim brought against the firm by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). The complaint filed against Ropes & Gray also names patent ...
On Tuesday, March 23, 2010, Ropes & Gray filed a motion seeking to dismiss a malpractice claim brought against the firm by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). The complaint filed against Ropes & Gray also names patent ...
CBS recycling great white shark story from ipbiz.blogspot.com
"60 Minutes" on 28 March 2010 has a story by Anderson Cooper on Mike Rudson and great white sharks. If this sounds vaguely familiar, it should.
From a CNN story in November 2008:
ANDERSON COOPER ...
"60 Minutes" on 28 March 2010 has a story by Anderson Cooper on Mike Rudson and great white sharks. If this sounds vaguely familiar, it should.
From a CNN story in November 2008:
ANDERSON COOPER ...
Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org
March 30, 2010 - "The Bilski Decision: Expert Strategies to Manage Its Impact on University IP" (Technology Transfer Tactics) - 1:00 - 2:30 PM (EST) April 7, 2010 - First Annual Board Conference (U.S. Patent and ...
March 30, 2010 - "The Bilski Decision: Expert Strategies to Manage Its Impact on University IP" (Technology Transfer Tactics) - 1:00 - 2:30 PM (EST) April 7, 2010 - First Annual Board Conference (U.S. Patent and ...
Court Report from www.patentdocs.org
By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Biogen Idec, Inc. et al. v. Glaxosmithkline LLC et al. 3:10-cv-00608; filed March 24, 2010 ...
By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Biogen Idec, Inc. et al. v. Glaxosmithkline LLC et al. 3:10-cv-00608; filed March 24, 2010 ...
Risk of prosecution history estoppel by submitting a product brochure in a response risk from allthingspros.blogspot.com
In an ideal world, you want to help the Examiner to understand the invention, so that you can quickly obtain a patent on the inventive features. But the reality is that the Examiner is not ...
In an ideal world, you want to help the Examiner to understand the invention, so that you can quickly obtain a patent on the inventive features. But the reality is that the Examiner is not ...
Reasons to avoid swear-behind declarations from allthingspros.blogspot.com
Recently I began a series about swear-behind declarations. (First post is here.) My series of posts will focus on how to draft a swear-behind that the BPAI finds sufficient, in terms of explaining how the ...
Recently I began a series about swear-behind declarations. (First post is here.) My series of posts will focus on how to draft a swear-behind that the BPAI finds sufficient, in terms of explaining how the ...
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