Patent & IP news for September 10, 2011

Green Patents for Sale: Evergreen’s String Ribbon PV Process from www.greenpatentblog.com

Evergreen Solar (Evergreen), a Massachusetts silicon PV maker, recently announced that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and would try to sell its assets under the reorganization. According to the Greentech Media report, those assets ...

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Spec Support from www.patenthawk.com

A skittish Markem-Imaje sought declaratory judgment from 7,150,572, which claims a transfer printing device. It got a summary judgment of non-infringement. '572 owner Zipher appealed, where CAFC Judges Clevenger and Linn got chided ...

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FOSS Patents from fosspatents.blogspot.com

On Thursday, I reported that the odds were rising again for a mediation effort involving Oracle's and Google's CEOs, Larry Ellison and Larry Page. In that post I also summarized the previous steps ...

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Webinar on Optimizing USPTO Relations from www.patentdocs.org

The Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF) will be offering a webinar entitled "Optimizing Relations with the USPTO: All the Questions You Always Wanted to Ask and Could Never Get Answers For" on November 9 ...

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ABA Webinar on Stanford v. Roche from www.patentdocs.org

The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law, Section of Public Contract Law, and Center for Continuing Legal Education will be offering a live webinar entitled "The Impact of Stanford v. Roche on ...

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Course on Biotechnology from www.patentdocs.org

Management Forum and JNB Marketing & Events and will be offering a three-day course entitled "Biotechnology from the Ground Up" on November 2-4, 2011 in San Diego, CA. The course will offer presentations on the following ...

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Biotech Patents Conference from www.patentdocs.org

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 13th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents on November 30 to December 1, 2011 in Boston, MA. The conference will allow attendees to: • Analyze the biosimilar approval pathway ...

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Web Conference on Patent Reform from www.patentdocs.org

Foley & Lardner will be offering a web conference entitled "This Time It's Real -- New U.S. Patent Reform Law Within Sight" on September 14, 2011 from 1:30 - 2:30 PM (ET). The web ...

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Some immediate events that happen when HR 1249 is signed from ipbiz.blogspot.com

See the Sterne Kessler post Immediate Changes for Patent Practice Under the America Invents Act.

Fees will be going up:

A 15% surcharge will apply to general statutory fees and maintenance fees under 35 U ...

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CAFC reverses DNH in MARKEM-IMAJE; Newman partially dissents from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The issues:

Zipher argues that the district court erred in limiting the claim phrase “drive the spools” to mean “rotate the spools.” Zipher argues that “drive” in this phrase has the inclusive meaning of not ...

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Patent Illustrations and Invention Drawings, What do you Need? from ipwatchdog.com

Over the years I have worked with many inventors as they seek to move forward with their inventions. As a patent attorney it is no great surprise that the overwhelming number of individuals I have ...

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