Patent & IP news for April 13, 2010
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Recordation of Assignment Creates Rebuttable Presumption that Assignment is Valid, etc. from www.patentlyo.com SIRF Technology v. ITC and Broadcom (Fed. Cir. 2010) In a 2009 decision, the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that SIRF and four others were violating Section 337 of the US Tariff Act of 1930 ...
Reason and rhetoric: patents, grace periods and evidence from ipkitten.blogspot.com Although some days have passed since David Kappos opened this year's Fordham Intellectual Property Conference, the impression which his keynote address made on me is one of the most powerful and enduring memories of ...
Guest Post: To be or not to be 3(d) from spicyipindia.blogspot.com 
As promised, the Spicy IP readers are yet in the line for a treat in the form of the following exciting and insightful Guest Post from Suchita Saigal, a name familiar to any of the ...
Who has your IP D? from thinkipstrategy.com What, pray tell, you say, is the IP D??
'Who has the D?' was, as you know, the title of Paul Rogers and Marcio Blenko's January 2006 Harvard Business Review Article on clear decision ...
Should you take a Patent Bar Review course? from intellogist.wordpress.com Passing the Patent Bar is a necessary step if you want to file and prosecute patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It is not necessary to become an Attorney prior ...
Waving Goodbye from www.patenthawk.com Anascape sued Nintendo and Microsoft over 6,906,700, which claims multiple controller input with tactile feedback. '700 is a CIP of 6,222,525. As such, '700's earliest possible priority date for its ...
Serbians put the stamp on GI cooperation with the Swiss from ipkitten.blogspot.com An item that caught the IPKat's imagination, from the pages of the Petosevic IP newsletter, was this report, entitled "Switzerland Helps Serbia Improve System of Protection of Geographical Indications". According to the Kat's ...
FarmVille, Zynga Poker & Mafia Wars Maker Sues PlayersAuctions.com For Trademark & Copyright Infringement from www.iptrademarkattorney.com Los Angeles, CA – Zynga Game Network is a social gaming company and provides numerous games, such as Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars, FarmVille, YoVille, Cafe World and Word Twist, that are available on Facebook, MySpace, Friendster ...
Located from www.patenthawk.com Global Locate took SiRF and others to the ITC to stop the defendants from importing products infringing six of its GPS patents, which claim methods for improving signal reception. Global Locate prevailed. The defendants appealed ...
This Just In -- The Anti-commons Aren't So Tragic from www.patentdocs.org
By Kevin E. Noonan -- The problem, according to the academics and the pundits, is that patent exclusivity in certain areas (such as gene patents) would result in a "tragedy of the anti-commons," inhibiting innovation. One ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- The problem, according to the academics and the pundits, is that patent exclusivity in certain areas (such as gene patents) would result in a "tragedy of the anti-commons," inhibiting innovation. One ...
This Just In -- The Anti-commons Aren't So Tragic from www.patentdocs.org
By Kevin E. Noonan -- The problem, according to the academics and the pundits, is that patent exclusivity in certain areas (such as gene patents) would result in a "tragedy of the anti-commons," inhibiting innovation. One ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- The problem, according to the academics and the pundits, is that patent exclusivity in certain areas (such as gene patents) would result in a "tragedy of the anti-commons," inhibiting innovation. One ...
OSDD successfully maps TB Genome from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
The government sponsored CSIR programme, the Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) (which we have written about previously here) on Sunday, announced that they had successfully completed the first ever mapping of the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB ...
The government sponsored CSIR programme, the Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) (which we have written about previously here) on Sunday, announced that they had successfully completed the first ever mapping of the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB ...
New US Government Report On Counterfeit, Piracy from www.ip-watch.org
The US Government Accountability Office, an agency that works as a “congressional watchdog” investigating how taxpayer money is spent, has released a new report on intellectual property. The report [pdf] reviews the economic effects of ...
The US Government Accountability Office, an agency that works as a “congressional watchdog” investigating how taxpayer money is spent, has released a new report on intellectual property. The report [pdf] reviews the economic effects of ...
