Patent & IP news for November 11, 2010

Spanish fly in the ointment spoils EU patent dreams from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Via a number of sources, including the IPKat's friend Stephanie Bodoni (Bloomberg) comes news that the European Union has [predictably, say some people] failed to find a compromise on a system to make it ...

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Just in time for Christmas: IP protection on a plate from ipkitten.blogspot.com

You may know Lapin
Poron kuivaliha like this ...  With the prolonged end-of-year festive season looming ever closer, Santa Claus is probably already working hard in his North Pole HQ to ensure that his elite ...

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Therasense to Amplify Demand for Patent Reexamination? from www.patentspostgrant.com

The USPTO can Demonstrate the What, Where, Why, and How

The affirmative defense of inequitable conduct is commonplace in most patent disputes. Indeed, many have labeled this defense a “plague” due to its over-use by ...

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Meet the new PatBase from intellogist.wordpress.com

Not the same as the old PatBase, to reverse The Who lyric. Minesoft PatBase has a new preview release that incorporates several new features such as a redesigned user interface, highlighting system, multi-window support and ...

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Groggle for Google from ipfinance.blogspot.com

Google has entered into a settlement agreement to stop an alcohol price comparison website from setting up as Groggle. The soon-to-be-launched Australian site will locate cheap alcohol based on a post code search. Last September ...

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RSA's TIA - the resurrector of innovation from ipfinance.blogspot.com

South Africa's new Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), which has been formed to support the commercialisation of local research and development, was formally launched at the end of October with a budget of R410million (approx ...

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BPAI confgured to inherency speculation capable of from allthingspros.blogspot.com

Takeaway: In Ex parte Tipley, the claims described physical parts "configured to" move in a specified manner. The Examiner acknowledged that the reference did not teach parts configured to move as claimed. The Examiner insisted ...

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Public sector lost opportunities from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Buzby: judging by the caption,
he not only talks but tells lies ... The IPKat has often wondered about the failure of public sector bodies to capitalise on their IP. In some instances they have concocted ...

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Federal Circuit Holds Abraxis Lacked Standing in Ropivacaine Case, Sidestepping Interesting Questions of Jurisdiction Under 271(e)(2) and Inducement of Infringement from www.orangebookblog.com

Abraxis Bioscience v. Navinta, No. 2009-1539 (Fed. Cir. 2010)

In 2006, Navinta filed an ANDA for a generic version of Naropin (ropivacaine), a drug indicated for use in surgical anasthesia and acute pain management.  At ...

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Clinical Trial Requirements Are Top Issue at FDA Hearings on Biosimilars from www.patentdocs.org

By James DeGiulio -- Last week, the Food and Drug Administration began gathering information on how to implement the new biosimilar approval pathway of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (see "FDA Planning to Hold ...

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Amicus Briefs in AMP v. USPTO: Genetic Alliance from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- In an amicus brief filed in Association of Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Genetic Alliance has joined nine other amici (of which Patent Docs is aware) in supporting ...

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A Tale Of A Visually Impaired Reader from www.ip-watch.org

I'd like to introduce myself and put my personal experience in the hands of all concerned parties and people, hoping that this will help to give a better comprehension (explain) about the situation of ...

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حكاية لقارئ من ضعاف البصر from www.ip-watch.org

بكل احترام يسعدني أن أضع تجربتي الشخصية , بين يدي كل من يهمه أن يطلع عليه متمنين أن تكون إفهاما متواضعا لأجل الوصول إلى اتفاقية دولية تيسر الاطلاع على المعرفة لذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة. د/ محمد محسن ...

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University Inventions, Stanford vs. Roche from www.ipeg.eu

Can a university “retain” something it never had to begin with?  Can the federal government “receive” rights from inventors with whom it has no contractual relationship?  In post-Bayh-Dole America, with whom do rights to innovation ...

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Botox vs Botumax: EGC rules TM case in favour of Botox from www.iposgoode.ca

Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Whether it’s the topic of discussion in a cosmetics magazine or the latest legal defence, the botulinum toxin (aka ‘Botox’) makes its reputation ...

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Solution for Dealing with “Unrelated” Prior Art from ocpatentlawyer.com

During examination of a patent, an examiner searches a number of databases in search of “analogous” prior art references which either disclose the same or is sufficiently close to the invention so that the examiner ...

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Now THAT's smart from intellectualprofit.blogspot.com

If I had a hat, I would raise it to the principal of St. Aidan's primary school in Wexford, Ireland.

His contribution to developing young minds is not to just accept the laptop and ...

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Australian Patent Office Creates Uncertainty On Patentability of Business Methods from www.patentbaristas.com

The APO has issued a decision which has created uncertainty regarding the patentability of business methods.

Until recently, our advice to clients was that business methods were patentable in AU, provided that the claims were ...

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Patent trolls by the gigabyte from tacticalip.com

By Scott Nyman This week, Rembrandt IP filed patent infringement suits against hard drive manufactures Seagate and Western Digital in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The complaint alleges the ...

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Attention Inventors: Everyday Edisons – Casting Call from patentlawip.blogspot.com


Think you have a good idea? The Emmy and Telly-Award-winning PBS television show “Everyday Edisons” announced recently that it is currently casting for its fourth season, set to air summer of 2011. The program is ...

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More EPO rule changes - this time it's good news (mostly) from ipkitten.blogspot.com

There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth among patent attorneys and applicants over the new rules that the EPO's Administrative Council has inflicted upon us over the past year or two. Rule ...

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Federal Circuit Hears TiVo v. Dish Oral Arguments En Banc from ipwatchdog.com

On Tuesday, November 9, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in TiVo, Inc. v. EchoStar Corp. The case pits TiVo versus Dish, and any ruling from the ...

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Second Peer To Patent Pilot Announced from www.baconthomas.com

Read/download the Press Release here Prepared by Patrick M. Buechner In Press Release 10-50, dated October 19, 2010 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the expansion of the Peer to Patent ...

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Joint Classification Project Announced from www.baconthomas.com

Read/download the Press Release here Prepared by Patrick M. Buechner In Press Release 10-51, dated October 25, 2010 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced plans to develop a joint patent classification ...

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Veteran themed trademarks from ipelton.wordpress.com

Today we celebrate Veteran’s Day and give thanks to all those who serve and have served the United States to protect it and our freedoms.

Here are a few Veteran themed trademark registrations (click ...

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Managing IP’s China Trends Survey from info.inovia.com

Similar to our US IP Trends Survey, Managing Intellectual Property magazine conducted a survey on the state of the IP industry in China. 

Respondents representing in-house counsel for 80 China-based companies answered questions pertaining to ...

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