The Teveen Plan: will the Dutch downloading dyke burst? from ipkitten.blogspot.com The IPKat has noticed that there has suddenly been a lot of discussion about what the Dutch are -- or are not -- doing about unauthorised downloading of copyright-protected work in the Netherlands. He is therefore delighted ...
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Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com This case is all about
seats for airplanes If you are a patent-y person, you may have been following the fiercely contested litigation in
Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited v v Premium Aircraft Interiors (UK) Limited ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Do we trivialise inventors, inventions and Government ministers? from ipkitten.blogspot.com Q: Why is Wallace the odd one out?
A: He is the only one who
gets to say some decent lines A media release from the United Kingdom's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
PCC Page 24 – One strike (with a tentacle) -- but are you out? from patlit.blogspot.com The PatLit PCC Series, subtly scripted by the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA), seeks to explain how litigation works in the recently-revamped Patents County Court (PCC) for England and Wales, taking as its theme ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
House Judiciary Chairman Releases Manager's Amendment to H.R. 1249 from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan -- If politics is the art of the possible, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) (at right) is doing whatever he can to make passage of H.R. 1249 (the "America ...
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Cisco discontinues Flip Video, but why? from ipbiz.blogspot.com Within a piece on Cisco dropping Flip Video:
It appears to be a case of a big company proving a poor custodian of a small one, even one that makes a hit product. Cisco never ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Administrative appeals in China - check your post from patlit.blogspot.com That the Chinese courts are sticklers for procedural detail is well-known, writes Sharon Qiao of Rouse Beijing. A recent
IP Kat blog pointed out to foreign litigants the fundamental importance of having evidence for use ...
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Studies on cellulosic ethanol at Kansas State University from ipbiz.blogspot.com On April 12, 2011, the Kansas City Star talked about a Dept. of Agriculture grant to Kansas State University in the area of cellulosic ethanol:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday awarded about ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
"Very much tongue in cheek and a little over the top" from ipbiz.blogspot.com Fred Dalton Thompson described his appearance on "The Good Wife" on April 12, 2011 as
very much tongue in cheek and a little over the top.As brought out in the court scene with fellow ...
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RIM's PlayBook tablet raises Android IP questions from fosspatents.blogspot.com Tomorrow (Thursday, April 14), Research In Motion ("RIM") will demo its PlayBook tablet computer to select journalists. The media reports I saw in the build up to its launch mostly express skepticism concerning the market ...
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Congress Continues to Play Politics with PTO Appropriations from inventivestep.net The PTO budget for FY2011 lists expected revenue from user fees at $2.19 billion. Yet, in H.R. 1473, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, that was passed by Congress on Friday to avert ...
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Article One Featured Researcher: Sebastiano from info.articleonepartners.com A native of Catania, Italy, Sebastiano, Ph.D., is this week’s Featured Researcher. An associate professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Università di Catania, Sebastiano also performs academic research and often travels ...
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Study: Patent Applications Rise On Flu Genetic Resources; Questioning WIPO Report from www.ip-watch.org As a backdrop to World Health Organization members meeting this week in search of a global strategy for future influenza pandemics, the pharmaceutical industry and other actors have been developing a keen interest in patents ...
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PTO FY2011 Numbers So Far from inventivestep.net March marked the end of the first half of FY2011 and provides a time to refer to the PTO’s numbers again, as reported by the Data Visualization Center. The numbers below are comparisons of ...
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Infringement Claims Against "Different Accused Products" Should be Asserted in Separate Lawsuits from docketreport.blogspot.com The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss for misjoinder where plaintiff sued three unrelated companies with unrelated products for infringement of plaintiff's patent. "[N]o conspiracy, joint action, or common transaction or occurrence by ...
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Walker Digital Litigation: The Bruce Schneier Effect (And Other Miscellaneous Updates) from gametimeip.com Since Walker Digital‘s announcement of 15 lawsuits against more than 100 companies, news coverage has exploded, the vast majority of which simply recycle the press release, or drop in miscellaneous notes about other Walker ...
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EPO Patent Applications Hit All-Time Record, Medical Technology In Lead from www.ip-watch.org The European Patent Office (EPO) announced today that patent applications reached an all-time record in 2010, with an increase of 11 percent over 2009. According to a press release, 235,000 patent filings were received ...
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Way to go Congress – Last Week’s Stunt = Cut in USPTO Funding from tacticalip.com By: Mark R. Malek As you may have read in my last post, I am just slightly ticked off at Congress for screwing around last week and just about shutting down the government. The good ...
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Cloud-Based Content and TPMs: the Cloud’s Part in the Next Incarnation of Copyright Reform from www.iposgoode.ca Clara Klein 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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“Growth is Back” at the EPO from info.inovia.com Like every other sector of business and industry, international patent filings were not immune to the effects of the recent global economic downturn. In fact, I had previously noted that 2009 marked the first year ...
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Australian Patent Search: AusPat v2 Launches from intellogist.wordpress.com AusPat version 2.0 has made quite a splash in the world of Australian patent searching. IP Australia launched the updated version with many new features and greater coverage following a lengthy Beta period. With ...
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USPTO Online Practice Tips from ipelton.wordpress.com It is easier than ever to stay current with information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). The USPTO website contains a plethora of useful information. In addition to the frequently used TESS ...
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Proposals For Single EU Patent Issued; Doubts About EU Patent Court Remain from www.ip-watch.org Legislative proposals for a single European patent emerged from the European Commission this week. If approved by the European Parliament and Council, the measures will make patents granted in one country valid in all participating ...
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Has Jay Walker Rendered Intellectual Ventures Irrelevant? from gametimeip.com In a new age of large-scale patent assertion, Walker Digital may have outdone all earlier comers, including Intellectual Ventures, and the inexplicably notable Interval Licensing. PaidContent.org staff reporter Joe Mullin asks: Is Jay Walker ...
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AIPLA Expresses Deep Concern Over USPTO Funding in CR from ipwatchdog.com H.R. 1473, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, is the legislation reflecting the compromise on the Continuing Resolution to fund the government for fiscal 2011. The letters point out that the provisions of the ...
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Did the CAFC Miss the Real “Written Description” Issue in Crown Packaging? from ipwatchdog.com In my view, both the majority opinion, as well as Judge Dyk’s dissent, miss the real “written description” problem in Crown Packaging which has nothing to do with whether the common patent specification illustrates ...
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One Remaining Vacancy from www.717madisonplace.com Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of Edward C. DuMont’s original nomination to the Federal Circuit. He still has yet to receive a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Edward C. DuMont U.S ...
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Challenging a KSR substitution rationale from allthingspros.blogspot.com Yesterday's blog post (
here) discussed
Ex parte Parker, in which the BPAI affirmed an obviousness rejection for an introducer sheath (a medical device used in angioplasty). The Board reached the conclusion of obviousness on ...
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ITC 337 Investigations vs. District Court Litigation from www.infringementupdates.com The American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education will present the above-titled teleconference and live audio webcast on May 10, 2011 contrasting procedures and remedies available ...
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