B&O speaker shape has appeal, so loses appeal from ipkitten.blogspot.com Peter Bang & Svend Olufsen: can you guess which one did the elegant
designing and which one was fiddling around with the circuitry? Can it be that the General Court is trying to get into the ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Calling all Brits who love IP: can you help Emily by 4pm today? from ipkitten.blogspot.com
Ever willing (i) to promote the bright side of intellectual property and (ii) to help a damsel in distress, this Kat has been stirred into immediate action by a cri de
couer cueor coeur from ...
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Precision BioSciences Sues Cellectis for Patent Infringement from www.infringementupdates.com The following is excerpted from an October 6, 2011 Precision BioSciences press release published by Business Wire: Precision BioSciences, Inc., the world leader in rational genome engineering, today announced that it has filed a lawsuit ...
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Not faking it: H ... H ..Halliburton gets simulation patent after all from ipkitten.blogspot.com Before the online revolution, writing
Newsflashes was a far more leisurely task It's not yet available online, but yesterday's Patents Court for England and Wales decision of Judge Birss QC (taking time off ...
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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.
Indie Game Developer Crowdfunds for ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Trademark Expo at USPTO one week away from www.erikpelton.com The 2011 National Trademark Expo will be next Friday and Saturday, October 14 and 15. The free family-friendly event designed to educate the public about the value of trademarks in the global marketplace. The Expo ...
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Medical Patent Law: something to read in the doctor's surgery ... from ipkitten.blogspot.com Rather like freemasons, intellectual property enthusiasts have a strange, almost secret way of recognising each other. It was not hard for the IPKat -- himself an IP enthusiast of many years' standing -- to spot that Eddy ...
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Economic Freedom on the Decline: U.S. Falls Four Slots from hallingblog.com According to the Frasier Institute economic freedom around the world is the lowest it has been in three decades. The U.S. has fallen from number three in 2000 to number ten, in 2010 the ...
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Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 from patentcircle.blogspot.com Steve Jobs was a great visionary who inspired all across the globe and will continue to inspire generations to come who believe in doing. We extend our deepest condolences to his family and Apple's ...
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Negotiate in Good Faith or Pay 50% of Your Profits; PharmAthene v. SIGA Technologies from www.pharmapatentsblog.com On September 22, 2011, the Delaware Chancery Court awarded PharmAthene, Inc. a 50 percent share of profits above a certain threshold amount from sales of SIGA Technology Inc.’s pharmaceutical product known as ST-246, due ...
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The future (?) for booksellers from ipwars.com Remember all the fuss when the Minister (was reported to have) said all the bookshops (except those in the big cities) were going to close? (or something like that). It would appear that his comments ...
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Steve from www.tangible-ip.com It is a very sad day for everyone involved with ipVA and the technology world. Steve (like Bill) deserves and earned the right to be referred to by his first name only. No surname needed ...
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Introducing IPilogue’s 2011-2012 Editorial Team from www.iposgoode.ca IP Osgoode is pleased to announce its 2011-2012 IPilogue Editorial Team. As many of you know, IPilogue is the first online review of its kind, featuring thoughtful intellectual property law and technology blog posts by ...
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Follow IP Osgoode On Twitter from www.iposgoode.ca Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the Founder and Director of the new IP Intensive Program, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Twitter community has over ...
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South Africa: TK Legislation In The New Tradition from www.ip-watch.org “
Ex Africa semper aliquid novi”, which can be freely translated from Latin to mean “there is always something new coming out of Africa,” said Pliny, the ancient Roman writer and scholar. Presumably then, as is ...
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Discussion of Supreme Court’s Patent Jurisprudence at SCOTUSblog from inventivestep.net I am participating in a discussion on SCOTUSblog regarding the Supreme Court’s patent jurisprudence. Many other distinguished patent and intellectual property scholars are also participating. Check it out.
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The Patent Will Go On … A Re-examination Cautionary Tale from gametimeip.com On the surface, re-examination appeared to be a sound strategy. But just as an iceberg carries but 10% of its mass above the surface, this Titanic-esque re-exam strategy lay vulnerable to the unseen mass lurking ...
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EPO, European Commission Renew Commitment To Unitary Patent from www.ip-watch.org The head of the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services today renewed their commitment to introduce a unitary EU patent, which they say would significantly ease workloads and ...
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ECJ Decision On Exclusive Broadcasting Licences Could Reach Beyond Sports from www.ip-watch.org A European Court of Justice ruling this week outlawing exclusive broadcasting licences that prohibit the supply of decoder cards to TV viewers outside the EU countries for which the licences are granted will likely affect ...
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The Federal Circuit's New Model Order on E-Discovery from www.iplawalert.com On September 27, 2011, Chief Judge Randall Rader of the Federal Circuit announced that the Advisory Council of the Federal Circuit unanimously adopted a Model Order Regarding E-Discovery In Patent Cases. Its purpose is to ...
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A Winning Patent Infringement Defense: Reexamination Creates Intervening Rights, Erases $29.4 Million Verdict from ipwatchdog.com Companies accused of patent infringement are increasingly looking at patent reexamination at the Patent Office as an attractive avenue for challenging the patent’s validity. Reexamination offers a number of well-known advantages as a forum ...
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Subsidiary Search: An Introduction from intellogist.wordpress.com Columbus Day is fast approaching in the States, where we celebrate Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas by watching Val Kilmer and Wilmer Valderrama attempt to act. Now the movie studio system that green-lights such ...
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Quality Continues to Rise from www.uspto.gov I thought I would return to the topic of patent quality, a topic that frankly can’t get enough attention. While speed is essential to a well-functioning USPTO, patent quality is the sine qua non ...
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DIPP invites suggestions on reforming the Patents & Trademarks office from spicyipindia.blogspot.com The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) has recently released a well-written, ‘discussion paper’ (available here), on the ‘Review of organizational structure of the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, Trade Marks and ...
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Chief Judge Rader Says KSR Didn’t Change Anything, I Disagree from ipwatchdog.com Upon hearing Rader make such a bold statement the first thought that ran through my mind was — Really? Did he just say that? I have heard from others for some time that Rader has been ...
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A US Look At The New Digital Diplomacy from www.ip-watch.org Social media has changed the old-fashioned rules of diplomacy, a senior US State Department advisor on social media told aspiring diplomats in Geneva today. The established rules of decorum and etiquette are giving way to ...
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