Patent & IP news for June 28, 2011

BPAI planar flat thin definition dictionary specification from allthingspros.blogspot.com

Takeaway: In considering the meaning of "planar", the BPAI adopted the Examiner's interpretation ("flat") rather than the Applicant's interpretation ("thin"). The Board found that the specification did not support the interpretation "thin". The ...

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U.S. House Passes Much-Needed Patent Legislation Bill from patentlawip.blogspot.com


The USPTO’s chronic backlog problems and painfully slow registration process may soon be remedied. Last week, the House passed a bill that should speed up the patent process by doing two things: 1 – Making ...

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Enovsys Sues AT&T Mobility For Infringing Cell Phone Location Patents from www.iptrademarkattorney.com

Enovsys filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Los Angeles against AT&T; Mobility for infringing two patents: (1) US Patent No. 6,560,461, titled “Authorized Location Reporting Paging System” (“the ‘461 patent”), and (2 ...

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Dumbells from www.patenthawk.com

Serious body builders take a variety of supplements, not because they are serious about their health, but because they are serious about their ego. Brains and brawn seldom mix. And so it seems with at ...

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Rotary Clubbed: Siemens Hit with Water Filter Patent Suit from www.greenpatentblog.com

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support (VWS), a subsidiary of Veolia Water, is a French water and wastewater treatment company.   VWS owns U.S. Patent No. 7,507,805 (’805 Patent), which relates to rotary disk ...

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Phillip Morris sues Australia! from ipwars.com

Phillip Morris has announced that it plans to sue Australia under the Australia-Hong Kong (SA) Bilateral Investment Treaty over the planned plain packaging legislation. What the Government is proposing to do Under the proposed Tobacco ...

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Entire Market Value Rule Excluded Where Evidence Showed Only That Patented Feature Was A Basis for Demand, Not The Basis For Demand from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion in limine to exclude plaintiff's damages expert from using the entire market value rule to establish a reasonable royalty because Plaintiff did not offer credible evidence that customer ...

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Amending Canada’s Access To Medicines Regime (CAMR): The New Fate Of Bill C-393 from www.ip-watch.org

A Canadian bill to improve global access to medicines might get another shot in the new Parliament, writes Daniele Dionisio. Related Articles:

• Canada Considers Amendment To Compulsory Licensing Regime For Medicines Access
• Would Canada-EU Trade ...

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OECD Faces Concerns Over Its Internet Policy Principles from www.ip-watch.org

A high-level meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is expected to pass a set of "principles on internet policymaking" tomorrow. But over 80 non-governmental groups have announced they will not sign ...

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Rockstar Bidco: The Speculation Continues from www.tangible-ip.com

In our previous post, we speculated that the hidden force behind this unknown entity is likely to be an IV-type company, or another troll. Having pondered this some more, we wonder whether Rockstar Bidco is ...

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Finding Patent Reform Editorials at Factiva.com from intellogist.wordpress.com

Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably heard of the America Invents Act.   The Senate passed its version of the bill in March, and the House of Representatives passed its own version on ...

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US Patent reform: fears to changes from patlit.blogspot.com

I was planning what to do during last warm long weekend in Madrid when I realised that the America Invents Act passed in Congress with a vote of 304-117.

Much has been said in the ...

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Featured Resource: IEEE Xplore from info.articleonepartners.com

IEEE Xplore is run by IEEE, or the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.  The organization has over 395,000 members in 160 countries, making it the world’s largest technical professional association.  IEEE Xplore ...

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Universities & Micro Entities to Receive 75% reduction in Patent Office Fees from www.patentlyo.com

One new provision in the new patent act that will be welcomed by a number of patent applicants is the new “micro entity” fee structure. “Small entities” already receive a 50% discount on most patent ...

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®, TM & SM – Oh my! Proper use of trademarks: Free Conference Call June 30th from ipelton.wordpress.com

Call Name: ®, TM & SM – Oh my! Proper use of trademarks – Free Conference Call Call Date & Time: 6/30/2011 3:00:00 PM EST Time Zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) Duration: 30 minutes Description: This ...

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Attorneys Note Seriousness of Serverside Patent Suit from www.infringementupdates.com

The following is excerpted from a June 27, 2011 article by Natasha Chilingerian published by Credit Union Times: The patent litigation filed by London-based technology vendor Serverside Group is not to be taken lightly by ...

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Oracle says it claims $2.6 billion in damages from Google, denies $1.4-6.1 billion range from fosspatents.blogspot.com

The dispute between Oracle and Google has several interesting aspects. Damages claims are one of them, and that's what this blog post is about. But if you're interested in this dispute, I strongly ...

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No CODs-Gaga Sued for Tsunami Relief Wristband from tacticalip.com

By Daniel Davidson  When you hear the word racketeering you may think of the Gambino crime family, rum runners, or maybe the side project of the White Stripes front man, Jack White, The Racketeers, but ...

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Canada Fashion Law Blog Debuted by Osgoode Alum, Ashlee Froese from www.iposgoode.ca

Andrew Baker is a JD candidate at McGill University, Faculty of Law. Ashlee Froese, Osgoode Hall Law School alum of 2006 and IPilogue contributor, has launched Canadafashionlaw.com, which has garnered immediate attention from both ...

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Spotlight On Innovation: MedEdge Summit 2011, York Region from www.iposgoode.ca

Sebastian Talluri is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and a Fellow of the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) / IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic. On June 16, 2011, I attended MedEdge Summit 2011, York ...

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Therasense discussed in American Calcar from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Therasense is mentioned as to inequitable conduct:

We have recently clarified the standards for determin-
ing materiality and intent that district courts should
apply in resolving issues of inequitable conduct. See
Therasense, slip op. at ...

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A Promise Betrayed? Rethinking the Clerical Natures of IPRs Practice in the Third World from www.iposgoode.ca

Ikechi Mgbeoji is an Associate Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School and a member of IP Osgoode. For more than one hundred years, the branch of law known as intellectual property rights (IPRs ...

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