Patent & IP news for November 17, 2010

Copying without infringing: conference report 2 from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Darren Meale (Herbert Smith) then discussed the question whether the European Court of Justice has killed fair competition following its decision in Case C-487/07 L'Oréal v Bellure and the application of its ruling ...

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What’s the big deal about flat fee legal services? from ipelton.wordpress.com

A lot has been written in the last year about flat fees and legal services. Many firms have begun to offer flat fees for some services, or to use other “alternative fee arrangements” blending flat ...

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Congress Back To Censoring Internet from blawgit.com

Congress Back to Business as Usual
Now that the elections are over, Congress can get back to the job of censoring the internet. The kerfuffle over the TSA taking naked pictures of you and/or ...

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Items of interest: STN, Innography, and Fairview’s Alexandria from intellogist.wordpress.com

There are three interesting topics I am pursuing this week.  There’s so much to write about I can’t keep up! I wanted to do a quick round-up to keep you all informed of ...

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Boot camps: do expert witnesses need them? from patlit.blogspot.com

I've just been reading an advertisement for a Patent Expert Witness Boot Camp presented by Patent Calls (details here). The very concept, and its presentation, signify instantly that it's a US initiative.  The ...

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They Invented What? (No. 188) from anticipatethis.wordpress.com

U.S. Pat. No. 7,117,611: Body hair and feet drying chair.

Field of the Invention:

The present invention relates to a human body drying apparatus. More specifically, the invention is a body hair ...

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Changing Gear in Patent Reexamination Stalls Related Litigation from www.patentspostgrant.com

Late Amendment Tips Scales in Favor of Defendants

Last Wednesday, Judge Davis (EDTX) was asked to revisit a motion to stay an ongoing litigation between SouthWire Company v. Cerro Wire, et al. pending concurrent patent ...

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Singing the White Shark Grey Goods Blues ... from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Great White Sharks can be pretty scary ... From the IPKat's Australian friends at Allens Arthur Robinson comes news of a recent decision that might appeal to his trade mark readers.  It's Sporte Leisure ...

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Copying without infringing: conference report 4 from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The final paper on the "Copying Without Infringing" programme today was delivered by Harbottle & Lewis solicitor Mark Owen, who is no stranger to the blogosphere (see here and here). Speaking on Where should our IP ...

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Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Around the blogs.  If you really enjoy a complex web of legal, contractual and cultural interrelation, try "Ownership and renewal rights in Bob Marley's albums" by Eddy Ventose, a current intelligence note shortly to ...

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Copying without infringing: conference report 1 from ipkitten.blogspot.com

"Copying without infringing" is the annual conference run in London by CLT and which tackles the borders of acceptability of third party activity which involves the use of the IP of others: how can liability ...

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Cancer Research Technology Ltd. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2010) from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, in Cancer Research Technology Ltd. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed the decision by the District Court for the District of Delaware holding U.S. Patent No. 5 ...

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The hands-free umbrella from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk

Yesterday I came across an article in the free Metro newspaper about taxi-driver Ibrar Ahmed from Bolton and his hands-free umbrella. A photograph in the article shows the idea. A strap is used to...

(From ...

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SpicyIP Jobs: Lead IPR Counsel for tech MNC from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

A leading technology MNC seeks to bring in an IPR Specialist with 12-15 years experience as Lead IPR Counsel for the organisation. The role will involve managing and securing the organizations worldwide IP assets.

A ...

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Delhi HC rules against Gatorade and Saffola descriptive tag-words from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

The Delhi High Court has in two recent cases over the past fortnight refused to grant injunctions on substantially descriptive marks, using the decisions as an opportunity to censure such "bad" trademark registrations, and discuss ...

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Facebook Announces Email Service from www.iposgoode.ca

Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Monday that the site’s instant messaging system will soon be getting a major overhaul. The revamped system ...

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Want growth? Invest in intangibles! from www.athenaalliance.org

David Leonhardt's piece in today' New York Times on the various deficit reduction proposals reminds us that the best deficit reduction program is to increase economic growth.

Unfortunately, most of the so-called growth proposals ...

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Defendants' Statements Challenging Validity of Asserted Patents Undermine Equitable Estoppel Defense from docketreport.blogspot.com

In denying defendants' motion for summary judgment on the issue of equitable estoppel, the court found that "[g]enuine issues of material fact exist as to whether [defendants] actually relied on [plaintiff's] action (or ...

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The Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative Part 3: Implications for foreign from www.postgrant.com

The USPTO's Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative includes additional requirements for applications that are based on a prior foreign-filed application. However, the impact of the new requirements could be seen as putting foreign applicants ...

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Wednesday Shorts from 271patent.blogspot.com

Not So Fast, One-Click-Patent . . . :  Last month, Amazon scored a big victory when the
Federal Court of Canada overturned the Patent Commissioner's decision to refuse a patent to Amazon.com for its “one click” business ...

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We Love Your Blog! 50 Best Patent Blogs from www.patentbaristas.com

Deservedly or not, Patent Baristas has been featured on the Guide to Online School’s list of the Top 50 Patent blogs.  For the list, Online Schools hand-picked a list of their favorite patent blogs ...

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List of 50 Best Patent Blogs Features Docket Report from docketreport.blogspot.com



Docket Report has been featured on Guide to Online School's list of the Top 50 Patent blogs.

"We hand-picked a list of our favorite patent blogs and outlined the unique reasons why we think ...

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Copying without infringing: conference report 3 from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Opening the post-lunch session of "Copying Without Infringement", Peter Groves (Consultant, CJ Jones Solicitors LLP and IPso Jure blogger) spoke on the recent litigation in Numatic International Ltd v Qualtex UK Ltd , (noted here by ...

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All Things Pros from allthingspros.blogspot.com


Takeaway: In Ex parte Bayley, the BPAI affirmed an obviousness rejection because "an airbag inflatable to a first pressure  ...  determined from a graph that plots pressure versus thickness" did not distinguish the airbag from any ...

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Europeans Tongue-Tied Up In Debate Over Patent Reform from www.iposgoode.ca

Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School At a meeting held in Brussels last week, EU delegates came no closer to reaching consensus on a unified European patent system. After years ...

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