Patent & IP news for May 1, 2011

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post image Darjeeling for Two in Kolkata from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

By way of an update on the “Darjeeling” Geographical Indications (GI) case we reported on some days ago, we have uploaded a copy of the decision on our site. This is a very interesting decision ...

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post image Green Leaf Greenwash?: Letter to FTC Targets CBS EcoAds Program from www.greenpatentblog.com

EcoMedia, a division of CBS, owns six pending trademark applications for the marks ECOAD and ECOAD (and Design) (shown above), for various services including fundraising for environmental protection and media and advertising services (see, e ...

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post image A new Kat for the IPKat team from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The IPKat's blogging team is delighted to announce the appointment of a seventh team member, this being none other than Catherine M. Lee.  Having qualified as a solicitor and trade mark attorney in Australia ...

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CBS Sunday Morning on May 1, 2011 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Charles Osgood introduced the stories for May 1, 2011. Dean Reynolds in Tucaloosa. Katie Couric at 10 Downing Street interviewing David Cameron. Rita Braver on Actor Cary Grant. Real life father. The persona, the charm ...

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“Feature of the present invention” from www.717madisonplace.com

In Lexion Medical, LLC v. Northgate Technologies, Inc. et al., 2009-1494 (Fed. Cir. April 22, 2011), the Federal Circuit addressed the construction of a phrase in a claim that included the word “within.”   The court ...

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Rembrandt v. AOL: Licensing and Indefiniteness from www.patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen Rembrandt Data Technologies, LP v. AOL, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2011) Download 10-1002 Panel: Gajarsa (Linn), Linn, and Dyk In 2008, Rembrandt sued Canon and Hewlett-Packard, among others, for infringement of Patent Nos ...

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Book Review -- The Generic Challenge: Understanding Patents, FDA and Pharmaceutical Life-Cycle Management (3rd Ed.) from www.orangebookblog.com

Over the weekend I read the new, third edition of "The Generic Challenge: Understanding Patents, FDA and Pharmaceutical Life-Cycle Management," by Martin A. Voet ($28.95 at Amazon). Mr. Voet was formerly Senior Vice President ...

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Plagiarism charged leveled against Gwendolyn Griffith Adell from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The Journal Gazette noted:

Adell submitted a dissertation entitled "African American Female Administrators: Leadership in Context," to Purdue in December 2004 as a doctoral candidate. Portions of the document are nearly identical (see box on ...

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The Google Book Settlement and Orphan Works from ipwatchdog.com

I don’t think anyone will disagree that a digital library of this size would provide access to works that would otherwise never be seen, or worse, destroyed. The idea of a digital library is ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

May 3-4, 2011 - Paragraph IV Disputes*** (American Conference Institute) - New York, NY May 18-19, 2011 - Forum on Freedom to Operate (C5) - Munich, Germany May 23-25, 2011 - 6th International Judges Conference on Intellectual Property Law (Intellectual ...

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News at the BPAI from allthingspros.blogspot.com


  • The PTO announces (here) that a new BPAI Chief Judge has been appointed to replace Chief Judge Fleming, who retired last year. The new Chief Judge is James Smith, who most recently served as Chief ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Daiichi Sankyo Inc. et al. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. et al. 1:11-cv-00345; filed April 18 ...

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USPTO Publishes Notice Regarding Prioritized (Track I) Examination Delay from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- In a short, two-column notice published on Friday in the Federal Register (76 Fed. Reg. 23876), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reiterated that the effective date for implementation of the ...

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