Patent & IP news for August 21, 2011

Letter from AmeriKat I: Is there some Omega v Costco induced disquiet in the lower courts? from ipkitten.blogspot.com


The AmeriKat walked down Bedford Row early last week, wrapping her coat tightly around her as the chilling wind whipped up auburn leaves around her paws. (picture, left) Later in the week, walking past Wildy ...

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Letter from AmeriKat II: Is there some Omega v Costco induced disquiet in the lower courts? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The Decision
Turning first to the statutory language, the Court focused on the meaning of the words "made" and "under". The word "made" was not a term of art in the Copyright Act and the ...

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MOPPing up selection patents: are you Reddy ...? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kat has always felt in his heart of hearts that selection patents were something of a kindly-intended exception to the rule that validity required an invention to require an inventive step. For this reason ...

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“We won’t be seeing The King for a while" from ipbiz.blogspot.com

BurgerKing's "The King" logo/mascot/representative is out.

TIME wrote: The old ad campaign featured The King sneaking up on unsuspecting customers in dark tunnels and in their homes. It didn't really give ...

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In re Shaker A. Mousa: an In re Best issue from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Note In re Shaker A. Mousa. This relates to application 10/667,216, and appears to be an appeal from an adverse BPAI decision. Of the BPAI decision, the subject matter of the application is ...

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"CBS Sunday Morning" on August 21, 2011 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Charles Osgood introduced the stories for August 21, 2011. Yet another worrisome week (weak?) for the stock market. But, it's Main Street that's the focus of the Anthony Mason cover story on Obama ...

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Oracle defends copyrightability of APIs -- implications go way beyond Android and Java from fosspatents.blogspot.com

Oracle's patent and copyright infringement lawsuit against Google is currently -- apart from some remaining discovery issues such as network effects -- mostly about summary judgment: decisions on aspects of the case that the judge may ...

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Top 10 New IP Paper Downloads from writtendescription.blogspot.com

What are the most downloaded IP papers that were posted on SSRN in the past 60 days? Aside from Bessen's article, the list is entirely new since I posted it in July:

1. [2063 downloads ...

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Backsliding to a “Gist of the Invention” Analysis from www.717madisonplace.com

It strikes me that there is some backsliding taking place by judges of the Federal Circuit in what boils down to their using a ”gist of the invention” test.  You saw it most recently in ...

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Trademark Process: Obtaining and Keeping a U.S. Trademark from ipwatchdog.com

When seeking to obtain a United States trademark there are a number of different steps to the process, and even after the trademark has issued there are several key events that must be planned for ...

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All join in–the mainstream press are piling into talking about IP from www.tangible-ip.com

Lots and lots and lots and more lots of press comment focussed on the great IP debate. Maybe Ben Goodger was right in saying that Nortel could be a tipping point. The truth is that ...

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Predicting Patent Litigation from www.patentlyo.com

Patent litigation is expensive. As a result, many firms often engage in broad, costly searches in order to avoid suit. Other firms apply the opposite strategy, ignoring patents entirely. In her new paper entitled Predicting ...

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"60 Minutes" on August 21, 2011 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The three stories on August 21, 2011 appeared to be recycled from previous episodes.

#1. Tom Drake, charged under espionage act
#2. Rescue of Chilean miners. After-story.
#3. Timothy Dolan, "the American pope." Tireless promoter ...

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Pharmaceutically Speaking, Part 6: The Bionic Eye from tacticalip.com

Danie Roy As promised in my article earlier this week, I’m going to discuss US Patent No. 8,000,000 in a bit more detail. As I said, it’s an artificial eye, which ...

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Talking head, copyright slideshow from ipwars.com

It’s that time of the year again: Giving the 2011 Copyright Update at the RACV Club for IPSANZ on Wednesday 24 August at 1.00pm. Lunch starts from 12.15. Apparently the venue has ...

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GE laser isotope enrichment from ipbiz.blogspot.com

from breitbart:

US conglomerate General Electric is seeking permission to build a $1 billion plant for uranium enrichment by laser, a process which has raised proliferation fears, The New York Times said Sunday.
After testing ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

August 31, 2011 - Expert Analysis of Federal Circuit's Ruling in Myriad Appeal (Technology Transfer Tactics) - 1:00 - 2:00 PM (Eastern) September 6-7, 2011 - Pharmaceutical Law Academy (IBC Legal Conferences) - London, UK September 8 ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Sandoz Inc. v. Novo Nordisk, Inc. et al. 2:11-cv-13594; filed August 17, 2011 in the ...

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