Patent & IP news for May 20, 2011

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post image Delhi High Court rains on Champagne's Parade from spicyipindia.blogspot.com



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Yesterday, the Delhi High Court had come up with a judgment vindicating IPAB’s stance regarding a matter of trademark opposition. The matter, titled Champagne Moet And Chandon v. Union Of ...

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post image Google buys up Modu's Patents from ipfinance.blogspot.com

Modu was a small Israeli telecommunications company which attempted an IPO on the Tel Aviv stock exchange (see report here) but collapsed a few days later when the IPO failed, apparently USD 130 million (according ...

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post image Packetized Standing from www.patenthawk.com

British Telecommunications accused an Arris Group customer of infringing its VoIP patents. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is the reason that many phone calls nowadays sound garbled, like you're talking through tin cans with ...

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post image Top 5: Places to Find Non-Patent Literature from info.articleonepartners.com

Non-Patent Literature (NPL) plays a huge role in patent and prior art research.  NPL exists in an endless array of formats, from printed user manuals and PhD theses, to photos and product descriptions.  This means ...

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Biotech/Pharma Docket from www.patentdocs.org

By James DeGiulio -- Cephalon's Amrix Patents Infringed But Invalid in Suit against Mylan and Barr Two of Cephalon's patents covering the muscle relaxant Amrix drug were found to be infringed by Mylan and ...

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USPTO Reweighs 35 USC § 112 and 35 USC § 121 for Single Claim Restriction Requirements from www.pharmapatentsblog.com

The USPTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences is revisiting the balance between 35 USC § 112 and 35 USC § 121, and their interplay in the context of single claim restriction requirements. While many practitioners believe ...

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Toast Ease®: toasting sandwiches from the freezer from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk

Toast Ease®, an invention for toasting sandwiches which have been in the freezer without having to wait for them to defrost, is another of the inventions I saw at the recent opening of the Round ...

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How Private Information Became “News of the World” from www.iposgoode.ca

Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. As the volume of litigants and evidence stacks up against News of the World amid the ongoing British phone-hacking scandal, onlookers have increasingly begun ...

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DIPP releases discussion paper on Utility models from spicyipindia.blogspot.com


Shamnad had discussed the use of utility model (UMs) applications in a previous post here.  The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) recently posted a discussion paper on the possibility of granting patents for ...

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Walker Digital ‘Pokes’ Facebook (Again) – Two More Patent Lawsuits from gametimeip.com

Facebook might as well add an “Assert Patent” button to go alongside its “Like” and “Poke” features.  This week, Walker Digital filed two new lawsuits against the social networking giant, raising the total to five ...

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Top 10 Most-Cited Patent Articles from writtendescription.blogspot.com

The Federal Circuit cites legal scholarship as frequently as other circuits, according to a study by David Schwartz and Lee Petherbridge (Patently-O has a nice summary). I have also heard that patent scholarship tends to ...

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Being Fired for Comments on Facebook: Speech, Social Media, and the Workplace from www.iposgoode.ca

Andrew Baker is a LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. A recent decision of a UK Labour Tribunal has upheld the dismissal of an employee for comments made on her Facebook page ...

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IBM Ordered to Produce "In-Bound" and "Out-Bound" Licenses But Not Cross-Licenses from docketreport.blogspot.com

Plaintiff's motion to compel the production of defendant's licenses was granted as to "in-bound" and "out-bound" licenses, but denied as to cross-licenses. "Plaintiff has shown the relevance of In-Bound license agreements that include ...

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Patent Thickets, right or wrong? from www.ipeg.eu

Patents are instituted to provide an incentive to innovate, which is important considering that innovation is a key driver for economic prosperity. Yet, what happens if the company that holds the patent right does not ...

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No Record Label Licences? No Problem it seems for Google’s Music Locker from www.iposgoode.ca

Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Google has officially entered the online music storage and streaming field. The service is called Music Beta by Google, and allows users to upload ...

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Safeguarding Your Intellectual Property in China from www.infringementupdates.com

The following is excerpted from a May 20, 2011 article by Anil Gupta and Haiyan Wang published by Business Week: Of all the challenges multinational corporations face in China, perhaps the single biggest pertains to ...

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Responding to USPTO Requests for Information from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch In the comment section of a prior post, I highlighted a an Office Action asking an applicant (Intellectual Ventures) to provide further background information on their invention, including "a detailed summary of ...

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San Francisco trademarks – a photo journal from ipelton.wordpress.com

Last week I was in San Francisco for a great conference – more than 8,500 trademark attorneys from around the world participated.  In addition to the valuable educational and networking opportunities, I was fortunate to ...

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Peeps And The Patent Office from tacticalip.com

By Daniel Davidson Oh, the college life.  For some it is riddled with keg stands and memory loss.  For others, it is complemented with the occasional day in the quad with your chemistry book, preparing ...

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Google Patent Blunder: Country’s Best Legal Department Green-Lights World’s Worst Patent Acquisition from gametimeip.com

The publication Corporate Counsel has, for the past six years (who knew?), been rating in-house legal departments on a variety of ambiguous criteria.  This year’s winner of the prestigious “Best Legal Department” award is ...

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IP Business Congress from www.patentdocs.org

Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine will be hosting its 4th annual IP Business Congress on June 19-20, 2011 in San Francisco, CA. The IP Business Congress brings together thought leaders from the worlds of IP ...

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AIPLA Chemical Patent Practice Road Show from www.patentdocs.org

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be holding a multi-session seminar, entitled "Chemical Patent Practice Road Show: Prosecution and Litigation Strategies," on June 23, 2011 in Chicago, IL. The seminar, which covers advanced ...

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IJLT-CIS Lecture series to be streamed live tomorrow from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

The Indian Journal of Law and Technology and the Centre for Internet and Society present the lecture series on "Emerging Issues in Privacy: Law, Policy and Practice" on 21st and 22nd May, 2011. The lectures ...

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