Patent & IP news for May 30, 2010

UPLS: "We will fight them on the beaches ..." from patlit.blogspot.com

The Court of Justice of the European Union has received submissions in Opinion 1/09 Unified patent litigation system. In this Report for the Hearing, almost all possibilities regarding the legality of the proposed unified ...

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Saluting Our Veterans: Interesting Memorial Day Trademarks from ipelton.wordpress.com

Memorial Day is our country’s annual tribute to fallen heroes who have died while serving in our military. In good times and bad, in war and in peace, we are indebted to all of ...

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Remembering a Great US Inventor on Memorial Day from www.ipwatchdog.com

US Flag over USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, September 2006

On holidays I frequently try and find a patent or innovation angle and write something cheerful and in keeping with the theme of the ...

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In ACTA India does (not) trust from spicyipindia.blogspot.com




(Image taken from here)

Recent developments indicate that India’s desire to strive to build a united front against the Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (for previous posts, see here) being negotiated by some developed countries ...

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Off topic :MJ Akbar and the Gandhi Pen Controversy from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

Slightly off beat,but our readers who have been keenly following the MontBlanc Gandhi pen controversy may find this piece by M.J.Akbar insightful. Akbar tries to explore the issue from a non-legal (especially ...

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German Supreme Court widens the door for software patents from www.ipeg.eu

The German Supreme Court (BGH) in its recent Siemens application decision[1]will give software patent critics new ammunition to oppose IPRs for software patents. The decision regarding computer-implemented inventions seems to tear down all ...

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Plagiarism and worse from ipbiz.blogspot.com

During the plagiarism episode with SIU president Glenn Poshard, part of the defense was that proper procedures for footnoting weren't known at the time of Poshard's thesis. Flash back more than 200 years ...

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Laawaris -Housefull Controversy : Interim Order by Cal HC from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

Following from the earlier Orders in the Laawaris matter this year, the interim Order by the Calcutta HC was passed on May 13,2010.The Court speaking through CJ Mohit Shah has now listed the ...

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Roche-Natco update: Roche concludes arguments from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

The Roche-Natco proceedings continue in the Delhi High Court, which the SpicyIP team has been following closely. This is an extremely delayed update, and entirely due to myself -- Apologies for the same. For those who ...

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SpicyIP Tidbits: Anil Gupta @ TED talks from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

This is by way of a quick follow up to Shamnad's superlative post on romanticising innovation a couple of days ago. Here's a link to a very engaging talk by Prof Anil Gupta ...

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To Puff is not Enough: Appliance Recycling Centers’ False Advertising Claims Nixed by 9th Circuit from greenpatentblog.com

Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (ARCA) is a Minnesota appliance recycling company.  Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court decision to dismiss false advertising claims ...

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The Shake Shack from ipbiz.blogspot.com

America's Test Kitchen was popularizing burgers from the Shake Shack, illustrating with a film visit to Madison Square Park, and the long lines of customers.

One thing ATK did not mention was a report ...

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Top Ten Most Cited Patent Cases 2007-2010 from www.patentlyo.com

In the common law tradition, virtually every written opinion from the Federal Circuit cites to prior precedent. I looked at the past few years of Federal Circuit decision to discover the most cited patent cases ...

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Pharma pay-for-delay OK? from patlit.blogspot.com

Bound by precedent, last month a U.S. Court of Appeals (2d Cir. E.D.N.Y.) panel decided in In re Ciprofloxacin Antitrust Litigation that Bayer AG and several generic drug makers did not ...

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Curious newspaper article from intellectualprofit.blogspot.com

It was surprising to see myself quoted so extensively in Ireland's Sunday Independent newspaper today.

I was never interviewed for the article, but it was reasonably consistent.

Ah well, it is always good to ...

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How To Minimize Costs Associated With Copyright Clearance: The DOC’s Guidelines For Documentary Filmmakers from www.iposgoode.ca

Vincent Doré is a JD/MBA Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and Schulich School of Business. Documentary films are meant to depict reality. In fact, a documentary’s sole purpose may be to expose ...

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Hatch-Waxman Boot Camp from www.patentdocs.org

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its Hatch-Waxman Boot Camp conference on July 19-20, 2010 in Boston, MA. ACI faculty will help attendees: • Understand the interplay of the PTO and FDA in the patenting ...

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Seminar on Markman Hearings and Claim Construction in Patent Litigation from www.patentdocs.org

Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a seminar entitled: "Markman Hearings and Claim Construction in Patent Litigation 2010" on June 30, 2009 in New York, NY. Groupcasts of the New York session will also ...

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Seminar on Prior Art & Obviousness from www.patentdocs.org

Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a seminar entitled: "Prior Art & Obviousness 2010: Current Trends in Sections 102 & 103" on July 7, 2010 in New York, NY and on September 15, 2010 in San ...

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