Making directors liable in Australia: what must be proved? from patlit.blogspot.com
The current issue of the Allens Arthur Robinson Intellectual Property Newsletter features a good note by Trevor Davies and Rob Silberstein, "Patent infringement and company directors", on the 22 February 2010 ruling of Bennett J ...
The current issue of the Allens Arthur Robinson Intellectual Property Newsletter features a good note by Trevor Davies and Rob Silberstein, "Patent infringement and company directors", on the 22 February 2010 ruling of Bennett J ...
Recordation of Assignment Creates Rebuttable Presumption that Assignment is Valid, etc. from www.patentlyo.com
SIRF Technology v. ITC and Broadcom (Fed. Cir. 2010) In a 2009 decision, the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that SIRF and four others were violating Section 337 of the US Tariff Act of 1930 ...
SIRF Technology v. ITC and Broadcom (Fed. Cir. 2010) In a 2009 decision, the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that SIRF and four others were violating Section 337 of the US Tariff Act of 1930 ...
The Canadian Public Domain: What, Where, and to What End? from www.iposgoode.ca
Professor Carys Craig (Osgoode Hall Law School) has a new paper available on SSRN. Her article is described below. This essay explores the important body of scholarship that has emerged on the substance, nature, and ...
Professor Carys Craig (Osgoode Hall Law School) has a new paper available on SSRN. Her article is described below. This essay explores the important body of scholarship that has emerged on the substance, nature, and ...
Surveying the IP Landscape from ipinsider1.wordpress.com
Help to Measure the State of IP, 2010
Help to Measure the State of IP, 2010
The importance of IP rights to business performance and value has grown significantly over the past decade.
But where does the IP industry go now?
Last year ...
Perceptions: late night tv and patents from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Of Conan's coming TBS thing, watchingtv wrote:
Conan won’t come close to Leno and Letterman in ratings, of course. But the perception (that combo of hype, demos, and word-of-mouth) will be that Conan ...
Of Conan's coming TBS thing, watchingtv wrote:
Conan won’t come close to Leno and Letterman in ratings, of course. But the perception (that combo of hype, demos, and word-of-mouth) will be that Conan ...
Celebration! April 13th is National Be Kind To Lawyers Day from www.ipwatchdog.com
Happy National Be Kind To Lawyers Day! What, you’ve not heard of it before? Is it too much to ask to be nice to lawyers for just one day??? That was the question Steve ...
Happy National Be Kind To Lawyers Day! What, you’ve not heard of it before? Is it too much to ask to be nice to lawyers for just one day??? That was the question Steve ...
February trade in intangibles from www.athenaalliance.org
BEA's February's trade data showed an increase in our deficit increasing by $2.7 billion to $39.7 billion. Imports increased by $3.0 billion while exports rose only $0.3 billion. This ...
BEA's February's trade data showed an increase in our deficit increasing by $2.7 billion to $39.7 billion. Imports increased by $3.0 billion while exports rose only $0.3 billion. This ...
The USPTOs New LegalZoom Killer from inventblog.com
“LegalZoom Killer” jokingly referring to the non-stop “killer” memes that seem to be circulating these days…from the iPad being the “Kindle killer” to some new, but secret, Google-HTC tablet being the “iPad Killer“. I ...
USPTO Offers Guidance to First-Time Trademark Filers from dailydoseofip.blogspot.com
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced that it has initiated the Trademark Information Network (TMIN) to provide information to first-time trademark applicants. The TMIN (USPTO Web site link HERE), currently offers ...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced that it has initiated the Trademark Information Network (TMIN) to provide information to first-time trademark applicants. The TMIN (USPTO Web site link HERE), currently offers ...
Defendant Precluded From Relying on Prior Art Mentioned -- But Not Fully Explained -- in Summary Judgment Motion from docketreport.blogspot.com
In denying defendant's motion for summary judgment of invalidity based on anticipation, the court prohibited defendant from relying on a prior art reference that was mentioned twice in its motion but "heavily" relied upon ...
In denying defendant's motion for summary judgment of invalidity based on anticipation, the court prohibited defendant from relying on a prior art reference that was mentioned twice in its motion but "heavily" relied upon ...
Update on IPR and Cotton from www.athenaalliance.org
In an earlier posting, I discussed the US-Brazil cotton dispute, where Brazil was given the right to suspend intellectual property rights in retaliation for US cotton subsidies. From last week's the New York Times ...
