The Frequency of Means-Plus-Function Claims from www.patentlyo.com The chart above shows the continued decline in the use means-plus-function claim limitations in U.S. Patents. To create the chart, I identified a sample of patents for each year and then used an automated ...
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The Ultimate Fake-Out: the Apple Stoer from ipkitten.blogspot.com This Kat has seen a number of genuine-looking counterfeit goods in her IP practice. However, three Apple Stores in Kunming China appear to have taken faking it to a whole new level. Instead of just ...
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Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com After a long, hard day on the road, there's nothing that relaxes this Kat more than firing up his faithful desktop and burrowing furiously into the heaving pile of emails -- naturally in reverse chronological ...
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How Legally Protected Is Your Brand? An interview with Chad Barr from www.erikpelton.com I was recently interviewed by technology consultant – and president of CB Software Systems, Inc. – Chad Barr. We discussed the importance for consultants and other professionals to protect their brands and their content.
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Activison in Battle with Rival Fan Base from tacticalip.com John Frazier Jr., Guest Author Modern Warfare, produced by Activison, is a video game series that has been developed for the past few years and is now entering its third installment. ModernWarfare3.com now redirects ...
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Judge Arthur J. Gajarsa to Take Senior Status from inventivestep.net Judge Gajarsa is becoming the most recent Federal Circuit judge to step down from active duty on the court. He will take senior status on July 31. Judge Gajarsa, 70, was appointed to the Federal ...
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The New “Willful Blindness” Standard for Inducing Patent Infringement from www.infringementupdates.com The above-titled article by Gregory L. Porter of Andrews Kurth LLP was posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 at The National Law Review. The following is an excerpt: On May 31, 2011, the Supreme Court ...
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The IP marketplace from www.athenaalliance.org Keith McDowell has written a rundown of the intellectual property marketplace on his blog Go Forth and Innovate! -- complete with a listing of various players and IP market platforms. This is a good place for ...
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Why manufacturing processes matter from www.athenaalliance.org Here is an interesting insight from MIT's Technology Review that show why having a manufacturing base in the US matters. The article "Location Matters in Manufacturing" discusses finding by Professor Erica Fuchs that the ...
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Federal Circuit Again Rules Equivalent Foreseeable in Duramed from ipwatchdog.com In Duramed, the invention claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,908,638 (the “’638 patent”) involved a conjugated estrogen pharmaceutical compositions for use in hormone replacement therapies. The critical aspect of the claimed invention ...
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Collateral Damage In IP Enforcement: PROTECT IP Under Fire from www.iposgoode.ca Mark Kohras is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. A new IP enforcement bill making its way through the US Senate has been sparking a surprising amount of controversy. It has received opposition ...
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UK IPO Research Report: Trade Mark Incentives from www.iposgoode.ca Amelia Manera is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. A report entitled Trade Mark Incentives was released this month by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO). The report generally found trade mark activity ...
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Counterfeits: A Legal Faux Pas from www.iposgoode.ca Leslie Chong is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This past June has proven to be a successful month for major fashion houses in their battle against counterfeit products in Canada and the ...
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Apple keeps pushing for February 2012 trial against Samsung in California from fosspatents.blogspot.com Apple recently suffered two setbacks for its efforts to speed up its federal lawsuit against Samsung (in the Northern District of California): Judge Lucy Koh denied Apple's motion to shorten time for a decision ...
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For Now, There Are Two Targets in Canada from www.iposgoode.ca Nora Sleeth is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Target Corporation’s request for an injunction against Fairweather’s Target Apparel was dismissed by Federal Court Justice Mandamin on June 23, 2011. Target ...
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European Court Of Justice And Online Gambling: Nothing New Under The Sun from www.iposgoode.ca Marco Bassini is the Managing Editor of MediaLaws (www.medialaws.eu) and a lawyer at Baker & McKenzie LLP’s office in Milan. This is a re-posting of analysis first published on July 18, 2011, on ...
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