Patent & IP news for January 25, 2011

Galileo and the case of the ventilating hearing officer from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The original Galileo There has been a fair bit of bad blood between Galileo -- not the astronomer but the company -- and the European Commission in recent times over use of the word 'Galileo' by the ...

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Why we should all be talking about Deepdyve from intellogist.wordpress.com

The first time I ever heard of Deepdyve, I was extremely pleased with the idea behind it and thought it would quickly become the new model for online access to journal articles. That was last ...

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Kodak Facing Patent Defeat to Apple & RIM, Patent Reaffirmed by PTO in Reexam Falters at International Trade Commission from ipwatchdog.com

On January 14, 2010, Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) brought an action at the International Trade Commission (ITC) challenging the importation of certain RIM Blackberry phones and Apple iPhones.   Kodak alleged that the importation of ...

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Rogue websites: a problem ... and a prize from ipkitten.blogspot.com

If only cyber-pest control were so simple ... The IPKat has made much in recent weeks of the difficulties faced by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in its battle with the World Intellectual Property Database ...

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The Nexus between Biotechnology and Economic Recovery from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- In anticipation of President Obama's State of the Union address tomorrow, Jim Greenwood, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization made a recommendation today in The Arena portion of ...

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The Terrible Towel and Trademarks from tacticalip.com

By: Mark R. Malek I figured that the timing of this story just could not be any better.  I was just in Pittsburgh to see the AFC Championship game between the New York Jets and ...

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Critiquing competitiveness - and getting it wrong from www.athenaalliance.org

Every once and awhile commentators who I respect go off track. For example, Ezra Klein's and Paul Krugman's comment on competitiveness are just wrong headed.

Klein's column in today's Washington Post ...

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Kodak Receives Notice of Initial Determination in ITC Patent Infringement Action Against Apple and Research In Motion from www.infringementupdates.com

The following is excerpted from a January 24, 2011Kodak press releasepublished at Business Wire:

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) today announced that it has received notice that the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in ...

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Arlington Industries v. Bridgeport Fittings: "The specification is the heart of the patent" from www.patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen

Arlington Indus., Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2011)
Panel: Rader (author) Lourie (concurring in part and dissenting in part), Moore

At first glance, Arlington v. Bridgeport presents a seemingly typical ...

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Princo v. U.S. Philips: Limiting the Patent Misuse Defense from www.lawupdates.com

By || An en banc opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit narrows the scope of the patent misuse doctrine by holding that antitrust violations alone do not support a patent ...

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