In an earlier posting, I discussed the US-Brazil cotton dispute, where Brazil was given the right to suspend intellectual property rights in retaliation for US cotton subsidies. From last week's the New York Times ...
Joint Infringement from gordononpatentcases.blogspot.com
SIRF Technology v. ITC
SIRF Technology v. ITC
- "As they do not require that any of the steps be performed here by the customers or the end users, and the disputed steps are not in fact performed by third ...
Rule Against Recapture from gordononpatentcases.blogspot.com
MBO Laboratories v. Becton, Dickinson & Co.
MBO Laboratories v. Becton, Dickinson & Co.
- “This court bars recapture because a patentee is only entitled to a reissue patent for broader claims when the patentee claimed less than he had a right to claim ...
UNITAID Patent Pool Budget Approved; Implementation To Begin from www.ip-watch.org
Today, board members of international drug purchasing mechanism UNITAID approved a 2010 budget for a pioneering patent pool initiative. Related Articles:
Today, board members of international drug purchasing mechanism UNITAID approved a 2010 budget for a pioneering patent pool initiative. Related Articles:
SiRF's down! from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Of the CAFC decision on 12 April 2010 in SIRF Technology v. ITC a Citi analyst is quoted:
"We believe this appeal was simply an attempt by SiRF to restore its reputation."
SIRF has been ...
Of the CAFC decision on 12 April 2010 in SIRF Technology v. ITC a Citi analyst is quoted:
"We believe this appeal was simply an attempt by SiRF to restore its reputation."
SIRF has been ...
And for those of you who missed the bus from spicyipindia.blogspot.com
Here's an exciting news!!
The submission deadline for the 1st Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Law Essay Competition has been extended to April 30, 2010. Further, for clarification it is notified that the ...
Here's an exciting news!!
The submission deadline for the 1st Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Law Essay Competition has been extended to April 30, 2010. Further, for clarification it is notified that the ...
Wheee! Nintendo prevails at the Federal Circuit. from 37thoughts.wordpress.com
Anascape sued Nintendo* in the Eastern District of Texas in 2006, alleging that Nintendo’s Wii Remote, Wii Classic, Wii Nunchuk and Game Cube controllers infringe certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,906 ...
Anascape sued Nintendo* in the Eastern District of Texas in 2006, alleging that Nintendo’s Wii Remote, Wii Classic, Wii Nunchuk and Game Cube controllers infringe certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,906 ...
Beat the Cybersquatter as “.co” Domain Names Open Up from www.iposgoode.ca
Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. The “.co” domain name has long been a favourite of cybersquatters and typosquatters alike ...
Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. The “.co” domain name has long been a favourite of cybersquatters and typosquatters alike ...
On the Record Interview with CAFC Judge Randall Rader from www.infringementupdates.com
The following is excerpted from Gene Quinn's (patent attorney & IPWatchdog founder) April 12, 2010 post: On April 2, 2010, I had the privilege of conducting an on the record Interview with Judge Randall Rader ...
The following is excerpted from Gene Quinn's (patent attorney & IPWatchdog founder) April 12, 2010 post: On April 2, 2010, I had the privilege of conducting an on the record Interview with Judge Randall Rader ...
"Bikkuri Shimashita Ka?" Japanese Companies Surge in Latest IEEE "Patent Power Scorecard" from 271patent.blogspot.com
IEEE Spectrum (with the help of 1790 Analytics) has released its annual "Patent Power Scorecards" measuring the relative strength of patent portfolios in various industries. Factors that affected rankings included the number of patents issued ...
IEEE Spectrum (with the help of 1790 Analytics) has released its annual "Patent Power Scorecards" measuring the relative strength of patent portfolios in various industries. Factors that affected rankings included the number of patents issued ...
Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com
CPA's State of the IP Industry 2010 survey has been launched -- the closing date for completing it is World IP Day, Monday 26 April. Results will be released at this year’s INTA conference ...
CPA's State of the IP Industry 2010 survey has been launched -- the closing date for completing it is World IP Day, Monday 26 April. Results will be released at this year’s INTA conference ...
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