Patent & IP news for September 18, 2011

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post image Natco's Compulsory Licence: Professional Negligence? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

I've been thoroughly perplexed over the last few days. Why on earth did Natco apply for a compulsory license? Particularly when the process is susceptible to considerable delays and it could be a while ...

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post image Personal Computer from www.patenthawk.com

The boys at Catalina Marketing thought they had a hot idea, so they hired a rum prosecutor. 09/401,939 claims "distributing purchasing incentives to consumers from a main computer to a 'personal computer' over ...

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post image Patent issues precede UN High level meet on NCDs from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

For the first time since the General Assembly meet on HIV/AIDs ten years ago, the UN is having a 'high-level' meet to discuss health issues - more specifically the rising public health problem of non-communicable ...

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CBS Sunday Morning on September 18, 2011 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Charles Osgood introduced the stories for September 18, 2011. Children are returning to class, which reminds us of proper penmanship (Tracy Smith gives cover story "Signing Off," which is a recycled story from January 23 ...

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Issuing interim orders under S. 31 of Copyright Act from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

The Delhi HC, in its recent judgment in Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd vs Super Cassette Industries Ltd, held that the Copyright Board could issue interim orders under S.31 even in the absence of an ...

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Not much left of Google's 20 affirmative defenses against Oracle from fosspatents.blogspot.com

[NOTE] This is one of several posts analyzing the prospects and possible terms of a settlement on the eve of a court-ordered mediation effort between Oracle and Google. The final post will be an "executive ...

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Hans Gruber and the Federal Circuit from www.717madisonplace.com

Yes, that Hans Gruber.  A panel of the Federal Circuit was trying to evaluate the construction of the term “bearer instrument” in a recent oral argument.  Counsel for the defendant-appellee was explaining that, with respect ...

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Supreme Court Briefing for the 2011-2012 Term Patent Cases from www.717madisonplace.com

The ABA posts the briefs, including the briefs of amici, for forthcoming Supreme Court cases.  You can follow the briefing for the three patent cases on the 2011-2012 term calendar of the Supreme Court at ...

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"60 Minutes": We called for help and no one came. from ipbiz.blogspot.com

David Martin did the lead "60 Minutes" story on September 18, 2011 on Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer of Greensboro, Kentucky. Although a message of the story was of the heroism of Meyer, another ...

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Blogging Hiatus from writtendescription.blogspot.com

This is a sad time to be leaving the blogosphere, with the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act just signed into law on Friday. Even if the changes are less dramatic than many wished, it is still ...

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America Invents Act: Post-Grant Procedures for Patent Challengers from www.reexamlink.com

Now that the America Invents Act has become law there are several new provisions for patent challengers to consider.  For example, the Act includes: preissuance submissions by third party challengers (Sec. 8 — see the last ...

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Terms of potential Oracle-Google settlement: even pi billion dollars may not be enough from fosspatents.blogspot.com

[NOTE] This is one of several posts analyzing the prospects and possible terms of a settlement on the eve of a court-ordered mediation effort between Oracle and Google. The final post will be an "executive ...

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The America Invents Act: a Three-Page Guide and Detailed Presentation from www.orangebookblog.com

by Scott P. McBride President Obama signed the America Invents Act last Friday, bringing the most sweeping reform to U.S. patent law since 1952. The 150-Page Act makes dramatic changes to many aspects of ...

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