Patent & IP news for April 4, 2010

Readily from www.patenthawk.com

Hearing Components used Shure over hearing aid patents 4,880,076; 5,002,151; and 5,401,920, technologies used in Shure's earphones. The district court outcome was invalidity by indefiniteness for '920 asserted ...

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Ownership and Control of IP Rights: forthcoming event from ipfinance.blogspot.com

"Ownership and Control of IP Rights: guidance on the complicated issues which arise with these increasingly important assets" is the title of a one-day conference, organised by CLT Conferences and held in Central London on ...

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Conference and competition: a reminder! from ipkitten.blogspot.com

"Ownership and Control of IP Rights: guidance on the complicated issues which arise with these increasingly important assets" is the title of a one-day conference, organised by CLT Conferences and held in Central London on ...

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Manuel Pangilinan offers to resign over plagiarism from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Manuel Pangilinan on his copying from others in a graduation speech at Ateneo de Manila University: "I had taken a look at the side-by-side comparison on Facebook, and must admit to this mistake."

Ghostwriting was ...

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The Hot News Doctrine and News Aggregators from www.iposgoode.ca

Peter Waldkirch is a second year LL.B. student at the University of Ottawa. Can someone own facts? According to the US “hot news” doctrine, the answer is – sorta. Under certain circumstances, a news gathering ...

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The Importance of Using Social Networking for Business; Part II – Twitter from www.ipwatchdog.com

One alternative that has taken America by storm and is widely used by politicians, most media outlets, authors and musicians alike is Twitter. And Twitter is not just for fun, but it is an important ...

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Kappos Round-Table Listening Continues on Campus of USPTO from www.ipwatchdog.com

There were probably about 40 people in the room, and the event was broadcast live over the Internet. Kappos took a number of questions and seemed very engaged. It is a breath of fresh air ...

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"60 Minutes" does Patented on April 4 [Myriad] from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Presumably, CBS will present the transcript of the story "Patented" broadcast on April 4, 2010, which discussed the BRCA patents of Myriad. The following are rough notes taken during the broadcast.

The gene is property ...

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Arguments guaranteed to lose: "unexpected results" in an anticipation rejection from allthingspros.blogspot.com

If you're addressing an anticipation rejection, there is no point in arguing unexpected results. A prima facie case of anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is not overcome by a showing of unexpected ...

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