Patent & IP news for November 14, 2010

New IP Strategists' Association being formed from ipfinance.blogspot.com

Readers may already know of plans to establish the International Intellectual Property Strategists Association (INTIPSA), which are now well advanced. According to the association's LinkedIn page,

Those leading the establishment of the association are ...

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SpicyIP Guest Post: Three strikes and you're out!!! from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

I'm pleased to present to our readers this excellent guest post by Sai Vinod, a student of NUJS, on the 'Three-Strike' rule which was recently recommended by the Committee on Piracy appointed by the ...

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Software Patents: Are They the Real Threat to the Smart-Phone Industrry? from ipfinance.blogspot.com


It is seldom that I focus on a Letter to the Editor. But I cannot resist the letter from Joshua Bloch, who is identified as Chief Java architect at Google, which was published in the ...

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Godici & Stoll Discuss Benefits & Pitfalls of Three Track from ipwatchdog.com

Godici told me that those who are not familiar with Three Track will soon need to familiarize themselves because this is going to happen. "This time next year we will be operating in some kind ...

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Facebook sues Faceporn for Trademark Infringement from tacticalip.com

by Mark Malek Continuing on its war against anyone who uses the term “Face” or “Book” anywhere near each other, Facebook has now sued Faceporn for trademark infringement (source).  Normally, I would come down pretty ...

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Supreme Court Oral Argument in Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega S.A. from www.717madisonplace.com

The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument this past week in Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega S.A., a copyright case appealled from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

November 15-16, 2010 - European Pharmaceutical Regulatory Law Boot Camp*** (American Conference Institute) - New York, NY November 15-16, 2010 - Patent Litigation 2010 (Practising Law Institute) - New York, NY (Groupcasts to be held in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Astrazeneca UK Ltd. et al. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al. 2:10-cv-01969; filed November 11 ...

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