Patent & IP news for October 13, 2010

The Invention Zone from www.patenthawk.com

6,730,817 claims a process for making a refrigerant gas that won't deplete atmospheric ozone and turn Earth into more of a baking oven than humans are busy otherwise doing. Owner Solvay sued ...

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They Invented What? (No. 185) from anticipatethis.wordpress.com

U.S. Pat. No. 6,241,575: Brassiere having integrated inflatable bladders for the holding of comestible liquids.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, useful, and non-obvious and, accordingly, secure by ...

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Ministers lock horns in tussle over patent lingo from patlit.blogspot.com


Ministers continue to lock horns, but users say patents are too "deer" It's no secret, but "Ministers still deadlocked on EU patent" is still a much talked-about feature of the current IP scene.   According ...

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Interim and protective measures in Italy: subtle shifts ahead in patent practice from patlit.blogspot.com

"Code of Industrial Property reform simplifies protection measures", by Cesare Galli (IP Law Galli, Italy), gives an account of the recent improvements to that country's Code of Industrial Property.  While the reforms affect all ...

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Anatomy of a trademark registration from ipelton.wordpress.com

On behalf of the City of Falls Church Economic Development Authority, we recently obtained three trademark registrations for their marketing and promotional slogan, “The Little City” (developed by the wonderful talent at SmithGifford).  Why three ...

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Something to read, something to refer to? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Is there room for morality in IP, or has it been displaced by economics?  The November 2010 issue of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (JIPLP) is now available in full to its ...

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GSU Corporate IP Roundtable on November 4 and 5: A Great IP Event at a Great Discount from ipassetmaximizerblog.com

The GSU Corporate IP Institute: Not another CLE discussing case law.

Many of you who read my blog also follow my Tweet Streams when I am at conferences.  Last Fall, I blogged from the Georgia ...

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A tale of two airlines from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Cheap, no-frills airlines Ryanair and easyJet have both been in the news of late, as many of the IPKat's excited correspondents have kept reminding him.  Accordingly he thought he'd compose this little piece ...

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Do Copyrights deserve a longer protection than Patents? from www.ipeg.eu

Ever thought about the reasons why copyright owners have been able to extend the duration of the copyright law in many countries now to 70 years after the death of the author while patents are ...

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Patents from Korea from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk

This is the third in a series on Asian patenting (see my first and second posts). In 2000 Korea made up 1,578, or 1.6% of the total, of published WO “World” patent applications ...

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Stays Pending Patent Reexamination: Sweetening the Deal from www.patentspostgrant.com

Creative Motions Undermine Delay Prejudice

Earlier this week, we explored an often overlooked rule that could be used by creative defendants to accelerate inter partes patent reexamination. The rule, 37 CFR 1.953(b), allows ...

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ISO and brand valuation from www.athenaalliance.org

Joff Wild over at IAM magazine has the latest on the new ISO standard for brand valuation. The short take is that this appears to be a process standard. As the ISO website on the ...

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Friedman on a new energy program from www.athenaalliance.org

Tom Friedman on the Department of Energy's proposal to create eight Energy Innovation Hubs for research in advanced technologies -- and the question of whether Congress will allocated the requested $25 million to fund these ...

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The 2010 KSR Guidelines Update: The Nuts and Bolts of a Teaching Away Argument from www.baconthomas.com

2010 KSR Guidelines Update Read/download guidelines here Depuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. Read/download the decision here In Re ICON Health & Fitness Read/download the decision here Prepared by Kevin D ...

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Should Europe dictate US patent policy? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Beginning in the year 2001, Quillen and Webster produced a series of papers arguing that the US Patent Office had a phenomenally higher patent grant rate than did the EPO or the JPO. At the ...

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"how little control Apple gives its users" from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Within a post titled The Truth About Ditching The iPhone For Android, one finds text:

Switching from the iPhone to Android is all about getting control. Apple is all about figuring out the right way ...

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False Marking Case Transferred to Defendant's Home Forum, the Location of Evidence on Which "Liability Hinges" from docketreport.blogspot.com

Defendant's motion to transfer venue of plaintiff's qui tam false marking action was granted. "The sale of falsely marked products is one component of this lawsuit. Evidence regarding [defendant's] decision to 'mark ...

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Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Eisai Co., Ltd. (Fed. Cir. 2010) from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Federal Circuit expanded the scope of Article III jurisdiction under the Declaratory Judgment Act (28 U.S.C. § 2201) in the Hatch-Waxman context in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Eisai ...

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Complaints about plagiarists Barnicle and Goodwin from ipbiz.blogspot.com

A post on Slate begins:

Michael Getler, the ombudsman for PBS, heard from viewers upset that the frauds and plagiarists Mike Barnicle and Doris Kearns Goodwin were presented as talking heads in the new installment ...

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Gap's logo flap: "New Coke" reprised? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The Christian Scientist Monitor began its story on the "The Gap" logo matter:

In a remarkable testament to the power of social networks, Gap withdrew its proposed redesign after Gap customers and online fans slammed ...

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Sign Up For Email Alerts Of IP-Watch Burbles! from www.ip-watch.org

Now available for Intellectual Property Watch readers: Email alerts for the IP-Watch Burble microblog, our breaking news briefs. A free service available to all, just sign up for email alerts here if you don't ...

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High schools recruiting in Samoa from ipbiz.blogspot.com

CBS "60 Minutes" did a recent story on football players from Samoa.

A story on rivals.yahoo.com begins:

An elite private school in Austin, Texas, known for academics but not athletics is facing a ...

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Score One for the Big Guys: How to Trick a Future Nobel Laureate into Walking Away from a Patent and Giving Away His Rights for Free from sharpip.blogspot.com

Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly on Twitter) had a recent tweet about the Nobel Laureate Andre Geim who discovered graphene and many potential uses for the super strong two-dimensional diamond-like material. His tweet was "Puts the ...

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Hard Rock Café Sues Hard Rock Hotel for Trademark Infringement from tacticalip.com

by Mark Malek When I saw this blog post, it did not make sense to me at first.  Ryan Gile blogged about the case and I have been meaning to write about it, so this ...

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Fiscal Year 2010 – Increase in Allowance Rate Over Fiscal Year 2009. from anticipatethis.wordpress.com

Below is an excerpt from a recent post at the Director’s Forum:  David Kappos’ Public Blog, which commented on the hard work being done at the USPTO to improve patent quality and increase work ...

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Reflections on the USPTO Dashboard from www.uspto.gov

It is great to see the comments we’ve received since posting the initial Data Visualization Center dashboard on September 7.  Beginning this month, the USPTO will provide updates to the dashboard on or about ...

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Conception of an Invention from gordononpatentcases.blogspot.com

SOLVAY S.A. V. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

• The test for conception is whether the inventor had an idea that was definite and permanent enough that one skilled in the art could understand the invention.
• [Reproduction ...

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New Database of IP Case Studies from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com

The WIPO has launched a new database that contains profiles of intellectual property case studies from around the world. The collection of 100+ cases cover patents, trade marks and copyright and could be an excellent ...

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USPTO Adopts New Measure of Patent Examination Quality from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was adopting new, more comprehensive procedures for measuring the quality of patent examination. The new procedures were developed by a ...

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USPTO Extends Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was extending the Enhanced First Action Interview (FAI) pilot program for another six months. As a result of the extension ...

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