Black Sabbath Trademark Dispute: Ozzy vs. Iommi from patentlawip.blogspot.com Last year, Anthony “Tommy” Iommi, long-time guitarist for Black Sabbath, and Ozzy Osbourne got in contact with each other about the band. However, this new Black Sabbath collaboration didn’t involve any music. John “Ozzy ...
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Breaking news: Vodkat appeal dismissed from ipkitten.blogspot.com In a super judgment in January, noted by the IPKat
here, Mr Justice Arnold (Chancery Division, England and Wales) held in
Diageo v Intercontinental Brands that the sale of a product under the name VODKAT ...
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Invisible goods from ipkitten.blogspot.com In June the IPKat commented [writes his distinguished and practical friend Richard Ashmead] on a recent reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) which arose from a UK trade mark application ...
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Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com The boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but he had fled.
"Why stay you there", his crew-mates cried,
"When danger lies ahead?"
"I cannot leave", the young man said,
"I won't desert ...
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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. v. Eli Lilly & Co. (Fed. Cir. 2010) from www.patentdocs.org By Andrew Williams -- On Wednesday, in Sun Pharm. Indus., Ltd. v. Eli Lilly & Co., the Federal Circuit affirmed a finding that claims of Lilly's U.S. Patent No. 5,464,826 ("the '826 patent ...
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GPC Subsidiary Obtains Judgment against C-One from www.infringementupdates.com The following is excerpted from a July 28, 2010press release:
General Patent Corporation (GPC) announced today that it obtaineda judgment of past damages, attorneys’ fees and pre-judgment interestin its lawsuit against C-One ...
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New DMCA exemptions from ipwars.com The Librarian of Congress has announced 6 new categories of exemption from the prohibitions under US law against circumventing DRM mechanisms (what we call TPM and ERMI).
The (Australian) Copyright Council has a nice bullet ...
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USPTO issues guidance for patent subject matter eligibility after Bilski from ipspotlight.com Less than a month after the Bilski v. Kappos decision in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that business methods are not per se unpatentable, the USPTO has published a set of Interim Guidance ...
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Economic Conditions and Unemployment Rates Weigh Against Preliminary Injunction from docketreport.blogspot.com The court denied plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction in part because issuance of an injunction would be contrary to the public interest especially in light of current economic conditions. "[T]he preliminary injunction Plaintiffs ...
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Experts, Policymakers Debate Solutions For Counterfeit Products from www.ip-watch.org A group of policymakers and other experts met this month in Geneva to discuss counterfeit and unsafe products and wrestled with possible balanced solutions to the problem. The event was hosted by the United States ...
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IP Vacancy in Delhi from spicyipindia.blogspot.com Firm Profile: One of India’s leading IP and Litigation & Arbitration law firms
Location: New Delhi
Roles and Responsibilities: i. Handling Domain Name Disputes (UDRP/INDRP) ii. Handling contentious IP files (Oppositions/Rectifications/Lawsuits)
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Whose line is it anyway? IP Norms in Stand-Up Comedy from www.iposgoode.ca Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School The lights are dim and a sea of chatter envelopes the venue’s impatient audience. A spot light suddenly snaps into action – a beacon ...
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Patently-O Bits and Bytes from www.patentlyo.com - Funding: The Senate has also passed the PTO funding bill (H.R. 5874) that restores $129 million of fee-collected income to the PTO. The bill specifically provides “For an additional amount for `Salaries and Expenses ...
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Those new GDP numbers from www.athenaalliance.org Today's advanced estimate of GDP data from BEA is disappointing -- but expected and not as bad as some feared. GDP in the 2nd quarter of 2010 (April - June) grew by only 2.4%. Consumer ...
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EDA reauthorization includes tech and manufacturing programs from www.athenaalliance.org In an earlier posting, I noted that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) was expanding its activities toward technology commercialization through its i6 Challenge. Yesterday, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee took another step by passing ...
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Behind the Scenes: A Day in the Life of David Kappos from www.infringementupdates.com Gene Quinn, President & Founder of IPWatchdog, posted on July 29, 2010 the first of a three part series. An excerpt from thepost:
On July 19, 2010, I was granted a back stage pass of ...
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Uniloc USA Inc. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Sony America, McAfee, Activision and Quark from www.infringementupdates.com According to a Uniloc spokesperson, "in 1992 software companies were losing billions to casual software copying. Uniloc was the first to combine the concept of product key and hardware ID, and using both they created ...
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Guest Post - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Proposes New Interim Guidelines For Determining Patent Eligibility in Light of Bilski v. Kappos from www.infringementupdates.com By Charles R. Macedo*
On July 27, 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) published for notice and comment Interim Guidelines for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims, 75 Fed. Reg. 43922 ...
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How To Show People You are an Expert in your Industry from www.ipwatchdog.com with time, practice and persistence, one can grow into a truly recognized expert within their field. Keep in mind that you do not need to know more than everyone else to be considered an expert ...
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Patent Term Adjustment CLE from www.patentdocs.org The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Patent Term Extension: The Next Chapter" on Thursday, August 5, 2010 beginning at 2:00 PM (EDT). The IPO webinar will present a ...
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Audioconference on the Future of Biomedical Patenting from www.patentdocs.org Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering an audioconference entitled "The Future of Patenting in Biomedicine" on August 26, 2010 from 1:00 - 2:30 PM (EDT). Patent Docs author Dr. Kevin Noonan of McDonnell Boehnen ...
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Audioconference on the Impact of Bilski from www.patentdocs.org Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering an audioconference entitled "Bilski: The Impact of the Final Decision on University TTOs" on August 17, 2010 from 1:00 - 2:30 PM (EDT). Charles Macedo of Amster, Rothstein ...
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Summit on Biosimilars and Follow-on Biologics from www.patentdocs.org The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI) will be holding its 5th Summit on Biosimilars and Follow-on Biologics on October 18-19, 2010 in Washington, DC. At the Summit, CBI's faculty will offer presentations on the ...
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