Patent & IP news for August 20, 2011

USPTO Issues Patent Number 8,000,000 from www.lotempiolaw.com

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)  issued US patent number 8,000,000 on August 16, 2011. I've been considering writing a blog post for the last month or so about who ...

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The Scoop from www.patenthawk.com

The Wall Street Journal has an investment tip: "for bargain stocks, check the patent office... Big patent portfolios are increasingly being used as financial weapons... Patent-stuffed companies might be richer than they look." The problem ...

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IPO Program on Compulsory Licensing from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will be holding a one-day CLE program entitled "Compulsory Licensing as an Emerging Global IP Issue" on September 14, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA. The one-day program follows the ...

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USPTO Announces Agenda for Next BCP Customer Partnership Meeting from www.patentdocs.org

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced the agenda for the next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting to be held on September 13, 2011. The proposed agenda is as follows: Morning ...

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Webinar on AMP v. USPTO from www.patentdocs.org

Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar providing "Expert Analysis of Federal Circuit's Ruling in Myriad Appeal" on August 31, 2011 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM (Eastern). Patent Docs author Dr. Kevin ...

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Patent Drafting Lessons: Learning from the Grappling Dummy from ipwatchdog.com

Such a long, detailed and narrow feature set may have been require to get a patent issued, but is the patent effort (i.e., time and cost) worth such a narrow set of claims? The ...

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Apple vs. Samsung: 19 lawsuits, 12 courts, 9 countries, 4 continents from fosspatents.blogspot.com

I have finally found a complete list of all lawsuits going on between Apple and Samsung around the world. At some point I'll update my battlemap and slideshow, but in the meantime, let me ...

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Apple vs. Samsung: list of all 19 lawsuits going on in 12 courts in 9 countries on 4 continents from fosspatents.blogspot.com

I have finally found a complete list of all lawsuits going on between Apple and Samsung around the world. At some point I'll update my battlemap and slideshow, but in the meantime, I'll ...

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Estoppel in Post-Grant Review (cont’d) from www.reexamlink.com

In the previous post we discussed some aspects of post-grant review (PGR)  in the current bill before the Senate.  The grounds available for petition in PGR are more comprehensive than those available for traditional reexamination ...

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Apple v. Samsung: Ethics Still Matter in Patent Litigation from tacticalip.com

Aaron Thalwitzer In the law, evidence doesn’t show ‘what really happened’. In fact, the law is about finding truth – that’s the aim of science. The laws seeks to attain justice. If courts were ...

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