Patent & IP news for August 28, 2011

Rajya Sabha to debate and vote on the Copyright Amendment Bill tomorrow from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

The Rajya Sabha is scheduled to take up the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010 on the 28th of August, 2010 i.e. tomorrow for a debate followed by a vote. The ‘List of Business’ available on ...

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Rajya Sabha to vote on radical judicial reforms for high value IP disputes from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

The Rajya Sabha is scheduled to debate and vote on the “Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009” on the 29th of August, 2011, after it concludes voting on the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010. The ...

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The Infernos at Duke Island from ipbiz.blogspot.com



The Infernos appearing at Duke Island Park at a make-up concert on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. One of the Infernos was once with the Duprees.

On August 24, it was announced that Neil and the ...

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Bad patents---or bad journalism? A Coda from ipkitten.blogspot.com


A bit of an unsteady trigger figger led this Kat to post the blog--"Bad patents--or bad journalism"-- without its concluding points. Readers, especially those who found this post to be of interest, are invited ...

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More Upcoming IP Conferences from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Some IP conferences and seminars in the 2011-12 academic year, as reported by Madisonian:

15 Sept 2011 - Chicago-Kent Supreme Court IP Review: The 2011 Chicago-Kent SCIPR will review cases from the 2010 Term, preview cases ...

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Lodsys update: more letters to Android app devs, first known letter to BlackBerry app dev, upcoming EFF boot camp from fosspatents.blogspot.com

These past few days I have received several more messages (on Twitter and via my contact form) reporting continued assertion-letter-mailing activity by Lodsys. After a quick update on that, I'll recommend an online boot ...

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Apple Samsung spat goes Apple’s way in Germany from www.tangible-ip.com

It is a delight to wake up on a Sunday morning and scout around the mainstream press for more IP news. Good also to see Florian Mueller at FOSS patents getting good exposure and giving ...

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My Advice to Google – Keep Acquiring Patents from ipwatchdog.com

Most patents are obtained simply on the “refrigeration theory” as I call it. Just like if you are in food service you won’t get far without the preserving effects of refrigeration. Everything spoils unless ...

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Gevo's inter partes re-exam request as to US 7,851,188 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Gevo's request for inter partes re-examination of Butamax's US patent 7,851,188 is 96 pages long and gives background on twelve (12) substantial new questions of patentability ["SNQ"]. All twelve SNQs relate ...

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The IPKat from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kat regrets his recent absence, but he is in the final laps of a book publishing project that has been more or less all-consuming during the last several weeks. Moving from one such publishing ...

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Plaintiff(s) File Petition for Rehearing in AMP v. USPTO from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- On Thursday, counsel for plaintiffs/appellees in Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (who may be simply Dr. Harry Ostrer, the only plaintiff with standing in ...

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The Economist lectures US on patent reform from ipbiz.blogspot.com

On August 20, the Economist had a post which contained a reference to the Bessen/Meurer work:

In recent years, however, the patent system has been stifling innovation rather than encouraging it. A study in ...

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Wall Street Journal covers biofuels companies from ipbiz.blogspot.com

A key sentence in a WSJ post on biofuels companies with recent IPOs:

But most of the stocks have been battered since July amid the volatile market, and only Amyris Inc., the other of last ...

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You Can’t Patent Walking Through Walls from tacticalip.com

Danie Roy If you know anything at all about patent law, you absolutely have to know the three requirements for patentability: the invention must be novel, non-obvious, and useful. That’s why, if you ever ...

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AIPF 2011 Annual Meeting from www.patentdocs.org

The Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF) will be holding its 2011 Annual Meeting on September 18-20, 2011 in Chicago, IL. A program for the meeting, including an agenda, descriptions of the scheduled sessions, and ...

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Forum on the Overhaul of U.S. Patent Law from www.patentdocs.org

The National Small Business Association (NSBA) and Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, and Baltimore sections of the IEEE will be holding a forum entitled "The Overhaul of U.S. Patent Law" on August 30, 2011 from ...

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