Patent & IP news for April 14, 2011

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

Today we bring you the last post of our five-part series on world patent and IP histories and laws, finishing in India. In this series, we’ve traveled through Brazil, China, Japan, and the European ...

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Something to read, Part II from ipkitten.blogspot.com

There was once a law firm called Hammonds, but now we have learned to call it Squire Sanders Hammonds: that's the name on the cover of E-Commerce and Convergence: A Guide to the Law ...

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Alder/Halder: challenging points not raised on appeal from ipkitten.blogspot.com

An interesting constitutional point cropped up in the General Court's decision in Case T‑209/09, Alder Capital Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market, Gimv Nederland BV,  delivered yesterday. It arose ...

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"The public should not be expected to check the EPO register", says judge from patlit.blogspot.com

Mr Justice Floyd (Patents Court, England and Wales) handed down his judgment in this morning in Lundbeck v Infosint [2011] EWHC 907 (Pat).  Simon Spink (Wragge & Co) has written this short summary, adding the observation ...

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If the photo fits, copy it ... from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Photo-fits are always a problem;
this was the best they could
do for Merpel ... In a busy week, a little-publicised Opinion from an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ ...

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Something to read, Part I from ipkitten.blogspot.com

As a friend and fellow-blogger, Peter Groves can expect a kind review from the IPKat.  On the other hand, the selfsame Kat came quite close to publishing an IP dictionary of his own with the ...

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Reaction to Manager's Amendment to House Patent Reform Bill from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- On Tuesday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) offered a Manager's Amendment to H.R. 1249, the House version of the America Invents Act (see "House Judiciary Chairman Releases Manager ...

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Sony v. Hotz lawsuit settled – Not likely due to reenactment of 90s movie “Hackers” by Anonymous from tacticalip.com

Scott Nyman A few months ago, I posted an article about the legal battle between Sony and George Hotz over the unlocking of Sony’s PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. Sony filed suit against GeoHot ...

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Jay Walker on patent infringment warpath from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Jay Walker/Walker Digital filed 15 patent suits Tuesday, April 12, 2011, against more than 100 companies.

Erich Spangenberg, CEO of IPNav, is acting as Walker Digital's IP advisor.

See the April 12 press ...

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Take Two for Eastman Kodak in Patent Row with Apple, RIM from www.iposgoode.ca

Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Eastman Kodak has received some uplifting news in its ongoing patent dispute with tech giants, Apple and Research In Motion. Last week, the US ...

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"Swing for the fences" research? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

CNET News discusses work of Nate Lewis (once involved in the "cold fusion" debate):

California Institute of Technology professor Nate Lewis on Saturday [April 9, 2011 at Yale] gave a snapshot of the "swing for ...

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New Members of the PPAC from www.patentlyo.com

The USPTO's Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) is an advisory board that advises the USPTO Director on management of the patent operations of the office, including policies, goals, budget, fees, and other office operations ...

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Microsoft Patent Lawsuit Reminds Us: Don’t Want It Read? Don’t Write It Down. from gametimeip.com

Mophie, maker of external batteries for the iPhone, filed a scathing malpractice lawsuit against its former patent attorneys. Among the sins allegedly committed by Loza & Loza, the most serious (if true) dealt with their “John ...

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Monopoly/Rent Seeking vs. Property Rights/Intellectual Property from hallingblog.com

Unfortunately, Libertarians, Socialists, and and many Economists do not know the difference between a monopoly and a property right. Here are three easy questions for Libertarians, Socialists, and Economists to determine if a right is ...

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David Fagundes on Roller Derby IP from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Can you learn something about intellectual property by studying roller derby girls? Apparently yes: David Fagundes (Southwestern Law) has posted an entertaining new article, Talk Derby to Me: Emergent Intellectual Property Norms Governing Roller Derby ...

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Doctrine of Equivalents Claim Barred Due to Insufficient Infringement Contentions Despite Use of Broad "Catch-All" Phrase from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment of noninfringement under the doctrine of equivalents because plaintiff failed to comply with Patent Local Rule 3-1(c). In doing so, the court rejected plaintiff's argument ...

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How I Wrapped my Mind Around The Japanese F-Term from intellogist.wordpress.com

When I first started learning about patent searches after coming to Landon IP, one of the most difficult concepts for me to grasp was the Japanese F-term classification system. I was used to hierarchical classification ...

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Stanford v. Roche: An Academic/Industry Collaboration Gone Wrong from ipwatchdog.com

This morning the first panel discussion is focusing on Stanford v. Roche, titled Who's Rights Are They Anyway? The first speaker, Maggie Shafmaster, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel, Genzyme Corporation, lead ...

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Music Copyright and Public Relations, an Uphill Battle with the Occasional Easy Target: Rogue Digital Music Stores from www.iposgoode.ca

Tom Gertner is a first year 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 ...

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A Landmark Case: The Aftermath of Myriad Genetics from ipwatchdog.com

Richard M. Marsh, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Myriad Genetics is on the panel. He started off his presentation explaining that he really wants to talk about the case and the issues, but ...

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EU Patent Is Dead! Long Live "European Patent With Unitary Effect." from www.ipjur.com

Recently, the European Commission has published Document COM(2011) 215/3 titled Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary ...

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Enhanced cooperation in unitary patent protection: the paperchase begins! from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The Kats have got
a lot of reading ahead ... From the admirable Steve Peers comes good news: the European Commission's proposals for the fate of the patent system in divided-we-stand, united-we-er-argue Europe are now ...

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Recent trademark registrations from ipelton.wordpress.com

Here is another sampling of recent registrations our clients have received from the USPTO, so readers can see real examples of brands and marks which are being protected [click trademark or logo to open USPTO ...

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Joint Infringement: When Multiple Actors Work in Concert from www.patentlyo.com

McKesson Technologies Inc. v. Epic Systems Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2011) Following its precedent, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has again ruled that infringement of a patented method requires that a single entity ...

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Ethical Issues: Staying in the Frying Pan and out of the Fire from ipwatchdog.com

In the situation where there is a joint research collaboration everything is fine, people are happy and hope springs eternal right up until that moment when everything falls apart. Then you have issues associated with ...

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In Smart Meter Patent Suit TransData Focuses Antennae on Texas Utility from www.greenpatentblog.com

TransData is a Texas company that designs and manufactures smart meters and related products. TransData owns U.S. Patents Nos. 6,181,294 (’294 Patent), 6,462,713 (’713 Patent) and 6,903,699 (’699 ...

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Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.: The Federal Circuit Rejects the 25% Rule from www.lawupdates.com

By Olivier A. Taillieu and Sarah S. Brooks || The Federal Circuit recently rejected the 25 percent rule in calculating damages and assessing a reasonable royalty. In Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 2011 WL ________ ...

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WIPO Hails 2 Millionth International Patent Application from www.ip-watch.org

In its slick new office building in Geneva, the World Intellectual Property Organization this week celebrated the 2 millionth patent filing under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, which it manages. In the foyer with white clad ...

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"They do it because they can" from ipbiz.blogspot.com

"So what if the balance of power is skewed in favor of Big Pharma? So what if pharma companies walk away from buyout deals after months of negotiations? They do it because they can. And ...

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Number of Patent Applications in Europe Hits All-Time High from www.infringementupdates.com

The following is excerpted from an April 13, 2011 news item from the European Patent Office: The EPO received 235 000 European patent filings in 2010, up 11% from 2009, marking the highest number ever ...

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