Patent & IP news for September 29, 2011

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post image New Franklin Pierce Centre for IP opens at the University of New Hampshire School of Law from spicyipindia.blogspot.com




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The IP activities in the University of New Hampshire School of Law just got a boost with the new Franklin Pierce Centre for Intellectual Property that is scheduled to be formally ...

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post image Weekly Crowdsourcing Spotlight from info.articleonepartners.com

 

To highlight the success of global crowdsourcing, Article One Partners offers a weekly roundup of current news stories documenting how crowdsourcing is being used in various industries around the world.

Author Crowdfunds $16,000 For ...

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post image Guest Post: Taking a closer look at the Nexavar litigation from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

In April last year we had carried our first post on the Bayer-Cipla litigation. This particular lawsuit was unique because Justice Bhat had fast-tracked the case with some unique innovations. While we have covered the ...

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post image Erik Pelton quoted in the New York Times from www.erikpelton.com

Today’s New York Times (online and on the first page of the Business section) features an article about a small business taking on a Proctor & Gamble in a trademark dispute. The article features a ...

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USPTO Implements AIA Changes to Inter Partes Reexamination from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office continues the process of implementing the many changes to U.S. patent law brought about by the enactment of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA ...

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Federal Circuit Overturns Obviousness Rejection Based On Non-Analogous Art from www.pharmapatentsblog.com

In In re Klein, the Federal Circuit reversed an obviousness rejection because the cited references were found to be non-analogous art. This case is an important reminder that questioning the relevance of the cited references ...

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Addressing privacy and security risks in cloud computing service contracts from ipspotlight.com

As more businesses store and share data via third-party “cloud computing services”, privacy risks and Federal Trade Commission enforcement actions have also increased.  Many companies’ standard vendor services contracts are woefully inadequate to address these ...

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Another False Marking Case Dismissed Sua Sponte in Light of Leahy-Smith from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court sua sponte dismissed plaintiff's qui tam false marking action for failure to state a claim following the enactment of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. "This dismissal is without prejudice for Plaintiff to ...

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Self-healing materials from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk

The BBC website has an interesting story about self-healing materials, based on work by a research team led by Nancy Sottos at the University of Illinois. Material that can "heal" their own cracks...

(From Steve ...

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Changes To Expert Witness Rules In Patent Litigation: What Are The Effects On Current Litigation In Canada? from www.iposgoode.ca

Ken Anderson is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents course, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write ...

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The Federal Circuit’s Rare Opportunity to Protect the Public from Agency Misconduct from www.patentlyo.com

Guest Post by Richard B. Belzer, Ph.D. The Federal Circuit has before it an unusual petition for rehearing en banc. It involves an issue that, to my knowledge, has never before been heard by ...

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Federal Circuit Unveils Model Order for E-Discovery in Patent Cases from www.infringementupdates.com

The following is excerpted from a September 28, 2011 eData lawflash from Morgan Lewis: During his September 27 remarks at the Eastern District of Texas Judicial Conference, Chief Judge Randall R. Rader of the U ...

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UNH School of Law Opens Franklin Pierce Center for IP from ipwatchdog.com

Indeed, the new Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property at the University of New Hampshire School of Law will formally open with a bang! Chief Judge Randall Rader of the United States Court of Appeals ...

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A Directory of Free Medical Literature: FreeMedicalJournals.com from intellogist.wordpress.com

PubMed Central is the go-to place for free medical literature, but what if you just want to browse through a directory of free content in medical journals?  FreeMedicalJournals.com offers useful information and an easy ...

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Guest Post: Was Congress dumb, or was it lying?--A reply to Professor Sheppard from www.patentlyo.com

Guest Post by Tun-Jen Chiang, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law Imagine a parent who give his child a box of matches, and tells the child not to play with the ...

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Oracle wants jury in Google lawsuit to look at 26 patent claims: 15 distinct ones plus 11 'mirrors' from fosspatents.blogspot.com

Tomorrow (Friday, September 30) there will be a third and presumably last pre-trial mediation talk between Oracle and Google in court. I'm not too optimistic about that one, but I think we may see ...

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The Economic Importance of the US-India Relationship Featuring Congressman Steve Chabot from www.patentbaristas.com

The Economic Importance of the US-India Relationship featuring Congressman Steve Chabot Congressman Chabot will discuss Washington’s role in helping US companies do business in India. He is Chairman of the House Subcommittee on The ...

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A Response to Professor Chiang from www.patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen Professor Tun-Jen Chiang's post on best mode (below) argues that Congress must necessarily have intended that patent applicants would not disclose best mode, given that it was aware of the potential ...

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USPTO Rebrands Library Network from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com

The USPTO's national network of libraries that provide patent and trademark information to the public has a new name. The libraries formerly called Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries will know be known as Patent ...

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Trenton goes bizarre from ipbiz.blogspot.com

As detailed in the story Mayor Tony Mack barricades himself to avoid talking with police director , the situation in Trenton, New Jersey has become bizarre.

One recalls that during the presidency of Andrew Johnson, Secretary ...

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Kimberly-Clark: CAFC loses an opportunity to address law of preliminary injunctions from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Judge Newman in dissent from the denial of the petition for re-hearing in Kimberly-Clark v. First Quality:

I respectfully dissent from the denial of Kimberly- Clark’s petition for rehearing en banc. The panel’s ...

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