Patent & IP news for December 11, 2010

Quiet Broken from www.patenthawk.com

For a decade, Intellectual Ventures has been amassing a fortune in patents, both by purchase and by invention. IV has been quietly licensing. The silence was broken Wednesday, when nine security-software companies who refused quiet ...

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Nortel's Patent Assets from ipfinance.blogspot.com

We've reported from time to time on the planned sale of Nortel's patent assets which have attracted the interest of a number of companies, particular the portfolio related to the sale of the ...

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Coming Soon: International Classification of Traditional Medicine by WHO from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

The World Health Organisation in its recent press release has said that it will “develop, for the first time, a classification of traditional medicine, paving the way for the objective evaluation of its benefits”; the ...

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Symposium on Role of Intellectual Property in Development from www.patentdocs.org

The World Bank Legal Vice Presidency will be hosting a Symposium on "The Role of Intellectual Property in Development" on Thursday, December 16, 2010 from 12:30 to 4:15 pm at its headquarters in ...

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BIO Announces Return to Chicago for 2013 and 2016 Conventions from www.patentdocs.org

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) recently announced that it will be holding both its 2013 and 2016 International Conventions in Chicago, the site of BIO 2010 this past May and BIO 2006 four years earlier ...

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Webinar on Obviousness Guidelines from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "New USPTO Guidelines and the Obviousness Standard for Patents" on January 12, 2011, from 1:00 - 2:30 PM (EST). Karen Canaan of CanaanLaw will provide a review ...

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LEI National CLE Conference from www.patentdocs.org

Law Education Institute, Inc. (LEI) will be holding the 28th Annual National CLE Conference on January 1-5, 2011 in Vail, Colorado. The Intellectual Property program of the conference, which will be held at the Vail ...

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EU Patent from patlit.blogspot.com

On December 8, the Financial Times informed that 10 countries have decided to create their own European Patent System:

“10 countries have formally asked the European Commission to go ahead on an enhanced co-operation” basis ...

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Rule 141 EPC: some good news from ipkitten.blogspot.com

As from 1 January 2011 Rule 141 EPC, as modified by Administrative Council decision CA/D 18/09, will require applicants to supply search results relating to any priority filings. On the face of it ...

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