How to Investigate Patent Information on Google: A Case Study from intellogist.wordpress.com Last week I profiled how to use Google Scholar to research legal opinions. This week I’ll show how I used Google Scholar (in conjunction with Google Patents) to do some practical research using the ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
On my way to “Keep Austin Weird” from ipelton.wordpress.com Weather permitted, I’ll be flying out this morning to Austin, Texas to participate in the Cyberspace Institute of the American Bar Association Business Law Section. I’ll be speaking on Friday morning on Trademark ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Claim Construction and the Microsoft Computer Dictionary from www.717madisonplace.com Have you ever wondered if Microsoft’s computer dictionary has been used against it in patent litigation to construe patent claim terms? Apparently, at the district court level in Uniloc v. Microsoft an argument was ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Compulsory License for Patented Seeds? from www.pharmapatentsblog.com Congresswoman Kaptur (D-Ohio) renewed her efforts to allow farmers to harvest and replant seeds obtained from plants derived from patented seeds, by introducing the Seed Availability and Competition Act of 2011 (H.R. 307). Agricultural ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Mistake #6 when arguing at the BPAI: Arguing the TSM test for obviousness from allthingspros.blogspot.com This post continues with my series of "
Top 10 Mistakes in Arguing on Appeal to the BPAI." Today I'll discuss Mistake #6: Arguing the Teaching, Suggestion or Motivation test for obviousness.
More than three ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
A “Polite Request” For One Billion Dollars – Analysis Of A Pro Se Patent Infringement Complaint from gametimeip.com Samy Gharb is on a mission. Since November, he has been suing for infringement of his patent (USP 6,552,654) relating to mobile phones and security. Most recently, he sued Rockwell Automation, along with ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
CAFC Note on Incorporating Information By Reference from 271patent.blogspot.com Fifth Generation Computer Corp. v. IBM, No. 2010-1201 (Fed. Cir., January 26, 2011) (nonprecedential)
On appeal, 5th Generation and IBM tussled over the the construction of the term "root bus controller" in a patent directed ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Dun & Bradstreet and the intangible of reputation from www.athenaalliance.org Here is an interesting tidbit from BusinessWeek about the future plans for D&B;. The credit reporting part of the business has been spun off as Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. The CEO, Jeff Stibel, want ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Changing nature of innovation - business executive's view from www.athenaalliance.org The GE Global Innovation Barometer 2011 - a survey of business executives - is out with some interesting findings:
The "GE Global Innovation Barometer" found that 95 percent of respondents believe innovation is the main lever for ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
USPTO to Expand Work Sharing with Australia and Finland from info.inovia.com The United States Patent Office (USPTO) and IP Australia (IPAU) recently extended the existing Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program between the two offices. Originally scheduled to expire this year, this agreement extends the PPH program ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This Before…There’s a Patent Reform Act of 2011 from www.patentbaristas.com Senators Patrick Leahy, Orrin Hatch, and Chuck Grassley introduced The Patent Reform Act of 2011, which has been placed on the Judiciary Committee’s agenda for their first executive business meeting. The provisions and language ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
100 years of innovation and 100k+ patents: IBM from www.mxlegal.com Twitter | digg it | delicious | StumbleUpon | reddit
Is it possible for an old technology company to put together what is essentially a 13-minute commercial describing their contributions to society and make it compelling and engrossing? Yes ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
USPTO Backlog and President Obama’s Call For Innovation. from anticipatethis.wordpress.com This recent article by Paula Reid, CBS Evening News Online Contributor, highlights the backlog in patent applications at the USPTO relative to the recent State of the Union speech.
In his State of the Union ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook