Snip from www.patenthawk.com Hal Wegner predicts "The Leahy Smith America Invents Act is likely to be enacted this year." The icing on top of that rotten cake is "that there will nevertheless be a significant fee diversion that ...
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Self Help from www.patenthawk.com Republican Representative Darrell Issa is a sharp cookie. For years he sponsored bills to educate the halfwits on the federal bench about patent law; ultimately unsuccessfully. As the New York Times reports, Issa has been ...
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Copyright Office loses the file pertaining to the International Copyright Order, 1999 from spicyipindia.blogspot.com In yet another stunning response from the Copyright Office, to a RTI application filed by me, I’ve been informed that the entire file pertaining to the International Copyright Order, 1999 has simply disappeared from ...
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USPTO Makes End-to-End Electronic Trademark Filing and Prosecution a Priority from www.patentabilityblog.com The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a goal of improving its electronic systems and making them more user-friendly and efficient. As of June 30, 2011, some 98 percent of trademark applications were ...
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NGO alleges ‘bio-piracy’ by Monsanto’s Indian subsidiary & its collaborators: True or false? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com Environmental Support Group (ESG), a NGO headquartered at Bangalore has levelled serious charges of violation of India’s Biological Diversity Act (BD Act), against Mahyco, (26% of which is owned by Monsanto) and its collaborators ...
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Patent application of Jeff Bezos: PROTECTING DEVICES FROM IMPACT DAMAGE from ipbiz.blogspot.com Published US application 20110194230 ( 12/703,919 ) with inventors Hart and Bezos has first claim:
A method for protecting a portable device that includes an airbag deployable from a side of the portable device, comprising ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
"A scar on the moral body of science" from ipbiz.blogspot.com Within an article in the Wall Street Journal, GAUTAM NAIK asserts that the level of fraud in science papers has increased. Naik did not mention the well-known frauds of Jan Hendrik Schon and Hwang Woo ...
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CBS Sunday Morning on August 14, 2011 from ipbiz.blogspot.com Charles Osgood introduced the stories. As summer enters its final innings, and people are leaving their summer jobs. Unpaid internship is explored by Tracey Smith in the cover story. "A foot in the door?" Second ...
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Motorola doesn't have a license to kill Android but can cause problems from fosspatents.blogspot.com Before I get to the actual subject (Motorola's potential collection of royalties from other Android device makers), please bear with me for a few paragraphs on my modus operandi. If you're not interested ...
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Counterfeiting, A Growing Worldwide Problem from ipwatchdog.com Counterfeiting is a far bigger story than loses to big companies and the associated loss of downstream economic activity. Those that support counterfeiters by buying knock-off goods are also increasingly supporting organized crime, including drug ...
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NLSIR puts out call for papers from spicyipindia.blogspot.com The
National Law School of India Review is now accepting submissions for its upcoming issue - Volume 24(1).
The National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) is the flagship law journal of the
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Judge Newman’s Eulogy of Judge Friedman from www.717madisonplace.com The Federal Circuit has updated its web site with Judge Newman’s eulogy of Judge Friedman that took place at a gathering last month at the Cosmos Club: Judge Friedman, our colleague and friend, has ...
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Post-Grant Review and Estoppel in the Current Patent Reform Bill from www.reexamlink.com When the Senate returns from recess next month it will be debating patent reform, and in particular the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. A copy of the redlined version passed by the House is found here ...
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Full Steam Ahead For UK Digital Economy Act Despite Enforcement Uncertainty from www.iposgoode.ca Andrew Baker is an LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. The United Kingdom is proceeding with implementation of the Digital Economy Act (DEA) after the legislation recently passed through the judicial review ...
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UK Government Responds To The Hargreaves Report from www.iposgoode.ca Nora Sleeth is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The UK Government has expressed its agreement with the findings of an independent IP law report released in May 2011. The report, titled “Digital ...
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