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WIPO Turns 40! Happy World Intellectual Property Day! from www.ipwatchdog.com The blasted desk calendar that promised to remind me of all important holidays almost failed me miserably. How is it possible that a calendar that tells me that January 2 is a bank holiday in ...
Blawg Review #261 from ipkitten.blogspot.com Blawg Review #261. Today is the tenth World Intellectual Property Day. While you’re reading this, I shall be partying with friends and colleagues in my intellectual property community. This community, for the record, consists ...
Design Patents: Eliminating the Ornamental/Functional Dichotomy from www.patentlyo.com Richardson v. Stanley Works, Inc. (on petition for en banc rehearing at the Federal Circuit, 2010)
In its March 9, 2010 decision, the Federal Circuit held that design patent infringement should focus only on ornamental ...
Experiences of IP and VCs from ipfinance.blogspot.com Next Friday 29th April in London, Jon Calvert of ClearView IP will be sharing his experience of investors and their views on intellectual property in an evening presentation for the Licensing Executives Society.
According to ...
Ambush Marketing: those companies thumbing their noses at trade mark laws… from ipfinance.blogspot.com Recently I came across an excellent article written by Mike Du Toit of South African law firm Edward Nathan Sonnenberg on “Ambush Marketing”. As the World Cup in his home country approaches, the moment is ...
Letter from AmeriKat - Costco Wholesale v Omega SA from ipkitten.blogspot.com Last Friday night the AmeriKat, in true display of her geekiness, was at the Royal Albert Hall for the cinematic screening of the Lord of the Rings Two Towers with live soundtrack played by the ...
Cloud Computing: Winners and Losers from ipfinance.blogspot.com I continue to ponder various points about cloud computing that were raised in a session on the subject in which I participated earlier this week. I paid particular attention to the presentation of a senior ...
Tomorrow, Monday April 26 is World Intellectual Property Day. Initiated by WIPO in 2000, the 10th anniversary of this day coincides with the 40th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention establishing WIPO ...
In March, I wrote about how personalized medicine is becoming an increasingly important concept in the biotechonomy worldwide. This development is now becoming more apparent and actors seem to be moving in this direction. One ...
IP Australia has issued a consultation paper on implementing the TRIPS protocol.
The TRIPS protocol is the modification (or is that clarification?) of TRIPS obligations to improve the availability of “crisis” pharmaceuticals in least developed ...
From The Register, of the problem:
Google's roving Street View spycam may blur your face, but it's got your number. The Street View service is under fire in Germany for scanning private WLAN ...
In describing a situation wherein a poet (later) discovered a substantial similarity between a poem he wrote and one in a book he owned, Tom Bartlett wrote:
This kind of plagiarism—if that's even ...
Of the iPhone 4G left in a Redwood City bar, Apple is working with local authorities; according to CNET:
Apple has spoken to local police about the incident and the investigation is believed to be ...
In Harari v. Hollmer, 2009-1406 (Fed. Cir. April 19, 2010) decided this past week, the Federal Circuit introduced a new standard, the “befuddled examiner” standard, in assessing whether an applicant’s actions were appropriate. The ...
Patent, trademark, and copyright license agreements typically give the licensor a right to audit the licensee’s records to ensure that the licensee is accurately reporting sales and calculating royalties that are due. However, licensors ...
In a lot of file histories that I read, both practitioners and Examiners seem to confuse the written description and enablement requirement, conflating the two into a single requirement that "claim terms must have support ...
AstraZeneca v. Dr. Reddy’s, No. 07–6790 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)
by Jim Wasicak and Aaron Barkoff
After Dr. Reddy’s filed an ANDA for Prilosec OTC (omeprazole), AstraZeneca (AZ) filed suit, alleging ...
April 27-28, 2010 - 4th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes*** (American Conference Institute) - New York, NY April 27-28, 2010 - Corporate IP Counsel Summit (World Research Group) - New York, NY April 29, 2010 - 26th Annual Joint Patent Practice ...
By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Ferndale Laboratories, Inc. v. PruGen, Inc. et al. 2:10-cv-11644; filed April 22, 2010 in the ...
AstraZeneca v. Dr. Reddy’s, No. 07–6790 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)
by Jim Wasicak and Aaron Barkoff
After Dr. Reddy’s filed an ANDA for Prilosec OTC (omeprazole), AstraZeneca (AZ) filed suit, alleging ...
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