Patent & IP news for April 30, 2011

USPTO Official “Optimistic” that Green Patent Fast Track will be Extended Again from www.greenpatentblog.com

Last week Robert Bahr, the Acting Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), said he was “optimistic” that the USPTO would extend the Green Technology Pilot Program ...

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It's not about the Money anymore: CSIR to adopt New Developmental Model for Patenting from spicyipindia.blogspot.com


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Departing from the days of vigorously emulating the Western model of industry-centric IP protection under its erstwhile director R.A. Mashelkar, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) seems to ...

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Guest Post: New developments from ICANN from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

It gives me great pleasure to introduce this second guest post from Mr. Arun Mohan. Arun completed his LLB from the London School of Economics (LSE) and is currently an associate with Mohan Associates, Chennai ...

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Judge Sparks Accepts Special Master's Claim Construction in Hydro-Quebec v. Valence Case from www.infringementupdates.com

Judge Sparks issued an order on April 26, 2011 in the Hydro-Quebec v. Valence Technology, Inc. (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, Case No. A-06-CA-111-SS) patent infringement case accepting ...

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Eastman Chemical win on "best mode" affirmed by CAFC from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The CAFC decision was a mixed bag as to the Wellman patents:

Because the specifica-
tions of the Wellman patents do not set forth the best
mode of carrying out the invention contemplated by at ...

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Biofuels exec murdered in "Blue Bloods" episode from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Iowa biofuel exec "Lance Olsen" got whacked outside a trendy lower East Side restaurant ("Kississime"?) in the April 29, 2011 episode of "Blue Bloods." Commissioner Regan has to defend the safety of the $30 billion ...

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Another false marking case dies from ipbiz.blogspot.com

One has an interesting fact pattern in this qui tam case:

Juniper makes and sells computer networking prod-
ucts to businesses, including a variety of firewall prod-
ucts. Juniper asserts that Shipley, an alleged computer ...

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BILLUPS-ROTHENBERG loses at CAFC over written description, anticipation from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In the BILLUPS-ROTHENBERG, INC. case,
a summary judgment of invalidity based on lack
of written description and anticipation was affirmed by the
CAFC. At issue as a genetic test for Type I hereditary hemochro-
matosis ...

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Google’s Groupon Clone Already Involved in a Patent Infringement Case from tacticalip.com

By: Mark R. Malek As you may recall, I reported a few months ago that Groupon turned down a $6 billion offer for purchase made by Google.  To this day, I just can’t figure ...

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Guest Post: More on Google's European battles from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

It gives me great pleasure to introduce this guest post from Mr. Arun Mohan. Arun completed his LLB from the London School of Economics (LSE) and is currently an associate with Mohan Associates, Chennai. His ...

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