Patent & IP news for April 5, 2011

The Future ... is Today from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Coach and horses in search of a unitary
right for them to drive through Today's the day of the MARQUES Class 46 seminar, "The Future: next steps for trade marks in Europe", the details ...

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'Lawyers prevent open access to the TKDL' from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

That lawyers are a universally disliked community is well known, and probably brings resigned smiles to several faces. But it is truly amusing to discover that this has what has prevented India’s “pioneering” Traditional ...

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USPTO Announces Launch Date for Fast-Track Patent Processing from www.patentabilityblog.com

On April 4, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced plans for the agency to begin accepting requests for prioritized examination of patent applications – allowing inventors and businesses to have their patents ...

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All Things Pros from allthingspros.blogspot.com

BPAI reverses obviousness because invention solved different problem than either reference

Takeaway: The BPAI reversed an obviousness rejection when the claimed invention solved one problem, yet the primary reference solved another problem, and the secondary ...

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Three Heads, one mind from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It was soon apparent that the three Heads
were in congenial agreement with one another It's a busy day for the IPKat, so he has popped in and out of the first Managing Intellectual ...

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International Patent History and Laws: China from info.articleonepartners.com

Today we bring you the second article in our five-part series on world patent and IP history and laws. In this series, we’ll travel through Brazil, China, Japan, the European Union and India, highlighting ...

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Fast Track 12-Month Examination Begins May 4, 2011 - $4,000 fee from www.patentlyo.com

The new prioritized examination system known as "Track One" will begin on May 4, 2011. For a $4,000 fee, the USPTO will prioritize the handling of your patent application with a goal of reaching ...

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The Hinxton Group Foresees Stem Cell Issues and Proposes Solutions from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Think tanks, consortia, foundations, subcommittees, and "working groups" frequently assay an area with some social, economic, or technological significance to determine whether issues exist or can be anticipated that deserve to ...

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USPTO Implements Fast Track Patent Review Program from ipspotlight.com

This week, the USPTO published a final rule that will allow applicants to speed up the patent examination process in exchange for a substantial fee.  Published in the April 4, 2011 edition edition of the ...

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Rare Patent Lawsuit Identifies Smartphone Apps from gametimeip.com

Last week, a lawsuit mentioned on FOSSPatents (and, eventually, everywhere) raised eyebrows because of its inclusion of smartphone applications as part of the accused systems.  Florian Muller writes: What’s really disconcerting about this lawsuit ...

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Fast-Track Patent Processing at USPTO to Begin May 4, 2011. from anticipatethis.wordpress.com

Per this press release yesterday at the USPTO: USPTO Announces Launch Date for Fast-Track Patent Processing USPTO to begin accepting requests for prioritized examination of patent applications on May 4, 2011 Washington – The United States ...

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Supreme Court Lifts Stay in Radio Compulsory Licensing Dispute from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

We had blogged earlier on the stay issued by the Supreme Court in the long and tortuous radio station compulsory licensing dispute that has been languishing in courts and tribunals for more than a decade ...

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Breaking News: Justice Sridevan Appointed as IPAB Chairman from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

A writ petition was recently filed by the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) asking that the court direct the government to immediately appoint judicial and other members to the IPAB...a problematic tribunal that has ...

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How innovation really works from www.athenaalliance.org

Innovation happens! And in strange ways and not in a basic-research-to-final-product mode. Here is a perfect example where some innovators took a wild idea and made it happen -- Hackers Make Gmail April Fools Joke Into ...

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LII in India: Kolkata Launch of Open Access Portal from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

The Legal Information Institute (LII), an organisation at the forefront of driving open access in all things related to law, launches in India in a big way.

The Legal Information Institute of India (LII of ...

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Nathan Myrhvold and Jerome Lemelson: The Eccentric Innovators from intellogist.wordpress.com

After I wrote the post on patent trolls last week, a coworker, Patent Analyst Larry Marcoux at Landon IP, told me about an interesting man who might have been considered a “patent troll.” Larry sent ...

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WIPO: Trademark Filings Up Again; Now, Think Design! from www.ip-watch.org

International trademark applications are on the rise, reflecting economic recovery, as are industrial design applications, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization. However, the WIPO system for registering industrial design applications, though showing a strong ...

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Return of exotic secutization? from www.athenaalliance.org

From the WSJ Real Time Economics blog Appetite Grows for Exotic Asset-Backed Securities. The article mentions that securities backed by assets such as timber harvests, timeshare revenue and cellphone-tower leases are offering higher yields that ...

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Kanye West Wins Copyright Battle from www.iposgoode.ca

Alwyn Phillips is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to ...

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CIPLA files for a compulsory license against Merck's Isentress from spicyipindia.blogspot.com


SpicyIP brings to its readers another spicy post from Suchita Siagal, this time on Complusory Licensing.  Suchita provides a possible solution to one of the compulsory licensing issues arising from a recent case involving Merck ...

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Answering The Bell – Google’s Attempt To Leverage Nortel Patent Acquisition from gametimeip.com

Answering criticisms that its patent portfolio lacks any real substance, Google has now put $900 Million on the table to acquire the Nortel portfolio.  While Google claims that the move is purely defensive (and so ...

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Strike That, Reverse It – Apple Wins $625 Reversal for Cover Flow from tacticalip.com

By Scott Nyman The people at Apple must be having a good day today, considering the recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis of the Eastern District of Texas, reversing the a prior ...

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Biotech/Pharma Docket from www.patentdocs.org

By James DeGiulio -- Cephalon's Fentora Patent Found Valid, Infringed by Watson Cephalon enjoyed a needed victory in its patent dispute with Watson over Fentora after one of the patents at issue in the case ...

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